In Loving Memory of Larry Hagman 12 years on....

[The First Noele]

Its hard to believe that Larry Hagman died 12 years ago on 23.11.12

He was a larger than life personality and for me was the biggest T V star in the 80s.

He created a legend as JR and that legacy will last for many more years. It was a pleasure to have met him, especially at Fan Source in Oct 2008. He loved his fame, and will never be forgotten

Thanks for the memories...............love BF x

 

[Rove]

His character and Dallas changed television forever however to mix things up a little here on TellyTalk I'd like to throw up an image from one of his others characters; Major Nelson from I Dream of Jeannie...

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It's currently screening here in Australia in the afternoon and still gives me the giggles. Larry may not be with us but his presence is still felt in repeats. I reckon he would be quite chuffed to know Dallas is receiving the HD treatment.

Miss you Larry​

 

[Karin]

Hard to believe it's been 12 years. It feels like a long time ago and like yesterday at the same time. Strange how the time flies by. The characters on TV that he portrayed sure were memorable. I still think the Emmys totally snubbed him.
Also I was lucky enough to meet him twice and interview him on the phone for Ultimate Dallas in 2007. He was really nice to his fans. I won't forget him.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Hard to believe it's been 12 years. It feels like a long time ago and like yesterday at the same time. Strange how the time flies by. The characters on TV that he portrayed sure were memorable. I still think the Emmys totally snubbed him.
Also I was lucky enough to meet him twice and interview him on the phone for Ultimate Dallas in 2007. He was really nice to his fans. I won't forget him.

Larry did get nominated, though. At least once.

 

[Rove]

Larry did get nominated, though. At least once.

I'm curious to know how and why Larry never won an Emmy. My goodness here was a character who was deplorable but because of Larry's nuances in his portrayal of JR Ewing, viewers around the world became hooked. It WAS the biggest show on the planet and yet the Emmy's chose to thumb their noses at it. And I will never forgive their utter contempt in ignoring Larry in the In Memoriam segment.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

I'm curious to know how and why Larry never won an Emmy. My goodness here was a character who was deplorable but because of Larry's nuances in his portrayal of JR Ewing, viewers around the world became hooked. It WAS the biggest show on the planet and yet the Emmy's chose to thumb their noses at it. And I will never forgive their utter contempt in ignoring Larry in the In Memoriam segment.

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DALLAS was too popular for its own good, so a certain snobbery predictably kicks in. In 1980 and 1981, DALLAS received a not-insignificant number of Emmy nomination on the heels of 'Who Shot JR?': Larry (twice), Linda, Jim, Susan and Barbara (who won) all got nods. (By 1982, those "nighttime soap" nominations shifted -- equally briefly -- to DYNASTY, which didn't yet stink but quickly would).

And immediately after that, the genre was completely shut out of consideration (although there was a campaign to get a nomination for Victoria in 1985) because, even though only four of them were successful, the nighttime soap trend had become emblematic for the '80s decade, so Hollywood turned up its nose... Had it been objective, DALLAS would have been nominated for Outstanding Drama Series multiple times, but it did get two nominations (in 1980 and 1981) and KNOTS would have been nominated in every year through 1989.

And, let's remember, THREE'S COMPANY once won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.

A few years ago, Queen Latifa was citing some statistic on The Emmys broadcast during which she mentioned the three highest-rated episodes in history for a primetime series, and when she cited the "Who Shot JR?" installment of DALLAS, the audience snickered derisively, as if it was assumed it was crap --- and it's an open question as to whether that reaction would or wouldn't have occurred had DALLAS not have legitimately slid into crap during its closing seasons.

The 'In Memoriam' segments -- for both the Emmys and the Oscars -- have become increasingly controversial over the last few years, mostly for leaving out major deaths, either from the result of sloppiness, or younger segment producers who don't know who any of these people are anyway, or a kind of snobbish un-snobbery where they prefer to acknowledge a key grip who once worked on A PATCH OF BLUE sixty years ago than the passing of a top star -- that oversight always rationalized as the necessity of the brevity of the broadcast.


DALLAS received about 30 Emmy nominations over the years, and won a small handful.

Larry was nominated for an Emmy in 1980, and BBG won:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32nd_Primetime_Emmy_Awards
And the series was also nominated in 1980 for Outstanding Drama Series

DALLAS, Larry and BBG were nominated again in 1981, Linda too, Jim Davis posthumously:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_Primetime_Emmy_Awards

Other categories:

1983
Outstanding Music Composition - Series
Bruce Broughton
Won

1984
Outstanding Music Composition - Series
Bruce Broughton
Won

1985
Outstanding Costumes for a Series
William Travilla
Won

1979
Outstanding Film Editing - Series
Fred W. Berger
Nominated

1979
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Barbara Bel Geddes
Nominated

1979
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing - Comedy Series
Fred W. Berger
Nominated

1979
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing - Drama Series
Fred W. Berger
Nominated

1980
Outstanding Drama Series
Lee Rich, Philip Capice, Leonard Katzman
Nominated

1980
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Larry Hagman
Nominated

1980
Outstanding Music Composition - Series
Bruce Broughton
Nominated

1981
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing - Comedy Series
Fred W. Berger
Nominated

1981
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Barbara Bel Geddes, Linda Gray
Nominated

1981
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing - Drama Series
Fred W. Berger
Nominated

1981
Outstanding Film Editing - Series
Fred W. Berger
Nominated

1981
Outstanding Drama Series
Philip Capice, Leonard Katzman
Nominated

1981
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jim Davis, Larry Hagman
Nominated

1982
Outstanding Film Editing - Series
Fred W. Berger
Nominated

1982
Outstanding Music Composition - Series
Bruce Broughton
Nominated

1982
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing - Comedy Series
Fred W. Berger
Nominated

1982
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing - Drama Series
Fred W. Berger
Nominated

1983
Outstanding Film Editing - Series
Fred W. Berger
Nominated

1983
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing - Comedy Series
Fred W. Berger
Nominated

1983
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing - Drama Series
Fred W. Berger
Nominated

1986
Outstanding Costumes for a Series
William Travilla
Nominated

1987
Outstanding Music Composition - Series
Angela Morley
Nominated

1988
Outstanding Music Composition - Series
Angela Morley
Nominated

 

[The First Noele]

I'm curious to know how and why Larry never won an Emmy. My goodness here was a character who was deplorable but because of Larry's nuances in his portrayal of JR Ewing, viewers around the world became hooked. It WAS the biggest show on the planet and yet the Emmy's chose to thumb their noses at it. And I will never forgive their utter contempt in ignoring Larry in the In Memoriam segment.

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I know he didnt win an Emmy award - there was a lot of serious competiton in the early 80s - Ed Asner, Daniel J Travanti etc but i do think Larry should have won an Oscar for best supporting actor in Primary Colours. He was excellent in that and put in a wonderful performance

in the 90s Dennis Franz and Jimmy Smits should have won every year, just wonderful consistent actors

 

[Rove]

DALLAS was too popular for its own good, so a certain snobbery predictably kicks in.

This explains the Oscars. Generally a movie which receives a few eyeballs gets the big gong...Best Picture. Of course there a few exceptions, Titanic comes to mind but generally those which gather the big bucks at the cinema receive technical awards.

Back in the day Dallas was pressing a few button issues which should have garnered some rewards.

I love this image. JR (Larry) is speaking volumes with his eyes. It's like he's thinking, "Paybacks a bitch!"​

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

1981
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Barbara Bel Geddes, Linda Gray
Nominated

this one is a bit surreal to me:

JR conspires to get Liz Craig of the Store transferred to Houston to put strain on Bobby and Pam’s marriage and she gets her revenge by beating out Miss Ellie and Sue Ellen for the Emmy!?

I’d say that maybe having two DALLAS nominees opened things up for someone from another show, but… also from HILL STREET BLUES, another JR castoff, the beautiful Leanne “Amber” Rees is there in the bottom right corner, another nominee. It’s a wonder we didn’t see feisty young Rita Briggs snaring the statue in 1982 or 1983. (I suppose snaring George Clooney was an ok consolation prize)