Who Shot JR? - Do you remember???

On March 21, 1980, J.R. Ewing was shot by a mysterious assailant! The whole world was shocked and wanted to find out who the assailant was. But the truth wouldn't be revealed until November that year when the third season of Dallas began to air on TV. During those few summer months in 1980, the question of "Who shot JR?" was a hot topic on almost every social occasion.

The following has been copied from another website: "Streets had emptied on March 21st 1980, the night JR got shot; they emptied again on November 21 when Kristin coughed......as brazenly as ever... Fifty three countries tuned in to the shooting, the headline making news of which helped sell the series to another eleven countries by the time it came back on air again..."

The person who shot JR turned out to be Kristin Shepard, the sister-in-law and JR's mistress, played by Mary Crosby.

Sue Ellen Ewing, JR's long suffering wife, was played by Linda Gray.

JR Ewing, played by Larry Hagman as the greedy oil baron in Dallas was the most popular actor in the eighties! Before playing the scheming JR Ewing, Larry Hagman played the handsome astronaut in I Dream Of Jeannie with Barbara Eden, the 2000-year-old genie! He was so lovable then! Well, as JR Ewing, he was also lovable in another sense - a cunning character with so much shrewdness that viewers just loved to hate!

Summer of '42 - Jennifer O'Neill 一套難忘的電影

這是一套難忘的電影，女主角 Jennifer O'Neill 真的很美，難怪她使一位正在成長的十多歲少年 Gary Grimes 動心，一個簡單的故事、配上優美的主題曲，再加上藍天碧海與沙灘，當是一套賣座的電影！這片在 1971 推出，我只是後幾年在電視上看過，但片商卻拍了一部不能賣座的續集叫 "Class of '44"，也由 Gary Grimes 當男主角，但卻沒有 Jennifer O'Neill，我也沒有看過，不能賣座的原因、想是沒有好的題材和一個能吸引觀眾的美麗女主角呢！

Can you remember the movie "Summer of '42" starring Jennifer O'Neill and Gary Grimes?

I didn't see this movie when it was released in 1971; I saw it on TV years after. Jennifer O'Neill was so beautiful in the movie and Gary Grimes - he was just a teenager playing his age in the movie. It's a coming-of-age film and it was so well received when it came out, so they made a sequel in 1973, but this time without Jennifer O'Neill. And of course, it flopped!

The movie was beautifully filmed - set in a small town with sandy beaches and summer skies - combined with a simple love story and a beautiful theme song - the result is a romantic classic film!

Gary Grimes, now 56, had retired from show business after making the sequel of this film (Class of '44) in 1973, and went on to do some minor roles in the '70s and '80s. He said he's happy with his decision.

Gary Grimes 現已年屆五十六，早在八十年代已退出影壇，他拍完 Summer of '42 後拍了續集及在一些影片當不重要的角色後，因未有接到合心意的角色，所以索性不幹了，最近訪問他時，他說並沒有後誨當日的決定！

Jesus Christ Superstar, the Rock Opera By Andrew Lloyd Webber

Jesus Christ Superstar - this rock opera was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics were written by Tim Rice - it was staged on Broadway in 1971. I never had the chance to see this on stage during the seventies, nor did I see the movie version which was released in 1973. Then this musical had been put on stage several times in the eighties, nineties and even in this century by different cast members, but I still didn't go see it. I don't intend to see this stage production or the movie version for I think the story of Jesus was distorted here because Judas was depicted as a tragic figure. But I do love the song, "I Don't Know How To Love Him" from this musical. It's beautifully written and beautifully sung by many artists, first by Helen Reddy, then by Yvonne Elliman, Sarah Brightman, and many others. I even found a version by Petula Clark!

我沒有看過這套在 1971 年由 Andrew Lloyd Webber 和 Tim Rice 合寫的音樂舞臺劇，也沒有看過這套後來被搬上銀幕的電影，就算現在再翻做、亦不會去看，原因是劇中把出賣耶穌的門徒猶大、描寫成悲劇人物，作為基督徒、我不能認同！不過、我卻很喜歡劇中的一首插曲 "I Don't Know How To Love Him"，這首曲由許多歌星唱過如 Helen Reddy, Yvonne Elliman, Sarah Brightman 等，甚至有 Petula Clark 的版本，最好的還是 Sarah Brightman！