One of my favorite cities in the US ( besides Orlando of course), is Dallas Texas! I lived in Texas when I was younger and have been able to go back and visit several times since I’ve been married.
While we were in the gift shop of the book depository, I was looking at brochures of other attractions to visit in Dallas. I came across a brochure for ‘South Fork Ranch” Does that name ring a bell for anyone? Southfork is the home of Dallas, the TV show. I of course was not old enough to watch the program at the time it originally aired, but I vaguely remember my mother watching it and I remembered the opening scenes. I was intrigued. I wanted to visit Southfork and see how this piece of TV history was made.
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The property of Southfork is just as beautiful in real life as it is in person. We toured the studio museum, the barns, and of course the iconic Ewing residence. I was surprised to find out that for several years while they filmed at this residence, a family still lived in the home. The production company paid the family just so they could use the outside of their home. All the inside scenes where actually shot in a studio in California.
As we toured the house, the guide was telling us bits and pieces of the legacy that would be the Ewings. I of course had no idea what he has talking about because I had never seen the show. I knew who the main characters were, but didn’t know what their relationship to each other was. It’s a good thing that I had seen the show before this tour because I probably would have been disappointed. Afterall, the inside of the house we toured looked nothing like the inside of the house on TV. If I would have seen the show before the tour, I would have thought things like, “That’s not what JR’s room looked like, “That’s not the same kitchen”. I’m that person that pays attention to detail! Here are just a few of the rooms. CONTINUE READING..........
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