Comments on: New Sitcom To Be Set in Dallas

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:11:55 +0000

On behalf of my mom’s family in the Deep South: Texas ain’t southern. Never has been, never will be (East Texas is close, but it’s still not Georgia or Alabama or Mississippi – and I for one am very thankful for that).

Just cause it fought on the losing side of the Civil War doesn’t make Texas southern. Texas is Texas. It’s like a whole ‘nother country. Or something like that.

By: Gig

Gig — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:25:00 +0000

Fairview is the next town above Allen East of 75 for those of you who get nosebleeds when you pass 635….

By: Don in Austin

Don in Austin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:24:40 +0000

@Daniel
Thought you might be hanging out with the bronze longhorns downtown or up the Preston Road trail in Frisco. Still somewhat new to Austin, I’m still in DFW recovery I reckon– not adjusting my irony searching image to the north. Yippy ki yo. With time the sar-chasm will narrow.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:24:20 +0000

Don,

I thought people in Austin were uber-ironic? They were when I lived there, back in the day. We were mighty proud of our big ole sense of metaflippancy, podner.

By: LakeWWWooder

LakeWWWooder — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:33:07 +0000

Twelve miles of bad road up Preston.

By: thedallasdiva

thedallasdiva — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:22:18 +0000

@Don – you’re right. If someone from here made a sitcom, it would be so easy to make funny about Dallas. And I LOVE Dallas. Funnier still – Fort Worth.

By: Don in Austin

Don in Austin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:12:25 +0000

@Daniel.
We are talking Dallas, right? I’ve seen few bolo ties and boots in Dallas. Ridiculous is a neck tie of any fashion, IMO.

Dallas is about the least Texas of any of the major cities in the state, from my experience.

By: Dane

Dane — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:47:33 +0000

So what will Bruton Terrace look like on a Hollywood soundset? Ooops, guess it’s not what they’re aiming for.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:57:10 +0000

Let’s face it, there’s plenty about Dallas to lampoon. For instance, the fact that most grown men walk around in cowboy hats and bolo ties. Talk about ridiculouis!

By: Curtis Remington

Curtis Remington — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:48:55 +0000

This is bound to be a horrible program, but I’m sure this will get on the air for purely political reasons. I’m sure the liberals in Hollywood and New York are thinking this is a golden opportunity to trash anything and everything about Texas because Bush is now out of the White House. It’s the “in” thing to do.