Knots Landing

Playboy Magazine November 1989 Volume 36 Number 11 Table of Contents Playmate of the Month Renee Tenison photographed by Arny Freytag. Interview Garry Kasparov by Rudolph Chelminski. 20 Questions Bonnie Raitt by Paul Engleman and John Rezek. Features "Inside Job: The Lotting of America's Savings and Loans" by Stephen Pizzo, Mary Fricker and Paul Muolo "Confessions of an S.O.B." by Al Neuharth. Donna Mills (cover and inside) inside photographed by Earle Doud and cover by Arny Freytag, Margaret Nelson photographed by Arny Freytag, Sex in Cinema 1989 pictorial.

Title: As Seen On TV - 40 Television Themes Artist: Paul Brooks Year: 2008 Length: 0:44:00 Genre: General Soundtrack Label: K-Tel Notes: Tracks: 01 As Seen On TV - 40 Television Themes - Part 1 [5:21] 02 This Wheel's On Fire (from "Absolutely Fabulous") / One Foot In the Grave / Men Behaving Badly / Only Fools And Horses / I'll Be There For You (from "Friends") [4:55] 03 Dr. Who / Star Trek / The Twilight Zone / The X Files [6:09] 04 Sportsnight / On The Ball / Match Of The Day / Grandstand [4:36] 05 Upstairs, Downstairs / London's Burning / Casualty / Onedin Line / Theme From Harry's Game [6:50] 06 Home And Away / Brookside / Eastenders / Emmerdale / Coronation Street / On The Inside (from "Prisoner Cell Block H") / Neighbours [4:50] 07 Dallas / Dynasty / Peyton Place / Knots Landing / ER [6:42] 08 (Meet The) Flintstones / When You Wish Upon A Star / I'm Popeye The Sailor Man / The Muppet Show [4:38]

In a reuniting of the original cast members, Knots Landing Back to the Cul-De-Sac features the popular and infamous friends and families of the second longest running prime time entertainment drama in television history

Pilot Episode: Val and Gary arrive in Knots Landing, escorted by Bobby Ewing. Sid's teenage daughter Annie (Karen Allen) is visiting and Val tries to patch things up between her and Sid. In the pilot, we witness the first of many backyard bar-b-ques go awry. Community Spirit: That old devil J.R. Ewing is causing trouble in Knots Landing, and Karen rallies the neighborhood against his proposed off shore drilling site. Their uneasy 'big gun' Gary, has to go up against his older brother.

Love thy neighbor. Words to live by for Sid's sexy sister Abby Cunningham - especially with the male neighbors in her new hometown, Knots Landing. May

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Knots Landing was a Dallas spinoff that spent its first season in marked contrast to the latter series' tales of power-grabbing, greed, corruption, conspiracies, and fraternal rivalries. Where Dallas concerned travails of an ultra-rich and influential Texas family, and its many enemies0--all great fantasy stuff--Knots Landing initially evolved as a drama set among Southern California's suburban middle class. Built around the character Gary Ewing (Ted Shackelford), a recovering alcoholic and brother of Dallas' scheming J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman), Knots Landing is set on a cul-de-sac in a seemingly peaceful neighborhood of modest houses. Gary, one might recall from several episodes of Dallas, is the black sheep of the Ewing clan. His marriage to the mousy Val (Joan Van Ark) was sabotaged by J.R., and their troubled teenage daughter came to live with J.R. and his parents on their expansive ranch. Knots Landing begins with Gary and Val making a fresh start on the West Coast. If their second try at marriage works, they reckon, their daughter can come live with them in a stable environment. Gary, who wants nothing to do with the Ewing oil business, takes a job selling classic cars for his new neighbor, Sid Fairgate (Don Murray). But he reluctantly becomes embroiled, along with Val, in several local issues, the most complicated being J.R.'s plans to drill for oil just off the shore of Gary's adopted community. (Hagman, as a guest star, brings a lot of fun to that episode with his affable villainy.) It doesn't take long, however, for other major characters in Knots Landing to emerge as fascinating people in their own right, with no relationship to Ewing history except friendship with Gary and Val. In fact, Sid and his wife Karen (Michele Lee) are, arguably, the strongest characters in the first season, a couple with such strong underpinnings that their arguments inevitably result in a tighter union. Lee's performance, overall, is the best on the show, and several episodes (that look nothing like a primetime soap opera) are clearly written to spotlight her talent. Gary's other neighbors include self-centered attorney Richard Avery (John Pleshette) and his beleaguered spouse, Laura (Constance McCashin); plus the youthful if little-seen Kenny (James Houghton) and Ginger (Kim Lankford) Ward. The stories in Knots Landing: The Complete First Season generally concern ordinary and familiar things: fear of crime, unexpected pregnancies, raising kids, dating, education, marital discord. Sure, many of the same conflicts occur on Dallas, but the fun in watching that show is recognizing that the super-wealthy and powerful struggle with the same problems the rest of us do. In Knots Landing, conflicts are more earthbound. That won't always be the case on this show: over subsequent seasons and with the addition of more characters and the loss of others, the drama will tilt in another direction. The Complete First Season establishes a solid foundation, however, and there's a lot of merit to it. --Tom Keogh

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