W for Who Shot JR?

W is for Who Shot JR?  

As a little girl I remember going to bed when the theme song for Dallas came on.  This was an adult show that I was not allowed to watch.  I could still hum the song perfectly.  I couldn’t wait until I was grown up enough to watch this show.  We even got our picture taken in front of the South Fork Ranch that the show took place at.

I am not sure why I thought I was missing something, but the theme song made enough of an impact that when the show came back, I was ecstatic.  We immediately starting taping the episodes and I was hooked.  WOW, it was so much better than I ever imagined!  This show was filled with deviant twists and turns.  It was like reality on steroids!  It didn’t matter to me that all the characters had grown up, because I didn’t know the characters the first time around.  

As a kid, I remember playing this game on my fingers.  All the cool kids did it.  Start with your thumb and work your way to your pinkie.  Say a word for each finger. When you are on the last word, put that finger down.  Who-shot-J-R...ring finger down.  Who-shot-J-R...pinkie down.  The last time you start with your middle finger and head towards your thumb...Who-Shot-J-R...middle finger down.  Then you take your thumb and pointing finger (the only two left) and position it like a gun and aim it at the other person and scream...”YOU DID!”   

Little did I know, this silly little game was totally legit.  So when season two of the new show ended, I was left to wonder who shot JR?  I’m so excited for the next season!  I feel so grown up watching this grown up show!  Little Man is hooked too.  Probably not the most educational show he could watch, but I call it family time.  I don’t want him to grow up feeling the emptiness inside that I felt.  Just kidding, really it’s the only way to get him to stay quiet for an entire 45 minutes (excluding commercials). 

If you aren’t watching this show, I recommend it.  It is 45 minutes of pure awesomeness.  Get the first two seasons on DVD and catch up before the third one starts!!