Postees I Shot JR Inspired by Father Ted T-Shirt

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Pat said playing Tom was a “brilliant character”, whose accent was inspired by a Director at Rte who hailed from Monaghan.

J.R.'s beleaguered wife Sue Ellen ( Linda Gray), who had spent most of her marriage competing with J.R.'s infidelities and her own increasing alcoholism, was originally ranked as an outsider at 25-to-1; however, after her fingerprints were discovered on the gun, her odds were slashed to 3-to-1. Gray, Linda (2015). The Road to Happiness Is Always Under Construction (1sted.). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-941393-09-3.

Shortt and his wife Caroline have two children. In 2020, he and his daughter Faye, an actress who trained at the Gaiety School of Acting, began creating sketches for social media. Faye Shortt subsequently co-wrote and performed in a sketch for RTÉ Does Comic Relief. Between 2020 and 2021, Pat and Faye Shortt co-wrote and performed two live stream shows, before going on tour with their live comedy show, "Well". I got quite a slating I remember in the Irish media because there was a previous sitcom in Ireland called Leave it To Mrs O’Brien… it wasn’t that well received, and they were kind of associating me to that.

The great success of this 1980 stunt helped popularize in the United States the practice of ending a television season with a cliffhanger. [23] In addition, the episode is credited with helping CNN, which began airing in June 1980, to get off the ground. [4] In the final scene of the 1979–80 season, J.R. Ewing ( Larry Hagman) hears a noise outside his office, walks out to the corridor to look, and is shot twice by an unseen assailant. The episode, titled " A House Divided", was broadcast on March 21, 1980, [3] and was written by Rena Down and directed by Leonard Katzman. Viewers had to wait all summer to learn whether J.R. would survive, and which of his many enemies was responsible. [4] [5] In the season 4 finale of Jane the Virgin, Jane "J.R." Ramos ( Rosario Dawson) shot a mystery person before "#JRShotWho?" appeared on the screen. [28] Who shot J.R.?" is an advertising catchphrase that American network CBS created in 1980 to promote the television series Dallas. [1] It referred to the fictional mystery surrounding a murder attempt against arch-villain J.R. Ewing ( Larry Hagman) in the show's third-season finale " A House Divided". The mystery and its catchphrase became a global phenomenon, with international odds-makers setting odds for the culprit. The mystery was not resolved until the fourth episode of the fourth season titled " Who Done It" which aired eight months later, with an estimated 83 million American viewers tuning in, one of the most watched television broadcasts of all time. The catchphrase has a strong legacy in pop culture and the format helped popularize the cliffhanger ending for television series. [2] Plot [ edit ]Pat said he wondered if the younger generation would get how funny his iconic ‘I shot J.R. t-shirt worn by Tom on the series. T-shirts printed with such references as "Who Shot J.R.?" and "I Shot J.R." became common over the summer. Several media outlets held "Who shot J.R.?" contests. [8]

Alan Beam ( Randolph Powell), a political fixer and former fiancé of Lucy's whom J.R. had run out of town, also at 12-to-1. Lucy Ewing ( Charlene Tilton), J.R.'s niece, who blamed him for her parents' exile from the family and the collapse of her recent engagement, at 8-to-1. Kristin Shepard ( Mary Crosby), J.R.'s sister-in-law, mistress and alleged mother of his child, also at 4-to-1, which was later lowered to 3-to-1. Miss Ellie Ewing ( Barbara Bel Geddes), J.R.'s patient and long-suffering mother, was deemed most unlikely to have committed the act and remained at 25-to-1 odds throughout.When I did the audition for Tom, I was thinking what kind of a character would he be and I loved Tommy’s accent so I kind of used a bit of Monaghan… that’s kind of how I based the accent. Half Monaghan, half Tipperary.” Who shot J.R.?" display at the Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas, including the prop gun used in filming Every actor and crew member—even Hagman himself—was filmed shooting J.R. to keep secret the identity of the actual shooter. [7] International oddsmakers created a set of odds for the possible culprits: [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] Shortt toured alongside Jon Kenny as comedy duo D'Unbelievables. They released "One Hell of a Video", "D'Unbelievables", "D'Video" (a live random sketch show), "D'Telly" (featuring Shortt and Kenny playing various characters – primarily two brothers who run a shop together), "D'Mother" (in which Kenny's character oversaw the running of a public house alongside his "mother" – who was later revealed to be his father, in a role played by Shortt) and "D'collection". One character played by Shortt was Dan Clancy, known for telling "his stories". The pair were highly successful in Ireland, selling out the Vicar Street venue for 14 weeks. [2] The duo stopped touring in 2000 after Kenny was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. [3] [4]