# In Dallas, who woke up next to whom when they found out it was all a dream?

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**Created:** [December 15, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-dallas-who-woke-up-next-to-whom-when-they-found-out-it-was-all-a-dream/142910 "2002-12-15T17:18:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-dallas-who-woke-up-next-to-whom-when-they-found-out-it-was-all-a-dream/142910/21 "2002-12-16T11:09:17Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \*  
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> Victoria Principal waking up and finding Bobby Ewing showering. He says, “Good Morning” and she gets this weird look on her face.
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> Bang, the entire season was a dream. Move on.  
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This was parodied in “Family Guy”, specifically episode “Da Boom”. Basically the same scene was used to explain away the ridiculous episode that had preceded it. It even featured the same actors and everything. Funny stuff.

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**Author:** ![Vidking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vidking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vidking)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-dallas-who-woke-up-next-to-whom-when-they-found-out-it-was-all-a-dream/142910/22 "2002-12-18T06:06:02Z")

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Why does it matter if it’s a dream  
anyway? They’re all fictional shows  
in reality they’re all dreams, just  
fictional dreams in the writers and  
producers heads.

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**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-dallas-who-woke-up-next-to-whom-when-they-found-out-it-was-all-a-dream/142910/23 "2002-12-18T06:20:05Z")

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“…in reality they’re all dreams”…:rolleyes:

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