Dallas (TV Series)

Morning After (1983)

John Beck: Mark Graison

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• [first lines] 

  Punk Anderson : Ladies and gentlemen, as all of you know, Clayton Farlow was supposed to be chairman of this year's event. But unfortunately Clayton has been detained elsewhere and he asked me to take over for him. So it's gonna be my honor to name the recipient of the Oil Baron of the Year award.

  [big applause] 

  Punk Anderson : That time is at hand.

  [takes envelope out of his jacket pocket] 

  Punk Anderson : Just like the Academy Awards... that gentleman's name is right here. And the winner is...

  [clearly surprised:] 

  Punk Anderson : for the development of the... Tundra Torque drill bit, Mr. Cliff Barnes.

  [big applause, much elation at the Barnes-Wentworth camp, J.R. is less than pleased] 

  Cliff Barnes : [comes strutting over to the Ewing table]  J.R., I hope your seat-belt's fastened. Because I'm about to tell the whole world the true story of the great Jock Ewing and Digger Barnes.

  J.R. Ewing : Oh, Barnes, you better watch what you say about my Daddy, because I'll kick your...

  Cliff Barnes : No, J.R., please. You've had your time in the sun, now it's my turn. So you just sit back, relax and pay attention.

  [smiles, heads for podium, gets applause] 

  Punk Anderson : Well, folks...

  [says something about tonight being quite a surprise] 

  J.R. Ewing : All right, Sue Ellen, let's get out of here.

  Sue Ellen Ewing : You can't go now.

  J.R. Ewing : I'm not gonna sit around here and watch that idiot foam at the mouth.

  Donna Culver Krebbs : Come on, let's just not make a scene.

  Bobby Ewing : If Cliff's not careful, J.R.'s not gonna be the only one to make a scene.

  Ray Krebbs : You better believe he won't.

  Sue Ellen Ewing : We'll wait until the speech is over, and then we'll just slip out quietly.

  Donna Culver Krebbs : There's a lot of people who worked real hard to make this a nice evening.

  J.R. Ewing : Well, they ought to be more selective about who they give that award to, honey.

  Punk Anderson : [drones on]  ... no question about that. It's a breakthrough that will revolutionize cold-weather drilling. And Cliff certainly deserves the credit.

  [applause] 

  Punk Anderson : And so, Cliff, on behalf of the industry and the Oil Barons Association, we'd like to present your with this award, and offer our sincerest congratulations.

  [applause] 

  Cliff Barnes : Thank you.

  awards lady : Congratulations.

  [kisses Cliff] 

  Cliff Barnes : Thank you, honey. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. It's really an honor to receive this beautiful award. And totally unexpected, of course. I don't know if I can claim credit for winning this alone. I had an awful lot of help. From all the people at Barnes-Wentworth Industries, all the way to the McLeish brothers in Canada, and even their partner, my ex-brother-in-law, Bobby Ewing.

  [applause] 

  Cliff Barnes : That's right. If it hadn't been for Bobby giving the drill bit its first practical test, I wouldn't be standing here in front of you tonight.

  [big smug smile] 

  Cliff Barnes : I think it's all fitting and proper that a Barnes should be recognized here tonight, and I have two things to say on the subject, however. First... I think it's a little late in coming to the Barnes family...

  [Katherine rolls her eyes] 

  Cliff Barnes : and secondly, I think it was given to the wrong man. You see, I think this award should have been presented years and years ago to one of the great unsung heroes in the oil business.

  [Pam looks on expectantly] 

  Cliff Barnes : And the man I'm talking about is Digger Barnes, my Daddy.

  [applause] 

  Cliff Barnes : And because of this, uh... oversight... on the part of the oil industry... I'm going to set that straight. And I'm going to set that straight right here tonight. We all know about the Jock Ewing Memorial Scholarship.

  [applause] 

  Cliff Barnes : Well, from the proceeds of the new bit, which I'm happy to say is back-ordered further than we could ever imagine... the Barnes family... is going to set up another scholarship at SMU... and we're going to call it... the Willard Digger Barnes Scholarship, and it will go to four worthy students.

  Mark Graison : Ah, I think that's a terrific thing to do.

  J.R. Ewing : Boy. Original.

  Cliff Barnes : You see... Digger Barnes deserved acclaim a lot more than Jock Ewing ever did.

  [dissenting voices in the crowd] 

  Cliff Barnes : For those of you who don't know it, my Daddy is the one who found the oil that the Ewings have been sacking out of the ground for all these years.

  J.R. Ewing : There he goes. The mouth is opening, and the foot is moving in.

  Ray Krebbs : I'll stick my fist in his mouth in a minute.

  Donna Culver Krebbs : [tries to calm down Ray]  Come on, come on...

  Cliff Barnes : They have been taking the oil and they have been taking the honors. And the truth is that if it weren't for Digger Barnes, there would be no Jock Ewing Memorial Scholarship. As a matter of fact, nobody would have even heard of Jock Ewing.

  [deathly silence from the audience] 

  Cliff Barnes : I wanna thank you again very much for this... award. And that's all I've got to say.

  [steps down from podium to applause] 

  Bobby Ewing : That's more than enough.

  [about to go deck Cliff] 

  Jenna Wade : Bobby, no fights, not here.

  J.R. Ewing : Well, that did it. You ready to go now, Sue Ellen?

  Sue Ellen Ewing : I guess so.

  J.R. Ewing : Peter, are you coming?

  [they're about to leave] 

  Ray Krebbs : [to Donna]  That jerk didn't step down any too soon.