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  1. "The casino buniness was cooking like an all day singin' with dinner on the ground."

    Now if I only knew what an all day singin' was, and why is dinner on the ground?

    This is a guess only, but I'd guess that an "all day singin'" would be like a gathering to sing hymns and such. And dinner on the ground is probably a picnic.

    I don't know for sure...but a wild guess.

    LS3

  2. I find the implication that people from Wisconsin sit around opening beer bottles with their teeth to be rather offensive. I was born and raised in Wisconsin. My entire family is from Wisconsin. I have never seen anyone try to open a beer bottle with their teeth, so even if it was meant as a joke, I am not amused.

    Jllybn,

    No offense was meant. Just for the record, I am from Wisconsin and have seen some crazy things.

    LS3

  3. The way he and boss Hogg played off one another was priceless and probably couldn't be duplicated by anyone but Rosco P. Coltrane.

    You're right, the humor that was brought to the show by the combination of Boss and Rosco could not be duplicated. The element of slapstick brought by Sorrell Booke and James Best is one of the elements of the Dukes of Hazzard that makes the show work, makes the show as enjoyable today as it was 20 years ago.

    Without Boss and Rosco, the show would have been a good show about a nice family with a cool car, but the added element of Boss and Rosco, as well as the way that the entire cast worked together in ensemble is what makes the Dukes of Hazzard a standout show - in my opinion.

    LS3

  4. I love this show! And the episode described by Brian was terrific, full of suspense and scary as anything.

    I'm not usually into horror and suspense, but this show definitely got my attention. I can't wait to see new episodes.

    LS3

  5. Welcome to HNet!

    Moonshine is illegal grain alcohol, most often made from corn. Families in the south have been making moonshine for a couple hundred years, they grew the corn then used that to make the whiskey.

    Moonshine probably hit it's most prominent phase during prohibition in the 1930's (when alcohol could not be served or made in the United States) people would make up batches of "moonshine" in the fields and woods near their homes and transport it to "speakeasy's" which were underground bars.

    Moonshine is generally very potent and because it's illegal there is not consistency within each batch (or each producer) and there are no regulations enforced with it's production. Also, because it's produced "underground" the government cannot tax it.

    Within the context of the Dukes of Hazzard - the Duke family has been making Moonshine on their land for 200 years, until Bo and Luke got caught carrying' (or "running") a load just before the first season began. In order to keep the boys from going to federal prison, Jesse agreed to give up the production and sale of moonshine and the boys were placed on probation. Moonshine does make several appearances in the run of the show, as it's often being used to try to get the boys sent to prison.

    Here's a link that can probably describe it better than I can:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshine

    LS3

  6. I really enjoyed the episode! They did an excellent job incorporating "Hazzard" some of the references were so subtle that you might have to be a die-hard fan to pick them up - but it was really a great show!

    I even liked the fact that there was a more "traditional" bad guy - not a mutant freak.

    It was wonderful seeing Tom and John together again! They still got it. :)

    LS3

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