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As I mentioned on the previous page, it would also have been my mother's birthday today, so I've been remembering her.

I was wondering the same thing.

Last year on the social media channels, I ran HazzardNet Hysteria (the Dukes version of March Madness). It didn't even occur to me to post about it on the forums. I will be posting polls here for y'all to vote too. Last year it was characters and Uncle Jesse won. This year, it's Battle of the Episodes. And since y'all are the most avid supporters of HazzardNet, you get first crack at the polls! I'll post them here first.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I have a splash of Irish from my mom's side. I am always wearing green because I have green eyes (my overwhelmingly Scottish heritage).

To me, it wouldn't feel like HazzardNet with a different color scheme.

Forgive me y'all, but I just found this site. I've been watching The Dukes of Hazzard since it first aired (I was 7), and have been an absolute fan ever since! I grew up in a Mopar family and have had my share of of muscle cars. I drive/own only Mopar, and the 1969 Charger has always been my favorite, I've had a couple of them. Anyway, most people on the show who come to Hazzard county, are just passing through, but I plan on staying for a while. Looking to rub shoulders with some like-minded people on here. I hope I can give at least as much as I get on this site. Thanks in advance for puttin' up with me! Keep it between the ditches y'all!

I used to like the sign in the bar just outside Boss' office that said "I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety.", but that doesn't answer your question. BTW. It's a quote from Shakespeare's Henry V, Act III, Scene 2.

Thank you! Glad to be here! 😄

Probably for the best - you could start getting stalked online by Miz Tisdale if she saw that you looked like Uncle Jesse!

Cool. I wouldn't mind audio but no video. I wouldn't want people to be disappointed that I don't look like Uncle Jesse. Um, what am I saying? I really do look like Jesse. I just wouldn't want all my rugged handsomeness distracting people from the episode.

It's not a finished peice (not even started), but if Bo was a dog, what kind of dog do you think he'd be? I'm planning to draw him as a werewolf (weredog?) and am not sure what to use as reference

It will soon be powered by the Hemi V8 again. Stellantis will be making the 5.7, 6.4 and hellcat V8s in Ann arbor Michigan. Sales of the electric Charger have been abysmal and it seems the guys in charge of Dodge don't think the hurricane 6 engine won't do much better for Charger sales so they're working on getting the V8 back under the hood. I seen a video the other day on YouTube where the Charger was raced against the Mustang dark horse. Next to the mustang the charger looked huge. It didn't do all that well either. Between the 2 guys one definitely has raced cars before and knew how to drive as he won the race in both cars. 1st race he was in the Charger and didn't really blow the mustang away as you'd expect from an electric car. 2nd race he was in the Mustang, while off the line the charger was ahead he eventually caught up and passed the Charger. In other news Camaro could be coming back. GM reps confirmed Chevy will be the car for V8 Supercars and NASCAR and they confirmed it wouldn't be a Corvette.

I've played this game to death so am pretty much done with it, but it sure was fun to play with General Lee as my main car (well, not really as it's missing the Rebel Flag).

Yeah, and it has the iconic horn sound. I'd always play it whenever I jumped over whatever.

Breaker! Breaker! Calling all citizens of Hazzard County! I am looking for information on any, and all CB radios used in the tv series. Bo & Luke had a Cobra 78X in the General, but I don't know what everyone else used. I have always planned to search the episodes to put together a complete history on this, but I have yet to do so. I am going to start with episode 1 to see what I can find. Please add screenshots if you can. Looking for pictures and info on the radios, mics, antennas, and base stations shown throughout the show, and movies. Thanks everyone!

Denny Hamlin?

Anybody else watch westerns regularly? I grew up watching them with my dad. I've been watching them a lot more frequently lately. Gunsmoke and The Rifleman are my favorites, but I do enjoy "Have Gun--Will Travel", "Wagon Train", Wanted: Dead or Alive", etc. There are a lot of great western streaming channels like INSP and Grit and I've found that Gunsmoke is on somewhere just about 24 hours a day. 😁

I'm not sure if we had all of those in the UK. Most of the names are familiar, but I've probably only heard of them later in life. The nearest to the genre that I remember watching were 'Champion the Wonder Horse' (aka 'The Adventures of Champion') and 'The Lone Ranger'.

Rifleman was a favorite of mine way back in the day! I'm 59....so I remember the ancient stuff!! LOL!

The same people doing this are the ones who will ultimately destroy civilization!.....But HEY! WAIT!! This is DOHD.....so let's save this for another time and get a DOH topic going......I've got S 7 Disc 5, and I'll be watching it soon. ( I've also got AB's in the frig...so.......!!! HAPPY DOHD EVERYBODY!! ( voice of Waylon: The people of Hazzard are so special, they have a speciall holiday, not annually but every week!! ( can you hear his voice.............The people of Hazzard ARE special! I could've told 'em that!)

there were no VERICOSE VEINS on daisy's legs

I was born in the south-west, but grew up just outside London, about 100 miles from Birmingham. I don't remember visiting Birmingham for anything other than shows at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC).

My ancestors were mostly from Counties Cork and Donegal.

For me it finally went away around 6pm Saturday. Wife's finally went away Sunday morning. Tomorrow and Wednesday will be very spring like with temps in the upper 60's then Thursday a dusting of snow has been forecasted for the 1st day of spring Only thing that wasn't green on me today were my jeans and shoes

I hope you get to feeling better bud!

Josh Berry gave the Wood Brothers their 101st win at Las Vegas today, they are also celebrating their 75th anniversary in NASCAR racing.

Now onto the race. Unusually for Australia, it was a wet race. Two of the rookies went out early with Isack Hadjar hitting the wall on the formation lap and Jack Doohan doing the same at turn 5 on the opening lap. After a dry line appeared on the circuit, the drivers briefly switched to dry tires, but fresh rain forced them back onto the intermediate tires. Ferrari gambled on staying out with Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc leading for a lap, but ultimately it was the wrong decision as they had to swap tires anyway. Nearly all of the drivers had some kind of off track incident or spin, and only 14 of the 20 starters saw the checkered flag. Once Lando Norris had regained the lead he went on to win, but Max Verstappen was less than a second behind at the end. They were followed home by the Mercedeses of George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli, and the Williams of Alex Albon. Oscar Piastri managed to recover from his spin to overtake Lewis Hamilton on the last lap and finish ninth. That leaves McLaren and Mercedes tied at the top of the Constructors' Championship with Red Bull in third. With all the incidents, the highlights are 13 minutes long this week - you can watch them here. Only a week to wait for the next race in China.

At our previous house, we'd lose electricity just about every time there was a wind storm. It wasn't exactly rural, but it was tucked into a little area down a little road with huge trees all around. We lost power for about 3 days once in winter. That's when I learned about "glamping" (glamorous camping). We made a little campsite around our fireplace since that was the only heat we had. At the new house, I think we only lost power once, for less than an hour, and it was because they were working on infrastructure for a new development.

I hope everyone weathered those high winds ok. It's been pretty windy here too. Probably should've secured the ceiling fans on the back patio. Whizz!

I'm now thinking about starting my own Heavy Metal band and calling it, " Cutler and Monday!" LOL! ......sounds kinda like one, huh?

I still haven't found the third plaque, but I did make another observation about Boss' artwork. In his Boar's Nest office he has two or three of the dogs playing pool/poker paintings, but in his office at the courthouse he has a copy of 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' by Emanuel Leutze. I guess it reflects the pleasure and business roles of each office.

I finally had a chance to do some exploring on this site and came across this thread. I started reading page 1, then had to skip to the last page to leave a comment. I will go back and read the rest later. This is definitely my all time favorite movie! And I have to share this memory with you guys: Back when I was around 9 years old, this had to be about 1980 or '81, somewhere in there. I remember it was my birthday, and my mom told me that the TV Guide showed that Smokey and the Bandit was going to be on at 7pm that night. Man, I was so excited, I couldn't wait until it came on! Now for all you young sheep out there, if you wanted to watch a favorite TV show or movie back then, you had to be up to date on your TV schedule and be in front of your TV at the right time if you wanted to see it. There was no renting it, streaming it, or buying it, back then. And you would hope the weather was good so it would come in clear! How many of you seasoned gents remember the frustration of a snowy picture?? Then around lunch time, my dad came home and he brought me a birthday gift. I got to open it right away, and found myself the proud owner of a brand new Panasonic cassette recorder and a 3 pack of blamk 90 minute tapes! Woohoo! I played with that thing all day, secretly recording peoples conversations, then playing them back for them. We had a lot of fun that day. Today, you'd probably go to jail for that. Then, after all visitors were gone and the house was quiet, I kept watching the clock, every minute seemed like 10. Smokey and the Bandit is coming on at 7 and it's been on my mind all day, and it's taking for ever for it to get here. I was tinkering with my new tape recorder, watching the time, then suddenly I had a monumental idea. I can record Smokey and the Bandit!!!!! I put fresh batteries in the recorder, installed a 90 minute tabe and made sure it was rewound to the begining, and had a 2nd tape ready for a back up just in case. When the clock hit 7:00 (finally!) I was ready! I was laying on the floor in front of our console TV, with my new tape recorder strategically positioned in front of one of the speakers, my finger hovering over the record button, and my heart racing in anticipation, waiting for the clock to strike 7. I had already managed to do a couple of quick trial runs with some commercials, and they worked perfectly, but I was still worried that something could go wrong. I had one shot to get this right. There will not be a "do-over" opportunity. This is it. Who knows if it well ever be on TV again, or when. Even at such a young age, I had enough sense to plan all this ahead, in a short amount of time, in the final minutes before show time. Including calculating the movie length vs the tape length, hoping I could fit a 2 hour movie on a 90 minute tape if I cut all the commercials. 7:00 came, I hit record, cut the commercials, and successfully captured Smokey and the Bandit on cassette tape! Long before anyone ever dreamed of having a VCR in their homes. Long before you could ever know if you would ever see your favorite movie again. I had it! It was mine to enjoy whenever I wanted to! All those great songs, all that genius dialogue, all the engines roaring and tire squealing, all the crashes! Man, that was a great day! For many nights I would take that recorder to bed with me and fall asleep to Smokey chasing the Bandit and Snowman across theis great country. My best friend would sleep over a lot and we would listen to that movie while we played with my slot car tracks. I had two TCR slotless tracks with semi's and cars, and I had tthree slot car tracks, one with 1978 Trans Ams (one black, one chrome). Man, those were some good times! Thank you HazzardNet community, for jogging some great memories!

That's basically why I made it these colors. High contrast, but a bit easier on the eyes. That said, if there are enough people who would like a lighter theme, I can create one and allow people to choose which one they want.

All too early, Luke’s clock went off. He could hear Bo's clock going off from across the hall. As Luke sat up on the bed, Dixie pulled his pillow closer and snuggled back into the covers. Scrapie and Trixie were up and ready to start their day. Luke went out the bedroom door, banged twice on Bo and BL's door. "Bo, if you'd get up when your clock goes off, I wouldn't have to wake the house up." As Luke banged, Sadie bounded from the chair to the bed landing on top of Bo. She knew once he was out of the bed that she could get back into her bed. “You bang on doors like that once there are sleeping babies in the house, Luke Duke and you are liable to become the second most disliked man in Hazzard,” BL called back. “Oooff. Hey, what's the big idea!” Bo complained as Sadie now lay between him and BL doing her best to scrouge Bo out of the bed. BL giggled as Bo fought for his share of the bed, “she’s trying to get you out of her spot.” “Bathroom’s yours Bo,” Luke called as he passed going back into his and Dixie’s bedroom. Bo gave up on keeping his side of the bed a few more minutes and headed for the bathroom. Sadie wasted no time stretching out on her side with a satisfied groan the minute Bo got up, making BL giggle again. Dixie had heard the commotion outside their door, which was pretty much the normal when Luke was going with Bo to the farm. Luke came into the room, grabbed his clothes and sat on the bed. "She's right, you know." Dixie said sleepily. Luke grumbled just a bit, "Then BL needs to learn how to kick him out of bed quietly." He leaned over and kissed Dixie letting her know that he really wasn't being a grouch. Bo came back into the room and shook his head a little as he stepped into his jeans, “spoiled rotten.” Sadie raised her head up to look at Bo, as if she knew he was talking about her, then layed back down. After Bo put his shirt on,he sat in the chair to put his socks and boots on. “What time are we going over to the square to set up?” Festival starts at 11 o’clock, so we need to have some food ready to start selling, so about 10 maybe,” BL replied. “Ok we’ll try to be back,” Bo said, giving BL a kiss before leaving. “Don’t forget wood for the bonfire,” BL reminded him. “10-4,” Bo replied. Dixie snuggled back into the covers and said sleepily, "Tell Uncle Jesse and Daisy that we will see them in town." Luke looked up to reply and saw that there was no point since Dixie was already back asleep. Meanwhile, at the Duke Farm, Jesse was up and had already poured his first cup of coffee while glancing at yesterday's paper that he had already read. Bo and Luke headed out to the farm in Luke’s truck so they could haul the wood back. When Jesse’s cup was empty he put down the paper and went to start breakfast, he knew the boys would likely be hungry and their wives too if the girls came. He wished Daisy would get up before Bo and Luke arrived; he still didn’t know what Doc Applby had said, it had been very late when Jesse had heard Daisy come in. Luke and Bo pulled into the farm. As they got out of the truck, so did all three pups and the game of tag ensued. All three ran around the truck and their masters, then made about three trips around the farmhouse yapping as they ran and chased each other, then all three sprinted toward the barn. Luke looked at Bo as the pups disappeared into the barn, "I'm glad they are more awake than you." “I’m awake, it just takes me a bit to get going,” Bo defended himself then added “a cup of Uncle Jesse’s coffee will help too.” As Bo and Luke headed in the farmhouse door the three dogs raced out of the barn. “Morning Uncle Jesse, Bo and Luke said as they came in, got a coffee cup and poured themselves a cup of coffee. “Morning boys, are the girls with ya?” “No sir, they're back at the house,” Bo replied. Jesse nodded. "I'll fix them a bite of breakfast for ya'll to take with you for them." Luke took a drink of coffee and said, " You are spoiling them." Jesse looked from the frying bacon in the skillet for the boys breakfast to his oldest, "I'm spoiling them? It seems that I'm still cooking breakfast for you two, too." “Point taken,” Luke replied, it was too early to rile Jesse into a full blown lecture. Out on Cedar Tree lane, LB was just beginning to stir on Lori Mae’s couch, they must have fallen asleep talking. Lori Mae must have woken up at some point and gone to her bedroom. Slipping on his boots then writing a quick note that he’d pick her up for the festival later LB went to his truck, hoping to get home before Clyde missed him. Clyde was up with coffee in his cup and yesterday's paper. The house was still quiet, too quiet. He stood up and looked into the front yard. LB's truck was not home. LB pulled his truck into his usual parking place and headed inside to what he figured would be the third degree about where he’d been. Clyde was at the stove frying eggs and called to LB as he came in the front door, “where’d you go so early? The hardware store ain’t even open this early.” LB stepped into the kitchen replying, “I didn’t go to town, had to take care of something though. Clyde remarked, "It's gonna be a busy day. Breakfast is nearly done and coffee is ready." LB sighed and took a seat at the table. At the Duke farm,Luke finished his coffee. "Let's get at it Bo." He was already in motion, heading out to get the morning chores done. “Right behind ya,” Bo replied, sitting his empty cup down, following Luke out the door. Back at Clyde Davenport’s, Clyde set two plates with eggs, bacon and toast on the table with 2 glasses of orange juice. “What was so all fired important that it couldn’t hold for a bit?” Clyde asked. LB wasn’t ready to tell that particular news yet, so he concentrated on his breakfast and eating it as quickly as possible to get out from under Clyde’s scrutiny. “Slow down son, I know I said it was gonna be a busy day but there’s time to eat,” Clyde said. LB swallowed the food in his mouth then drank the rest of his orange juice, “sorry Pop, I just want to get to town early and the chores won’t do themselves, better get at it,” LB replied, heading for the door, while Clyde cleaned up the kitchen and washed dishes. Daisy heard the dogs yapping as they played chase. She had gotten in late. Really late. She sat up easily, hoping that this would not be a bad morning and that she could use the festival as a reason to not get into a long conversation. She really wished she could get Bo on her side as a distraction. Lord knew she had done it for him many times in the past. Just as Daisy got out of bed, she looked out the window and saw Bo, well behind Luke heading toward the barn. She raised the window. "Bo .... Bo!" Bo heard her the second time she called to him and turned back toward the house. "Good morning Daisy." Bo said. Daisy was sure it was morning but certain it would not be a good morning if she ended up in a conversation with her Uncle. “Morning Bo, I need a favor,” Daisy replied. “Anything for you darlin’,” Bo replied. "Remember all those times you came in really late and didn't want to face Uncle Jesse alone and needed a diversion?" Daisy reminded. Bo got a goofy grin, "Yeah." "Today is payback time." Daisy said in a no nonsense tone. "Don't leave me alone or let me get cornered. I'll be dressed by the time ya'll get chores done. And Bo, don't tell Luke either!" She closed the window to get dressed. Daisy took her time getting dressed just coming out of her room as Bo and Luke came in the back door. “Morning Uncle Jesse, morning Bo, Luke,” Daisy said sitting down at the table. “Morning Daisy,” the 3 Duke men replied. After a hardy breakfast, Luke finished his coffee and slid his chair back, "I guess we'd better round up the pups and get into town. Is there anything Bo and me can help you with or take to town for ya'll?" Jesse reached for the wrap to start wrapping the rest of breakfast for Dixie and BL. "Yes, there is about a hundred pounds of chili in that there freezer and two coolers on the porch. Divide it equally, between the girls and the fire department" Jesse warned sternly and began wrapping the leftovers up for Dixie and BL. Daisy added, "If you stack the dishes I'll wash them tonight. I need to get to town with ya’ll." Luke frowned, "It's still early Daisy." "The girls have got the decorations I need. Besides, I haven't seen them just to talk in days." Daisy said, giving Bo a pleading look. Bo said, "I'll make sure the chili is divided equally. Luke you go pack it up and I'll help Daisy get her stuff and help you pack the chili in the truck." Daisy went to her room and set out four big boxes of cookies “help me carry those boxes to my car, please Bo.” “Sure darlin,” Bo replied, picking up three of the boxes leaving one for Daisy. “Thanks Sugar,” Daisy said. The boxes were put in the backseat of Daisy’s yellow roadrunner. “I’ll take the leftovers to Dixie and BL, meet you at the house fellas. Bye Uncle Jesse,” Daisy said,picking up the plates of food going to her car. Bo and Luke put the freezer boxes of the frozen chili in the coolers to take back to town, putting them in the truck bed. “Well I think that’s everything, right Bo?” Luke said. “The wood for the bonfire.” Bo said. “Shoot I forgot!” Luke exclaimed, moving the coolers to the backseat, so he and Bo could load the wood they had rounded up all month, into the truck’s bed. Luke whistled and three dogs came tearing toward the truck like there was a bobcat on their tails. Luke had his back truck door open. Scrapie and Trixie jumped into the back seat. Sadie jumped onto the back floor board but there was no room for her in the seat, so she did the only thing she knew to do. She jumped up front into Bo's seat. Bo put the last piece of firewood in the bed of the truck then walked around to the passenger front door to get in but found Sadie sitting in his seat waiting to go. “That’s my seat, move over,” Bo said, and Sadie responded with a ‘woof’. “Don’t you back talk to me missy,” Bo said then realizing how he must sound added,”what am I doing?” "Talking to Sadie like she is a two year old." Luke gave Bo an innocent look. “Look who’s talking, I seem to recall you reasoning with the two in the backseat when they made it snow in the livingroom with toilet paper,” Bo retorted. “Funny,” Luke said, then patted the seat beside him,”come on Sadie, come sit with me.” Sadie went across the seat and into Luke’s lap so she could look out the window, instead of sitting beside him like he had intended. Bo got in the truck and they headed to drop off the wood for the bonfire then home. Dixie heard Daisy’s Roadrunner pull into the driveway way before she wanted to get up. She hoped BL was more awake and receptive to early morning family than she was. Dixie turned over and covered her head with the comforter hoping to get to drift back off and not have to get up right now. BL heard Daisy’s roadrunner pull into the driveway as she came out of the bathroom. Daisy wouldn’t usually come this early on Dixie’s day off when she could sleep in, unless it was really important. BL knew Daisy would be by to pick up the decorations she needed but it was still several hours before the festival started, plenty of time left to decorate. Daisy knocked and waited until BL opened it but instead of a smiling Daisy the brunette said “where’s Dixie? I need to talk to ya’ll now!.” “She’s still in bed, I’ll get her” BL replied.Going upstairs BL opened Dixie’s bedroom door saying, “Daisy’s downstairs and needs to talk to us. Something’s up Dix, she’s as jumpy as a sore tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.” Dixie poked her head out from under the covers. "I'm coming." BL turned to go back downstairs. Dixie grabbed a robe, went to the bathroom and headed for the couch where she pulled the afghan off the back of the couch, pulled her feet up and covered up. “What’s up Daisy? You’re not here just to tell us the latest gossip you heard at the Boar’s Nest,” BL said, sitting on the edge of the couch after pushing Dixie’s feet out of the way. “No,” Daisy shook her head then continued, “I need advice, I got something big to tell Uncle Jesse and he ain’t gonna like it.” “I’m sure this won’t be the first time he’s not liked what you told him, it can’t be that bad,” BL replied. “I’m pregnant!” Daisy said, bursting into tears. Dixie sat up quickly, now fully awake, "You are WHAT? I know I'm half asleep and all but I thought you said that you are pregnant." Daisy closed her eyes and nodded 'yes', "Yeah, that is exactly what I said." Dixie frowned in thought, "But, Daisy, you have been on birth control pills since before I left Hazzard years ago. I mean with BL, she had just started taking them so I figured they weren't in her system. I was taking mine regularly, but as for anything else or being real careful, we certainly were not, but I know you have been on them for years." “It’ll be ok Daisy, Uncle Jesse might be a little upset when you tell him but then he’ll think about the next generation of Duke cousins growing up together and lookin’ out for each other like you, Bo and Luke will make him pleased as punch,” BL said. Daisy replied, "You think so?" Then, she thought about what BL said and bolted up out of the chair like the house was on fire. "Oh, Lord. I just don't know how Bo and Luke will take this either. I really don't want to be a single parent and Dar...." She let her voice trail off. Dixie was now awake and caught Daisy's slip, "Darcy? Darcy is gonna be a daddy?" BL leaned forward, “Wow you and Darcy are gonna be parents. Daisy he did not do this TO you, it takes two and it’s obvious you love each other.” “Yeah we do,” Daisy replied. “I’m gonna let you in on a little secret, me and Bo was keeping the weekend of Dixie’s reception/party and all your cousins was here and so were your Uncles Elbert and John and your aunts Bessie and Pauline. Me and Bo had us a scare, my period was late and we just knew we were in trouble because our protection broke.” BL confessed, adding “so Bo ain’t got much room to talk, he did the same as Darcy, we just got lucky.” Dixie saw BL look over at her as if she were waiting for Dixie to tell her own secret. "What are we doing, .... playing truth or dare?" Dixie said but continued before anyone could answer her or change her mind, "Since we are telling and KEEPING secrets this morning." Dixie stressed 'keeping' before she paused a long minute to get her words just right, "Daisy you shouldn't be real surprised if I don't make my due date." “Is there a history of early births in your family?” Daisy asked, the keeping secrets not clicking. “Not that I know, “ Dixie replied and saw Daisy had no clue what she meant. "Daisy, Luke and I knew I was pregnant before we got married. The dates may be close but they won't add up." You were?” Daisy looked a little relieved. “See, Luke can’t say nothing, it'd be the pot calling the kettle black. Don’t let those hot headed cousin’s of yours spoil what should be a happy time for you and Darcy,” BL said. “Right. Won’t it be fun, having our babies so close together?” Dixie was trying to put a positive spin on Daisy’s situation.’ “When are you due?” BL asked. “I don’t know, I don’t remember Doc Applby saying,” Daisy replied. Dixie asked, "You saw Doc Applby?" "I always go to him, besides I wasn't expecting this at all." Daisy replied. Dixie grimaced a bit, "Ya’ll may want to figure something out really quickly. Remember Bo's ex-girlfriend, Jane. She works for Doc some and I hear she keeps the Hazzard phone lines hopping." Hazzard square was beginning to buzz with activity as some like Daisy didn’t have their booths decorated yet and were in town to get it done before the festival started at 11 o’ clock. Down the street leading out of the square Doc Applby’s Ruthie Mae was getting ready for business as usual. Sickness didn’t take the day off just because it was the annual Fall festival. Picking up a couple chart folders to put away, Ruthie Mae stumbled and dropped the charts, spilling their contents on the floor. “Shoot what a mess,” Ruthie Mae sighed as she knelt opening the folders beside her, not thinking much of it when she read Daisy Duke on one, that is until she picked up a lab report from the day before and three words jumped out at her ‘pregnancy test:positive’. Ruthie Mae couldn’t wait to tell Jane when she came in, the nurse had been out the day before for personal reasons. Rute Mae quickly put the chart files in the filing cabinet before the day’s first patient came in and saw her and accused her of snooping. About ten minutes later Jane went into the reception office to leave her purse as usual. “Good morning Ruthie Mae. How are you?” Jane said. “Jane! You are NOT going to believe this,” Ruthie Mae said. “What?’ Jane asked. One of the perks of working for Doc Applby, in her opinion, was knowing news or gossip, whichever the case might be first. “I wasn’t snooping, I dropped some files I was putting away and some papers just fell out,” Ruthie Mae clarified then continued, “Daisy Duke is pregnant.” Jane's eyes went a bit wide with surprise, "Really? Well, you don't say." She couldn't hide the giggle that followed. Ruthie Mae asked, "Wonder who the lucky fellow is?" “I’ve seen her at the Boar’s Nest being real nice to a couple fellas, one being Darcy Kincaid,” Jane replied. Ruthie Mae asked with a gleam in her eye, “who’s the other one?” “Cletus Hogg,” Jane replied. “ No way, Cletus? Are you sure?” Ruthie Mae asked. "I heard her call him 'Sugar' the other night and he was waiting for her to close and lock up before he left on patrol." Jane said. After dropping off the wood for the bonfire Bo and Luke headed home. As they were driving along just enjoying the peaceful fall morning a yellow motorbike came out of a side road nearly hitting them, “Luke lookout!” Bo said. Jeb Stuart Duke about laid his bike down trying to miss the truck he nearly collided with,“road hog!” Luke was that who I think it was?” Bo asked. “One way to find out,” Luke replied, picking up the CB mic. “This here’s the lost sheep calling out to the yellow bike we just almost ran over. “This is Black sheep. Where ya’ll headed in such a rush?” Jeb spoke into his helmet radio. Bo took the mic from Luke and replied. “Home to our wives, the festival starts in a little while. Did you forget living in Placid so long?” “No sir I didn’t forget, the festival is why I’m in Hazzard,” Jeb replied. Luke took the mic back, "Uncle Jesse will be along in a bit. Daisy is already in town somewhere. Turn that thing around and let's head to the house." Jeb replied, "I'm right behind ya'll." It was then that Dixie, Daisy and BL heard Luke's truck. Luke pointed to the Road Runner in his parking spot and parked on the street, "Looks like we see where Daisy is at." Daisy questioned, "Our secret? For now." Dixie and BL nodded 'yes' as they all heard the motorcycle pull into the driveway and around to the back yard. Dixie said aloud, "Who in the world?" “There’s only one person that rides a motorcycle and would park in the backyard," BL said as both the front and back doors opened. “Jeb Stuart!” Daisy flung herself into Jeb’s arms for a hug. Jeb dropped his duffel bag to catch her. ”What are you doing in Hazzard so early? Daisy asked. “I decided to come early and visit a spell before the festival and enter in the Hazzard Derby, if Cooter will loan me a car,” Jeb said adding “and I ran into these two ruffians…” “Almost literally,” Bo cut in. “Me and Bo was on our way home with the chili Uncle Jesse made for the festival so Jeb followed us home.” After all the pertinent information was exchanged the guys went out to load Daisy’s decorations for her and to unload Luke’s truck. Jeb took the few minutes without the girls in ear shot to ask something he knew better than to ask in front of them, “Luke is it just because I haven’t seen her since Bo’s wedding or has Dixie gained a few pounds?” "I know Uncle Jesse and Aunt Pauline too well to know that you don’t know that she's pregnant." Luke said. Jeb replied, "I do and I know it's too early for her to be showing but she's gotten wider." Luke pretended to be offended, "Just why are you checking out my wife so close?" Jeb for half a second took the bait, " Now, Luke you know it ain't like that...." Before he could say anymore, Luke cracked a smile and put his arm around Jeb's shoulder, "As for Dixie getting wider, don't leave your dessert and even think it will be there later." “I wouldn’t mention that you noticed either,” Bo added. “Right, let’s get some coffee and sit with the girls so we can all visit a spell before things get busy,” Luke said and they went back in the house. Luke got 3 more coffee cups and the coffee pot and brought it all over to the table. After everybody had a cup they all sat chatting about what was going on in each county, “Did ya’ll know Cooter is leading a secret life over in Placid ?” Jeb asked. The group gathered around the table gave him questioning looks of confusion so Jeb elaborated. “I seen him yesterday walking down the sidewalk with a woman and a little girl, he was holding the kid’s hand like they was kin or something.” “Cooter Davenport?” Daisy asked skeptically, she thought Jeb was mistaken. She’d heard people say that everybody had a ‘twin’ somewhere. Dixie added, "Cooter? As in my brother, Cooter? Tall guy, ball cap, usually greasy?" Jeb nodded ‘yes’ saying “I’d know Cooter anywhere.” Dixie then asked, "What did the girl look like?" Jeb's description fit Crystal. Dixie looked at BL, "Crystal?" “Sounds like her but I didn’t know she had a kid.Did you Daisy?” “Nuh uh, me neither” Daisy replied, taking her cup to the sink, “I best be going and get those decorations up. See ya’ll later.” Jeb retrieved his duffel bag saying “I’ll see ya’ll later at the festival,” then went out back, his motorcycle roaring to life and peeling out headed toward the Duke farm. The young married Dukes did a few things then got themselves ready and over to the square, Bo and Luke firing up the grills while Dixie and BL started some popcorn in the big street vendor popcorn maker and got Uncle Jesse’s chili heating in a couple of big pots. BALLADEER: The smell of Uncle Jesse's chili and the grilling hotdogs filled the Hazzard morning air. Cletus was the first to stop by the Hazzard Volunteer Fire Department's booth, "What do ya’ll have smelling so good?" Bo replied, "Uncle Jesse's secret chili and polish dogs." "I'll take two with everything." Cletus said. Luke burst his bubble, "The chili is still cold and the polish dogs are just starting Cletus. Give us a half hour." "Well, alright." Cletus said as he moved over to the Orphanage booth. "What are ya'll selling over here?" Dixie replied, "Hotdogs, popcorn and cotton candy." Cletus felt his stomach growl from the delicious smells. "What's ready now?" Dixie replied, "Popcorn. Chili is heating and hotdogs are on, but it's gonna be a bit yet." “Flapjacks on a ferris wheel, give me some popcorn then and I’ll come back in a little bit when it’s ready,” Cletus said. BL bagged up a paper baggie of the buttery popcorn and gave it to Cletus, “that’ll be 50 cents Cletus.” Cletus reached into his pocket and handed BL 2 quarters “Thanks, I’ll be back later.” Cletus then headed over to where Daisy and her Junior Patrol troop were selling cookies. “Hi deputy Cletus, wanna buy some cookies?” a freckle faced little girl with red hair and blue eyes asked, smiling up at him. “Sure Mary Jo. Um I’ll take 2 boxes each of the snickerdoodles, chocolate butter pecan and peanut brittle,” Cletus replied. Mary Jo bagged up the cookies while Daisy tallied up the cost. “Let’s see, that's 4 dollars a box for the snickerdoodles and the chocolate butter pecan cookies and 5 dollars each for the peanut brittle, that comes to a total of 14 dollars,” Daisy said, then put the money in the money box. All the booths were open and ready for business by the time Uncle Jesse made it to town. He and Jeb had left the farm together but of course Jeb had quickly pulled away from the old pick up. By the time Jesse parked there was no sign of Jeb or his bike. Jesse knew that like the older boys, Jeb was sure to turn up somewhere. Jesse crossed the street and entered the square filled with tables and booths of all sorts. It had been a busy day so Dixie, BL, Bo and Luke were finally getting time to eat some lunch thanks to Luke’s fire jumper teammates Randy and Bugs taking over the grills at the firehouse and the concession stand. The two couples were strolling around looking at the other booths while they ate. “Look Dixie Ms. Webster has some baby stuff she knitted,” BL pointed to the booth on the left that read ‘hand knitted baby things, scarves, mittens and hats’. “Let’s go see what she’s got,” Dixie replied. At the same time that the Dukes walked up, so did David and Jennie Ann Doolin each carrying a baby carrier with their twin boys Dalton and Dawson. “Hey long time no see,” Luke said. “These two have kept us pretty busy the last two months,” David replied. BL and Dixie each now holding a baby while they were talking to Jeannie Ann and the men were talking. Jesse walked up about the time that Cooter did, to the boys talking with David Doolin. Jesse nudged Luke, "Well, it looks like baby fever has hit." Cooter nearly choked at Jesse's comment. "I think it hit a few months ago, Uncle Jesse." Luke reminded a bit puzzled by Jesse's statement. In the wise words of the older man, he disagreed. "No. That baby was made back then but since then Dixie's been sick, you both have been getting used to the idea of a little one, but now..." He pointed to Dixie and BL gently loving and playing with the infants, "the fun begins. They are holding those little ones but they are trying to figure out what those little Dukes will look like." Bo was patting Cooter on the back, "You alright?" "Peachy." Cooter replied, while trying to get his breath back. “We best be getting back to our stands, c’mon give’em up little mama’s,” Luke said. “I better get back too, the drawin’s on the chances is about to get underway,”Cooter said, heading for the gazebo where the drawings for each organization that sold chances on a prize was being done. “We don’t want to keep the twins out too long so we’re gonna head home,” Jeannie Ann said. Getting the infants back in their carriers the group said their goodbyes and went their separate ways. First drawing was Cooter’s boy scout troop, the winner was Billy Bob Wilkes. After the voucher was collected Cooter sent the boys off to their parents and went in search of Crystal and Kathy Mae. Finding them just leaving the corn hole game he walked over and gave Crystal a peck on the lips. “Hey! Are ya’ll having fun?” Cooter asked. “Look what I got!” Kathy Mae proudly presented her prize from the corn hole game. “Good job baby,” Cooter replied. Cooter could tell Kathy Mae was getting tired so he picked her up and sat her on his shoulders. Jeb was turning to leave the arm wrestling when he spotted the three, this time he was positive Cooter was not only with a woman but they had a little girl with them. Jeb made his way through the booths and crowd and caught up with Bo, Luke and the girls just as they were getting back to their booths. "ya'll almost had me second guessing my eyesight earlier but come here. Look across the square at the Lady's Aid booth and tell me who you see!" They all looked in the direction Jeb said. “That’s Cooter with his girlfriend Crystal,” Luke said, then his next words trailed off in disbelief, “Cooter’s carrying a kid…” “Possum on a gumbush,” Bo said. Dixie hadn't really been interested until then. She exclaimed, "He's carrying 'what?!” “I see it but I don’t believe it. Reckon there’s something he forgot to tell us? Like he has a kid,” BL said, making the assumption the others were probably making too. BALLADEER: Ya’ll reckon she can spell assume? While the group was still looking Cooter’s way and trying to figure out what they were seeing,Randy, Luke’s smokejumper team’s second in command called to Luke, “Hey Luke, we got a large, to go order and I could use some help over here.” “Little help here too would be nice,” Bugs said. People were lining up at the concession stand to get what would be supper for many before the hayride. Luke went back over to the Hazzard Volunteer Fire department’s booth and Bo and the girls went back behind the concession stand. None of them gave Cooter, Crystal and the mystery kid another thought. Noone was paying attention either when Daisy and Darcy headed to Darcy’s car. The last of the orders were filled and the hayride would be starting soon. Luke and his crew fixed 'dinner' for all his workers as did Dixie and BL . After a quick bite, the grill and other equipment was slid into the fire station and the trucks parked back inside as everyone headed to the courthouse for the hayride. At the courthouse, farmer Perkins and Burl Tolliver held the reins of a team of horses hitched to 2 wagon loads of hay. Dixie’s coworker Debbie had been unable to get off work for the festival but she couldn’t wait for the hayride to start. She and Jeb had been dating since Dixie and Luke’s wedding reception weekend. Coy and Vance had planned to come from Tennessee for the festivities and to see Casey and Lisa, the two female smokejumpers on Luke’s crew but something came up and they didn’t make it. “Hey you made it!,” Jeb gave Debbie a bear hug, picking her up off the ground. “I have to work again tomorrow though,” Debbie replied. Everybody was soon on the wagons, young couples either dating or newly married on one and families with kids too young to date on the other. As they took their seats, Jeb asked Debbie, "Do you like hayrides?" "I'm not sure. I've never been before." Debbie answered honestly. Jeb said, "Well I'm sure you will have fun." As he leaned over for a deep kiss. Cooter and Crystal had been about to board that wagon, but seeing Jeb’s long kiss, Cooter guided Crystal to switch to the other wagon. Kathy Mae asked, "Why not wide dat wagon?" Cooter answered as Crystal looked at him for the same answer, "This one has more kids your age honey. You will have a better time.” At Jeb's touch and kiss, Debbie couldn't believe her body's reaction. She could use a very cold shower right now. The hayride had started in town and was about four miles through backroads of beautiful colors as the leaves took on shades of red, orange and yellows. Then it was back to town where everybody got their vehicles and either headed home or to the Hobson farm for the bonfire. Jesse’s old ridgerunner buddy Amos Petersdorf had brought out his old fire truck to douse the flames when everybody went home, he liked to keep the truck in working condition and this way Boss Hogg couldn’t charge for use of the town’s fire truck. The bonfire in Hazzard wasn’t the only big event going on, just over the Tennessee state line, Daisy and Darcy were pulling up in front of the justice of the peace’s house. Darcy looked at Daisy saying, ‘I know this ain’t the wedding you have probably been planning since you were a little girl or even the ideal elopement but I promise you’ll get your ‘real’ wedding, one day. “I love you Darcy and marrying you is a dream come true, no matter how or where,” Daisy replied. Back in Georgia LB and Lori Mae were headed back to Hazzard from their own elopement to Greenville. Dixie went with Luke as he led his Smokejumpers over to see Amos's old fire engine. Amos was tickled pink to show off his 'old girl', especially to some of the younger whipper snappers on Luke's crew. When Luke and the other smokejumpers got back to the others he noticed he had a missing cousin. Jeb and Debbie's more or less long distance relationship had Jeb wanting more than just holding hands at the bonfire. Debbie had indicated that she was more than ready to move into a more physical relationship. Debbie had never been the sort to just jump into bed with a fellow, but tonight when Jeb touched her hand there was a feeling that went through her and she was more hot and bothered than she had ever been. Jeb had moved Debbie's car away from the crowd. It was October, but tonight was warm. He led her down to a quiet place under the stars down by the creek. LB and Lori Mae made it to Hobson farm and parked at the end of a row of cars next to Cooter’s truck that now had a carseat in it and it hadn’t been there yesterday, “Jumping Jehoshaphat! Where did that come from?” LB exclaimed. ”What?” Lori Mae asked. “That carseat…C’mon let’s go find Cooter,” LB said, holding Lori Mae’s hand as they weaved through the crowd, stopping occasionally to talk with folks. As they were parting company with Brody, LB saw Cooter up ahead going in another direction but what he didn’t see was the tiny tot in Cooter’s arms. LB tried to catch up but got stopped again by a couple friends. At the end of the night Luke took a couple of his younger crew over to put the hose back on the old engine for Amos. Amos told Luke as he watched the younger people readily climb on top of his ‘old girl’ and lay the hose back neatly, "I can't thank you enough Luke for bringing those youngins over to lay that there hose for me. They are doing a fine job much quicker than these old bones could do it." "It wasn't any trouble at all. Besides, they don't get a chance to lay hose much." Luke said as he and his crew bid Amos goodnight, then went back to their vehicles. "Ya'll be careful on the way home. I'll see ya Monday. Thanks again for coming over. Maybe next time ya'll can stay longer." Randy shook Luke's hand and replied, "Maybe next time it won't be fire season or whoever makes the schedule gives us the next day off." Knowing full well it was Luke who made their schedules. Luke replied, "Well next time, just remind me and I'll have a talk with that fellow about the schedule." With a good laugh the remaining few headed off the farm.

Yes! In fact, I already had a post ready for the facebook page next week about "Flush", the "stunt dog".

.....Ok, back to your questions RogerDuke. I don't have a favorite season, scene. or episode. I love them all. Who else has that much video footage of their favorite car other than 1969 Dodge Charger fans? Not to mention all the other Mopar cars and trucks. I guess I tend to shy away from the Coy & Vance episodes, just because they're not Bo & Luke. When I was little, I was devastated when Bo & Luke left, I still watched every episode in anticipation of them coming back. It was a very long and painful wait. But then they finally returned, I mean, the angels were singing and heaven was shining down on me again!!! The only cast member I have met is John, which is sad because I don't live very far from Cooters Place in Pigeon Forge TN. Some of the others show up there once in a while. With our schedule, It's just difficult to get there when they are there. As far as toys go, I do still have some of them. And I have some stuff that I got from John. When I was a kid I was loaded with Dukes stuff, I had the bedding set, curtains, waste basket, tv tray, cereal bowl set, dinner set, pj's, wallet, watch, belt buckle, tee shirts, activity books, posters, model cars, and countless toys. I wish I still had all that now. Man, now I need to watch some Dukes!!!!

We're still just over a week away from the start of the 2025 F1 season, but Formula 1's YouTube channel has just posted highlights of five season-opening races going back over more than 20 years. It's amazing how the cars have changed during this time, e.g. in 2013 the cars had really ugly high noses, and in 2009 the cars had really wide front wings. There are several drivers in the video that I'd forgotten, and even a couple of teams! You can watch it here.

Nice! Well, give or take. I don't know about you, but I burned up a General Lee big wheel and a few others while tearing up the sidewalks in my own little Hazzard County back in the day. Did you watch the Dukes back then, during it's original airing?

Instructions if you're on a laptop or desktop: If you search on Bing and you find a video that's on YouTube, in the lower right hand corner of the video (to the right of the gear), there's "YouTube". Hover over that and it says "Watch on YouTube". Click on that, it will take you to YouTube, once the video starts playing, you can either copy the URL from the browser address bar or right click on the video and click "Copy video URL". Then just past that into your comment in the forums and the video should show up.

There have been studies showing that smart people prefer to watch shows with thought-provoking content. I think Scooby Doo and Dukes of Hazzard qualify, don't you?

Welcome to HazzardNet!

Welcome to Hazzardnet! It's always great to meet a Dukes of Hazzard fan.

Would anyone be interested in having episode watch parties? I can't promise any sort of frequency, but I would love to re-watch the series again with you guys. If you're interested, comment with the days of the week and times that are best for you and I'll try to schedule something that works for the majority. I might be able to schedule a second viewing for folks across the pond. I would also like some volunteers to test things out with me on the website we'll be using.

Yes. In fact, I think there is also audio/video capability for those who'd want to try that.

Rayford Flicker claimed to be from the United AMALGAMATED Dixie Charities, Incorporated.

I hope things are getting better for you, Roger. The loss of someone you care about hits hard, as I know all too well.

It should still be there? Maybe I need to make a new goal for March? I'll go update it and let me see if it comes back for you. I really appreciate the support, but don't feel like you have to.

There's some discussion about the new road-going Charger and possible gas engines in a recent Doug DeMuro podcast. It's a good looking car with styling cues from the '60s Chargers. One of the publicity shots shows the new car in orange, but sadly it's the 4-door version. I'm sure it won't be long before someone slaps an 01 on the side of a 2-door.