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I always love it when I see folks who were on Dukes on something else. Of course, I always love anything that makes me think of Dukes.

Wow! Now that's interesting! They all just seemed to "Make the rounds", so to speak, on the different shows!

Watching Dukes on TV interspersed with episodes of CHiPs, it's interesting how many guest stars appeared in both. Earlier, I watched 'Mason Dixon's Girls' with Morgan Woodward, and now I'm watched CHiPs episode 'The Strippers' with Morgan Woodward. 'Mason Dixon's Girls' was also on last weekend, and on the same day I watched CHiPs episode 'Wheeling' - both feature Taylor Lacher. Another episode of CHiPs I saw recently, 'Kidnap', had Warren Berlinger as one of the kidnappers (he was the first guy to get his car stripped in 'Arrest Jesse Duke') and Patrick Cranshaw as a guy who gets car-jacked (he was Doc Petticord in Dukes).

Although Uncle Jesse's middle name is never given (to my knowledge), one of the cousins in Dukes precursor 'Moonrunners' is called Bobby Lee Hagg. The dialogue says he was named after General Robert E. Lee, so Lee could easily be another name that Gy Waldron recycled when he created Dukes (like Cooter, Roscoe and Uncle Jesse).

One of my favorite things to see here on the HN is when someone digs up old threads and revives them. I'm going to have to start doing that now that I have more time.

If you're looking for possible names from Confederate generals, how about Kirby after (Edmund) Kirby Smith?

I know it's been forever since someone commented here. Assuming his middle name hasn't been found within the canon of the show since 2005, I'm going to put out another idea. Because of how the old-timey naming system works in the south, especially in Appalachia, I'm going to add 'Kemper' to the list of possibles. James Lawson Kemper was the Confederacy's youngest brigade commander, making brigadier general at the age of 39. He was wounded at Gettysburg, but survived to become an important political figure in Virginia. He was known for his honesty and attention to duty. Naming boys after valorous Confederate generals was once a popular practice, and if the name didn't sound like a first name, it was given as a middle name. Lukas Kemper Duke doesn't have a wonderful ring to it, but it would be geographically consistent.

I see you dug up an old JulieDuke thread....24,000 posts. I miss her.

You're right but the difference is......if I'm recalling correctly.....the Daisy blooper happened during the episode, not in the pre-opening song scenes. There are a couple episodes where my DVDs are defective. I think the 2 episodes are Jude Emery and R.I.P. Henry Flatt. I also agree about the 3 older actors....and of course if it weren't for Cooter fixing the General in a couple hours after a crash that would have totaled a normal car, the Duke boys would be riding bicycles......or walking since they'd probably crash them to pieces also.....or saddling up Maudeen the mule and riding double. Which reminds me. I loved it when the police had 3-wheelers. Too bad they didn't have BMX style stunt bikes back then.