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Snowing on and off today but not sticking and it's real windy. That's good because the wind brought down a tree that was leaning on another tree after my unsuccessful attempt to cut it down. I'm just hanging out today. I think I overdid it yesterday so my body needs a rest from firewood and trail making.

Bo calling the sheep hairy pigs was pretty funny. Thanks for adding that Hoss. I didn't look at the mobsters as cartoonist at all until the car chase scene at the end and how little of a fight they put up when Cletus dropped the net on them.

The Meeting ....season 2 -- We start out with Rosco in the pond after chasing the Duke boys when he caught them by using his new radar gun. Old friend and current mobster Black Jack Bender tells Boss "I'm as legit as you" then offers him money to have a meeting in the jailhouse with mob leaders (umm...toy manufacturers) from around the country. After getting caught spying on them Bo and Luke get the kiss of death and this episode gets more intense than any previous one. The Dukes don't seem to mind. They have fun outsmarting the mob and staying ahead of them on every turn.....sometimes literally and in the end Cletus helps them put a net over the bad boys and haul them off to the FBI in Atlanta. Those Dukes aren't afraid of anybody! --Cletus is now Auxiliary Deputy Sheriff. Enos is not in this one. -- When the Dukes and Cooter found an arsenal of automatic weapons Cooter said "I don't know about y'all but I don't think those city boys come to Hazzard to hunt possums." -- Bender was on the phone at the Boar's Nest talking in code to a fellow mobster, calling him mother and being mean. Daisy wondered how he could be "so nice to me and so rude to his mother" -- When the Dukes made a plan to fight the mob Waylon said "Ain't that nice...you just don't see many families having fun together nowadays" -- As Hoss pointed out earlier, Rocky Marlow from Deputy Dukes is in this one. He's the toughest of the mob bosses. They are all meeting to figure out how to stop their sons from taking over the businesses. -- Bo jumped the creek with mobsters pumping bullets into the windshield...nice! -- Early in the ep he jumped over the mobsters in a broke down car without even knowing they were there until after the jump.....only in Hazzard. -- I remember when this episode was first on. I was pretty surprised that the writers added this level of intensity....The leaders of all the mobs in America....wow!

I'm sure it wasn't in an episode. I'd remember that. My first job was in a fur post. I got paid 10 cents for every muskrat I skinned.

No thanks. I've made it 60 years without anything like that and I'll make it thorough tomorrow without one too.

Which is good because if Deputy Hoss wasn't on the job Hobie would build a still around here and probably get us all in trouble with the revenuers.

Some people aren't happy no matter what you do. Spike, you need to get a shirt that says "Quit complaining and put a Dukes DVD in." I had a great day today. I'm building more trails for my dirt bike. Retirement is sweet!

The Rustlers.....season 2 -- Burl and Sherry Tolliver are struggling to keep the farm but if their super fast horse Manassas can win the "Mrs JD Hogg Stakes" they can save it. With the help of Cletus, Rosco steals the horse. Then two rustlers steal it from Boss and Boss thinks the Dukes took it. Boss then teams up with the Dukes and then Bo, Luke and Cooter steal it from the rustlers. With Bo and Cooter distrating the rustlers Luke rides the horse back just in time to make the registration deadline and later Manassas wins the big race. -- The big story in this episode is that in real life Sheriff Rosco falls in love with Sherry Tolliver (Dorothy Collier) and they marry. -- The episode starts out with the 3 Duke men singing Amazing Grace heading down the road in the General. -- Burl Tolliver is played by country music legend Mel Tillis who really did stutter all the time....unless he was singing. -- After driving the General beside Manassas to see how fast he was going Enos said "I knew General Lee was going to win Sheriff" lol -- Poor Lulu. After the Rolls Royce thing didn't work out Boss bought her a mink coat that ended being possum fur and when she went out in the rain it smelled up the whole county. -- I bet they named a character Widow Baxley because of Director Paul Baxley. -- I sure would have loved to hop into the scene where the 4 Dukes and Cooter were eating watermellon on the porch. -- Fantastic episode and Waylon ended it well "Someone once said that nice guys finish last. Well, not always. Not in Hazzard County."

Me neither but if I lived in Hazzard County I'd probably be more forgiving because I'd be about a million times happier than I am now.....and I'm pretty happy now.

Here's a couple tough ones for Hoss...or anybody. 1) Who does all the talking about the upcoming episode before the opening song? 2) In the scene with Lulu where she has the gout at the end of The Rustlers is that an old picture of James Best on the wall?

I've never owned a cell phone, ATM card or even credit card. I wouldn't even know how to send a text message. My wife has all those things. I don't fault folks for having that stuff but I love being old school.

I sure give you a lot of credit Joseph. When you set your mind on something you don't give up easy. I bet 'ol Cooter has been a little too busy lately pulling Hobie, Hoss and Meadowmufn out of the ditch.

I agree. But of course it has its benefits. I think the bad outweighs the good and that's why I've never used it. I did start an account once with the plan to use it only for Dukes stuff but it wouldn't let me finalize the account without giving a cell phone number and I've never owned a cell phone.

Sounds good. I'll be there. And to prove how tough I am, give it to me in a dirty glass.

Gold Fever....season 2 -- Three tough Texas boys roll into Hazzard and rig their car so the axle busts. Boss is too blinded by greed to not smell a scam when they put 3 million dollars in gold bars in his bank. Boss signs a contract guaranteeing the safety of the bars but the Texas boys fake a robbery so now Boss is on the hook for 3 million. It's all a scam that Boss fell for. The bars are lead disguised as gold and the the bad guys accept $100,000 instead. The Duke boys expose the scam and everybody except the bad guys end up happy. -- The episode starts out with Jesse in the back of the General with a bad toothache. Unfortunately mobile dentist Homer Willis only has time to give him pain medicine. Waylon says "I could have said getting Jesse to see a dentist is like pulling teeth but I got my pride." -- Boss can never remember H H Harkness's name. I had no trouble since that is the last name of one of my best friends. -- Texas stuff was pretty popular in American back then. A lot of country songs had Texas themes. And then there was the TV show Dallas (after Dukes) and Gilley's, Urban Cowboy, etc. -- Rosco and Enos were in their cars side by side coming straight at the Dukes in a game of chicken. Passenger Luke said " I can't watch". Driver Bo closed his eyes and said "Me neither" -- Waylon "You know, only in Hazzard could a fella have to prove his innocence for a crime that ain't even been committed yet" -- Homer Wills came to the rescue at the end. After that he decided that being a dentist wasn't exciting enough and left town to try to find a place that drag raced RVs. Before he left he fixed Jesse's tooth and did other dental work. Boss paid the bill. -- We start to see the beginning of a trend in the series where the Dukes and Boss team up at the end more often.

I wasn't exactly a nation-wide traveler back then but I have been a Dukes super fan for over 40 years so I've paid pretty close attention. It seemed like the appeal of the Dukes was spread pretty evenly throughout the country. It was also timed pretty well since it came after a small surge of Smokey and the Bandit style movies that were so popular. Things always go in trends in society. Then they fade away and come back again. Since the world has gotten so complicated I can see another Dukes style show succeeding again. Folks are craving simplicity. What surprised me at the time was the popularity of Dukes in Europe although I think it took longer to hit its peak.

I thought about that.

Seeing my name on the start of a Dukes episode. Thanks Hoss! Best present ever!...and thanks Spike! It was a great day....and I am now officially retired too!

Thanks. Feel free to post as many comments you want about any of the ones I have reviewed. In fact, anybody can start their own review thread if they want. If it weren't for the episodes none of us would be here.....says Captain Obvious.

(April 17) Happy birthday Cousin Coy. Yours is pretty easy to remember since it's only two days after mine. I'll catch you around down at the Boar's Nest. It's going to be a 24 hour long party to celebrate.

10-4 good buddy. I got a copy on the HOMER WOLFMAN. You're coming in loud and proud. That radidio of yers is sure packing a whallop tonight. 7s at ya. Catch ya on the flip flop. I'm gone.

A lot of those things Waylon said weren't in the script but they let him use them. I bet that's one of them.

I don't do Facebook but if folks weren't fighting about a virus they'd be fighting about an election or Tom Brady or something else . I do forums for dirt bikes and astronomy and I usually avoid the off-topic stuff. I have gotten pulled into contoversy in the past but it takes away the fun of the good stuff so I try my best to stay away. I'm happier like that.

My wife said it was near white out conditions going to work this morning. Tomorrow afternoon we might end up with enough to have to plow. All of last night's snow was melted before noon today.

You're pretty smart too because you give great advice. Since you've told me to never waste a sip I haven't spilled a drop of my buttermilk.