Mark B / Scooter Davenport

Yes, I thought that too when I started this- took me a few episodes to make sure that was a jog in the wall. Yea, there were numerous changes in furniture, placement of the pinball machine, etc. It was almost different every episode. At one point a pool table was even in the middle of the bar. I think the changing arrangements gave the illusion of the place being larger than it was. In a few episodes early in season 1 they actually had a ceiling piece up there that followed that roof line (mimicking the exterior roof) as well as some poles in the middle of the set to look like supports. Seems like they abandoned the ceiling piece pretty quick- most sets have no ceiling if they can get away with it to make lighting easier. M

Still looking for other variations of the layout- if anyone thinks of anything, post it!

That is actually the first place I noticed the closet, so I've been looking for it ever since I started reviewing the episodes in order. The first time it appears is in Byline Daisy Duke. IIRC, Bo and Luke had to hide in there briefly?

The entire left side of the set (bar, doors) was moved 'in' a few feet. May have been done to make room more cozy (fewer extras for a crowd), and/or to make the set easier to film since it had a low roof. The further away the walls are, the taller the walls need to be and they had already established the BN as having a relatively low ceiling. Or it could have simply been a space issue if the soundstage for season 2 was crowded. Mark

My latest observations of the configuration of the BN interior set: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5561/14859899189_07df125999_b.jpg' alt='14859899189_07df125999_b.jpg'>boars nest sets by mommydawn2000, on Flickr

And its not just a room- it has a raised floor/stage. Notice that Boss steps up into this space. I'm still reviewing seasons 5,6,7, I'm pretty certain this extension was invented for this episode. Also, but this time (end of season 7), I think they felt this area had been so ignored by the camera for so long, that nobody would remember that it used to be just another wall. I suppose you could reason that this room was always back there (we know there was at least a close back there at one point), and they opened up the wall to create the stage area for Lulu's big talent show fund raiser. Yes, this is the right hand side of the building (click thumbnail below). The right hand side always had the door that is nearly centered and it matched up with the door location of Boss' exterior door because that's what the layout was for seasons 1 and 2. The left hand side of the building had the door that was much closer to the back of the building. For some reason when they decided to flip the interior layout, they never bothered to make the doors on the exterior set match up. I think by this time (season 3), they figured if the world believed the General Lee could fly, then a little bad continuity with door placement wouldn't distract anyone.

Its very common for rear view mirrors to be missing on many movies and tv shows. M

Haha- missed your trivia; I would have know the answer as I just grabbed this myself last week! M

This is the second style juke box seen the Boar's Nest.

I think this is correct, but I'd also like to see what kind of equipment is in that corner that might makes sense with the hood. M

At this point, no answer is silly! Maybe Cooter's doing some cooking at work? But seriously it looks like its something for a similar purpose- taking smoke/fumes up and out. Perhaps for a welding station or something like that? Mark

I'm building a detailed model of the Hazzard Garage, trying to match everything seen in the series. There is one object in the garage that is a mystery to me- in one corner is some sort of 'hood' object. Anyone have any idea what its supposed to be (in the context of an auto repair garage)? Any help is appreciated! Click on the thumbnail below: Mark

I've gone all the way through season 3 now and it appears that the 'reversal' of the Boar's Nest interior set happened in the transition between seasons 2 and 3, not sometime in the middle of season 3. There are only two episodes in season 3 that show the original arrangement of the BN interior (Uncle Boss & Baa Baa White Sheep), but they were apparently filmed during season 2 and aired during season 3. M

Yes- there could be a nice smoker setup out back with minimal 'kitchen' facilities inside. Seen that many times in the south. Maybe I'll include that on the model! Mark

Outhouse somewhere maybe?

Done going through the first two seasons as well as a couple dozen miscellaneous eps from other seasons of DOH mining for info about the interior details of the Boar's Nest. I've nailed down most of what the set consisted of during the run of the series. A few interesting observations: The Boar's Nest: -has no bathroom -has one door on the back of the building, that is sometimes an exit, sometimes a closet (maybe its the bathroom sometimes too). -seems to have no kitchen; just a back room (doors to back room just say 'receiving'). Where is that 'world's best tastin bbq' made? -has no air conditioning (according to dialog). Mark

Just about anything during season 2/3 that was a sign, printed graphic, logo, or lighted touch-screen control panel. Mark

I think I can help with some of this having reviewed a bunch of episodes looking at the details. That door next to the 'closet' (it was just a wall until later in the series when they added a door) had previously been established as the outside door, and the door on the left had been established as leading to the rest of the bar. For some reason, these thing were ignored- I'm wondering if the director for some reason didn't care what was 'established'? It does happen and generally speaking everyone does what the director wants and directors aren't always very concerned with continuity if he feels something looks good. Most sets are built directly on the soundstage floor, usually with just a layer of plywood underneath. Its likely that in order to portray a hole being dug in the floor, they had to build a deck so the actor could be in the hole. The would have had to move a wall from the permanent set to use on the deck, or built a similar wall to match. I'm betting they threw together the simplest wall possible (the stock wood paneling as seen in the bar), decorated it a little with a pinball machine, etc. Notice that shot is also very darkly lit, so you don't notice what's in the background. Mark

I misspelled a few things when I worked on a tv series called 'SeaQuest DSV'. One of them was on a patch design on costumes that were sold to the public after the show ended, so its become known among collectors, so its still a bit embarrassing. Mark

When something on a 'permanent set' changes during a series, there is usually a reason for it; its usually something in the script that needs to happen and its usually small changes to things that the director/producers feels nobody will notice. As I move through the episodes to nail down details of the Boar's Nest interiors, there are several subtle changes made to the set that I've noticed; things like a hood over the bar (appearing in season 2), support poles in the middle of the room (they disappear sometime during the series), and the closet door in Boss' office. Another detail mentioned previously are the little windows in the 'RECEIVING' doors. The doors were solid in season one, but they appear suddenly in episode 2 of season 2. Why? Because Bo and Luke were hiding in the back room and needed to silently get Daisy's attention as she waits on Boss and his guest. Opening the doors a little wouldn't make visual since they would obviously be spotted by Boss who was facing the rear of the room. So there needed to be windows. If you take a look at the screen cap, you can see that the paint was touched up around where the windows were cut. Plus, the trim around the edges is a little rough- almost like the windows were created hastily, perhaps even on the fly as shooting was happening on the set that day.

I just reviewed the first few (GA) episodes; The layout of the GA Boar's Nest doesn't seem to resemble the Warner studio set at all. Overall very little takes place inside the Boar's Nest; I think we see Boss' office more than the bar area. Moving to CA, they clearly concentrated on matching the exterior, but clearly started from scratch with the inside. Mark

Lizzy, I thought that was the case as well until I started looking at the series episode by episode and making notes. The layout was indeed reversed during season 3- the two 'sides' were swapped, or the 'door' section was moved to the back (depends on how you look at it). Mark

Also, take a look at 'Treasure of Hazzard' for that rear door (it has a 'complaint department' sign on it). Mark

Wow those are great everybody!! I'm going to come up with some blueprints of the interior and the changes. Looks like I got you going on something Hoss! Mark

Yes, Hoss eliminated that from my original drawing (think he was just demonstrating the middle room switch-around). That wall was always there in Boss' office, but the 'closet' door appeared sometime late in the series. I'm sure there was an episode where the needed a closet for something in the script, so the door was added. I first noticed it when I was watching 'Opening Night at the Boar's Nest' and have seen it in some other eps. M