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The Drag 'N' Fly contest was in 'Goodbye, General Lee' in season 4. Here's a poster for the event that Roger mentioned: And here's my version of the banner from the Fan Art section.

I know we're spoiled over here having a few commercial-free channels, but I find it increasingly amazing that US viewers put up with so many commercials. Even on our commercial stations, a half-hour show only usually has a single break, and it's obvious with some US shows that at least two other breaks have been omitted. If I compare half-hour comedies, ones made by the (commercial-free) BBC are generally around 29 minutes long, although some have been known to go over 30 minutes in the past (just like some full episodes of Top Gear are 61 or 62 minutes long). UK/Irish sitcoms on commercial TV tend to be around 24 and a half minutes, which is about where US shows were at in the 1970s (I'm using my M*A*S*H DVDs as an example). The latest season of The Big Bang Theory had several episodes that were around 19 and a half minutes long including opening and closing credits. I guess that's what happens when five of the stars demand $1 million per episode (which, based on the quality of the last season, seems like pretty poor value for money). The same appears to be true with sporting events. With NASCAR races it feels like the race coverage and commercials get about equal time, and when UK stations take US feeds of sports like golf, they tend to skip every other commercial break by going back to the studio for additional comment. Getting back to TVLand, stretching each Dukes episode to 70 minutes means that roughly a third of the time is commercials. Much as I'd like to see Dukes back on TV over here, I wouldn't watch them if they were either cut to pieces or over an hour long.

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Seeing as this thread has been revived, I thought I'd refresh my original artwork. I was never happy with the shade of yellow I ended up with, and the wheels are wrong. This is only a light makeover - I've removed the black outlines, removed the chrome from the wheel arches, and added the chrome panel under the door. The bumpers and side markers have been completely re-done and I'm now happier with the wheels and body color. I might refresh the front and back views in the future. There are a few General Grant pictures online, with various numbers on their doors. I've stuck with "76" like the car in the video posted by Roth.

Near the end of the movie there's a great panning shot across the backlot, showing the relative position of Western Street to Midwest Street (aka. Hazzard Square). Some of these "real" buildings don't have much more structure than the fake town in the movie. The Mexican street was probably still standing just out-of-shot to the right. Just to the left we get a better view of the church and Midwest Street. In the lower left corner is the building which was used as Morgan's Glueworks in 'The Revenge of Hughie Hogg'. Above that is the back of Boss' house. After Western Street was demolished, a new façade was added at the rear so that the house could be filmed from both sides (as seen in the Dukes 'Reunion' movie). Above Boss' house is the courthouse/police building. Continuing left, we can see the famous Warner Bros. water tower and the sound stages. The cast later run out of the studio onto West Olive Avenue. This is the entrance that appeared in 'The Dukes in Hollywood'.

This is the other end of Western Street which appeared as Shoveltown in 'The Hack of Hazzard'. The man in the black hat above the "L" of "WELCOME" is John Hillerman, probably best known as Higgins in 'Magnum, P.I.'. The building on the left appeared in several episodes, sometimes as the back of Cooter's Garage, even though it's nowhere near the front! The DVD also includes the pilot for a proposed spin-off series called 'Black Bart' (which was one of the working titles for 'Blazing Saddles'). It also made use of the buildings of Western Street. This part of Western Street featured in 'Mason Dixon's Girls'. The buildings on the right are the ones from the picture above. This man may look familiar to Dukes fans. Burton Gilliam played Lyle in 'Blazing Saddles', but he was Tom Colt in 'Double Sting' (he was the guy with poison ivy who got the jail quarantined), and Heep in 'The Sound of Music - Hazzard Style'.

I recently added the 1974 Mel Brooks movie 'Blazing Saddles' to my DVD collection, and spotted some familiar locations. Although IMDb lists Laramie Street among the filming locations, most of the town scenes take place in Western Street. I've posted pictures of Western Street before, but seeing as it demolished many years ago, I thought I'd add some more. Besides, these images show it looking very neat and tidy. Here are a few stores from the right side of the street. I like the "1 Flavor" sign. And here's the far end of the street. This is the back of the Hazzard Square church. By the time Dukes was made, this side had been turned into a loading dock.

Another problem I've just come across is that some videos posted before the update are only displaying as a URL rather than an embedded, watchable video (or even a link).

It looks like I've missed more 'Wheeler Dealers' than I thought. They now have a workshop in Huntington Beach, and do half their filming there with the other half in the UK. As far as I can see, it's still presented by Mike Brewer and Edd China. I saw Edd at a car show a few years ago. Mike was away from the stage at the time and I never got to see him. Bernie and Mario did 'Classic Car Rescue', which I watched a few episodes of, but didn't really like. Bernie also did 'Chop Shop: London Garage' with Bangladeshi automotive engineer designer Leepu. They came up with some unique creations on that show, but there was too much exaggerated friction between the two guys.

I used to watch Wheeler Dealers, but haven't been keeping up lately. They seem to be including more American cars these days.

Thanks for letting me know about the show, Roth. I hadn't heard of it before. I can't believe they felt the need to explain the difference between Chile and chili - does no one in the US know about South America? When they said they had to "darn the frame", it was just a joke. You can darn a sock to repair a hole in it, and because the frame had lots of holes in it, they joked that they would have to darn the frame. In reality, I think they just replaced the rusty frame with the spare parts that the owner had collected. In case you missed it, there was a car show on UK TV recently that you might like. It was the second season of 'For The Love of Cars'. In the first season they fixed up classic cars and auctioned them off in the final episode (some fetching world record prices). They did the same in the first episode of the second season with an Aston Martin DBS, but after that they fixed up cars for people who'd had to stop projects due to illness or changes in circumstances. The cars were auctioned at the end of each show, and the money given to the owners. The cars from the first season were: Ford Escort Mark 1 Mexico, Land Rover Series 1, Triumph Stag, Mini Cooper Mk 1, MG TC and DeLorean DMC12. The cars from the second season were: Aston Martin DBS, Rover SD1 Police Car, Volkswagen Golf GTi Mk1, Fiat 500 L, Saab 96, Ford Transit Mk1 and 1958 Volkswagen Beetle.

I've just noticed a major problem that's occurred since the forum migration. All the links which reference other posts/threads within HazzardNet now dump you back at the forum homepage. I've only tried about half a dozen links, but they all did the same thing. Has anyone else noticed this?

In my timezone I first got the database error message on Friday morning, and the forums were unavailable all day Saturday. Although we usually get "work-in-progress" message, I just assumed you were doing the upgrade.

It may be different in the US, but over here this is probably the Charlie Daniels Band's best known song. I've gone with the "Live at the Grand Ole Opry" version of "Devil Went Down to Georgia" so we get an idea of what Roger will be seeing.

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I don't think I can add much to the debate. They appear to be the front doors from a four-door car that had window frames. The pull-up door handles make me lean towards mid- to late-1970s, so they could easily be from a Monaco/Fury. Here's a nice clear shot of the doors of a civilian 1978 Fury.

One small issue I've noticed: the "01" icon on the browser tab bar (favicon.ico) seems to have been replaced by an Invision Power icon since the recent upgrade. The original icon still shows up when viewing HNet's front page. NB. I get the same results in four different browsers.

Can we lose our warning points by doing a free concert at the Boar's Nest?

For members outside the UK: In the UK, all cars and motorbikes over three years old have to pass an annual roadworthiness test called an MOT (there's a similar equivalent in Ireland called the NCT). According to the current inspection manual, you can fail this test if: Basically, if you do fit a musical horn, unless your car dates from before 1973, make sure you keep the original horn for road use. During my Googling, I read an account of a driver who used to like sounding his Dixie horn when he was overtaking other cars. One day he made the mistake of doing this while overtaking an unmarked police can, and was prosecuted. PS. According to section 2. c. (above), "hells bells" are also illegal .

I posted some screengrabs from that episode ('Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death') here. Earlier this year I finally got around to watching my Knight Rider box set all the way through. I still prefer Dukes, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. It's also fun spotting guest stars who also appeared in Dukes. The show is obviously still popular here in Ireland as there were at least two KITT replicas at a car show I attended recently (one was complete with a replica interior). I say "at least two" because there was a third Trans Am with the red light on the front, but it had the wrong wheels and no other KITT modifications.

Bienvenue à HNet, airdream. I hope you will contribute to the forums - I had no trouble understanding your English. At least one other member here speaks no English at all, and manages to join in by using Google Translate. We had a discussion about Dukes in others languages here. To remind other members, Dukes is known as 'Shérif Fais Moi Peur' in France. The theme music goes like this:

I've seen it a couple of times - I did a few posts about the locations in the Hazzard Square Thread.

Welcome to HNet, J. I'm also from the UK, but currently living across the Irish Sea. I've never thought much of the 2005 movie either, but I finally bought it last week. In my defense, it was in the "previously viewed" section, and I jokingly said to myself that I'd buy it if it was under 50 cents (most of the other movies were at least €2). Well, it was priced at 25 cents (roughly $0.28/£0.18 at today's exchange rates), so now I own it .