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Welcome to HNet, Thomas, and thanks for the extra information. Thomas is president of falconcrest.org, a fan site all about the '80s TV show Falcon Crest.

Welcome to HNet, Danacus. I hope you'll be taking a load of pictures on your Dukes tour, and posting some of them when you get back. BTW. In case you're interested, some episode of 'CHiPs' were filmed along the PCH just south of Topanga, and also on Kanan Dume Road just north of Malibu as you head for Westlake Village. In the season 5 (1981) episode 'Weed Wars', the briefing is to "keep up high visibility in Topanga area" as small-time marijuana growers are being pressurized by a bigger drug importer.

Just to add a little to what I said above, the drug boss, Dempsey, says of the missing marijuana: "The street value of that weed was worth almost $1 million." I have no idea if that's an accurate price, but that's what the show says. That's for a water heater sized box, so maybe you can work out the money needed for your framing scheme from that. At those rates, a couple of packages like Rosco confiscated would still be worth a few thousand dollars.

It all depends on what form and quantity of marijuana you're talking about. As Roth mentioned, the Dukes were caught carrying packets of marijuana in a water heater box in 'Mason Dixon's Girls'. From watching shows like 'World's Wildest Police Videos', there are drug dealers who transport packets of marijuana in their trunks, but usually in plastic rather than paper parcels. One arrest sticks in my mind where a car was pulled over for speeding, the driver and passenger gave different stories, and the police officer asked if he could search the car. They could've said "no", but the driver gave his permission and the film captures their reaction from the back of the cruiser as the officer opens the trunk and finds about 20 large bags of marijuana! You'd probably have to go to a pretty large-scale dealer to get enough dried marijuana to fill a water heater box. I don't recall seeing too many drugs busts on TV where live plants were being transported, I guess because they're bulky and fragile. Another option would be to get hold of seeds (easy enough to get mail order nowadays, probably no harder in the '80s). Then you have the choice of growing the plants yourself before hiding them on your victim's property, or sowing the seeds in a something like a greenhouse belonging to the person you're framing, and letting them grow the plants without realizing. I don't know what era your story is set in, but marijuana sale and possession is now legal for both medical and non-medical use in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington, and decriminalized to some extent in several other states. There is still total prohibition in Georgia. Seeing as you don't have the DVDs (shame, shame, everybody knows your name ), here are three pictures from 'Mason Dixon's Girls' to inspire you. First, the water heater in (and out of) the General's trunk. Rosco opens the "packing material". The evidence back at the police station.

Sorry Roth, it's not Chickasaw, it's Hazzard. They're standing in front of the Hazzard Square Bakery which replaced the hardware store for 'Cletus Falls in Love' in season 4. I posted a couple more shots from the episode, including the candy store next door where the Post Office should be, over in the Hazzard Square thread.

I know this is a little off topic, but I was watching the "making of" DVD extras from the 'Back to the Future' movies last week when the subject of product placement came up. They commented that Shell would have given them more money than Texaco to be on the gas station in the town square, but Texaco's logo and the general style of their gas stations gave a better contrast between 1955 and 1985. They also mentioned that California Raisins wanted product placement in the first movie, but they couldn't find a good place to put them. In the end they put the name on the park bench where the hobo was sleeping. At that point the producers didn't know that California Raisins had given $50,000 for their name to appear, and the California Raisins people threatened to sue when they saw the movie. In the end I think they just gave the money back. Although the money helps out, the producers were of the opinion that product placement caused too many compromises, and it's better just to get permission and co-operation (e.g. supply of uniforms and signage etc.). It is interesting that Dukes more than most '80s TV shows seemed to go to great lengths to hide brand names. Rolls Royce is one of the few I remember hearing, and they probably figured that sales wouldn't be affected by the mention. Maybe things changed as they went along - at the beginning of 'Knight Rider', KITT is a Trans-Am, but in later seasons he's always referred to as "a black T-top".

That explains why I saw this yesterday . The stores traded under the name "Tandy" in the UK, but they've been gone for a while now. I found this on Wikipedia: "Tandy stores in the UK sold mainly own-brand goods under the 'Realistic' label and the shops were distinguished on the high street by continuing to use written sales receipts and a cash drawer instead of a till as late as the early 1990s. Staff were required to take the name and address of any customer who made a purchase, however small, in order to put them on the company's brochure mailing list, which often caused disgruntlement. In 1999 the UK stores were acquired by Carphone Warehouse, as a part of an expansion strategy that saw the majority of the Tandy stores converted to either Carphone Warehouse or Tecno photographic stores. By 2001 all former Tandy stores had been converted or closed." I used to read hi-fi magazines in the '80s, and I still remember the review of a piece of Tandy equipment that said something like "Whoever named this amplifier 'Realistic' must come from a different universe to me".

The camera assistant who died was Rodney Mitchell. Below is a newspaper cutting I found a couple of years ago, but never got around to posting. I'm afraid I've forgotten where I found it. I'm including it because of the obituary on the right. Here's a longer piece I found on news.google.com. As you can see, it's dated June 19, 1980. There's a follow-up from a couple of years later in an article at people.com. I've heard rumors that the truck was either overloaded, speeding or both. There doesn't seem to be anything online to back up these suggestions. I asked Tom Sarmento about Rodney Mitchell's death about 18 months ago, but he understandably didn't want to say too much about it. My memory's a bit hazy now, but I think he confirmed that the accident had occurred, and said that the company (I'm guessing Warner Bros) locked the truck away for years and wouldn't let anyone near it. The only previous mention of Rodney Mitchell I could find on HNet is a 2012 post of mine in a thread called Dukes Of Hazzard Story on YouTube. I commented that it looks like his son, Lance, has gone into cinematography.

dry (as in Canada Dry soft drinks) There's a story about Irish poet, writer, novelist and heavy drinker Brendan Behan's visit to Canada. He was apparently asked by a reporter "What brings you to Canada, Mr Behan?" To which Behan is supposed to have replied "Well now, I was in a bar in Dublin and it had one of those coasters, and it said "Drink Canada Dry", so I thought I'd give it a shot."

wings I could've gone back to 'snow' as people seem to like lying down and moving their arms and legs to make snow angels . A snowdrift is a bank of deep snow created by the wind. Google Translate says that the Dutch word is 'sneeuwbank'.

You're right, Roth. The 'Carnival of Thrills' race was advertised on posters with a $100 prize. I'm not sure if 'Hazzard County Cross Country Car Race' was the name or just a description. Also, thanks for noticing my 4,000th post - the last few seem to have taken ages .

Sorry it's taken me so long to answer this question, but here's some to get you started: Luke’s Love Story General Lee takes on Amy Creavy's Lucifer and two other cars in the 'Annual Hazzard County Obstacle Derby'. Days of Shine and Roses Uncle Jesse in 'Black Tillie II' takes on Boss Hogg in 'Grey Ghost, Jr.' in a race through Hatchapee County to decide who's the best driver. Carnival of Thrills The General Lee is involved in a short race while Bo is auditioning for the stunt show. Duke vs. Duke Bo and Luke enter the General in the 'First Annual J. D. Hogg Hazzard Derby'. When Cooter injures his foot, Luke voluteers to take his place and race against Bo. Goodbye, General Lee OK, so the 'First Annual Drag ‘N’ Fly Contest' isn't a race, but it is a car based competition. As Waylon says, all you have to do "is sprint like a jackrabbit in your car...fly like an eagle in your car". Boss Behind Bars Uncle Jesse's in the driving seat again for the 'Ridgerunner Old-Timers' Race'. Undercover Dukes Bo returns to NASCAR to drive for J.J. Carver. Happy Birthday, General Lee The Dukes reminisce about how eight years earlier they acquired the car that became the General Lee. They needed a car so that they could enter a race against Boss's entry, the Hogg Hellcat. The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! The General takes on Buzz Kilroy in the 'Double Zero' Mustang. I doubt that this is a complete list - it's what I can remember without going through the DVDs.

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Good choice, K-Duke. There seem to be loads of songs with "Hey" in the title, but I decided to go back to 1987. Hey Jack Kerouac - 10,000 Maniacs

Every Little Kiss - Bruce Hornsby & the Range

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That 'shine doesn't seem to affect your memory, Hobie. Here's Boss and his sandwich in 'The Law and Jesse Duke' (the episode with Alabama Jones).

Thanks for the link, swinks. Roth also posted a link to this video in a post in 'The HazzardNet Garage' section of the forum last year, but I'm not sure how many people venture that far down . The post has links to a couple of other videos from the series, including at least one more with the Charger.

Sumo (I recall a famous sumo wrestler from some years ago who had the nickname 'Dump Truck' due to his size)

Dark To illustrate the point, here's a sign from the Anglo-Irish sitcom 'Father Ted'. BTW, the exterior shots of the Batcave in the 60s series were filmed in Bronson Canyon in Griffith Park, not far from the Hollywood sign. I was reading about the canyon just a few days ago, and found claims that Dukes episode 'Hazzard Connection' was also filmed there. I'll have to watch it again to work out exact locations.

mask (I seem to remember that the Phantom wore a mask)

ice cream (Wall's make ice cream products in the UK. It's the same company that trades as HB here in Ireland, Hertog in the Netherlands, and Good Humor in the US)

It's probably not what you want to hear, but nearly all the text in my fan art projects is done from scratch. The "01" looks similar to various 'college' style fonts, but since it's all straight lines, it doesn't take long to draw. From memory, I think I based the "General Lee" text on a screengrab from 'Diamonds in the Rough'. When the boys get the Bugs Bunny doll out of the tree you get a good overhead view. This was my second attempt at the General - my first try, and several weird and wild variations can be found in my General Lee Artwork thread. It's all vector artwork.