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Shoveltown had a sheriff's office (on the right in the picture below), so it's quite plausible that there was at least a jail cell or two.

Hawk (Hudson Hawk is a Bruce Willis movie)

Shoveltown appeared in 'The Hack of Hazzard' near the end of season 3. Here's what it looked like: There are a few more pictures in the Hazzard Square thread.

I haven't mentioned Michael Schumacher for a while, and the reason is that there wasn't any change in his condition. Recently the doctors began the process of bringing him out of his induced coma, and today his family released a statement saying "We are and remain confident that Michael will pull through and will wake up. There sometimes are small, encouraging signs, but we also know that this is the time to be very patient." It's not much, but at least it seems like a bit of positive news. Full story: Schumacher condition shows 'encouraging signs'

It's based on the number of posts you've made. See my post here for more details.

Mufn, I can't promise you a personal visit from Cale Yarborough to cheer you up before your operation, but here's the signed picture that the Dukes originally asked for .

If they were as inebriated as Hobie, anything's possible .

Speaking personally, Facebook could close down tomorrow and I probably wouldn't even notice, but it does sound like they treated John pretty badly. Maybe they could just ring him up and ask him to scream "Yee-Haw" to verify his identity .

I think it's more likely that the storyline was conceived to make viewers think that it might be the end of the line for the Dukes living in Hazzard, but the intention was always to get them back in the farm. Can you imagine the reaction from fans if the series had ended with Boss owning the Duke Farm and Hazzard being strip-mined? The idea of pseudo series-ending episode was pulled off very well in the Red Dwarf season 5 finale 'Back to Reality'. I watched it when it first aired, and was convinced it was going to be the last ever episode until a couple of minutes from the end.

Getting Sorrell to play his own father would have been fun, and would probably have made more sense. The idea led me to try and remember other cases where actors played relatives. Obviously there's the Back to the Future movies where several actors play their own relatives. It's similar to the concept behind a Dukes episode we haven't mentioned yet: 'Go West, Young Dukes'. All the inhabitants of Sleepy City bore an uncanny resemblance to their modern-day counterparts. It also got me thinking about 'M*A*S*H'. In one episode (I forget which), Radar (played by Gary Burghoff) gets sent a home movie which features Gary Burghoff playing Radar's mother. Just to mix things up, Robert Alda (aka. C.J. Holmes from 'The Runaway') appears alongside his real-life son, Alan Alda, yet their characters are not related. Alan's half-brother Anthony also appears as an unrelated character. I guess that opens up another can of worms if we include real relatives appearing in shows. 'One Armed Bandits' featured Ernie Lively and his stepson Jason. I won't count Jimmie Best's wife Dorothy appearing in 'The Rustlers' as they weren't married at the time. Were there any other real-life relatives in Dukes? I think it can be easy to forget what it was like watching TV in the early '80s, especially for those members who weren't born! Most people didn't even have VCRs, let alone DVD boxsets, Dukes TV marathons and the internet. You got to see the show once when it first aired and then maybe sometime later as a re-run. Plenty of TV shows got away with recycling storylines because they were a year or two apart. I'm now older, and have seen every episode of Dukes several times, so the repetition does stand out sometimes, but I don't remember noticing it so much when I first saw them.

'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Duke' is the third episode of season 7.

The two-parters are: Season 3 - 'Carnival of Thrills' Season 4 - '10 Million Dollar Sheriff' Season 6 - 'Undercover Dukes'

I tweaked the colors a bit.

Just FYI, in Ireland, March 17th is known as St. Patrick's Day or Paddy's Day. I've been here over 10 years now and I've never heard it called St. Patty's Day. Also, I've never seen green beer, although McDonald's do a green Shamrock shake. The traditional food is (boiled) bacon and cabbage - maybe you can enjoy some of that.

A couple of Murray Walker videos: Murray interviews Nigel Mansell about the bump on his head, and pokes him right on it! I think this one is from Jeremy Clarkson's chat show. Murray commentates on snooker. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRbuXfsI_fU I really miss Murray's F1 commentary. I can't believe he's 90 now!

It was 2010. Bruno Senna took his place for the 2012 season. Manhole cover behind Barrichello Monaco shunt The picture quality of this video isn't great, but it's a lot shorter than the others I found.

Here's the teaser that Sky Sports are using for this season:

Act I keep hearing it on a commercial for electronic cigarettes, but never knew who it was by.

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With 'The A-Team', George Peppard had to play some kind of alter ego nearly every week as Hannibal disguised himself to meet prospective clients. Having said that, this was normally a brief scene near the start of an episode, so the extra make-up was probably a one-off each time.

I hope the surgery goes smoothly and that you get well soon. We'll take it in turns to keep the place clean while you're gone .

I'll kick off with 'Baa, Baa White Sheep' where Sorrell also plays Boss' honest twin brother, Abraham Lincoln Hogg. I'm not going to try and convince anyone that the idea of one actor playing twins with opposite personalities is original, but it was fun. Sorrell was a very talented character actor who loved playing Boss, but I'm sure he also enjoyed the chance to flip the characteristics. I thought it made a good one-off episode, with plenty of comedy/farcical moments, but I'm also glad they didn't over-stretch the idea by bringing Abraham Lincoln Hogg back for a second visit. Just to prove that Dukes wasn't the only '80s show to do this, David Hasselhoff also played Garthe Knight in 'Knight Rider'.

Thanks for the race review, Garrett. I only got to see some of the race, and the live leaderboard wasn't working today, but I didn't feel I missed much. The lap-by-lap guide says that he had brake issues at lap 194 and headed for the garage at lap 198, but then came back on track at lap 225. I was hoping for a better result after qualifying. He was hanging in the teens for a while, but went a lap down and almost immediately got caught entering the pits too fast, so that was that. When your driver goes a couple of laps down and doesn't look like they'll ever get back on the lead lap, the last thing you want is a couple of hundred extra laps! It's crashes that we need more of this season. At least there's only seven days left until the proper motorsport of 2014 gets started next week in Australia .

After I posted the video above which was filmed in Los Angeles, I discovered that people around the world had made their own versions. To do my bit for Fáilte Ireland, here's the one from Dublin. As you'll see, leprechauns are real - they're just a bit bigger than you imagined . Happy (Dublin Is Also Happy) - Pharrell Williams

Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles