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I saw someone on TV this week say "you know you're getting old when someone your age dies and it's no longer described as a tragedy." I'd love to give them credit, but I've forgotten who it was - another sign I'm getting old .

There were a few times when Cooter towed the General back to Hazzard Square after crashes/situations further afield. It's been a while since I've watched seasons 3 and 4, so I'm afraid I can't give you much more to go on. Nice courthouse picture - is that the 'Reunion' Boar's Nest (below) on the right?. From memory, I think the Coffin Works appeared in three episodes. For those of y'all who haven't made it all the way through the Hazzard Square thread, you can find the section on Laramie Street (including the church and Heavenly Acres) here.

The fruitstall stunt you described is in 'Hughie Hogg Strikes Again', midway through season 4.

It looks like the General has light front and rear damage, plus the rear window has gone, but that doesn't narrow it down much . Cooter's using his yellow tow truck, so that's basically season 3 or 4.

Thanks for the update - I'd forgotten the possibility of penalties was hanging over all those drivers. But it wouldn't be NASCAR if they were consistent with their penalties. What else do you want, right turns?

I was gonna say season 1 because Rosco and Enos have jackets on, but then I spotted that Bo seems to be wearing his 'Carnival of Thrills' outfit, so it must be season 3.

I've just checked out the location, and you're right, it is Times Square. What amused me was that Google Street View shows the famous busker known as the Naked Cowboy standing where Tom and John were: Street View of the Naked Cowboy in Times Square

You're not far off, it's actually from 'Daisy's Song'. Rosco and Enos pull the patrol car across the road to block Bo and Luke in Daisy's Road Runner. After a bit of banter about being arrested, Bo hands Rosco a lit stick of dynamite and asks if he can bring it with them. Rosco gives the stick to Enos, who throws it under the patrol car with the outcome as above. Incidentally, the patrol car that pulls out is a Dodge Monaco, while the one that blows up is an older Dodge Polara.

I hope so too, Roger. The place isn't the same without you .

That's the signature of George Barris, legendary "King of the Kustomizers". He's the man responsible for the '60s Batmobile, the Munsters' Koach, and the Beverly Hillbillies' truck amongst others. I'm not sure why his name gets associated with the General Lee - his website has a picture of the General, and ERTL made a couple of "Barris Editions" of the diecast version, but all I can find is that he may have made some replicas - he had nothing to do with the creation of the General.

The old forum had the "Who's Online" facility too - I used/use it all the time. Even now I still find guests reading threads that I've never seen before. I've just checked my own details, and this coming Saturday marks the third anniversary of me joining HNet - it feels like five minutes ago. We might be getting old, but if I was much younger I would have missed out on seeing Dukes when it was first shown .

I agree with you about the jumps from 'Mary Kaye's Baby' and 'High Octane', and you're probably right about Elm Street. It's the first one that I don't remember. You're right about it not being from 'Granny Annie' (no flying barrels), but I can't think where it's from. I was sad to see the damage on the first picture, so I had a go at fixing it :

He soon pushed her to one side . I'd swear Ricky crossed the line in 10th, but I see they gave him 11th in the end - I was hoping he'd get his first top ten finish. At least he had a pretty strong race. I used to dread restrictor plate races, but now they're really good (well the second half anyway ). BTW. Your link goes to the standings. Here's the results: Coke Zero 400 Results

Rather you than me . Rich Girl - Hall and Oates

It's another Saturday night race this week (as long as there's no rain ). The 'Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola' from Daytona International Speedway starts at 07:30 PM ET on TNT. Here's the starting lineup: 1 Kyle Busch 2 Matt Kenseth 3 Clint Bowyer 4 Kasey Kahne 5 Martin Truex Jr 6 Paul Menard 7 Michael Waltrip 8 Jimmie Johnson 9 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 10 Greg Biffle 11 Danica Patrick 12 Carl Edwards 13 Tony Stewart 14 Juan Pablo Montoya 15 Brad Keselowski 16 Dale Earnhardt Jr 17 Jeff Burton 18 Joey Logano 19 Casey Mears 20 Trevor Bayne 21 Ryan Newman 22 Kurt Busch 23 Jeff Gordon 24 Denny Hamlin 25 Marcos Ambrose 26 Kevin Harvick 27 Jamie McMurray 28 David Gilliland 29 Dave Blaney 30 Aric Almirola 31 Michael McDowell 32 J.J. Yeley 33 AJ Allmendinger 34 Bobby Labonte 35 David Stremme 36 Scott Speed 37 Josh Wise 38 David Ragan 39 Terry Labonte 40 Travis Kvapil 41 David Reutimann 42 Joe Nemechek 43 Landon Cassill Great to see Ricky starting in 9th, except that he has Jimmie Johnson in front of him this week .

A radio show I regularly listen to featured Steve Winwood in its weekly "four songs from one artist" section earlier today. This track didn't come up, but I dug it up for a listen anyway. It's the third post in this thread with the same title, but they're all different songs. I spotted the name Jennings in the writing credits, but it turned out to be Will Jennings, not Waylon. Valerie - Steve Winwood A few years ago Eric Prydz released a dance track called Call On Me which featured a sample from the chorus of 'Valerie' (for those of you who know the track, I picked a video with a still image rather than the aerobics one ). While we're on Steve Winwood I thought I'd include another track from when he was in a group called Traffic. I picked it because just this morning I was reading about a man called Charles Hatfield. Nearly 100 years ago he was offered $10,000 by the San Diego city council to use his secret mixture of 23 chemicals to make it rain and fill the Moreno Dam reservoir. It subsequently rained for most of January 1916, the resulting floods caused $3.5 million worth of damage, and the council refused to pay up. In 1956 his story was told in the Burt Lancaster movie 'The Rainmaker'. I don't think there's any connection between Charles Hatfield and this song, other than the title, but I couldn't resist the coincidence. Rainmaker - Traffic (Live in Santa Monica 1972)

Thanks for this one - I have a soft spot for Frankie .

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This is my opinion as someone who has English as their first language. "Blonde" is a female with blonde hair, the male equivalent is "blond". I wouldn't use "brown" on its own to describe someone as it's likely to be taken as a not very politically correct reference to skin color. If you're wanting to refer to hair color, your choice is either "brown-haired" or "brunet"/"brunette" (male/female). Hope this helps. I'd never heard of it before, but you're right. Catherine was a guest on George Burns' 1984 TV special, 'How to Live to be 100' (which he just managed). Here's the TV Guide for that week: I found a short clip on YouTube. NB. The first live bit is about 48 seconds in, and the rest is a mixture of stills and blank screens. Cathy does aerobics with some cheerleaders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9McRxlkKXY

Sorry, I misunderstood you. It looks like there's a camera on the left, so maybe they're doing a run-through and getting sound levels. Alternatively, it could be held on some sort of mechanical support arm, but I can find very few pictures where the boom arm isn't being held directly by a person.

They definitely used those boom mics for outside filming because they're visible in a couple of scenes. Both of these pictures are from the Bloopers thread. In the first from 'Carnival of Thrills' you can see the mic centered at the bottom: In this one from 'Hazzard Connection' you can see the mic at the top right and its shadow next to Rosco:

The owner wouldn't let me go through the window. Probably just as well seeing as the door locks were still sticking up. It wasn't an exact replica because it had a black interior, but is was the way the owner wanted it, and I was grateful for the chance to sit inside. I've seen pictures of the red room - it's quite impressive. I have been to Beaulieu, but it was about the time Dukes started ie. over 30 years ago - you can imagine how cool a monorail was to a small child in the late '70s . My brother went a few years ago, so it's probably time for me to go again. The show I really want to get to is the Goodwood Festival of Speed (again in the south of England). They have road and racing cars of all ages and from all over the world, along with top racing drivers, and some of the old cars go racing!

They're not so easy to see in Europe are they? I've been lucky enough to see three. The first I saw on a freeway in Richmond, VA. back in 1983, but I didn't get a good look. Then, a few years ago I went to The Cars of the Stars museum in the north of England. It's closed now and I think the collection went to Florida, but one of their exhibits claimed to be a genuine screen-used General Lee. They had several Bond cars and Batmobiles etc. as well, but they only allowed you to take photographs if you spent a certain amount in their gift shop. It was a quite a small place and the no photo policy really sucked, but it's a shame the cars have gone so far away. About two or three years ago I went to an American car show here in Ireland and finally got to sit in a General - you should've seen the smile on my face . BTW, Roth, what's the Haynes Museum like? I planned to go a few years back, but never made it.

Here's a few screengrabs to explain the geography. First is the General approaching Starr Recording from the northern end of Spring Street: This is the building that used to be on the opposite side of the street: Daisy then waits in the General in a car park which is between the studio and the freeway on the aerial maps. The back of the studio is the building above the hood on the right. Boss's Caddy escapes by driving down the ramp behind the General and going north up Williams Street (the road parallel to the freeway). This is the view looking north-west from roughly where the General was parked. The brick building on the right has now gone. The white sign just to the left of the Atlanta patrol car is actually on the far side of the freeway. The General pushes the patrol car out of the way and heads south on Williams Street. And yes, I had heard the story about the antenna.

I did notice that, but forgot to include it in my post. The back of those buildings (where the famous hood slide was filmed) has also changed considerably. Here is an aerial view from 1978 with the Starr Recording building highlighted for reference. Spring Street goes north to south roughly in the center of the picture: This aerial from 2013 shows the freeway is now much wider, and the little row of buildings by Starr Recording is about the only part of the whole area to remain untouched. The turquoise square on the lower right side is actually the top of One Atlantic Center, an 820 foot tall skyscraper.