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Here's another commercial that could help to save a life, although this one is a little more light-hearted than the drink-drive ones above. The British Heart Foundation no longer recommends giving mouth-to-mouth in the event of cardiac arrest. The new advice is to pump the chest hard and fast. To promote this technique they enlisted soccer-hardman-turned-actor Vinnie Jones (and the Bee Gees).
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The photo montages - The Dukes of Hazzard
HossC replied to Alex-Dukes's topic in HazzardNet Photoshop Contests
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The Official Dukes of Hazzard Trivia Thread
HossC replied to Meadowmufn's topic in Dukes of Hazzard Trivia
Interesting Freudian slip there, Roger. Were you agreeing with BL, or suggesting that I was part of the act? I'm awarding one and a half points because Flash's name was 'Flasho', but Boss's full name was 'J.D. Hoggo the Round'. Seeing as Roger doesn't like watching the last episode: in 'The Haunting of J.D. Hogg', Boss takes Rosco's patrol car while he's left to guard the Dukes. When the Dukes escape in the General, what does Rosco use for transportation? A) A bicycle A horse C) A 3-wheeler (ATV) D) A jackass E) A garbage truck -
The Official Dukes of Hazzard Trivia Thread
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Last time it was right for Roger to disagree with BL. This time it was right for BL to disagree with Roger, thereby bringing Roger's winning streak to an end. BL also claims all the bonus points for naming the instruments - well done (new question below): Also in 'Opening Night at the Boar's Nest', Rosco performed as 'The Great Coltrano' (or 'Coltrano the Great' - both were used), but can you give the stage names of his two assistants? Hint: the first assistant helped him practice his card tricks, and was canine! -
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The Official Dukes of Hazzard Trivia Thread
HossC replied to Meadowmufn's topic in Dukes of Hazzard Trivia
They used a large building in the Hazzard County Stockyards to hide Loretta's RV. It had "Hazzard County Feed & Grain" on the side (see pictures here). Maybe it's in another part of that episode, or a completely different episode, or a figment of my imagination. -
I'll should be able to squeeze any night into my hectic social calendar . The chat room's probably quite dusty seeing as it hasn't been used for a while. Maybe a couple of us should go in a few days early to clean up a bit. I'd rather do that than mop up at the end of the evening like last year - those buttermilk stains still haven't come out .
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The Official Dukes of Hazzard Trivia Thread
HossC replied to Meadowmufn's topic in Dukes of Hazzard Trivia
I hadn't thought of that interpretation, Roger. When I first saw it I thought of someone called "W. Flynn". I guess it's one of those things that makes sense when you know . It looks like your run of good luck is continuing, Roger - I bet it started the week after the recent massive Powerball draw! Unlike the episodes immediately before it, 'Sky Bandits Over Hazzard' actually used a real helicopter instead of models. Here it is parked outside 'Hogg's Ice House' (new question below): You're probably right, Roger, although I'm struggling to remember which episode made use of the livery stables (I know the Sleepy City ones appear in the background in 'Go West, Young Dukes'). Boss's coffin works featured in a couple of episodes, the Ajax Feed and Seed barn was used as Boss's first illegal betting operation location in 'Hazzard Hustle', and Boss's old grits mill was acquired by Jamie Lee Hogg in 'Mrs. Daisy Hogg'. In 'Opening Night at the Boar's Nest', Bo, Luke, Daisy, Jesse and Cooter appeared as the Duke Family Singers, but which one of them wasn't playing an instrument? Bonus points if you can name the instruments played by the others. -
The Official Dukes of Hazzard Trivia Thread
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It looks like you're the only one brave enough to have a stab at this one, Roger. I'm afraid I'm going to have to take your first answer, because that one's correct! The license plate can be found on Waylon's traveling museum. I've inset a closer view of the plate from later in the episode. "What were the clues?" I hear you ask. 1) I carefully said "vehicle" to suggest it wasn't a car, so hopefully that narrowed it down. 2) The Tennesse plate was likely to be a musical guest rather than the Beaudrys. 3) Waylon's logo is a flying "W" ("FLYN W 1"). In 'Sky Bandits Over Hazzard', the bad guys use a helicopter to steal armored cars, but which of Boss's old properties do they use as a hideout? A) Coffin Works Livery Stables C) Feed & Seed Store D) Ice House E) Grits Mill -
For the Christmas season I thought I'd do a roundup of anti drink-driving commercials from around the world. A couple of them are quite shocking - I make no apologies. I'll start with the one that gave me the idea. It's been shown on UK TV for the last few years, and features a barman acting out a possible scenario. I think this one from Ireland is possibly the hardest hitting. It's also been around for a few years. Here's an Australian take on the subject. It's not one I know - it just came up as one of the suggestions in YouTube. This US commercial dates back to the '80s, and I'm sure I remember seeing it on a UK TV show about commercials from other countries. For the last one, I'm heading back to the UK. Unlike the others, this was specifically targeted at summertime drink-driving (the soundtrack is Mungo Jerry's 'In The summertime'), but the message is the same. I think this is the only commercial to show blood! If they remade Dukes today, I think there would be some changes. Boss probably wouldn't have his cigar, seatbelts would be worn by everyone rather than just Flash and people riding in Dixie, and I don't think the laissez-faire attitude to drink-driving would be allowed. Of course, I'm speaking as someone outside the US, so your views may be different. I just can't imagine that we'd find a drunk-driver like old Hobie so amusing nowadays.
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After posting the Family Truckster last week I remembered that Cale Yarborough was driving an '83 Ford LTD Country Squire when he returned to Hazzard in season 7. As you can see from the pictures below, apart from the lights and side rear window, the real car is not a million miles from George Barris's creation. In fact, Cale's car has a larger area of fake wood!
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The Official Dukes of Hazzard Trivia Thread
HossC replied to Meadowmufn's topic in Dukes of Hazzard Trivia
You guessed correctly, Roger. Jesse's tie was black, but both of the boys had different shades of brown. There's certainly no doubting that this episode was filmed in the '70s (new question below): This is a tricky one, but the clues are in the question. Which guest star arrived in Hazzard in a vehicle bearing the Tennessee license plate "FLYN W 1"? -
Here's another song that uses the repeated single word rule. There aren't many songs that can say their lyrics are up to 3000 years old! In 1959, Pete Seeger added music and a few words to Ecclesiastes 3:1-15. Six years later it became an international hit for The Byrds. Thanks MaryAnne, I really enjoyed that. It reminded me that Bryan Ferry has just released an unusual new album, and I was going to post 'Avalon' (it's the only one word title on the album), but it hasn't made it to YouTube yet. The album, 'The Jazz Age', is a 40-year retrospective of his solo and Roxy Music songs rerecorded as 1920s style jazz instrumentals. To give you an idea of how they turned out, why not try Slave To Love.
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This is the only song I know where the video is set inside a wardrobe that's been placed precariously close to the edge of a cliff! It was an odd idea, even in the mid-80s.
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The Official Dukes of Hazzard Trivia Thread
HossC replied to Meadowmufn's topic in Dukes of Hazzard Trivia
Y'all have better memories than me, because the answer is Andy Roach. Apparently, he was promoted to the Atlanta office. Cooter obviously approved of Roxanne's appointment when he commented "She's a whole lot better looking than Agent Roach was." I'm just going to sneak in another quick 'High Octane' question before I move on. I'm sure y'all remember that Bo, Luke and Jesse got "duded up" in their fancy clothes for their meeting with Agent Huntley at the start of the episode, but what color tie did Luke wear with his blue suit? A) Brown Orange C) Red D) Blue E) Black F) Stars and Bars -
Roger, while I'm talking about Enya and languages your wife probably doesn't speak, she also sings some of her songs in Irish Gaelic. Since we're now in December, how about ('Silent Night) - it'll take you a long way out of your Charlie Daniels Band comfort zone .
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Maybe you should play to your wife - it's the first entirely Latin song in my collection that I could think of. The title comes from an inscription in the portico of Marilyn Monroe's last home, and means "My journey ends here" or "I finish the course".Latin was popular in New Age tracks of that era because you can also hear it in . The Latin text includes a quotation from Psalm 24:7-8. The video includes the Latin and English lyrics, as well as a Polish translation, which is odd because the group was founded in Germany by a Romanian!
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You could always quote the well-known nonsense Latin verse: Caesar adsum iam forte, Brutus aderat, Caesar sic in omnibus, Brutus in isat. Apart from that, I remember my old school motto: "Ad astra per aspera" (Through hardships to the stars), which is very similar to the Royal Air Force motto: Per ardua ad astra (Through adversity to the stars). Anyway, tempus fugit, so I'll leave it there for now.
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This is the Wagon Queen Family Truckster from 'National Lampoon's Vacation'. It started out as a 1979 Ford LTD Country Squire, but then it was given to "King of the Kustomizers", George Barris. It ended up with eight headlights, double rear lights, over-the-top wood panels, and metallic pea green paint. Strangely, this car doesn't appear on his website, but the General Lee does, and he had nothing to do with its creation. I didn't fancy doing the roof rack luggage from three different angles, so this is how it looked when Clark and Rusty collected it from 'Lou Glutz Motors'. Most of the decent sized photos I worked from were pictures of replicas created by fans, so I hope I got it near enough. Apparently, only one of the screen-used Trucksters survived filming, and is now at a museum in Roscoe, Illinois. John Hughes must've liked the look, because the Chrysler LeBaron Convertible based car driven by Steve Martin and John Candy in 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' had the same color scheme. The wood paneling is also carried over to the maroon Ford Taurus Wagon belonging to the Griswold's in 'Christmas Vacation'. You can see the Family Truckster in (the theme from the movie). It includes the scenes where Chevy Chase tries to find the gas cap and where he tries to impress Christie Brinkley.
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The Official Dukes of Hazzard Trivia Thread
HossC replied to Meadowmufn's topic in Dukes of Hazzard Trivia
It's well-deserved points to K-Duke there, and I think Roger was saying he's in agreement. There's not a lot more I can add apart from that she was a revenue agent. Incidentally, 'Frasier' was very popular over here, and is still shown regularly. I don't remember 'The Tortellis' ever being shown here, and my research for this question was the first I'd heard of the show. Luckily, I found a clip on YouTube, which hopefully excuses the poor quality of the screengrab. The smell of moonshine in the woods knocked out Roxanne, and we got a great exchange between Bo and Luke: Bo: You think we ought to give her mouth-to-mouth recreation? Luke: You mean resuscitation. Bo: Maybe, but I bet I'm a whole lot closer to the truth than you are. For anyone who's forgotten what she looked like in Dukes, here's some pictures. She was another guest star that got more costume changes than the regular cast - I think the top right one is my favorite (new question below). Sticking with 'High Octane', what was the name of the agent that Roxanne Huntley replaced? His name is mentioned several times, but I'll give multiple choice if y'all are struggling . -
Channel 5, the UK channel that aired the new series of 'Dallas', showed a tribute to Larry Hagman during the week. It was a re-run of the an interview with 'Torchwood's' John Barrowman where he went to visit Larry sometime last year. Larry was in good spirits, and still very engaging as he showed John around his house and garage. It's sad to know he's gone. Sorry to go off topic, but I just thought I'd add that traditional butchers' shops in Ireland often have the word "Victualler" on their sign, which comes from the same Latin root.
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The Official Dukes of Hazzard Trivia Thread
HossC replied to Meadowmufn's topic in Dukes of Hazzard Trivia
I thought this one might prove tricky, so I'll narrow it down. She appeared in season 1. I'll accept a description of her character .
