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I don't know how many times the stunt was performed, but the front of the General looks quite battered as it makes its jump. If the picture looks familiar, it may be because an almost identical shot was used for the Facebook "Jump Day" post on Wednesday. I captured this one back in May, but several of the other screengrabs here were done just a few hours before the Facebook picture appeared. This one looks to be just a couple of frames earlier. I'd like to say it was all planned, but we're not that good - it's just a coincidence, and I know that Roger likes them! Maybe this last picture belongs in the bloopers thread, but if you freeze-frame the landing you can see the two occupants are wearing brown crash helmets. You can also see what happens when Charger meets tarmac. There was a good bit of location switching for this jump. Most of it was filmed on Agua Dulce Canyon Road, but the "Dip" sign before the jump was on West Potrero Road near Lake Sherwood (I will get around to covering West Potrero Road properly, I promise). I haven't been able to identify the dip itself, but the spot where the speakers fall off looks like East Carlisle Road. Watch the landing carefully - the speakers initially stay on, and only fall off when the we switch to a different camera (and location).

I have to thank CDoherty for indirectly helping me find this location. We were discussing somewhere nearby as the possible filming location for another episode when I decided to have a virtual spin around the area in Street View. I was mainly looking at the hills in the background as these tend to change least over time. As I made my way west along Agua Dulce Canyon Road I spotted a familiar outline in the background: The reason I recognized it is that it's another screengrab from my "unknown" files that's been bugging me for ages. It appeared in the scene where the General jumps the hay cart in 'People's Choice'. Here's a close-up of the hay cart looking in the other direction. The roadside scenery has changed a bit over the years, but I'm pretty sure the camera was about here. There's a better view of the background hills from the other side of the hay cart. The length of the shadows indicates that this was filmed a little later in the day. I'm not sure if this location was used again (you can bet I'll find another great scene in two weeks time!), so while we're here I'll mention that it's very close to Vasquez Rocks. I don't remember them appearing in Dukes, but they famously appeared in 'Star Trek: The Original Series' (when Kirk attacked the Gorn) and 'Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey' (partly as a parody of the 'Star Trek' scene), as well as many other TV shows and movies (click on the link above and there's a link to a list of productions about halfway down). The Kirk/Gorn scene even made it into this week's Google Doodle that celebrated 46 years of 'Star Trek'.

Those of you who saw last week's update of my Double Zero artwork may have guessed that Lucifer would be next on my list. I used the updated body shape from the Double Zero, but also modified the decals, scoops and rear wing. In my original version I had the rear wheels too close together. This detail, along with many others, has now been corrected. Y'all may have noticed that I've added a few extra decals this time. For some reason the car seems to have started out with real company names on the stickers (unlike the fake ones that appear in later seasons), but they were then covered over for the close-ups. Unfortunately, the car is gloss black and the paint used to cover the decals is matt. Still, it could be worse; they used the same matt black paint to cover the decals on Cooter's green and yellow car! I had to use a bit of guesswork for the company names because, with the exception of "Crane Cams", they're only visible in the long shots. The "Crane Cams" logo actually seems to visible after the others have gone. The top line of grabs below shows the decals visible, while the lower line shows them covered.

We've had a couple of this type of blooper before. While Amy is trying to control Lucifer during the test run in 'Luke's Love Story' you can briefly see a camera strapped to the right side of the car. I need three pictures for this one. In 'Arrest Jesse Duke' the General mysteriously goes missing between shots. We first see the raised General as Luke roars out of Cooter's garage. Yet, when Boss and Hughie discover the patrol cars and Caddy have been stripped the General is nowhere in sight, even though we get a clear view of Cooter's. Then, in the next shot, we see Luke and Daisy drive across the road from Cooter's to negotiate with Boss and Hughie.

This was way before I got to see any NASCAR. Also, just like they used to do on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?', you've eliminated the two answers I'd provisionally ruled out . I'll guess at #28 Hardees, even though I'm not sure what Hardees do (unlike BK, they certainly don't have any stores in Ireland!).

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Don't worry, you're safe with those . You can always use the "Search this Thread" option just below the top page numbers if you want to check whether a song has already been posted. I should've posted this one at the end of last week, but it's still appropriate: I also have this track with the same name ... September - Jean Michel Jarre ... although this is dedicated to Dulcie September, a South African anti-apartheid political activist who was assassinated in Paris in 1988.

You're welcome, MaryAnne . Just let me hear some of that ...

This is off-topic, but there is a motorsport link, and I thought the story was worth sharing. Anyone who follows Champ Cars/CART racing may remember an Italian driver called Alex Zanardi. He competed in Formula 1 between 1991 and 1994 before switching to the North American series. He won the Champ Car championship twice for Chip Ganassi Racing in 1997 and 1998. After a brief return to F1 he was taking part in a 2001 Champ Car World Series race in Germany when he was involved in a horrific accident that resulted in the loss of both of his legs. Alex wasn't content with his artificial legs, so he designed and built his own. He also returned to motor racing in a car adapted with hand controls. The reason I'm bringing this up now is that earlier today he claimed a gold medal at the Paralympics in the 16-kilometre H4 handcycling time trial (he won by 27 seconds!). Ironically, the event took place at Brands Hatch, a motor racing circuit in the south east of England where he competed in one of his early Formula 3000 races back in 1991. He's in action again on Friday. You can read more here.

It's been a while since anyone added to this thread, and no one took the bait to post the Bob Dylan song I hinted at in 'Musical Chairs' the other day, so here it is: Hurricane - Bob Dylan This is the full eight and a half minute version. You can read the story behind the song here.

From 'Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey': Somewhere I still have the 12" picture disc like the one in !

Good choice Capt., you've reminded me of a Bob Dylan song that I may have to play out-of-turn in the 'One Word Song Titles' thread (if no one beats me to it ). Garrett's choice reminded me of a different song with the same name. The video is from the British soul/funk group's 2010 appearance on the Letterman show. Apparently it was the first time Dave ever asked for an encore!

Thanks for the summary Garrett. I made it up to about lap 175, but it was too late for me to see the end. I looked up some of the highlights on NASCAR.com this morning and checked the full result list. I see Danica made it to the end this time, even if it was a few laps down. With Home Depot ending their sponsorship of the #14 car and the Army pulling their sponsorship of the #39 that leaves Danica with the only fully funded car in the Stewart-Haas team next year.

I like mine with a kiss (or bacon ).

Welcome to HNet. The original Duke Farm was dismantled last year because it was unsafe. The contractor sold off various parts of it. You can read some more about the dismantling in this thread.

I don't like relying on words like "the" for the links, or playing out of turn, but I've just heard the sad news that songwriter Hal David has passed away at the age of 91, and I wanted to post one of his songs. Unsurprisingly, I picked one where he wrote the words and Burt Bacharach wrote the music. Enjoy : The Look Of Love - Dusty Springfield RIP Harold Lane "Hal" David (May 25, 1921 – September 1, 2012).

After seeing Garrett's recent question about fan fic writing and reading the replies it struck me that my feelings about my fan art aren't much different. Just like the fan fic authors, I also feel the need to revisit old projects now and then with a view to improving them. Sometimes I spot the equivalent of a typo, other times there are whole sections that need to be "rewritten" and parts that need fleshing out with more detail. A few months ago my General Lee artwork got a makeover, and now it's time for the Double Zero. To be honest, I always thought the color of my original was too bright. I also knew that the rear view needed some work. When I took a second look I was surprised at just how inaccurate my first version had turned out. In the end I replaced well over half of the elements and did some sort of modification (color/shape etc.) to most of the others. The "GT" badge on the front fender is one of only a few components of the original that survived untouched! I've tried to make this one a more accurate representation of the one that appeared on-screen. The revised color and shape are obvious changes, but I've made some others too: Aerial added on front fender Passenger door mirror removed White lettering on tires removed Chrome trim around wheel arches removed Rear bumper guards removed Rear side marker replaced with correct, body-colored surround Now that I've updated my 1968 Mustang artwork, I'm sure my next update won't be much of a surprise to y'all .

Congratulations JPB - not a bad way to celebrate your birthday .

There seemed to some disappointment that Hazzard didn't have a fancier welcome sign, so I thought I'd fix that. Also, amongst the current speculation about the possible censorship of the General's flag I felt we needed a positive image to remind us why we're here!

I always thought that 'Life of Brian' was rated 18 because it was about the life of a HazzardNet moderator . I suppose I should add "Down with this sort of thing" and "Careful now".

Curt Hart just shared a link over on the Facebook page to Ben Jones's opinion on the matter: DUKES OF HAZZARD’S “COOTER†BLASTS “P.C. IDIOCY†AT WARNER BROS. TV It includes the email address of Warner's licensing department so you can give them your opinion. Has it not occurred to Warner Bros that removing the flag WILL offend a large number of fans? It seems odd to me that we now live in a world where the POSSIBILITY of offending a small number of people outweighs ACTUALLY offending a much bigger number. I guess I'll have to stop buying any DVDs, CDs and merchandise produced or licensed by WB in case they accidentally offend me!

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Don't do that to me, Roger!. I thought that I must've left Witzell's out of the Hazzard Square thread when you said it was a tire company (unless it got mentioned when Coy, Vance and Cooter were looking for the Mean Green Machine). Luckily, I found that it appeared in one of season 7's much-loved model stunt sequences. Maybe I should do a post in the Hazzard Square thread with the businesses that appear in those model sequences, just for completeness. I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your latest question. I've got about halfway through season 7 looking for pictures of patrol cars, and I don't think I've seen him yet. It's been ages since I've seen the later episodes.