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Seeing as I've already had a song with this name by Frankie Goes to Hollywood I'll have to go with this one:

A catchy, upbeat track from the 2007 album 'Life In Cartoon Motion'. Johnny Cash does of this song too.

A long-overdue first appearance for Stevie Wonder in this thread.

This version comes with an animated video .

It must be about time for another post in this thread. I'll start with the 1977/78 State Police Dodge Monaco from 'Heiress Daisy Duke'. This is the only angle we see, and the badge is never visible. We've seen a black and white State Police car before, and there's at least one more still to come. I think that's season 6 finished, so if we skip on to season 7 we get to 'Happy Birthday, General Lee'. Most of the episode is set back in time when the Dukes first acquire the General. During the flashback sequence they use this 1976/76 Plymouth Fury in Hazzard colors. I think this is the first time since the first season that Hazzard has used one of the single headlight models. Just to emphasize the time difference, the older-style lights and speaker are used on the roof. Also from 'Happy Birthday, General Lee' is this 1975/76 Capitol City Plymouth Fury. The car itself looks like one of Sheriff Little's cars, right down to the A-pillar spotlights, while the badge is very similar to ones found on the State Police cars. The definition of "patrol car" has been stretched slightly over the course of this thread, and this vehicle did feature in a chase. I now present the studio security golf buggy from 'The Dukes in Hollywood'. From what I can find online this is a Taylor Dunn Tee Bird, although I haven't been able to pinpoint the exact model. You can see the rear of it in the second picture of this post in the Hazzard Square thread.

How about a tune from The Queen/First Lady of Rockabilly?: Let's Have a Party - Wanda Jackson The song was first recorded a couple of years earlier by Elvis. For those of you who like their music a little heavier, I found a live version by Led Zeppelin while I was on YouTube.

A couple of hundred yards south we get another look at the side of the Blue Barrel yard. I wasted a bit of time looking for the building with the odd-shaped roof vents above the Mustang II. It's now an open truck park, but the shadow of the vents is visible on Historic Aerials. I wonder whether the mud that covered Hazzard Square during this episode prevented much filming taking place on the backlot, because several incidental scenes were also filmed here. When the bad guys are watching Bo and Luke arrive in Springville their car is parked outside the yellow building mentioned above. Once again the yellow/gray wall of the German Auto Specialist can be seen on the "now" picture. This is the scene when Cooter and Enos first spot the Duke Boys driving the patrol car. It was filmed just north of the previous location. The tall structure behind the RV isn't there any more, and the road now has a much smoother surface, but the trees and buildings haven't changed much over the years. I'm not sure about the locations of these last pictures. The first is from when Bo and Luke first exit the Hazzard County Building in uniform and climb into the back seats of the patrol car. The long shot was filmed in Midwest Street, but the lighting suggests it was done at night. In the close-up of the passer-by (below left) there's a yellow building visible in the background that's not part of Hazzard Square. I wondered if this was the same yellow building seen above, but the window frames are a different color. The scene on the right is when Rosco, Enos, Jesse, Daisy and Cooter set off to look for Bo and Luke. The patrol car and Cooter's truck are parked outside a yellow building more similar to the one above (even though they were supposed to be leaving the County Building), but the lack of fencing and surrounding buildings mean it must have been somewhere else. I'm sorry to end on a sad note, but while I was researching this post I spotted that Norman Alden, aka. Springville's Chief Lacey, passed away about a week ago (27th July 2012) at the age of 87. His acting career started in 1957, and his last part was as recent as 2006. You can see his filmography on IMDb.

I've just posted my version of the Springville patrol cars from 'Deputy Dukes' in Fan Art, and while the DVD was in I got a few more screengrabs. Of course we all know that Springville was just Hazzard Square under a layer of mud (I covered it back in post #8), but several other scenes were filmed away from the backlot in locations that only appeared in that episode. I posted pictures of Castaic Junction back in post #153 (Update: the mystery railroad I mentioned in that post was part of the Fillmore-Saugus line). I'm still searching for the gas station where Bo and Luke repair the ambulance, the road where the blue Torino makes its jump and the road that's blocked by the truck, but I have found one location that's used extensively in the episode. The location I found is Springbrook Avenue in Santa Clarita (click here to see it in Google Maps). Springbrook Avenue is a straight road with industrial units on both sides. There aren't many places that fit that description around Dukes filming locations that I already knew about, so when I first saw it on Google Maps I thought it might be a possibility, but at the time I couldn't find any of the buildings I was looking for to confirm my suspicions (Google only added their Street View of this area in December 2011). When I re-watched the episode I spotted a container in one of the yards with "Blue Barrel" on the side. A quick Google told me that Blue Barrel Waste Management is still in business and based in Santa Clarita. Their premises are located on Springbrook Avenue, although the property looks a bit different today. In fact, because of the changes I've decided to do side-by-side "then and now" pictures for most of the screengrabs. This sign didn't look like a prop, but when I Googled "German Auto Center" I got directed to a business in San Diego. When I started looking on Springbrook Avenue I found the building with the arched window on the corner of Drayton Street, and it's still home to a German Auto Specialist. It seems a little odd that the sign was so clearly displayed, yet the forecourt was dressed with a few American cars for filming. Some shots reveal that there are plenty of VWs and an Audi behind them. If you look on Street View you'll see that there are still several VWs, Porsches and Mercedes parked around it. Taken from the same place as the previous picture, this is the view down Drayton Street toward Railroad Avenue. This is the view looking south on Springbrook Avenue. On the left of the "now" picture you can see the distinctive yellow/gray painted wall of the German Auto Specialist. Remember the yellow building under the trees on the right of the "then" picture - I'll come back to it below.

Apparently Michael Annett had similar decals on his car for the Nationwide race at Iowa Speedway last night. I only saw the second half of the race, but don't remember the commentators mentioning it.

Welcome back BoJames, the place hasn't been the same without you .

Here's Springville County's 1973 Dodge Polaras from 'Deputy Dukes'. They look very similar to NYPD cars of the time, so may either have been ex-NYPD cars or used as NYPD cars in another TV show/movie (I couldn't find anything obvious on imcdb.org). Both cars were a bit tatty, with some red marks on one and a couple of white patches on the other. One also had a broken rear side marker. I have tidied them up. For some reason one car had white wheels while the other had blue, and both seem to have late '60s Plymouth "dog dish" hubcaps.

Here's one I spotted earlier. During the California episodes of season 1 the sign outside the Hazzard County Building lists "Axtell Bail Bonds" (this screengrab in from 'The Big Heist'). For all eight of those episodes the art director was Kirk Axtell. From season 2 onward the name was replaced with "Hogg Bail Bonds". This is from a recent post in the Signs of Hazzard thread. In 'Coy vs. Vance' the motorcycle stuntwomen are called "The Famous Flying Baxley Sisters". Paul, Craig and Gary Baxley did a lot of the stunts on Dukes. I've mentioned the last two in Hazzard Square and The Official Dukes of Hazzard Trivia Thread respectively, but I thought I'd list them here for completeness. From season 3 onward there's a store in Hazzard Square called "Skipper Ward Surplus". Skip Ward was associate producer on many episodes of Dukes. In 'How to Succeed in Hazzard' the name of the champagne that Dewey Hogg gets tricked with is "Chateau Neuf de Picard 1970". Paul Picard was executive producer on over half of the episodes of Dukes.

Congratulations Carlos. As well as being a big Dukes fan, Carlos is also restoring a 1970 Dodge: Bien hecho Carlos. Un fuerte abrazo desde Irlanda.

Computers are strange things. Here's a story that I originally heard about 20 years ago (there are variations with plumbers etc.): One morning a business owner discovers that their server is broken. It won’t boot up, won’t turn on. He calls a computer technician to come out and see what he can do. The expert shows up, looks at the machine carefully for a few minutes, and even gives it a careful listen. He runs his fingers lightly on the side of the computer, and then taps it with a small hammer. The computer starts right up, the business owner is happy, and the expert goes away. Two days later, the expert’s bill shows up. “Computer repair, $500,†it says. Angrily the business owner calls up the expert. “$500?! All you did was tap the computer, and you charged me $500?! I want you to send me an itemized version of your bill, to see why you thought that was worth $500.†Two days later, the new bill arrives in the mail. “Tapping the computer with a hammer, $1. Knowing where to tap it, $499.â€

It wasn't a really bad wreck. Bobby finished on the lead lap in 26th, and Joey completed 12 laps after the crash. Only Matt had to retire due to damage and an impressive fire. When he came to a standstill he calmly climbed out, took off his gloves and helmet and reached back into his burning car to get his cap! There's a video of the crash .

You may be pleased to hear that Jeff Gordon had a pretty strong race and spent quite a few laps in second behind Jimmie Johnson. Unfortunately he dropped a couple of places in the last pit stop and got on the outside at the restart. I think he dropped down to eighth before fighting back to finish fifth - he was fastest on the final lap. Aside from that it was fairly uneventful - there were only five cautions, and the most serious was the final one involving Joey Logano, Matt Kenseth and Bobby Labonte. For Roger, David Ragan was the last car on the lead lap and finished 28th.

Season 2, episode 21.

Amissville, VA. For full details, check out Cooter's Place: Hazzard Homecoming - Cooter's Place

While I was getting screengrabs of Hazzard High School for the Hazzard Square thread recently I spotted this blooper. In all the location shots the second athlete who lands in Boss's car has red and blue striped socks, but in the studio shot they are red and gray. In the studio shot you can also see some sort of static frame in the top right corner proving that the car is stationary.