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MaryAnne, you got a good point about the British and cheese. Which made me remember "Wallace and "Gromit" as another fine export from across the pond. Which, after watching an episode, led me to try some Wendslydale cheese. And no disrespect to our British cousins, but...it was like eating plaster. I've sampled dry cheeses before, but man alive, this stuff was like baked clay. Could have been the brand, (it was imported but I can't remember the label) but I haven't found the will to try it again.
I think you were unlucky. Wensleydale should be a supple, crumbly cheese with a moist texture, never "like baked clay". I sometimes get Wensleydale with cranberries in it - it makes a nice stuffing for chicken breasts. You could also get some Blue Stilton - it's got a strong taste that may not be to your liking, but it's great when melted on a steak. If you really want to be adventurous you could try some Stinking Bishop - it's a very smelly, creamy cheese. The UK even has several stores that only sell cheese. Of course this great choice comes at a price - I can't buy either 'spray cheese' or 'imitation American cheese' (as sampled on the first Top Gear American road trip) - never mind
.If you do go to Britain (or Ireland) looking for cheese just make sure you avoid the store from Monty Python. As far as I know all the cheeses mentioned are real European varieties:
FYI, John Cleese's family name was 'Cheese' until his father changed it.
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At least you didn't have the "ugly American" tourist type. LOL. All the same, most Americans should not be allowed to travel abroad.
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of American high school kids is representative of their knowledge of their own country it makes me wonder what they know about the rest of the world.I have to admit that when I lived in London we used to laugh at American tourists trying to pronounce Leicester Square. It's obviously a tricky one because I've seen a sign outside a pub where I live advertizing a televised rugby match between "Lester and Wuster" (that should be Leicester and Worcester, but maybe it helps to clear the way they're said). The Irish get their own back - fairly near here you'll find places Skeoghvosteen and Graiguenamanagh.
Speaking of drinking and Guiness... Don't drink six bottles of beer at the same time? BRILLIANT!That's why two cans is my limit
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When St. Patrick's Day rolls around, however, there's not a bar that doesn't have green beer and there are always several corn beef and cabbage dinners locally.Strangely I don't think I've ever seen green beer over here, although McDonalds usually does a green milkshake for St. Patrick's Day. Both you and Brian mention corned beef, but here it's more usual to serve bacon (boiled not rashers) with the cabbage. When I Googled Brian's "St. Practice Day" I found a long-established pub in the US (I won't name it) that claimed to be Irish. On the drinks side it served Guinness and Smithwick's, but on the food side the three dishes it was most proud of were French onion soup, chili con carne and New England clam chowder - hardly what I'd call traditional Irish. It makes me question the authenticity of the over-priced burgers at my local American diner.
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I'll go for my second choice - A) Amazon Archery Club.
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One of the mobile phone companies in Britain has just started showing a commercial that allegedly shows some of the weird things that the British love. I wonder how many people outside of Britain would associate these "loves" with Britain and whether they can be called stereotypes?.
I know I could've put this in the Commercials thread, but it seemed to fit better here.
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Hey y'all
As some of y'all know I'm Irish. I don't go around promoting the Irish stereotype (drunk,religious,lives off potatoes and ginger) but at the same time I'm proud to be Irish!!
I've been living in Ireland for over 8 years and I've seen most of these stereotypes, but not necessarily in a single person. When I first came here there was a shop on the quay in Wexford that only sold potatoes, but that seems to have closed. I did like the Irish stereotypes in the Family Guy episode 'Peter's Two Dads' - they did a better send-up than The Simpsons (I'm sure they had London buses in their Irish episode). Here's Peter and Brian landing in Ireland:
Family Guy - Peter lands in Ireland
In Dublin we get a lot of tourists,mostly American and English. I was in town earlier and saw a young American couple looking a little lost,so being nice I went over and asked if I could help. I think it was fair to say that they had a drink or two at this point, because they asked me if I knew any of the "Father Ted" cast,an then asked if I could give them the recipe to Guinness.I told them that Ireland wasn't as small as they thought, and only the people that work in guinness know the recipe.
There is a belief from outsiders that everyone in Ireland knows each other even though there's about 4.5 million people here. Having said that I used to work with a guy who seemed to know an awful lot of them - no matter what place you mentioned, he seemed to know someone who lived near there. I don't know what it's like in Dublin, but people in the rural communities quite often know their neighbors in a five or ten mile radius. This comes in handy when you're trying to find a house in the middle of nowhere, although the directions often leave a lot to be desired. Everyone seems to have a different idea of how far a mile is and I was once told to "go down the road, past a railway bridge that isn't there anymore". You get used to it after a while and it just adds to the charm.
The Guinness recipe question made me laugh. By that logic Lori Davenport, who is from Hazard, Kentucky, should know the Colonel's 'secret recipe'.
I can't claim to know any of the Father Ted cast, but I have seen Pauline McLynn in the town and Ardal O'Hanlon doing stand-up during the annual comedy festival. For those of you not familiar with the show, Ardal is on the left, and Pauline is the the one in the middle (pretty obvious as she's the only female in the picture).
I wonder which English stereotypes I conform to?. I do like drinking tea and warm beer, although the warm beer is more accurately known as real ale and is a very different drink to lager. Whenever the English appear on US shows they seem to be shown as either upper class (see Gaylord Duke), stupid or both. Then again we don't help ourselves with this impression:
It would be interesting to hear what other stereotypes all you foreigners have of the English and Irish
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Hey Hoss, did you know that the General Lee was originally meant to have the confederate flag on the hood?
I wonder what that wound look like?
*hint hint wink wink*Answer: Just plain wrong
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I'm torn between A) and H), although both are guesses. I think I'll blindly shoot an arrow at the target and go for H) Hazzard County Sportsman's Club
.Just to clear up Daney's questions (with the help of IMDb.com):
Waylon Jennings was Balladeer in both 'Moonrunners' and Dukes.
Jerry Rushing, aka Jake Rainey's bodyguard in 'Moonrunners', was Ace Parker in 'Repo Men'.
Ben Jones, aka. Fred (Chicago Federal Agent) in 'Moonrunners', played Cooter Davenport.
Pete Munro, aka. Zeebo in 'Moonrunners', played Willie in 'Jude Emery'.
Bill Gribble, aka. Cooter Pettigrew in 'Moonrunners', played Carson in 'Daisy's Song'.
The actress who played Rose Ellen and Holly Comfurt was Miriam Byrd-Nethery.
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The Dierks Bently article looks like it bit the dust because the Toronto-Sun isn't showing it online anymore ...
The article is still available - you can read it here. It looks like Dierks isn't the Dukes fan he once claimed to be. I found another interview from three years ago where he said he'd watched them more:
I also was a huge Dukes of Hazzard fan. I used to have T-shirts that said “Dierks of Hazzard†custom-made. Then, when I worked at TNN, they did all the reruns. I’ve seen every episode like three or four times. -
I never realised how grouped together they were. Last year sadly saw the passing of a few members of the Duke family including the ones you mentioned as well as Christopher Mayer later in the year. I hope that Al Wyatt Jr's death is not an omen of things to come this year. At least we have Cathy's birthday to celebrate on March 1st.
Waylon Jennings,the beloved balladere (misspelt?) ...Did you think about checking your signature for the correct spelling?
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No problem - I worked it out, so I'll know for next time. BTW I'm on GMT ATM
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Just had to check what time zone you were in. I'm there if you want a chat.
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Congratulations Darrell. I'd say Brian was right when he called this accolade "long overdue".
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Awesome that the General Lee got a mention, but the guy goofed. He called it a '79 Dodge Charger. It's a 1969 Dodge Charger (with some 1968's thrown in due to car similarities).
Sad that he didn't know the year of the car he was bidding on, especially since it's famous.
He's bidding on a 1979 lunch box (with Thermos), but I can't find any that are older than 1980, so it looks like they still goofed. When I checked this morning there were 38 for sale on ebay.com including several with 'Buy it now' prices, so it's not like he's bidding on an especially rare item. I could understand it if he was bidding on a Dukes of Hazzard ashtray (as mentioned in
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Welcome to HNet Dave. It's great to see another new member get stuck in and start posting. Judging by the pictures you've posted so far I'd say you'll enjoy it here.
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What actors appeared in Moonrunners & Dukes Of Hazzard in different roles? Waylon as the balladeer in both makes 5 actors from Moonrunners to participate in DOH.
Good question Daney, I knew many of the character names appeared in both, but I didn't realise there were that many actors in both. I think Ben Jones was a revenuer or similar in Moonrunners. I'm sure Jerry Rushing had a small part in Moonrunners, but I can't remember what it was. He later played Ace Parker in 'Repomen'. That's the only ones that I remember - maybe it's a hint that it's time to watch Moonrunners again
.Double Sting episode's Rose Ellen & less than a year later, Southern Comfurts episode's Holly Comfurt was played by which actress?I can see her face, and remember spotting her in an episode of 'The Fall Guy' recently, but her name eludes me for now. I think she had a double-barrelled surname if that helps anyone else.
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I mentioned this song a few months back because it was part of a great AV mashup. Here's the whole song:
As well as winning a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording it has appeared in a commercial for Budweiser Select and NBC's Sunday Night Football.
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Weird Al's parody of
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I've got a question for ya'll, and maybe it's already been answered in a thread and evades my memory. But has anyone figured out the location of the racetrack used in a couple of Dukes eps? I think the same track was used in "Hazzard Connection" and "Carnival of Thrills". I believe it was also used in a Knight Rider episode called "Slammin' Sammie's Stunt Show Spectacular."
I don't know about the Knight Rider location, but the racetrack used several times in Dukes was Saugus Speedway on Soledad Canyon Road in Santa Clarita, CA. I did mention it in passing in the Hazzard Square thread, but it's easy to miss - the post is here, and includes a link for Google Maps. From the research I did at the time I believe it's now used for swap meets.
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(This was the only album version of this song I could find. I like the penguins tho'. Khee!)
It's very hard finding good studio versions of Supertramp on YouTube - I also like the penguins
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Here's one from an Irish band - I don't how well known they are in others parts of the world.
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I can do you the Dukes screengrabs if you tell me what you want, but you'll have to wait until next Monday as I'm away from my DVDs.
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If paradise is half as nice as heaven that you take me to,
Who needs paradise I'd rather have you.
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According to my trusty notebook Luke's knife isn't a Buck. It's a Barlow. He's a country boy so I'm sure he has more than one...LOL
Barlow's website is here if anyone finds a decent picture and needs to make comparisons.
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I know their knives get used quite a bit, but the first scene I remembered was Luke digging out Daisy's bullets from behind the target in 'Officer Daisy Duke'. The screengrab below is the best I could get - I didn't get to see the handle. If you look at the inset picture (where I've tweaked the levels a bit), it appears that the knife is made by Buck. Looking at their website the closest current product I could find is a model called 'Ranger' - check it out here.
I'm going to be away from my DVDs for a few days, so won't be able to look for any more until the start of next week. Maybe someone else will post pics in the meantime.
The Patrol Cars In Pictures
in The Patrol Cars
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I must apologize. I never planned for the posts to this thread to be so sporadic, but here's the latest installment. The Hazzard police are still driving '77/'78 Dodge Monacos, although the occassional Matador or rounded-headlight Fury sometimes gets edited into chases.
The end of 'The Hack of Hazzard' takes place in the old mining settlement of Shoveltown (you can see more pictures of Shoveltown in the Hazzard Square thread). Just as Boss gets his hands on the gold certificates, the Colonial City police arrive in their 1972 AMC Matador.
The previous post promised a picture of Sheriff Little's patrol car when I could get a clearer shot. I admit that this is still a bit blurry, but it shows off the key features that differentiate Sheriff Little's car from the Hazzard cars ie. the spotlights on the A-pillars and the fang-like extensions at the front. You can't see from this angle, but Sheriff Little drives a '75/'76 Plymouth Fury. The picture is from 'Coltrane Vs. Duke'.
Another vehicle here that's not strictly a patrol car, but it's still one from a government body. This pale blue 1973 AMC Ambassador belongs to the 'State Revenue Service' and appears briefly in 'Sadie Hogg Day'. I'm not sure what was up with door sign - most of it looks very neat, but a couple of letters have been badly touched up in a lighter color (e.g. the 'R' of Revenue). I wouldn't have noticed if the scene hadn't started with a close-up of the sign.
I'll conclude this post with the most expensive patrol car of the series. '10 Million Dollar Sheriff' saw Rosco purchase a 1975 (or later) Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow I. The car looks pretty stock with the exception of the standard Hazzard County decals and lightbar. You'll notice that the lightbar is not the same design as the AeroDynic ones used on the regular patrol cars. Despite being the most expensive patrol car when Dukes was made, you could have a replica pretty cheaply today. A quick look at ebay shows that these cars can be picked up in reasonable condition for less than half the price of reasonable General Lee replica. I know most of us (who don't already own one) would like a General Lee, but this is a Rolls Royce - arrive at the next Hazzard Homecoming in style!.