HossC
-
Posts
7,307 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
473
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Episodes
Events
Posts posted by HossC
-
-
There's a thread about Coy and Vance in the 'Other Actors/The Townsfolk' section of 'Cast/Characters'. It starts with a "which do you like best?" question, but broadens out to a more general debate toward the end:
It's a shame they didn't make a return at some point before the series ended, or for the Reunion movie.
-
Anyone caught the safety issues with the Carnival of Thrills General?
By the way, this is the General that was used in 'Arrest Jesse Duke' I believe, as it has the cut fenders to clear the 33" tyres. Anyone agree or have other information about this car?
I don't know about the cut fenders, but I think I've spotted a safety issue. I spent ages trying to find something under the hood before I realized there's a wheel nut missing.
Sorry I missed that Hoss. Honestly, this site is sooo huge, when I joined I tried to take it all in before posting anything but I guess I didn't spot that!It's hardly surprising you missed it, it would take ages just to read through that one thread, and it isn't the first place you'd think to look. I'm sure we've all done it, and no one will jump down your throat over it.
-
hey i dont know if this is a goof but i was watching ghost of General Lee and when Luke talks to Rosco you can see some one moving around in the jail cell behind him you see it for quite some time.
Dimples, you won't believe this, but SissyDuke asked the same question about two weeks ago. There's a picture and my brief interpretation in this post.
-
Hi there Dimples. Welcome to HazzardNet.
-
I was hoping someone else would answer first so I could gauge the mood. Now let me throw my two cents in:
I'm not on Facebook, but I do look at the HazzardNet page once or twice a week. I completely appreciate why HazzardNet has a presence on Facebook and the amount of work that Mufn, Brian and MaryAnne put in to updating it. I also agree with Roger that all Dukes fans are "part of the Hazzard County family", and I'm not suggesting that those on Facebook are lesser fans than those of us on here. Having said that, I don't feel that Facebook gives the same scope for contribution that the forums do. I looked through the recent posts and all the user submitted photos and videos earlier, and while there were some interesting ones amongst them (I'd love to read a thread about Jamie Jensen's trip to Georgia, complete with pictures), can you really equate uploading a few pictures, posting a few comments and "liking" a few statuses with the contibutions of previous FoM winners in the forums? I speak as someone who was very proud to receive that award myself.
Maybe I'm out-of-step, but I don't think you're comparing like with like. I would prefer it if you introduced a "Facebook Fan of the Month" award, but kept it separate from the one for the forums - think of it like two different categories at the Oscars. Then both winners could be given recognition on both locations. If there isn't a "Fan of the Month" every month, it's not the end of the world, no matter what the Mayans say
. -
Haha- if you use google maps to zoom in on that spot of the backlot, you can actually see where that curve is on the sidwalk and where a (lighter colored) repair was made exactly where the cracks are in the screen cap!
I think you must be referring to the light patch on the sidewalk roughly in the center of this view. It would be amazing if the original repair was still visible around 30 years later. The subway entrance I mentioned previously is visible on the corner just above and to the left. To explore in Google Maps, click here.
As I was looking around for the picture above I saw another building on the backlot that caught my eye. I'm not sure what the building is, but it's just north of Warner Blvd, not far from the famous WB water tower. I like the little patio on the roof of the building to the left.
All those regularly spaced pipes reminded me of a mystery building from post #107 back on page 11. It's the Genetic Research lab from 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Duke' (see below) which I suspected was somewhere nearby. I'm not sure if Google Maps had a 45 degree view facility when I started this thread, but if it did, I didn't know about it, so I missed this at the time.
Here's another view, 90 degrees round from the second picture in this post. It shows the covered loading bay that's visible on the left of the picture above. After seeing this view I'm pretty sure this is not the same building that was used for the back of the Atlanta Museum in 'Along Came a Duke'. The search for that building goes on ...
-
Thanks guys, these are great. They are pretty plain aren't they? I was kinda hoping for the font they use for the Hazzard in the title screens. I love the exit one tho! Right, off to order now!
Did you really think that Boss Hogg would pay for fancy signs?
In case you didn't know, the font used in the opening titles is called 'Hobo'. It's freely available if you Google it. I haven't done any of these in the Signs of Hazzard thread, but I can tell you from experience that pretty much all the signs in Dukes were done by hand, so don't waste time looking for an exact font match.
-
It never made it to this thread, but I used almost exactly the same screengrab in this post in 'The Official Dukes of Hazzard Trivia Thread' (third picture). The fourth picture shows Rosco's office door with the erroneous "E" still in place.
I know the answer to the General Lee question because you mentioned it in another thread. I won't spoil the fun by posting it.
-
Nevermind- if I'm correct, its between bldg E and F on New York Street? (page 8 map).
You beat me to it
. To save having to go all the way back, here's that map again:
I know the sidewalks were used in different ways because there's quite often a subway entrance on the corner marked 'F'. It may even be there in this picture.
-
Cool picture. Your friend is very talented. What medium did he use to make the picture - is it computer art or the old-fashioned kind?
-
That kind of thing is a very common sight on studio backlots. Looks like that facade once had a driveway running through it.
I was going to suggest something similar, although I couldn't find any more pictures of the same section of sidewalk - I guess it's back to the DVDs at some point
. The lamppost seems to be propped up with small wooden wedges. -
My son, Bo Duke! Yeeee-Hawww!
I only got to sit in my first General a couple of years back, and I had the same look on my face
.A couple of questions:
1) Do you plan to add the vinyl roof trim below the Charger emblems?
2) Is that Boss Hogg's Caddy next to the General in your workshop?
-
Great job Steve. Of course we'd like to see more photos
(just be aware that you can only have four pictures per post). -
Right now, our US cousins are saying "Wha...?"
Just for those not in-the-know, here's a picture I found of Russ Abbot's Cooperman:
He dressed like Superman, talked like Tommy Cooper. There's a video
- it features Bella Emberg as Blunder Woman and Les Dennis as the customer. I saw Russ Abbot once, in a show on Great Yarmouth pier somewhen around 1980, although I can't remember if he did this character. -
Hi Steve, welcome aboard. I'm glad you're enjoying the Hazzard Square thread. I'm nearly the same age as you, so I was wondering: does your screen name have anything to do with the Russ Abbot character from his '80s TV show, or is it just based on your surname?
Like MaryAnne, I look forward to seeing the pictures of your Charger.
-
You could use this one from 'Cool Hands, Luke & Bo' for the exit:
-
Welcome to HNet FMoore. Here's the sign that appeared at the start of the 'Reunion' TV movie. I'll keep an eye out for ones that appeared in the regular series.
-
According to my notebook, the three wheelers were on "Twin Trouble" and not "Days of Shine and Roses" as you mentioned....unless they were on two episodes.
My mistake Roger, the three-wheelers were in 'Twin Trouble'. I was pretty tired last night when I decided to add the episode name in brackets to make things clearer. It was the same episode as the picture above, so I cut and pasted the name from the text with that picture, forgetting there were two episodes mentioned - and I picked the wrong one
.I noticed that it had gold decals, the black ones had silver decals, guess you forgot to do silver Hatchapee County Sheriff decals for the Fan Art.I remember thinking that at the time I posted the original Hatchapee pictures. I've just watched 'Days of Shine and Roses' again and looked carefully at Sheriff 'Spike' Loomis's cars. The decals certainly appear silver in some shots, but they are made from the mirror finish material, so it's hard to tell. I have personal experience of working with this material and it's quite possible for the silver to look gold, and vice versa, depending on the lighting. The scenes with the Hatchapee cars were filmed in bright sunlight, and I judged that the decals were actually gold despite appearing lighter (I've seen the Hazzard decals appear silver in some shots). Gold would also match better with the 'shine jugs on the fender. I think the only silver decals up to this point are those of the Finchburg Sheriff and the Capitol City Police.
To sum up, I can see your point, and you may be right, but my opinion is that they were gold. It wasn't an oversight, and I don't plan to change the Fan Art versions.
-
The number of non-Hazzard patrol cars seems to have tailed off compared to earlier seasons, and I didn't spot any more new patrol cars or government vehicles in season 5, so it's on to season 6.
I'm going to need some help identifying these. Taken from 'A Baby for the Dukes', they appear to have silmilar brown liveries, although one has a white hood stripe. They also have the older 'bubble gum' style lights instead of a lightbar. From what I've been able to find, they perform well off-road despite only being rated at one horse power!
We've seen Sheriff Little's patrol car in this thread before, but I'm including this picture from 'The Boar's Nest Bears' because it shows the car has now lost its front 'fangs'. It was probably one less job to do when his cars were being built.
In 'Twin Trouble' we get to see another Plymouth Fury from Hatchapee County. For some reason the car is older than the ones in 'Days of Shine and Roses', has the AeroDynic lightbar instead of the squarer variety, and is now blue and white instead of black and white. There's no mention of Sheriff 'Spike' Loomis in this episode, so maybe his replacement, Sheriff Floyd, has made the changes.
Once again the repair bills on the Hazzard patrol cars cause Boss to employ extreme measures. For this episode ('Days of Shine and Roses') they are replaced with three-wheelers. From what I could find online these appear to be 1983 Honda 250R ATCs, but I know very little about vehicles with less than four wheels, so correct me if I'm wrong.
-
Just listened to this song, and suddenly it's 1992 again
. -
This one may be something that only an ex-signmaker would spot. In 'The Rustlers' the bad guys try to disguise the pale blue van by removing the signs from the sides. The signs come off really easily as if they are made of the static cling material usually used for window signs. Whatever they're made of, they come off cleanly.
A bit later Cooter spots adhesive residue on the van. There is no way this could happen when the sign had a solid rectangular backing. If any glue had been left behind it would not be in the shape of letters.
Moving on to 'Undercover Dukes', here's the close-up of JJ Carver's map of crime bosses and their regions:
Yet, when Luke removes the picture that hides it, and when JJ Carver looks at it earlier, the names of the crime bosses have disappeared.
-
Hey you, don't watch that, watch this! This is the heavy heavy monster sound, the nuttiest sound around ...
-
i wonder why they did that?
To curb the sales of illegal knives, although it seems a bit over-the-top. It was the result of popular BBC consumer show 'Watchdog' buying knives that are illegal in the UK through the site. The BBC News article is here.
-
What if the friend was injured. Taken to the hospital and couldn't be identified due to no id?
Daney, I think CDoherty's away for a couple of days, so let me put your mind at rest. Unlike some parts of mainland Europe, there are no compulsory or voluntary ID cards for the general population of either the UK or Ireland. What Ireland does have is a voluntary system called the "National Age Card Scheme" which is a proof of age card and not an identity card. Legal drinking age is 18, so most people with these cards are in their late teens or early 20s. They cost €10 - more info here. For the rest of the population there are alternative forms of identification. In Ireland you are legally required to carry your driver's license if you're driving (not the case in the UK). There is also a higher proportion of the country that holds a passport: about 70% in Ireland (similar in the UK), compared to 35% in the US. CD's friend may also have a student card, so if the worst happens, there should still be ways to identify him.
Dallas
in TV
Posted
We'll have to wait for the new series over here. TV3 managed to secure the rights to show it in Ireland, and have said it will be part of their Sunday night schedule. I checked the listings and it's not in there this week. In the UK it will be shown by Channel 5, but apparently not until September. If you have satellite you can still watch episodes of the original series on CBS Drama.