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I went back to look at the scene and the subtitles definitely say '68 (see below). I've never spotted the circular side marker hole before, and that would suggest a '68, but if you look at the inset picture as the car is towed away it has '69 tail lights. I'm guessing that it was a '69 that had its front fenders repaired with ones from a '68. It was probably a damaged General that they painted black - if you look at the scene when Bo and Luke first see the car there are three spots of what looks like orange paint on the trunk lid near the fuel filler cap.

I'd prefer to be the Sam Malone of the Boar's Nest, but Cliff's probably more realistic . Your Irish name did amuse me, and anglicized versions of names are more common than their Irish counterparts, so "Med O' Mufn" would be quite acceptable - sorry to spoil the fun. In Irish your deputy would be MáireÃine if you translated the name literally.

Sorry Roger, I forgot to answer this question. The '68 does not have the center divider in the grille that you'll see on General Lee (and other '69s). Also the '68 has small, circular side markers instead of the rectangular ones seen on the '69.

Another couple here from the cartoon series, both from 'Boss O' Hogg and the Little People'. I haven't checked all of Uncle Jesse's correspondence, but in this episode the name and address on his postcard are strange and varied. The first picture clearly shows a postcard addressed to "JESSIE WILLIAMS". The second has shortened his name to "JESSI", while the third calls him "JESSIE WILLIAS" and the word "HUNGRY" mysteriously appears in the address. In the last shot his name looks more like "JESSIE SASSUSS". Is "DUKE" such a hard name to spell?. When the race visits England ('The Dukes of London') the police cars are correctly badged "POLICE". When the race reaches France ('The Dukes do Paris') the police cars are correctly badged "POLICE". When the race goes through Austria ('Tales of the Vienna Hoods') the police cars are correctly badged "POLIZEI". When the race takes place in Ireland the police cars seem to have been recycled from 'The Dukes of London' because they are still badged "POLICE" instead of the correct "GARDA".

The Irish language is a tricky one that I don't profess to understand. Having said that, and just to be unnecessarily pedantic, your Irish name would not be "Med O' Mufn". Being female, it would be either "Med Ní Mhufn" if it was your maiden name or "Med Bean Uí Mhufn" if it was your married name - the "Bean" is optional and usually omitted. "Ó" is only used for male names. Note that female names get lenited (have an "h" added) - "mh" is pronounced like a "v". Being Ireland it rained here for most of the day so I didn't bother going to the parade. Today is bright, the sun is out and the sky is blue - "the luck of the Irish" doesn't always hold true . Maybe someone can give Uncle Jesse a good recipe for Poitín. It's a popular subject for folk songs, including this one: I don't know what I'm doing wrong - I've been in Ireland for over eight years and I still haven't seen a leprechaun. Boss and Rosco found some on their first night :

Alex, the vehicle in the picture is called a DUKW (usually pronounced "duck") - an amphibious vehicle from WWII. I could've spent more time adjusting the lighting, but how's this?:

I don't know what you're talking about Roger. Rosco's would never do something like that .

I got the same message. The car is still there, so try this link. Looks like it needs some bodywork, plus the wheels and "01" on the doors are not correct. If that's still too expensive, how about a Mazda Miata General Lee? - it's about half the price

I found out from kcowley that there were some other pictures from 'Carnival of Thrills' that were used on toy packages etc., and I said I'd keep an eye out for them. I searched the internet and found some pictures on 1980 Donruss trading cards. The jump was done twice and film from both jumps was then cut together. The pictures above show the second car landing, which is what appeared on the show. The pictures on the cards are from unused footage of the first jump and show what actually happens when you jump a '69 Charger. You can see in card #56 that The General actually lands on the white car at the end of the row - I'm not sure if this was intentional. A different white car replaces it for the second jump. Sorry that the quality isn't great - they were the best I could find. I did find a larger picture of card #24. It gives a (slightly) clearer view of what looks like fluid leaking out of the front and some equipment on the door. I checked ebay and found that these cards currently sell for around $2 each or $40-45 for a complete set of 66 cards.

I've never noticed that one before, Brad. I think this is the scene you're talking about:

I finally got hold of 'The Dukes' cartoon series on DVD and I didn't think it should be excluded from this thread. I appreciate that cartoons have different rules to live-action so I've let some things slide, but these I couldn't. First are the seats/seatbelts in The General. About half of the time no one is wearing a seatbelt, as shown in the first picture. In the second picture the front seat occupants have conventional over-the-shoulder seatbelts, although the belts disappear behind their backs - not much use in an accident!. In the third picture Vance's seatbelt is across his left shoulder. The fourth picture shows all three occupants wearing seatbelts although the front seats have mysteriously disappeared. By the fifth picture it's only those in the front with belts again, but the belts are now attached to the roof. Finally the last picture shows the top of seatbelts attched to the top of the A-pillars by the windshield. I guess they added the belts because of the target audience (in the live-action show The General hardly ever seems to have seatbelts), but they could've at least been consistent. Both the pictures below show views in rear-view mirrors. In the one on the left they forgot to reverse the image. During a river crossing (I think from 'The Dukes in Urbekistan') we get a close-up of The General's rear. The license plate clearly shows "CHN 920" instead of "CNH 320". It's correct in other shots that I've checked. Incidentally, with all the countries in the world to choose from, why did they have to make up Urbekistan?. Were they worried that the people of Uzbekistan would take offence?. Likewise, in 'The Dukes in Switzerland' the secret police are from Slavonia which sounds suspiciously like the European country Slovenia (although it was still part of Yugoslavia when the cartoon was made). If anything, the secret police sound more like the Stasi that operated in East Germany until reunification in 1990. The final one here may not be a blooper, but I bet no one at Hanna-Barbera considered it. In 'Dukes in Scotland' the story revolves around a money counterfeiting operation, but they are counterfeiting Bank of England (English/Welsh) bank notes. Scotland has it's own bank notes that are issued by retail banks, not central banks and don't have the Queen's head on them. I accept that they could've been making English/Welsh notes because they are easier to dispose of (Scottish notes can be refused in England and Wales and are not accepted by banks and exchange bureaus outside of the United Kingdom). I also wonder why they would bother counterfeiting the lowest denomination note. Most forgers go for £20 notes. The £50 note had entered circulation in 1981, but even today they are scrutinized a lot more than other notes due to their higher value.

The punishment does seem unduly harsh. F1 is a much more technical sport so the teams are always pushing the legal limits, but I don't remember a similar situation. Last year some of the teams complained that Red Bull's front wing was flexing too much, but it passed all the tests. Another contentious point last year was blown diffusers (they channel exhaust gases under the back of the car for more downforce). Some teams had them, some didn't, so the FIA (the governing body) banned them for one race before allowing them to the end of the season - they are banned this year as far as I know (new season starts this weekend). The last penalty I remember for an illegal part was given to Jenson Button (and his team-mate) for running an illegal fuel tank in a race in 2005. They got disqualified from that race and banned for another two races. As I said, that was in a race - teams often test parts in practice but take them off before a race. I hope this punishment gets overturned or at least reduced.

General Lee had better watch out - Rosco and Enos are in hot pursuit .

I'll come clean; my inspiration for this was nothing more than a typo that I made earlier. As I went to correct it I thought "why not?".

Seeing as we're currently doing "Crazy" songs on Musical Chairs, and I've already posted Patsy Cline and Seal:

Not my usual, but as Raj from 'The Big Bang Theory' would say, "She's curvy and she's owns it. I like that."

This video by Philippe Decouflé was nominated in several categories at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards.

How about an epic ?? This is the full-length original version from 1965.

Apologies to Stewie Griffin ("Just wait until they have to suffer through Jesus Jones." - Road to Europe), but this was the only other song I could think of with "International" in the title: International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones

Nice job TomBo. I can see Carlos's point of view, but I can also see the improvement to safety in terms of increased visibility. Some sort of LED conversion can actually be necessary when people bring American cars to the UK. I speak as someone who's read about it rather than done it. The UK had different laws regarding lights, especially the rears. All rear turn signals must flash amber, and must not adversely affect any other light (brake light, parking light). There are also rules about driving lights, rear fog lights, back up lights and side repeaters for turn signals depending on the age of the vehicle. I found the following demo on the website of a company that advertises in the American car magazine that I read. It shows how their conversion would look on a 1968 Shelby Mustang, and also has a feature called SmartSwap that allows the lights to revert to US style operation. AMCAR: 1968 Shelby GT350 S/C

I also have a few Hayseed Dixie CDs - they always make me smile when they come on my MP3 player. Here's one of theirs that fits this thread:

Here's some original U2: Bad - U2 (From Live Aid) Capt, I have an EP by another Irish group called 'The Joshua Trio'. Believe it or not they did U2 covers. The EP only has three tracks and the only one I could find on YouTube is (the other two are 'Where The Streets Have No Name' and 'Bad'). I like fun covers - see what you think.