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You won't find Laramie Street any more - it was torn down in 2003. You might get to see some of the other backlots that Dukes used eg. New York Street. Sorrell is buried at Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 W. Centinela Ave., Culver City, Los Angeles - it's not far from LAX - see it on Google Maps here. There's more detailed information about the grave location and some pictures here.

I should have re-read my original post. I posted a link to a site about the NCE convertibles (to save you going back, it's here), and about 1/3 of the way down the page is a piece about car #2 of 250. The site claims that this may be the car that featured in the Motor Trend article that MaryAnne posted: When it was listed on ebay it was said to come with "the original Zenith wire wheels". A quick Google image search suggests they may well be Zenith wheels.

Same name, different song.

I was deciding which song with the word "Girl" in the title I should use, then I remembered this one had "The Word Girl" in the title : From the album 'Cupid & Psyche 85'.

I haven't actually got much by Saxon, but I enjoyed listening to this one the other night (I thought I'd remembered Brian posting something similar in one of the other musical threads). You can't beat a good bit of old-school British metal, especially from a group that comes from the same part of England as my father.

Nice try Roger, but BL had it right. It was from Shakespeare's 'Henry V'. It's not one that I've read, but it doesn't sound like the sort of thing Boss would read either .

New member jacobsoj74 is building a scale model of Mason Dixon's Trans Am and wants help identifying the wheels. Here is one of the reference screengrabs I used for the artwork - can anyone name the wheels?.

Welcome to HNet jacobsoj74, and thanks for your comments about my artwork. I think the wheels on Daisy's Road Runner and Lucifer are Cragar Nomads, although similar wheels are available from other sources. I never managed to identify the wheels on the Trans Am - I just made something that looked about right. By the center nut I'd say they're some kind of knock-off wire wheels. I'll post a screengrab later (probably in the Mason Dixon's Trans Am thread) to see if anyone else recognizes them. Make sure you post your model pics when they're finished.

I know that in another thread I recently promised to cover West Potrero Road. I'm still collecting screengrabs, but it's coming soon. This post concerns a few screengrabs from season 2 that have been hanging around my hard-drive for a while saved as "unknown". I expect some locations to change over the 30 years since filming, but these didn't look like the sort of places that would've changed beyond recognition. Despite loads of searching around Lake Sherwood I couldn't find them. Then yesterday I was watching 'The Big Bang Theory' episode 'The Terminator Decoupling' where the boys take the Coast Starlight train to San Francisco, meeting Summer Glau along the way. Sheldon explains that the others are about sit on the wrong side of the carriage because "On this side, you’ll see panoramic ocean vistas inaccessible to any other form of transportation, while on your side, you’ll be treated to 350 miles of CostCos, Jiffy Lubes, and cinderblock homes with above-ground pools". I went to Google Maps to check out the "panoramic ocean vistas" and started following the train tracks out of Los Angeles Union Station. When the tracks crossed West Olive Avenue in Burbank (it goes by WB's studios) I got distracted into thinking about Dukes again, and found myself being dragged north towards Santa Clarita. As an aside, in a more recent episode of 'The Big Bang Theory' ('The Rhinitis Revelation') Sheldon wants to use their broken elevator shaft as a missile silo to launch a pre-emptive strike on Burbank ("Get them before they get us") - TBBT is filmed at WB's Burbank Studios, just a couple down from where Dukes was filmed. I keep looking for one of the backlots to appear in TBBT, but they rarely use outdoor locations and so far I haven't spotted any. But I digress ... Don't ask why, but I decided to check out Placerita Canyon Road on the south side of Golden Oaks Ranch and found one of the locations I'd been looking for. This piece of road is used in several episodes in season 2, including being the part of Hatchapee County where Sheriff 'Spike' Loomis tries to catch Boss and Jesse in 'Days of Shine and Roses', which is where the first picture comes from. I'm guessing this road was an early addition to Google Street View because the images are quite blurry and the low angle of the sun doesn't help either - check it out here. I suppose my virtual train ride will have to wait for another day. Looking in the other direction we see the same road as it appeared in 'The Rustlers'. The aerial view shows a new turn-off that has been constructed on the north side of the road that is not present in the Street View. This means that the Street View looks more like it appeared in Dukes. I still had a few of other "unknown" pictures, so I continued east on Placerita Canyon Road. When I reached this spot I realized that I found another filming location. The picture below is from 'Gold Fever'. Finally I have a picture from 'Arrest Jesse Duke'. It's where Jesse arrives on the scene of the first car-stripping. I think this is the same location as the picture above shown from a different angle - the camera foreshortening makes it hard to compare the mountains in the background, and there's not a lot else to go on. What do y'all think?. I still have a few "unknown" pictures left to identify, but this clears up about half of them.

Not the easiest song to sing, as proved by Lee and Lance in a classic sketch from British comedy 'Harry Enfield and Chums'. Now I keep adding the "bings", "bangs" and "bongs" into the original when I hear it .

I can't believe that this song is nearly 20 years old - feels more like 10.

I think that this one comes under the category of visible crew and/or equipment. When Jesse approaches the scene of the first car-stripping in 'Arrest Jesse Duke' the area is meant to be deserted, but there is clearly a large vehicle parked at the side of the road (see the door mirror sticking out on the far left). Judging by the shadows there may also be a smaller vehicle behind it.

I was watching 'Arrest Jesse Duke' earlier when I realized that there was a good close-up of Bo's knife when he cuts himself free from the rollbar of the red Jeep. It looks like it's identical to the Buck knife owned by Sissy's father.

You've gotta love a song that includes the phrase "reckless endangerment and excessive speed" in the lyrics. The chorus is pretty catchy too.

Back to the early '60s now: This guy had a very distinctive vocal style, although the comes close. It's also been covered by artists like (who let his backing singers do the high notes) and whose version is quite bluesy.

Here's a quick question for those of you who check out the signs in Dukes like I do: Next to Boss's door in the Boars Nest is a sign that says: "I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety." Where is this quote from?. Your choices are people from both sides of the Atlantic who are famous for their witticisms and quotable lines: A) William Shakespeare Mark Twain C) George Bernard Shaw D) Groucho Marx E) Oscar Wilde Hint: For keen-eyed viewers, the sign attributes its source under the quote.

Last Friday marked the first anniversary of a crime against music. I wouldn't dare inflict the original on y'all, but this version makes me smile: OK, it's really Mike Bauer, but the comments are worth reading. Lots of people sharing experiences of listening to this version in Vietnam or on road trips .

From the country that now thinks pizza is a vegetable, this does not surprise me. Can anyone tell me the best way to grow pizzas, I'm not sure if the climate in Ireland is suitable .