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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!.

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.

If 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. That's why two cans is my limit : 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.

I'll go for my second choice - A) Amazon Archery Club.

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.

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 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 .

Answer: Just plain wrong .

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.

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 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. Did you think about checking your signature for the correct spelling? .

No problem - I worked it out, so I'll know for next time. BTW I'm on GMT ATM .

Just had to check what time zone you were in. I'm there if you want a chat.

Congratulations Darrell. I'd say Brian was right when he called this accolade "long overdue".

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 ) - they don't show up very often .

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.

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 . 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.

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.

Weird Al's parody of .

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.