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Dang you guys and your good memories. I must be getting old because ... what was I saying?. CD is right, the line is spoken by Jesse in 'Daisy's Song'. He says to Daisy, "I was just telling the boys you've got to make sure that everybody is out of that pressing plant before they blow it up.", followed by the lne below:

Well remembered MaryAnne. Like most of these questions, I can remember the quote, but not the episode. I've just checked the DVD and in the scene where they're welding the spikes it's actually Waylon that says the line, not Jesse, although that doesn't mean Jesse didn't say it at another time: The end of the line is, "which sometimes calls for a little country ingenuity".

I was going to reply to this thread earlier, but being an outsider thought it best to let someone more informed than me have first crack. Dukes is from a different place in time to where we are now. Not everything that was OK in the late '70s and early '80s is OK now. There are several bits of dialog and narration that would now be considered sexist. Good ol' Hobie, the happy drunk driver, would probably be frowned upon as well. What I don't remember is any racism. As MaryAnne said, although the main cast was white, any black characters were treated the same as their white counterparts: the good black guys had equal status to the white good guys and the black bad guys had equal status to the white bad guys. As well as the black characters they also had Billy Joe Fong in 'Miz Tisdale on the Lam' and, at the height of the Cold War, a nice Russian in 'Comrade Duke'. Anyone who's read 'Redneck Boy in the Promised Land' will know that Ben Jones went on civil rights marches in the '60s because he believed in an integrated America, and especially an integrated South. This is a man who quit the show for several episodes in an argument over whether Cooter should have a beard; does anyone think he'd have stuck around long on a racist show?. The problem with flags is they get misappropriated. As MaryAnne pointed out, the KKK used the Stars and Stripes and the Confederate flag whilst spreading their message of hatred. You can even find lots of Christian symbols associated with them, yet no one is trying to ban the Stars and Stripes or Christians due to this association. The UK had a similar problem. Around the time of Dukes there was a far right racist group called the National Front (NF). A splinter group of the NF, the British National Party (BNP), is now the most popular of these organizations. Both have used the Union Jack and St. George's Cross (English flag) in their propaganda. I worked in London during one of the European soccer tournaments and wanted to put an English flag in the window while the competition was on. My (American) boss objected on the grounds that she considered it racist. After a heated argument she conceded that it was the flag of the country, showing support for our soccer team, and not a flag of the far right. If you don't fight these small battles, the racist will win. On a lighter note, as an Englishman in Ireland I have taken some light-hearted comments about my nationality, and been blamed for burning down the churches. I swear, it wasn't me. There are genuinely a couple of pubs that I've been advised not to go in with my accent, but most people are open-minded enough to realize that the past is not the fault of the people alive today. Now MaryAnne, you can have your soapbox back.

If it's the one below then it came out at the end of 2010: You can see more about it on the Round 2/MPC website: Ghost of General Lee 1/25 Model They also do a standard General kit in a Collector's Tin that comes with a poster: General Lee Collector's Tin ... and a large version (without tin): 1/16 Scale General Lee You can also get Daisy's Road Runner and Rosco's Dodge Monaco in 1/25 scale.

I watched that scene several times when I was getting screengrabs for The Patrol Cars In Pictures thread - how did I miss the camera?.

It's a 1970, and if the badges are correct it's an R/T with after-market wheels: If you want to see the commercial it's here.

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 .