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amazingly, yellow (amber) means the same thing here as there. Sorry I missed that one.
Maybe Cooter shoulda had one on his tow truck?
They're more orange than yellow, but Cooter had them on all of his tow trucks (although only the yellow one had a lightbar):
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Interesting how they had a straight red light bar. Here in Delaware, the different light bars mean different things:
Red and Blue: Police
Red: Fire Department/ambulance
Red and Yellow: Ambulance
Blue: Fire Police (Not to be confused with Fire Marshal. They are two different jobs here. Fire Marshal investigates fires, enforces fire codes, etc, whereas fire police do traffic control, crowd control, and act as police on a fire scene).
I know some states blue indicates general police just like the red and blue does.
They're a lot less varied in the UK and Ireland:
Blue: Police, fire, ambulance
Green: Doctor
Amber: Tow trucks, garbage trucks, wide vehicles, slow vehicles etc.
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LOL, Hoss. You also spell your words strangely as well, frequently using "s" instead of "z" (or should I say "zed").
I know my comment was facetious, but the underlying point is valid. It's not just about spelling; US English and British English also use different words and idioms. While (and I was going to start the sentence with "Whilst", but apparently that's British English) I would be happy to proofread British English, I'm not sure that I'm the right person to proofread US English. Regardless, my offer still stands.
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*Did you do well in school?
*feedback
*proofreader
*run-on
I fit most of the criteria if you don't get any better offers. Just remember, I speak proper English, not that colonial variation you speak in your parts
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Hi Jerry, glad to have you along.
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Speakin' of the back end of the General Lee, if you pay attention in the reunion movie, the first one, the black area surrounding the tail lights is painted orange, but, if you look at the clips they stole from the show to avoid stunt driving, shows it as black. It's the tail light panel.
Sorry, they just make it oh so obvious!
It is very obvious. I've had this screengrab lying around for a while.
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I spotted a couple of errors in 'Farewell, Hazzard' the other day. The first is when Bo goes to check out the field where they saw the helicopter. As he arrives the General is missing its license plate, yet moments later it's back (see inset) even though Bo just walked around the front of the car:
Later on the helicopter tries to run them off the road again. The fake helicopter skids in the studio shots have larger black areas on them. Also, that's definitely not Bo driving in the first picture.
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I can't stay away from the '80s for long
:The song was written by Tim Rice and ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. It's also great for a
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- Freddy Fender
Would you believe that I have five different versions of that song, but not the one you chose!.
I'll add a bit more spice to the pot
:A great sing-a-long track (although you probably have to be a supporter of the England soccer team
). The song was written by Blur's bassist Alex James and comedian Keith Allen for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The video, which is a great parody of
(it was even filmed on the same street), includes British comedians Paul Kaye, Rowland Rivron and Little Britain's Matt Lucas and David Walliams as well as artist Damian Hirst and Tenpole Tudor vocalist Edward Tudor-Pole. -
"Horse" songs is it?. How about this one from Dublin band The Thrills?:
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Welcome to HNet. CDoherty and myself are close neighbors (or as we say, neighbours) of yours over in Ireland.
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There's still a few "Crazy" songs out there, like this one:
They don't write 'em like that anymore
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Commercials
in TV
I laughed when I saw the disclaimer "Professional driver on a closed course. Do not attempt." appear at the bottom of the screen. Then it made me sad that it was necessary.
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Just to clear up what we've been discussing privately, and add a few more details, here's a summary:
The episode is 'Close Call for Daisy' in season 6 and the other notebook belonged to "Nervous" Norman Willis. The Reverend is called "Reverend" at least twice in dialog, but not given a name. The credits just say "the PASTOR". The name J.P. Frawley comes from the sign outside the church:
This screengrab actually comes from a few episodes earlier, but can be seen at the end of the scene where the notebooks get swapped.
The Reverend/Pastor was played by Joe Mays who sadly passed away just 10 years later at the age of 45.
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Don't have the top line up as of now and don't have much time ...
The top ten line up is:
1 AJ Allmendinger
2 Kevin Harvick
3 Joey Logano
4 Denny Hamlin
5 Mark Martin
6 Martin Truex Jr.
7 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
8 Clint Bowyer
9 Kasey Kahne
10 Sam Hornish Jr.
Jimmie Johnson is 15th, Jeff Gordon is 20th, Tony Stewart is 23rd and David Ragan is 27th - I hope that covers most of this thread's regular poster's favorites
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Season 5 starts with a dearth of patrol cars. Aside from the odd appearance of Sheriff Little, most of the bad guys in the Coy and Vance episodes get taken away by Hazzard's own police at the end of an episode. For that reason I've included the following two pictures. The sharp-eyed amongst you will notice that these are not strictly cars (the lack of enough wheels was what gave it away to me!).
This motorcycle is seen briefly in 'The New Dukes' as it escorts the armored car which gets attacked by the Mean Green Machine. It seems to have a plain white gas tank, and the rider's badges are never seen clear enough to read. After some Googling I think it's a 1978 Kawasaki KZ 1000 Police, but I really don't know much about bikes, so stand to be corrected.
Two more bikes here, this time from 'Coy vs. Vance'. They look very similar to the one above, although the windshields are different, the orange lights are different sizes and the one above doesn't have mirrors. This time some badges are visible. The 6-pointed star on the gas tank (see inset) is similar to the Hazzard badges and says "COUNTY" across the top, although I can't make out the lower text. By contrast, the uniform badges definitely say "CITY POLICE" (see other inset). For some unknown reason the typeface used for the word "POLICE" on the windshields is different on each bike.
Now back to 4-wheeled vehicles, and back to an episode that ends with the bad guy getting taken away by non-Hazzard police. On this occasion it's Joel in 'Welcome Back, Bo 'n' Luke'. The State Police car has the same badge as the one that appeared in 'Baa, Baa White Sheep' (second picture), although that was a black and white 1977/78 Monaco and this is a blue and white 1975/76 Fury with spotlights on the A-pillars. This one also has an all red lightbar instead of the more usual blue and red combination.
This green and white 1975/76 Fury shows up in 'Big Brothers, Duke'. The 7-pointed badge on the door says it belongs to Capitol City Police, but it looks to me like one of Sheriff Little's cars with the 'fangs' removed.
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I agree with BL - CJ Holmes presented "Dixie" to Daisy at the end of the episode (although it mysteriously appeared two episodes earlier in 'Arrest Jesse Duke').
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Thanks Mufn, that's a nice mellow track. Here's one with a similar-sounding title, but it's very different:
Streetband was an early outing for vocalist Paul Young. This novelty song was originally a B-side (remember them?
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Welcome to HNet Kelsey. I'd like to see a picture or two of your Mustang (the Ford, not the buckskin
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I realize that the previous post didn't mention Dukes much - well let me fix that. Below is a picture from 'High Flyin' Dukes' - an episode that makes good use of the landing strip at Indian Dunes.
The camera must have been in virtually the same spot as the one that took the picture below. It shows a more recent (2004) view across the area that was formally the eastern end of the runway. The hills is the background are identical. Click here to see the great site where I found the picture. It give a lot more history of the airport along with more pictures, both past and present. It also names a few other TV shows and movies that were filmed there.
Here's a picture from 'Comrade Duke' that shows the airport buildings. The Hazzard Airport building on the left and the gas pump were added for filming, but the other three are visible on the black and white map above.
This is all that can be seen of that same area today.
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If I sounded slightly unsure of the location of the "Lake Sherwood" sign identified in the previous post, after watching a few more episodes I'm now certain about it. I've also noticed that in 'Granny Annie' Rosco chases the General up the road opposite the sign.
The picture below acts as a great signpost to today's subject (you see what I did there?).
I've discussed this location briefly in another thread, but didn't include any pictures. This post is mainly concerned with the landing strip that was located at Indian Dunes. The map below shows how it looked in 1977 (the closest date to Dukes filming that I could find). The road across the top is Henry Mayo Drive (SR-126), and is quite close to both Castaic Junction and Six Flags Magic Mountain Amusement Park that I've covered in earlier posts. The airport was built by the Newhall Land & Farming Company sometime between 1964 and 1969.
Here's another view from around the same era, this time from the north and in color. I found it on a website about filming locations used in 'Escape From New York'. It details how the area behind the runway was also used for filming episodes of Airwolf, The A-Team, The Fall Guy, Knight Rider and MacGyver. The '70s TV show 'Black Sheep Squadron' used both the runway and the area behind. If you want to see more, click here (it's a 6.5Mb PDF file with loads of photos).
As well as the landing strip I've also found loads of references to (and fond memories of) the motocross racing that used to take place here. The picture above shows the Shadow Glen and International tracks along with a 1/2 mile oval and a small oval near the road. The motocross seems to have stopped sometime around 1985. Some of the runway was torn up soon after, although the eastern side survived, at least partially, into the early '90s. This article from the LA Times says that Indian Dunes ceased to be a filming location in late 1990, and returned to farm land. Like the Valencia Oaks Ranch, there have been plans to build on the site, but nothing is definite yet. Today there's not a lot left to suggest the area's history. The picture below shows how it looks currently (I've tried to cover the same area as the black & white map above for easy comparison). Explore for yourself on Google Maps.
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Hi Jen, welcome to HazzardNet.
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I thought "disk 7" was a typo until I checked - in region 2 (Europe, Middle East etc.) where I am only the first and last seasons were released on single-sided discs, all the rest were double-sided, and none exceeded five discs. I'm really not a fan of double-sided discs, but yet again we get a cheapened product
.I found a "like new" complete season 5 on Ebay for $5 + $2.47 postage. I don't know if you can get replacement discs individually, but $7.50 doesn't sound too much to pay:
Dukes of Hazzard - The Complete Fifth Season (DVD, 2005, 8-Disc Set)
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I've put these cars together because they're very similar. Both are 1975/6 Dodge Coronets with two-tone white over brown paint, both have the squarer style lightbar, both have color-coded wheels and both use the Hazzard-style 6-pointed "County Sheriff" star. Now the differences:
The top one is the Sweetwater patrol car as seen in 'The Ghost of General Lee'. It has blue lenses on both sides of its lightbar and gray or black spotlights on the A-pillars. Under the star on the door is simply the word "Sheriff" - it doesn't mention Sweetwater anywhere. I wonder whether the "Sheriff" sign is one of the fender signs from a Hazzard car.
The lower one is the Choctaw car from 'Double Sting' as driven by Sheriff Ragsdale. It has the more usual red/blue lightbar and an aerial on the roof instead of the trunk. The words "Choctaw County Sheriff" appear under the star. I've deliberately made the background of this sign brighter because that's the way it appeared to me.
Word Association
in Hazzard Swamp
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Crazy (I know, his mother had him tested
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