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    I've decided to dedicate this post to one building, because sadly it's no longer standing. In Reunion it was used as the Hazzard Cotton Mill where Daisy is held after she's kidnapped. If you thought the windows in the last picture looked familiar it's because it's the same building that was seen next to the Boar's Nest above (I told y'all to remember it!). If you look really closely at the right of the building you can just see the black and white pillars at the front. This is the scene where Luke fires the rope across from the tree. The building was the Courthouse in the old Laramie Street set that we've seen a couple of times before (Mufn mentioned its use a while back). A small view of Laramie Street can be seen in the background of this shot while the guards are shooting a bird. I found this site with a load of great pictures of Laramie Street just before it was torn down (the courthouse is the first one on the linked page - click the images to enlarge them). This shot is of the boys outside the cotton mill, unloading their trunk after rescuing Daisy. The small building in the background is the same one seen in the second Boar's Nest picture a few posts back (the night shot with Cooter's tow truck).
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    Rednecks of NASCAR

    HossC replied to RogerDuke's topic in NASCAR

    I knew who MA was talking about - I'd just never heard him referred to with the same sobriquet normally reserved for Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter. Following on from MA's suggested NASCAR sponsors, maybe the Elvis Presley Estate could sponsor it: Then they could call it the "I'm All Shook Cup" .
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    You folks have good memories - points all 'round. Tonight's question is a little more cryptic: Q. English conman Gaylord/Roger was the eponymous character in 'Duke of Duke', but who could be given the title 'Duke of Duke' in the Reunion movie?.
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    Rednecks of NASCAR

    HossC replied to RogerDuke's topic in NASCAR

    So MaryAnne, which car does Voldemort drive?.
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    If Cooter's was torn down, then Rhuebottom's must have been torn down too (it's definitely gone now). That left an opening for a general store in Hazzard. The new Hazzard General Store is in building #1. One thing I noticed about Reunion Hazzard is the number of independent businesses. I know Boss Hogg had passed away, but Rosco was meant to have taken over, yet neither of their names seem to appear on any stores. Building #3, which always served as Boss's bank, is now Mama Max's Development Corporation (this is the best shot I could get of the sign). The interior scenes were actually filmed inside building #3, as can be seen in this shot of Rosco leaving. The church is clearly visible in the background. We never get a good look at the outside, but the window signage says Real Estate.
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    I've watched the last couple of races on Race Buddy, but this one was too late for me, so I watched the highlights tonight. I have to agree that Jeff Gordon did a good job to hold it together, but the drivers around also did a good job avoiding him. He was also lucky to be turned with the nose of his car facing the center of the track, unlike a couple of the earlier spins. If anyone hasn't seen the spin, you can see it here. The two crashes on the green-white-checker laps are here and here. That's two weeks in a row where there's going to be a lot of work for the bodyshop. I haven't seen Carl Edwards mentioned in the write-up here. He got some right rear damage from an early crash which caused his cabin to fill with exhaust gas that made him sick. A couple of pit stops sorted out the problem, but he was 25 laps down.
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    I'm sorry these aren't in order, but I've got loads of pictures and I'm trying to identify the locations and group them into sets of four. It's not only the Boar's Nest that turns up in a completely different building. This is the new Duke farm. The trees disguise the location pretty well, and it took a bit of tracking down ... Luckily, pictures of houses from Gilmore Girls have helped me out once again. Apparently this is Lorelai's house, which turns out to be the back of what we know as Boss Hogg's house. If you look at the picture above you can still see some of what's left of the building that served as the 'Capitol City Distributing Co.' in 'Cooter's Confession'. This picture also shows that some of the left side of the house has also been remodeled since the Reunion movie. For most of the TV series the barber shop occupied building #4. For the movie the barber shop is in building #5. Building #6 looks like it has been occupied recently (see marks on window), but is now 'For Lease'. The original barber shop now just has the word 'Curios' across the windows. Sorry about the blurry nature of this photo - we only get to see it briefly during Daisy's abduction.
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    Welcome to HazzardNet :).

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    BL got that one - here's a picture to prove it: Q. Still on 'Go West, Young Dukes', Jeremiah, Joe, Hank, and Dixie Duke, as well as Jeeter Davenport, Thadius B. Hogg and Rufus Z. Coltrane all had couterparts in modern-day Hazzard. Jeremiah's wife Jenny wasn't a regular cast member but she did appear in modern-day Hazzard back in season 2 (not as a Duke). Who was she?.
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    This is the garage of Red Perkins (Hazzard's second best mechanic until Cooter went to Congress, then he became number one). Regular readers of this thread will recognize it as building #25. Opposite the garage, French Street still looks much the same as it did at the end of season 7. It's clear that some of the stores at the other end of the street have signage, but they're too far away and too blurry to see what they are. I was hoping to get a look down the street to see what had happened to Cooter's garage, but we never get to see. I'm guessing it had been torn down by now because we don't get to see it at any time in the movie. During the seven seasons of the TV show the Boar's Nest moved locations a few times, but always looked pretty much the same (I'm only talking about the California episodes). In Reunion the Boar's Nest is a completely different building. These are the buildings seen to the left of the Boar's Nest as Cooter drives in with the General in tow. Take a look at the background buildings as I'll be returning to them in a few posts' time.
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    I bought it a few months back, but haven't got 'round to reading it yet. I'll try to post a review when I do.
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    I've just noticed that the decals on the doors of the patrol cars in the Reunion movie are different from those in the series. Throughout all seven seasons the 6-pointed sheriff's badges on the Hazzard cars had a pair of scales in the center, "County Sheriff" around them, and "Hazzard County" underneath. In the Reunion movie the design in the middle has changed, and the words "Hazzard County Sheriff" are around it (no text underneath) - see first picture below. The second picture is from the Roseville patrol car that was is 'New Deputy in Town'. The center logo is the same. The last picture is even more bizarre - despite bearing a striking resemblance to the Reunion decal, I actually spotted it in an episode of 'The Fall Guy'.
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    I don't want to be greedy - I'd be quite happy if you did that one, CD. I couldn't finish this thread without including the TV movies. The Reunion movie starts out on W Potrero Road. Apart from Thornton Ranch Road having a better road surface, it still look roughly the same today. Check it out here on Google Street View. We soon find ourselves back in the square. At first glance it doesn't look much different, but look a little deeper and nearly all the businesses have changed. I'm not sure if this was to differentiate the movies from the TV show, or just that all the original signage had gone. Here's a scene setting shot that I've included for Roger - I thought he'd like the tractor!. The drug store in Hazzard (building #7) survived all seven seasons, but has now been replaced by the Hazzard Bakery. I'll post an interior picture later. Next door, the Hazzard Picture Palace has made way for Kelley's Coffee Shop.
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    I know this thread's a bit old, but I've just noticed the General's odometer in the Reunion movie. You see it briefly when the General first gets back on the road and it reads 24819.1. Does this mean it's done about 93k miles since Carnival of Thrills, or has someone wound the clock back just over 7k miles?
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    hot drink (a nice cup of tea for example )
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    Rednecks of NASCAR

    HossC replied to RogerDuke's topic in NASCAR

    Jamie McMurray drives the #1 car, but his car's red (and there's no '0'). David Reutimann drives the '00' car, but it's not blue with flames up the front. There were at least two orange cars in last Sunday's race. Joey Logano and Robby Gordon even managed to hit each other at one point. The drivers seem to be from all over the US (and Australia and Colombia), but I know very little about their personalities/backgrounds. Maybe Garrett can nominate a redneck or two amongst them.
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    Nice one Lizzy - you're right. Let's see how well you were watching that episode. Q. In 'Go West, Young Dukes' what was the name of the whiskey that was visible behind the bar?: A) Taos Lightning Coffin Varnish C) Tarantula Juice D) Wild Mare’s Milk E) Double Eagle F) Tanglefoot According to my research (5 minutes on Google). the others are genuine Old West whiskey names.
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    I was a teenager in the 80s, so I can't claim there wasn't the odd fashion faux pas in my closet, but never a sweater like that (although I seem to remember having one with a shawl neck!). 'Opening Night at the Boar's Nest' means we must be at the end of season 7. Although Hazzard Square does feature in this episode, I didn't spot anything interesting or new. Instead we get a couple of new locations. This is said to be the state pen from which Floyd Malone is being released. I'm assuming that, like one of the previously used hospital shots, this is just stock footage. Despite a bit a seaching online I haven't been able to identify which facility this is - any ideas?. The water tower looks very like the one at Warner Bros' studios, but I can't see a prison anywhere near that. I did manage to identify the location of this next shot. The entrance to 'Bonner State Prison' isn't part of a set, but it is within Warner Bros' studios - see map below. I've arrowed the walkway where the previous shot was taken. The familiar stores of New York Street are visible at the bottom. Another mystery location here. By the coloring I'm sure it's also somewhere around the studios, but I can't tell where.
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    In 'Enos and Daisy's Wedding' two hardened criminals plan to rob the bank, and then try to frame Enos. It seemed like a foolproof plan, except that they actually break into the drug store via the back door (opposite the barber shop). Fans of Hazzard's favorite decorating store, O'Connor Paint Supply, will be pleased to see that after a quick makeover, and one episode of absence, it's back in business. It's now got a brick frontage all the way to the top, and the awning has been removed. An unknown building now. The bad guys stay at the Capitol City Motel. The two storey design and number of doors suggest that this was probably filmed at a real motel. Each door has a sign with the initials CCM, possibly covering up the real identity. Does anyone know where this was filmed?. Considering that most brand names are hidden on Dukes I was slightly surprised to see 'AAA Rated' on the sign. Maybe it slipped through because Triple-A is a not-for-profit organization.
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    tea party
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    You're getting lucky with your guessing again Roger . I'm sure MaryAnne didn't need to guess - she just knows these things!. Q. In 'Go West, Young Dukes' what was the name of Thadius B. Hogg's Saloon?.
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    I belatedly found details of another unusual General that was for sale last month. It was donated to a charity auction by former NBA star Jalen Rose (I'm sorry - the name means nothing to me, but how many of y'all can name an All-Star hurler without Google?). According to the info I found it is claimed to be one of four cars that survived the TV series and is signed by both Jalen Rose and John Schneider. That's the good, now (what I consider) the bad. It has a crate 360ci motor, custom leather interior, custom wheels, the 'General Lee' text on the roof is replaced with "Longboy" (Rose's grandmother's nickname for him), the '01' on the door is replaced with "05" (his old number) and the Confederate flag has gone altogether (a matter that has been discussed at length in other threads). Everyone has their own taste, and Kenny Wayne Shepard did his own take on the General with his 'Xtreme Lee'. While normally these changes would be cool upgrades, it just seems wrong to do them to one of the original WB Generals. The auction seems to have been on ebay twice, and I'm not if it sold. The first auction had a starting price of $45k and received no bids, the second (see here while the page is still available) was ended by the seller. The original article that I discovered this morning is here.
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    In 'The Haunting of J.D. Hogg' Larson and Sharp go to Summerville to arrange collection of Uncle Silas's money. I can't make out the name at the top, but it's definitely 'Savings & Loan, Summerville'. It's located in building #29 on French Street. To the right of the 'Savings & Loan' is what appears to be a real estate office. I can only read '...erville ...estate', but building #28 has played a real estate office a couple of times before. The sign that's partially visible at the top of the picture says 'Law Offices Upstairs'. Here's a long shot of WHOGG Radio which reappears in building #2 in 'Strange Visitor to Hazzard'. To the left, 'Skipper Ward Surplus' has been a regular feature of the square since season 3. I haven't paid much attention to it recently, but at some point the original sign got replaced with a similar one in different typefaces (I guess that's the ex-signmaker in me that spotted that). Here's a closer shot of WHOGG. This time it's treated to a big overhead sign as well as lettering on the windows. There's also an outdoor speaker to broadcast the tales of little green men.
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    Everyone was right on that one . Q. In 'The Dukes in Hollywood', Boss and Rosco eventually hide out from the studio security guards by entering one of the sound stages. What's the name of the movie/show whose set they gatecrash?.
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    From the soundtrack of 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure' - "Party on dude"
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