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I have a cover of this by The Georgia Satellites, which would have been appropriate as they're from Atlanta, but that version doesn't seem to be online anywhere.

I've never noticed that before - I guess you're talking about the rather obvious camera mount. Looks like they actually filmed John and Tom driving on location, rather than the usual studio shots with back projection. Here's one of the shots from the camera: Sorry, but I can't help with the filming location for the prison. I'll let you know if I find out.

Thanks for your comments Mira. I've got some more filming locations to post in the near future, but for now it's back to the square. When I started this thread I looked for an aerial view of Warner's backlot that dated back to when Dukes was filmed. I've finally found one at www.historicaerials.com (as you can see by the watermarking on the second map). The first map is a current(ish) overhead view from Google Maps that I've included for reference. For clarity between the views, I've included a few of the original numbers: 3 - Boss's bank 15 - building with small tower/dome used as a hotel/Tri-State Press etc. 20 - Boss's house 22 - Cooter's 25 - used car lot/van rentals I have pieced together the aerial view from HistoricAerials that claims to be from 1980 (they also have 1954, 1972, 1977, 2003, 2004, 2005), and superimposed it on the map above. The detail, especially with the older photos, is not what we're used to with current technology, but it's still useful. The square itself is pretty much as it appeared in Dukes, although there is a street, with buildings on both sides, stretching down from building #15. I don't think that it ever got used in Dukes, and was torn down before we got a chance to see it. To the right of building #15 is the car park that appeared in 'Southern Comfurts' (see 2nd and 3rd pictures in this post). To the right of that is the old western set, Laramie Street. I think the saloon is the one on the left just above the '.com' in the watermark. There is not enough detail to see the yard directly to the right Boss's house (Morgan's Glueworks etc.), but the outside props store (seen in the first picture of this post from 'The Dukes in Hollywood') is visible a little way below. Above building #3 is the car park that played the part of 'Cedar City Fairgrounds' in 'Carnival of Thrills' (picture here).

In the first part of 'Carnival of Thrills', Diane Benson asks Bo "You don't care much about expenses, do you?" when he takes her "best show car" for his first trial practice. She was right, because he uses three different cars to make the jump!. Bo climbs into a 1972 Plymouth Fury, puts on his seatbelt and moves off. He then accelerates and takes off in a 1972 Plymouth Satellite. The car that lands and turns after the jump is a 1973 Ford Torino. Finally Bo returns in the 1972 Plymouth Fury he started with. If only they hadn't picked cars with such different grilles, they may have got away with it.

Roger, you misspelled "misspelled" (or even misspelt as I'm English) - it's double 's' and double 'l' - I think you'd better start that club

Congratulations Ilaria, or should that be "congratulazioni". I hope you enjoy your month in the spotlight .

I had to clarify which sign knightprowl was after. I was looking for a whole separate sign rather than just the banner underneath. I've included one of the original signs to show the juxtaposition of the two together. I wish they'd used straight line above and below the text - the wiggly lines were quite fiddly.

Looks like that's an end to the 'sweet' songs .

That's pretty good going for one night's work Joe. You'll have to post some of your other works.

Hi Mira, there are a couple of posts about the show in this thread in the 'John Schneider/Bo Duke' section of 'Cast/Characters'. I knew I'd read about it last week, but it still took me a while to find it, so it doesn't hurt to say it again. The HazzardNet home page also has a post about it (currently second post down) including a preview of the show - I really should remember to check the home page more often . Sadly, we don't get CMT here so I'll either have to wait for one of the satellite channels to pick it up, or find a place to watch it online .

Hi Mira, welcome to HazzardNet. Hope you hang around now that you're a signed-in member .

Here's one for Roger:

Welcome to HazzardNet Joe. I'm glad my posts have been useful to you. Have you seen my Buildings of Hazzard thread in Fan Art?. I do intend to expand it in the future. I can email you better quality artwork if you want it - the same applies to the artwork in the Signs of Hazzard thread.

Welcome to HazzardNet. Hope you enjoy your stay.

Nice choice Capt, it's not a song I know. I thought I'd go for the man himself with a hit from 1958: Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry The Beach Boys 'borrowed' the tune for their hit Surfin' USA. Berry sued and got joint writing credits and a share of the royalties. Sometime Dukes looks dated by the lack of political correctness. We don't get songs about 16-year-old girls anymore either.

Sorry about the last question Roger - I went away to think about it, and forgot to come back . I still don't remember the scene even with the answer in front of me. I think I'm on safer ground here - I think they misspelt Rosco(e)'s name on a banner at the end of 'One Armed Bandits'.

Here's a couple of signs from near the start of 'Return of the Ridge Raiders' in season 2. These were not such politically correct times. I wonder how long a poster like this would last today. I originally started this one ages ago, but couldn't find fonts that looked anything like these. In the end I did the whole lot from scratch. I wish they hadn't hand-drawn most of the signage on Dukes - it would make my job a lot easier .

I posted the news of Red Bull pulling out of NASCAR in the news thread back in June. I haven't been watching NASCAR long enough to have an opinion on Kahne moving teams, but I do find it interesting that Red Bull are pulling out. The won both the drivers' and constructors' trophies in last year's Formula 1 championship, and look set to do the same again this year. Obviously NASCAR just didn't work out for them.

This lady isn't painted This song was written for, and featured in a couple of years ago. The picture of Eva Longoria (I hear she's in a popular TV show) is because she appeared in another commercial for a similar product (from the same company) around the same time. The similarity between this song and has been much commented upon. The worrying thing about my last post is that YouTube offered me a version by the cast of Glee - is nothing safe .

I doubt that I'll be able to get hold of a copy of Hot Rod, and the ebay link on the HazzardNet home page wants $6.99 for the magazine and $14.99 to send it here . Hot Rod Magazine's website has an interview with John Schneider and some exclusive, web only pictures (and even mentions HazzardNet!).