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  1. Luckily TheGeneral is correct, as no-one else is playing this one. Ernie Lively played Dobro Doolan in 'One Armed Bandits', Longstreet B. Davenport in 'Duke of Duke', 'The Runaway' and 'Follow That Still', and Clyde, The Guard in 'The Ransom of Hazzard County'. Ernie is also stepfather of Jason Lively who appeared in a couple of Dukes episodes - I asked about him a couple of months back. Q. Which 6'8", former Oakland Raiders player appeared in season 7 of Dukes?.
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    One Word Song Titles

    The Breeders were formed by Kim Deal of the Pixies and Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses. This is from their 1993 album 'Last Splash'. Not to worry, it'll keep - I just didn't want to spoil the poignant mood .
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    One Word Song Titles

    I had my next song picked out, but it didn't seem appropriate after Garrett's last post, so I'll save it for another time. This one is from Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice from his critically acclaimed 2002 album 'O'.
  4. There was an obvious track by Thurston Harris that I could have replied with, but this came on my MP3 player earlier. It's a folk version of the old nursery rhyme/lullaby from the late '80s.
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    Rosco's Patrol Car

    I've done a few other patrol cars, but decided to only include side views as the other views don't change much. 1) Just for Mufn, Rosco's camo car from 'The Great Hazzard Hijack'. This is not an exact copy of the paint scheme as the complex blends and fills would take weeks!. I simply tweaked a standard texture fill to give a similar effect. You'll see that they removed the hub caps, but left on the shiny gold Sheriff decals!. This was actually a Dodge Monaco, but the profiles are the same. 2) State Police car from 'Welcome Back Bo 'N' Luke'. This was a '76, but '77s in a black and white paint scheme also appeared in 'Baa Baa White Sheep' and 'Heiress Daisy Duke'. 3) Finchburg patrol car also seen in 'Baa Baa White Sheep'. 4) City of Roseville patrol car, as seen in 'New Deputy in Town'. Note the squarer lightbar and aerial mounted on the roof. Some shots included a piece of trim across the front doors, whilst others omitted it. I thought it looked cleaner without.
  6. To be honest, I don't normally spot them when I watch complete episodes. I only see them when I'm skipping through, looking for a screengrab or checking something for the trivia thread.
  7. I've noticed this blooper in a few episodes, and I can't remember which one I grabbed it from (it was either from season 3 or 4). Sometimes, when you see a long shot of the square from high up, you can see Warner's sound stages in the background - look carefully along the top of the picture, especially above Cooter's. The square is still there, right next to the sound stages, and seems relatively unchanged, except for the signage which obviously changes from show to show. Some recent images can be seen on Google Maps.
  8. Points to everyone who said Charles Napier. To dukefan1, Henry Gibson was in season 2 of Dukes ('Find Loretta Lynn'), but was leader of a very different group of boys in 'The Blues Brothers' - he was head of the Illinois Nazis!. I see there's some discussion of Jimmie's acting pupils in the 'Guests in Hazzard turn into big names' thread. Well Jimmie wasn't the only acting coach to appear in Dukes. Ernie Lively (who has coached actors like Brittany Murphy, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Hervey, and Jason Priestley) appeared in 5 episodes of Dukes under the name Ernie (W.) Brown. Q. In his 5 appearances, Ernie played 3 different characters, can you name them?.
  9. Congratulations waikiki, you are now part of an exclusive club, although they let me join, so it can't be that exclusive .
  10. Some ambient house from the early '90s.
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    Vector Art 101

    Thanks to everyone for your comments. I've had a few questions about how my pictures are done, most recently from dukefan1, so I thought I'd try a brief explanation. I'm not saying this is the right way, just my way. Most of the computer images we deal with everyday are some kind of bitmap ie. a rectangular block made up of a grid of different colored dots or 'pixels'. This includes everything from drawings done in MS Paint to digital photos. They're very convenient for most purposes, but do have limitations. Vector graphics are stored as an outline shape and a fill color which makes them ideal for this sort of artwork. In the example below, the top circle is a bitmap that has been scaled up to 6 times it's original size, showing what happens when you try to zoom in too far. The lower circle is just a circle that has been filled in red. No matter how big you make it, it's still a red circle (NB. The typefaces you use are all stored as vectors, that's why they look smooth no matter how big you print them). By using 'fountain fills' you can add depth to flat shapes: When I start one of these pieces of artwork, the first thing I do is collect together a load of reference photos. Some of these are screengrabs to show how the vehicle appeared in the series, others are usually larger images of standard (non-Dukes) vehicles that I find online. To get started, I try to straighten/distort the image to look right, then draw over it to make the vector version. In the image below I started with the straightened out bitmap, drew some lines over it (bright colors help them stand out - I hope the green, blue and yellow lines are visible), 'welded' and 'trimmed' the outlines, then filled in the colors. This gives a good starting point, but almost always needs a fair bit of work to be consistent with the other parts. For example, the light below still needs shading and some detail work. Some of the smaller details can't really be seen in the screengrabs. Here I find that eBay is a good source of photos from people selling parts such as lights or emblems. Below is an enlarged view of the lightbar from my recent version of Rosco's patrol car: If I had a talent for drawing or painting (like i1976, MaryAnne or even Jimmie), I'd probably do that to relax. As it is, I do these. Once again, thanks for the positive feedback, and while I'm not claiming to be a expert, I'll try to answer any questions you have.
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    Rosco's Patrol Car

    As promised, here's a patrol car from a neighboring county, namely Chickasaw. The main difference is that Sheriff Little drove a '76 instead of a '77/'78. Other differences include the hub caps, spotlights on the A-pillars and the fang-like nudge bars at the front. There were slight variations between episodes such as a few different license plates and the aerial placement on the trunk.
  13. Apologies for posting out of turn, but I posted a song within the last 2 weeks by Gerry Rafferty, and it was announced last night that, after a long illness, Gerry had passed away at the age of 63. He had most of his success in the late '70s, and is probably best remembered (at least this side of the Atlantic) for the anthemic hit . Other hits included , Right Down The Line, and (the video on this one is a slide show of old pictures of Dublin). His band, Stealers Wheel, also recorded the song that was used in the iconic warehouse scene in 'Reservoir Dogs'.RIP Gerry (16 April 1947 – 4 January 2011).
  14. I've already named a few, and there's a few left, so as Roger says: 'Keep an eye on that'.
  15. celebration I thought 'Meadowmufn' and 'Party' were virtually synonyms anyway - you can't have one without the other .
  16. I don't think this series made it across the Atlantic - I certainly don't remember it. I looked it up, and according to the IMDb entry Sonny Shroyer was also in the episode. I tried to find it online without luck - I won't be typing 'Mel Is Hogg-Tied' into Google with Safe Search turned off again .
  17. Welcome to HazzardNet :).

  18. potato (jacket potato is the name often used in the UK and Ireland for a baked potato)
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