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Looks like the Charger even has the same rims as the General.
Nicholas Cage's Texan co-star, Amber Heard, was the guest on Top Gear (UK) this week. She said she did most of her own stunts, and when ask if she got to drive the Charger she replied "I drove the
out of that car" (BBC censorship, not mine). In real life, she bucks the Hollywood trend of owning a Toyota Prius and drives a '68 Mustang around LA.The 11 minute clip is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZC48RE4ryI
Be warned: it contains Top Gear's usual risqué humor
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Fran Drescher was in American Hot Wax
Jeff Altman was in American Hot Wax
Jeff Altman was Hughie Hogg in Dukes
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Great link Tim. I didn't know the song, but I found it on YouTube:
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Don't worry Roger, the farm's still safe for now
. You and waikiki were right about Grady Byrd being night watchman at the gravel pit.You seem to have overtaken me with your viewing. I keep skipping through episodes looking for something or other, but never seem to sit down and watch a complete one. Something will be done about this.
Q. In 'Duke of Duke' who did the Dukes try to borrow money from to pay Gaylord's back taxes?. (Hint: this plan failed when they found out he had died.)
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Well Tim, you sound like you have a link in mind. I can do Gene Simmons to Dukes easily enough:
Gene Simmons has voiced a character in SpongeBob SquarePants
Mary Jo Catlett has voiced a character in SpongeBob SquarePants
Mary Jo Catlett was Cousin Alice in Swamp Molly
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Apologies for not giving a complete answer to the last question, even though no-one attempted the bonus part. The other companies that Boss registered Dixie Auto Supply through were:
Blue Ridge Catfish Co. which belongs to National Pinballs Ltd. which is owned by Instant Grits, Inc. which, in turn, is owned by The J.D. Hogg Investment Corp.
Roger, sadly you got the lottery question wrong as well. The correct answer was 5, 17, 18, 22, 34, 37. Unfortunately I got it wrong too, which is a shame because it was worth just over €4 million this week
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Roger and waikiki got the 'Arrest Jesse Duke' question right. Cooter refers to it as the Dixie Auto Parts Store (all captalized on the subtitles), although the store itself has Dixie Auto Supply Inc. over the door.
Q. In 'Officer Daisy Duke' where has Grady Byrd been working for the last 20 years before Boss promotes him to Sheriff?.
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The article Roger refers to is here:
Did NASCAR go too far in promoting driver safety?
NASCAR should be even safer than open-wheeled racing such as F1 and Indycar due to extra bodywork protecting the driver, and F1 is now much safer than it used to be. According to Wikipedia the last 2 deaths in F1 were Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix (one in practice, one in the race), and the last before that was 1986. Take a look back to the '50s and there were 2 or three deaths a year.
Modern F1 cars have a very strong 'monocoque' driver cell made from carbon fiber and a similar HANS device to that used in NASCAR. This means we still get wheel to wheel racing and some spectacular crashes, but with far less injuries than before. I may have posted this before, but take a look at Mark Webber's crash from last year's Valencia Grand Prix:
He got away with comparatively minor injuries considering the crash.
Compare this to F1 driver Robert Kubica who crashed while doing some pre-season rallying. The safety barrier pierced his footwell causing various injuries including a partially severed hand. The latest news is that 13 days after the accident he is out of intensive care and his hand has been saved, but he will likely miss the whole 2011 season. I don't think we want to go back to a time when this was the norm.
I find the increased reliability of cars can make the races less exciting. Back in the '80s the cars were just delicate mechanical beasts, engineered to the limit. It wasn't unusual to have a leading car develop a fault which slowed them in to the field, only for the fault to fix itself later and create a great ending. Nowadays (at least in F1) everything is so monitored and computer controlled they can use the cars to play tunes:
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(Although I am partial to their Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. The Wikipedia entry lists loads of limited edition variations that I'd love to try, but never made it here
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That stuntman driving Roger's Jag sure doesn't look anything like him.
The other one doesn't look much like Daisy either.
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I'm assuming we're talking about Will 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' Smith
.Will Smith was in Made In America
Peggy Rea was in Made in America
Peggy Rea was Lulu Hogg
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No prizes for guessing which episode this one is from
. I'll have to assume that the originals were all hand done because there are small variations between the ones used. The poster also uses several different typefaces, none of which seem to match typefaces I have, so I had to do them all from scratch!. There is even a significant difference between letters in the same block. Compare the 'N' in ACTION with the 'N' in DANGER for example. I've tried to reproduce all these details as accurately as possible. The only 'cheat' was the picture of Diane at the top which was tweaked from a screengrab.
The following picture was on top of the poster in Boss's office when he thought he'd be acquiring the stunt show. This one is just a screengrab with the background painted out. I thought I'd include it because I'd never noticed the little cartoon Boss:
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It's a point to waikiki for this one. Gaylord's "little imported car" was Jaguar XK-E (callled an E Type over here). This one had a 5344cc (326 ci) V12 engine. It's similar to the car driven by Austin Powers, although on his they replaced the 'J' with 'SH' on the trunk badge
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Jason Dillard drove a Shelby Cobra in 'The Dukes in Hollywood', and although Shelby is American, the car was based on a vehicle made by British car maker AC Cars. The Triumphs and the Austin Healey can be seen around the square in seasons 3 or 4. In 'Baa, Baa White Sheep' Billy the Quill also drove a Triumph, but his was dark green Triumph Spitfire.
Q. In 'Arrest Jesse Duke', what was the name of the car strippers' store?. Bonus points for the names of any of the other companies that Boss had registered it through.
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The question of age reminded me of 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'. Steven Spielberg wanted to make a James Bond film so he hired Sean Connery to play Indy's father, despite the fact that Sean Connery is only 12 years older than Harrison Ford.
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1965 Chevy Impala
in The HazzardNet Garage
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I remember that Plymouth Fury/Belvedere owners had a similar complaint when 'Christine' was made. I think the movie highlighted the model, and as a result there are probably more around today than would otherwise be the case.
I get a monthly UK magazine called Classic American, and the guy who goes around US junk yards photographing possible restoration projects made the same point this month. It also reminded me of a TV interview I saw with a guy who owned several late '50s Cadillac. He fell on hard times and had to sell them, only to discover later that the buyer had chopped them up to make booths for a themed restaurant
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