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I think the 'National Saftey Week' banner was just added for comic irony as Rosco demolished the sign. I straightened and merged a couple of screengrabs (all the billboards seem to use the same image), tidied them up and masked out the background. I then let my vector program do an outline trace of the image and added a bit to the color saturation. That produced the image below which (in vector form) contains nearly 400 separate objects: Originally I only intended to use it for the sign on the back of Miz Tisdale's cab, but then I thought of these billboards. As you can see, vector art isn't great at photo-realism and gives a 'solarized' effect when blown up, but it won't go blocky. A couple of hours' work with fountain fills and blends could make it more convincing, but not much fun for me . The advantage of having the image in vector format is that it can be scaled and dropped onto any background.

Shout - Tears For Fears I seem to be stuck in the mid '80s today . This song was released in the UK in 1984 and reached #4 in the charts. It was realeased a year later in the US and reached the #1 spot.

From the 1985 album Little Creatures, it comes with a typically strange video. Bit of trivia for those who don't know: Chris de Burgh's daughter, Rosanna Davison, was born in Dublin, Ireland and was Miss World in 2003.

I don't think it's being shown over here yet - I'll keep an eye out for it.

Maybe Boss should move to Finland. Back in 2002 a director of phone company Nokia got fined for speeding on his motorbike - he was doing 75km/h (47 mph) in a 50 km/h (31 mph) zone. In Finland the fines are proportional to income, so his fine was $103,600.

Y'all have great memories. It was Mabel Wooster and a 12 year wait. I know I said I'd finished with guest stars, but I remembered another tie-in between 'Any Which Way You Can' and Dukes. In 'Any Which Way You Can' Clint Eastwood's character (Philo Beddoe) has to fight Jack Wilson played by William Smith. Q. Who did William Smith play in season 4 of Dukes?.

I've been neglecting this thread for a bit while I've been working on the vehicle artwork, so here's the latest addition. It's two of the billboards featuring Boss Hogg. The first is from 'Sadie Hogg Day', I forget which episode the second appeared in - maybe someone can remind me.

That sounds a bit unbelievable to me, Roger. I bet they were Pittsburgh Steelers signs in your old front yard and you're just trying to wind up Brian by saying they were Packers .

Roger, they're in the 'Gallery' section that you can access through the link in the 'HazzardNet' banner at the top of the page. Here's a direct link to DukeOfEarl's photos: http://www.hazzardnet.com/gallery/member.php?uid=6135&protype=1

Hopefully someone with local knowledge will reply, but in case they don't I found these directions. Google maps doesn't seem to have Street View for Canton, but the Center is marked here.

I nearly forgot Rosco's most expensive patrol car, his Rolls Royce 'Silver Shadow I' from '10 Million Dollar Sheriff'. Apart from the lightbar and decals it looks fairly stock, so I just did the side view. I found this vehicle on eBay when I was looking for reference pictures. I'm sure it will suit Roger if he ever inherits $10,000,000 . For those who are interested, it's a one-off conversion currently owned by artist and sculptor Bill Mack, and has a 'buy it now' price of $54,900.

This thread just reminded me of a joke by one of my favorite comedians, Tim Vine. "I was mugged recently and I burst into tears. A policeman came up to me and said 'I'm fining you £10'. I said 'For crying out loud'. He said 'Yes'." You can see the original towards the end of this video (Warning: may contain puns):

Wow! Earl, you've got quite a collection in your barn now. I came across the rest of your collection on another website a while back when I was searching out reference photos for my Fan Art Rosco patrol car. I see you've now added a Dodge Monaco, and that you are considering making the Fury into a Chickasaw car - don't forget the fangs . I think your wife's Mustang would make a great Double Zero, but I also think it looks sweet as it is. If you don't get time to paint the Road Runner, you could always say it's Coy and Vance's car - that was a blue Road Runner. You must be a real Dukes fan to have bought the red and white Torino from 'One Armed Bandits', although I'm sure it appeared in another show . As to your non-Dukes car, the Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, when you joined HNet I'd never heard of it but, as luck would have it, the American car magazine I get over here ran a feature complete with pull-out poster the very next month. It certainly is an unusual car, and I'm sure you enjoy driving it more than your Subaru .

Charger and Roger were right with Dixie King. Q. In 'Peoples Choice', what is the name of Emery Potter's fiancée, and how long did she have to wait for her wedding?.

Neil Diamond's 1968 song was covered a year later by Tony Tribe, but the best known version is probably that of which topped the UK charts in 1983 and made it to #34 in the US charts in 1984 before finally topping the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988.

Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles I've listened to your 3 AJ songs tonight, and he's starting to grow on me, but I think you're fighting a losing battle with NKOTB .

Lollipop - The Chordettes This is their original 1958 version, although you may also know the cover of this song that was used in a a while back.

(live)Thought I'd throw in some country for a change .

A computer with an 8-track, now that's impressive Roger . If this is the one, you get to listen to the Dukes theme twice!.

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This one's been on the back burner for a while. It's Miz Tisdale's Checker cab from 'The Hack of Hazzard'. IMCDb lists it as a 1971 model. I've helped Bo and Luke out by removing the rust/primer and replacing the emblem on the hood - to be honest I had enough of rust and primer on Swamp Molly's pickup . The only other disclaimer is the poster on the trunk. Despite watching the episode over and over I couldn't make out the small text. I'm sure the top line is correct, and I'm fairly sure the line under 'Funeral Home' isn't 'Hazzard', but I just couldn't read it. If anyone knows the correct text I'll alter it (it may have been in another episode on a billboard destroyed by Rosco). I'm not sure which vehicle to do next. I can't promise requests, but I'm happy to take suggestions.