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Despite my interest in cars, I've never owned anything unusual or interesting. I have to rely on my 1:18 collection for that. My parents had a later Rover 214 hatchback, but I don't remember it being remarkable in any way. The 220 coupe variant was a good looking car for its time, and quite rare even back in the '90s. The earlier first generation Rover 200 series appealed to people who thought that a bit of wood on the dash made it a luxury car, but it was a long way from the luxury cars that Rover used to make. It proved to be an ideal choice for Hyacinth Bucket in the British sitcom 'Keeping Up Appearances'. I remember seeing Lotus Elites around when I was younger, but I haven't seen one for years. A 1930s Rolls Royce is always going to be classy. Here's a review of the 1993 Rover 220 coupe by race driver Tiff Needell from the original Top Gear. A new season of the latest iteration of Top Gear started last night. They took an old RV around Florida looking for unusual motorsports.

After a 2-year break due to Covid, our local comedy festival was back this weekend. It wasn't as big as previous years, and I only got to one show, but it's great to see live comedy again. As a bonus, it's a bank holiday weekend here in Ireland, so no work tomorrow!

UNCLE Silas Boss' relative from 'The Haunting of J.D. Hogg'.

Magic

Amos STIGGER Crop duster from 'Dukes Meet Cale Yarborough'.

I think you missed the last page, Hobie. We're looking for an 'R''.

horse (I've been through the desert on a horse with no name...)

Daisy was QUEEN of the prom Mentioned in 'The Hack of Hazzard'. It also seems appropriate because over in the UK it's Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee weekend.

According to www.nhra.com, bleach was first used for burnouts at an NHRA event in the summer of '69 (cue Bryan Adams!). That's 10 years before Dukes started. I think I remember discussing how they achieved smoky burnouts on the show with Tom Sarmento, but I just checked, and it was almost nine years ago that I met him!

OFFICER Daisy Duke

Starter It seems that entrée means the main or only course of a meal in the US and Canada, but for the rest of the world it's generally the starter or appetizer (it may also follow soup or a small dish). You learn something new every day!

Limo One is MISSING The closed captions spell it "Kissin' Cliff", but yes, that's the place.

drink

ILLINOIS 500 (Won by Cale Yarborough in season 2)

Beth Ann EUBANKS (Played by Chris Forbes in 'Moonrunners')

It was a slightly different race in Monaco yesterday. Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc had put his Ferrari on pole, and was about to do an even quicker lap when Red Bull's Sergio Perez had a minor crash which resulted in the final qualifying session being red-flagged. Behind him on the grid were his team mate, Carlos Sainz Jr. and the two Red Bulls. Rain had been predicted, and minutes before the race started, the rain came down heavily. The race was initially delayed for about 10-15 minutes, and then started behind the safety car. They only completed a lap before the red flag came out. It wasn't until about 45 minutes later that the race proper finally got under way, and even then, two cars had minor incidents behind the safety car. Because of the wet start, all cars had to start on full wet tires, which meant it was up to the drivers and teams to decide when to gamble on intermediate or even slick tires as the track dried. Due to bad strategy by his team, Leclerc went from first to fourth in the pit stops after leading in the early stages, and Sergio Perez got his third F1 victory. Carlos Sainz Jr. was second, and Max Verstappen extended his championship lead in third. Mercedes' George Russell was best of the rest in fifth. Mick Schumacher (son of Michael) had a bad crash on lap 27 where his car split in two, but he walked away unhurt. You can see the highlights here.

Mexico

The BALLADEER It wouldn't Dukes without a narrator.

YEE-haw!

Petey WILLIS

The link has been on their website and Facebook for nearly two weeks: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/stuntlife

UNCLE Charlie's Upholstery (from 'The Hack of Hazzard') No, I posted 'Thelma Claire (T.C.) ROGERS'.

A link would've helped! You can find the channel here. They seem to have uploaded hundreds of clips in the last year or so. As well as Dukes, there are other '80s US favorites like 'The A-Team', 'Knight Rider', 'Magnum PI' and 'The Fall Guy'. There are also clips from British TV shows like 'The Professionals', 'The Sweeney' and 'The New Avengers'.

Cob (male swan)

Thelma Claire (T.C.) ROGERS Played by Pat Klous in 'People's Choice'. I'm glad I didn't get stuck with Q again!