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That looks fun - I wonder what the race would've been like without the rule change.

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Bob's family have just revealed that before he died, he received an accidental blow to the back of his head, thought nothing of it and went to sleep. Authorities have concluded that drugs and alcohol were not involved in his death.

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The house from The Waltons appearing in Dukes is mentioned in the Hazzard Square thread. If I remember correctly, it was in the trees at the north of the Warner Ranch. I remember researching the location, but I'm not sure if I ever posted it. The Waltons episode 'The Townie' was partly filmed on Midwest Street aka. Hazzard Square. You can see pictures here and here (both in the Hazzard Square thread). The Duke Farm and Boar's Nest appearances in Knight Rider are covered here and here respectively in the Valencia Oaks Movie Ranch thread. Indian Dunes, with a mention of Knight Rider, is discussed here in the Hazzard Square thread (there are a couple of broken link in this post that I'll need to try to fix). Knight Rider also filmed at Saugus Speedway, which featured is several Dukes episodes including 'Dukes Meet Cale Yarborough', 'Hazzard Connection' and 'Carnival of Thrills'. There was also a Knight Rider episode, 'Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death', which featured an orange '69 Dodge Charger that ran on moonshine. You can see screengrabs in The Dukes of Mexico thread.

Moody (Linked to a different Turk) I've seen it written down!

Just FYI, the Snows are Cledus and Waynette.

I didn't get to see any of the action, but it sounds a mess. I'll have to read up on what they were trying to achieve. F1 wanted to increase the number of sprint race qualifying events from three to six this year, saying that they increased audience figures and income, but several teams wanted the budget cap increased before agreeing, so they'll probably only be three again this year. I can't say that I was a huge fan of them. There's only just over a month to the start of the 2022 F1 season, and I'm not feeling any of the usual excitement and anticipation this year. I should've been looking forward to seeing a great fight between two Britons at Mercedes: 8-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton and very talented youngster George Russell, but Hamilton was denied his 8th title in the debacle at the last race of 2021 in Abu Dhabi (see my previous posts), and he hasn't even decided if he's racing this year. After following the sport since the mid-80s, I may have to find something else to watch. You reminded me of this proverb which I came across last week. I've no idea if it's genuine, but from the context, I think it was directed at the British PM: "When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus." Disclaimer: I'm aware that we don't discuss politics here. I gave the context for reference, but did not include my opinion!

You missed out some of Buford's best lines from that scene! It's when Buford and Junior find Carrie's abandoned car, which is in the process of being stripped by three punks. [Buford and Junior approach, unheard by the punks. Buford lights a cigarette and then loudly snaps his lighter shut] Buford: Hold up on that car wash, gentlemen. [To the first punk] Come here, son. [He knees the punk, who falls to the ground] Whoops! You look tired, boy. Rest yourself. [To the other punks] You punks look tuckered out, too. [All three punks turn and place their hands on the car. Buford kicks the third punk's backside] That's an attention-getter. Now, a lady in a weddin' gown. Punk #3: Yes, sir. Buford: Get in a car? Punk #3: Yes, sir. Buford: See who was drivin'? Punk #3: N-no, sir. Buford: Licence plate? Punk #1: Y-yes, sir. Georgia plates. "Ban-one." B-A-N dash O-N-E. Buford: All right. Now, you boys just stay here and watch the car. There might be some vandals around who wanna steal somethin', so you boys just stay here and keep your hands on the car until one of my associates arrive. And don't go home, don't go to eat, and don't play with yourself. It wouldn't look nice on my highway. Oh, you can think about it, but don't do it. [Buford and Junior leave] Punk #3: Hey, man, he's gone. Let's get outta here. Punk #2: S**t! You do what you want. I'm stayin' right here.

In Ireland, Paddy is a very common familiar name for people called Patrick (which is the Anglicized version of the name Pádraig). That's why St. Patrick's Day is normally called Paddy's Day (never call it Patty's Day to an Irishman!). The Irish also have a sense of humor about Paddy wagons - for over 20 years there's been a Dublin-based company offering bus tours of Ireland that goes by the names Paddywagon Tours. They have green buses with the name plastered down the side in big letters.

Due to my home internet provider being slow to update its website address list, I only realized that HazzardNet was back online when I checked it on my phone (my computer was still showing the "Currently undergoing maintenance" screen). Everything's back to normal now, and MM's given me a workaround if it happens again - thanks, MM.

Thanks, Roger, you've inadvertently given me an earworm. Why? Snow's debut album in 1993 was called "12 Inches of Snow".

Sinners (Another musical connection for me. I don't know if Paddy Casey is known in the US, but this song got a lot of plays on the radio when I first moved here)

Welcome to HazzardNet. I don't think I've ever seen a Dukes pedal car in real life (I'm not sure if they were sold here), so I had a quick look on Ebay. There seem to be two very different types: First, there's a very basic steel one, apparently from 1979. It appears to be red rather than orange, and has a flag with too many stars on the hood. Rather than "General Lee", it says "Rebel" beside the flag, and bizarrely has "10" on the doors. The two current sellers are asking $149 and $450 respectively. The second is a plastic one made by Coleco, which is apparently from 1982. This one is definitely orange, has "General Lee" on the front fenders, "01" on the doors and a flag on the trunk. Believe it or not, sellers are asking for between $1,800 and $5,000 for these.

Forever

By casting Johnny Knoxville, they were obviously after the Jackass audience, which pretty much says it all. According to IMDb, the 2005 movie had an estimated budget of $50,000,000. The opening weekend in the US & Canada (August 7, 2005) was $30,675,314. The gross for the US & Canada was $80,270,227, contributing to a worldwide gross of $111,069,515. That means that nearly 3/4 of the gross came from the US & Canada, so that must've been their market.

The soundtrack was quite good, but the characters and general ethos/values of the movie bore very little resemblance to the TV show. It was as if the writers had never seen the original series and just created their own back story and history to target a difference audience. The 2007 movie rewrote everything again with characters' ages and history differing from the TV show and the 2005 movie. For example, we all know from 'Happy Birthday, General Lee' that the Duke Boys found the General in a junkyard and painted it orange in Cooter's Garage, yet the 2005 movie starts with General having faded paint and crude graphics, and the 2007 movie has them finding an orange Charger with faded graphics at the bottom of a lake. This seems to happen a lot with movie remakes of 70s/80s TV shows. The Starsky & Hutch movie was a year before the first Dukes one. I've only seen it once, and it wasn't very memorable. The A-Team movie was in 2010, and while a couple of the original cast had cameos at the end, it was overloaded with ridiculous CGI. The trailer for the 2017 CHiPs movie was enough to put me off ever wanting to see it!

Welcome, Rob. There's not a lot to go on for the location of Osage County. Being one of the later episodes, my guess would be either Lyons Canyon or Pico Canyon, both to the west of the I5 at Santa Clarita. Lyons Canyon was used for the Duke Farm and the Boar's Nest as well as many chase scenes in that era. Looking at the recent aerial views, it's now fairly overgrown and the 1980s roads aren't so easy to see. Pico Canyon was used in a few episodes as well as for shows like Knight Rider. It's wider and more open than Lyons Canyon. The eastern end has been developed and changed since the '80s, but the main canyon looks virtually the same.

Are you sure it was a '68? I found various references to Alan Hale Jr owning a '65 Shelby Mustang GT350. You can see a picture here which shows him sitting in the car outside his Lobster Barrel restaurant on La Cienega in Los Angeles. The only '65 Mustang I remember in Dukes was the yellow one in which Bo and Luke returned and Coy and Vance departed. I say "only" because I think it's likely that they used car in 'No More Mr. Nice Guy' as one of Daisy's fake prizes.

Sanders

You can see the thread for the 40th anniversary here.

Curly

For anyone who hasn't seen 'Smokey and the Bandit II', the doctor was talking about Charlotte the elephant.

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