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Sorry I missed the communal watching, Hobie. I had in my mind that it was later (I'm not used to Central Time), and didn't have my DVDs out ready. Technically, Jason Lively is Ernie Lively's (Ernie Brown's) real life stepson. Ernie's character was called Dobro Doolan in this episode. After three appearances as Longstreet B. Davenport in season 2, he made a final appearance as Clyde the Guard in season 6. The flying piano wasn't very convincing. The truck stopped and then the piano flew off. According to Wikipedia, Western Auto closed in 2003, although some stores continued (illegally) using the name/signs.

7.00pm Central is 1.00am in the UK/Ireland and 2.00am for Roth in the Netherlands. For me, that's too late, even at a weekend.

That's because we get up a lot earlier than you do! Due to my early starts these days, I'm usually in bed by 6pm Eastern Time (11pm UK), so may I suggest a weekend. BTW. There's currently no chat room on HNet (and you need to be a Supreme Superior Commander to add one), so we might just have to start a new thread and post comments there while we watch.

Here's a picture of a Lamborghini that I posted from last year's Cannonball Run. It's orange and Italian, and they've got 01 on the doors, but there's no roof to put a flag on!

I'm not a good singer, Roger. I just enjoy joining in with people who are (nearly all of us are enthusiastic amateurs). As for getting rich, all the proceeds from the concerts are going to a local charity. Besides, fancy cars have their pitfalls. As Joe Walsh sang: "My Maserati does one-eighty-five, I lost my license, now I don't drive". Billy Ray Cyrus did better "Ridin' down Rodeo in my Maserati sports car", but he really wanted to take his horse to the old town road!

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Y'all may remember that a year ago I posted about singing with a choir in a cathedral. Well, we're back there again this weekend with a bigger and better choir doing Saturday and Sunday. This time around we upped the ante a little as for after our set we had to learn a couple of lines of Italian to join in with the chorus on 'Nessun Dorma' (it's the first time I've done opera). The show also includes a well-renowned violinist who's very good. One performance down, back again tomorrow night for the second!

Sounds like they're trying cut costs as they've done in F1. Do you think it'll help the smaller teams?

The dates are a bit of a mess. From 'Baa, Baa White Sheep' we know that Boss' date of birth is April 6th, 1926, so there's no way that the flashbacks could be 1932. Also, the cars in the old movie are from the mid- to late-40s. Maybe they just liked the idea of setting the scene earlier (and using the aged film effect) even though sometime around 1950 would've been more realistic.

We used to get the F1 races uninterrupted on free-to-air TV, but now only the highlights are free-to-air. Even so, they only take a break about once every 15 minutes. Soccer and rugby matches, and hurling here in Ireland, are shown with only commercials at the start and end of half time (and before and after the match). Of course, NASCAR is a much longer event, but I'm still not used to the US levels of advertising. American football is another lengthier sport, and its many stoppages in play lend themselves to commercial breaks. The extra breaks are also noticeable in other US shows when they're shown here. I was watching 'Medical Detectives' last night, and there must be at least three places where US viewers would've gone to a break in a half hour show. Over here, a half hour show typically only has a single break.

You're not missing much, Roth. I've watched US streams, and the commercials seem to be a loop of big pickup trucks, insurance and impotency cures. Occasionally, they remember to show a few laps of the race!

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It looks like Cathy had a brief topless scene in a 1976 (some sources say 1978) movie called 'Nicole'. You can see the IMDb page here. The cover art they have shows that the movie has been retitled 'Crazed', and repackaged to make it look like Cathy was the lead. The reviews suggest that Cathy actually had a minor role, and describe the movie as "odd", "weird" and "made very cheaply". It's currently rated at 3.5/10! For another Dukes connection, the cast of 'Nicole' also includes Ramon Bieri, who played J.J. Carver in two-parter 'Undercover Dukes'. I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know if they appeared together.

Happy birthday, I hope you're feeling better soon.

Here's a question for Spike or any other NASCAR experts out there: how much testing do drivers get to do when they switch between series? In F1, there's pre-season testing where all the team's drivers including new and reserve drivers get a chance to drive the car, but there's very little in-season testing. The only chance the reserve drivers get is usually the first practice session at a Grand Prix once in a while, because this reduces the time that the regular driver has to set up his car for the race. All drivers get to practice for hours in simulators, but unless you're a regular driver, you get very little time in a real car.

I hope Roth has the pics backed up!

song Due to the song below, which features Michael Stipe on guest vocals. 10,000 Maniacs' best of album was called "Campfire Songs".

So, would they be star guests? Glad you had a good time despite the cloudy skies.

I did that once with my last car. I drove about 30 miles without anything noticeably wrong, but then smoke came from under the hood when I reached my destination. Luckily, the cap was still where I'd lodged it while I topped up, but I'm not sure the engine was ever quite the same afterwards. That's an impressive sunflower. When I was about 10 we got sponsored to grow sunflowers to raise money for charity through my school. I remember my 10-year-old self thinking they were pretty big, but in reality they were probably no more than 8 feet tall.

rum (Red Rum was a famous race horse that won the British Grand National three times in the 1970s)

I've just completed my vintage weekend with a car show. I think they said there were between 800 and 1000 vehicles in the field. A few of them were really old: As far as I know, this is a Nova Sterling, based on a VW chassis. Cathy Bach appeared in a similar car in 'Cannonball Run II'. I think one of our new members will like this row of Morris Minors. I'll finish with the car which won best in show. The owner was actually looking for a new project car when then found a rear end in a junkyard, and turned it into a camper trailer. Other highlights included a row of Jenson Interceptors, an AC Cobra, a few American classics and a mint Lancia Delta Integrale (similar to the one reviewed by Doug DeMuro earlier this week).

I went to see a visiting steam train earlier today. There are quite a few preserved steam lines in the UK, and I went to several when I was younger, but I don't think there are any in Southern Ireland. This one was an excursion from Dublin. The engine was built in 1932.

They used Shelby wheels on some episodes. I've posted this screengrab from 'Repo Men' before:

Black (The Penny Black was the World's first adhesive postage stamp)

No, the real "deal" is Scots pine. Maybe y'all don't have red deal and yellow deal in the US - it's pretty common in hardware stores over here.