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I remember earlier winners, but I think the first show I remember watching is around 1980. The 1980 contest was won by Johnny Logan of Ireland with "What's Another Year", followed by the UK's Bucks Fizz with "Making Your Mind Up" in 1981 and Germany's Nicole with "Ein bißchen Frieden" in 1982 (Nicole sang her victory performance in German, English, French and Dutch). I always used to say I wouldn't bother watching Eurovision, but now I normally seem to have it on if I'm home. In case you missed the results, Roth, the Netherlands got 121 points, easily out-scoring the UK's 48, although Ireland got 136. All were dwarfed by Israel's winning score of 529!

I've found myself watching the annual Eurovision Song Contest again. They've just had the entry from the Netherlands (Roth's home country), and it was a country singer with the stage name "Waylon". It's certainly different from the other songs, and I quite liked it. Here's his performance from the semi-final two nights ago:

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Inspired by Roth's search, I checked out a popular car selling site in the UK. They only had two of the older Chargers for sale. The first is a restored 1968 model in black with a supercharger and big wheels (it looks similar to the 1970 Charger in the first Fast and the Furious movie) for £70k (nearly $95k). The second looks like a beautifully restored 1969 R/T in blue, but the price is £80k (just over $108k). Another site, which specializes in classic cars, has a black 1968 Charge for £85k ($115k). For comparison, there's also a 1972 Charger for under £20k. I assume that these are the top end of the price spectrum. When "Wheeler Dealers" shipped a 1970 Charger back to the UK and fixed it up in 2011, they sold it for £20k ($27k), and that included fitting a Dixie horn!

Can either of you add any more info, because it doesn't ring a bell at the moment?

I know that this is a very old thread, but it seemed silly to start a new one. I was watching the 1965 movie "The Loved One" earlier, and spotted a familiar face playing the lead. Here's Robert Morse, aka. Dewey Hogg, as Dennis Barlow. The movie's a rather strange yet enjoyable satire on the funeral business in Los Angeles. It dates from two years before "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", the Robert Morse movie which had its title parodied in his Dukes episode, "How to Succeed in Hazzard". In "The Loved One", Robert pulls off a quite convincing English accent throughout, although a brief attempt at what I took to be Scots isn't as good. There's quite a list of well-known co-stars, including Rod Steiger, Milton Berle, James Coburn, Sir John Gielgud, Roddy McDowall and a cameo for Liberace as a casket salesman. Additionally, Lionel "When they met...it was moider" Stander plays a newspaper staff writer masquerading as an advice guru, and Paul Williams (Little Enos in SATB) gets his first acting role as a boy genius rocket maker, despite being in his mid-20s at the time.

Thanks, that's much better.

I obviously agree with the others, MM. There are a few tweaks needed here and there, but the only thing that I've found disconcerting since the update is the lack of a border around each post.

If you write me a check for $70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, I'll send you one .

I have all three SATB movies on DVD, but still tend to watch them if they're on TV (the third one isn't shown as often as the first two). Regarding the TV viewing, I also find myself watching a lot of '80s shows. As well as Dukes, I've recently got the first two seasons of "The Fall Guy" on DVD (the last three are sadly unavailable). I know that all of "CHiPs" is now out on DVD in the US, but it's not available here! Apart from that, I have plenty of '80s comedies and movies to watch. I hadn't heard about the US arm of the Boy Scouts becoming Scouts BSA until I Googled it. The name change seems to have caused a huge backlash online, so maybe they'll change it back. Speaking of political correctness, I read a story earlier about a butcher in the UK who's been using meat-based innuendos on his pavement sign to amuse his customers. The police have now asked him to tone it down, despite the fact that he's been doing it for 10 years without a single complaint!

Looking at a well-known auction site, it's not hard to find 1969 Dodge Chargers priced at $70k and above, including a General Lee replica. For something more unusual, there's currently a "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" replica '69 Charger for sale at just under $64k.

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Seeing as this is 'The Last 24 Hours' thread, I've just finished making a couple of cornhole boards (platforms?). I have to admit, I'd never heard of the game until I was asked to make them. Is it popular in America?

Well done, Roth. I guess that means that my month is up already .

You can get glow-in-the-dark vinyl nowadays, so it would be possible to wrap a car and have it really glow, rather than relying on special effects.

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Bird Angels Flight is now running again after being closed for years due to safety issues. They got into a little trouble when a scene in 'La La Land' was filmed there when it was supposed to be shut. Here it is at its original location next to the 3rd Street tunnel.

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I posted a couple of videos and a couple of screengrabs of Denver in the Andy Griffith Show here.

I should've remembered that your birthday was a week after John's. Happy Birthday, Roger.

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The mid-50s certainly were simper times in TV! I had to watch the episode twice to recognize Denver. I'm sure the dialogue/plot must've been one of the inspirations for 'Police Squad'. See for yourself below - Denver doesn't appear until about 20 minutes in.

The subject of Bo's Extravaganza originally came up in the NASCAR News thread, and that's where I posted the video below.

They used to add weight to the trunk in the show because they wanted a flat landing (much harder on the stunt people), but remember that this General is actually a rebodied Crown Vic, so it may jump differently. I found a couple more videos on John's company Facebook page, but they've filmed in portrait mode, so I didn't bother watching them. In fact, I'm rather surprised that someone running a movie studio would film his "Extravaganza" on a cell phone held the wrong way around. Sorry, but portrait mode videos are a pet hate of mine.

Keep posting the videos, Tania. The only "rule" I can think of is to make sure it's in keeping with the family friendly nature of the site. That rule is relaxed a little in the Hazzard Swamp section, but I'd still post a warning for bad language etc., and generally stick to PG/PG-13 content. Aside from videos, we have had occasional discussions on more adult themes (I suppose the recently revived thread about John's nude scene fits that category), but even then, the language used is family friendly.