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    HossC got a reaction from MonacoMan in Uncle Jesse Meets Jessica Fletcher!   
    One of the satellite channels over here is showing M*A*S*H all day today, but tomorrow they're having a day of Murder She Wrote. It doesn't look like 'Coal Miner's Slaughter' is among the episodes they're showing, but I may watch a couple if it continues to rain. Most of our stores don't reopen until Tuesday.
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    HossC got a reaction from Boss JD Hogg in Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!   
    We had temperatures well below freezing about two weeks ago, but Christmas day is quite mild here (10°C/50°F) although a friend of mine had a brief power cut yesterday during a heavy thunder storm.

    Happy Christmas everyone, and Happy Birthday to Meadowmufn.
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    HossC got a reaction from RogerDuke in Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!   
    We had temperatures well below freezing about two weeks ago, but Christmas day is quite mild here (10°C/50°F) although a friend of mine had a brief power cut yesterday during a heavy thunder storm.

    Happy Christmas everyone, and Happy Birthday to Meadowmufn.
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    HossC got a reaction from Skipper Duke in A-Z Game   
    OTIS J.

    (The little boy from the choir in 'The Great Santa Claus Chase')
    It wouldn't be all capitalized in British English - for acronyms over two/three letters, generally only the first letter is capitalized, e.g. UK, USA, Nascar, Nasa etc. Sometimes this looks weird because I'm used to seeing them all in capitals on American sites.
     
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    HossC got a reaction from RogerDuke in 2022 HazzardNet Christmas Party   
    Work away guys. I'm five hours ahead of Eastern Time, so it's not going to be easy to find a time that suits everyone, especially me.
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    HossC got a reaction from Skipper Duke in A-Z Game   
    Correct. He continued to play Harry in 16 episodes of the follow-up TV series of the same name. He died in 1991 at the age of 35 after contracting AIDS from a blood transfusion. The part of Harry was then played by two other actors for the remainder of the series. Kevin Peter Hall also played the predator in 'Predator'. He was 7' 2½" (2.2 m) tall.
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    HossC got a reaction from Boss JD Hogg in A-Z Game   
    There's a saying in Hazzard that there are three things folks can be certain of. ;

    Death, taXes...

    and Bo and Luke Duke being chased by Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane.
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    HossC got a reaction from Skipper Duke in A-Z Game   
    There's a saying in Hazzard that there are three things folks can be certain of. ;

    Death, taXes...

    and Bo and Luke Duke being chased by Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane.
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    HossC got a reaction from Hobie Hartkins in Word Association   
    Smokey
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    HossC got a reaction from Hobie Hartkins in A-Z Game   
    There's a saying in Hazzard that there are three things folks can be certain of. ;

    Death, taXes...

    and Bo and Luke Duke being chased by Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane.
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    HossC got a reaction from RogerDuke in Cletus Investigates Murder??   
    The image didn't want to display until I knocked off everything after ".gif". Being a hot-linked image, I can't guarantee that it won't disappear.

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    HossC got a reaction from MonacoMan in Cletus Investigates Murder??   
    The image didn't want to display until I knocked off everything after ".gif". Being a hot-linked image, I can't guarantee that it won't disappear.

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    HossC got a reaction from RogerDuke in Uncle Jesse Meets Jessica Fletcher!   
    I think that some of the movie ranches belonged to individual studios, while others were rented out to various companies. The first couple of Californian seasons were filmed at Golden Oak Ranch which belonged to Disney. The Valencia Oaks location is about four miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain near Santa Clarita. Golden Oak Ranch is on the other side of Santa Clarita. Both are roughly 20 miles north of the Warner backlot.
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    HossC got a reaction from RogerDuke in Uncle Jesse Meets Jessica Fletcher!   
    Check out the screengrabs I posted in the Valencia Oaks Movie Ranch thread.
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    HossC got a reaction from Hobie Hartkins in Valencia Oaks Movie Ranch   
    I've recently found myself watching the odd episode of 'Murder She Wrote', usually when there's a guest actor I want to see. For some reason, the TV channel that shows them here doesn't seem to show them in order, so it can be a bit hit and miss. The other day I got lucky, because the episode was 'The Coal Miner's Slaughter' (a play on the name of Loretta Lynn's autobiography). The name rang a bell because I'd mentioned it recently in the trivia thread. Loretta Lynn wasn't in it, but country singer and celebrity speed trap victim Hoyt Axton played the Sheriff.
    Toward the end of the episode I spotted a familiar sight: the Valencia Oaks Duke Farm. Sorry for the slightly blurry grabs - they're from a TV recording and not the usual DVD quality.

    It's easy to miss because there are only a few long shots, and they're from different angles to the ones used in Dukes. Here it is from the other side. This episode dates from 1988 - about two years after 'Knight Rider' set fire to the place (see above). As you can see, the front has a small fence and is obscured by trees. It's quite possible that the fire damage wasn't repaired, because the rest of the building doesn't look like it's in a great state of repair.

    Here's Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) approaching the old kitchen door. I didn't recognize any of the interior shots, so I'm not sure if it had been remodeled, or if they were filmed elsewhere.

    Now for the pièce de résistance of the episode. The building's resident was Eben Connors, played by Denver Pyle. It must've been strange for him going back there three years after Dukes finished. The main picture below shows him walking around the barn. I've inset a better picture of him with his on-screen granddaughter Molly Connors, played by a young Megan Mullally of 'Will & Grace' fame.

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    HossC got a reaction from MonacoMan in Uncle Jesse Meets Jessica Fletcher!   
    I think that some of the movie ranches belonged to individual studios, while others were rented out to various companies. The first couple of Californian seasons were filmed at Golden Oak Ranch which belonged to Disney. The Valencia Oaks location is about four miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain near Santa Clarita. Golden Oak Ranch is on the other side of Santa Clarita. Both are roughly 20 miles north of the Warner backlot.
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    HossC got a reaction from MonacoMan in Uncle Jesse Meets Jessica Fletcher!   
    Check out the screengrabs I posted in the Valencia Oaks Movie Ranch thread.
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    HossC got a reaction from MonacoMan in Valencia Oaks Movie Ranch   
    I've recently found myself watching the odd episode of 'Murder She Wrote', usually when there's a guest actor I want to see. For some reason, the TV channel that shows them here doesn't seem to show them in order, so it can be a bit hit and miss. The other day I got lucky, because the episode was 'The Coal Miner's Slaughter' (a play on the name of Loretta Lynn's autobiography). The name rang a bell because I'd mentioned it recently in the trivia thread. Loretta Lynn wasn't in it, but country singer and celebrity speed trap victim Hoyt Axton played the Sheriff.
    Toward the end of the episode I spotted a familiar sight: the Valencia Oaks Duke Farm. Sorry for the slightly blurry grabs - they're from a TV recording and not the usual DVD quality.

    It's easy to miss because there are only a few long shots, and they're from different angles to the ones used in Dukes. Here it is from the other side. This episode dates from 1988 - about two years after 'Knight Rider' set fire to the place (see above). As you can see, the front has a small fence and is obscured by trees. It's quite possible that the fire damage wasn't repaired, because the rest of the building doesn't look like it's in a great state of repair.

    Here's Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) approaching the old kitchen door. I didn't recognize any of the interior shots, so I'm not sure if it had been remodeled, or if they were filmed elsewhere.

    Now for the pièce de résistance of the episode. The building's resident was Eben Connors, played by Denver Pyle. It must've been strange for him going back there three years after Dukes finished. The main picture below shows him walking around the barn. I've inset a better picture of him with his on-screen granddaughter Molly Connors, played by a young Megan Mullally of 'Will & Grace' fame.

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    HossC got a reaction from Skipper Duke in What I'm Doing Right Now!   
    I don't have a grab of that episode, but here's one I posted in my fanart thread for Daisy's Jeep.



    Twelve years ago yesterday, Roger commented, "By the way, that's a pretty bad Uncle Jesse wig on that stunt man's head. Couldn't they have found something whiter?"

    It could almost be Scanlon disguised as a farmer from 'Enos's Last Chance'.


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    HossC got a reaction from Hobie Hartkins in What I'm Doing Right Now!   
    I don't have a grab of that episode, but here's one I posted in my fanart thread for Daisy's Jeep.



    Twelve years ago yesterday, Roger commented, "By the way, that's a pretty bad Uncle Jesse wig on that stunt man's head. Couldn't they have found something whiter?"

    It could almost be Scanlon disguised as a farmer from 'Enos's Last Chance'.


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    HossC got a reaction from Hobie Hartkins in A-Z Game   
    County EARTHQUAKE Consultant
    (One of "them nit-picking duties of supervisory administrator" in 'People's Choice')
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    HossC got a reaction from Skipper Duke in A-Z Game   
    County EARTHQUAKE Consultant
    (One of "them nit-picking duties of supervisory administrator" in 'People's Choice')
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    HossC got a reaction from Skipper Duke in Was this on Dukes?   
    They thought they'd found cat tracks in 'Follow That Still', but APC tracks look a lot like cat tracks!
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    HossC got a reaction from Hobie Hartkins in Problems with the DVD box set   
    Season 2 episodes were shown out of sequence when they originally aired, e.g. Daisy's Roadrunner reappears after it went over the cliff. We've covered this several times on the forum, but as I'm off to bed, I'll have to look out the links tomorrow, unless someone beats me to it.
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    HossC got a reaction from RogerDuke in Problems with the DVD box set   
    Here's one link I found to a previous question about the Roadrunner's reappearance in season 3. I'm sure we've covered the topic multiple times, but maybe it was within other topics.

    https://hazzardnet.com/forums/topic/2517-season-3-question/

    Have a dig around - even if you don't find that, there's plenty of Dukes trivia and info to keep a fan amused!
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