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It could have been they were running out of ideas…but, they darn well could have come up with something better than that! But, I’m not sure they knew for sure it was the last season. John Schneider has said before that DOH was never “officially” cancelled. The network just chose not to put the show in the next season’s lineup…and never did again. Although John wrote & directed the series finale…I don’t think they knew at the time that it would end up being the finale. At least it wasn’t the alien crap, lol!

There are just some kinds of shows that the alien/sci-fi/UFO crap (my opinion) doesn’t work…and DOH was definitely one! Leave that garbage for Star Wars, Star Trek, and X-Files. Ironically another show, around the same time, that tried the aliens ridiculousness was Miami Vice. An episode called “Missing Hours” ended up being famously known as THE worst episode of MV (in my opinion, possibly the worst episode in TV history)!

Yup!

I watched that one earlier this evening.

In my opinion the worst episode of the entire series was the “Strange Visitor” one. But, there are a few throughout the show that aren’t my favorites.

I’m having a…“German soda” and getting ready to watch “To Catch a Duke”. I skipped “My Son, Bo Hogg” as I’ve never liked that episode.

Agreed!

A good way to end the show…she returns to Hazzard towards the end of Season 7, and reconnects with Jesse. In the final episode Jesse proposes marriage & she decides to accept…and settle in Hazzard once & for all (a plot line in conjunction with Boss Hogg supposedly “disappearing”).

Watching this one again tonight. I still say Jesse & Lucinda should have ended up together!

I’m watching Season 1’s “Money To Burn”, which first introduced Cletus Hogg, in memory of Rick Hurst. As Enos/Sonny said…”RIP, buddy roe!” Rick Hurst: 1946-2025.

Yeah…after I first posted, I started seeing it stated everywhere. It is a very sad day!!

Is it true… I’m reading online that actor Rick Hurst (Cletus Hogg) has passed away? If so this is a tragic day!!

Thanks, Hobie…It’s always fun having “Dukes” conversations with other fans! 😁 👍

I love shows from all decades & I’d not seen “U.N.C.L.E.” before, but yeah…it’s pretty dated, and in my opinion fairly corny & hokey even for the 60s! 🤓 I was kind of disappointed. Compared to Mission Impossible (which was around the same time), it was like an SNL spoof of a spy show. 🤪 But, the “Dukes” people were interesting to see, and seeing main characters in other or previous roles is always fun. 👍

I’m currently watching the mid to late 60s spy series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1968). I’m currently watching a late Season 1 episode (“The Love Affair”) from March of 1965. Peggy Rea had a bit-part as a goofy, “revivalist”, lol! 🤪

I’ve got an educational background, but I’m no genius, lol! 😉 As for my age…well, you can pretend I’m still 24 (I do 😜), but I’ll be 49 in about 3 months (February). I’m probably a younger member here. I was 3 when DOH started…but I absolutely remember watching it & loving it (as I’m one of those weird people whose memory goes back to almost 2) and I was 9 when it went off. I’ll never forget when I found out it had been cancelled 😭 😡…then within the next year Knight Rider was cancelled. My 2 most favorite shows get cancelled within a year of each other…those were bad times for me, lol! 🥴

Hey, Hobie…you’re not totally alone! I love action, adventure, crime, detective, cop dramas most…but, I do like a good drama if the characters have depth & the plots are good. You’re going to laugh, and probably think it’s stupid or boring…but, currently I’m going through the first, original primetime “soap”/drama…PEYTON PLACE (1964-1969). I grew up in small towns like that…and the thoughts, attitudes, behaviors, and how people approached situations & problems on the show were/are very realistic…for the time (60s), and even still in the 70s/80s when I was growing up. It’s the sociologist/psychologist in me that finds it all intriguing. What else can I say, lol? 🤷‍♂️ 🤪 However, I too am enjoying some adult beverages…I first made myself an Old Fashioned 🥃, followed by a DOH-chaser 🍺 😉 Happy DOHD-Friday! 👍 😁

Thanks! I have & have watched so many TV shows & movies over the years, that it’s fun when I start recognizing locations & sets used in multiple things.

Not sure what’s up with your B?

Yes, I think in that one episode he had a 1970 F-100…and I think it had a shorter bed. But, the rest of the time he had 1973-1977 models.

This is one of my favorites, of Season 7…ultimately being the season premiere! I remember watching this when it originally aired! I love the flashbacks, and seeing things from 8 years before…Boss was thinner (ol’ Sorrell finally got to do an episode without the fat suit ), Rosco has this ridiculous mustache , and Uncle Jesse wore this fedora type hat instead of his trademark red ball cap. However, there were some definite inconsistencies & inaccuracies. First, the Charger that eventually became General Lee was referred to as a “68 coupe”, by a junk dealer. Not only was the General a 69 (as we all know), but the black Charger used (before it supposedly was turned into GL) was definitely a 69 model as well. Not only that, but ‘Luke Duke’ (Tom Wopat) directed this episode! So, he should have definitely realized this inaccuracy in the script?? Then, when testing out the General, Bo & Luke supposedly first make the famous river jump (seen in the opening credits from Season 2 on)…however, they actually first made that jump in Season 2, which was sometime in late 1979 or early 1980, not 1976—the past. Next, since most of this episode takes place in 1976, Uncle Jesse’s truck would have only been a couple/few years old…but it looks to be just as beat up & dirty as if it was 20 years old. Finally, again this is supposed to be 1976 (8 years before), but Boss Hogg’s Hogg Hellcat race car was anywhere from a 1979-1982 or 83 Chevy Malibu. I know these are not detrimental mistakes, and do not hurt the plot. But, for someone who loves cars, I notice things like these. However, the wrong 1968 reference to the General does irk me when I watch this one, lol!

To an extent, yes. The “idea” of Hazzard exists in a way, or our “desire” for a Hazzard-like place to exist. But, just because we want it to exist, doesn’t mean it does. That’s why shows like DOH were & are so popular…because the real world is a lot of cruelty, selfishness, perversion, corruption, evil, etc… In the escape of fantasy entertainment, in places like Hazzard, those things don’t exist on a regular basis…and when they try to infiltrate, they are dealt with swiftly & squelched. We all (or most of us) want that…but like it or not, that’s not reality (as a whole). However, we can take the examples set forth in say DOH, and try to put them to use in our real lives as well, as much as we can. But, like Oz, Mayberry, Hilldale, and the Brady household…Hazzard is a fantasy place that we all wished existed. That’s why entertainment is so popular…it provides one of the “earthly” enjoyable escapes from the harshness of reality.

By all means neither Peggy Rea, nor Sorrell Booke, were thin or skinny people. But, I’ve seen both on many other things, before & after “Dukes”. We all know Sorrell wore a fat suit, as he wasn’t as obese as his character of Boss Hogg. Looking at Peggy in some other things, yes she was heavy…but she was no where near what her character of Lulu was on “Dukes”. I’m thinking she wore a fat suit as well…to exaggerate her weight, just like Boss. Part of the show’s & Hazzard’s charm was everyone & everything was overly exaggerated. It was fun, entertaining, and created a place you truly wished existed.

It’s actually “Too Many Roscos”…but, yeah it was a good one!

Agreed! Or, this guy could have been some half-brother, or a distant cousin, or an uncle, etc… But, to me he still came across closer to Boss’ age, rather than old enough to supposedly be Boss’ father.