
MonacoMan
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3 minutes ago, RogerDuke said:
I hate to say anything bad about the Dukes.....
......but Strange Visitor was definitely the worst ep. On the other hand...it was a Dukes episode so even at its worse it was better than anything else that has ever been on TV.
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)!
- RogerDuke and Hobie Hartkins
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1 minute ago, Hobie Hartkins said:
Right now I'm watching the one where Cooter is racing against the Dukes in Duke vs. Duke.
I watched that one earlier this evening.
- RogerDuke and Hobie Hartkins
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Just now, Hobie Hartkins said:
well I like that one but there are 4-6 I don't like or watch
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.
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1 minute ago, Hobie Hartkins said:
Right now I'm drinking and watching The Legacy......well it just ended....lol
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.
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55 minutes ago, Hobie Hartkins said:
and having Enos and Daisy marry.....a double wedding on the last episode!
Agreed!
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1 minute ago, Hobie Hartkins said:
Hmmm...maybe that would've been good....??
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”).
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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.
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6 minutes ago, Meadowmufn said:
Yeah…after I first posted, I started seeing it stated everywhere. It is a very sad day!!
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On 1/29/2025 at 4:06 PM, Hobie Hartkins said:
Hey Monaco Man! Great to see you! We've missed you! Don't be a stranger! Hey, we get into some pretty wild discussions on here when there's several citizens of Hazzard in here, so we need everybody to keep the discussions going here in town!
Thanks, Hobie…It’s always fun having “Dukes” conversations with other fans! 😁 👍
- RogerDuke and Hobie Hartkins
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On 1/29/2025 at 3:17 PM, HossC said:
I've just found that episode online and watched it. Compared to shows that came only a couple of years later, it looks so dated.
I knew I recognized the bad guy Brother Love (Eddie Albert) from somewhere, and looking through his filmography, I realized it was the feature length pilot of 'The Fall Guy'. He played Big John Cramer, a corrupt Arizona sheriff who knocks a boy off his bike in Hollywood and then jumps bail when he's told that the boy has died. The episode also had a couple of familiar faces from Dukes. Kathrine Baumann, one of the car strippers from 'Arrest Jesse Duke', had a bit part as a woman who Colt and Howie question briefly, and Dennis Fimple, the preacher from 'Daisy's Shotgun Wedding', played the lead deputy.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. 👍
- RogerDuke and Hobie Hartkins
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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! 🤪
- Hobie Hartkins and RogerDuke
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1 hour ago, Hobie Hartkins said:
an Old Fashioned! I'm jealous!! LOL! Sounds like you've got my educational background! How old are you? 59 here!
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! 🥴
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5 hours ago, Hobie Hartkins said:
OK folks...it's DOHD ( Dukes Of Hazzard Day) .....which is every Friday peaking at 7-8 pm.....and I'm watching Rayford Flicker , a half baked con man with a few tricks up his sleeve.... I'm also enjoying an adult beverige*....what's everybody else doing on DOHD??? ( It's a national holiday you know'!)
* Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey!
4 hours ago, Hobie Hartkins said:I feel so lonely.....I'm here by myself!!
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! 👍 😁
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3 minutes ago, Hobie Hartkins said:
You've got a good eye for stuff MonacoMan!
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.
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2 hours ago, RogerDuke said:
From Cooter's Confession: What is Hazzard's zip code?
A) 00965
12345
C) 99999
This is weird. The computer turned my B into a yellow face. I edited it and it did it again and I couldn't undo it. Ever weirder: it does this on another forum I do.....also with the B when I make a list.
Not sure what’s up with your B?
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10 minutes ago, HossC said:
Didn't Jesse have a 1970 F-100 in 'High Octane'? They could've used that if they'd wanted.
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.
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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!
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1 hour ago, RogerDuke said:
The way I see it: Everything that exists in your mind exists....otherwise you wouldn't have used the word "exists" to begin with. Conclusion: Hazzard is real.
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.
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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.
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On 2/4/2024 at 4:09 PM, Hobie Hartkins said:
I think one of ....if not my fav. episode, is Two Too Many Roscos.......Whatever anybody here thinks is THE best or what they think about the Alien one, we can ALL agree, this one was ONE of the best anyway!
It’s actually “Too Many Roscos”…but, yeah it was a good one!
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43 minutes ago, RogerDuke said:
True but any actor could have played a greedy old man. I just didn't get why they didn't find someone who looked more like Boss.
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.
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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!