MonacoMan

Adding to my above post...out of curiosity, I wonder where the first P.P. reunion movie (“Murder in Peyton Place” 1977) was filmed? Im on my cellphone at the moment and I can’t seem to find filming locations for it on IMDB. I’m sure it was probably not the “Dukes” Warner Bros. set as this was a couple years before “Dukes”...but I’d be interested to know if possible. It’s probably on YouTube as well, but it’s late and I’m going to bed, lol!

I love and enjoy a lot of different shows from all decades, mostly crime/cop/mystery, but some action adventure ones too, as well as prime time dramas. So Dallas, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest, Dynasty, etc...are ones I like. I know, I’m weird! I’m currently going through the original Peyton Place series for the first time, and the set I got also includes the reunion movies (there were 2) & the original theatrical movies (based on the original novels). Anyway, I’ve actually not seen the reunion movie “Next Generation” yet myself...I only quickly scanned the DVD it’s on when I first got it. And I swear the town square, gazebo, court house, etc...looked just like the Warner Bros. set of Hazzard (not the Dukes original Georgia locations). But, it perhaps is not, and they fully used the Texas location...as I have read they filmed some of it in Texas, and veteran actress Dorothy Malone (who was one of the main stars of P.P.) was thrilled, as she had retired to Texas & it wasn’t too far to travel to film the reunion movie...so the Texas town does make sense.

I’m doing okay...surviving the “pandemic” I guess! Yeah, I’ve seen the Hazzard square in some other things...I think it was also used in the drama Gilmore Girls. I never watched that show, but I think I read once it was the same square...just some buildings changed & revamped some since the “Dukes” days. It’s still around I think, so it’s probably been used in lots of things over the years.

I’d have to always go with the General Lee ...but I’d still love to have Daisy’s Roadrunner and/or Satellite (my 2nd favorite car next to the General), Uncle Jesse’s truck, Boss’ Caddy Convertible, and Rosco’s Plymouth Fury! If I had money I’d have one of each...as sort of a real life collection! But sadly I can only afford the diecast models—and even those weren’t cheap!

This may have been mentioned before, but I think the (1964-1969) Peyton Place series reunion movie in 1985 (I believe called Next Generation...as it was an attempt of a new P.P. revival series but that never came about) used the “Hazzard” town square. The original P.P. town square was similar to what the Hazzard one was in Dukes, but it had probably been dismantled after that show went off the air in 1969. So, in 85 right after (sadly) Dukes was cancelled I’m sure the town square was available for use.

Saw this on Facebook...someone has Uncle Jesse at heart!

I’m currently going through the 70s sci-fi action series The Six Million Dollar Man, starring Lee Majors (The Bionic Woman will follow), and an episode I watched earlier this evening guest starred a young Rick Hurst (going by Richard Hurst at the time)! The episode was a season 2 episode called “The Midas Touch” from fall of 1974. Hurst played a somewhat goofy (imagine that ) bad guy named Conners. Here’s a pic from the episode:

Interesting! I know in reality that’s where Dodge Charger headlights were back then...behind flip-up covers. But I never really remembered them being up and/or on in the show, and I never thought to look at the General Lee model for that. Cool!

My General Lee is an Auto World Silver Screen model too (as is Daisy’s Satellite)...but my General’s headlight covers have always been closed. I’ve never thought to see if they open...I’ll have to check that out.

Naa...product placement back then probably would’ve been easier than today. Back then I’d think most products and companies would have been glad to have their products shown on one of the most popular shows at the time! Nowadays everyone only cares about how much money they can make in that moment...you have to pay the companies tons of money to show a product. But maybe that had started in the 80s & eventually it was easier to cover or fade out the car names, than to pay Ford tons of royalties. I don’t think it was revenge though...Jeep provided the Jeeps for the show & Daisy.

They still should have kept the Satellite for Daisy...the Jeep was too “dorky” for one of the Dukes (my opinion)!

Interesting that the headlight covers are up/open in your General Lee...I’ve not seen that on the models before.

$300 is ridiculous! But I guess it’s because her actual Satellite is no longer made by Auto World. Cooter’s green Camaro & the purple Satellite (which was not actually Daisy’s) were only in 1 episode each, so they’re probably not as sought after by fans...therefore cheaper. The Finchburg County Sheriff’s patrol car was also only in 1 episode, so even though they’ve made a diecast model of it, I probably won’t spend $50-70 on it. I probably will eventually get Daisy’s Jeep & maybe Sheriff Little’s patrol car, but for now I’m satisfied with the General Lees (old Joyride one & Auto World one) Rosco’s patrol cars (old “inaccurate” Joyride 74 Monaco & the new, most-accurate to the show 77 Plymouth Fury), Daisy’s Plymouth Satellite, And Uncle Jesse’s Ford Truck—and all the action figures to go with them!

Here’s a little bigger one:

Yeah, I have the original Joy Ride General Lee (which was not that great or accurate) and the Auto World/Silver Screen one—which is awesome (only issue I have is it was missing the CB antenna)! Daisy’s Satellite is also by Auto World, but it’s probably been 6-7!years or so since that & the General were released by that company. So the Satellite might be somewhat expensive, if you find it. You probably have, but you might try eBay. Poor quality photo (but this site only allows for a certain size so I had to shrink it—so a little blurry), but here’s one of my 1:18 diecast model of Daisy’s Plymouth Satellite, with her action figure sitting on the hood:

Sorrell was a true professional and I believe “Shakespearean” trained actor...I’ve seen him play all kinds of roles. But, he’ll always be Boss Hogg to me, so it is kind of odd sometimes seeing him be “badder” than when on Dukes.

I have 1:18 scale models of the General Lee, Rosco’s patrol car, Uncle Jesse’s truck, and Daisy’s yellow Plymouth Satellite. I’ll probably eventually get her “golden eagle” Dixie Jeep...but never cared much for it (loved the Roadrunner & Satellite way better). So it’ll probably be one of the last ones I get.

Lol...a pic from the “M.I.” episode Shock, but in “Dukes” world, definitely of ‘Boss’, as Booke was NOT a nice guy in this episode either! Although still a bad-guy, it was actually kind of cool seeing Sorrell as a totally different kind of character.

I’m now currently going through the original (1966-1973) spy TV series Mission Impossible. The episode I’m watching now (“Shock” 1967) guest-starred ‘Boss Hogg’ aka Sorrell Booke! He was a bad guy in this episode, too...but a little more deadly than ol’ J.D. was. Here’s a pic from the episode:

I’ll be sticking with my DVDs, too! Not everything is meant for, or looks best in, HD. Lots think because it’s “HD” it’s automatically the best picture & color quality ever...and that’s not always the case. With current shows being made that might be the best...but older shows sometimes still look better in the form they were originally made & filmed.

I’d love a General Lee...but Uncle Jesse can keep the white hair. His ‘character’, who he was, and what he stood for is what I like to try and emulate.

I’ve seen Denver Pyle on lots of different things in the past, but despite how much I love Uncle Jesse, I’m not into white or gray hair—shaggy or short. I’ll be like Robert Redford and dying my hair at 80, lol!

Lol! Sorrell Booke’s episode of the original Hawaii Five-0 was pretty intense...not Boss Hogg, for sure! He also has a guest spot on Streets of San Francisco, but I haven’t gotten to it yet. I think Denver only had this one guest appearance on “Streets”.

He was a jerk at first...but ultimately changed and was good at the end. He is so engrained in my mind as ‘Uncle Jesse’ that it’s always strange, but also interesting to see Denver in other roles.

I’m currently going through the 70s crime drama The Streets of San Francisco. Tonight I’m getting ready to watch the Season 2 episode “Winterkill”, from late 1973. One of the guest stars is Denver Pyle—without the beard, lol! I’m just starting it so don’t know yet if he’s good or bad...but I always enjoyed his guest spots on Perry Mason, and he played a variety of good & bad characters on there.