Brian Coltrane

Looking forward to seeing your next plush-mobile! Do you sell the patterns for your plush designs, or give them away, or....?

Just wanted to add a Howdy and Welcome! Nice to see you on Hazzardnet, Susan! Somebody is reading the fanfics?

Roger, these guys put on a heckuva show, so I gave them a HazzardNet home page write up. Though I couldn't get the promo video to embed for some dang reason, probably because it's 2 am and I'm mostly asleep. Which is nothing new around here.

Hoss, I'd love to see your graphics turned into 3D models. They'd be awesome. Alas, but for the software! I'm still thinking of taking some of your graphics and trying it, though. Meantime, let us know how your efforts turn out with the model designed by J. Carlos. Can't wait to see it!

Bahaha!! What kind of drugs have you been taking? And did you bring enough to share? Back to the General Lee paper model, I thought it'd be a fun party game kinda thing, too. Print 'em out, cut out the pieces, and give everybody a set. Then, give everybody a 5 minute time limit to put theirs together. I bet you'd have some crazy results. Looking at this thing, I'd probably need three days to figure it out. The designer is from Brazil, and when I traced the thing back to the source, there wasn't a goodset of written instructions to pass along. Not in English, anyhow.

Here's a General Lee paper model that looks fun to put together. The design is in a PDF file. I'm not sure what thickness of card stock paper would be best for it, so if somebody tries this and nails it down, please let us know. If you have patience and a sharp scissors, try some arts n' crafts, Dukes of Hazzard style! The download link appears below the photo: http://www.4shared.com/document/EXlDjJ1X/General_Lee_II_B.html

Pretty much, MaryAnne and I ban each other. Saves time when we fight. I can disagree with somebody intensely about a given issue, and not be angry with them personally. Mufn and I wouldn't be in the same airspace after 12 years if we couldn't separate the issue from the person. The real-life arguments that have happened between Mufn, MaryAnne and I over the course of our history together, have been terrible to behold. Fortunately they are rare. But we're human and it happens. Families get into disagreements sometimes. It's a fact of life. It doesn't mean we're not a family anymore. Nobody is unwelcome here over anything that's been said, so don't worry. In that spirit, I updated the homepage with this post. We are all Dukes of Hazzard fans, and we remain a community and family. Take a look at the joy these fans felt in 1981. It's still with us, today...even if some of the people are not. http://www.hazzardnet.com/

Congrats y'all!

What do you mean, "was?" You've been HazzardNet's dirtiest secret for years, it just ain't much of a secret anymore. But don't worry, I'll keep paying my, uh...."union dues." Ma'am.

I'm not right or wrong, it's just an opinion.

Go ahead. There's still time to get new shirts! The name Mafia is about intimidation, money, power, greed, corruption. I saw the "fan" banner on Flickr. Hazzard County Mafia. Black, with orange horror-font lettering. Nice. You couldn't associate yourselves with something more welcoming for kids, like the Rocky Horror Picture Show? *sarcasm* Do a google search on Mafia, see what you get. Do a google image search on Mafia. Not exactly a good match for a "Dukes" crowd. I'm sure it makes for a macho image, but jeeze, when I think of the little kids who are at these things, this is NOT what I'd want them to think the Dukes of Hazzard is about. Mafia could be all the in-thing to call a group or a club, and if this was a gathering of Soprano fans I'd say, go for it. But it ain't. It sounds like a select group of fans who've taken pains to differentiate, and perhaps alienate, themselves from the rest. In the past, volunteers at Dukesfest were simply "staff." I wore a lanyard with a badge. I helped lost kids find their parents, I helped security remove troublemakers, I explained rules for autographs, I assisted members of the cast. No special shirt. No special clique. I was there before the grounds opened; I was there after it closed. At the end of the day, I was just a fan, donating my time, covering my own travel expenses, to help other fans have the best possible experience at the event. It wasn't about me. It was about them. That's what being a volunteer is about. And I'm sure your group knows that and shares the spirit or you wouldn't be helping out (unpaid) at a BBQ. I only wish your name better represented the spirit of the Dukes of Hazzard and was something that evoked a more positive image. I salute your individual efforts but I can't support your name.

It's because they've already printed up the t-shirts. What Mufn or I think of the name, doesn't really matter, as we're not a part of the volunteers this year - er, Mafia - so we don't have to wear the shirts. I've been part of 'em previously for a long time, and I'll tell ya. The opinions of the locals in Sperryville, the conduct of any Dukes fan in public wearing such a shirt, and the amusement, or lack of it, by local law enforcement, are thoughts that shoulda been considered. And is "Hazzard County Mafia" what Ben wants in the local newspaper, when a reporter snaps a photo at the event? Is this really something he wants synonymous with "Cooter's Place?" Seriously? Mufn and I have both been volunteers at DukesFest and other cast appearances and car shows, aside from merrily squandering 12 years of our lives on a Dukes o' Hazzard website. I'd say we're decent fans. Not more fan than thou, but devoted or demented enough to spend a lot of time and money on it. And if we have a strong reaction to the name Hazzard County Mafia, it's because we care about the Dukes of Hazzard, the fandom, and how the heck it's represented. But there's nothing personal in this against any of the volunteers. We know how much work goes into these events and we sal-ute the participants.

I can live with that. And in that spirit, let me offer, with apologies to Waylon Jennings, my gangsta/mafia rendition of "The Good Ol' Boyz". Just the good home boyz Never meanin’ no harm, yo’ Beats all – you didn’t see nothin’! – never saw, been in trouble with the law, since the day they was born! Pimpin’ the girlz – Countin’ the bills – Someday the mafia might get ‘em but the law never will! Makin’ their gangsta way – The only way they know how! That’s just a little bit more than rival gangs will allow! I’m a good ol’ boy So here’s an offer you can’t refuse – Join the mafia today, or you’ll be swimmin’ someday, in them heavy cement shoes!

True. What keeps me here?

And some of them, you recruited as administrative staff. Though I shouldn't bring up MaryAnne's past like that.

I think anybody who's devoted 12 years to a website isn't likely to be a hostile or violent person. You are, howevah, certifiably nuts to give 12 years of your life to a Dukes of Hazzard website. But I mean "nuts" in a good way.

I don't think I'd call Mufn's response violent. Has she threatened anybody? She simply posted her views, which are comprised of her personal knowledge and experience of real-life crime and crime victims. That should be respected. And to illustrate the difference between prime usage and street slang, let's take a look "posse" and "Mafia" in more detail. pos·se   –noun 1. posse comitatus. 2. a body or force armed with legal authority. World English Dictionary posse (ˈpɒsɪ) 1. ( US ) Also called: posse comitatus the able-bodied men of a district assembled together and forming a group upon whom the sheriff may call for assistance in maintaining law and order 2. law possibility (esp in the phrase in posse ) 3. slang a Jamaican street gang in the US 4. informal a group of friends or associates [C16: from Medieval Latin (n): power, strength, from Latin (vb): to be able, have power] Ma·fi·a –noun 1. a hierarchically structured secret organization allegedly engaged in smuggling, racketeering, trafficking in narcotics, and other criminal activities in the U.S., Italy, and elsewhere. 2. (in Sicily) a. ( lowercase) a popular spirit of hostility to legal restraint and to the law, often manifesting itself in criminal acts. b. a 19th-century secret society, similar to the Camorra in Naples, that acted in this spirit. 3. ( often lowercase ) any small powerful or influential group in an organization or field; clique. World English Dictionary Mafia or Maffia (ˈmæfɪə) — n 1. the Mafia an international secret organization founded in Sicily, probably in opposition to tyranny. It developed into a criminal organization and in the late 19th century was carried to the US by Italian immigrants 2. Black Hand Camorra See also Cosa Nostra any group considered to resemble the Mafia [C19: from Sicilian dialect of Italian, literally hostility to the law, boldness, perhaps from Arabic mahyah bragging] I guess it explains a lot about crime in our country today when "Mafia" is something good and "posse" is something bad, by your own explanation, BoJames. Any word can be bastardized to mean something else in slang, but any group, naming themselves something that will be held in the public eye, after taking a big stand for family entertainment and values and blah blah blah, should really, and I mean seriously, think about what they're calling themselves. You can be the Hazzard County Happy Hookers for all I care, just don't expect everybody to think you're a fishing club. I love Ben and Alma dearly but I don't agree with them on this one.

Did you buy the car direct from WB or from another party? I'm not an expert, but WB usually provides paperwork authenticating usage of the vehicle in their movie(s.) There was the 2005 Dukes of Hazzard movie for big-screen release, and there was also the made-for-tv movie, "Dukes of Hazzard - The Beginning" which came out in 2007. I believe there's a way for you to look up the cars used in a movie via IMDB.

And I'll admit, the whole angry bird thang is one more internet fad I don't understand. Speaking of defunct round robins, weren't you cued on the hoosegow thread like...three months ago?

Seems like the round robin story concepts have pretty much died off. We try one here and there, but either there's not enough robins, or they're not round enough, or...I dunno. They were once a tradition.

I have to agree that "Hazzard County Mafia" is an unfortunate choice. Especially for anything Ben and Alma are running, which is always centered around family fun. It kinda flies in the face of Ben's own arguments against the 2005 movie. Bo and Luke wouldn't join a Hazzard County mafia. They might join a Hazzard County Hospitality Club, or a Hazzard County Cousins Crew, or heck, they even joined (temporarily) the Hazzard County Sheriff's Department! They would volunteer for a good cause, sure. But a good cause deserves a good name. Jeeze, I hope they didn't print all the shirts for this yet. I've performed volunteer service for Ben and Alma at prior Dukesfests and car shows. Sorry to say that health issues prevent me from doing so this year. So, I have no disrespect for anybody involved, just throwing in my two cents on the handle.

Good ol' boy John Schneider, otherwise known as "Bo Duke" from The Dukes of Hazzard, will be appearing at the Philadelphia Comic Con June 18th and 19th, 2011. A General Lee will also be on display. This show is crazy big, so if you plan on going, study up on the schedules, event times, parking, venue map, and all that stuff. Here's a link that you can follow to John's page for the event. Click around from there for the show details. http://www.wizardworld.com/johnschneider.html

Season 5 is worth watching for the Boss/Rosco moments, even if you're not fond of Coy and Vance. Denver Pyle also had some good scenes during this vintage. I think in the absence of Tom and John, the rest of the cast did their best to carry the show. Season 5 of The Dukes of Hazzard reminds us that the show was about more than Bo, Luke, and the General Lee. Sure, they're a big part of it, but Hazzard County was a true community and everyone made an impact.

Great! I'd like to mention it in our Monthly Newsletter, and a pic would be awesome. Congrats again.