Brian Coltrane

That's a beauty. And it has a gas cap!

Chet's loose? There goes the neighborhood. Nice drawing, tho'!

I know you won't see this message for a couple days, but I have an idea. (Yeah, really! I do!) Why don't we just bug our Warner Bros contact and tell them we want the "Enos" series on DVD? We're being way too passive about this. If WB claims not to have any of the original film, I know of one other person who may have VHS copies, but I'd rather avoid that at all costs if I could. I'd have to disinfect myself after talking to the person I'm thinking of. And then check into rehab. I'd find it easier to fly to Burbank, CA and drop in on our contact first. So long as you expense the trip.

Dale was truly the King of All Message Boards. He had a razor-sharp wit and a keen intelligence. Yet he was one of the most compassionate people you could ever hope to know. He didn't suffer fools, but he would turn the other cheek and give people a second chance if they deserved one. I'm still in shock. I had a few conversations with Dale over the years, we had a few things in common that we would yap about. But mostly I knew him as everybody did. As a fellow Dukes fan. One who was passionate about the online community and about the real-life friendships that formed in it. I'll admit here and now...I didn't know he was sick. I was tuned out myself for much of the past year. I had no idea. Now he's gone. Nothing I could say about Dale, would equal the legacy left by his own words, antics, and friendships around cyberHazzard. I never thought goodbye would come this soon.

Roger, I'm gonna halfta whap you clean upside the head with this rolled up Dukes of Hazzard movie script I been workin' on heah. 'Cept I been savin' it for Warner Bros. If only they'd return my calls. *sigh*

You will. Nasty's gonna throw in a copy of Robot P. Coltrane, too. MEANWHILE! I been goaded into sharing a YouTube clip of "Eat My Dust." I know it has nothing to do with the 2005 movie, but it's a car movie. It's close, right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am6nYBXYylw&NR=1

Nasty's got you covered. You shoulda wished for somethin' better tho'.

Nice wheels! I can't recall for sure, but I think there was an ep where Rosco owned a LeMans. Bought it with the "nickles and dimes" he'd been saving. I'll have to defer this bit of Dukes of Hazzard trivia to the resident Pontiac experts. Or can somebody else confirm this? I wanna say the ep was "To Catch A Duke" but I'm not positive.

The thing that was hard about the 2005 movie, for me, was that WB had an opportunity in it's hand to make this a much better movie than it was. They threw some money at it, but made assumptions that the original fan base didn't care. Hello, we're living proof that the original fan base did care. We're still here. I haven't seen too many websites devoted to the 2005 movie. (other than WB's own one, and the numbers ain't exactly stellar.) Now, take Disney as the opposite example with a TRON sequel that's coming out...what, 30 years after the original? Was the original TRON so serious that Disney should have put as much time, energy, and exacting detail in the sequel as it has? What Disney's lesson is, is that the original fan base does indeed matter. If you can't capture the people who were loyal to the original to begin with, then why bother? To each their own on the 2005 Dukes movie. But to cap off my point, The Dukes of Hazzard was a top 20 show when it was cancelled. The two reunion movies had decent ratings when originally aired, enough to support the releases to DVD. Along with a lot of Dukes merchandise as a whole, ect. And these little shindigs called DukesFest. 100,000 people through the gates at Nashville. I'll never forget that one, as I was working for the gig at the time. Anyway, I'll never stop anyone from supporting whatever they enjoy about the Dukes of Hazzard. If it's the 2005 movie, good for you. I'm also very much into the "old school" car movies you mentioned, though some of them ( like Vanishing Point) might be too edgy for our younger fans. The hero in that one kills himself, so no, I'm not exactly gonna promote it in our merchandise section. But if you're paying attention, I've dug up some Ron Howard/Roger Corman team-ups in our last newsletter, that broach the subject. Nothing wrong with enjoying a car flick, I just try to stick with happy ending stuff that goes with the Hazzard flavor we have. Maybe Nasty the Reindeer will be handin' out copies of the 2005 movie to the bad boys and girls at the Christmas party.

Buttermilk is all yers, Roger.

Well, it does!

Oh, come on. Christmas is comin'. You know I can't pull myself in all the directions here. Credit for the community service? Just like...this much? *pinches air* *hopeful smile* Please?

Buttermilk.... *shudder*

Ain't like I've been doing nothin' either. It only looks like nothin' because I don't take credit for whatever I manage to do, because then folks will go and expect me to be productive all the time. I got a low image to maintain, which is more work, sometimes, than it would be to look as important as say...MaryAnne.

Art

If I could remember what my bail is , it would be coming along faster. My current strategy is just to run out the clock. We're not far from the end of the year. *raises voice so MaryAnne can hear* I'm not completely off the hook though, I've been workin' on official stuff, which I hope counts for somethin'. Especially with the holidays comin' up.

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Nice try. Do you even remember what your bail is ? You gonna chew on that pencil for another year, or use it for somethin' constructive?

Presents

Well-spoken, cousin. And I gotta thank Roger again for bringing this all up, 'cause it's good to pause and reflect a bit this time of year. When ya stop and look around, it's the people that matter. It's the people, that keep the place going. But, as to not disappoint Roger, I won't stay serious too long. I gotta go half-bake some schemes. Post something to rile MaryAnne. Ya know, the usual. Maybe actually work on the newsletter. What day is it... *flips calendar* December. Yep, I'm behind schedule. We're back to normal !

Egg nog (cheers!)

Roger, your graceful words are deeply appreciated. I'm usually quick to make a joke out of something, but...not this time. Because it hasn't always been easy to keep a site up and running day in and out with this kind of consistency. I know what Mufn has invested in time in money. I know what MaryAnne has put forth in her own efforts. And while my own contributions pale in comparison, they've been there too. Even if you can't see it visibly, online, sometimes there's stuff going on behind the scenes, that doesn't involve the site directly - but that involves one of the three of us. I know that you can tell when something isn't right. When we're too quiet for awhile. Yes, we keep an eye on things and make sure the place is ok, but yes there's also times when one of us might be having to lean pretty hard on the other two, in order to keep going. And that's why HazzardNet endures. It's bigger than the three of us. Yet it epitomizes our own friendships and kinships. Therefore we can't let it fall. It's not just a website. It's a community. It's your home too. It's family. Thank you, Roger, and Hoss. And thank you to everybody out there who has visited HazzardNet, past or present. We'll be here when you stop by again. Brian

You can't have too many spellchecks, either. Not that I'm perfect, but your flubs are always funnier for some reason. Must be that patrol-car-into-the-pond kind of thang.

MUAHAHAHAHAA!! Georgia, there IS a Santa Claus.