NEW YORK (AP) -- Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott, who play Luke and Bo Duke in "The Dukes of Hazzard," didn't exactly perfect the art of "yee-haw" for the film.

In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine, Knoxville says he felt like "half a man" when he heard John Schneider, who played Bo Duke on the '70s TV series, do the rebel yell.

"John Schneider comes up to us last night at the premiere. He's giving us these big hugs, and he goes, 'Let's do a yee-haw!' And he belts out this Tarzan-like 'yee-haw,' and I was like, 'That's kinda how we were supposed to do it, Seann."'

Knoxville plays Luke Duke, and Scott plays cousin Bo. Jessica Simpson is denim short shorts-wearing cousin Daisy Duke, Catherine Bach's role in the TV series, which ran from 1979-1985.

Ben Jones, who played wisecracking mechanic Cooter on the popular series, has called the movie -- which took in an estimated $30.7 million on its opening weekend -- a "sleazy insult."

"Every place we went to -- we did all this regional press, and city by city, they'd all talked to Ben Jones. He's got a hellava publicist," Knoxville says.

As for the plot, Scott says: "Plot? What plot? Plot's just an excuse to blow (expletive) up and see Jessica in her shorts! You don't want a plot with 'Dukes of Hazzard.' (Pause.) It could've been nice to have one."

NEW YORK (AP) -- Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott, who play Luke and Bo Duke in "The Dukes of Hazzard," didn't exactly perfect the art of "yee-haw" for the film.

In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine, Knoxville says he felt like "half a man" when he heard John Schneider, who played Bo Duke on the '70s TV series, do the rebel yell.

"John Schneider comes up to us last night at the premiere. He's giving us these big hugs, and he goes, 'Let's do a yee-haw!' And he belts out this Tarzan-like 'yee-haw,' and I was like, 'That's kinda how we were supposed to do it, Seann."'

Knoxville plays Luke Duke, and Scott plays cousin Bo. Jessica Simpson is denim short shorts-wearing cousin Daisy Duke, Catherine Bach's role in the TV series, which ran from 1979-1985.

Ben Jones, who played wisecracking mechanic Cooter on the popular series, has called the movie -- which took in an estimated $30.7 million on its opening weekend -- a "sleazy insult."

"Every place we went to -- we did all this regional press, and city by city, they'd all talked to Ben Jones. He's got a hellava publicist," Knoxville says.

As for the plot, Scott says: "Plot? What plot? Plot's just an excuse to blow (expletive) up and see Jessica in her shorts! You don't want a plot with 'Dukes of Hazzard.' (Pause.) It could've been nice to have one."