HossC Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 The new series of 'Top Gear' premiered tonight, and this week's studio guest, actor James Marsden, sang "Just the good ol' boys" and mentioned the Duke Boys while doing his lap of the track. The show's only just finished, so nothing's made it to YouTube yet, but I'll post anything I find. Roth Potter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 My kinda guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roth Potter Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 Don't let your wife hear that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 OK, I know I'm stretching the theme of the thread slightly, but I was doing an online cryptic crossword earlier when I came across this clue: "Illicit booze distilled by night light (9)" Not much of a challenge for a Dukes fan! Answer below if you're stuck: MOONSHINE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Was it buttermilk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHDuke Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) On 1/7/2012 at 12:21 AM, HossC said: Sorry K-Duke, but I thought I'd share an example of how early a reference to Dukes appeared in another show. The fact that it's mentioned in the popular British sitcom 'Only Fools and Horses' shows how quickly Dukes was adopted into popular British culture. It was back in 1983, the year that saw the release of 'Return of the Jedi', and the episode was called 'May The Force Be With You'. Although the title may be a Star Wars reference, the force in question is actually the Police Force, this time in the shape of Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent as Detective Slater. For those of you not familiar with the show (was it shown in the US?), the main characters make their money mainly by buying and selling goods that are either defective or stolen. In this episode they acquire a stolen microwave oven back when they were a relatively new commodity. So the question is, what would you do with a new microwave oven?. Edit: The video I originally posted has disappeared from YouTube, so here's the dialogue from the scene: Grandad is fiddling with the stolen microwave: Del: What are you doing? Grandad: I'm trying to get 'The Dukes of Hazzard!' Del: The 'Dukes of Hazzard!' This is a microwave oven you dozy old twonk! Gordon Bennett, you'll be putting frozen pizzas into the portable next! SPOILER Del, Rodney and Grandad are all arrested, and give widely differing descriptions of the thief. Detective Slater threatens unpleasant consequences for Rodney and Grandad if Del doesn't name the robber. If you want to find out who stole the microwave, and see Jim Broadbent, click here. Oh yeah! I remember that, Only Fools is another one of my favourite shows other than the Dukes, I've watched every episode of Only Fools and Horses, I recommend you check it out, a couple of the seasons are on Netflix along with a couple of the specials, and to answer Hoss' question, No, Only Fools and Horses never aired in the US, ABC tried to make an American reboot around the time this was posted but it was canned Edited July 29, 2019 by JHDuke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 We went out to breakfast Saturday morning and Dierks Bentley's "What was I thinking?" was one of the songs that was playing while we were eating. I always love it when "hood sliding like Bo Duke" comes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 OK, this is newspaper reference rather than TV, but it fits here. This is from the front page of yesterday's edition of one of the UK's national newspapers, the Daily Star (thanks to my brother for the heads up). The Russian hackers are apparently known as "the Dukes", hence the headline. RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 Now that's funny. Thanks for posting it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 Dukes got a name check in the F1 commentary today. Towards the end of the race, I think it was when Lewis Hamilton passed Charles Leclerc, they said that he could now set off "in hot pursuit of Valtteri Bottas [his team mate] as they used to say on the Dukes of Hazzard". I may be paraphrasing slightly, but that was the gist of it. RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 After the Grand Prix finished, I switched over to catch the end of the British Touring Cars. One of the support races was the Mini Miglias and Mini Se7ens (different classes using the original Mini). In the Se7ens class, a driver called Jeff Smith was driving the 01 car which he's painted orange and put a Union Jack on the roof. The commentators even referred to him driving the General Lee, and as the cars came into the pits at the the end of the race, a Dixie horn could be heard in the background! RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 4 hours ago, HossC said: Dukes got a name check in the F1 commentary today. Towards the end of the race, I think it was when Lewis Hamilton passed Charles Leclerc, they said that he could now set off "in hot pursuit of Valtteri Bottas [his team mate] as they used to say on the Dukes of Hazzard". I may be paraphrasing slightly, but that was the gist of it. That's so cool. I really love it when I hear a Dukes reference. I love it. I love it..knee khee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 3 hours ago, HossC said: After the Grand Prix finished, I switched over to catch the end of the British Touring Cars. One of the support races was the Mini Miglias and Mini Se7ens (different classes using the original Mini). In the Se7ens class, a driver called Jeff Smith was driving the 01 car which he's painted orange and put a Union Jack on the roof. The commentators even referred to him driving the General Lee, and as the cars came into the pits at the the end of the race, a Dixie horn could be heard in the background! Despite the current censorship we've been seeing the past couple of years the General Lee is still the most recognizable car in the world and that will remain that way for the rest of our lives and longer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 I'm not sure if this is referencing the car or the man, but it made me think of Dukes when I saw this earlier. RogerDuke, Hobie Hartkins and Spike 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 Now, that is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time!!!! I generallee like humor like that. Spike and Hobie Hartkins 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Oh my God that mullet . I had one for about a week, then I went back to the barber and had him shave it off . RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 That is hilarious!! RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssjlunv Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 Watching X-Men animated series from the 90s. In Season 1 Episode 12: Days of Future Past (Part 2 of 2), in the opening, Gambit asks Rogue “Where you learn to drive?” And Rogue answers “With good old boys on country back roads…” May be a stretch but all I could think of was the opening to the Dukes of Hazzard intro song lol Hobie Hartkins and RogerDuke 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 On 5/1/2024 at 2:44 PM, ssjlunv said: Watching X-Men animated series from the 90s. In Season 1 Episode 12: Days of Future Past (Part 2 of 2), in the opening, Gambit asks Rogue “Where you learn to drive?” And Rogue answers “With good old boys on country back roads…” May be a stretch but all I could think of was the opening to the Dukes of Hazzard intro song lol Welcome to Hazzard County. Tell us more about your love of the show. Favorite character, favorite episode, have many Dukes toys, met any of the stars, have all the DVSs, how long you been a fan? We want to know it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 On 5/1/2024 at 1:44 PM, ssjlunv said: Watching X-Men animated series from the 90s. In Season 1 Episode 12: Days of Future Past (Part 2 of 2), in the opening, Gambit asks Rogue “Where you learn to drive?” And Rogue answers “With good old boys on country back roads…” May be a stretch but all I could think of was the opening to the Dukes of Hazzard intro song lol Hey bud! Welcome to Hazzard County! RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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