Least favourite episode?

[Hobie Hartkins]

  On 1/20/2017 at 8:14 AM, Susan said:

I'm afraid I'm with the majority of posters on here: Strange Visitor to Hazzard. Erk. The Dukes meet ET. I'm sorry, but it just didn't work for me, either.  

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way.

Another on my 'Less than Wonderful' list, which I don't see on here (So maybe I'm in the minority on this one) was the Coy and Vance episode with the Russian gymnast. Just feel it was a bit corny and contrived. What do others think?

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This commie gymnast and the silly stuff in the episode makes it one of my least favorite too. This is ONE of the ones ( The weak or outright BAD ones!) I haven't seen but 2-3 times.

[Hobie Hartkins]

  On 2/26/2017 at 3:52 AM, Andrew D Charger Chaser said:

In fact, I truly go so far as to say, don't waste your time with either of the motion pictures. Not only wastes, but complete insults to all we cherish and hold as good and decent about the Dukes.

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You make an excellent point Andrew!

 

[JHDuke]

  On 1/30/2016 at 4:15 AM, RogerDuke said:

I guess the strange visitor to Hazzard wasn't exactly my favorite.

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I know it's an old thread but, I'll second that

[CooterNnancylou]

  On 2/2/2016 at 3:34 PM, Spike said:

maybe one or two stunts but most of them were either cgi or just throwing an empty car. At least on the show most of the stunts were done in real life besides the ones done with model kit cars.  

 

Justin don't waste your time watching the 2005 movie, it's garbage.

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CGI ?????

[Hobie Hartkins]

  On 10/26/2019 at 9:57 PM, CooterNnancylou said:

CGI ?????

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Computer Generated imagery!

[Boss JD Hogg]

I recently tried watching the 2005 movie.  I did say I tried. LOL  It was horrible.  I watched about 30 minutes and turned it off.  I was curious so I'm glad I tried it but I couldn't watch the whole movie.  I'll stick with the TV series and the cartoon.

[Hobie Hartkins]

I've never seen the cartoon! 

 

[RogerDuke]

  On 10/28/2019 at 11:00 PM, Boss JD Hogg said:

I recently tried watching the 2005 movie.  I did say I tried. LOL  It was horrible.  I watched about 30 minutes and turned it off.  I was curious so I'm glad I tried it but I couldn't watch the whole movie.  I'll stick with the TV series and the cartoon.

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I've watched the whole thing just out of curiosity. Clearly the writers and actors weren't fans of the real show. If they were they would have never created that monster. 

[Boss JD Hogg]

  On 10/29/2019 at 1:49 AM, Hobie Harkins said:

I've never seen the cartoon! 

 

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The cartoon is fun to watch.  The first 13 episodes have Coy and Vance and the next 7 episodes have Bo and Luke.  This was at the time John Schneider and Tom Wopat returned to the regular show and they were simply replaced in the cartoon with no explanation.

[RogerDuke]

I love the cartoons. It's awesome that they were able to get the real actors voices. The episodes can be pretty simplistic but that's one reason I love them so much. People like me need as much simplicity as we can get.

[MonacoMan]

There are maybe 2 episodes I don’t care for. For some reason I’ve never liked My Son, Bo Hogg. But, my absolute least favorite (and in my opinion the WORST episode) of the entire show was...Strange Visitor to Hazzard!  I don’t like alien crap to begin with, but that kind of sci-fi ridiculousness did not work for a show like Dukes!  I almost always skip “Visitor” when going through the series. 

Edited November 12, 2019 by MonacoMan

[Hobie Hartkins]

That seems to be most everybody's reaction to " Strange Visitor". It seems to be an episode thought up when they couldn't think of anything else. My LEAST favorite that I've maybe seen 3 times, is " Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Duke. Luke is an A Hole to everybody!

Edited November 19, 2019 by Hobie Harkins

[MonacoMan]

  On 11/13/2019 at 3:23 AM, Hobie Harkins said:

That seems to be most everybody's reaction to " Strange Visitor". It seems to be an episode thought up when they couldn't think of anything else. My favorite that I've maybe seen 3 times, is " Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Duke. Luke is an A Hole to everybody!

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Yeah, for some reason several shows in the 80s thought they had to do an alien/UFO type episode...they all were ridiculous!  However, another 80s show, Miami Vice, had not only the worst & most pathetic alien-episode ever (“Missing Hours”), it is without a doubt the worst episode of any show in TV history!!   Doubt me...watch it.  

It’s been years since I’ve seen “Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Duke”—I’m currently going through Dukes again, so I’ll have to re-familiarize myself with it soon. 

Edited November 18, 2019 by MonacoMan

[RogerDuke]

Whatever the worst Dukes of Hazzard episode is.....it is still better than the best episode of any other TV series in history.

[MonacoMan]

  On 11/19/2019 at 3:44 AM, RogerDuke said:

Whatever the worst Dukes of Hazzard episode is.....it is still better than the best episode of any other TV series in history.

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The alien Dukes one is pretty darn bad...but I think you’re right, as the Miami Vice alien one is worse, lol!  

[Hobie Hartkins]

  On 11/19/2019 at 3:44 AM, RogerDuke said:

Whatever the worst Dukes of Hazzard episode is.....it is still better than the best episode of any other TV series in history.

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Now that's an undying truth Brother Roger!!  

[MonacoMan]

Okay...I still say the Strange Visitor alien episode is the worst!  But, I gotta say...the Robot P. Coltrane one was right behind it.  Season 7 actually started off pretty good, in my opinion...but the robot episode was a definite nose-dive. 

[Hobie Hartkins]

  On 12/3/2019 at 3:55 AM, MonacoMan said:

Okay...I still say the Strange Visitor alien episode is the worst!  But, I gotta say...the Robot P. Coltrane one was right behind it.  Season 7 actually started off pretty good, in my opinion...but the robot episode was a definite nose-dive. 

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I kinda liked the Robot P. Coltrane one...not as good as a bunch of others but still...pretty good. My least fav. list is The Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Duke and Carnival of Thrills ( that was corny and goofy even on a Hazzard scale!)….I got 1 or 2 others but can't think of them just now.....

[MonacoMan]

  On 12/3/2019 at 4:08 PM, Hobie Harkins said:

I kinda liked the Robot P. Coltrane one...not as good as a bunch of others but still...pretty good. My least fav. list is The Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Duke and Carnival of Thrills ( that was corny and goofy even on a Hazzard scale!)….I got 1 or 2 others but can't think of them just now.....

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I really like the Carnival of Thrills...first time the Duke boys have a disagreement and interesting plot directions.  The Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Duke episode isn’t one of my favorites (neither is My Son, Bo Hogg) as I don’t particularly care for ones where one of the main stars goes crazy or loses their memory for a while. But, compared to the robot or alien ones, those other episodes are MUCH better written & done! In my opinion, the robot episode started the down-hill direction with the bad writing and/or plots (nothing against the actors themselves as they did awesome with what they were given). You sadly could tell the writers were starting to give up by this point. 

[RogerDuke]

  On 12/3/2019 at 7:15 PM, MonacoMan said:

I really like the Carnival of Thrills...first time the Duke boys have a disagreement and interesting plot directions.  The Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Duke episode isn’t one of my favorites (neither is My Son, Bo Hogg) as I don’t particularly care for ones where one of the main stars goes crazy or loses their memory for a while. But, compared to the robot or alien ones, those other episodes are MUCH better written & done! In my opinion, the robot episode started the down-hill direction with the bad writing and/or plots (nothing against the actors themselves as they did awesome with what they were given). You sadly could tell the writers were starting to give up by this point. 

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I agree with every word of this....well written cousin!