Dukes Of Hazzard

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MrOnTheRopes

1,425 posts

246 months

Sunday 24th May 2020
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Funnily enough I've just been watching this .. then came onto PH to check the TV section biggrin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBVaFXZxkOg

Nice rendition.

Evercross

5,968 posts

64 months

Sunday 24th May 2020
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MrOnTheRopes said:
Funnily enough I've just been watching this .. then came onto PH to check the TV section biggrin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBVaFXZxkOg

Nice rendition.
Some celebs from that era have not aged well, but John Schneider is looking good on it!

DodgeeDave

507 posts

195 months

Sunday 24th May 2020
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Anyone remember The Fall Guy? Lee majors as stunt man Colt Cheever’s with a big 4x4. Enjoyed it at the time but may well seem a bit ropey these days. Anyone seen it being broadcast again more recently?

Shuvi McTupya

24,460 posts

247 months

Sunday 24th May 2020
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The fall guy was excellent! Those truck jumps!!


MrOnTheRopes

1,425 posts

246 months

Sunday 24th May 2020
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Evercross said:
MrOnTheRopes said:
Funnily enough I've just been watching this .. then came onto PH to check the TV section biggrin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBVaFXZxkOg

Nice rendition.
Some celebs from that era have not aged well, but John Schneider is looking good on it!
Yeah!

.. and if anyone doesn't know Ray Stevens did this little number a few years back smile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm9d5KyHU_k


TCEvo

12,718 posts

202 months

Sunday 24th May 2020
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Shuvi McTupya said:
The fall guy was excellent! Those truck jumps!!

In one of the recent Smith & Sniff Podcasts Richard Porter talks about DOH & The Fall Guy - think he'd met someone in the US who was involved in the shows, interesting stuff & very much of its time re H&S etc.

That Fall Guy truck was always the coolest.

Doofus

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25,819 posts

173 months

Sunday 24th May 2020
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DodgeeDave said:
Anyone remember The Fall Guy? Lee majors as stunt man Colt Cheever’s with a big 4x4. Enjoyed it at the time but may well seem a bit ropey these days. Anyone seen it being broadcast again more recently?
I knew something didn't sound right. Colt Seavers.

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Simes205

4,539 posts

228 months

Sunday 24th May 2020
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Doofus said:
I knew something didn't sound right. Colt Seavers.

smile
It was on about 10 years ago itv4? I watched it all from the start.

entropy

5,443 posts

203 months

Tuesday 26th May 2020
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I'm lovin' this. I don't watch much telly and nly discovered this during channel flicking during lockdown and has been a great antidote to the doom and gloom.

I was born in 1980 and remembered this show when I was a nipper and was surprised to learn this was going strong into the 80s as I used to think it was a 70s show. As someone mentioned earlier it was the epitome of tea-time telly - watch the start, have your tea, comeback to watch the rest and you'd hadn't missed much.

I was apprehensive at first thinking it would be dated, would not have aged well but the more I've watched the more timeless it feels. Not only is it harmless fun - unless you're offended of Southerners stereotyped as dumb, simpleton rednecks - but it reflects the timelessness of American society: libertarianism and mis-trust of authority nerd

irish boy

3,535 posts

236 months

Wednesday 13th December 2023
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Bump, ended up watching this with my 7 year old and she absolutely loves it.

Like many I loved it as a nipper but tv being what it was back then and no internet it would have been sporadic and no idea what season etc. It's been great watching from the start....half way through season 2 now. Some of the stories as better than expected, and its all good clean wholesome fun.

The last reunion special was only 5 years before the 'new' film.

Anyways I'd love to get her a General for Christmas but they're either tiny or £100, if anyone has any links to something sensible feel free to post them smile

jonwm

2,521 posts

114 months

Wednesday 13th December 2023
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irish boy said:
Bump, ended up watching this with my 7 year old and she absolutely loves it.

Like many I loved it as a nipper but tv being what it was back then and no internet it would have been sporadic and no idea what season etc. It's been great watching from the start....half way through season 2 now. Some of the stories as better than expected, and its all good clean wholesome fun.

The last reunion special was only 5 years before the 'new' film.

Anyways I'd love to get her a General for Christmas but they're either tiny or £100, if anyone has any links to something sensible feel free to post them smile
I watched it religiously as a kid (in my 40's now) I even watched the re runs in the 00's on forces channel I think it was.

I'm still fascinated by the show and watched lots of documentaries and podcasts on YouTube, I was going to buy a really nice general lee but like you said it was £100, i also went on a driving experience day in a general lee, to be honest it was very disappointing smile

kevinon

809 posts

60 months

Wednesday 13th December 2023
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MC Bodge said:
I was a little too young to notice her at the time (born in 1977). I was more interested in the General Lee, but I'm sure my Dad was able to appreciate her.

By the time Baywatch arrived I was very much interested...
I was confused - Daisy Duke was beautiful, but it was Bo Duke (Jon Schneider) who really grabbed my attention. Whether by accident or design the cousins were often shirtless. As was Tom Selleck on Magnum. A bit gratuitous, but welcome.

But from memory Daisy Duke was often leaning in car windows in her famous shorts - I agree it would not be shown this way today!






Simes205

4,539 posts

228 months

Wednesday 13th December 2023
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Best programme of that era…..I watch it with my 8 and 10 year old now who love it!