Dukes Of Hazzard
Discussion
miniman said:
Halb said:
That’s fantastic 
This show is a fond memory from my youth, although I suspect I never saw series 1, because it's s
t. 
Bellini said:
This may surprise many of you, but the DofH was based (first 5 episodes, anyway) on true events.
As stated above, the film Moonrunners was the precursor to those first episodes and was mostly an autobiographical synopsis of the man that inspired Gy Waldron. That man was Jerry Rushing.
Jerry was a moonshine maker, along with his uncle and cousin. He owned a modified white Chrysler 300C to transport moonshine that became notorious in evading the local Police, That car was named Traveler. It still exists. There was a County Commissioner, who didn't always obey the law. There was a County Sheriff. There was a female cousin. There was a Cooter-type mechanic.
The pre-production name for the General Lee was Traveler. You don't need me to tell you the connection between those two names.
In Moonrunners, Traveler was depicted as a beaten-up stock car. You can then see how the GL became to be by combining the two vehicles into one.
After the first five episodes, Waldron was asked by Warner to tone-down the DofH and to make it more comedic. You can clearly see Boss and Rosco morph into caricatures of themselves from Series 2.
Anyway, that's a brief history for those who were captivated by the DofH, as I was.
Interesting. And it's good to know the show changes from series 2, because I loved it when I was a kid, but watching series 1 yesterday, I was disappointed. As stated above, the film Moonrunners was the precursor to those first episodes and was mostly an autobiographical synopsis of the man that inspired Gy Waldron. That man was Jerry Rushing.
Jerry was a moonshine maker, along with his uncle and cousin. He owned a modified white Chrysler 300C to transport moonshine that became notorious in evading the local Police, That car was named Traveler. It still exists. There was a County Commissioner, who didn't always obey the law. There was a County Sheriff. There was a female cousin. There was a Cooter-type mechanic.
The pre-production name for the General Lee was Traveler. You don't need me to tell you the connection between those two names.
In Moonrunners, Traveler was depicted as a beaten-up stock car. You can then see how the GL became to be by combining the two vehicles into one.
After the first five episodes, Waldron was asked by Warner to tone-down the DofH and to make it more comedic. You can clearly see Boss and Rosco morph into caricatures of themselves from Series 2.
Anyway, that's a brief history for those who were captivated by the DofH, as I was.
droopsnoot said:
I didn't realise it was on until it was posted here, and was kicking myself for missing the start as I have a particular liking for re-watching stuff right from the first episode.
Turns out, though, that while next Saturday has episodes 3 and 4, on Sunday they're showing 1 and 2 again, so I can catch up. Unfortunately my Youview box doesn't offer series link so I'll have to remember to set it every weekend.
According to my EPG it's episodes 3&4 on Saturday and 5&6 on Sunday.Turns out, though, that while next Saturday has episodes 3 and 4, on Sunday they're showing 1 and 2 again, so I can catch up. Unfortunately my Youview box doesn't offer series link so I'll have to remember to set it every weekend.
Annoyingly, I can't series link it. I think the channel have f
ked up something because series link isn't available, but I can still series link all kinds of other stuff on other channels.
droopsnoot said:
Doofus said:
Annoyingly, I can't series link it. I think the channel have fked up something because series link isn't available, but I can still series link all kinds of other stuff on other channels.
I went to set the recorder for the episodes next weekend, and it's offering series link now. ked up something because series link isn't available, but I can still series link all kinds of other stuff on other channels.
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