# In your mind, is Daisy Duke blonde or brunette? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986 "2011-10-27T17:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/21 "2011-10-28T14:48:45Z")
Brunette. Without question. And she was totally hanging all over Roy Orbison when he was singing Pretty Woman at the Boar’s Nest. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/22 "2011-10-28T17:17:49Z")
Jessica Simpson is NOTHING next to Catherine Bach. Brunette for sure! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/23 "2011-10-28T17:49:16Z")
April Scott is no slouch, either. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/24 "2011-10-28T18:17:22Z")
don’t worry, people didn’t notice the hair. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/25 "2011-10-28T20:11:58Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > You know, I think this is it. I’m 29, and I’ve never seen a single episode of “Dukes of Hazzard” nor did I see the recent movie. I’ve always somehow been aware that there was a late '70s/early '80s sex symbol named Daisy Duke, that she was noted for her short jean shorts, and that she was somehow associated with the South. But honestly, I’ve never had a strong mental image of this person. The marketing for the 2005 movie probably had a greater effect on my consciousness than the original TV show did, and thus when asked, I immediately pictured a blonde. The abovementioned “Daisy Mae” problem might have also had some effect. Excuses will not be tolerated! We’re the same age (abouts) and Daisy Duke is a brunette. Also, I’ve seen “Dukes of Hazzard.” The show was the source of much distress from my dad over my brother and I thinking it was cool to enter the car through the windows. But it _was_ cool, dad, even though we never just landed smoothly into the car with a single hop the way Bo and Luke dude. We were tiny and crawled in ungracefully, and it was just awful. But still… ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/26 "2011-10-28T20:13:09Z")
She had hair? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/27 "2011-10-29T00:22:24Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > She had hair? See post #15! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/28 "2011-10-31T18:02:25Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Excuses will not be tolerated! We’re the same age (abouts) and Daisy Duke is a brunette. > > Also, I’ve seen “Dukes of Hazzard.” The show was the source of much distress from my dad over my brother and I thinking it was cool to enter the car through the windows. But it _was_ cool, dad, even though we never just landed smoothly into the car with a single hop the way Bo and Luke dude. We were tiny and crawled in ungracefully, and it was just awful. But still… I’m younger than you, and even I know she’s a brunette. Even if my sister wasn’t an avid old TV watcher, I’d know it, since no person over 30 would stop using it as proof that the movie sucked. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/29 "2011-11-02T07:30:40Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’m younger than you, and even I know she’s a brunette. Even if my sister wasn’t an avid old TV watcher, I’d know it, since no person over 30 would stop using it as proof that the movie sucked. We don’t need to use it as proof that the movie sucked. If no prior DoH had existed & the movie was the original version, it still would have sucked. Just not as hard. Same as if Nicholas Cage’s Wicker Man had been the first. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/30 "2011-11-02T08:00:18Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > April Scott is no slouch, either. From your post, I didn’t know who she was but, coincidentally, I was about to pose the question: “Did they use a blonde or a brunette in the direct-to-video sequels for the 200? Movie?” . . . and I see that your April Scott is the actress who played Daisy Duke in the direct-to-video release that I was wondering about. [She was, properly, a brunette Daisy Duke.](http://www.sharewallpapers.org/d/61242-2/April+Scott+DukesBeginning02+DL.jpg) An attractive young woman, but not sturdy enough for a Daisy Duke. You’re supposed to believe that Daisy can take care of herself when it comes to a rumble. Ummm, why is the poll closed? I’ve never seen that before? ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/31 "2011-11-02T10:17:03Z")
Catherine Bach is Daisy Duke. She was great at playing a super hot chick in short shorts who was at the same time really tough and reasonably wholesome. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/32 "2011-11-03T20:28:12Z")
Speaking of which… > **[Daisy Duke from "Dukes of Hazard: 'Memba Her?!](https://www.tmz.com/2011/11/03/daisy-duke-from-dukes-of-hazard-catherine-bach-welcome/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk1%7C109752)** > > Catherine Bach -- and her short-shorts -- became famous for playing Daisy Duke on the '70s/'80s series "The Dukes of Hazzard." Guess what she looks like now! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/33 "2011-11-03T20:32:50Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Ummm, why is the poll closed? Probably because it had to do with a Halloween costume. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/34 "2011-11-03T20:40:34Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > that she was noted for her short jean shorts Properly known as Daidy Duke Bermuda shorts. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986/35 "2011-11-04T21:23:39Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > We don’t need to use it as proof that the movie sucked. If no prior DoH had existed & the movie was the original version, it still would have sucked. Just not as hard. Same as if Nicholas Cage’s Wicker Man had been the first. Okay, proof was the wrong word. I agree with you 100%. I just meant that no one could complain about the movie without mentioning how wrong Jessica Simpson was for the role. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-mind-is-daisy-duke-blonde-or-brunette/600986.md?page=1)