[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo]
I believe we’re talking about the perpetually angry Sheriff Little. Wikipedia says:
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Chickasaw County! Damn it! Who was the Sheriff of Osage County then?
[QUOTE=Sampiro]
The first few (about 4 I think) episodes were actually much darker/more serious than the show quickly became and they were actually filmed in Georgia. In those episodes Roscoe wasn’t a buffoon but an embittered career sheriff who was cheated out of his pension, Boss Hogg was really bad, and the Dukes weren’t the foster family of Christ like they later became. That actually could have been a good show.
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The Dukes of Hazzard was the spinoff of a movie called “Moonrunners”, about two cousins, Grady and Lee Hagg who run moonshine for their Uncle Jesse. In the movie, they have to stop the county boss (who owns a bar/brothel and controls all the other moonshine in the county) and his lackey, the corrupt county sheriff, from taking over Uncle Jesse’s still.
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett]
Chickasaw County! Damn it! Who was the Sheriff of Osage County then?
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“Droopy” Cathcarte. He shows up in episode 137, where the Duke boys are arrested for a trumped up traffic charge and put on a chain gang.
[QUOTE=Sampiro]
The first few (about 4 I think) episodes were actually much darker/more serious than the show quickly became and they were actually filmed in Georgia.
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Interesting. Because I recall there being a big fuss in the tabloid press ahead of the BBC starting to show it in the UK. Along the lines of it glamourising criminals, setting a bad example to children and encouraging irresponsible driving. And it’s initial slot was relatively late on a Saturday night (“after the watershed”). But after a few weeks they moved it forwards to an early evening kids-TV viewing time.
I’d always assumed that, moral panic or not, it’d simply quickly become obvious that the series was essentially just a kids show and that showing it in an adult slot was patently ridiculous. But if the early episodes were darker, then the original decision perhaps makes more sense.
Western Civilisation survived exposing a generation of British children to Daisy Duke in shorts.
What TV needs now is more shows with car chases. Ridiculous car chases.
Of course, if they remade the Dukes of Hazzard now, it’d be all about meth labs, the new Daisy Duke would be missing teeth, and Roscoe wouldn’t hesitate to shoot Uncle Jesse.
*“Awe, them Duke boys done scuffed up my vehicle! Go get 'em, Flash!” * - Roscoe P. Coltrain.
Even if he didn’t say it exactly like that, I’ve been sayin’ it for over 25 years.
[QUOTE=I’m No Saint]
Yeah, I live in Hazard. Anytime I go on a road trip, I’m careful to say that I’m free Southeast Kentucky and not Hazard. If I tell someone the town’s name, I’ll invariably hear…“Oh, you mean like the Dukes of Hazzard?”
Kills me.
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The actors did stop by once.
[QUOTE=dangermom]
Is the A-Team available on DVD? I’d like to see a couple of episodes of that to see how it’s aged. Bullets everywhere, but no one ever gets shot, because this is a family show. Murdock was my favorite!
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Yes, it’s out on DVD. My sister has all 5 seasons.
It’s good for two things:
(1) Murdock
(2) Exploding things
(3) Hi, Opal*
Don’t ever watch Season Five. That Frankie character just sucks rocks. He even ruins the explodey goodness.
*My first time ever using this properly. Now that I’ve done it, I promise not to do it again.
One thing you can do is go super slo mo during the car jump and watch the pieces fall off the cars when they land.
Probably the best part of the show, these many years later.
[QUOTE=Rick]
One thing you can do is go super slo mo during the car jump and watch the pieces fall off the cars when they land.
Probably the best part of the show, these many years later.
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I think I’ve mentioned this in another thread, but way back in the day, there was an article in TV Guide about the guys who had to scout out fresh 1969 Dodge Chargers for the show, since they would junk them after using them for one stunt jump, regardless of the apparent condition of the car. The show averaged about 3 cars wrecked per episode.
I watched every second of it as a youngster. I still occasionally slide across my hood to get to the other side of the car, climb in through the window, and look for hidden ramps in bushes to make my car do a spiral when I hit it. I remember the opening song fondly, especially the image that went with the lyric “flatn’ the hills.” I still do the Roscoe “giggle” that goes something like “Gigit git goo” when I feel it fits in describing someone of the rural persuasion.
And by the way, I believe that there was a black person on the show, he was the sheriff in the neighboring county.
[QUOTE=control-z]
I think Enos was an interesting character, more so than Barney on Andy Griffith. Enos was an honorable man while Boss and Roscoe were not, so that put him in an uncomfortable position of enforcing the (corrupted) law while trying to remain friends with the Dukes and other good folk of Hazzard.
By the way the first season is probably the best, the show is more gritty than the later cartoonish goody-goody seasons. There is moonshine running, slot machine hiding, and a great Daisy bikini scene.
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I agree about Enos. I believe the entire first season was filmed in Georgia, and the show had a much grittier Deliverance-type feel to it. Then production moved to California and the show got a little campier and lost some of its edge.
[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo]
I believe we’re talking about the perpetually angry Sheriff Little.
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I have clear memories of one scene where he says to Coltrane in a low contemptful voice: “You used to be the best sheriff in this state.” It was a rare moment of drama and pathos and actually made me feel a little sorry for ol’ Roscoe.
And I liked the Enos spin-off.
Another piece of Dukes trivia is that the producers heard the “Dixie” car horn while they were scouting locations and literally jumped in a car and chased down the driver and bought the horn off him for a not-insubstantial sum. They later found out that it’s a standard-issue item you can buy in auto parts stores for a few bucks…
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing]
The Dukes of Hazzard was the spinoff of a movie called “Moonrunners”, about two cousins, Grady and Lee Hagg who run moonshine for their Uncle Jesse. In the movie, they have to stop the county boss (who owns a bar/brothel and controls all the other moonshine in the county) and his lackey, the corrupt county sheriff, from taking over Uncle Jesse’s still.
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I was going to mention this.
“Dukes of Hazzard” never made any sense to me. Why were they in trouble with the law since the day they were born? “Moonrunners” answered the question. The trunks of those big Chrysler sedans were full of moonshine. That’s why they were running from the cops.
It’s hilarious how they managed to make a commercially successful show by removing this key plot point.
Oh, and if I remember correctly, Uncle Jesse, Cooter, and Sheriff Roscoe were played by the same actors in “Moonrunners.”
[QUOTE=ShelliBean]
I loved this show and watched it when I was a kid. I would not say it has aged well, but it is still fun to watch in a campy sort of way.
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One exchange that stuck in my head for some reason:
Roscoe: You boys are under arrest! [giggles]
Bo (or Luke): Arrest? What for?
Roscoe: For… for… for breakin’ the law! [giggles again]
Luke (or Bo): Roscoe, you have to be a little more specific…
[QUOTE=acsenray]
Oh, and if I remember correctly, Uncle Jesse, Cooter, and Sheriff Roscoe were played by the same actors in “Moonrunners.”
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Nope. It looks like Waylon Jennings was the only holdover.
[QUOTE=acsenray]
It’s hilarious how they managed to make a commercially successful show by removing this key plot point.
Oh, and if I remember correctly, Uncle Jesse, Cooter, and Sheriff Roscoe were played by the same actors in “Moonrunners.”
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I think some of the early episdoes had them running moonshine, but that was gotten rid of when they toned down the show.
The only person who played the same character in both the movie and the series was Waylon Jennings as the Balladeer (Jennings’ band also did the music for both). No one else had the same role, although Ben Jones, who was Cooter in the TV series, played a government agent in the movie.
The only character who’s name was the same in both the movie and the series was “Sherriff Rosco Coltraine”. There was a “Cooter” in the movie, but he wasn’t a mechanic. The “Dukes” in the TV show were the “Haggs” in the movie…Grady and Lee Hagg and their uncle Jessy Hagg, and “Jake Rainey” in the movie became “Jefferson Hogg” in the series. His bar was still called the Boar’s Nest, though.
[QUOTE=scotandrsn]
I think I’ve mentioned this in another thread, but way back in the day, there was an article in TV Guide about the guys who had to scout out fresh 1969 Dodge Chargers for the show, since they would junk them after using them for one stunt jump, regardless of the apparent condition of the car. The show averaged about 3 cars wrecked per episode.
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There used to be a closed gas station in Burbank (off the 5 freeway, north of downtown) which has since been torn down. It had a high chain link fence around it. At any given time there were about 30 '69 Dodge Chargers parked there. All of them painted (very poorly, I might add) in DOH orange.
[QUOTE=acsenray]
I was going to mention this.
“Dukes of Hazzard” never made any sense to me. Why were they in trouble with the law since the day they were born? “Moonrunners” answered the question. The trunks of those big Chrysler sedans were full of moonshine. That’s why they were running from the cops.
It’s hilarious how they managed to make a commercially successful show by removing this key plot point.
Oh, and if I remember correctly, Uncle Jesse, Cooter, and Sheriff Roscoe were played by the same actors in “Moonrunners.”
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Interesting, I never saw Moonrunners, but I knew from watching the show that Uncle Jesse used to run moonshine. In fact in at least one episode he runs it again, for some good justified reason. I don’t specifically remember knowing if Bo and Luke were involved before Jesse quit, it was left ambiguous.