| The Dukes of Hazzard | |
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| Genre | Action/Family drama/Comedy |
| Written by | Gy Waldron Bob Kelljan William Putnam Bob Clark William Keyes William Kelley Katharyn Powers Kris Kincade Nance McCormick Bruce Taylor Bruce Howard Paul Savage Marty Roth William Raynor Myles Wilder Fred Freiberger Si Rose Stephen Kandel Leonard B. Kaufman Martin Roth Ron Friedman Herman Groves Jim Rogers Simon Muntner Michael Michaelian John R. Schneider |
| Directed by | Rod Amateau Ron Satloff Don McDougall Hy Averback Bob Claver William Asher Gy Waldron Hollingsworth Morse Paul Baxley Richard Moder Jack Starrett Ernest Pintoff Allen Baron Jack Whitman Arthur Marks Denver Pyle John Florea James Best Gabrielle Beaumont James Sheldon Bob Sweeney Mark Warren Sorrell Booke Tom Wopat Harvey Laidman Michael Caffey Bernard McEveety Ralph Riskin George Bowers John Schneider |
| Starring | Tom Wopat (1979–82; 1983–85) John Schneider (1979–82; 1983–85) Catherine Bach Denver Pyle Rick Hurst (1979; 1980–82) Sonny Shroyer (1979–80; 1982–85) Ben Jones James Best Sorrell Booke Waylon Jennings Byron Cherry (1982–83) Christopher Mayer (1982–83) |
| Narrated by | Waylon Jennings |
| Opening theme | "Good Ol' Boys" performed by Waylon Jennings |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 145 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Piggy Productions (season 1) Lou Step Productions (seasons 2–7) Warner Bros. Television |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Audio format | Mono (1979–84) Stereo (1985) |
| Original run | January 26, 1979 – February 8, 1985 |
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| Followed by | The Dukes The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning |
| Related shows | Moonrunners Enos |
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| Website | |
The Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985.
The series was inspired by the 1975 film Moonrunners, which was also created by Gy Waldron and had many identical or similar character names and concepts.
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The Dukes of Hazzard follows "The Duke Boys", Bo and Luke Duke, who live in a rural part of the fictional Hazzard County, Georgia with their attractive cousin Daisy and their wise old Uncle Jesse, as they race around in their customized 1969 Dodge Charger stock car, christened The General Lee, evading corrupt county commissioner Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg and his inept county sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane and always managing to get caught in the middle of the various escapades that occur in the area. Bo and Luke had previously been sentenced to probation for illegal transportation of moonshine; their uncle Jesse made a plea deal with the U.S. Government to stop brewing moonshine in exchange. As a result, Bo and Luke are not allowed to carry firearms (instead, they often use compound bows, sometimes with arrows tipped with dynamite) or to leave Hazzard County, although the exact details of their probation terms vary from episode to episode: sometimes it is implied that they would be jailed for merely crossing the county line; on other occasions, it is shown that they may leave Hazzard as long as they are back within a certain time limit; several other technicalities of their probation also came into play at various times.
Corrupt county commissioner Boss Hogg, who either runs or has fingers in just about everything in Hazzard County (and whose exact powers, much like the terms of the Duke boys' probation, often vary between episodes) is forever angry with the Dukes, in particular Bo and Luke, for eternally foiling his crooked scams and is always looking for ways to get them out of the picture so that his plots have a chance of succeeding. Many episodes revolve around Hogg trying to engage in an illegal scheme with criminal associates. Some of these are get-rich-quick schemes, though many others affect the financial security of the Duke farm, which Hogg has long wanted to acquire for nefarious reasons. Other times, Hogg hires known criminals from out of town to do his dirty work for him, and often tries to frame Bo and Luke for various crimes such as bank robbery (thus resulting in imprisonment and allowing Hogg easily to acquire the Duke farm). Bo and Luke always seem to stumble over Hogg's latest scheme, sometimes by curiosity, and often by sheer luck, and put it out of business. Despite the Dukes often coming to his rescue (see below), Hogg forever seems to have an irrational dislike of the clan, particularly Bo and Luke, often accusing them of spying on him, robbing or planning to rob him, and other supposedly nefarious actions as he believes they are generally out to get him.
The other main players of the show are Cooter Davenport, who in very early episodes was seen to be a wild, unshaven rebel, often breaking or treading on the edge of the law, before settling down and becoming much more laid-back, and who owns the local garage and is the Duke family's best friend (he is often referred to as an "honarary Duke"), and Enos Strate, an honest but naive young Deputy who often finds his morals conflicted as he is reluctantly forced to take part in Hogg and Rosco's crooked schemes. In the third and fourth season, when Enos leaves for his own show, he is replaced by Deputy Cletus Hogg, Boss's cousin, who is slightly more wily than Enos but who is generally also a reluctant player in Hogg's plots.
Owing to their fundamentally good natures, the Dukes often wind up helping Boss Hogg, albeit begrudgingly. More than once Hogg is targeted by former associates who are either seeking revenge or have turned against him after a scheme has unravelled in one way or another. Sheriff Rosco also finds himself in trouble more than once. On such occasions, Bo and Luke usually have to rescue their adversaries as an inevitable precursor to defeating the bad guys. These instances became more frequent as the show progressed, and later seasons saw a number of stories where the Dukes and Hogg (and Rosco) temporarily work together.
The series was developed from the 1974 B-movie Moonrunners. Created by Gy Waldron in collaboration with ex-moonshiner Jerry Rushing, this movie shares a many identical and very similar names and concepts with the subsequent TV series. Although itself essentially a comedy, this original movie was much cruder and edgier than the family-friendly TV series that would evolve from it.
In 1977, Waldron was approached by Warner Brothers with the idea of developing Moonrunners into a television series. Production began in late October / November 1978, originally with the intention of just nine episodes being produced, to be used as a mid-season filler. The first five episodes were filmed in Covington, Georgia, and surrounding areas, including some location work in nearby Atlanta. These first five episodes feature a noticeably different tone from the rest of the series, including some more adult-orientated humor, with some raunchier elements and slightly courser language; several of the characters, primarily those of Rosco and Cooter, are also given different interpretation to their more recognized roles. After completing production on the fifth episode, "High Octane", the cast and crew broke for Christmas break, expecting to return in several weeks time to complete the ordered run of episodes. In the meantime, executives at Warner Brothers were impressed by the completed episodes and saw potential in developing the show into a full-running series; part of this plan was to move production from Georgia to the Warner Brothers lot in California, primarily to simplify and streamline production, as well as developing a larger workshop to construct and service the large number of vehicles the series would get through.
By the end of the first season, the far more family-friendly tone of the series was firmly in place; after the show returned for a second season in Fall of 1979, the template was set in place that would remain for the rest of the run.
As well as its regular car chases, jumps and stunts, the show relied on character familiarity, with Deputy Cletus replacing Deputy Enos in the third and fourth season, and Coy and Vance Duke temporarily replacing Bo and Luke (due to a salary dispute, see later section) in the fifth season, being the only major cast changes through the show's run (Ben Jones and James Best both left temporarily during the second season due to different disputes with producers, but both returned within a couple of episodes). Of the characters, only Uncle Jesse and Boss Hogg appear in every single episode; Daisy appears in all but one, the third season's "To Catch a Duke".
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| Lulu Coltrane Hogg | Peggy Rea |
| Boss Hogg's wife, and Rosco's "fat sister". Lulu constantly challenged her husband for authority and rallied for the equality of women in Hazzard, and was one of the few people in Hazzard that Hogg was actually scared of, though he seemed to genuinely love and care for her. | |
| Myrtle / Mabel Tillingham | Lindsay Bloom |
| Mabel is Hogg's cousin who runs the Hazzard Phone Company, who often sneak listens to calls and lets Hogg know what's going on. Her name mysteriously changed from Myrtle to Mabel between the second and third season. | |
| Longstreet B. Davenport | Ernie Lively (credited as Ernie W. Brown) |
| L.B. was Cooter's cousin. He also filled for Cooter when he was away from the garage in several second season episodes (in reality, this was to cover for Ben Jones' absence, after a disagreement with producers as to whether Cooter should have a beard or not). L.B. first appeared in "Duke of Duke" and appeared in several other episodes; a couple of other second season episodes also feature similar "Cooter replacements" while Jones was away. Ernie Lively also played a different character named "Dobro Doolan", a friend of Bo and Luke, in the first episode of the series, "One Armed Bandits" (where he was credited as Ernie Brown). | |
| Hughie Hogg | Jeff Altman |
| Boss Hogg's young nephew, said to be as crooked — maybe even more crooked — as Hogg himself. He drove a white VW Beetle with bull horns on the hood, similar to Boss Hogg's Caddy. The character was first introduced in the episode "Uncle Boss", produced as the second episode of the second season, but this episode was not broadcast until the third season (for unknown reasons, and just several episodes prior to "The Return of Hughie Hogg"), and by which time, Hughie had already been seen as Temporary Sheriff in the second season episode "Arrest Jesse Duke" (in which he was written into, in a secondary role, at the last minute, to cover Sheriff Rosco's absence during James Best's temporary boycott of the show). Typically, Hogg would call in Hughie once per season to come up with a particularly dastardly scheme to get rid of the Dukes, before Hughie would turn on Hogg and out-smart him. Hogg would end up throwing him out of Hazzard at the end of the episode. Despite this, Hogg would always give Hughie "one last chance" on his next appearance. | |
| Wayne / Norris | Roger Torrey |
| One of Hughie's loyal duo of henchman. Played by the same actor but with different names on different occasions. | |
| Floyd / Barclay | Pat Studstill |
| The other of Hughie's duo of henchman. He and Norris were both bigger than Bo and Luke, but nonetheless struggled in fights against them. Again played by the same actor, but with different names on different occasions. | |
| Emery Potter | Charlie Dell |
| Emery Potter is the part-time Hazzard County registrar and chief teller of the Hazzard Bank. Emery is a soft-spoken man with a low tolerance for anything exciting. He is a friend of the Dukes, and sometimes falls under Hogg's crooked schemes simply because he is too timid to stand up for himself. He has also served as Temporary Deputy on occasion. | |
| Dr. Henry "Doc" Petticord | Patrick Cranshaw |
| Hazzard County's ancient, long-serving physician. | |
| Miz (Emma) Tisdale | Nedra Volz |
| The postmistress of the Hazzard Post Office, Miz Tisdale ("Emma" to Jesse Duke) was an elderly woman who drove a motorcycle and had a huge crush on Uncle Jesse. She was also a reporter for the Hazzard Gazzette. | |
| Sheriff Edward Thomas "Big Ed" Little | Don Pedro Colley |
| The chief law enforcement officer (driving a 1975 Plymouth Fury patrol car) for neighboring Chickasaw County, he had a tendency to knock fenders off of cars when he wrecked. He was also not afraid to pull out his trusty 12-gauge shotgun and open fire. The ill-tempered sheriff hated Bo and Luke immensely and they were well aware that they were not allowed to enter his county. Sheriff Little was also constantly frustrated by the bumbling performance of Hogg and Rosco, although he thought highly of Enos. His unseen wife's name was Rachel. Before Sheriff Little was introduced, in the third season episode "My Son, Bo Hogg", several first and second season episodes saw several similar tough-as-nails Sheriffs from adjoining counties. | |
| Mr. Rhuebottom | John Wheeler |
| A local store owner, seen occasionally from the fourth season episode "Pin the Tail on the Dukes" onwards. (The Rhuebottom General Store shopfront is seen as early as the first season episode "Luke's Love Story") | |
| Dr. "Doc" Appleby | Elmore Vincent, later Parley Baer |
| Elderly successor to Doc Petticord. Played by Elmore Vincent on the character's first appearance, in the fourth season episode "Dear Diary", before Parley Baer took over the role in subsequent appearances. | |
Throughout its network television run, The Dukes of Hazzard had a consistent mix of up-and-comers and established stars make guest appearances.
During the show's second season, the show's writers began flirting with the idea of incorporating a "celebrity speed trap" into some of the episodes, as a means to feature top country stars of the day performing their hits. On its first couple of instances, the "Speed Trap" was featured early in the story, but for most of the cases, it was featured in the last few minutes of an episode, often used when the main story was running too short to fill episode time.
The "celebrity speed trap" feature was essentially similar: Aware that a big-name country star (Roy Orbison was the only singer to appear who was not country) was passing through the area, Boss Hogg would order Rosco to lower the speed limit on a particular road to an unreasonable level, so that the targeted singer would be in violation of the law. The singer would be required to perform at the Boar's Nest in exchange for having their citations forgiven; the performer would then perform one of their best-known hits or other popular country music standard, while the Dukes, Boss, Rosco, Cletus, Cooter, and other patrons whooped and hollered in enjoyment of the performance. More often than not, the performer would give a parting shot to Boss and Rosco. Singers who were featured in the "speed trap" segments were:
Honorable Mentions: Mickey Gilley and Loretta Lynn
Gilley's and Lynn's appearances were not solely for the celebrity speed trap. After performing a concert in Hazzard, Gilley was nabbed while leaving and forced to do a second show to nullify his citation. Lynn was kidnapped by criminals wanting to break into the music business.
The Dukes of Hazzard was consistently among the top-rated television series (at one point, ranking second only to Dallas, which immediately followed the show on CBS' Friday night schedule). Then, in the spring of 1982, as filming was due to begin on the fifth season, series stars Tom Wopat and John Schneider did not report to the set due to a contract dispute over their salaries and merchandising royalties owed to them. Catherine Bach also considered walking out due to similar concerns, but Wopat and Schneider convinced her to stay, insisting that settling the dispute was "man's work".[1]
Production was pushed back by a few weeks as two lookalike replacements were subsequently, hastily hired: Byron Cherry as Coy Duke and Christopher Mayer as Vance Duke. Bo and Luke were said to have gone to race on the NASCAR circuit; how they managed to do this, bearing in mind their probation conditions, was never explained. Cherry and Mayer were originally contracted at just ten episodes as stand-ins, still with hope that a settlement might be reached with Wopat and Schneider[2] (in total, they made 17 episodes). The scripts for Coy and Vance were originally written for Bo and Luke but with their names quite literally crossed out and Coy and Vance penned in.[1] The new Dukes — previously-unmentioned nephews of Uncle Jesse, who were said to have left the farm in 1976, before the show had started — were unpopular with the great majority of viewers, and the ratings immediately sank. Much of the criticism was that Coy and Vance were nothing but direct clones of Bo and Luke, something that show creator Gy Waldron himself has said was wrong,[3] and that he insisted, unsuccessfully, that audiences would not accept direct character clones and the two replacements should be taken in a different direction characterwise. Waldron also commented that if Bach too had walked, the show would have most probably been cancelled. Hit hard by the significant drop in ratings, Warner Brothers renegotiated with Wopat and Schneider, and eventually a settlement was reached, and the original Duke boys returned to the series in early 1983, four episodes from the conclusion of the fifth season. Initially, part of the press release announcing Wopat and Schneider's return mentioned that Cherry and Mayer would remain as part of the cast,[4] but it was quickly realised that "four Duke boys" would not work within the context of the series, and due to the unpopularity associated with their time on the show, were quickly written out of the same episode in which Bo and Luke returned.
Although Coy and Vance were never popular with the majority, many viewers were disappointed by their departure episode, "Welcome Back, Bo 'N' Luke", which was very much a standard episode, with the return of Bo and Luke and the departure of Coy and Vance tacked onto the beginning (Bo and Luke return from their NASCAR tour just as Coy and Vance leave Hazzard to tend to a sick relative). Many viewers commented that they were disappointed by this, and that they would have liked to have seen both pairs of Duke boys team up to tackle a particularly dastardly plot by Boss Hogg but as it turned out, Coy and Vance had very little dialogue and were gone by the first commercial break, never to be mentioned again.[5]
While the return of Bo and Luke was welcomed by ardent and casual viewers alike, and as a result saw ratings recover slightly, the show never completely regained its former popularity. One of Wopat and Schneider's disputes even before they left was what they considered to be increasingly weak and formulaic scripts.[6] With Wopat and Schneider's return, the producers agreed to try a wider scope of storylines, even including some science fiction elements in certain episodes.[7] However, although it continued for two more seasons, the show never fully returned to its former glory. As well as what was widely recognised to be increasingly inferior scripts, many fans, or indeed cast members, did not take to the miniature car effects used to make it appear as if the General Lee was performing even more breathtaking feats (in part to compete with TV's newer supercar, Knight Rider). Finally, at the end of its seventh season, in early February 1985, The Dukes of Hazzard quietly ended its run.
Since it was built as a race car, the windows were - bar a couple of shots in very early episodes — always open, a rollbar was installed, and the doors were welded shut. Through the history of the show, an estimated 309 (the "LEE 1" website says 321; John Schneider says 329) General Lees were used; twenty-three are still known to exist in various states of repair. A replica was owned by John Schneider (Bo), known as "Bo's General Lee". In 2008 Schneider sold "Bo's General Lee" at the Barrett-Jackson automobile auction for $450,000;Even though that was the starting bid John Schneider sold the General Lee for $9 million dollars. the underside of the hood has the signatures of the cast from the 1997 TV movie. Schneider has also restored over 20 other General Lees to date. The show also used 1968 Chargers (which shared the same sheet metal) by changing the grille and taillight panel to the 1969 style, and removing the round side marker lights. These Chargers performed many record-breaking jumps throughout the show, almost all of them resulting in a completely destroyed car.
The Duke boys added a custom air horn to the General which played the first twelve notes of the song Dixie. The Dixie horn was not originally planned, until, during one of the first days of shooting in Georgia, a local hot rod racer drove by and sounded his car's Dixie horn. The producers immediately rushed after him asking where he had bought the horn. Warner Brothers purchased several Chargers for stunts, as they generally destroyed at least one or two cars per episode. By the end of the show's sixth season, the Chargers were becoming harder to find, and more expensive — not to mention that TV had another supercar in Knight Rider to rival the General Lee's stunts — so the producers used 1/8 scale miniatures, filmed by Jack Sessums' crew, or recycled stock jump footage, which had always been used to a degree in episodes in previous seasons.
The show's third broadcast episode, "Mary Kaye's Baby", is the only episode of the entire run that the General Lee does not appear in. In that episode Bo and Luke drove around in a blue 1975 Plymouth Fury they borrowed from Cooter (which unbenownst to them he'd loaded with moonshine to deliver for Boss Hogg, a slip-up that could've wrecked their probation) that Luke later blew up with a stick of dynamite during a duel with some mobsters.
Note: The Duke boys' CB call sign was (jointly) "Lost Sheep". Originally when the show was conceived, their call sign was to be "General Lee" to match their vehicle, but this was only ever used on-screen on one occasion, in the second episode, "Daisy's Song", when Cooter calls Bo and Luke over the CB by this handle - although they were actually driving Daisy's Plymouth Roadrunner (see below) at the time. As it became obvious that the "General Lee" handle would be out of place when the Duke boys were in another vehicle, the "Lost Sheep" handle was devised (with Uncle Jesse being "Shepard" and Daisy being "Bo Peep").
The Dukes of Hazzard Museum can be found in Nashville, Tennessee. It goes by the name of Cooter's Garage. There is also another museum found in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. These museums have the cast's real costumes, autographs, put-put, and even Dukes go karts. Just like most museums, this museum has a gift shop. Usually in Tennessee during Dukesfest, there are guest appearance at the museum, such as autograph signing and meet and greets.
Covington and Conyers GA have been two major tourist attractions for Dukes of Hazzard fans. They are home of the Original Duke Farm and all the other famous Dukes of hazzard sites
The theme song "The Good Ol' Boys" was written and performed by Waylon Jennings. He was also "The Balladeer" (as credited), and served as narrator of the show. However, the Jennings theme song that is currently available for purchase is not the same version that was used in the show's opening credits. The differences are that the show version featured a different verse ["...Fightin' the system like two modern-day Robin Hoods"], an enhanced bass line, a shorter length, and the famous "Yee-haw" yell at the end.
In 1980, the song reached #1 on the American Country chart and peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100.[15]
Soon before the series ended its original run on CBS, The Dukes of Hazzard went into off-network syndication. Although not as widely run as it was back in the 1980s and the years since, reruns of the program do continue to air in various parts of the United States.
Notably, television stations that aired the show in syndication include KCOP Los Angeles, WGN-TV Chicago, KBHK San Francisco, WKBD Detroit, KTXL Sacramento, WVTV Milwaukee, KMSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul, among others. It has also aired on ABC Family (2000–2001, 2004) and CMT (2005–2007, 2010–present). WMAZ-TV in Macon, Georgia 1979–1985. WGXA-TV Macon, Georgia 1984–1990.
| Year | Viewers (Millions) | Rating |
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| 1979–1980 | 18.38[16] | #9[17] |
| 1980–1981 | 21.81[18] | #2[19] |
| 1981–1982 | 18.41[20] | #6[21] |
| 1982–1983 | Not in top 30[22] | |
| 1983–1984 | Not in top 30[23] | |
| 1984–1985 | Not in top 30[24] |
Season one managed to average 18.39 million viewers in 1979. Season 2 grew 15.6% to 21.81 million viewers while Season 3 dropped 15.5% to 18.41 million viewers in 1980 - 1981. Season 4 dropped extensively to below 14.327 million viewers but as ratings below the top 30, Seasons 4 - 7 ratings are unknown.
The second season episodes "Jude Emery", about a Texas Ranger, and "Mason Dixon's Girls", about a travelling private investigator and his female associates, were both pilots written by Dukes creator Gy Waldron for proposed new shows. Both failed to sell.
There were two made-for-TV reunion movies that aired on CBS, The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood! (2000).
A feature film remake of the series, The Dukes of Hazzard premiered on August 5, 2005. It earned over $113 million dollars worldwide, although it was critically panned. A second Dukes of Hazzard film, The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning, a prequel to the original (and the first film) was a TV movie and also went straight to DVD release.
Warner Home Video has released all seven seasons of The Dukes of Hazzard on DVD in regions 1 and 2. The two TV-movies that followed the series were released on DVD in Region 1 on June 10, 2008.[25] In Region 4, Warner has released only the first six season on DVD.
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release dates | ||
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| The Complete 1st Season | 13 | June 1, 2004 | August 15, 2005 | August 17, 2005 |
| The Complete 2nd Season | 23 | January 25, 2005 | September 26, 2005 | August 17, 2005 |
| The Complete 3rd Season | 22 | May 31, 2005 | November 21, 2005 | March 1, 2006 |
| The Complete 4th Season | 26 | August 2, 2005 | February 13, 2006 | March 1, 2006 |
| The Complete 5th Season | 22 | December 13, 2005 | April 10, 2006 | August 9, 2006 |
| The Complete 6th Season | 22 | May 30, 2006 | July 24, 2006 | August 9, 2006 |
| The Complete 7th Season | 17 | December 5, 2006 | September 22, 2008 | N/A |
| Two Movie Collection | 2 | June 10, 2008 | N/A | N/A |
A huge hit when it originally aired, in the decades since The Dukes of Hazzard has remained as something of a staple in popular culture, in both the US and overseas. Character names such as "Boss Hogg" and various other elements from the series are still well recognised and often referenced in daily conversation. Getting into a car "Dukes of Hazzard style" is a recognised term for entering a car through the windows, and "Daisy Dukes" is a recognised term for very short jeans.
The series has been referenced in many modern shows, including, amongst many others, The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Martians stop to watch the The Dukes of Hazzard in midst of invading Earth in the 1996 movie Mars Attacks!.
The series is also held up by many for being a wholesome family show with strong morals, something that is championed by its various stars, including Ben Jones (Cooter) and John Schneider (Bo).
Members of the Canadian alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies appear driving and riding in a replica of the General Lee car from the series in the music video for their song "One Week".
The distinctive "01" door number on orange paint from the General Lee car appears in the background of a scene in the music video for the song "Rockstar" by Canadian rock band Nickelback.
On their 1985 album Frankenchrist the Punk Rock band Dead Kennedys named the song "Goons of Hazzard", which satirized "macho" attitudes in general, and the show in particular, after the show.
In 2005, Tom Wopat and John Schneider were reunited during "Exposed", a fifth season episode of the Superman-inspired television series Smallville.[26] Wopat guest-starred as Kansas State Senator Jack Jennings, an old friend of Clark Kent's adoptive father Jonathan Kent (portrayed by Schneider). In the episode, Jennings drives a 1968 Dodge Charger—the same body style as The General Lee which was a 1969 Dodge Charger.[27] Scale Models of the General Lee and other character's cars have been made throughout the years. (http://modelshowcase.weebly.com/general-lee.html)
In the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy episode "To Live and Die in Dixie" the Griffins enter the witness relocation program and move to rural Georgia. Once there Peter paints his station wagon in the color scheme of the General Lee, complete with Confederate flag on the roof and 01 on each side.
In saints row: the third there is a trophy called Bo-duken which the player can unlock by hijacking a certain amount of cars dukes style.
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