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I'm biased because I was the of perfect age (and mindset, I LOVE car culture) to grow up with shows like this and Knight Rider. But this show was one of a kind, and took advantage of the car cult flicks of the 70's. While I'll admit some of the episodes were downright cartoonish (actually, most were!), some episodes were really attempting to tell a decent story. As predictable as every episode was, it still had a charm to it that made you want to engage. The main actors were all really good in their portrayals, and you felt like Hazard county really existed somewhere, and to a certain degree, I bet it does, without the jumping car, of course. Bottom line, this was an era where shows were comfortable in what they were, and that alone holds value with me. No agendas, no propaganda, no hidden messages, just "turn your brain off" fun, with eye candy for both sexes. And a fast car to boot. That was all you asked for back then, and honestly, I'd do anything for us to be living in that time again.

'A kids show! But well done. Well with today"s P C crowd The Dukes of Hazzard got taken off T V land. I guess the car, the short shorts, and southern stereotypes where laughable in the 70's, but never to be aired on regular t v again. Cable and H B O I would say yes. But back in the 70's Confederate flags, BBQ, short shorts/ tight shirts, male and female eye candy was the norm. Boss hog, and Rosco where two bumblers bad guys and every episode had no social message, but a formulated plot which involved dynamite and high rev gear jamming. Funny the first 3 seasons where more adult oriented with humor, but The Dukes of Hazzard slow became more of a predictable kid's show as the series progressed. Tom and Wil where gone for a season due to a contract hold out, which formulated the series even more. Laughable at times, with some interesting stunts, with funny stereo type humor influenced from the Smokie and Bandit Burt Reynolds 70's make The Dukes of Hazzard a memorable series like M A S H. For the monster truck, and professional wrestling crowd which I love. Ya all have a good time now. 7 stars.

This one has it all. Two cousins always on the run from a hilarious bumbling sheriff and his dog Flash. Such a crazy show generously includes exploding arrows, lots of CB talk and Southern slang. The generations old feud between Boss Hogg and Uncle Jessie is an ongoing gag as well. Most importantly, now the current audience can place a visual with the term "Daisy Dukes"!

'Just some good ol boys, never meanin' no harm - they been in trouble with the law since the day they wuz born...' So began the classiest of all hicksville county roadchase shows, where each week those loveable two modern day Robin Hoods, Beaureguard "Bo" Duke [John Schneider] & Lucas K. "Luke" Duke [Tom Wopat] would pit themselves against some ner do wells, probably from Chickasaw county, and inadvertently manage to rub Sherriff Roscoe P Coltrane [James Best] up the wrong way to boot. Cue slo-mo shots of an airborne General Lee [1969 Dodge Charger]flying down leaf littered byways with Roscoe's cruiser once again in hot pursuit.

This was a fantastic early Saturday evening kid's classic, mainly because of the shows hugely appealing basic premise -Bo & Luke are on probation for running moonshine, and they have the fastest motor in the county. So they're basically outlaws with hearts of gold who never really do anything particularly anti-social, they're just fighting the system that's run by corrupt town official Jefferson Davis Hogg, AKA "Boss Hogg" [Sorrell Booke]. He's fat, he's greedy and he wears a ridiculous white suit. And to make matters worse he's always trying to aquire the deeds to the Duke's farm, managed by his long time rival Uncle Jesse [Denver Pyle]with the help of Daisy Duke [Catherine Bach]. Show me a ten year old boy who, in 1981, didn't have a major Daisy Duke fixation - I mean, her legs were insured for two million dollars. Crikey.

So our renegade heroes would have at least a couple of car chases each week, they'd hang out with Cooter in the garage, take the p**s out of the educationally sub-normal deputy Cletus, stop some really bad guys from doing something dastardly and probably blow up a barn or something with a stick of dynamite fired from a bow and arrow. And that's just before lunch.

It all went pretty badly wrong in about '83 when the the boys were replaced by some pseudo Duke-lite wannabes named Coy and Vance. Their names alone speak volumes. This kind of signalled the beginning of the end, and I'm not sure the show ever quite recovered. Still, it's better not to dwell on this shamefully duff period in the show's history, instead it's better to fondly remember the Dukes in all their glory - flagrantly disregarding the law, and only ever climbing into and out of the General Lee via the windows, as the doors were soldered shut. Yee-haww.

Love this show so much, the cars, the family, fighting the system, it was the Fast and the Furious before Vin Diesel.

Contains one of the most underrated comedy duos ever in James Best and Sorrel Booke. There will never be another Roscoe P Coltrane or Jefferson Davis High again.

Tom Wopat and John Schneider were, of course, tremendous, as Bo and Luke on "The Dukes of Hazzard"!! What can you say about Catherine Bach (Daisy)? Every man's dream, we won't say what kind!! Also, Chip Mayer and Byron Cherry were really good as Bo and Luke's cousins!! I liked this show!! The "Dukes of Hazzard" exemplified the term, innocuous, and interjected humorous predicaments with a g-rated sex appeal, and hilariously classic car chase scenes!! The recent release of the '2005 movie only fortified American's interest in the original series!! Many people have a yearning to reminisce about the days of the Duke Boys of Hazzard County, and their naive chicanery!!...All of the ossified, pork barreling buffoons that tried to incarcerate the Duke boys and their cousins, contributed to the comical twist in this series as well!! I liked "Dukes of Hazzard", it was indicative of a bygone era in television which garnered a particularly fond remembrance to it!! Tom Wopat and John Schneider have an immense amount of talent, as their singing voices are spectacular!! It is an undeniable fact that both of them definitely fall into the category of Hollywood superstars!! Chip Mayer is a former super model, and Catherine Bach has been voted the seventh sexiest woman EVER!! on television. Accolades like this make "Dukes of Hazzard" very noteworthy in the wonderful world of hour long adventure comedies on television!! The creativity of this series manufactured a familiarity with the television audience in terms of the rural association we have always cherished for prime time to display every once in awhile!!

You know what? I don't like this. I cannot be a fan of something that is such a missed opportunity to have done something better. I am, however, enthralled by Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke (when she's properly presented, not as just a sideline character).

This show made some classic mistakes which makes it embarrassing to watch today. You have here an idiot as a sheriff and that goofy rich old guy as the force of all evil... they chase about a couple of irresponsible layabouts who have no visible income yet can afford to fly cars. Yes, they fly cars. Everybody knows that one jump like that is a smashed chassis and poor white trash farmer folk cannot keep up with extensive repairs every week. They are seen driving through river beds and crashing through barns and, wow, they're little playboys really. I have no respect for them.

Sheriff Roscoe is clearly a borderline idiot. Winning against such an idiot doesn't make you a hero. The show needed a proper evil baddie.

The concept of the two brothers? Aw come on, much better idea: Uncle Jesse, daughter Daisy struggling on farm, he has that moonshine background, they find it difficult to make ends meet, but there is this race-car driving drifter Bo/Luke (composite character) who lands job as ranch foreman and together they try to save the farm... yes, with a Boss Hogg and a Sheriff Coltrane, but mean dudes, a J.R. Ewing type and a... hoo, I had to think now, cold-as-ice, mean-as-hell Duke Kelly in A SMALL TOWN IN TEXAS... hell, yes... glory be, that would have been a winner...! But what I'm really getting at is... the guy and the girl together in the car... chase movie... a la DIRTY MARY CRAZY LARRY...

Okay, I'm just dreaming here. But perhaps you'll now catch my drift when I say "lost opportunity to have done something better"

Okay, to the actual show: Catherine Bach is great, but under-utilized. The General Lee is a classic, the chase scenes well-filmed, even if too over the top, those jumps, aw come on, no car gets away with that... (they went through 300+ stunt cars, that should tell you something) The irritating yahoo's are utterly, utterly inane, also sound fake, totally fake. The Balladeer I like, though at times, he repeats himself.

I'm currently watching ep. 11, I bought grab-bag three seasons, that will be enough. Years ago bought DVD of remake, hated those smarmy arrogant dudes, thought the original would be better. Well, it is. But I still don't like Luke and Bo. The casting was way, way off, everybody except Catherine, and the other girl in the pilot episode. Even Denver Pyle needed to pull up his socks.

The basic idea has oodles of charm. But I can't cheer for these guys. Some good ingredients go into the mix, a few rotten eggs though... cake looks like the remains of one of those stunt cars.

By the way, I watched the 20th Anniversary Barbecue on the DVD today and I do feel like a traitor every step of the way for still perpetrating this here entry, but... let's face it...

Before you guys hate me too much, I am also the guy putting up the Quotes on the individual episode pages here on IMDb. Before me, it was just gearhead territory, everything done wrong in the General Lee pointed out in the Goofs. So, yes, I'm watching, paying attention, here and there, a chuckle.

But do I see any hope for the following seasons? Nope.

Y'all feel free to kick me to the sidewalk now, y'hear?

I have always loved the Dukes of Hazzard. The Dukes of Hazzard is the a great T.V. series. It is a good country based t.v. show. Its about a couple of country boys, Bo and Luke Duke and their Uncle Jesse Duke, Cousin Daisy Duke, and friends fighting Boss Hogg and his crooked law with sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane a his deputies Enos and Cletus. Rosco has a basset hound named Flash. The name Flash doesn't go with the dog at all. Flash is Rosco's Police dog. Flash is always really sleepy looking and very slow. Bo and Luke drive a Orange 1969 Dodge Charger. The car is called the General Lee. The General Lee is bright orange with a confederate flag on the top with General Lee on both sides of the flag. It has a big 01 on the doors. Boss Hog always frames the Duke boy for his schemes to make more money. Then the cops start chasing them and the have to get uncle Jesse, Daisy and some other friends sometimes to help them figure out how to get out of their mess.

This was the hit show when I was a child. I dreamed about these guys, has their posters from Teen Beat. Then I got the idea to write an episode in my crazy-kid's 12-year old brain based on a script I has seen written down: I wrote a whole episode on notebook paper with the fringe edges when I tore it out...I even made sure to put in a paragraph in parentheses that said (you guys can put in a car chase here, you do that thing better than me). My dad showed it to a bunch of his co-workers, all priests, because dad worked at a seminary, so their testimony would be sacrosanct. They've all admitted to me they saw it, fringed-edges and all. A few even saw the episode and congratulated me.

And two years later in 1982, when Jon Snyder and Tom Wopat were in contract disputes so they still had the show but it was Coy, the blonde cousin, and Vance Duke, the dark haired cousin, doing the show while the "real stars" held out for more money...they were doing MY episode. I saw it, and just screamed. I was also pissed, cause I'd written it for Jon Snyder. Episode 4: Coy meets Girl. October 15, 1982 was the day the Dukes betrayed me personally.

All I had asked for in payment was a color tv, cause ours was older and - I was TWELVE and naiive. They never did send me anything or acknowledge me in any way, but the young girl who played the young girl, Bobby Lee Jordan in the episode was Actor Michele Greene. It's on IMDb - look it up!

I figured maybe that was a nod to me, or something, because otherwise they didn't acknowledge my input at all. It was step by step the episode that I had written; me a 12 yr old girl, a budding writer.

That soured my feelings about working on scripts - movie & TV. Never wrote another one. Became a journalist, instead. Still think I'll write the Great American Novel but Coy and Vance Duke and the Dukes of Hazard simultaneously made me ecstatic and broke my little heart in 1982.

Idc about the flag on General Lee...this show is still awesome in 2020. Ppl need to quit being so sensitive. This sbow is nothing but fun. I was born in 1981 and here it is 2020 and i still love this show. #lilblackgirl #GaGirl

I was 6 when it aired, perfect age for this type of content, for the most part. I never missed an episode of this or Knight Rider, but I was just noticing how much longer dukes aired vs knight rider. I would assume it's because it had more characters, therefore it had many more possibilities as far as storylines go. But whereas KR felt purely 80's, so did dukes, even though it started in the 70's. I'm not saying it was exactly a trendsetter, but it kinda sorta was. It took the formula of Smokey and the bandit and ran with it. For 7 seasons. That's not easy to do, even back then. As predictable and cartoonish as it became (the first season had a much more raw vibe), it kept people coming back, even when its main stars left for a bunch of episodes. Had it become just a tad less cartoonish, and focused more on plot variation, I think people would look at it a lot more differently. And when you read old interviews with the stars, they seemed to have expressed as much during its run, but it fell on deaf ears. KR really fell off towards the end, and I can remember become less engaged (I was also a little older, which didn't help). It became even more cartoonish than dukes, & it fell off a cliff. But even at the end, dukes would still show its charm every now & again. Had dukes kept filming in Georgia, I also think that would've been extremely helpful. In closing, dukes always felt slightly more like can't miss tv than KR.

Comedy for children 10 and under and it only got worse every year. This show was a major influence on teens wreckless driving and attempting stunts, killing some and some ended up worse than dead. Also, how cool it was to run from the cops and damage the lives of innocents when things go horribly wrong.

Eight years after Fred Silverman's infamous "rural purge", this show burst on the scene and instantly became a hit. Even though the show did get a lot of heat for the outlandish plots, simplistic characters and scantily clad women, especially Daisy, this show struck a chord with the American public during the late 70's/early 80's. Also, you could tell that this show was done very tongue in cheek and that the cast had a lot of fun doing it. The only bump in the road that hurt its momentum was when John Schneider and Tom Wopat left the show due to a contract dispute. When the producers thought that those two could be replaced by a pair of actors that were almost identical to their predecessors. However the show went downhill during this period. Also, the producers thought that it was the car and not the two leads that everyone turned in to see. However, when the ratings dropped and soon the producers were begging Schneider and Wopat to return.

Even though this show wasn't Shakespeare, it still was one of the highlights of C.B.S.'s Friday night lineup.

I remember growing up and watching the Dukes of Hazzard on Friday nights before Dallas and Falcon Crest. The Duke boys were southern rebels. Of course, I grew wishing to be Daisy Duke. I loved Uncle Jesse played by Denver Pyle. I loved Sorrell Brooke in his white clothes. Of course, Enos was lovable. Who could forget his dog? He was a hush puppy. I remember the auto mechanic who was the friend to the Duke boys. I loved the theme song played I believe by Waylon Jennings, the country star. Who could forget those awesome car chase or the way the Duke boys slid in and out of cars? They never opened the doors but slid in and out. I always wanted to do that myself. I always thought those Duke boys were the sexiest men on television. They made a cinema film but you can't imagine anybody else playing those roles.

I remember when the 69 Boyz came out with the song Daisy Dukes. We all knew what Daisy Dukes were (short shorts for women), and we all knew the Daisy Duke reference. I'm sure not many would get it today.

My reasons for liking "The Dukes of Hazzard" as a kid were pretty much the same reason why I liked "Knight Rider" as a kid: the car. I really didn't care what Bo and Luke (John Schneider and Tom Wopat) had going on, so long as at some point in time they jumped into the General Lee through the window and made a crazy getaway that included some sorta jump where they would freeze so the narrator could question whether or not Bo and Luke would make it this time.

What's funny is that I probably wouldn't even let my son watch "The Dukes of Hazzard" today without at least giving him a thorough history lesson on the Confederate Flag and General Lee. I'd think that he might just avoid the show altogether rather than listen to a lecture.

Love this show couldn't wait for it to be on TV. I still watch it. It was very fun to watch The Dukes were just having fun. Roscoe was having just such fun as they did. I have never though that the flag or anything else about the show was condescending against anyone. I loved the show then and still do.

To the "spike network" if you are the so called 1st network for guys, give guys what they want and that is Daisy Duke in those shorts. This show made every young kid wanting to move to Georgia when grew up, but after one visit in college the billboard for Baptist Bible Church and peanut stands on the corner scared me off. The Dukes was one of the last shows you could put your kids in front of the TV and know nothing too terrible was going to happen. I think this is one of the few shows I could agree with my parents on. Sure the plots were numb and all you hope for was a chuckle or two and some car chases. I am off to pick up season one on DVD and when the Coy and Vance years come out I hope it's only available on Beta.

i just bought season 2 and daisy has her yellow car and in the episode the runaway that aired January 11 1980 bo and Luke accidenlty drive Daisy's car off of the cliff and it exploded and a Rich guy that the dukes help protect his daughter buys daisy a jeep called Dixie if you watch the show you know the jeep i am talking about well i am sitting here watching season 2 episode arrest jesse duke aired December 14 1979 and these girls are ripping parts off of cars and selling them well these girls have jeeps red ones and yellow well the dukes can't drive normal car in the mountain where these girls are well they are driving Dixie until later when they jack the general up and drive that can anyone tell me how do the duke boys have Dixie when daisy didn't get him until in a later episode?

Grew up watching this, what a gem. Full on comedy and action. Hilarious in parts. They don't make them like this anymore.

When one is a kid with a sister, one sometimes is forced to watch shows they would rather not watch. This is the one for me. I hated this show as a kid as it bored me to no end. I did not like the Duke boys, Boss Hog, or any of that crap. Though Daisy Dukes was a cutie in those shorts, so that is about the only thing to watch in this show about two guys evading the law whenever they can. The town is run by a corrupt leader and the Duke boys do what they can to undermine him at every turn. This show did last longer than most hour long shows of the time. Usually, a show of this type would not last very long usually axed after the second or third season and just falling short of 100 episodes. This one made it to 145 so despite my dislike of the show it most have had its followers. I just was not one of them, this show just was not to my tastes, the chases proved to be boring compared to ones from a James Bond flick, the car not cool at all when compared to Smokey's car from "Smokey and the Bandit" or "Knight Rider" and the humor not my kind of humor. Of course, to this day I have an extreme dislike for super southern type things, growing up here in the south one can only take the southern slang so much, I had no urge to see redneck talking folks on television too. The show also had more cast changes during its run than the normal show. They replaced the Duke boys and I think even Daisy at one point. I just do not see replacing what made the show famous and still surviving, though I think the original Duke boys did come back. However, you really do have to admire those shorts.

OK, I'm a junkie. I just can't help myself. I watched the "Dukes" episodes when they originally aired, built a website for the show in the 1990s, watched the show again on TNN (when it was the NASHVILLE Network, you understand), wrote a book companion to the show, and now, as the show is airing again on CMT, I'm STILL watching the episodes again!

Was there any other TV show like it? I don't think so. "The Dukes of Hazzard" was a one-of-a-kind. You can watch these episodes over several phases of life and maturity -- and still find value in them! Holy cow.

I was always, of course, impartial to Flash, Rosco's hound, as well as the rarely appearing brother of our dastardly Boss Hogg, Abraham Lincoln Hogg, the "white sheep" of the family. And you could always appreciate the country values the Dukes always espoused ... be good to your neighbor, thank the Lord before meals, don't lie or cheat or steal.

"The Dukes of Hazzard" is not rocket science, it's not deep or profound or socially redeemable or whatever else. It's just plain heckin' fun!!!!

Do you remember when television used to have one thing on its mind, I mean back before complete morons were secretly filmed arguing, and we were fobbed off that its an experiment in social commentary, or we watch avidly while somebody paints a wall or puts up some curtains, or best of all some talentless vacuum gets up and tries to sing ,taking away the lat shred of your faith in humanity.

Do you remember what it used to do, it used to try like hell to entertain you, and the best weapon it had in its arsenal to accomplish this was humour, you remember humour, written by real writers ,you remember writers don't you ?, men and women who can actually put pen to paper a write a coherent story ,with pathos ,or humour etc.

Whats this got do with the "Dukes of Hazzard" stupid ! I hear you saying, fair enough, with regards to my previous rant I realise that "The Dukes" would never be considered a premier example of cutting edge television. But the area where it succeeds, in which current shows are deficient, is in the sheer fun and gusto this show had, the characters were well drawn by the actors and writers, they were likable ,funny, honourable, this is why you watched week after week. Sure the stories were contrived ,but enthusiasm and good humour can carry a show a long way, and in this case it did. When you have worked hard all day ,you wish to be entertained, not preached too, or made to feel embarrassed, or upset, you want to laugh, and thats what the "Dukes of Hazzard" had in spades. Oh and by the by, the related "news" items on the main page here,of the poll taken by "broadcast" magazine ,here in the UK, showing that the few hundred people they spoke to in London probably (because nobody else's opinion matters), feel that the "Dukes" is the 4th worst programme we ever imported from the U.S, doesn't reflect my opinion of this show ,or that of any of my friends, its a treasured memory from my childhood. But then again who cares what the chattering ,winebar set think, not a good old country boy. Strangely enough as i write these final words and advert playing on the TV ,here in my workplace has the The General Lee's horn, as a download for your mobile, now what show of the present will still be remembered in the popular culture like that 20 years from now, i'll save you some time ..none !

Somehow as a kid, I've managed to catch this crazy show when it aired on syndication. I don't remember much from it, but do remember being entertained by all the craziness and wild adventures of the General Lee, driven by Cousins Bo and Luke Duke.

I've always like cop car chases on TV, so, General Lee being chased around Hazzard County by Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane) is quite entertaining.

This show kinds of remind me of famous car chases movies around the same era like Smokey and the Bandit and The Cannonball Run. They're all classic movies of a bygone era where TV can be sexy, appealing, wild but G-rated all at the same time.

I remember this show would drive my mom off the wall, but she did buy me some action figures and a General Lee Hotwheel from the show to play it as a kid. Fond memories!

Grade B+