Today is the 235th anniversary of our Marine Corps. (OOH RAH!!) And tomorrow is Veteran’s Day. We’d like to offer a heartfelt thank you to all the veterans, past and present, who have sacrificed to keep all of us safe. Our military men and women have difficult, demanding, and dangerous jobs that many of us could not do. Please take a minute to thank them for their sacrifices in our “Thank a Veteran” thread and to read the messages other folks have already left. Remember our Veterans tomorrow… and always.
HazzardNet
“The Dukes” Cartoon Series Coming to DVD!
Warner Brothers will be releasing The Dukes cartoons series on DVD through their manufacture-on-demand program on November 30th! WB has released a lot of great old and rare films through this program and it’s available through their WBShop.com website (check out the WB Archive). Let’s hope that they’ll release Enos through this program as well!
Thanks to Daney and to the folks over at TVShowsonDVD.com for the news! As soon we hear about box art and all we’ll share here!
Yeeehaww!
Fan O’ the Month!
It’s November and it’s cooling off outside but things are always warm and cozy on the HazzardNet with nice folks like Lori Davenport hanging out here and that’s one reason she has been selected as HazzardNet’s Fan of the Month.
Lori is pretty famous around here. She’s somewhat of a celebrity since she really is from Hazard. We don’t mind that her hometown of Hazard Kentucky forgot to add the other Z. All that matters to us is that Lori loves the same favorite show we all do and, in many ways, she represents what the Dukes of Hazzard is all about.
Lori joined the HazzardNet in the summer of 2007 and has blessed us with around 2,700 posts. She is 18 years old and has been a fan of the show most of her life. Her mother is a huge Dukes fan so Lori grew up loving the Dukes as well. (Lori’s mom has great parenting skills).
Growing up in Hazard was a lot like the Dukes growing up in Hazzard. Both are small towns where everybody works hard and has good old fashioned values. Lori has cousins she hangs out with and they act a lot like the Dukes. They kick up dust, fix cars, have farm animals and respect the family patriarch (Lori’s grandpa is the Uncle Jesse of the family). Hazard is a southern town with speed traps, southern hospitality and even a vehicle that looks like the Mean Green Machine. In fact, the cast of the Dukes of Hazzard even visited there in 1982 and Lori’s mom got to meet them.
Lori loves the Dukes because it’s great family entertainment, has happy endings, teaches good lessons, is funny, and occasionally has country music. She has all 7 seasons on DVD and loves the HazzardNet because folks here make you feel like family. She respects the moderators for all the work they do (and did) in creating and maintaining the best website on the internet. Amen, Lori!
If you ask her who her favorite characters are, she’ll respond that she like them all. Rosco and Flash have a slight edge over some of the others. Enos, Jesse and Luke are right behind, followed closely by everyone else.
Lori is a huge fan of some of the older country music stars. Some of her favorites are Johnny Cash, Waylon, Tom Wopat, Conway Twitty, Dolly, Randy Travis, Keith Whitley and George Strate (no relation to Enos Strate).
Lori keeps busy taking care of her horses, 3 dogs and cat named Midnight. She also enjoys softball and is a Texas Tech fan.
She is passionate about reading, writing and drawing. She loves to draw cartoons and reading anything by J.R.R. Tolkien is one of her favorite things to do. She participates in fanfics involving Tolkien as well as Harry Potter. In fact she loves Tolkien’s work so much she has learned the Elvish language Sindarin.
One language everybody here on the HazzardNet knows is the language of Hazzard County. Those folks in Hazard Kentucky might not spell it right but everybody else here on this website sure wishes we lived in a place with a name like that. Since we don’t, we’re thankful that we do have a real resident of Hazard here to add a bit of Hazard excitement to this place. Thanks for all your contributions Lori. You’re our favorite Hazard cousin.
Check out our Fan of the Month section in the forums!
HazzardNet Halloween Happenings
We’re planning on having a costume and pumpkin contest again this year. You can dress up as whatever you want or carve whatever you want in your pumpkin, as long as it’s PG-13 or lower. All entries will be judged by Meadowmufn, MaryAnne, and Brian. They have the last say on everything. (Don’t they always? Khee!) First place winners will receive a $20 Amazon gift card. Due to lack of entries last year, we will only have first place prizes this year. However, if we receive more entries this year, we may expand the number of prizes.
We’re also adding a new contest this year. Generate your own funny tombstone saying. We were inspired by the amusing tombstones that sit outside the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. We found a great tombstone generator where you can generate and download your tombstone.
You can post all your entries in the 2010 Official Halloween Contest thread.
For costume ideas, check out BuyCostumes.com. They also have some great pumpkin carving kits and ideas.
HazzardNet Honors Stephen J. Cannell
Last Friday, legendary television producer, writer and novelist Stephen J. Cannell passed away at the age of 69. Although Mr. Cannell had absolutely nothing to do with the Dukes of Hazzard television series, many Dukes fans who watched the Dukes during its original run also watched several of his shows, such as The A-Team, The Greatest American Hero, The Rockford Files, Hardcastle and McCormack, Stingray, Renegade and many others. Stephen Cannell’s shows reached an audience far and wide and spanned through the 70’s, 80’s and into the 90’s.
The HazzardNet staff are fans of many of his shows. His was a creative talent that was not deterred by and did not relent to the odds that were placed against him. He overcame and succeeded. His was a success story that we can all admire and strive for ourselves.
We salute you, Mr. Cannell. You will be greatly missed.
You must be logged in to post a comment.