MaryAnne here once again, with more Dukes news and seriously contemplating taking a job at CNN. ROFL
New Production Photos at Yahoo
Yahoo has updated their production photos section of their Dukes 2005 page. There’s a great shot of Jesse punching Boss Hogg, a few shots of the General in mid-jump and one of Boss with his Caddy smashed to pieces. ROFL
Yahoo! Dukes of Hazzard – Production Photos
Can’t Find a Needle in the MTV Hay Stack
Well folks I have to apologize. After reporting a couple of weeks ago that MTV would be having some special preview of the Dukes movie this week, I’ll be danged I can find any further information that says they did or didn’t. Frankly trying to find anything at the MTV website is like trying to drive through fog.
However, “Your Movie Show: The Dukes of Hazzard” featuring the special jump done in Covington just a couple of short weeks ago, is apparently scheduled to air on July 27th. Check your local listings y’all.
Obscure early Cathy Bach film
being released on DVD July 26.
This is based on a listing at Amazon.com and brought to our attention by an alert Dukes fan. “Nicole” was originally released sometime in the mid-70’s and is not exactly Oscar material nor a family flick (so for those of you with young children that admire the original Daisy Duke, you’re advised to by-pass this film). For the rest of you older and more impressionable fans, there’s not a lot of Cathy acting but there’s a little bit of everything else.
Interesting to note, Ramon Bieri, who played JJ Carver in the two-part episode “Undercover Dukes” also stars in this film.
Amazon.com DVD: Crazed AKA Nicole.
More Shameless Promotions!
Blackfilm.com, which has been so kind in providing us with information and pics on the upcoming film release, is also running a Dukes of Hazzard contest. Prizes include Daisy Duke shorts, t-shirts, the soundtrack CD, a trucker hat and a picnic basket set. Sorry, fried chicken and Daisy Duke not included. Khee!
Blackfilm.com – Dukes Contest
Rhino Linings USA also has a sweepstakes going on, as evidence by our banner ad at the top of the page. Here’s an excerpt from the Rhino press release….
The Rhino Linings(R) General Lee Tour takes off July 26th from San Diego and makes its way cross-country, ending August 7th at the big weekend race in Indianapolis. The touring caravan features “The General Lee,” two Rhino Linings Pit Crew trucks and a Rhino Off-Road(TM) RTV(TM) (as seen in The Dukes of Hazzard), plus ABC Sports Field Reporter and Sirius Satellite Radio NFL and College Football Host — Jack Arute, in select tour cities.
Consumers can enter the Rhino Linings Climbing the Hills of Hazzard Sweepstakes for a chance to win the Rhino Off-Road(TM) RTV(TM) and other great prizes. To enter the sweepstakes, call 1-800-254-1553 or go to www.rhinolinings.com/contest.
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So come be a good ol’ boy or girl and meet The General Lee caravan and Rhino Linings Pit Crew in your city! Be among the first to hear The Dukes of Hazzard soundtrack on Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax, featuring the new hit song by Jessica Simpson, “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.” Plus, the first 25 people in each city will pick up a free Rhino Linings(R) General Lee Tour T-Shirt and will join the Rhino Linings Pit Crew to gas up the General Lee. Tour cities, locations and dates (subject to change) are posted at:
www.rhinoliningsdukesofhazzard.com
CMT Becoming the All Duke Channel.
Okay not really but with all the programs and specials they’re gonna be running they might as well be referred to as ADC. LOL.
CMT Stacked. The original TV cast shares their favorite country music videos. John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach and James Best.
. The original TV cast shares their favorite country music videos. John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach and James Best.
CMT Insider to air two Duke Specials:
to air two Duke Specials:July 30th with the cast from the movie
August 20th with the original TV cast (as we assess the aftermath of the movie. LOL)
Check cmt.com and your local listings folks for time and schedule. I haven’t found an air date for the Stacked program yet.
And finally….
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black?
The Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer recently published this commentary on Ben Jones calls for fans of the show to skip the movie.
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
This has to be, hands down, the worst piece of editorial writing I have ever seen. First of all, the Wayne’s World use of NOT! immediately dropped the intelligence quotient of the piece down to about 2.
Secondly, the argument is weak, inaccurate (Bo and Luke were cousins, not brothers, dropping the IQ level down to a 1) and boring. The piece is written for no other reason other than to openly complain about somebody else who decided to openly complain about something on his own website and which was picked up by the media, who have lost sight of what real news is nowadays anyway.
Yeah, the Dukes was risque for it’s time and is rather tame compared to today. Heck, it’s practically puritan by today’s standards! But the line in the editorial that bothers me the most is the last one, that says simply “Ben Jones, be quiet.”
Be quiet? Excuse me? What is this, junior high? That’s the best you can come up with? Still stuck in that Wayne’s World mentality eh? Somebody comes along and voices an opinion of which you probably don’t care much about to begin with and instead of making any real attempt at open and intelligent discussion, you basically resort to, “shut up.”
We’re down to ZERO on the IQ now folks.
I suppose if you published some dribble of an editorial on something and somebody were to write to you and say “Edwardsville Intelligencer, be quiet” you would start screaming about first amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of press and everything else that makes this county great. Ben Jones has just as much right, if not more, to bitch and complain about this upcoming movie as any of us do.
The writer of this editorial made no attempt to learn anything about what they were writing about before spewing onto the keyboard. They merely took pieces of what they remembered of the show, make a mention about the controversial Confederate flag (like that’s going to win them the argument hands down) called it all raunchy and risque and made no attempt to look into some of the things that might possibly show up in this movie, such as Bo and Luke being stone heads, the overuse of raw language, and the pointless blatant sexual situations. All of which were not in the original Dukes television show.
Yes, let’s all admit it. Times change, tastes change and the bar that defines what’s risque and what’s not gets lower and lower with each passing year. But for an editorial writer to reduce themselves to basically saying “shut up” makes me wonder if the bar on intelligent and thoughtful prose and persuasive writing is dropping as well.
And it’s a damn shame if it is.
