Happy Birthday Dukes

"Bird" (Bird) 01/26/2015 at 11:44 • Filed to: None

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CBS aired the premier of Dukes if Hazard on this day in 1979.

ttyymmnn > Bird 01/26/2015 at 11:46

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I was 12 years old on this date in '79. I think I watched every single episode of that show. Every time my dad walked by the TV he would say, "Hmm, looks like California."

ACESandEIGHTS > ttyymmnn 01/26/2015 at 11:48

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He was right, of course, because according to Hollywood, everything takes place in California.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Bird 01/26/2015 at 11:54

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I was only three when it started, still loved that show though.

I remember this play set quite fondly.

ttyymmnn > ACESandEIGHTS 01/26/2015 at 12:12

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I didn't see it when I was 12, but yes, he's right. Maybe it's supposed to be Alabama (or Georgia, or wherever), but it was filmed on a Hollywood back lot. Now I'm doing the same thing to my boys when they watch TV.

Bird > ACESandEIGHTS 01/26/2015 at 12:14

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I spent my childhood summers in Kentucky, I always wondered why Hazard County looked so different...

Never thought about much more until I grew up and moved to California to work in TV...

McMike > Bird 01/26/2015 at 12:34

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Well, it's a good enough time as any to have a General Lee Jump Supercut.

Seasons 1-3

Seasons 4-6

That jump at 0:37 (there are two angles of it) always amazes me.

mazda616 > Bird 01/26/2015 at 13:04

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It was long since cancelled by the time I was born (1989), but I grew up watching reruns all the time. It was by far my favorite show. I had several die-cast General Lees and several t-shirts. And now I have some old Dukes of Hazzard curtains that I found at a thrift shop and couldn't pass up. Also went to Cooter's Place in Nashville recently!