100 Fun Facts About Dukes of Hazzard

On which network did The Dukes of Hazzard air from 1979 to 1985?

CBS ordered only nine episodes, meaning the show as a stopgap in its schedule, and then kept it on the air for seven seasons.

Which soap aired directly after The Dukes of Hazzard on CBS's Friday nights?

Dallas followed it on Friday nights, and the double bill worked: in the 1980-81 season the two shows finished first and second in the Nielsen ratings, Dallas on top.

Bo and Luke Duke are on probation for what offence?

Running moonshine: after their conviction Uncle Jesse struck a deal with the government, giving up his own still for good so the boys could go free on probation.

Because they cannot own firearms, what weapons do the Duke boys use?

Bows and arrows keep the boys inside the terms of their probation, and when a plain arrow isn't enough they strap a stick of dynamite to the tip.

The General Lee is a customised example of which car?

1969 Dodge Charger: creator Gy Waldron first pictured a Pontiac Firebird, then let the studio's car experts pick something that could take the punishment.

What number is painted on the doors of the General Lee?

01 was meant as a racing number: creator Gy Waldron said he told the studio's car crew he wanted 'a Zero One on the door as a racing number'.

After her first car goes off a cliff, what does Daisy Duke drive for the rest of the series?

A Jeep replaced the yellow Plymouth once Bo and Luke, not Daisy, had sent it over the cliff.

Why do the Dukes climb in and out of the General Lee through the windows?

The doors are welded shut, as on a real racing car, and the scramble in and out through the windows became one of the show's trademarks.

The car in the 1975 film behind The Dukes of Hazzard was named after General Lee's own horse, called what?

Traveller carried Lee into many Civil War battles; for television, creator Gy Waldron renamed the car after the general himself, asking 'why not use the real thing?'

In its final season, what did The Dukes of Hazzard use for some big jumps?

Miniature models were cheaper than wrecking a real car for every jump, though Tom Wopat said the toy-sized stunts embarrassed everyone on the show.

Which animation studio turned The Dukes of Hazzard into the 1983 cartoon series The Dukes?

Hanna-Barbera sent the Duke boys abroad, racing Boss Hogg through places like Greece and Hong Kong, but the cartoon lasted only 20 episodes.

Which 1975 film, written and directed by Gy Waldron, became the basis for The Dukes of Hazzard?

Moonrunners, by Waldron's own account, so impressed a Warner Bros. TV producer that he rang in the middle of the night asking for a one-hour action comedy version.

Who played Daisy Duke in the original Dukes of Hazzard television series?

Catherine Bach gave a poster of herself to her old schoolteacher, by then working at the White House, and First Lady Nancy Reagan took a shine to it.

After five episodes shot on location, which state hosted filming of The Dukes of Hazzard?

California: production moved to the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, and countryside near Agoura doubled for Hazzard County.

Who played Bo Duke in the original Dukes of Hazzard series?

John Schneider won the part at 18 after telling the producers he could do stunt driving; by his own admission, he never once jumped the car himself.

Which Duke usually drives the General Lee?

Bo drives because racing is his trade: he is the former stock-car driver of the pair, while Luke, the ex-Marine, rides shotgun and makes the plans.

What is Bo Duke's full first name?

Beauregard stays a secret until the fifth episode, 'High Octane', which unmasks the cousins' legal names; Luke, it turns out, is really a Lucas.

Which Duke performed the famous hood slide seen in the opening credits?

Luke's slide began as an accident: Tom Wopat meant to vault the hood, caught his boot heel on the fender and skidded across, and the stumble became a signature move.

What CB call sign do Bo and Luke share?

Lost Sheep fits the family code: Uncle Jesse, forever rounding the boys up and getting them out of trouble, answers the radio as Shepherd.

The General Lee's horn plays the opening notes of which song?

Dixie, long the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy, suits a car named for its most famous general; the custom air horn plays the tune's first twelve notes.

Where does Daisy Duke work?

The Boar's Nest belongs to Boss Hogg, so waiting tables there lets Daisy overhear his schemes and tip off her cousins.

When producers wanted Daisy Duke in a poodle skirt and go-go boots, what did the actress bring instead?

Cut-off shorts and heels won the day, but the network feared its censors would object, so she wore sheer tights under the shorts.

Which deputy almost marries Daisy Duke in the show's second-to-last episode?

Enos Strate calls the wedding off at the last minute, when the excitement of marrying Daisy brings him out in hives.

What is Deputy Enos's catchphrase?

Possum on a gumbush! is Enos's cry for every occasion; Rosco's name for him, meanwhile, softened from 'jackass' to 'dipstick' once the show caught on with children.

Who replaced Enos as deputy in seasons 3 and 4 while Sonny Shroyer starred in his own spin-off?

Cletus Hogg, a cousin of Boss Hogg, traded a job at the local junkyard for a deputy's badge when Enos left for the big city.

Who played Uncle Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard?

Denver Pyle switched sides for the part: he had been the Texas Ranger who hunts down the outlaws in Bonnie and Clyde, and as Uncle Jesse he helps his nephews outfox a sheriff.

The Dukes of Hazzard's 1980 spin-off sends one of Hazzard's deputies to join the police in which city?

Los Angeles: the country lawman joins the LAPD, but the spin-off lasted a single season and he later went back to patrolling Hazzard.

What do the initials J.D. in Boss Hogg's name stand for?

Jefferson Davis Hogg is named for the Confederacy's president, and in one episode the same actor plays his kindly twin, named for the other side: Abraham Lincoln Hogg.

What colour are Boss Hogg's trademark suit, hat and Cadillac?

White from hat to bumper, and the look runs in the family: his scheming nephew Hughie turns up in a matching suit, driving a little Volkswagen Beetle in the same colour.

Who played Boss Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard?

Sorrell Booke was nothing like his greedy backwoods boss: a Yale drama graduate with a long stage career, he spoke five languages, Russian and Japanese among them.

What is Boss Hogg's family relationship to Sheriff Rosco?

Brother-in-law: Boss Hogg is married to Rosco's sister Lulu, and the sheriff cheerfully calls the most powerful man in the county his 'little fat buddy'.

Which phrase does Sheriff Rosco relish announcing in The Dukes of Hazzard?

Hot pursuit is Rosco's favourite part of the job, though the chase usually ends with his patrol car wrecked and the sheriff climbing out unhurt.

What kind of dog is Rosco's beloved Flash?

Basset hound Flash arrived in season three because the actor playing Rosco asked the producers to give his sheriff a dog; she adores the Dukes and can't stand Boss Hogg.

Why did the once-honest Sheriff Rosco turn to corruption?

The county voted away his pension as retirement neared, so Rosco threw in with Boss Hogg to feather his nest; the bitter backstory faded as he became a comic bumbler.

Who played Sheriff Rosco in The Dukes of Hazzard?

James Best walked off the show for a stretch of season two in a row over his changing room, and a string of stand-in sheriffs covered until he came back.

Which Dukes of Hazzard cast member later served in the US Congress?

Ben Jones, the show's Cooter, won a seat in the US House in 1988 and served two terms; he later challenged Newt Gingrich for his seat and lost.

The fictional Hazzard County of The Dukes of Hazzard lies in which US state?

Georgia, though the show never pins the county to the map; its near-namesake, the real town of Hazard, Kentucky, still welcomed cast members to its festival in 1981.

Who sang The Dukes of Hazzard's theme song, Good Ol' Boys, and narrated the show as the Balladeer?

Waylon Jennings stayed off camera for six seasons, his narration papering over holes in the plots, and finally appeared in season seven in an episode called 'Welcome, Waylon Jennings'.

The Dukes of Hazzard's Balladeer gave up his seat on the 1959 flight that killed which musician?

Buddy Holly had hired the future Balladeer to play bass on that winter tour; the bassist gave his seat on the chartered plane to the Big Bopper, who had flu, and so missed the crash.

Why were Bo and Luke replaced by Coy and Vance for most of season 5?

A dispute over pay, above all their share of the merchandise money: the two stars sued the studio and stayed away, and look-alike cousins filled in until a settlement brought them back.

In the storyline, where had Bo and Luke gone when Coy and Vance arrived?

The NASCAR circuit was the cover story, though the show never explained how two men on probation, who needed permission just to leave the county, were allowed to go.

Which channel pulled Dukes of Hazzard reruns in 2015 amid controversy over the Confederate flag on the General Lee?

TV Land dropped the reruns about a week after Warner Bros. said it would stop licensing toy General Lees with the flag on the roof.

Which golfer, owner of a General Lee, announced in 2015 that its Confederate flag would be painted over?

Bubba Watson had owned the car, the first General Lee used in filming, since 2012, and said he would paint the American flag over its roof instead.

Who played Daisy Duke in the 2005 film of The Dukes of Hazzard?

Jessica Simpson made her film debut as Daisy and covered Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin'' for the soundtrack.

Who played Boss Hogg in the 2005 film of The Dukes of Hazzard?

Burt Reynolds, once the outlaw hero of Smokey and the Bandit, now played the crooked boss doing the chasing; Roger Ebert wondered if he saw the part as karma.

The 2005 Dukes of Hazzard film received seven nominations at which awards, winning none?

The Golden Raspberries, given for the year's worst films, listed it for Worst Picture, Director and Screenplay, and it lost all three to Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Love.

The actor who played Bo Duke later played Clark Kent's adoptive father, Jonathan Kent, in which series?

Smallville reunited the Duke boys in 2005, when Tom Wopat guest-starred as an old friend of Jonathan Kent and pulled into the farmyard in a car with the General Lee's body shape.

Which country star is kidnapped by a would-be band while passing through Hazzard County?

Loretta Lynn is snatched by a struggling trio hoping to break into music; other stars got off lighter, caught in Boss Hogg's rigged speed trap and made to sing at his bar to clear the ticket.

Boss Hogg's Cadillac convertible carried what as a hood ornament?

Large bull horns led the way while a chauffeur drove him through the early seasons; later Boss Hogg took the wheel himself and bragged about his old skill as a driver.

Which Jackass star played Luke Duke in the 2005 film of The Dukes of Hazzard?

Johnny Knoxville wavered when the part was offered, and said yes only once he heard the story would be spiced up for the big screen and a top stunt director hired for the car chases.

While Catherine Bach starred as Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard, which part of her was insured for $1,000,000?

Her legs were insured for $1,000,000 during the run, and in 1985 she was the model for the figurehead of the schooner Californian.

Producers casting Daisy Duke for The Dukes of Hazzard were first looking for a lookalike of which country superstar?

Dolly Parton was the look the producers wanted, yet Catherine Bach was hired on the spot despite not fitting it.

Which country music legend played Uncle Jesse in the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard and again in its 2007 prequel?

Willie Nelson was the only actor from the 2005 film to return for the prequel, The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning.

The box-office success of which car-chase comedy led to The Dukes of Hazzard being developed for television?

Smokey and the Bandit was such a success that the studio wanted a series in its spirit, and Daisy Duke's look echoed the costumes of its heroine.

Which real big city is mentioned several times in The Dukes of Hazzard as the nearest one to fictional Hazzard County?

Atlanta is named several times as the nearest big city, even though the exact location of Hazzard County is never specified.

Sonny Shroyer, the gentle deputy of The Dukes of Hazzard, later played football coach Bear Bryant in which hit film?

Forrest Gump cast him as the University of Alabama coach, and he also turned up in The Rainmaker and Ray.

The actor who played Uncle Jesse in The Dukes of Hazzard also played family patriarch Briscoe Darling on which sitcom?

The Andy Griffith Show cast him as the head of the Darling clan, and he later directed several episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard himself.

Which First Lady admired the Daisy Duke poster that Catherine Bach of The Dukes of Hazzard took to the White House?

Nancy Reagan took a liking to the poster, which Bach had brought as a gift for a former schoolteacher of hers working at the White House; it sold 5 million copies.

Which actor played Luke Duke opposite Seann William Scott's Bo in the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard?

Johnny Knoxville was reluctant to take the part until script changes and the hiring of a top stunt coordinator for the car chases won him over.

On The Dukes of Hazzard, which nursery-rhyme character's name does Daisy Duke use as her CB handle?

Bo Peep is her usual handle on the airwaves, though the variant Country Cousin is occasionally used instead.

Before the events of The Dukes of Hazzard, Luke Duke, also a former boxer, served in which branch of the US military?

The Marines come up again in a late flashback episode, which shows Luke just out of the service when the cousins first found the General Lee.

As young fans embraced The Dukes of Hazzard, Sheriff Rosco's insult for his deputy softened to which car-part word?

Dipstick replaced a ruder word for a donkey used in the earliest episodes, though Boss Hogg occasionally slipped back to the old insult.

Each morning on The Dukes of Hazzard, Boss Hogg drank coffee and ate which raw food, really eaten by his actor?

Liver, eaten raw, was the real thing on screen: the man behind Boss Hogg was a method actor and actually ate it.

The drawl of Boss Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard was modelled partly on which Southern politician?

Strom Thurmond's voice was one model for the part, and the Buffalo-born actor also borrowed from fellow senator Sam Ervin.

Boss Hogg's kindly identical twin, seen in one episode of The Dukes of Hazzard, is named after which US president?

Abraham Lincoln Hogg is as benevolent as Boss Hogg is crooked, and the same actor played both twins.

On The Dukes of Hazzard, what is the first name of Boss Hogg's strong-willed wife, a close friend of Daisy Duke?

Lulu is one of the few people in Hazzard who can intimidate Boss Hogg, and she rallies for the equality of women in the county.

Sheriff Rosco of The Dukes of Hazzard dotes on his slow-moving dog Flash, often calling her by which pet name?

Velvet Ears was his pet name for Flash, who joined in the third season after the actor suggested that the sheriff should have a dog.

Country stars caught in Boss Hogg's rigged speed traps on The Dukes of Hazzard had to do what to clear their tickets?

They had to give a free show at the local bar, a device that let guests such as Roy Orbison and Buck Owens sing a hit, usually in an episode's last minutes.

A flashback episode of The Dukes of Hazzard shows the junked General Lee was which colour before its famous repaint?

Black was the colour of the wreck Bo and Luke bought from a junkyard; it went orange only because that was the one paint the garage had.

In the spin-off from The Dukes of Hazzard, its honest young deputy leaves to join which city's police force?

Los Angeles hired him after he accidentally captured two most-wanted criminals, but the spin-off lasted one season and he came home to Hazzard.

Which animation studio produced The Dukes, the Saturday-morning cartoon spin-off of The Dukes of Hazzard?

Hanna-Barbera sent the Dukes on a race around the world against Boss Hogg, with Coy and Vance in the first season and Bo and Luke in the second.

The Daisy Duke of the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard won a People's Choice Award covering which singer's hit?

Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Are Made for Walkin' was re-recorded with new lyrics for the soundtrack and became a top-20 single in the US.

Most of the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard was shot in which state, whose biggest city supplied the street scenes?

Louisiana towns Clinton and French Settlement hosted most of the shoot, and New Orleans streets stood in for the big city.

In the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard, Boss Hogg secretly plans to seize local farms and turn Hazzard County into what?

A strip coal mine is the scheme the cousins uncover after blowing open a safe that turns out to hold geologic core samples.

In the 1997 reunion TV film of The Dukes of Hazzard, what job has Luke Duke taken with the forestry service?

Smokejumper is his new line of work, while Bo has become a professional racer and Daisy has been away studying for a PhD.

Which country singer replaced the original Balladeer as narrator of the 1997 reunion film of The Dukes of Hazzard?

Don Williams narrated the reunion, which also dropped the famous theme tune for a new opening song created by its two lead actors.

In the 2000 TV film The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood, the Dukes head west to raise money for what?

A hospital fund back home falls short, so the Dukes set off to sell recordings of country stars who had performed in Hazzard.

Which country star plays himself at the county festival in The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood?

Toby Keith performs at the Hazzard County festival that opens the 2000 TV film, the second reunion movie made with the surviving original cast.

In a 1983 crossover, Boss Hogg of The Dukes of Hazzard tried to buy Mel's diner for one dollar on which sitcom?

Alice brought him in as a distant cousin of Jolene Hunnicutt, and Hazzard's shy deputy guest-starred in the same episode.

Which General Lee part was dropped after an actor caught his arm on it during The Dukes of Hazzard's first hood slide?

The radio antenna came off later cars after that unplanned slide, which began when the actor's foot caught as he tried to jump across the hood.

What did stunt crews on The Dukes of Hazzard load into the General Lee's trunk to stop it nosing over in mid-jump?

Sandbags or concrete, up to 1,000 pounds of it, kept the nose up in flight, yet cars used in big jumps were still retired straight afterwards.

As General Lee donor cars grew scarce, what did the makers of The Dukes of Hazzard hire to find more?

Light aircraft, Piper Cubs, flew aerial searches for suitable cars still in private hands, and jumped cars began to be repaired and reused.

The General Lee's exhaust roar in The Dukes of Hazzard reused sounds from which car film, according to its Bo Duke?

Bullitt supplied the sounds, which were dubbed in after filming, so the roar viewers heard was not the car they were watching.

Which car did the creator of The Dukes of Hazzard first consider before a stunt coordinator chose the General Lee?

A Pontiac Firebird was his first thought, but he deferred to the stunt coordinator, who wanted a car that could withstand the jumps.

Before her famous Jeep arrived, Daisy Duke of The Dukes of Hazzard drove which yellow muscle car?

A Plymouth Road Runner was Daisy's ride in the earliest episodes, until Bo and Luke sent its lookalike replacement off a cliff in season two.

Boss Hogg's scheming nephew Hughie, a recurring troublemaker on The Dukes of Hazzard, gets around in which small car?

A Volkswagen Beetle brings Hughie to town about once a season with a new scheme, and Boss Hogg throws him out of Hazzard when it fails.

In The Dukes of Hazzard, elderly postmistress Miz Tisdale, who has a crush on Uncle Jesse, gets about on what?

A motorcycle is her ride, and between postal rounds she also reports for the Hazzard Gazette.

In the only festive episode of The Dukes of Hazzard, Boss Hogg's hired crooks hijack a truckload of what?

Christmas trees meant for needy families are the stolen cargo, and Bo and Luke end up delivering them dressed as Santa Claus.

In a late episode of The Dukes of Hazzard, an impressed Boss Hogg buys what and promotes it to county sheriff?

A robot named Bobby Joe gets the badge after it easily captures Bo and Luke, though the men who supplied it plan to use it to rob the Hazzard Bank.

In the late episode Strange Visitor to Hazzard from The Dukes of Hazzard, what stowaway hides in the General Lee?

An alien, or what seems to be one, rides back to the Duke farm after a spate of UFO sightings, and Boss Hogg wants it as a tourist attraction.

In the final episode of The Dukes of Hazzard, Boss Hogg is kidnapped while assisting Sheriff Rosco in which stage act?

Magic tricks at a charity talent contest make Boss Hogg disappear a little too well: a paroled convict with a grudge kidnaps him outside.

In the penultimate episode of The Dukes of Hazzard, a deputy cancels his wedding to Daisy after an attack of what?

Hives broke out from the sheer excitement of marrying Daisy; in the 1997 reunion film it is Daisy who backs out, on seeing her ex-husband.

The actor who played Boss Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard entered Columbia at 16 and earned a master's at which university?

Yale awarded him a Master of Fine Arts, and he later served as an Army counterintelligence officer and spoke five languages.

The Sheriff Rosco actor of The Dukes of Hazzard ran an acting school that taught which future film director?

Quentin Tarantino studied with him, as did Glen Campbell and Lindsay Wagner; he taught drama and acting techniques for more than 25 years.

The actor who played Sheriff Rosco in The Dukes of Hazzard was a first cousin of which hit-making sibling duo?

The Everly Brothers were his cousins: his mother, Lena Everly, was the sister of the duo's father, Ike.

The Bo Duke actor of The Dukes of Hazzard put on a country accent to audition but was born in which state?

New York, in the town of Mount Kisco, was his birthplace; he arrived at the audition unshaven, in a borrowed pickup truck, carrying a beer.

Which charity for sick kids did the actor who played Bo Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard co-found with Marie Osmond?

Children's Miracle Network began as a telethon he hosted with Marie Osmond while he was still starring as Bo Duke, raising money for children's hospitals.

Tom Wopat, Luke Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard, earned a Tony nomination for which revival opposite Bernadette Peters?

Annie Get Your Gun brought the nomination in 1999 for his Frank Butler, and a second followed in 2008 for A Catered Affair.

Which actor, who had once auditioned for Bo Duke, played stand-in cousin Coy in season five of The Dukes of Hazzard?

Byron Cherry had missed out on the part of Bo in 1978 to a longtime friend, then spent 19 episodes filling in for him as Coy.

Which champion stock-car driver played himself in two episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard, both with his name in the title?

Cale Yarborough first arrived testing a new turbocharger that Boss Hogg helps rival racers try to steal, then came back to Hazzard for a second episode.