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Summary: Finally, Dukes available on DVD...
Review: Finally, the first season of Dukes on DVD. The characters took some time to flesh out before they became the stereotypical heroes and villians that most viewers remember the show for. In the beginning, Rosco was more of a corrupt cop and less of a lovable dope, which in many ways I prefer. Boss Hogg was also a bit more intelligent of a character in the beginning. And rather than just basing shows on car chases and "how to frame the Dukes this week" as in later seasons, the first episodes were intelligently written schemes that the viewer can easily get lost (in a good way) as to what's going on. The first five episodes were filmed in Covington, GA (before they moved to familiar backlot in Burbank, CA), and you really get the sense that these are southern people in the South, rather than the stereotypical backwoods feeling you get from the Burbank episodes. That these early episodes focused more on plot is most evident in "Mary Kay's Baby," the only episode in all seven seasons to not feature the General Lee. And personally, I'll buy this set just to get "Daisy's Song": since there were only 13 episodes in the first season, when Columbia House distributed these episodes on VHS cassette at two shows per tape, this is the show that got left out of their catalogue. Also worth noting is that when TNN was showing the Dukes a few years back, heavy edits had to be made to each show to fit modern commercial breaks. When I got Columbia House's versions, I found that significant chunks, usually integral to understanding the plot of a given episode, were now present and accounted for. Having all 13 episodes available without edit is another reason worth picking this up as opposed to watching it on television. By the end of the season, the characters were already becoming what we remember them to be, in my opinion, for the atmosphere and for the writing, season one is the best of the series.
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Summary: Thank you Amazon
Review: What can I say? Nothing but thank you amazon.com for finally getting the Dukes on DVD. I have the fondest memories of watching this show when I was growing up. You can find good clean family movies now, but I know for sure that this is one and want mind showing it to my kids, thanks again Amazon and the makers of this dvd for finally bringing it to us on DVD!
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Summary: FIINALLY!!!
Review: I have been waiting for this for a long time. This was my favorite show growing up and now I cant see it on cable anywhere. I hope the extras are something special but show alone are worth the price. I just gotta wait till June now...
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Summary: I Just Can't Wait!!!
Review: I just want to say that I really cannot wait until the upcoming release of my All Time Favorite Show The Dukes of Hazzard.I mean it's way too hard for me!I don't have to question the DVD Edition,Warner Brothers always deliver excellent DVDs.Great ones!
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Summary: I JUST CAN'T WAIT!!!!
Review: I can only say that it's way too hard to wait until June first until the release of my All Time Favorite Show!I just Know the DVD Edition from the Warner Brothers Studios will be absolutely GREAT!!!!!!!!!Nuff said!
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Summary: Cant wait to see them duke boys again!
Review: One of the best shows ever on television. Here are the first seasons shows: 1. One Armed Bandits-In the series opener, confederate cousins Bo and Luke Duke find out about Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane smuggling illegal slot machines into the county. To make him mad, they hijack the slots with the help of Daisy and give the proceeds to the orphanage. 2. Daisy's Song-Bo and Luke investigate a record piracy ring that took Daisy for $50 to publish her song, and end up in the middle of an FBI raid... and so is Boss Hogg. 3. Mary Kaye's Baby-Bo and Luke pick up an old friend who is pregnant, as has over $100,000 in hot money stolen from the mob - who is after them. To make matters worse Rosco is after them because the car they are driving is loaded with moonshine. 4. Repo Men-Bo and Luke are anxious to buy an old wreck of a car from the crooked local dealer Ace Parker that has a good engine in it. But Ace only will sell it to them if they repossess a car for Boss' wife Lulu. But their probation is at stake when they discover that counterfeiters now own the car. 5. High Octane-Uncle Jesse fires up the old still for a good cause: to make moonshine that can make a combustion engine run to win a contest of a workable fossil-fuel that could save the country's pollution problems, and get the Dukes $10,000 in cash. But a revenue agent is on to the sneaky Dukes, and so is Boss Hogg who wants to take Jesse's moonshine to the contest like it was his. 6. Swamp Molly-Swamp Molly, an old moon shining colleague of Uncle Jesse's want to make "one last run" and wants the Dukes to help - since Molly saved Jesse from the Feds back in '38. But Boss and Rosco are already onto Molly and the Dukes. 7. Luke's Love Story-In the annual Hazzard Obstacle Derby, a dirty illegal notorious race, Amy Creevy is the first woman to enter. Luke is smitten with her and they build a relationship, but he has a hard time accepting that he can't chase other women if he stays with her. Meanwhile, Boss Hogg needs to win because his mama's ashes are in the winning trophy, but Enos is driving for him. So he threatens to sell Cooter's truck unless he becomes a crasher in the race to make sure that Enos wins. 8. The Big Heist-While Boss Hogg is busy counting out illegal moonshine money, Neil Bishop, an old customer of Boss' whom he ripped off, robs him. But after Rosco has his car towed away, he makes a getaway in the General Lee, framing Bo and Luke. He then goes to the Boar's Nest and sweet talks Daisy into spending the night in their farm. 9. Limo One is Missing-Special agents drive the Presidential Limousine through Hazzard County and they stop at the Boar's Nest. While it's there Cooter hot-wires it and takes it for a joy ride and then put it in the Dukes' barn when it runs out of gas. 10. Deputy Dukes-After Bo and Luke are arrested (for being at the wrong place at the wrong time), Rosco deputizes them to pick up a prisoner in Springville to take back to Hazzard for a trial. But the prisoner is Rocky Marlowe, public enemy number 1 and his associates will stop at nothing to bust him loose. 11. Money to Burn-Boss Hogg schemes to pocket $1 million in old, ragged bills his bank has marked for burning at the Federal Reserve Bank and has Bo and Luke as the fall guys framed for robber is armored truck so he can also collect on the insurance company. 12. Route 7-11-When the General Lee need repairs for about $300, Bo and Luke get jobs driving an 18-wheeler. It turns out to be a rolling casino with rigged games and one of Uncle Jesse's old cronies is losing money on it. So Bo and Luke try and form a plan to get his money back. 13. Double Sting-After Bo and Luke are arrested for fighting with a stranger, Tom Colt at the Boar's Nest, but in the jail, the local physician suspects that Colt has a case of the plague and Quarantines the jail with the police, Bo, Luke and Uncle Jesse there. Then the bank gets robbed by two crooks disguised as Laurel and Hardy and Daisy gives chase.
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Summary: Season 1 Episode list
Review: Let the Legend Begin (First Season) The Dukes of Hazzard was rushed into production near the end of 1978, when the first few episodes were filmed in Covington, GA. Not until the Dukes proved to be an immediate hit was the Hazzard set built at the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank, CA. (#1) "One Armed Bandits", January 26, 1979
The three Duke cousins root out evil in backwater Hazzard County in this series, which opens with the trio on the trail of a sheriff who is smuggling illegal slot machines into the area. Waylon Jennings wrote and performs the music, and punctuates the action with his off-screen homilies. (#2) "Daisy's Song", February 2, 1979
Bo and Luke have suspicions about a music-publishing business that is bilking would-be composer Daisy. What they don't suspect is that Boss Hogg is in on the racket, or that the FBI is watching the entire operation. (#3) "Mary Kaye's Baby", February 9, 1979
A borrowed car carrying moonshine and a pregnant hitchhiker carrying hot money add up to a wild and woolly car chase for Bo and Luke. (#4) "Repo Men", February 16, 1979
Bo and Luke are duped into taking part in a car-repossession scheme that involves them with ruthless counterfeiters and could send them back to prison for violating parole. (#5) "High Octane", February 23, 1979
A contest for a workable fossil-fuel substitute offers the Dukes a big cash prize and a patriotic excuse to resurrect the old still that produced high-octane corn liquor for years. Almost as tempting is the beautiful revenue agent who interrupts their work. (#6) "Swamp Molly", March 9, 1979
Uncle Jesse yields to the coaxing of Swamp Molly, an old moonshining colleague who was - and still is - sweet on him. Molly (Neva Patterson) wants to make "one last run," with a friendly assist from the Dukes. (#7) "Luke's Love Story", March 16, 1979
Entrants in a notoriously dirty stock-car race include a beautiful driver, a smitten Luke, a murderous rival and Boss Hogg - who put his mama's ashes in last year's trophy, thinking it was to keep. (#8) "The Big Heist", March 30, 1979
An unlucky thief has his car towed away while he's robbing Boss Hogg, so he stashes the loot in Daisy's pickup and makes a getaway in the Dukes' family car. (#9) "Limo One is Missing", April 6, 1979
Secret Service agents driving the Presidential limousine through the county stop just long enough for car-crazy Cooter to hot-wire it and take off. (#10) "Deputy Dukes", April 13, 1979
Boss Hogg deputizes the Dukes to escort a prisoner to Hazzard for trial, fully aware that the suspect's pals would stop at nothing to turn him loose. (#11) "Route 7-11", April 20, 1979
Bo and Luke sign up to test-drive an 18-wheeler, unaware that their trailer is a mobile gambling casino. (#12) "Money to Burn", May 4, 1979
Banker Hogg makes the Dukes the fall guys in a scheme to pocket $1,000,000 in ragged bills earmarked for burning at a Federal Reserve Bank. (#13) "Double Sting", May 11, 1979
It's Daisy who gives chase to bank robbers (Arte Johnson, Avery Schreiber) dressed like Laurel and Hardy, since a plague scare has her menfolk - and the lawmen - quarantined in jail.
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Summary: Good Ole Boys
Review: Country guitar and Waylon Jennings, hear those together and put on your seat belts! High Octane memories of an era when high powered v8 engines were not at the mercy of the economical small car mentality and carefree mischief with the law!
Now dated as an action comedy series, but were one of the benchmarks preceeding a long line of car related action series, unique in it's setting, hitting the nerve in every person looking for thrills and spills, and not spoiled by modern computer enhacement, stunts brilliant!
Lots of predecessors, few equals.
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Summary: YEEEHAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: When I first popped this dvd into my DVD player I was flooded with childhood memories. This will bring you back to your childhood and make you feel like a kid again. Although watching it now as an adult it ocassionally seems cheesey, what 70's/80's tv program wouldn't. This is a must own for everyone. p.s. gotta love the bow and arrows.
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Summary: Buy this DVD...
Review: On account of I married your fat sister! Bo, Luke, Boss Hogg, Roscoe P. Coltrane, Uncle Jesse, & sweet, sweet Daisy never looked better. The packaging for the DVD was excellent & the special features were good too. The Hazzard B-B-Q reunion was a nostalgic reminder of what made this show so wonderful. The audio commentary for the 1st episode was a nice touch (though Tom Wopat was sadly missing for any of the features). As far as the quality of the picture, it was perfect considering the show aired in 1979. The first season was always a good one because of the racy writing, the beautiful scenery in Georgia, & the youthfulness of all involved. It gave people something entertaining to watch on a Friday night & beats all of the shows that are on now for young people. Humor, fast cars, & family values made this show last & I cannot wait for the next season to come out on DVD. Good stuff all around.
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