The Dukes of Hazzard - The Complete First Season
Join Luke and Bo Duke--a couple of good old boys--and their cousin Daisy Duke as they stay just ahead of the sheriff in their souped-up 1969 Dodge Charger, The General Lee, and have fun thwarting the plots of the corrupt county boss. DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary by John Schneider and Catherine Bach {episode: One Armed Bandits}
Documentary:The 20th Anniversary Hazzard County Barbeque {reunion documentary RT 30:00}
Featurette:Dukes Driving 101: A High Octane Salute {featurette including interviews w/ professional race car drivers RT 8:00}
Other:The Dukes of Hazzard : The Return of the General Lee video game trailer
The Dukes of Hazzard was part of America's redneck fetish in the mid-to-late 1970s, otherwise evident in popular songs, movies, and television shows highlighting fast cars, truckers, citizens' band radio, moonshine, irreverent hicks, and clueless lawmen. Created by writer-producer Gy Waldron and inspired by his own 1975 bootlegging comedy, Moonrunners, Dukes milked seven seasons of material from the tale of a Deep South family of reformed whiskey-makers and their running feud with a greedy impresario and his chief lackey, a buffoonish, venal sheriff. This three-disc set includes all 13 initial episodes of Dukes from 1979, a period fans fondly recall because some of the programs were shot on location in Covington, Georgia, rather than a Burbank backlot. Also noteworthy is that a couple of key characters, particularly Hazzard County's corrupt lawman, Roscoe P. Coltrane (James Best), hadn't gelled yet into permanent hayseed stereotypes and were arguably more interesting at the beginning. At the center of the action is Sheriff Coltrane's nemeses, cousins Bo Duke (John Schneider) and Luke Duke (Tom Wopat), a couple of wild boys buzzing through the backwoods in the "General Lee," a souped-up Dodge Charger. Bo and Luke are good at heart but have to behave themselves while on indefinite probation, complicating but not halting their efforts to vex Roscoe and his patron, diminutive bigwig Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke). The enmity runs both ways: Roscoe and Boss Hogg, with the aid of witless Deputy Enos Strate (Sonny Shroyer), dream up ways of eliminating the Dukes--including their wise old Uncle Jesse (Denver Pyle)--but their efforts always backfire. While every episode is a variation on the previous one, predictability is a virtue in Dukes. The series pilot, "One Armed Bandits," finds Luke and Bo, with help from their sexy cousin, Daisy (Catherine Bach), diverting slot machines (smuggled into Hazzard County by Roscoe and Boss Hogg) to sundry watering holes where they can raise money for Bo's girlfriend's charity. In "Money to Burn," Boss Hogg tries to frame Bo and Luke for robbing an armored truck, while in "Deputy Dukes," the unarmed guys are forced by Roscoe to escort a deadly prisoner from one town to another. The Dukes hit back in "Daisy's Song," investigating a scam that took Daisy for $50 and implicates, of course, Boss Hogg and Roscoe. Yes, it's a show about rubes, car stunts, and a legacy of moonshine, but there's something comforting about it, in a tongue-in-cheek way. --Tom Keogh
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The Dukes of Hazzard - The Complete First Season Reviews
I nearly jumped out of my chair when I saw the General Lee jump a creek and yelled out a loud "yeehaw". The Dukes of Hazzard was my favorite TV show as a child. If you have any fond memories of watching this show when you were younger, I'd definitely recommend picking it up. I'll be watching this with my son and passing on the love of this series to the next generation. While fashion sure has changed since then, the sense of fun and adventure is still there. When I first put in the disc, it had been about 20 years since I had seen an episode. When I saw the General Lee tearing down a dirt road, it was like seeing an old friend. When I saw this for sale, I had to snap it up right away.
Coltrane Bo and Luke had been sentenced to probation for illegal transportation of moonshine- Uncle Jesse usually made the run, but had fallen ill, and on the very occasion that Bo and Luke had taken his place, they were caught. Here is a little summery about it Bo and Luke Duke, two cousins living in an unincorporated area of the fictional Hazzard County, Gerogia, racing around in their modified 1969 Dodge Charger, the Genral Lee evading corrupt Boss Hogg and his inept county sheriff Rosco P. I like this series because it has my favorite car the 1969 Dodge Charger and because they race a lot in it and it has some action like blowing out houses up. Jesse made a plea bargain to stop brewing moonshine in return for the boys to forgo jail time and instead be placed on probation. If you like this series you will like The Waltons. If I give this series a rateing I would give it a 10.
For another, Bo and Luke Duke(John Schneider, Tom Wopat) were eyecandy that were also a lot younger, spunkier, and more attractive than by humored private investigator Jim Rockford(James Garner) was, despite the fact that THE ROCKFORD FILES had enough sufficient ratings for a full Sixth Season on NBC for the following year, even though THE DUKES OF HAZZARD practically K.O.'d THE ROCKFORD FILES, which reminds me that I started watching Rockford less and less when the Dukes came out, since the time slot for THE DUKES OF HAZZARD on CBS kind of interferred with the time slot for THE ROCKFORD FILES on NBC, not that I didn't like Rockford anymore, despite the fact that THE DUKES OF HAZZARD nearly killed THE ROCKFORD FILES during Rockford's last 2 seasons. -Dennis Haskins in the "One Armed Bandits" episode before his co-starring days as Mr. Unfortunately, THE ROCKFORD FILES was starting to lose a lot of viewers in 1979, because of THE DUKES OF THE HAZZARD, even though the ratings on Rockford didn't decline to the point where THE ROCKFORD FILES ended up cancelling from low ratings, but was cancelled in January of 1980, which was a year later after THE DUKES OF HAZZARD's debut on CBS, due to James Garner having serious health issues, especially back and knee problems. The 1st Season of The Dukes was also funnier than the rest of the seasons of this show and reminds me back to the days when THE DUKES OF HAZZARD was on CBS every Friday night at 9PM right after THE INCREDIBLE HULK at 8PM, plus THE DUKES OF HAZZARD was followed by DALLAS at 10PM in addition to CBS's Friday night line-up back then, which gave me at least 2 more things to look forward to every Friday night. -Del Monroe in the "Limo One Is Missing" episode after his co-starring days on VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
In addition, this takes me all the way back to memory lane when THE DUKES OF HAZZARD first came out on CBS for the first time back in January of 1979 and was shown around the same time slot as THE ROCKFORD FILES when Rockford was part of NBC's Friday night line-up, which gave THE ROCKFORD FILES a little bit of competition againt THE DUKES OF HAZZARD, since Rockford started getting a slight dwindle in the ratings when the Dukes came along, since a lot of people found THE DUKES OF HAZZARD preferable to THE ROCKFORD FILES. So I highly recommend The Dukes Of Hazzard-Season 1 DVD to anybody who was a Dukes fan. This season also takes me all the way back to memory lane when CBS's motto was "Turn Us On:We'll Turn You On", since that was the motto on CBS from the Fall of 1978 thru the Summer of 1979. For another, the General Lee had outclassed Rockford's flashy gold Firebird.
-Mary Jo Catlett in the "Swamp Molly" episode before her co-starring days as Pearl the maid on DIFFERENT STROKES. It was also intriguing seeing. What's makes that kind of funny is it just so happens that Sorrell Booke(Boss Hogg) had a guest starring role on THE ROCKFORD FILES in "The Jersey Bounce" episode playing Rockford's attorney. -Jeannie Wilson in the "Mary Kaye's Baby" episode before her co-starring days as Janet Fowler on SIMON & SIMON.
Belding on SAVED BY THE BELL.
This was my favorite season of The Dukes Of Hazzard throughout the Dukes whole 7-year run on CBS as well as the season that made this show a big hit back in 1979 when the General Lee was practically brand spankin new and when Enos Strate(Sonny Shroyer) was Sheriff Rosco's fellow deputy for the first time before Enos even got replaced by Boss Hogg's cousin Deputy Cletus Hogg(Rick Hurst) along with the fact that this season shows you how the ongoing dilemma that the Dukes had with the corrupt Hazzard County Sheriff Rosco Coltrane(Jim Best), the corrupt county commisioner Boss Hogg(Sorrell Booke), and Enos got started on top of that.
-Paul Brinegar in the Route 711" episode before his co-starring days on MATT HOUSTON.
For another, THE DUKES OF HAZZARD had a lot more car chases than THE ROCKFORD FILES had, plus the car chases on the Dukes were more interesting and more impressive than they were on Rockford on top of that.
-Joann Pflug in the "Route 711" episode before her days as Colt Seavers agent(Big Jack) on THE FALL GUY.
-Colby Chester in the "Mary-Kaye's Baby" episode before his co-starring days on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS and TRAPPER JOHN M.D.
-Charles Cyphers in the "Limo One Is Missing" during his earlier acting days in John Carpenter flicks like HALLOWEEN and THE FOG.
Because for one thing, THE DUKES OF HAZZARD was a lot funnier than THE ROCKFORD FILES was, since THE DUKES OF HAZZARD was like a comedy drama show, but THE ROCKFORD FILES was a private detective drama show that was a lot more serious with a lot less humor even though it was usually kind of funny whenever Rockford got busted and/or in trouble, especially by his ex-con buddy Angel Martin(Stu Margolin).
-David Hayward in the "Luke's Love Story" episode before his co-starring days on ALL MY CHILDREN.
I got a replacement set and that too was defective. 4 defective sets in total.
I was excited when I received Season 1 of The Dukes of Hazzard, but was upset when the set was defective.
I started to get a little irritated. If I would've had this problem, I would have given 5 stars, but since I had to deal with this aggravation, I give it four.
I eventually went elsewhere to get the set, but again, the set was defective. Has anyone had any trouble with their season 1 sets or am I just having bad luck.
Finally I went to another store and yet again, a defective set.
The cast and every thing is just great. I really love the 1st season.
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