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Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985. more...
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Exposition
The TV series, The Dukes of Hazzard, followed the adventures of two good ol' boys, Bo and Luke Duke, living in an unincorporated area of the fictional Hazzard County, in Georgia, racing around in their modified 1969 Dodge Charger, The General Lee, evading corrupt Boss Hogg and his inept county sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. Bo and Luke had been sentenced to probation for illegal transportation of moonshine.
Many episodes revolved around Boss trying to engage in an illegal scheme with criminal associates. Some of these were get-rich-quick schemes, though many others affected the financial security of the Duke farm, which Boss had long wanted to acquire for nefarious reasons. Other times, Boss hired known criminals to frame Bo and Luke for crimes such as bank robbery (thus, resulting in probation revocation and allowing Boss to easily acquire the Duke farm). It was up to Bo and Luke to uncover the schemes and foil the criminals. Due to their fundamentally good natures, although Boss Hogg continually tried to frame them, the Dukes were always willing to help him out.
More than once Boss was targeted by former associates who were either seeking revenge or had turned against him after a scheme unraveled as a consequence of Boss' greedy nature or Rosco's bumbling. Sometimes, criminals who were even more crooked and ruthless than Boss came to town. Sheriff Rosco also found himself in trouble more than once. On such occasions, Bo and Luke usually had to rescue their adversaries as an inevitable precursor to defeating the bad guys.
Origins
The show was an adaptation of the movie Moonrunners (1975), based on the life and times of Jerry Rushing. In Moonrunners, the "Good Ol' Boys", Grady and Bobby Lee Hagg, ran moonshine for Uncle Jesse Hagg. Uncle Jesse prides himself on his old-fashioned moonshining and refuses to buckle to the 'big business moonshine' tactics of boss Jake, who controls the area for the New York mafia. There is an obvious parallel between the surnames 'Hagg' and 'Hogg', despite the transfer from hero to villain. Characters including "Uncle Jesse", "Sheriff Rosco Coltrane" and "Cooter" are also featured in the film.
A lesser source of archetypes are the Louisiana car chase scenes from the James Bond film, Live and Let Die, featuring Sheriff J.W. Pepper. The Sheriff is a recognizable antecedent of Boss Hogg, likewise his wisecracking deputies (the boys) for Bo and Luke.
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