Comments on: OFF-TOPIC MONDAYS: The USS Enterprise Or The Millennium Falcon?

By: Jay Potts

Jay Potts — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:04:42 +0000

Charlie-
Actually, as the site administrator, I can tell you that at least one person finds this post everyday by doing a Google search for “millennium falcon,” so your comments won’t go unnoticed.

I saw the Dukes Of Hazzard pilot for the first time a few years back and the use of location filming gave it a very distinct feel that was missing from the later episodes shot in the hills of southern California. It’s neat to know that you were there, but thanks for ruining my adolescent belief that the General Lee always emerged unscathed. You stole my childhood. *Sigh*

- JEP

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:56:51 +0000

It just dawned on me that this is an old, old conversation — and most likely ain’t nobody ever going to see this. But just for the sake of accuracy (which is a good thing): upon further reflection, I remember that it was actually one of the Hazzard police cars that ran up on the quad curb — and not the General.

But the rest of it is right. And the General did indeed lose a tire upon landing.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:34:55 +0000

All this talk of the General Lee is bringing back memories. My freshman college roommate and I were watching Johnny Quest on his portable TV one Saturday morning when we heard a loud crash outside the dorm. All 500 or so of the student body came out to investigate — and discovered what we later learned was the General Lee crashed on a curb on the quad. This was 1979 (I think), and they were filming scenes for the pilot for the Dukes of Hazzard at Oxford College of Emory University (about 30 miles outside Hotlanta).

There were three or four of the General Lees in use. At least a couple of them didn’t run very well. We all watched as they jumped one of them in front of Seney Hall — a scene that became immortalized in the program’s opening credits. In real life, the car broke an axle and lost one of its front tires when it landed.

Also got to watch Boss Hawg and Aenus film a scene with the famous long-horned Cadillac outside the school’s student center. Now THAT was a load of fun!

By: admin

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:06:28 +0000

Rodbuddah & AWM-
Now I know who I’d want to go on a road trip with!

Ramon-
No, that would be the TARDIS. Yeah, I just got my full geek-on!!

By: Ramon

Ramon — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:33:04 +0000

Carl Sagan’s Starship of the Imagination trumps all…

By: Angry White Man

Angry White Man — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:21:30 +0000

Falcon. This ain’t no pleasure cruise!

By: Rodbuddah

Rodbuddah — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:57:10 +0000

I’d have to ride the FALCON, hands down! The Enterprise is cool, yes, but it never made the KESEL run within 12 parsecs…

By: admin

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:33:03 +0000

Although usually the Confederate battle flag is displayed in the name of hate disguised as “heritage,” and it fills me with sadness and disgust, for some reason it doesn’t bother me on The General Lee. As a kid, I even had the toy with the top that flipped open so you could slip Bo and Luke behind the wheel. I guess I have a strange, ideological blind spot when it comes to The General Lee.

- JEP

By: The Pirate Musketeer

The Pirate Musketeer — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:42:31 +0000

Do I need to point out the irony of talking so much about the Genral Lee ( basically a confederate flag with wheels ) on a site about Blaxploitation?

By: admin

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:30:42 +0000

Thanks alot, Doug G! Now you’ve got me imagining the General Lee’s rear tires grinding off Lulu Coltrane Hogg’s face as it hurtles over Boss Hogg’s Cadillac convertible while blaring “Dixie.”

- JEP