Fan Page: THE DUKES (aka "The Dukes of Hazzard Cartoon")

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Yet another of my personal failures as a child of the 1980's - I had NO IDEA that this cartoon existed till just a few years ago! And that's DESPITE my having been a pretty avid fan of The Dukes of Hazzard! And it's not like it was a simple throw-away one-season cartoon show to be forgotten forever... this thing was on the air for TWO WHOLE SEASONS!!! I owned a GI Joe - sized General Lee with Bo & Luke Duke, I owned a Dukes of Hazzard Wrist Racer, I watched the show every Friday night... HOW DID I MISS THE CARTOON?!?!? And to top it off, it even looks kind of incredible with The General Lee pulling off all sorts of Mach 5 / Speedbuggy-type stunts along the way!

Leave a few kind words or serious thoughts about The Dukes in the comments below and if it was one of your favorites then don't forget to go vote for this cartoon in our Best Cartoon of 1983 Poll!

Comments

[deepseasiren.livejournal.com]

Well but it was all in good fun on shows like the Dukes Of Hazzard. I could forgive them for that flag.

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Well, it was a very badass car. And your anecdote was most cute and amusing -- it made my night. Thank you.

Although, it eventually had a worthy challenger when KITT came along. It's hard to top a car being voiced by Mr. Feeny. Heh.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

OOH! Do you remember when Knight Ridercame out and you could write in for your FREE super-secret "Why KITT is better than The General Lee" package? A friend of mine did it, it was a pretty cool little package of promotional items including a poster that compared KITT to the General Lee with stuff like "Top Speed General Lee: 120 MPH Top Speed of KITT: 200MPH" and stuff like that :)

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

As much as I would want KITT, my heart can't say no to the General Lee. I also don't think I could handle a car that talked back to me.

"You're making the wrong turn, Michael."

"Shut up, Mr. Feeny! Who's in charge, you or me?!"

(If I had watched 2001: A Space Odyessy, this part would be more impressive.)