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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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Southern Hospitality on Wheels!,
By Andrew Hoover "Top 1 billion reviewer" (Walnut Creek, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Dukes of Hazzard: The Complete First Season (DVD)
Just got my DVDs today!...viewed the series premier. I can't believe the series premier was in 1979, 25 years ago! The comedy is great, was great, and will...remain the same. A must-have DVD set, even the box looks good on the shelf. Let's have Season 2, I'm ready to buy.The episodes: 1. One-Armed Bandits (1/26/79) My turn: VrrroooOOOooom....YeeeEEEeee-HAAaaw!!!!!!
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The best Series,
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This review is from: The Dukes of Hazzard: The Complete First Season (DVD)
This is an amazing dvd boxed set of one of the best television shows on televeision. This show is much more than a car chase around Hazzard county, it shows many moral messages and also how to drive very well. This is a great gift for anyone or especially to all you Dukes fans out there. Buy this quickly, you will enjoy it very much.
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Good clean fun with a moral lesson thrown in for free,
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This review is from: The Dukes of Hazzard: The Complete First Season (DVD)
My wife laughed at me for buying this box set, she said it was one continuous car chase and I'd get bored with it before watching it through. Well, I've watched it from end to end and now I can't wait for season two! Thing is, I was a teenager when this show came out, and I now realize that this show influenced me more than I could ever remember. Each episode has a moral message and shows that life is not always black and white, that the good guys aren't always good and the bad guys aren't always bad; that sometimes what may be accepted as right isn't always, and what is percieved as wrong may not be. Confused? Watch this box set, it will make sense!
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