Comments on: Just a good ol' boy

Just a good ol' boy

kirkaracha — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 12:37:01 -0800

I was the Duke of Hazzard. I lived it. Jerry Rushing inspired the 1975 movie Moonrunners (or Los Contrabandistas), which features Robert Mitchum's son and Spanky "Our Gang" McFarland and was the ur-text for the Dukes of Hazzard. "The characters in the show, Cooter, Uncle Jesse, Boss Hogg, Bo and Luke, and of course Daisy Duke are all based on real people from Jerry's life." Rushing's car, Traveler, was named after General Lee's horse. [more inside]

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 12:37:13 -0800

Rushing's story may have also been the inspiration for this gang from The Warriors. Steven Colbert did a hilarious segment on Ben "Cooter" Jones' call to boycott the current movie because it mocks the family values of the original show.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 14:02:49 -0800

Cool set of links. Especially the Warriors site. *clinks beer bottles* "Metafilter, come out to plaay-aay!"

By: maxsparber

maxsparber — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 15:32:40 -0800

I love the fact that the Wikipedia entry is a word-for-word cut-and-paste from the Jerry Rushing Web page. Apparently, the idea of using Wikipedia as anything other than obvious self-promotion didn't occur here.

By: bjgeiger

bjgeiger — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 16:59:22 -0800

Thunder Road has allways been a favorite with me.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 18:44:28 -0800

Fascinating! Thanks, kirkaracha. Much appreciated.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:14:06 -0800

I feel a strong vindication in my instant dislike of the movie, two reviews have put it as the front runner for worst movie of the year.

By: BobFrapples

BobFrapples — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 08:40:02 -0800

Steven Colbert did a hilarious segment on Ben "Cooter" Jones' call to boycott the current movie because it mocks the family values of the original show. Heh... "Snatch-ter"...