The basic premise of the show was this: the Duke boys had this ultimate, kick-ass car called the General Lee. Yeah, they named their car. Anyway, they liked to speed and run moonshine and stuff, something the local bigwig, Boss Hogg, didn't like. So ol' Boss gets his sheriff, Rosco, to chase the Dukes like crazy, all day every day. This made for at least one or two car chases and/or car jumps per episode, which was always cool.
The show ran on CBS on Friday nights at 8 o'clock for about 6 years, from 1979 to 1985 or so. Tom Wopat and John Schneider left for the 1982-1983 season, due to salary disputes, and were replaced by two lookalike wussies named "Coy" and "Vance." On the show, they said Bo and Luke went to race cars professionally. Coy and Vance only lasted for a season, thank God, since Bo and Luke came back. At least they kept the General running while Bo and Luke were gone.
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