MrWhitney61 I would cause a big commotion if I was out with my parents shopping when I wanted to be home to watch the Dukes! My Dad was too cheap to buy a vcr
@@waynewilliams5802 Lol same where I am in Canada. The TV was mine from 8 until 9, then my parents got it for Dalas. Back when us kids played outside! There were crowds of us kids outside in my neighborhood, but once the Dukes came on the streets were quiet because we were all inside watching the show.
Denver Pyle: “we went on the air, and these to guys took us to number one”. No sir, you were part of that too! It wouldn’t have been the same without uncle Jesse, and everyone else on that show!
This was filmed in 1996. At the time TNN producers had no idea how lucky they were to get the great and legendary Denver Pyle for this guest appearance on Prime Time Country. He passed away the following year on Christmas Day at 77 years of age. The first Dukes reunion movie was filmed earlier that year and would turn out to be Pyle's last appearance as beloved Uncle Jesse.
By the time that they did the Reunion movie, Denver Pyle had already lost a lot of weight, and lost his beard, due to the chemotherapy to treat his cancer. They had to make a "fat suit" and false beard for him.
I had sons and they loved the Dukes. We never missed the show. As a matter of fact, I made my own special recipe of Dukes of Hazzard cookies for snacks during the time we watched. My younger son was named Lee Heath but, he loved the Dukes so much that around the time he was 6 (1979) he started being called Bo. Until he passed away from a heart defect at the age of 32, he was known by everyone as Bo. This show was a wonderful part of our family life and their childhood.
Me too. I got my nephew and niece hooked on it and they loved it. I loved watching it as a kid and growing up in the 80's. RIP Denver Pyle, Sorrell Booke, and James Best.
I'm not American... but when I was a little fella this show was my first introduction to Americana through TV... From the first episode I was hooked... My two brothers and I just had to watch it every week and wouldn't miss it if the house was on fire. So much good natured fun, a little drama and a whole lot of lessons and morals to learn from it. It was even strangely relatable. Thank you boys.. the memories you still give me are treasured.
Just'a good ol' boys Never meanin' no harm Beats all you never saw Been in trouble with the law Since the day they was born Straightnin' the curves Flattenin' the hills Someday the mountain might get 'em But the law never will Makin' their way The only way they know how That's just a little bit more Than the law will allow Makin' their way The only way they know how That's just a little bit more Than the law will allow I'm a good ol' boy You know my momma loves me But she don't understand They keep a showin' my hands and not my face on TV Oh yeah
I love these actors n The Dukes of Hazzard..I'm gonna start here n now n not ashamed I am a 49 yr old African American guy who grew up on this show I was a teenager during the 80's Middle n high school n not one Friday night @8pm did we miss this show..This dilemma wit the General Lee car has nothing to do wit any racism or inequality portrayed n the show..it was a great show with action , comedy, good overcoming evil, working together as family..it was great..please put the show back on..the car was just a car..never not once was General Lee portraying any racism I'm sorry that's my take on it
I'm a black guy and loved The Dukes of Hazzard as a kid and still to this day if I happen to see it on television I will drop everything to sit there and watch an episode. Growing up I've learned the Confederate flag means different things to different people. They were rebels against the corrupt system in Hazzard. The Dukes were obviously not racist at all. Hell, early episodes they had a black friend called Brody (I think was his name). But the show was truly a show for everyone and we all knew that and felt it back then. All the black and mexican families I grew up around back then watched it as much as the white ones. If I could only watch 6 television shows the rest of my life, The Dukes of Hazzard would be one of them.
@@ebogar42 - You're right. No one has said the show itself is racist. But the fact the flag is represented in high detail makes the show thus racist by proxy. Not saying I agree with that obviously. But that is the mindset many courted in the argument about the show.
@@Conservative007 That's a lie. It was never popular until the KKK made it popular during the civil rights era. Then all of the south flew it to show they were against segregation. Even republicans in the south admit why they were put up at state houses. If it's about pride, why that flag? Why not the actual confederate flag? Why that battle flag that was only flew in a few regiments on the border states with the North? The deep south has no ancestry with that flag. It doesn't rep them in any way. They never flew it in battle or did any of their ancestors. Look up "civil rights era confederate flag" and view the images. Tell me how that is about southern pride and not about showing blacks that they still believe what their ancestors believed about them having rights since the civil war.
A clean decent show and now they took it off because of the flack about the flag, please people get a dang life we couldn't wait for it to air back in 1978 even my grandpa loved the show. RIP Denver (Uncle Jessie), James (Roscoe),Sorrell( Boss Hoggs).
+Cindy Buffington Just like Mr. Pyle said one of the last shows you can let your kids watch and not worry about leaving the room and them seeing something or hearing something perverted.
Cindy don't worry Liberal peter puffing America is gonna what is coming to it... The end of liberal losers and commies... it's coming people are so sick of it Nazi cops and asshole philandering politicians...
@patrick mcglone One year later, only 23 pepole heve joined them... goes to show just how many people really are *that* offended...! Using the show as context, the flag on the roof really only ever was about Southern Pride and nothing else! People should *stop* being so damn sensitive about every little thing! We should be able to discuss any subject, while treating each other with due respect. Don't throw everybody in with the few bad apples that try to ruin the party, just because they like/love the same items! This goes for flags, clothing-brands and (religious) books! Dukes was always a show that held manners in high esteem, without being overly "preachy". The only innuendo's I ever sensed, were cheeky-but-innocent little winks towards "other kinds" of "good ol' Southern family fun"... 😜 But these were always in good fun and never over the top!
This whole video is precious. Man, Denver Pyle played in SO many westerns before the Dukes of Hazzard. I especially remember him in Gunsmoke and Bonanza.
I’m 49, I LOVED the Dukes of Hazzard as a child, had my pic taken with the General Lee. I’m now going back and rewatching every episode starting at the first season. You catch so much the more you watch! ❤❤
I'm 52 years old I grew up in the 70s I watch the very first one to the very last I made that show popular with many many other fans thank God they saw value in the show to run more seasons!
Denver pile looks so good back there, I can't believe he passed away the Following Year On Christmas Day! Life can be over before you know it RIP Denver Pile!
There are few a far decent folks in Hollywood like the cast of Dukes of Hazzard. John, Tom, Denver, Catherine GOD bless them all. The General Lee best Hollywood car there is!
Without a doubt in my mind you are with your heavenly father uncle Jesse!!Thank you for all my childhood memories!Boy do I miss these days!The show brings back such wonder memories!
Denver Pyle wasn't even a southern boy. He grew up in Coloado, served in the Navy during World War II, and then lived and worked in Hollywood for fifty years.
@Matt Beeman John Schneider moved to Georgia when he was 14...when to high school here.... Also, James Best (Roscoe) was from Kentucky...and retired to Hickory, NC.
@21stCenturyHandyman that's right we use to play dominoes at the domino hall in hillsboro Texas everyone called him uncle Jesse. I don't think l ever heard anyone call him Denver
Nice comments Denver made about it being one of the last shows you could leave your kids alone to watch without having to worry about what they would see. John and Tom easily slide in the windows like second nature after having done it so many times on the show :)
Way to put it John. You know my dad grew up with it then when I was born in '93 I grew up watching it with him on tv. still to this day I LOVE THE SHOW and its true you dont hear "Yes Sir" and all that todays world
That was a real treat! Thanks for posting. I never Tom was from Wisconsin or Minnesota. His jaw is still frozen a little. You can hear it in his accent.
I wish some would post this episode of prime time Country in its entirety.....I watched this the night it aired back in 1996.....John Schenider talks to the owner of the General lee and let’s him talk.....I remember setting up my VCR to tape this......and I met The owner of that General lee....John Schenider, Tom Wopat....and Sonny Shroyer...at the Choctaw Indian fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi in 1997!
Big-Big,fan,I would love to see the cast of the show in person, I watch em every time I can!!! Love'em all my sister's name is Cathy, after Dazy Duke? Xoxoxox!!!!👍😉🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👏😯
Night Of The Twisters is on youtube cos I just watched it a few weeks ago. So for those who wanna watch it, just google er up. Oh yea, & your welcome. lol
I loved this show as a kid and still do (so much so that I have all 7 seasons on dvd). Of course I cringe now when they jump the General (knowing he will be written off) but I still love it. Daisy Duke and the General. What more can you want
