I managed to catch the pilot episode of the Dukes of Hazzard on a DVD I borrowed. Somehow the show you watched when you’re 7 isn’t as good as when you’re 29. Whew. Some bad acting in it. Groundbreaking? No. Somewhat entertaining to rednecks and 7 year olds? Yep.
During the pilot episode Luke made references to having his own car. So one would have to suppose that Bo was the true owner of the General Lee. But strangely enough you don’t see Luke’s car in any of the episodes. Strange. Even stranger was that both Bo and Luke had to share a car with each other. And what exactly did they do for a living? You never really saw them working on the farm. Seems like Daisy and Uncle Jesse were the only breadwinners in the family. Daisy was a waitress at the Boar’s Nest and Jesse worked on the farm. The only thing Bo and Luke did was run from the law.
For me the Dukes were required viewing on Friday nights during my elementary school years. Never missed an episode. Yet somehow during the latter years, the show lost its appeal to me. Maybe I became burnt out on it.