Dukes fans- what are you favorite jumps?

[69bronzeT5]

What jump is your favorite from the show? Here's a couple of mine...


Train jump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb7qPbvZDCM&feature=related

Carnival of Sins jump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APaFJ2QO-QE&feature=related

[69*F5*SE]

Ole Rosco scuffed his paint on that first clip      but, the General turns out clean as a whistle as always. 

[Mike DC]

Train jump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb7qPbvZDCM&feature=related

Carnival of Sins jump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APaFJ2QO-QE&feature=related

Al Wyatt Jr really took no prisoners when he was jumping that car.  The size of some of those jumps, with the safety gear they had back then . . .

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It's tough to beat Gary Baxley's early Indian Dunes (Styx River) stunt for its sheer picturesque quality.  When people think "General Lee jump," that one is usually the image that's burned into their minds.    

 

[Khyron]

LOL The door handles where orange in the first clip hhehehe

[MoparManJim]

What jump is your favorite from the show? Here's a couple of mine...


Train jump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb7qPbvZDCM&feature=related

Carnival of Sins jump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APaFJ2QO-QE&feature=related

Carnival of Sins? I must have mist that episode.  I know there was a C.O.T one   

Sorry bud, I couldn't resist that one. 

[mikepmcs]

Mine, in my own little show I put on last April.

I'll take the first jump made by Craig Baxley in front of Seany Hall, Oxford College, November 11th, 1978.  Lee 1's first and only jump.  Only cast member to ever drive Lee 1 was John.

[69bronzeT5]

What jump is your favorite from the show? Here's a couple of mine...


Train jump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb7qPbvZDCM&feature=related

Carnival of Sins jump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APaFJ2QO-QE&feature=related

Carnival of Sins? I must have mist that episode.  I know there was a C.O.T one   

Sorry bud, I couldn't resist that one. 

Woops!!!! Sorry, I just listened to Motley Crue. No wonder

[tan top]

all awesome stunts .... damn brave also the stunt men

i do like this one though    think it is call indian river or something 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcbNNB6Hevk&feature=related

[jaak]

Probably my favorite jump is the one over the 18 wheeler at the beginning of "High Octane". I know they made higher and longer jumps, but there is something about that one Ive always liked.
My second favorite, is the one from "Double Dukes" the one when they are headed toward Roscoe and Daisy's Jeep, and jump them. The angle of that shot is just cool, they filmed it several feet up from the rear, and you can see the roof/rear end from that shot. Just always though it was cool.

Jason

[Back N Black]

I can't remember? I was 12 years old when i stopped watching the show. 

[Ghoste]

The first one and the last one.

[GL#10]

Hey

The Double Dukes Jump was great  , just a great shot from the rear showing the flag  , next would be the one from 10 Million dollar sheriff , they get some serious air in the GL over the Jesse Pickup , it was reused in one of the last episodes "Heiress Daisy Duke "  in that episode i believe Waylon comes on and Says " i feel a big one coming up" or something to that effect , it just has some serious height , it would have been a mess once it hit the ground .

  The freeway jump in the 2005 movie was great , but no stuntman .

K.c

[Mike DC]

it was reused in one of the last episodes "Heiress Daisy Duke "  in that episode i believe Waylon comes on and Says " i feel a big one coming up" or something to that effect , it just has some serious height , it would have been a mess once it hit the ground .

The "Heiress" jump was a fresh one, it was just done at the same spot as the "$10 million" jump. 

If you have any doubt then look at the silver 4dr that's driving down below - two different models.

[resq302]

Mine has to be in the opening credits where they jump the canyon/river and hit the ramp so hard a ton of dirt goes flying also.  I guess it has to be the camera angle and over all scene for me too.  A close second is the original jump for Lee 1.

[69bronzeT5]

Mine has to be in the opening credits where they jump the canyon/river and hit the ramp so hard a ton of dirt goes flying also.  I guess it has to be the camera angle and over all scene for me too.  A close second is the original jump for Lee 1.

I've always wondered what's hanging off the car in that jump scene....camera I assume?

[Mike DC]

i do like this one though    think it is call indian river or something  


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcbNNB6Hevk&feature=related

Mine has to be in the opening credits where they jump the canyon/river and hit the ramp so hard a ton of dirt goes flying also.  I guess it has to be the camera angle and over all scene for me too.  

This is the one I was referring to.  It was done in 1979 at the old "Indian Dunes" off-road site just north of L.A. 

The cliff in the background was also the spot where Daisy's yellow RR got driven off the edge & blown up the next season. 




Remember the Sherriff in "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry"?  The one who talked them into crashing the Charger into the train?  Well that actor lost his head (literally) in a tragic helicopter accident while they were filming "The Twilight Zone" movie at that same spot at Indian Dunes in 1982.  The site was closed for filming after that.  

[Ghoste]

Vic Morrow was his name, better known for his role in the old tv series "Combat".

[Nacho-RT74]

Mine has to be in the opening credits where they jump the canyon/river and hit the ramp so hard a ton of dirt goes flying also.  I guess it has to be the camera angle and over all scene for me too.  A close second is the original jump for Lee 1.

I've always wondered what's hanging off the car in that jump scene....camera I assume?

yeah, is the camera support what does takes that angle scene right before the landing moment.

BTW is the same Jump Tan Top posted.

[MoparManJim]

Mine has to be in the opening credits where they jump the canyon/river and hit the ramp so hard a ton of dirt goes flying also.  I guess it has to be the camera angle and over all scene for me too.  A close second is the original jump for Lee 1.

I've always wondered what's hanging off the car in that jump scene....camera I assume?

What you see hanging from the side of the car as it comes down and hits the ramp and you can also see it real well when it leaves the ramp and started to travel up into the air. It's the camera that takes the footage for the side shot showing the ground and tire spining.

[bsakal]

If I ever got the chance to jump Daisy Duke back in the day, that would have been my favorite!

[Ghoste]

 

If I ever got the chance to jump Daisy Duke back in the day, that would have been my favorite!

[CaptMarvel]

The railroad jump from "Granny Annie" hands down best GL jump imo...
Funny, I still remember seeing that one when that episode first premiered...loved it

[jaak]

you know another cool one, with the cop cars, is the one where the two cars jump toward each other and crash in mid-air, IDK what episode it originally appeared in, but that some footage was re-used in several episodes.

Those stunt guys had balls the size of basketballs, what ever Paul Baxley wanted them to do, they did it.

Jason

[tan top]

The railroad jump from "Granny Annie" hands down best GL jump imo...
Funny, I still remember seeing that one when that episode first premiered...loved it

yeah if its the one that you see a oil barrel being hit which flies in out in front of the general as it goes over the train  .....   think that car was the only manual trans one ..not sure though .... seem to remember seeing another thought

[Mike DC]

           
The manual trans train jump car was for the second train jump. 


The first train jump was the famous one in 1980.  That's the one from "Grannie Annie" that showed up in the opening credits for a while.  Small pushbar and a 727. 

The crew tried doing another train jump again in 1983, but it ended in a bad smashup.  The editors cut away to some stock footage of a different jump for the landing.  This one used a 4spd car.  Wider pushbar.

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The show actually used a number of 4spd Chargers, but the mechanics normally swapped in 727s as soon as they got them.  The crew wanted automatics. 

[tan top]

           
The manual trans train jump car was for the second train jump. 


The first train jump was the famous one in 1980.  That's the one from "Grannie Annie" that showed up in the opening credits for a while.  Small pushbar and a 727. 

The crew tried doing another train jump again in 1983, but it ended in a bad smashup.  The editors cut away to some stock footage of a different jump for the landing.  This one used a 4spd car.  Wider pushbar.

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The show actually used a number of 4spd Chargers, but the mechanics normally swapped in 727s as soon as they got them.  The crew wanted automatics. 

oh right ..i see thanks for the info Mike DC ..i find all this dukes stuff ..with what car did what !!! been years since i seen one where bo & luke were in a prison ..& chain gang ..think the only time i saw it is when it was shown on tv
            there was a manual charger seen towards the end i think , you can see luke  making sure it was in neutral

[THE COLONEL]

My favorite jump is not actully the best jump in my opinion, but the best looking angle (and I can't remember the name of the episode at the momen, but they were chasing a helicopter, and, and the the camer is in the chopper when it jumps, so you get a quick birds eye view of a jump, as it looks like it is going to hit the chopper.

[paironines]

There was a jump/wreck in one of the shows where there were two generals and one jumped into the woods pretty straight but at the last second seemed to turn over in mid air and land upside down.

Another: Where the general crashes through the barn roof with the belly of the car.

[MoparManJim]

My favorite jump is not actully the best jump in my opinion, but the best looking angle (and I can't remember the name of the episode at the momen, but they were chasing a helicopter, and, and the the camer is in the chopper when it jumps, so you get a quick birds eye view of a jump, as it looks like it is going to hit the chopper.

"Fairwell Hazzard" 

Plus there is afew things in that episode that I had found that alot of folks didn't even notice I think.

[MoparManJim]

There was a jump/wreck in one of the shows where there were two generals and one jumped into the woods pretty straight but at the last second seemed to turn over in mid air and land upside down.

That would be "Double Dukes".

Another: Where the general crashes through the barn roof with the belly of the car.
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That would be "And In This Corner, Luke Duke".

[maxwellwedge]

If I ever got the chance to jump Daisy Duke back in the day, that would have been my favorite!

Dang - y'all beat me to that one! 

[mikepmcs]

But she's all yours now.
Looks like she ate one of the General's tires.

(who am i kidding, I still love her)

[tan top]

But she's all yours now.
Looks like she ate one of the General's tires.

(who am i kidding, I still love her)

  yeah still would though 

[HollyWoodCharger]

The Carnival of Thrills Jump would have to be my Favorite, that Jump makes the hair on the back of my neck standup!

Followed closely by the one and only Jump in the Hazard in Hollywood Reunion movie...

[moparheater]

  How about when Coy and Vance come flying onto Uncle Jesse's farm for the first time? 

[Mike DC]

That one was the first nitrous-oxide-boosted jump.  They didn't have enough run-up space to the ramp with just a normal motor.  (Remember the car is pulling about 200 pounds of rollcage & 600 pounds of trunk ballast.)

[challenger70]

My favorite is any where a Charger wasn't destroyed during it

[Mike DC]

heh, heh . . . . well, they did use miniature model cars for most of the stunts during the last season . . .

[Back N Black]

But she's all yours now.
Looks like she ate one of the General's tires.

(who am i kidding, I still love her)

She looks like Boss Hog.

[Ghoste]

Daisy Duke was Boss Hogg's illegitimate bastard luv child??  What a reunion episode that would make for. 

[Mike DC]

     
Man, if I had a dollar for every wisecrack ever made about Daisy's legitmacy/inbreeding . . .

[Ghoste]

Still somewhat off the topic but going in a more serious direction,  I have to say that it surprises me a little to hear you say that Mike.  I know you're pretty heavy into the DOH scene but I guess I just figured you were more or less just into the General.  It surprises me that people would make Daisy wisecracks to you.  I'm assuming here obviously, but this is occurring at car shows correct?

[Mike DC]

   
No, I'm not referring to snide comments directed at ME at car shows.  Nothing rude like that. 

People just always make comments about Daisy like that whenever DOH gets brought up.  Not people that know & love the show, just people that know/remember it vaguely as a little part of pop-culture.  The same people that say "Oh yeah, I remember the Duke boys, Bo and Duke!" 




It's like if the subject of the conversation gets onto Star Trek - you're ALWAYS gonna hear someone say "Beam me up, Scotty!" within the first 45 seconds.   

Or the subject of Darth Vader:  "Luke, I am your father!"

 

[Ghoste]

Interesting, I've certainly heard your other two examples but I can't say that I've heard any sort of cliched Duke-isms with the possible exception of Yeee-haw.

[Mike DC]

 
I'm just glad the show came back to pop-culture's radar screen so people quit telling me that my (69 Charger) is the wrong car for the GL. 




I'm serious. 

Before the GL had retaken its household-name status it was nuts.  People have looked at my replica and informed me that I was supposed to use everything from '66 Challenger to a Pontiac Catalina.

         

[Ghoste]

Really??  That surprises me even more.  Far more in fact. 

[Mike DC]

 
It blew me away initially too.  But this was the 1990s back then and Dukes was a long way from Jessica Simpson.  It was just another old TV show like Starsky & Hutch or CHiPs. 

So many people can't remember the names of half the characters, and yet they're 100% confident their recollections about the car are better than a guy who spent thousands of dollars making his own GL.  I'll never figure it out. 


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The principle is still at work today. 

Even now, it's commonplace to get people telling you a GL replica is wrong all over the place (when it's not).  Usually the only thing that shuts them up is having some pics of the TV series cars in the glovebox. 

[tan top]

 
I'm just glad the show came back to pop-culture's radar screen so people quit telling me that my (69 Charger) is the wrong car for the GL. 




I'm serious. 

Before the GL had retaken its household-name status it was nuts.  People have looked at my replica and informed me that I was supposed to use everything from '66 Challenger to a Pontiac Catalina.

         

yikes ..that supprises me also 

[Lizey]

best jump ever when the jump the general into some building right in hazzard square
i swear ive seen it on tv or was i watching a different show? hahaha

[BoDuke]

But she's all yours now.
Looks like she ate one of the General's tires.

(who am i kidding, I still love her)

I want my baby back,baby back ribs!

[MoparManJim]

best jump ever when the jump the general into some building right in hazzard square
i swear ive seen it on tv or was i watching a different show? hahaha

Episode "Baa Baa Black Sheep".

[nakita7]

How about when Coy and Vance come flying onto Uncle Jesse's farm for the first time? 

As someone who loved DOH when it came out and wanted to be a stuntman, I have watched all the jumps many times, because we own the DVD's Lots of great GL jumps, but the first one that popped into my mind when I saw this topic was the Satellite jump. It was with Coy and Vance, and I believe it was right at the beginning of Season 5(?). I believe the car was blue(?) with some wierd SS stripes or something.

Most all the GL jumps are good in some way, until they started using the remote control cars with close-up shots in Season 7. That was embarassing...

[Mike DC]

Yeah we were talking about that one earlier. 

That one is said to be the beginning of nitrous oxide usage on DOH.  If you've been to the site where they did it, you'll really understand the reasoning - no space to get the car up to speed before the ramp.  (There really wasnt even a normal road for that run-up, it was just fully rough ground.  They decided how they wanted to shot to look first and then figured out how to do it second.)

They eventually bought 3 copies of a commercially-available nitrous kit and starting using them sometimes on bigger jumps.  They were launching a lot of 318 cars that carried beefy rollcages & 600 pounds of trunk ballast.

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If you remember "Goodbye, General Lee" in season#4 (also the first episode for the wide pushbars), they jumped one of those same 73/74 Sattellites hella high up over a dump truck.  It was the pale yellow GL replacement car.