The actor who played friendly mechanic Cooter on "
The Dukes of Hazzard" wants you to stay away from the upcoming
movie version of the classic CBS series.
Ben Jones, who went on to become a U.S. congressman after the show's end, has posted an
open letter on his website criticizing the film for tarnishing the show's family-friendly image:
Unless they clean it up before the August 5th release date I would strongly recommend that true blue Dukes fans hold their noses and pass this one up. And whatever you do, don't take any youngsters to see it. As plain as I can put it, the only thing this movie shares with our show is the title. Oh, they do have the General Lee flying through the air, although according to the New York Times, they didn't even use stunt drivers.
Sure it bothers me that they wanted nothing to do with the cast of our show, but what bothers me much more is the profanity laced script with blatant sexual situations that mocks the good clean family values of our series. Now, anybody who knows me knows that I'm not a prude. But this kind of toilet humor has no place in Hazzard County. Rather than honoring our legendary show, they have chosen to degrade it.
I wonder which "good clean family values" the show's producers consulted when they decided to name one of the characters "
Cooter."
[Cooter's Place] The Dukes Movie: Don't Go Unless They Clean It Up! (via
Yahoo! News)
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