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‘Dukes’ movie irritates Cooter

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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PusBoy said...
I remember watching the Dukes of Hazzard 6,000 years ago when I was a boy, and it was hardly a squeaky clean show. Catherine Bach was always in a bikini or other state of undress. The Duke boys were always taking on drug runners, counterfeiters, Arab terrorists, moonshiners, rogue country-western singers, or minority activists. There were always plenty of guns, drugs, and skins to be seen. Was it softcore porn? No. Was it as squeaky clean as Cooter would have you believe? No. And, BTW, a cooter is a species of turtle native to the southern United States. Didn't you see the Daily Show's coverage of "The Cooter Festival" in some burg in Florida?

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