Wednesday, November 20, 2024

New Dukes Stuff - 11/20/2024 - 01 Fight Trunks, Greek Poster, Atari Video Game and More


New Dukes Stuff!  I've been slacking on my reporting of new additions to the collection, but definitely not falling behind in my buying of new additions to the collection.  In this new entry, we got some unique things that I've never seen before.  Let's take a look. 
 

First up is a pair of MMA/Boxing shorts dedicated to our favorite show from a company called All Valley Fightwear.  There's a good bit to unpack here.  First, we see the 01 and rebel flag.  All Dukes.  The name of the company, All Valley, is obviously taken from Karate Kid, where Daniel San fought Johnny Lawrence at the All Valley Karate Tournament at the end of the movie.  And the blue stripe with white stars on the side is reminiscent of the iconic red, white, and blue shorts worn by Apollo Creed and later Rocky Balboa in the Rocky movie series.  That's three franchises in one!
 

We all know about my love for the Dukes, and you are probably familiar with the fact that I love Cobra Kai and Karate Kid, given some of my Halloween costumes and stories I've shared on here.  You might even have seen some pictures of me in my Rocky shorts swimming trunks on the old blog.  When I saw these pop up on ebay, there was no way I wasn't buying them.  


Plus they are about my size, just a little big.  They aren't your average shorts, and have a bulky front which I'm guessing is for protection during a match.  Doing a little research, All Valley Fightwear was a short lived brand of fighting clothes that closed up shop about a decade ago.  I wasn't aware these existed, but I can tell whoever made them loved all the great TV and movies.  Speaking of Cobra Kai, I just finished the second part of the last season last night, and I loved it so much.  In this era of legacy sequels, where old franchises are brought back with the original cast and also introduce a new cast, Cobra Kai does it so perfectly.  Ghostbusters also gets it right.  I am going to miss Cobra Kai after the last part of this final season is released.  The show is so fun and the action is great.  The fight scene in this latest episode was epic.  In a world of great legacy sequels, I sure thinks Dukes of Hazzard deserves a new moment to shine.  


Back to the Dukes stuff.  This is a Dukes poster from Greece that I've never seen before.  When it popped up on ebay, I tried to figure out exactly what it was, but it had a decent price and I didn't want to miss out on it, so I bought it and waited until it got to my hemisphere to really examine it.  I took a chance and it paid off.  This thing is incredible!

My first thoughts were it was a magazine pull-out poster.  The fold in the middle gave me that impression.  I was wrong, and I'm happy about that.  It is a thicker, almost cardboard material.  It isn't in perfect condition, but I'm not going to complain about it.  It's a little bigger than what a fold out poster would be.  The image is interesting.  It has NTIOYKE on top.  This translates to just Dukes.  We've seen that on different DVD releases of the show and movie from Greece.  The bottom has writing that translates to Carousel Offer.  Maybe this is from a Greek magazine or research says it could be a trading card company.  I'm not really sure.  But the real jewel is the artwork.  This artwork should be familiar to Dukes fans, but were rarely, if ever, seen it complete like this.  The right portion with the flying General Lee and Boss and the Duke cousins is shown on many items, most prominently the album cover.  But the album cover includes Rosco with Boss, Daisy, Bo and Luke. The character-less image of the General Lee is seen on the shoebox for the super rare Dukes tennis shoes. The left side of this poster is also partly seen on the shoebox, but edited all up.  The image is also seen on the the cover of the Dukes novel, Gone Racin', but the Gen'ral is partly invisible on the American version and the flag is only half shown on the British version.  The back of the American version of the book includes the left half of the artwork, but doesn't show it all and adds Coy and Vance to the mix.  I can't think of a single instance where this entire image is used of a Dukes product.  And the omission of Rosco from the artwork is really confusing.  Because the album uses a little different version of this artwork, I'm guessing this poster does not coincide with the release of the album.  And it's not a part of the shoes release, like the big General Lee display I have.  My guess, given the word "offer" on the bottom, is that this poster was used to advertise the release of the novel, Gone Racin', and perhaps was displayed at book fairs in schools in Greece to persuade kids to buy the book.  Maybe that's why we've never come across another one.  Maybe it is a rare foreign advertising piece for another rare collectible, the novel.  Now I gotta find a Greek copy of the book.  I like this little adventure this poster took us on, and I think I'll stick with my assumption.  Ladies and Gentlemen, this is an advertising poster for the Dukes novel from Greece.  Prove me wrong.  
 

Moving on.  In my discussion of the above poster, I mentioned that I thought it might be a magazine pull-out and was happy I discovered it wasn't.  And proved what it was.  Magazine pull-outs are fun, but I haven't really gone down that rabbit hole, because there has to be quite a few out there and finding them all might be a little difficult.  I do like a challenge.  But I did recently buy this one.  Mainly because it's a great image of Bo in his Cast and Crew jacket.  I have an affinity for the C&C Jackets (first time I've called them that) because I happen to own three different ones.  This is a fun candid, behind the scenes photo that I haven't seen before.  Tom isn't wearing his jacket.  John's has a rebel flag where all three of mine have an American flag.  I know of one jacket a fellow collector owns that has the rebel flag.  I would love to add one of those versions to my collection.  This pull-out poster is a fun addition to the collection.  Let's see if I start buying more pull-outs.  


I love advertising pieces.  I especially love advertising pieces that advertise niche areas of the hobby.  This is a pin back button advertising the first video game of the silver era of Dukes of Hazzard collecting.  The PlayStation game The Dukes of Hazzard Racing For Home came out in 1999 and was a huge success that spawned a sequel and a PlayStation 2/X-Box reimaging.  I'm sure the popularity of the game was further achieved by video game store employees wearing this button.  Maybe not.  
 

The front of the pin is nearly perfect and the back has a little scuffing to it.  I've seen one or two of these advertising pins before, but never had a chance to buy one.  It's taken me a quarter century since it was made, but I finally have one in my collection!


Next up is another piece that wasn't generally meant for mainstream audiences.  Do you know how hard it was for me to type "generally" and not General Lee?  This is a magnet meant to advertise the Dukes within the cable syndication industry.  It has a date of 2001 on it and is labeled Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution An AOL Time Warner Company.  American Online was THE name in the early internet days.  I have fond memories of a 14.4 kbps modem, at this very office where I'm writing this blog (same room), logging on to AOL with by buddy Brett and discovering chat rooms and message boards.  The second thing I ever searched online was the Dukes of Hazzard.  AOL was huge in the mid-to-late '90s.  But every wrestling fan knows that AOL got too big.  They merged with Ted Turner's Time Warner right before the dot-com bubble burst and tech titans caused the market to crash.  It was a crazy time.  But before it all went south, The Dukes was briefly owned my AOL, just like Bugs Bunny, Superman, and Hulk Hogan's wrestling contract.  This magnet is one of the only Dukes items I can think of that mentions that time in the Dukes lifespan.  


It was meant to be sent out to individual cable network licensees to persuade them to carry the Original "Original" Dukes.  Weird, because were we four years before the movie at this time, and the original Dukes was the only Dukes.  Maybe it meant that the Dukes is the original down home family TV show.  Whatever the "Original" line is referring to, it's a cool piece and I'm glad I own it.  I love these weird little insider pieces.  But I love all things Dukes, you know this. 


This is a piece I'm so happy to own.  I've posted many blog posts about the Dukes school supplies.  There are notebooks, folders, drawing pad and pencil pads all made by WriteRight.  There are at least thirteen different images used on the covers and several of the images are used on different notebooks and folders.  Some are super rare, like the pencil pads and drawing pads, and some can be purchased very reasonable like the more common folders.  I've heard legends of a notebook with multiple covers from fellow collectors.  Some say it was just hearsay or a phantom and others say it was a homemade craft project.  Actually that's not true at all.  A fellow collector has one and I've always been jealous.  Well I got one now!


I really don't know why WriteRight released a 10.5 inch by 8 inch notebook with seven different covers bundled in one. All of these covers were released individually on their own notebook.  The front cover features the Dukes family, including Cooter, in front of the Hazzard County Courthouse.  The next one is sweet Daisy hanging out of the driver side of the General Lee


The third image features the General Lee jumping and three images from the show. 


The fourth is an image of the General jumping the other way with Boss's billboard and Bo and Luke beneath. 


The fifth is Bo and Luke talking through Hazzard Square. 


The sixth is Bo and Luke posing with a brown background.  


The seventh and final cover features Boss Hogg in the gazebo at the center of Hazzard Square.  With all Boss's faults, he sure made a great politician and managed to keep himself in office for a long time.  


The notebook is unused and has all the paper intact.  


The back cover is identical to the standard, one-cover, notebooks.  


The reason for the existence of this notebook is a mystery.  Now that mine was unearthed, it proves that my fellow collector's version isn't homemade or a factory mistake. The other one has different covers and in different order.   Maybe it was sent to retail buyers to display the different offerings WriteRight wanted them to sell in their stores.  It seems like a cheaper option then to send seven different notebooks.  I like that reasoning.  I'm all about solving mysteries today.  


Wizard Magazine.  Throughout my younger years in elementary and middle school, I bought Wizard Magazine at my local Foodland nearly every month.  I was a comic book fan but rarely bought monthly issues of comics.  I bought the occasional trade or special edition, but I kept up with everything in the comics world thanks to my love of Wizard Magazine.  All my old copies of Wizard are still around here somewhere too.  The internet brought on the end of most niche magazines, but Wizard was still going strong in 2005 when the movie was coming out and they featured Jessica on the cover.  The concept of Dukes on the cover of Wizard would have been too much for me to handle in the early '90s.  


This issue of Wizard is dedicated to Batman Begins but also covers other movies released in the summer of 2005.  


But does not cover them well.  There is exactly one page that mentions the Dukes, and it barely gets a paragraph.  The inclusion of the Dukes was just a means to get "it-girl" Jessica Simpson on the cover.  The description of the Dukes includes comparing the General Lee to the Batmobile and calling Batman Boss Hog, so it isn't all that bad.  I would have liked a little more General Lee inclusion, though.  Maybe a cartoon of the Batmobile and Gen'ral racing or something.  But it is the Batman issue.  Cool to reminisce about Wizard Magazine and cool to have one as a part of the Dukes Collection.


Here's another video game addition.  This is the 8-bit Atari 800 game Hazard Run by Artworx.  I really don't know how this game was released and the creators weren't sued into oblivion by Warner Bros.  It is a rarer piece and I'm very glad to add it to the collection.  The box art features an orange Charger jumping the creek.  


The back describes the antics employed in the game mentioning the sheriff and jumping the Hazard Creek.  The internet tells me the name of the car is the Gee Lee.  I guess the industry wide video game crash of 1983 kept this game off WB's radar because it was released just prior in 1982. 


The game is cassette based, like the Australian video game "Hazzard" that appears to be licensed by WB and the British video game for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48. A video game on a cassette is still foreign to me.  


I actually bought this game is two parts.  I found the box and instructions at one time and the found the game cassette later.  I'm glad I could finally complete this package. 


The instructions are so basic.  I mean baby steps basic.  But it's really cool to have the original instructions.  


Ok, I was born in 1981, video games from when I was one or two are a little before my time, but I am obsessed with a show that premiere two years before I was born, so I know a little more than the average joe about pop culture in the early '80s.  But I really don't know much about any Atari game consoles before the Atari 2600.  This is all new information to me.  The Atari 800 Computer had an accessory cassette drive that looked very similar to the standard cassette recorder you picture when an crime drama flashes back to an interrogation in the '80s that's being audio recorded.  I guess it plugged into the computer and let you play the game.  It seems there is also a disk version of this game out there.  Gotta find that now.  



The package warns you that the game is protected by US Copyright law.  I bet Warner Bros would have something to say about that.  


The internet always comes through and I managed to find some videos of the game in action.  There is no defense as to what this game is trying to be.  There's the dixie horn and the Gee Lee has a flag on the roof and the number 10 on the door.  Maybe they tried to get the Dukes licensing but it didn't work out and they released the game anyway.  Wikipedia says they tried to rerelease the game with the licensing as if it wasn't created as a Dukes ripoff game in the first place.  You can't always trust Wiki folks.  I've embedded different early Dukes video games before on different blog posts, but I'll end this post with the Spectrum game, the Australian Hazzard game and the video me and Jeff put together of the ColecoVision Dukes of Hazzard game so you can compare and see how far the video game industry has come since it's primitive beginnings.  Stay turned, more New Dukes Stuff blog posts are right around the corner!





Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Hazzard Run 2024 and 3rd Annual Halloween in Hazzard Costume Contest! Also Larry's Halloween 2024 Costume!

 


October means two things in Hazzard County, Hazzard Run and Halloween!  Being a card carrying citizen of Hazzard, I love both!  And I get to combine both into one heck of an event.  For the third year running, I got to host the Costume Contest at the Hazzard Run in Luray and it was another great success! Let's check out the Run and then the costume contest, and I'll throw a little of my hometown Halloween in at the end.  Sound good?  Let's go!


The Hazzard Run is just a perfect Dukes event.  You get a bunch of General Lees, other Hazzard cars, their Dukes loving owners, mix in a few cast members and music, and you have the combination for a great weekend.  


This is my third event, and the fourth time it's been in Luray.  The weather was perfect the entire weekend.  


It's fun having the drone up for events like this.  This is the pre-Run meeting where the best in the business, Bobby Scott, lays out the plan to all the drivers.  


The big events, like Cooter's 25th, and Last Stand, are great, but the Run has a totally different feel because all the Gen'rals and Hazzard cars are on the move.  



And let me tell you, there were a lot of cars this time.  






It was a sea of orange and white. Ever notice that almost all the other cars on the Dukes of Hazzard are white?  You sure notice at the Hazzard Run.  



In addition to the Chargers, Jeeps, Road Runners, Monacos and Polaras, there were a bunch of tribute cars and other cars that wanted in on the fun.  Everyone is welcome at the Hazzard Run!


Just like last year, I rode with our good buddy, Jim Dahlman, in his wonderful General Lee.  


By now, anyone reading this post should be familiar with Jim and his Gen'ral.  It's the second one I ever drove, I have videos of me driving it, Jim brought his car to my 40th birthday party, and he let his General Lee be a part of my wedding.  Jim is the best!


Jim had a great position in the run, about the middle of the pack with other Lees in front and behind.  



I set up my gopro on the door this time.  Last year I had it on the car in front of us and the year before I had it on the roof.  This made for a really cool shot.  The video is below.  




Right before we took off, I jumped back out of the car, through the door and not the window, and took some more pictures of lined up General Lees and police cars.  



Our good buddy Jim Cunningham had a great setup where he had a video camera connected to his roof and he could watch the action on his phone.  Super cool. 


Bill Shaffer and his beautiful episode 1 Polara led a few police cars in the parade. 


Silly Billy Lambing and his patrol car were next.  


After that was previous Costume Contest entrant Aaron Aikman and his brand new Rosco car.  This was the first big road test for his new pride and joy and it passed with flying colors.  It's now a part of his fleet that includes ECTO-1, the Munsters car, and many many others.  






There were all kinds of great cars included in the Run




Once we got on the road, we had the perfect view.  We straightened the curves and flattened the hills with a General Lee in front of us and behind us.  It was a blast.  


It's really cool to see all the spectators stop at different places to take in all the Dukes of Hazzard greatness.  



I mean, c'mon!



Jim is in his glory.  This is a picture of a very happy Duke Boy.  




I love when we go up or down hills because it creates an opportunity to see all the cars.  I'm glad the bridge wasn't out, but if it was, we all could have jumped it with no problems.  

Here's the promised video.  It's most of the run, until my memory card filled up, followed by some action at the racetrack.  Those pictures are coming up next.  It's a long video, but it's fun to watch or skip through.  Let me know what you think of my music choices.  



Coming back to Cooter's is fun because there's always a huge crowd waiting for us.  I chose to stick my head out the window and take in the applause over getting a good picture.  I made the right choice.  


Jim dropped me off at the store and headed to the track.  I got a few things in order for later in the day and drove to the track myself.  It's a little under fifteen minutes to the track but in that time I was driving my Acura, and had the stark realization that as much as I love my car, it ain't no General Lee.  Soon....



I grabbed a few pictures at the track of all the great orange cars, and some drone footage that you can see in the above video.  I wasn't there all that long as I had a contest to prepare for.  I headed back to Cooter's in my non-orange car. 


Ben and the Cooter's Garage Band entertained the Dukes Nation like only they can.  Miss Alma joined Ben on stage for a bit and it was magical.  We are so blessed to have Ben and Alma leading our hobby.  Thank you two so much for everything you do for us.  There's nothing else like Hazzard Nation. 


Dorothy Best was there signing autographs in her late husband's honor. We are lucky to have Dorothy there and we can honor James. She's the best. 


We were treated with several special guests at this year's Hazzard Run.  Catherine Bach and Jeff Altman signed autographs and entertained us.  Catherine's pictures are below. That rascal Hughie Hogg performed some magic tricks on stage before the contest.  I love slight of hand magic, an Jeff is a master at it.  I could watch him all day.  

Halloween in Hazzard Costume Contest time!
 

I realize you may not know everything there is no know about the Dukes of Hazzard and there's a chance you're wondering why I'm in a red jumpsuit with a monkey.  This year, like both previous years, I couldn't host the contest if I wasn't in a costume myself.  This year I went as Bo Duke in his NASCAR suit from the season six two-part episode, Undercover Dukes.  


Bo and Luke are recruited by the US of A Government to go undercover and bring down a racing family that has ties to organized crime.  And there's a monkey involved named Mr. Jones.  


Daisy also dressed up like Bo and is actually the racer that finishes first in front of legends like Daryl Waltrip and Richard Petty.  So technically I could have been dressed up as Bo, or maybe I was dressed as Daisy dressed as Bo.  That's a fun possibility.  Which one was I?  I'll never tell.  


I was Bo.  And I had a Mr. Jones too.  


My costume wasn't all that hard to make.  I knew I had to find a stuffed animal chimp and I came across a character named Titan from a movie called Space Chimps that was already is a red jumpsuit so I had to use him.  I was planning on making a suit for a chimp, but this worked out so much better. Surprisingly, a red jumpsuit is super easy to find on Amazon. 


For my Carnival of Thrills costume, I didn't have a helmet and wanted to make sure I had one this time.  I considered buying a red helmet, but this old school design is actually harder to find because newer ones protect a lot better.  The helmet I ended up using belonged to my dad and actually saved his life from a horrendous crash in the '70s.  All these scuffs are from that one crash.  If he wasn't wearing this helmet, I would have never been born.  My mom used to take this to the high school where she taught when students didn't wear a helmet and show them the kind of damage it took that a head usually can't.  Over the years, the padding had crumbled away, but it was perfect to spray paint red and include with my costume.  Then after the contest, it would be a part of my collection with my monkey.


It was fun, but a little frustrating trying to decipher all the patches on Bo's jumpsuit.  The "Octoline" patch can also be seen on the season 5 Welcome Back Bo 'n Luke jumpsuits.  The other ones are unique to these episodes.  There is a big orange battery advertisement on Bo's arm, but I decided to replace it with the familiar Cooter's Place logo.  The Carver family crest worked out very nice.  The rest I recreated in Photoshop and I was very happy how they came out.


I have created the first ever Undercover Dukes Mr. Jones collectible.  My collection is the only Dukes of Hazzard Collection to have one.  For this, I am proud. 


I'm thrilled with the result.  Everything works perfectly.  Me and Mr. Jones are ready to host the costume contest.  Let's meet the contestants. 


We had two fierce Uncle Jesses.  First up was David Daniels.  Wow, he could be Denver!


Next up is last year's individual winner Michael Nix.  The competition for number one Uncle Jesse is a hard fought battle!


Curtis Moore entered once again as Rosco.  That's three years in a row!  I love it, I love it. 


Brandon Bergin also entered again as Rosco.  I love how much our good friends support the contest!


Last year, James Murphey III won in the duo category by entering with his pal Blake as Big Cooter and Little Cooter.  Two years ago he took home the individual prize as Cooter.  He tried to make it a threepeat this year. 
 

Cooper Cavender entered in the under 18 category as Luke Duke in Daisy's Jeep.  I really got a kick out of the Jeep.  It can be remote driven by an adult with a controller and has a bluetooth speaker to play Dixie.  I love this thing!


Entering the group category were Brittany Diamond as Lulu Hogg, Ben Diamond as Rosco, Jaskson Fisher as Luke and Joseph Cribs as Bo.  I love that families and friends get together to enjoy the Dukes and enter the contest. 


Amber Miller was back at it as Daisy and she did not disappoint. Again, love the daises.  
    

Mallory Bernier, Lily King, and Amelia Felice entered the group category as triple Daisy.  Incredible!  Great job ladies!


Last year, our good pal Russ Gundle blew us all away as the General Lee Transformer.  This year he took it a step further as the General Lee with a working Dixie horn!  It was incredible.  He was afraid it was too loud to blow the horn inside on stage, but the crowd demanded it and it was perfect!  I love your creativity Russ, and I can't wait to see what you do next year.  


Our friend Lee Bryant, who dressed as Lulu last year, dressed as Flash this year, but unfortunately I didn't get a picture of her wonderful costume.  Lee, please forgive me! Here's all the participants to this year's contest.


Oh yeah, there was one other duo entrant.  Jett Yaskow and Jason Moody absolutely astonished me as Boss Hogg and Lulu.  I had dinner with Jett  and Jason on Friday, and they didn't even tell me they were entering the contest.  Right before we went on stage, they told me they were entering as a "Duo Mystery."  When I was introducing the entrants to the crowd they made their grand entrance and there was eruptions from the fans.  This is my favorite costumes yet.  Jett and Jason, hats off to you guys.  This is the reason we have a costume contest.  This is prefect!


The winners of the 2024 Halloween in Hazzard Costume Contest are:
Cooper Cavender as Luke in the Jeep - Under 18
Mallory, Lily and Amelia as Triple Daisy - Group
David Daniels as Uncle Jesse - Individual
Russ Gundle as The General Lee with Dixie Horn - Unique
Jett and Jason as Boss Hogg and Lulu - Duo
There was very fierce competition for each category and each entrant deserves a prize.  Thank you so much for everyone who entered and took the time to create a costume and participate.  Each year this contest gets bigger and I am so grateful I get to do it.  The winners really deserved their prize.  Congratulations to each winner.  This makes me so happy.


Jett just impressed the heck out of me with his Boss Hogg. Great job brother!


Much to the chagrin of Richie, who wanted to get done and already shut down the autograph line, I took all the winners into the garage area to take pictures with Catherine. She was busy signing beloved Dukes memorabilia and didn't get to watch the contest. I couldn't let her miss this. She really got a kick out of Jason and Jett's performance. Who wouldn't? 


I really wanted her to see the girls with their Daisy Dukes on. We all love seeing younger Dukes fans keeping it going. 


David just has the look and Catherine agrees.


Amber came back too and Catherine really loved her attention to detail. 


I had to grab a pic with my Daisy dressed as Bo costume with Daisy. She totally got it. 


I took a picture with this monkey and Mr. Jones. Jeff is such a fun guy and I'm so glad he's a part of the Dukes family once again. 


When things were winding down, we were able to get Catherine to sign Jim's General. As we were walking out I told her that Jim was kind enough to let his car be a part of my wedding and she wrote an inscription about it. 


I hope you enjoy the autograph saying you have the most romantic General, Jim. If not, I'm forever sorry about that. Hey, it's a unique inscription. 


Great pic of our buddy and our favorite lady. 



Bobby Scott runs a great Run. He organizes the whole event and does it perfectly. Great job again brother! 


After the Run, concert, and contest, Bobby and Aaron set up a projection screen and roasted marshmallows and hot dogs. 


It was such a cool atmosphere with the General Lees at night. 



We watched One Armed Bandits by the fire side. Who could ask for anything better? 


Cooter's Garage in the background and Daisy on the big screen. We were all happy in Hazzard County! 


If that wasn't enough, back at the cabins, our buddies Jim, Alex, Dave, Matt, Bill, Billy and the crew had another projection screen set up and we watched more Dukes!



This time Alex asked for a suggestion on which episodes to watch and I, of course, said Undercover Dukes. 


It was fun pointing out details and discussing points that only us crazies would pick out. Watching with fellow super fans was a lot of fun. It was such a perfect ending to a perfect day. 


Sunday was more Dukes and it was great. 


We asked Jeff to sign Jim's General and he spent a good bit of time checking it out. 




Jim is a proud General papa with all these great signatures. 


I left them to chat and they talked Dukes for quite a while. 

The weekend was awesome. A perfect Run with perfect weather and a perfect contest. Everything worked perfectly. Thanks to Ben and Alma and Bobby Scott and the crew at Cooter's. Everyone works so hard to make these events great and again, thanks for letting me be a part of it. I can't wait until next year's Hazzard Run and Halloween in Hazzard Costume Contest. I already have an idea for my next costume. What are you dressing up as? 


While you're here, I'll take this opportunity to show off my non-Dukes Halloween weekend. Saturday before Halloween we had trick or treating in our neighborhood and me and Chad went to a friend's party. 

I totally understand why recording artists release greatest hits albums. When you have great songs in your repertoire, you bring them back. I did the same thing with my previous Halloween costumes. It's been eleven years and I brought back my Terminator costume. Once again, it was a hit! 

The Terminator said he would be back.


Chad also went with a throwback and went as Raphael.  He told me he dressed as the best Ninja Turtle way back in kindergarten and bought a new version this year.


I asked Bill to don the Cobra Kai gi and it was definitely a hit. We all had a great time giving out candy and our neighbors really liked our costumes.  


I was looking for Sarah Conner all night. 


Chad and I went to a friend's party and it was the most legit Halloween party I've ever been to. 


The host of the party, Ryan, dressed as the Heart Break Kid, Shawn Michaels. His party was so much fun. 


These dudes dressed as Starsky and Hutch. What a surprise to see a '70s costume at a party with mostly people in their thirties. 


I made friends with the Fiend! We talked wrestling for a long time and I loved it. I asked him how far back his fandom goes and he says he jumped the railing at a WWF event to hug Hulk Hogan and I had huge respect for that. Great talking to you. 


One party goer dressed as Weird Al and I had to take a picture for Jeff. He approves. 



I really loved these guys as Harry and Marv from Home Alone. The creativity and detail was great. He really looks like Daniel Stern and went with the best option. Great job. 


So let's talk about this party. There was not an inch of Ryan's house that wasn't Halloween. He said this was his wife's Christmas. It was the all Halloween everywhere. They had a live tattoo artist upstairs and I watched this guy get fresh ink. How crazy is that?!


They had a real casket in their house. And it's theirs and in the house year round. What a party. Before we left Ryan gave us a save the date for next year's party. I'm looking forward to it. I love a good Halloween party. 


I contemplated my existence as a cybernetic assassin and then won best costume. It was a good night. 



Back in Hazzard, we had a perfect event. Billy Lambing took this lower angle photo of me with my dream General Lee and I think it's my favorite picture with the General ever. I love being a citizen of Hazzard County!