Word: hazzard
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...fowl impersonation of Elvis Presley. Even his nickname is "The King". There is a ditzy Betty Boop love interest, and there is the smutty agent--the movie's only redeeming aspect--with voice hilariously rendered by Sorrell Booke, better known as "Boss Hogg" on the "Dukes of Hazzard." The writer even flirts with political correctness when he includes a pseudo feminist mouse...
When I was in elementary school, I used to drool while watching my Gentile and assimilated Jewish friends greedily remove any one of the multitude of Hostess cakes from their "Dukes of Hazzard" lunchboxes and quickly gorge themselves upon the cream filled delights. It seemed to me that, like the cartoon commercial claimed--everyone got "A big delight out of every bite of Hostess Cupcakes." That tempting creamy middle really did seem to revitalize all those lucky enough to devour it, and gave them the requisite sugar rush they needed to conquer the playset from the older, more powerful second...
...Smith makes ritual bows toward his personal charm and "genius for mass programming." But concrete examples are scarce. More typically, we hear of the deals Paley botched, the employees he treated badly and the hit CBS shows, like All in the Family and The Dukes of Hazzard, that he initially opposed. Even in victory -- like his famous talent raids of the late 1940s, when CBS wooed Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen and other big stars away from NBC -- Paley seems curiously passive and remote. (His role is described in phrases like "Paley agreed instantly" and "Paley loved the idea.") Smith...
...blame some of my embarrassment toward "Southern culture" on television's shallow, cliched view of Southern people and places. Look at shows like "The Dukes of Hazzard," "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Hee Haw." Even "Matlock" and "Designing Women," which at least depict intelligent characters, depend on quaint Southern accents, romanticized Southern situations and hackneyed Southern expressions for their appeal. Face it--no one expects the sophistication of "L.A. Law" south of the Mason-Dixon Line...
...consider it a safety hazzard," East said. "The first time we saw one we were hysterical--we wanted to get out of the dorm. They are dangerous...