Re: How many will boycott "The Dukes of Hazzard" because of the flag?



Scott Gardner wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:01:41 -0500, Peter H Proctor
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:25:39 -0400, WillBrink
> ><WillBrink*NOSPAM*@Comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >>I am going to boycott it 'cause it's going to suck.

> >
> >Sometimes the border between "silly" (i.e., funny) and "stupid" is
> >pretty narrow. We shall see which it is... The cast is fairly
> >promising.
> >
> >> Could care less about the flag.

> >
> > Interestingly, the original "Dukes" occasionally featured a
> >black sheriff in the next county whose professionalism was played off
> >agin' that of the local dumb white-boy LEO's.

>
> I'd forgotten about Sheriff "Spike"! If I remember correctly, he
> carried around a railroad spike, and at least once used it to tear the
> door off a car. Badass mofo, indeed.


I don't think that was it. The character was Sheriff Ed Little
of "Chickasaw County" - AKA "Big Sheriff Little". He was played
by Don Pedro Coley.

<http://www.lucasfan.com/thx1138/little.jpg>
 
Scott Gardner wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:01:41 -0500, Peter H Proctor
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:25:39 -0400, WillBrink
> ><WillBrink*NOSPAM*@Comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >>I am going to boycott it 'cause it's going to suck.

> >
> >Sometimes the border between "silly" (i.e., funny) and "stupid" is
> >pretty narrow. We shall see which it is... The cast is fairly
> >promising.
> >
> >> Could care less about the flag.

> >
> > Interestingly, the original "Dukes" occasionally featured a
> >black sheriff in the next county whose professionalism was played off
> >agin' that of the local dumb white-boy LEO's.

>
> I'd forgotten about Sheriff "Spike"! If I remember correctly, he
> carried around a railroad spike, and at least once used it to tear the
> door off a car. Badass mofo, indeed.


I don't think that was it. The character was Sheriff Ed Little
of "Chickasaw County" - AKA "Big Sheriff Little". He was played
by Don Pedro Coley.

<http://www.lucasfan.com/thx1138/little.jpg>
 
Scott Gardner wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:01:41 -0500, Peter H Proctor
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:25:39 -0400, WillBrink
> ><WillBrink*NOSPAM*@Comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >>I am going to boycott it 'cause it's going to suck.

> >
> >Sometimes the border between "silly" (i.e., funny) and "stupid" is
> >pretty narrow. We shall see which it is... The cast is fairly
> >promising.
> >
> >> Could care less about the flag.

> >
> > Interestingly, the original "Dukes" occasionally featured a
> >black sheriff in the next county whose professionalism was played off
> >agin' that of the local dumb white-boy LEO's.

>
> I'd forgotten about Sheriff "Spike"! If I remember correctly, he
> carried around a railroad spike, and at least once used it to tear the
> door off a car. Badass mofo, indeed.


I don't think that was it. The character was Sheriff Ed Little
of "Chickasaw County" - AKA "Big Sheriff Little". He was played
by Don Pedro Coley.

<http://www.lucasfan.com/thx1138/little.jpg>
 
Scott Gardner wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:01:41 -0500, Peter H Proctor
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:25:39 -0400, WillBrink
> ><WillBrink*NOSPAM*@Comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >>I am going to boycott it 'cause it's going to suck.

> >
> >Sometimes the border between "silly" (i.e., funny) and "stupid" is
> >pretty narrow. We shall see which it is... The cast is fairly
> >promising.
> >
> >> Could care less about the flag.

> >
> > Interestingly, the original "Dukes" occasionally featured a
> >black sheriff in the next county whose professionalism was played off
> >agin' that of the local dumb white-boy LEO's.

>
> I'd forgotten about Sheriff "Spike"! If I remember correctly, he
> carried around a railroad spike, and at least once used it to tear the
> door off a car. Badass mofo, indeed.


I don't think that was it. The character was Sheriff Ed Little
of "Chickasaw County" - AKA "Big Sheriff Little". He was played
by Don Pedro Coley.

<http://www.lucasfan.com/thx1138/little.jpg>