"The Dukes" cartoon intro w/Bo, Luke, Daisy

"The Dukes" cartoon ran for just 20 episodes during Saturday mornings in 1983. Fortunately the DVD set is available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3eUM2xn. Production for the animated series was planned before the strike of John Schneider and Tom Wopat. Rather than delay the series, Warner Bros. went ahead with the project, using the substitute characters of "Coy and Vance" and the voices of Byron Cherry and Christopher Mayer. This put "Coy and Vance" in the cartoon for the first 13 episodes.

CBS tried to keep the animated show going when Schneider and Wopat settled with Warner Bros, approving a second season of "The Dukes." With Bo and Luke back in the driver's seat of the General Lee, and all the live-action cast doing the character voice work, this show SHOULD have ran longer than it did. Alas, "The Dukes" cartoon only lasted 7 more episodes after Bo and Luke came on board, getting canceled halfway through the 2nd season due to lackluster ratings.

Animated by the legendary Hanna-Barbera studio, "The Dukes" cartoon had everything it needed for success. But it may have been doomed from the start due to a questionable premise that took the Dukes OUT of Hazzard, along with Boss Hogg, Rosco and Flash, to race around the world. Perhaps it was intended to lightly introduce kids to other places and cultures, but it pretty much relied on stereotypes to do this. On the plus, James Best and Sorrell Booke did an excellent job voicing their animated characters. Out of everybody on the project, it's clear they had the most fun with it.

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Дата на публикация: 8 февруари, 2023
Категория: Трейлъри и анимация
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