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Thursday, June 02, 2005

Just A Good Ol' Boy

General Lee from the 1970s TV show the "Dukes of Hazzard" was the number one choice as most popular TV or movie car in a recent survey. Classic muscle cars were the big winners. The orange 1969 Dodge Charger driven by the Duke boys was the number one pick. The 1968 Ford Mustang driven by Steve McQueen in the movie, "Bullitt," came in second. The 1967 Shelby GT500 nicknamed "Eleanor" in the 2000 version of the picture, "Gone in 60 Seconds," came in third.

"We thought the top choice would be the Batmobile, or maybe Tom Selleck's Ferrari from Magnum P.I.," says McKeel Hagerty, president of Hagerty Insurance. "We were surprised when the results were tallied and it turned out that 'General Lee' from The Dukes of Hazzard was the overall winner."

The red 1974 Ford Torino driven in the TV show and, recently, the movie "Starsky & Hutch" was the ninth most popular car.

1. Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee -- from the 1970s TV show

2. Bullitt's dark green 1968 Mustang driven by Steve McQueen

3. Gone in 60 Seconds' Eleanor - the 1967 Shelby GT500

4. Back to the Future's flux capacitor-equipped 1983 DeLorean

5. Batman's Batmobile from the TV series starring Adam West

6. Goldfinger's Aston Martin DB5 driven by James Bond

7. Smokey & The Bandit's 1977 Pontiac Firebird T/A driven by Burt Reynolds

8. Herbie the Love Bug, the 1963 Volkswagen from the Disney movie

9. Starsky & Hutch's 1974 Ford Torino driven in the original TV show

10. The Green Hornet's Black Beauty - from the 1966 television series

Office temp wins $100,000 job to watch reruns of Bo, Luke, Daisy and write blog. Yes, Christopher Nelson's new job, which comes with a $100,000 salary and a one-year contract, will be to watch reruns of "The Dukes of Hazzard" weeknights on the Country Music Television cable channel and write blog postings for the network's Web site.

"This job will change my life," said Nelson.

Nelson applied for the job along with almost 2,000 others in late February, shortly after an ad for the position was placed in several communication industry publications. A printable job application was made available on Country Music Television's Web site. The application asked no questions about prior work experience or education. "The Dukes of Hazzard," which ran from 1979 to 1985, followed the heroic efforts of two cousins, Bo and Luke Duke who, with the help of their cousin, Daisy, and the guidance of their uncle, Jesse Duke, did their best to thwart the plans of the greedy J.D. "Boss" Hogg. Hogg directly controlled most government functions and, seemingly, all of the crime in Hazzard County, Georgia. For his application, Nelson created a fictional character, called Slick, and a Web site to support Slick's candidacy for the position, slickforvp.org. The site featured the mustachioed Slick (the clean-shaven Nelson dressed in a black Western-style outfit with fake mustache) standing in front of private jet digitally "painted" to resemble the General Lee. Slickforvp.org also laid out Slick's positions on a number of social issues. Most of the planks in Slick's "campaign platform" could be considered offensive to a significant number of people, so we'll just share one... "Legalize prostitution as long as it's in an RV..." and leave it at that.

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