The way they built up the emotion in this with the music and camera work really sold this scene. From the top down view of the General taking off, to the real driving scenes (instead of rear projection) to Cooter's concerned look, to the music build, and handshake at the end. This was well done. I would have used a landing ramp though :)
Bad thing is it was two General Lees used. The first one from take of starts nosing down. Then when they flip to the landing shot its coming down nose up
They were known to put concrete in the trunk for ballast weight, otherwise the weight of the motor caused an imbalance during the jumps and the Chargers would tend to nosedive. If you look close on the landing, you can see the additional weight destroy the quarter panels as the weight crushed the frame rails.
Fun facts: The Dukes of Hazzard ran 147 episodes over 7 seasons and a large number of 1969 Chargers were destroyed in filming. Some sources place the figure at over 300. In the last years of the show, producers found they had created a shortage of 1969 Dodge Chargers. They used AMC Ambassadors, painted them orange and used fancy camera angles and editing techniques to try and hide the switch.
@@johnwilburn Hi John, I remember seeing a show probable 25- 30 years ago talking about the making of the show. When i saw this video I just did a quick search to try and recall some of the details. Probably some UA-cam vids that have more details. If I remember correctly I'm sure the show I watched had a picture of a warehouse full of chargers in various stages of disrepair.
It took two attempts to do this stunt because the first time they did it, the car came up short and crashed into the pile of cars. That's why the car that takes off has a fully built roll cage in it and the car that lands doesn't. Because this was two takes cut together in editing. The car that makes the jump was the second try. As you can see, the General Lee barely cleared the stack of cars before it landed. If there was a landing ramp there, the car would have come up short and hit the ramp instead of landing flat the way it did.
I didn't realize it, but like LEE1, this car had rocker trim. Unlike LEE1, they actually made an attempt to hide it. Also that first car on the pile that looks like a 66/67 GM A Body was someone's baby at some point given the custom paint job.
Look close at around 0:57 and you can see the camera mount on the passenger side of the General Lee. The side camera was used for the video shot at 0:54.
Well, the Confederate flag doesn't help if you want to convince someone you're not a racist. What's funny is I'm pretty sure you already knew that though and you just like to complain. So, you're essentially complaining about complainers.
Anybody notice on the takeoff shot as General Lee is nose diving towards the end, but when they cut to the landing he ends up landing almost on all fours?
Coal Country lol... We're not supposed to notice that... Or the car arching up in the middle during Landon, or the grill guard falling off.... As a kid watching this on peasant vision on a t.v set once and then bed time.. I never noticed at all...
They did 2 takes of this jump . The first jump was unsuccessful. Day 2, Al Wyatt jr made the jump . There is a rare trading card picture floating around the internet of an alternate view of the first try and you can clearly see the general came up short and didn't make it past the cars
Right. There are two photos that I know of revealing part of the outcome of the first jump: the trading card one showing the GL coming down on the cars... And another photo of it on the ground afterward with film from the side mounted camera spewed all over the place. Seems like on a jump like that they would have used a landing ramp but they never did. It sure would be cool to see all the footage of the stunts they didn't show on the show...the crashes and cuts etc.. Wonder if that 35mm film is still somewhere stored? I suspect it is because additional footage of the barn jump (through the roof) appeared in the 1st reunion movie previously not seen. Nowadays it's not uncommon knowledge that the cars usually got destroyed by the jumps so revealing that they used lots of cars rather than one car in the show is no longer a "secret". Back then people would argue no, they have one car and I would say just watch closely and see them buckle and collapse, if you knew what to look for. Things were harder to see on little CRT TVs with antenna reception and sometimes even B&W. We forget this was nearly 40 years ago and most of us had no way to replay or pause the show. Regarding the value of Dodge Chargers.... yeah they wrecked a lot of them in the show but they were not valuable cars at the time at all. Reports I've read usually range in the 200-300 cars used range but it's tricky because one of the places that supplied the cars got busted for re-using aka re-selling some of the cars to the studio before they got fired. Nonetheless the DOH show ultimately made the Charger a popular and valuable car which resulted in saving a lot more cars then they wrecked. How many of these cars across the country would have been scrapped or left abandoned rusting away if they weren't "the same kind of car as the General Lee?" :)
Christian Inkster I wonder if (in those scenes) that was purposely let in there so nut cases would see and think twice before going out and trying it???A little more editing could've taken that right out...
@@andwings2go Yeah, you are right. I do respect the dudes who did those jumps - especially after watching what happened to the cars. I can't imagine the toll that would take on a human body landing those jumps.
@@dolam One of the stunt drivers, I'm sorry I forgot his name, worked for Dukes, Knight Rider, some other 80's shows and movies , basically anytime you saw the car on two wheels stunt it was this one guy, could keep a car on 2 wheels as long as he wanted, around corners, any speed he wanted, could even come to a complete stop and balance as long as he wanted.
8th season of My LIttle Pony had a similar scene with Scootallo's scooter rigged with rockets to jump over 22 burning horse wagons in a stunt and Rainbow dash saved her.
What happened to the rollcage in the car it was there before the jump but not after -remember watching this when I was a kid cbs aired this on Saturday night as two part episode
The rear sometimes buckled down from the force of hitting the ramp to launch the car due to so much weight being in the trunk. You can see the rear buckle when launching on the Grannie Annie train jump and another early ep (southern comfurts?) also. And since it's already bent at that point it collapses even more when the car lands. Those jumps are brutal but the slow motion film masks the brutality
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The way they built up the emotion in this with the music and camera work really sold this scene. From the top down view of the General taking off, to the real driving scenes (instead of rear projection) to Cooter's concerned look, to the music build, and handshake at the end. This was well done. I would have used a landing ramp though :)
Me too ladybug
Such a deadly jump for the '69 Charger. Landed so hard to whole frame literally bent down. :(
Bad thing is it was two General Lees used. The first one from take of starts nosing down. Then when they flip to the landing shot its coming down nose up
@@shawnconder4984 the first attempt failed and the General crashed into the cars. That was probably the nose down footage.
They were known to put concrete in the trunk for ballast weight, otherwise the weight of the motor caused an imbalance during the jumps and the Chargers would tend to nosedive. If you look close on the landing, you can see the additional weight destroy the quarter panels as the weight crushed the frame rails.
And folks that's a rap for the general Lee yes haa 😄😄😄😁🤣
They were made to be destroyed. Roscoe's car could handle jumping way better.
That was one of my favorite jumps from the General Lee
Yep. It was the BEST moment in the entire series
Bo and Luke come together when they have to they are like brothers through thick and thin 😊
That General was TOTALED
Fun facts: The Dukes of Hazzard ran 147 episodes over 7 seasons and a large number of 1969 Chargers were destroyed in filming. Some sources place the figure at over 300. In the last years of the show, producers found they had created a shortage of 1969 Dodge Chargers. They used AMC Ambassadors, painted them orange and used fancy camera angles and editing techniques to try and hide the switch.
@@devinwarwick 308 Chargers totaled according to Paul Baxley.
@@devinwarwick - they also used stock footage and remote control cars
Which director tom wopat didn't care for.
@@devinwarwickI've read this same article you've repeated here, but never saw this done. Any actual examples?
@@johnwilburn Hi John, I remember seeing a show probable 25- 30 years ago talking about the making of the show. When i saw this video I just did a quick search to try and recall some of the details. Probably some UA-cam vids that have more details. If I remember correctly I'm sure the show I watched had a picture of a warehouse full of chargers in various stages of disrepair.
What nostalgia I remember so well when I saw the Dukes, good old days.
It came down so hard the rear deck of the General looked like the stern section of the Titanic.
Never understood why that jump didn't have a landing ramp.
Equalizer 2 maybe they didn't want to risk running into the end of the ramp and doing more harm than good?
It landed on your fat ass lol
It took two attempts to do this stunt because the first time they did it, the car came up short and crashed into the pile of cars. That's why the car that takes off has a fully built roll cage in it and the car that lands doesn't. Because this was two takes cut together in editing. The car that makes the jump was the second try. As you can see, the General Lee barely cleared the stack of cars before it landed. If there was a landing ramp there, the car would have come up short and hit the ramp instead of landing flat the way it did.
Because that wouldn’t be cool!
This is one of my favorite jumps and I love the real car jumps and crashes no CGI use and this was the first episode I watched of The Dukes Of Hazzard
Bo and Luke sure saved the day.
BEST CAR EVER!!!
Just left the Saugus raceway (swapmeet) that v shaped tree is still there that the ramp was next too was great Standing there still looks similar
I didn't realize it, but like LEE1, this car had rocker trim. Unlike LEE1, they actually made an attempt to hide it.
Also that first car on the pile that looks like a 66/67 GM A Body was someone's baby at some point given the custom paint job.
Look close at around 0:57 and you can see the camera mount on the passenger side of the General Lee. The side camera was used for the video shot at 0:54.
Everytime one of these short clips from dukes ends before the credits roll I get bummed
*I'll never let you down when you're riding with me*
I was 10 years old wondering why this jump was such a big deal cause they routinely made bigger jumps on a weekly basis lol
Their backs were stapled together after 7 seasons of jumping🤘
This was way better than Fonzie jumping the trash cans.
'Fonzie water ski jumping the shark' has entered the chat :)
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No CGI here kids.
The real deal.
It's funny how people think this shows racist. People wouldn't know racism if it hit them in the face
They know it isn’t racist. They just want a reason to complain.
Well, the Confederate flag doesn't help if you want to convince someone you're not a racist.
What's funny is I'm pretty sure you already knew that though and you just like to complain. So, you're essentially complaining about complainers.
When they landed it looks like the push bar bumped out and bo said "even rosco can try that" but he obviously said "alright"
Anybody notice on the takeoff shot as General Lee is nose diving towards the end, but when they cut to the landing he ends up landing almost on all fours?
Coal Country lol... We're not supposed to notice that... Or the car arching up in the middle during Landon, or the grill guard falling off.... As a kid watching this on peasant vision on a t.v set once and then bed time.. I never noticed at all...
They did 2 takes of this jump . The first jump was unsuccessful. Day 2, Al Wyatt jr made the jump . There is a rare trading card picture floating around the internet of an alternate view of the first try and you can clearly see the general came up short and didn't make it past the cars
Right. There are two photos that I know of revealing part of the outcome of the first jump: the trading card one showing the GL coming down on the cars... And another photo of it on the ground afterward with film from the side mounted camera spewed all over the place. Seems like on a jump like that they would have used a landing ramp but they never did.
It sure would be cool to see all the footage of the stunts they didn't show on the show...the crashes and cuts etc.. Wonder if that 35mm film is still somewhere stored? I suspect it is because additional footage of the barn jump (through the roof) appeared in the 1st reunion movie previously not seen. Nowadays it's not uncommon knowledge that the cars usually got destroyed by the jumps so revealing that they used lots of cars rather than one car in the show is no longer a "secret". Back then people would argue no, they have one car and I would say just watch closely and see them buckle and collapse, if you knew what to look for. Things were harder to see on little CRT TVs with antenna reception and sometimes even B&W. We forget this was nearly 40 years ago and most of us had no way to replay or pause the show.
Regarding the value of Dodge Chargers.... yeah they wrecked a lot of them in the show but they were not valuable cars at the time at all. Reports I've read usually range in the 200-300 cars used range but it's tricky because one of the places that supplied the cars got busted for re-using aka re-selling some of the cars to the studio before they got fired. Nonetheless the DOH show ultimately made the Charger a popular and valuable car which resulted in saving a lot more cars then they wrecked. How many of these cars across the country would have been scrapped or left abandoned rusting away if they weren't "the same kind of car as the General Lee?" :)
Watch it in slow and stop motion and you see the General Lee car used in this stunt get totalled, lol.
Christian Inkster lol... Don't even need slow mo to see it...
Christian Inkster I wonder if (in those scenes) that was purposely let in there so nut cases would see and think twice before going out and trying it???A little more editing could've taken that right out...
Christian Inkster
Car lands, buckles inside out. We did it! We did it! Pan to perfect car again, Bahaha 🤣
It's sad when you realize how many 68 to 70 Chargers were totalled during the run of the show.
1:00 I love how the whole back end of the General Lee implodes after it lands. I am glad my 12 year old self did not catch that. Thank you UA-cam.
Wasn't John Schneider but someone actually did that jump legit. 12 yr old you should def respect that. And current you/
@@andwings2go Yeah, you are right. I do respect the dudes who did those jumps - especially after watching what happened to the cars. I can't imagine the toll that would take on a human body landing those jumps.
@@dolam One of the stunt drivers, I'm sorry I forgot his name, worked for Dukes, Knight Rider, some other 80's shows and movies , basically anytime you saw the car on two wheels stunt it was this one guy, could keep a car on 2 wheels as long as he wanted, around corners, any speed he wanted, could even come to a complete stop and balance as long as he wanted.
This is a great Show wow. I am glad bo and Luke Made that Jump there was one Wjere something went wrong And bo did Do the Jump. The gas line was cut
Mark van den berg Directeur General lee
Saugus Speedway. Still there today, but probably not for much longer.
Cooter invented the frame straightener that all body shops use today………….
Carnival of thrills was the best episode
I love making Stop Motion videos with my 1:18 scale General Lee 🎬📸🎞️‼️ I used to watch Dukes of Hazzard allll the time as a kid‼️
:52 that carburetor bogged down. Lol.
Sounded more like secondaries opening
Another episode at good ol Saugus Speedway!!!
8th season of My LIttle Pony had a similar scene with Scootallo's scooter rigged with rockets to jump over 22 burning horse wagons in a stunt and Rainbow dash saved her.
Only 22? Weakling
Heard 👂that they went thru a few chargers Carnival of thrills
What happened to the rollcage in the car it was there before the jump but not after -remember watching this when I was a kid cbs aired this on Saturday night as two part episode
The rear of the frame and quarter panels were destroyed. They sure recycled that car probably.
Pretty much every time they jumped a car it was totaled. That’s they went through 300 Chargers during the run of the show.
That thing looked like it was in pretty rough shape before it hit the ramp 😆😆
The woman at 1:06 looks like daisy
Did anyone notice the body was bent before it landed
I saw it.
The rear sometimes buckled down from the force of hitting the ramp to launch the car due to so much weight being in the trunk. You can see the rear buckle when launching on the Grannie Annie train jump and another early ep (southern comfurts?) also. And since it's already bent at that point it collapses even more when the car lands. Those jumps are brutal but the slow motion film masks the brutality
Well done ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😘😊👍💗💓
I think the train jump from the "Grannie Annie" episode was more impressive.
The train just was definitely up there, especially when you hear what Alan Wyatt had to endure following the landing.
Luke: only a fool'd made that jump
Also Luke: riding shotgun for the jump
I wonder if the stunt guys had any long term back issues after so many hard landings.
Well there goes the bumper guard
Push bar comes off when they landed also.
1:02
was the ambulance to take the stuntman to the hospital...
They had to jump twice...first landed wrong.
Looked like the first take crashed on the cars.
Yep . There's a photo floating around online of the failed jump
The dukes bubble gum trading cards has a shot of the car busting its radiator nose down into one of the junkers.
@@pl5624 yes ! That's exactly where the photo is from
@@EverydayJ1786 images.app.goo.gl/dGvhoek131qyjiRa7
They replaced a wrecked car with one that's not
The car that did the jump was beat to death before the jump. I think that General Lee had done the creek jump in the first episode.
Looks like he lost the protester bumper
Surprised he didn't blow the horn.
They jumped a river? They can surely jump 32 cars?
00:50 New boot goofin'!
I don’t know what the big deal was. They did the same thing at least twice every Friday night.
In "Real Life"...That Don't Work!!! Just ask my Brother!!🤕😵
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Pretty dumb. They didn't stop and put on any safety gear when they were running from the police.
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Bo has a fire suit and gloves on while Luke has his cool ass blue shirt and no gloves, glad Bo didn’t get hurt due to his lack of proper attire.....
You mean, you're glad _Luke_ didn't get hurt due to his lack of proper attire, right?
@@RobertNielsen1970 no, it’s obvious Luke was properly dressed…….