Cooter and Something That Rhymes With It
Let's start here:
If television's "Crazy Cooter" has his way, fans of the "Dukes of Hazzard" may be speeding away from a new movie version of the cornpone classic faster than the Duke boys running from Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane.
Ben Jones, a former Georgia congressman who played the wisecracking mechanic on the popular series from 1979-85, said profanity and sexual content in the film make a mockery of the family friendly show.
"Basically, they trashed our show," said Jones, who now lives in the mountains of Washington, Va. "It's one thing to do whatever movie they want to do, but to take a classic family show and do that is like taking "I Love Lucy" and making her a crackhead or something."
Jones said he read a script of the movie, which is scheduled to be released next month, and that it contained profanity, "constant sexual innuendo and some very clear sexual situations."
On Wednesday, Jones wrote an open letter to fans on his web site, cootersplace.com, urging them to stay away....
Jones was elected to Congress in 1988 as a Democrat. He lost his bid for a third term in 1992 after his district was redrawn, then lost two other bids for House seats, one in Georgia and another in Virginia.
He owns Cooter's Place, a "Dukes" memorabilia shop in Gatlinburg, Tenn. and plans to open another in Nashville. He also is an organizer of "Dukesfest," an annual outdoor concert and convention celebrating the show in Bristol, Tenn.
In response, Rant Me A River ranted:
So let me get this straight: a guy named "Cooter" thinks that the movie version of "Dukes of Hazard" lowers the high tone of the television show.
You mean there was more to the television version than Catherine Bach?
I must be missing something here....
The ranter eventually posted pictures taken from this site.
"DAISY DUKE" CATHERINE BACH - GETTING FAT?
But the ranter still rants positively:
OK, a FEW extra pounds might have slipped onto the old chassis, but I'll bet the engine still revs pretty well.
However, chief praise is reserved for Reverend Sharon Stone, in her pastoral bikini.
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