Smallville's
Dukes of Hazzard Connection The
November 3 episode of Smallville not only reunites John
Schneider (Jonathan) with his Dukes
of Hazzard TV series co-star Tom Wopat; it also will
feature a special guest appearance by someone - or something
else from Dukes lore.
Previous
spoilers from the episode have revealed that Tom Wopat's character
of Jack Jennings would own a 1969 Dodge Charger much like the
classic "General Lee" car of the original series.
What we didn't know before now is that the Charger being used
in the episode will actually be a car that used to be painted
as a General Lee.
We
heard from Richard
Cummins of Cummins Stuntworks, who also happens to be the
owner of a stunt "General Lee" that they will be using
for the episode. Cummins did some work for Smallville during
the first season; you know, the year when Whitney had car wrecks
every other episode. While the '69 Charger will be repainted,
he assures us that the car will retain its Dukes-style
"vector rims" and that Jonathan Kent and Jack Jennings
will be winding through the back roads of Smallville
as if it was Hazzard all over again. Even more spectacular
- and surprising! - is that, yes, there will be a big car jump
sequence, and Cummins hopes he will get to do the stunt himself
with fellow stunt man Heath Stevenson. "As a stunt driver
and the owner of this 50,000+ car - if you're going to munch
it, let Daddy do the munchin'," he said.
The
name "Jack Jennings" in itself is a Dukes reference,
as Waylon Jennings was the show's "Balladeer."
Dukes of Hazzard fans should love this episode, which, as
we've said, is currently scheduled for November 3. Especially
those of you who were a bit disappointed by that recent big-screen
movie that had little to do with the original series beyond
that orange car and some familiar character names and short
shorts.
UPDATE
(8/23): It sounds like the 1969 Charger will be painted
blue at this point. And
here we were hoping for orange, or perhaps black - the color
the car was in the classic episode "Happy Birthday, General
Lee" before the Dukes got a hold of it.
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Smallville's
Dukes of Hazzard Connection
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