The Dukes of Hazzard/YMMV

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  • Everybody Remembers the Stripper: Many people only know the series because of Daisy's short shorts. Tiny short shorts are still occasionally referred to as Daisy Dukes to this day.
    • Daisy's impact in her heyday was immeasurable: she was the first character to be Stripperific in the modern sense of that word. And that extent goes beyond just media - she's the reason why dressing Stripperific while going out became mainstream (rather than the on-and-off fad it was in the 1960s when the hot pants were first invented), as women consistently copied her shirt-and-shorts look to show off. Even women who've never watched the show will probably "dress Daisy" (either in its original form or in its various offshoots that replace the shirt with even skimpier clothes like tube tops and crop tops) even close to 50 years later - it's a look and image that's that influential .
  • Hey, It's That Voice!: The narrator (and performer of Expository Theme Tune) is legendary country singer Waylon Jennings.
  • Tear Jerker: In the 1997 TV-movie, we're shown now-county commissioner "Boss" Rosco's office, which has a large portrait of Boss Hogg behind his chair. Rosco at one point goes up to the portrait and laments that "I sure miss you, little fat buddy", while almost breaking down crying. Best and Booke were close friends, and his show of emotion is genuine.
  • Unfortunate Implications:
    • No one seems to notice or care that the "General Lee" has a Confederate Battle Flag on the roof. Or the idea that naming the car the "General Lee" means anything other than honoring a skillful soldier. Slavery? What does the War Of Northern Aggression have to do with that?
      • Truth in Television: Many Southerners are blissfully nostalgic about the Civil War and Deep South pageantry while being supportive of African American rights. Whether you find this to be understandable, mystifying, or monumentally hypocritical is up to you.
      • The Rebel Flag is also a widely adopted symbol of rednecks throughout the USA, regardless or race. As with many symbols throughout history, the meaning is different to them than it is to non-rednecks. It's more of a symbol of rebellion against The Man or "the system". They've turned it into something that can be a unifying symbol, instead of a negative symbol of segregation and racism.
      • Symbolism changes with time. Some gay pride symbols used to be strictly Christian symbols, much to the dismay of many a Christian.
      • After the 2015 mass shooting at a black church by a young man who idolized (among other white-supremacist symbols) said flag, the controversy came to the show more directly. Warner Bros. announced that they would halt production of General Lee toy cars, and an owner of one of the cars used in the show announced that he would paint it over with an American flag. John Schneider (Bo Duke) was not impressed -- he said that "I take exception to those who say that the flag on the General Lee should always be considered a symbol of racism. Is the flag used as such in other applications? Yes, but certainly not on the Dukes."
    • Can anyone name an African-American character who appeared on the show (usually just one episode per character) who wasn't an antagonist?
      • No, but there was a Chinese couple who ran the bait shop.
      • I vaguely recall an African-American dentist who operated out of a rolling office in a Winnebago.
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