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The first five episodes of the series were filmed in Georgia, before filming moved to the Warner Brothers set in Burbank, California, where filming stayed for the rest of the series. The original Georgia locations are to this day often visited by Dukes fans.

They crashed a lot of cars filming this show. Replacing the police sedans was easy - replacing the old Dodge Chargers ("General Lee") was not as they weren't made anymore. It got to the point where producers would spot a Charger on the street and would approach the owner and offer to buy it on the spot.

During one of the famous jump sequences the stunt crew actually set a world record.

Somewhere between 256-321 "General Lee" cars were created and mostly destroyed during the series. Less than 20 in various states of disrepair still exist. Despite popular belief, there were no 1970 Chargers used in the series according to all the car builders.

Before Tom Wopat was chosen for the role of Luke, among the other actors who were considered for the part were Dennis Quaid and Gerald McRaney.

Boss Hogg had a twin brother (Sorrell Booke in a dual role), who appeared just once in The Dukes of Hazzard: Baa, Baa White Sheep. He was the literal opposite of Jefferson Davis Hogg - he was completely law-abiding, wore black, and his name was Abraham Lincoln Hogg.

The name of the state that Hazzard County was in was never explicitly revealed. However, it was within driving distance of Atlanta, Georgia and in The Dukes of Hazzard: Happy Birthday, General Lee Boss Hogg tells Daisy she has "the best legs in all of Georgia".

The original Georgia location of Ace's Used Car Lot (Repo Men episode) was torn down in 1998 to make way for a church expansion, and the original Boar's Nest is also now a church.

Ben Jones (Cooter) actually owns a store called "Cooters" in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, dedicated to all things related to the show.

The General Lee's famous "Dixie" horn wasn't originally planned; when the producers were driving in Atlanta during the first few episodes, they heard a car pass with a "Dixie" horn and chased the driver down and convinced him to sell the horn. They later realized that it was a novelty horn which could be purchased at any auto parts store for a third of what they paid for it. The horn was only used in the first five episodes. Once filming moved to the Warner Brothers lot, the horn was edited in during post-production.

Many of the scripts for season five were written for Bo and Luke, and then just changed to Coy and Vance.

James Best also left the series temporarily during season two over a dispute regarding the dressing rooms. He was replaced by Jeff Altman as Hughie Hogg, followed by Clifton James as Lester Crabb, Dick Sargent as Grady Byrd, and James Hampton as Buster Moon. Altman and James were listed as guest stars, while Byrd and Hampton were actually listed in the opening credits.

Sonny Shroyer had it written into his contract that if his spin-off, Enos, didn't last a full season, he could return to The Dukes of Hazzard. Enos only lasted 17 episodes, after which Shroyer returned to the Dukes.

Country singer Mel Tillis played a character in one of the episodes, and then later reappeared in another episode as himself, who was a victim of Rosco's "Celebrity Speed Trap."

In several interviews, John Schneider said that he lied about his age in order to get the part of Bo Duke. He told them that he was 24, when in reality, he was only 19. He also showed up in a T-shirt and blue jeans, carrying a six pack of beer, and pretending to speak with a Southern accent, when in reality he was from New York City.

According to the "Unofficial Guide to The Dukes of Hazzard book, Gy Waldron wanted Hazzard "to be in a location like Chatsworth, Georgia." Chatsworth is in northwest Georgia in Murray County, and does have a strong "bootlegging" history.

The "General Lee" is a 1969 Dodge Charger. 1968 Chargers were also used, but their round tail lights and front grill were replaced from those on the 1969 model on the otherwise nearly identical model years.

Was a mid-season replacement for Reb Brown's failed series, Captain America.

J.D. Hogg's nickname of "Boss" and his shady dealings and criminal activities are a reference (albeit a comical one) to what is known as the "Southern Fried Mafia". Unlike major criminal organizations (like the Italian Mafia, Japanese Yakuza, Russian "Red" Mafya, etc.) which control criminal operations on a national or international level, the Southern Fried Mafia controls criminal activities such as gambling, prostitution, and distilling and bootlegging moonshine (in dry counties or states) on a smaller level wherever they can corrupt officials (like Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane) in small towns and Southern cities (like Atlanta, Mobile, Montgomery, Memphis, etc.). A more serious example of this criminal group's function can be seen in films like White Lightning and Walking Tall.

Houston, TX rapper Slim Thug was nicknamed Boss Hogg since he usually drove a Cadillac convertible; the namesake later became the name of a rapper's collective known as the Boss Hogg Outlaws. The slang 'Boss Hogg' in the Houston, TX hip-hop scene, is a 1969-76 Cadillac DeVille or Eldorado convertible (during the TV series, J.D. Hogg's convertible was a 1970 Cadillac DeVille).

During the show's six year run, Denver Pyle and Sorrell Booke were the only two cast members that appeared and acted in all 146 episodes.

Extremely short, form-fitting, denim cut-off shorts worn by women are often referred to as "Daisy Dukes" referencing the character from this show, which popularized this item of clothing.

When Sonny Shroyer returned a year after the cancellation of Enos, his replacement Rick Hurst continued his role as Deputy Cletus. Midway through that season, Hurst left when cast for the short lived series Amanda's, and Cletus disappeared from the show without explanation. Hurst would not play the role again until the reunion movies.

The casting of Don Pedro Colley in the recurring role of Sheriff Little was intended to bring racial diversity to the series. Producers intentionally cast African American Actors for key or prominent guest roles for the same purpose.

The series aired three two hour TV movies, which originally aired as part of CBS's Movie of the Week. All three were each re-edited as two part episodes when the series was sold into syndication.