For a family show about two good old boys, TheDukesOfHazzard has seen its share of controversy
Tom Wopat and John Schneider circa 1980 as cousins Luke and Bo in 'The Dukes of Hazzard.'
Annual fan conventions like the Good Ol' Boys Fest in West Virginia — thrown by Ben Jones, who played Cooter the mechanic before going on to become a Democratic Georgia congressman from 1989 to 1993 — have been known to draw over 100,000 spectators.What haunts the action comedy these days is the Confederate battle flag painted on the roof of the boys' ride, the General Lee, a fiery orange '69 Dodge Charger.
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