The Dukes of Hazzard returns in form of commercial advertising

  Tony Miselli
   The Dukes of Hazard was a very popular television program and there are many executives who wish they could of remolded this program with constant barrages of product placement. The great thing about the Dukes was that it highlighted a part of America in its episodes that was not dominated by Madison Avenue in New York City. The Dukes of Hazzard have now been made into a commercial showing the same aging actors portraying the same roles as old dudes.  These unfortunate commercials for auto trader.com reunite John Schneider and Tom Wopat as Bo and Luke Duke being overrun by the modern gas guzzlers of todays police force in Hazard County. I suppose the county is no longer corrupt and finally decided to spend the money to improve its infrastructure although with the police state demands of modern Amerikkk they likely had little choice. These commercials suck ass because the dukes don't even look like the dukes of hazard from the seventies and for all I now these might not even be the original actors. most kids and young folk also have no clue who the fuck these old guys are and why they are driving a car with a big fat 0 on it.These commercials are a shame to see these actors sellout their infamous characters to corporate advertising but I suppose these guys have little chance to make jingle in the world of youth-dominated film and television industries.

They would be lucky to get a tiny role if they ever did a remake and a big budget movie of this classic television show that dominated the ratings in the seventies and eighties. The image though of an aging Bo and Luke Duke still driving the General Lee and actually getting caught is painful for longtime fans of this program. When Luke whipped out a cell phone to click on the GPS I flicked off the television as fast as I could. Actually not having cable or a television for the past twenty years I actually walked out of whatever room or business I happened to catch these disappointing and embarrassing commercials for auto trader. I hope Wopat and Schneider made some good jingle from Autotrader humiliating themselves and angering many long time fans. maybe next time they make a new commercial they can explain why they had the confederate battle flag on their car all them years too.