Look, if you're going to run around calling yourself "Cooter" for chrissakes…
Websites like ours have been an extraordinary means of communication for the "Dukes" community. The power of the internet has enabled us to not only keep the show viable, but to help make it a hit show all over again. (…) Lately most of the interviewers want to know my opinion of the "movie" version that is coming out in August. I've always tried to be candid with my opinions, and when it comes to this film, I think it would be a mistake for me to pull the punches. Like you, I haven't seen the film, but I have read the script, I've talked to a lot of people who worked on the set, and I've seen the raunchy t.v. commercial. Frankly, I think the whole project shows an arrogant disrespect for our show, for our cast, for America's families, and for the sensibilities of the heartland of our country.
Unless they clean it up before the August 5th release date I would strongly recommend that true blue Dukes fans hold their noses and pass this one up. And whatever you do, don't take any youngsters to see it. As plain as I can put it, the only thing this movie shares with our show is the title. Oh, they do have the General Lee flying through the air, although according to the New York Times, they didn't even use stunt drivers.
Link to the full text of Ben "Crazy Cooter" Jones' lament over lasciviousness in the forthcoming flick. Deputy Cletus Hogg and Roscoe P. Coltrane did not respond to requests for comment by blog-post time.
Here is Defamer's take: Cooter Don't Want Them Duke Boys To Act All Sexual-Like.
Image: "Cooter" doll by Mego from 1981, part of a 7-character Hazzard series.
