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'Dukes of Hazzard' Actor Wopat Charged
AP ^ | March 17, 2006 | AP

Posted on 03/17/2006 9:17:48 PM PST by Rastus

Tom Wopat, who played Luke Duke on the TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard," faces a drunken driving charge in northern New Jersey, authorities said Friday.

Wopat was arrested in Ringwood and charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving, said Bill Maer, a spokesman for the Passaic County sheriff's department.

He was pulled from a Ford Bronco Wednesday night after hitting orange traffic cones and nearly striking a Ringwood police car sent to an accident, Maer said.

Wopat, 54, of West Milford, was released into the custody of his girlfriend, Maer said.

In the TV series, which aired from 1979 to 1985, Luke Duke and his cousin Bo, played by John Schneider, were known for driving a speedy 1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee.

A movie based on the series was released last year.

In recent years, Wopat has worked on Broadway.


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Tom, if you're going to keep straightenin' the curves and flattenin' the hills at your age, do it sober, alright?
1 posted on 03/17/2006 9:17:50 PM PST by Rastus
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To: Rastus

Coo Coo Coo! I love it! I love it!

Roscoe finnaly cuffed and stuffed one of the Duke Boys!!


2 posted on 03/17/2006 9:20:09 PM PST by Tenacious 1 (Not today.)
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"someday the orange cones might get him but the law never will (unless it's some New Jersey cop and he's drunk)"


3 posted on 03/17/2006 9:20:10 PM PST by GodfearingTexan
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To: Rastus

Maybe he saw the movie, and it drove him to...oh never mind!


4 posted on 03/17/2006 9:21:56 PM PST by T Lady (The Mainstream Media: Public Enemy #1)
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To: Tenacious 1

Boss only released him because it would mess up his plans to pin the heist on the Duke boys if Luke was already in jail.


5 posted on 03/17/2006 9:22:15 PM PST by Rastus
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In the TV series, which aired from 1979 to 1985

This passed for entertainment for six years in the late 20th century?

The innocent age...

6 posted on 03/17/2006 9:24:50 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (...a capitalist.)
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To: Rastus

YEEEEEEE-HAAAAWWWWWW!


7 posted on 03/17/2006 9:25:51 PM PST by trubluolyguy (Islam is a Cult of Death that has been infiltrated by a few non-violent believers.)
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To: Rastus

Okay so I'm thinkin... so what? This might have some juice over at the ET site but hmmmm...


8 posted on 03/17/2006 9:26:22 PM PST by hatfieldmccoy (Satan has a new name and it is Islam)
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To: Rastus

A Ford Bronco? You're kidding?
What happened to the General?


9 posted on 03/17/2006 9:26:34 PM PST by Scotswife
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To: the invisib1e hand

Seven seasons. It entertained me and still does on DVD.


10 posted on 03/17/2006 9:30:38 PM PST by Rastus
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To: hatfieldmccoy

A mod can and probably will move it to chat.


11 posted on 03/17/2006 9:32:16 PM PST by Rastus
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It entertained me and still does on DVD.

I understand. I still have very fond memories of the Road Runner, Bugs Bunny, and the whole Hannah-Barbera menagerie. The Three Stooges, too.

However, my only tie to the Dukes of Hazard is that a) I did occasionally watch it, on Saturday nights, I believe; and b) I owned a 1969 Dodge Charger which I sold to my sister right about the time the series made it an icon. She subseqently sold it for three times as much.

12 posted on 03/17/2006 9:36:13 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (...a capitalist.)
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Here's a picture of him. He's in there somewhere.


13 posted on 03/17/2006 9:39:51 PM PST by Richard Kimball (I like to make everyone's day a little more surreal)
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Luke Duke flies over the boys from Hill Street Blues.
14 posted on 03/17/2006 9:55:25 PM PST by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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To: Rastus
...let's be careful out there!

15 posted on 03/17/2006 9:55:48 PM PST by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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To: Tenacious 1
YEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAWWWWW!!! ALRIGHT LUKE!!!

16 posted on 03/17/2006 10:01:37 PM PST by Number57
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Somewhere in there too...

17 posted on 03/17/2006 10:01:43 PM PST by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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Daisy Duke in the later years with her kin.


18 posted on 03/17/2006 10:04:41 PM PST by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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As long as she still likes to get dirty, I'm happy.


19 posted on 03/17/2006 10:10:38 PM PST by Number57
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Dirtier' n' mudhole


20 posted on 03/17/2006 10:11:48 PM PST by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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