Posted on 08/30/2012 2:37:55 PM PDT by Teflonic
The General Lee – Bo and Luke Duke’s vehicle of choice from ‘The Dukes of Hazzard‘ – is a classic and instantly recognizable Hollywood car. But it’s about to get a little less recognizable as Warner Bros., the studio that owns the theatrical, DVD and licensing rights to ‘The Dukes of Hazzard,’ has decided to remove the confederate flag from all future versions of the car.
The news has reportedly been floating around the hobby community over the past few days as ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ collectors became aware of a new regulation. A collector on HobbyTalk.com was told by a representative at ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ toy company Tomy:
Starting January 1, 2013 all Dukes of Hazzard General Lee vehicles will not be allowed to be produced with the Confederate Flag on the top of the vehicle.
According to the toy rep, the word came directly from Warner Bros. who no longer wants to endorse an item that has the Confederate flag printed on it.
As of now, this directive only expressly includes merchandising but Warner Bros. is developing a new ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ movie with Jody Hill directing and if they’re being this strict about licensing issues, they could very well enforce the same policy with the upcoming film. But what is a ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ property without the General Lee with the flag painted on top?
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May as well paint it blue and call it the General Sherman.
You might as well just demand that all future General Lee’s be compressed into blocks of metal.
The Confederate Flag is as much a part of General Lee as the make and model of car itself.
PC idiots.
Thank you President Obama, for moving us beyond race and division!
Oh lemme guess, they’re gonna fag up the General Lee and put a rainbow flag on top of it.
And the world just continues to get more pathetic by the day.
Its gonna be a SMART car.
Indeed, now we have Division and Race!
This will just make the old stuff quite collectible and any movie they do just make fun of hick stuff (that’s how they really feel about the South) garbage and will likely fail miserably. I won’t cry if they lose money with PC nonsense.
Fine and dandy. I'll just not spend a dime on anything having the Warner Bros name on it.
Thanks alot Hollywood destroy another cherished memory from my childhood.......
Didn’t the horn play Dixie?
Is that gone yet? If not, it will be as soon as the PC-ers can get that removed, too.
Can we compromise with the far left fringe and make it an energy efficient "Smart Car" but keep the flag . . . until two years from now when they will ask us to give up something more?
I wonder what Bubba Watson, the 2012 US Masters champ (golf) will do with his copy of the car? Will he be cowed into removing the flag? Time will tell.
Holy cr@p, this PC bull$#@& is out of control!! Warner Bros, eh? Another product not to buy.
Anyway, thanks at least for this reminder of the origin of the term “Daisy Dukes”. Actually those look rather conservative JMHO.
Maybe the General Benedict Arnold..
Yup! Politcal Lib-Turd PCism in action.
Next thing you know they will have Whoopi Goldberg playing Daisy Duke
that would be a rear admiral not a general.
Maybe they’ll just trot out that “Smart Car” instead.
It will be painted green with a salute to the snail darter theme...
They just might. Or the UN flag?
The Confederate Flag is as much a part of General Lee as the make and model of car itself.
Well, if the libs have their way, the real General Lee, along with other famous Southern general will lumped in with the likes of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, and other various and sundry genocidal maniacs.
When it is all done, the Civil War will be a one issue conflict... guess what it will be?
Why ur at it, please change the name to “General Electric”.
How did you know Whoopi would be in the next film? She’s too old for Daisy Duke though, she’ll be playing the Boss Gazelle (Hog was too offensive to her).
And wouldn't it be simpler to keep the flag on the car and make one or both of the brothers African-American?
For all I know, Schneider, Wopat, and Bach might even become Black if it meant getting big screen work again.
Are they going to color it out of reruns too?
Just keep on pissing people off. Anyone who objects to the Confederate Flag is just playing tag-a-long. It wasn’t “offensive in 1980, it sure isn’t so today.
Some people really do need to grow up and get a life. To worry about this type of stuff when you’ve got crime and drugs amok, underachievement, illegitimacy at 73%, etc.
But I guess this is the sort of “change” people voted for huh?
If James West can be black, anything is possible.
Eeeewww. Gross.
Helen Thomas
That should increase the value of the original versions.
Then it’s NOT a “Dukes of Hazard” car!!!
*shakes head* A country that demands diversity shouldnt be upset when it happens. But in the name of inclusion, the General Lee is gone, the Greeen Lantern is gay, and Chaz Bono is now a man..
Only vehicles that praise Dear Leader are permitted, this one is too big and doesn't praise enough.
Eco-warriors will battle the Evil Bigness to save the Granola Farm.
Those of you who say that's the dumbest thing you ever heard of just haven't seen the first show yet.
Joke she would be more appropriate for Godzilla
OK, the choice of car is...nevermind, I LOVE IT!!! That took some guts.
dig, dig, dig There’s that timing again. Ah, who’s racist? (The original show was actually a parody of Southerners to begin with, anyway.
We were just too guileless to see it.)
Bless their hearts.
Maybe the General Benedict Arnold..Or the General Screw Up.
What would ol’ Jack Warner say? Didn’t he back LBJ in 1964?
What would ol’ Jack Warner say? Didn’t he back LBJ in 1964?
stupidity at it’s finest.
I have a confedrate flag flying in my front garden and on my car but to remove this is absurd.
The new movie can piss off too as I’m concerned.
What gets me is that the people who are pissed off with the rebel flag are the white elitist liberals.
I go to boxing fights and train fighters and on my vehicle there is a confedrate flag and I take those fighters to their fights and guess what.
None of the blacks have a problem with it infact they get a kick out of it and actually fly the flag, ne actually bought shorts with a flag on it for a fight and the looks he got from some white elitist types was priceless
They should keep the Stars and Bars on it and overlay the Jolly Roger on top of that.
LOL LOL LOL THAT IS FUNNY
after a crap day that made me laugh , truth is that it would not surprise me today.
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