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| Dukes of Hazzard - The Complete Fifth Season | 
 enlarge | Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 13613
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 8
Running Time: 1059
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 1.4
MPN: D72694D
ISBN: 1419816020
UPC: 012569726949
EAN: 9781419816024
ASIN: B000BB1MJ6
Theatrical Release Date: January 26, 1979
Release Date: December 13, 2005
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Product Description
The Duke cousins Vance and Coy come to Hazzard to embark on a new series of adventures while Bo and Luke race the NASCAR circuit. Following the phenomenal success of this franchise on DVD Dukes Season 5 will street in conjunction with the theatrical release. The Duke family is back for more down-home adventure in The Dukes of Hazzard: The Complete Fifth Season now on DVD in this 8-disc 22 episode collector's set.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 012569726949
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The Dukes of Hazzard: The Complete Fifth Season marks the ignominious year in which (gasp) Dukes mainstays Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) Duke took a hiatus from the series, the result of a contract feud between the two stars and the show's producers. That disagreement proved considerable: Schneider and Wopat stayed off Dukes for 18 of the season's 22 episodes. But while their absence puts a dent in the ongoing Dukes zaniness, replacement cousins Coy (Byron Cherry) and Vance (Christopher Mayer) Duke do an adequate job of filling the seats of the General Lee. The new boys are also on to the wily ways of Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke), who seems to be ratcheting up his brand of felonious mayhem, going so far as to rob banks and jewelry stores, swindle landowners, incite kidnapping, and plot payroll heists. Of course, he also spends half his time still trying to frame the Dukes for one thing or another, including feisty cousin Daisy (Catherine Bach) and grizzled Uncle Jesse (Denver Pyle)--Boss Hogg's former moonshine partner. And, yes, he's more intent than ever on grabbing the Dukes' property, along with everything else. A familiar face returns in the fifth season: Deputy Enos Strate (Sonny Shroyer), gone from the series since 1980 but now rejoining the burlesque that is the office of Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane (James Best) and his goofy underling, Deputy Cletus Hogg (Rick Hurst). Season highlights include "The Revenge of Hughie Hogg," in which Boss Hogg's ever-scheming nephew (Jeff Altman) makes a return appearance, this time with his eye on defeating Roscoe in the latter's re-election bid for top lawman. (Hughie being Hughie, he blackmails his uncle into supporting his run.) "Ding, Dong, the Boss Is Dead" finds Coy and Vance actually helping Boss Hogg escape an old moonshine runner's certain revenge by staging their diminutive nemesis' funeral. "Comrade Duke" concerns a Russian gymnast who seeks asylum at the Dukes' farm. Bo and Luke return in time for a few adventures, capping the season with "Daisy's Shotgun Wedding," in which the overprotected beauty strikes out on her own and is snatched away by a moonshiner's son, who wants to marry her. --Tom Keogh
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 Great Buy December 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I actually havent opened the DVD's yet because they were a christmas gift but they got here in only a couple days and all in good condition, i would buy from amazon in a heartbeat
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 The Coy & Vance Duke Season July 23, 2008
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The 1982-83 Season of The Dukes Of Hazzard was a so-so season, because Bo Duke(John Schneider) and Luke Duke(Tom Wopat) were replaced by their cousins Coy Duke(Byron Cherry) and Vance Duke(Chip Mayer)throughout most of the Dukes Fifth Season, due to the fact that John Schneider(Bo) & Tom Wopat(Luke) felt they were getting treated unfairly during the first 4 seasons of this show on CBS.
But then Bo and Luke were brought back to the show in the last few episodes of this 1982-83 Season, since the ratings started going down the toilet when they brought the new Dukes(Coy & Vance)to the show, just like I figured it would as soon as I heard about Bo and Luke leaving the show in the Spring of 1982 before The Dukes Of Hazzard even kicked off it's 5th Season in the Fall of 1982, which coincidentally happened to be on the same weekend that KNIGHT RIDER made it's debut on NBC for the first time, which was on the last weekend in September of 1982.
As a matter of fact; THE DUKES OF HAZZARD started getting some hefty competition that year from KNIGHT RIDER during the Fall of 1982 thru the Summer of 1983, since KNIGHT RIDER was shown on NBC's Friday night line-up right after THE DUKES OF HAZZARD's time slot on CBS's Friday night line-up along with the fact that this was season when the General Lee was no longer the hottest car on Friday nights anymore since this was the year and season when KNIGHT RIDER became the hottest car on Friday nights stealing THE DUKES OF HAZZARD's thunder practically causing the General Lee to go out of style.
Therefore, KNIGHT RIDER nearly K.O'd THE DUKES OF HAZZARD nearly causing the Dukes to cancel and nearly causing THE DUKES OF HAZZARD to go downhill, especially since the Knight 2000 had obviously outclassed the General Lee, which also resulted in THE DUKES OF HAZZARD losing a lot of viewers from KNIGHT RIDER since KNIGHT RIDER had practically ruined THE DUKES OF HAZZARD.
In addition to what nearly made this 1982-83 Season to be the last season of THE DUKES OF HAZZARD; KNIGHT RIDER was soaring big time in the ratings along with the fact that KNIGHT RIDER was one of the top rated shows at the time and nearly wiped every show out in the ratings, since KNIGHT RIDER was ranked in 3rd place that year, but THE DUKES OF HAZZARD's ratings were evidently starting to decline big time, due to the transition of bringing in the new Dukes and NBC's premiere of KNIGHT RIDER in the Fall of 1982, which coincidentally happened to come out the same year when Coy and Vance took over the General Lee and replaced Bo and Luke, plus we still had all those budget cuts going on from the recession we had back in 1981-1982, due to Ronald Reagan's presidency on top of that.
Therefore, CBS was inclined to bring back the old Dukes in the last few episodes of THE DUKES OF HAZZARD's 5th Season, in order to save this show and in order to bring the ratings back up, but the 1982-83 Season seemed to barely make it, especially since KNIGHT RIDER nearly wiped out THE DUKES OF HAZZARD, especially until NBC had moved KNIGHT RIDER to Sundays, since KNIGHT RIDER was the bomb and practically unbeatable at the time, especially since KITT was able to do various other things that the General Lee couldn't do.
In addition to what made the Dukes Fifth Season kind of intriguing was this was also the season when Deputy Enos Strate(Sonny Shroyer) returned to the show after Sonny Shroyer's unsuccessful spin-off series "ENOS" flopped, which therefore resulted in Enos going back to Hazzard County to get his old job back as Sheriff Roscoe's fellow deputy replacing Deputy Cletus Hogg(Rick Hurst) eventually, since Cletus departed from the show after the first 5 episodes of the 5th Season, but it was interesting seeing Enos and Cletus working together as partners temporarily, since Cletus had replaced Enos in the 3rd Season when Enos had departed the show after the 2nd Season when Enos moved to California to take a job with the LAPD, but I always preferred Enos to Cletus, since Enos was never as clutzy as Cletus was and it was kind of interesting seeing other Duke relatives driving the General Lee too.
I also used to get a kick out watching Cletus and Enos fighting over who would get to drive and who would get to do what, but for some reason they never explained how or why Cletus left the show all of the sudden after only 5 episodes aside from the fact that Enos had returned to Hazzard County to work for Roscoe and Boss Hogg again.
Unfortunately the Bo and Luke Duke wannabes(Coy & Vance Duke) didn't have what it took to make this show work, just like it was for Ponch and Joh on CHiPs when Ponch(Erik Estrada) left CHiPs in it's 5th Season temporarily, due to a salary dispute and then when Jon(Larry Wilcox) was fired and replaced by CHP Officer Bobby Nelson(Tom Reilly)in CHiPs 6th Season, due to the fact that Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada didn't get along very well in real life.
Therefore, NBC ended up cancelling CHiPs after it's 1982-83 Season, since the ratings on CHiPs had toppled when Jon left the show, plus the producers of CHiPs ended up bringing Ponch back permanently when the ratings started going downhill on CHiPs after showing 3 episodes without Ponch while world famous athlete(Bruce Jenner) briefly joined the cast on CHiPs as Jon's interim partner trying to help save the show by temporarily replacing Ponch when Erik Estrada(Ponch) left CHiPs temporarily due to a salary dispute, but Steve McLeisch only lasted 6 episodes and only his first 3 co-starring episodes subbing for Ponch.
Therefore, the producers of CHiPs were inclined to bring Ponch back permanently by bringing Erik Estrada back with an agrreable salary.
In other words, CBS had to use the same strategy with THE DUKES OF HAZZARD that NBC had to use with CHiPs, since THE DUKES OF HAZZARD wasn't the same at all without Bo and Luke and CHiPs wasn't the same without Ponch and Jon, since Bo and Luke were the soul support for THE DUKES OF HAZZARD and Ponch and Jon were the soul support for CHiPs.
As a matter of fact, it just so coincidentally happens that the year Bo and Luke were replaced by Coy and Vance on THE DUKES OF HAZZARD was the same year Jon Baker got replaced by Bobby Nelson on CHiPs as Ponch's new partner, which made both shows plummett in the ratings, except the old Dukes returned in the second half of the Dukes 5th Season, but Jon never returned to CHiPs even though it was going down the toilet with no other hope left to improve the show, which was very similar to what resulted in BUCK ROGERS and BATTLESTAR GALACTICA cancelling after their 2nd Seasons.
It was also interesting seeing Richard Moll on this show before his baliff(Bull Shannon) days on NIGHT COURT getting beat up by Bo and Luke in the "Daisey's Shotgun Wedding" episode along with the fact that the ratings on this show surged back up big time when Bo and Luke returned to Hazzard County, which certainly helped save the show.
It's just too bad Jon Baker(Larry Wilcox) couldn't return to CHiPs in it's Sixth Season when the ratings on CHiPs went downhill when they replaced Jon with that Jon Baker wannabe Bobby Nelson(Tom Reilly), because I think the ratings would've gone back up if they'd brought Jon back to the show and got rid of Bobby later, but it wasn't bound to happen since Erik Estrada(Ponch) and Larry Wilcox(Jon)didn't get along in real life, just like Fred Dryer(Hunter) and Stephanie Kramer(McCall) didn't get along in real life on the police drama HUNTER, which was why Stephanie Kramer departed that show after Hunter's 6th Season and got replaced by Hunter's new partner LAPD Sgt. Joanne Molenski(Darlanne Fluegel) in Hunter's 7th Season, which eventually got replaced by Hunter's last partner Los Angeles police Sgt. Christine Novak(Lauren Lane) before HUNTER was cancelled in the Summer of 1991 after it's 7-year run on NBC.
This 1982-83 Season of the Dukes also had an interesting bonus feature with creator(Gy Waldron) explaining why the old Dukes left the show in the first place after the Dukes 4th Season, which was due to John Schneider(Bo Duke) and Tom Wopat(Luke Duke) feeling mistreated by the producers on this show and feeling overworked, which was why they left the show and why the producers had Bo and Luke replaced with new co-stars Byron Cherry(Coy Duke) and Vance Duke(Chip Mayer), but that Gy Waldron had ended up bringing the old Dukes back, since the ratings started to flop in the 5th Season when Coy and Vance took over the show, but that the ratings started to surge back up immensely when they brought Bo and Luke back to the show in the second half of the 1982-83 Season, which was quite an interesting documentary on this show and this season by the way.
It was also interesting seeing
-William Russ in "The New Dukes" episode before his co-starring days on BOY MEETS WORLD
-Andrew Robinson in "The Treasure Of Soggy Marsh" episode after his co-starring days on RYANS HOPE
-Shawn Weatherly in the "Coy Vs. Vance" episode before her co-starring days as Jill Riley on the original BAYWATCH
-Richard Moll in the "Daisy's Shotgun Wedding" episode before his co-starring days as Bull Shannon on NIGHT COURT
Overall, I would have to say the 1982-83 Season of the Dukes was somewhat of an interesting season, but probably not as good as the others.
Ye Ha, The Good Ole Boys are Back July 30, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think too much was made of the confederate symbol on the General Lee in the new movie. The Dukes of Hazzard was a simple, good natured show, funny, and I'm sure nothing was meant by using the symbol and didn't have anything to do with slavery and blacks. The characters were great and well acted, and the stunt driving was awesome and still stands up today.
Entertainment at its best March 10, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like all the other seasons of "The Dukes of Hazzard" this one is just pure entertainment at its best.These lovable characters with their exiting adventures,that awesome car and the humour make this TV show to something very special.It's a must see although I really miss Bo and Luke.Coy and Vance just can't reach them and I was so glad when the two good ol' boys finally returned.
I only hope that the two reunion movies will also be released on DVD very soon,because I just can't get enough of "The Dukes of Hazzard".
A tip for all people who loves the show as much as I do:If you really are a fan of the original TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard" than go and watch John 'Bo Duke` Schneider`s new movie "Collier & Co - Hot Pursuit" which is currently running in a couple of cinemas for only a short time.It's not called "The Dukes" but it has humour,an awesome '69 Dodge Charger,really hot car stuff,brain and heart and it's entertainment at its best.You'll love it!!!
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