TV January 26, 1979 Was Historic
Before the new show we are about to talk about came on the air on CBS on the night of January 26,1979, our world was a little different.
First of all we never heard of Hazzard County in the state of Georgia before. We had not imagined there was a car named General Lee.
We had not met the Duke boys. I'm not even sure the phrase "Good Ol' Boys" was even a common part of our language.
A couple wild and crazy cousins living with their uncle Jesse out in the boondocks. And then came this woman.
My God! Who's that in the cut-off jeans? Their cousin Daisy?
And non other than Waylon Jennings introducing the whole thing to us. It didn't take long for The Dukes Of Hazzard to become a fixture of our lives forever.
The popular TV series was on until February 8, 1985. It began with this very scene 37 years ago: