A junior engineer, who works for a small engineering firm in Cocoa Beach. The firm focuses mostly on NASA projects.Neil is Jean’s best friend. When Jean was turned into a genie, Neil somehow became Jean’s master.
I still don’t get what they are attempting to do in hill billy country.
1 shes a genie so her physiology is probably not human.
2 the hicks won’t be able to help her.
3 Knowing what’s in the shine will not cure her.
Jeanie needs help from someone that knows magic or genies.
1. That’s a given, since moonshine generally doesn’t cause people to hiccough with excess magic.
2. They’re not hicks. They are southerners, Georgians to be specific, and they can likely procure more of the ‘shine that caused this specific reaction. Given that Uncle Jesse -makes- moonshine, I’d say making contact with the Duke boys is a good first step.
3. See point 4.
4. Someone that understands genie physiology might know specifically how Jean was poisoned if they know what the poison was, and thus be able to come up with an antidote. That’s why you need to know the kind of snake that bit you before you’re administered antivenin. There is no ‘magic bullet’ poison cure in the real world, and in a comic world, there should not be one either, since that’s a really crummy story.
Actually, Jessie doesn’t make moonshine anymore. Part of the deal cut with the Feds to get the boys out of jail was that he give up doing that. It is also why the boys used bows and not guns- they were on probation.
I really didn’t get the bootlegging that was going on in the Dukes of Hazzard when I was a kid. Now that I’m an adult and get why Boss Hogg had a mad-on for Uncle Jesse, it makes me really looking forward to where this story is going.
Check the IMDB. “Dukes” was developed from a movie called “Moonrunners.” In fact, the whole business of stock car racing really started as something moonshine runners did with their hopped-up (and sometimes armored!) cars for fun.
I was aware that the hot rod fandom and stock car racing grew out of bootleggers running booze from the ‘shiners to speakeasies and those that were buying on the DL. I was not aware the DoH was based on a film, though.
Because he’s named for an historic figure who was (presumably) male. Also, while I’m aware that ships and boats are generally shes, I did not know that extended to cars.
Most men if they don’t call it an it or this gun or something like that, they will generally use the female additive when referring to inanimate objects like gun’s, car’s and the like. There are exception, but, usually it will be in the female vs the male. Like she a good gun or car, ect. They generally don’t use the male version of saying he a good gun or car.
Since the General is near 50, those good ol’ boys would also be in their fifties, considering they’ve been jumping that car for 30 years or so. Then again, time warp and all that… the boys didn’t much age, why should the car?
Good grief, Uncle Jesse’s got to be over a hundred. Given that TV characters tend to not age from their air date in the comic, I’m going to presume the ridiculous ages everyone is now is going to be handwaved as a curiousity of the universe.
The age of the car doesn’t start from the time the current owners own it.
The original show aired, in the 1979 – 1985. I don’t think Bo bought the car when he was 9 years old… (well, actually I know he didn’t, since I’ve seen the episode where the duke boys buy the General Lee. Season 7 Episode 1, ‘Happy Birthday, General Lee’)
I would say, these Duke boys bought a USED 1969 Dodge Charger at some point and have been jumping with it ever since.
But the car is a 1969 Dodge Charger, which makes it 46 years old now. Since something like three hundred Chargers were actually busted up filming the series, more than one per episode, either the car or Cooter pretty much has to have magical powers to have held together this long. Maybe the General is really an old Genie like Kazom?
On another note, Hazard county seemed to be in a time warp in the series, something like a Southern-fried Brigadoon or Shangri-La. Maybe it’s only there for the rest of the world when Bucktooth Willy goes to “visit his relatives.”
Yeah, but if Neil gets to explain that a friend of his got seriously sick from the shine, then they’d probably be sympathetic enough to lead him to somebody who could tell him what’s in it.
Also… If a particular herb or spice is one of the moonshine ingredients, it might
have magical properties known only to witches (Return Crossover!) and a counter agent.
These things are timeless till some bean counter thinks money can be made. Right now, MeTV is running a football game—nice for those who want to watch it, but it preempts their run of “Star Trek.”
Well, if you don’t like what there putting on, don’t watch it. I personally say what did you think of the game last night? I say what game last night? Did they have another game last night? Oh, I am really not interested in it. Sorry!
I didn’t watch it—and it’s the kind of thing I wouldn’t watch—and if the network keeps putting on things like it, I’m likely to stop watching anything on that network.
Lowest common denominator programming has ruined Nickelodeon, MTV, TV Land, the Nashville Network, A & E, the Family Network, the Sci Fi Network, and nearly every big entertainment cable network existing.
So you’ve got the same problem Jeannie has. When you sneeze, the update (temporarily) disappears. Hope that you’re out and about, feeling better real soon.
A month? Damn, that’s not good.
You’re right! I diddn’t even think of that.
I guess Cocoa Beach was just a stop over for Willy as he goes to Miami
I don’t think it was conclusively established that Willy makes the shine. So maybe Neil and Jean will get lucky, and these guys know who does.
I’m betting that it’s Uncle Jesse…
I still don’t get what they are attempting to do in hill billy country.
1 shes a genie so her physiology is probably not human.
2 the hicks won’t be able to help her.
3 Knowing what’s in the shine will not cure her.
Jeanie needs help from someone that knows magic or genies.
1. That’s a given, since moonshine generally doesn’t cause people to hiccough with excess magic.
2. They’re not hicks. They are southerners, Georgians to be specific, and they can likely procure more of the ‘shine that caused this specific reaction. Given that Uncle Jesse -makes- moonshine, I’d say making contact with the Duke boys is a good first step.
3. See point 4.
4. Someone that understands genie physiology might know specifically how Jean was poisoned if they know what the poison was, and thus be able to come up with an antidote. That’s why you need to know the kind of snake that bit you before you’re administered antivenin. There is no ‘magic bullet’ poison cure in the real world, and in a comic world, there should not be one either, since that’s a really crummy story.
Actually, Jessie doesn’t make moonshine anymore. Part of the deal cut with the Feds to get the boys out of jail was that he give up doing that. It is also why the boys used bows and not guns- they were on probation.
I really didn’t get the bootlegging that was going on in the Dukes of Hazzard when I was a kid. Now that I’m an adult and get why Boss Hogg had a mad-on for Uncle Jesse, it makes me really looking forward to where this story is going.
Check the IMDB. “Dukes” was developed from a movie called “Moonrunners.” In fact, the whole business of stock car racing really started as something moonshine runners did with their hopped-up (and sometimes armored!) cars for fun.
I was aware that the hot rod fandom and stock car racing grew out of bootleggers running booze from the ‘shiners to speakeasies and those that were buying on the DL. I was not aware the DoH was based on a film, though.
OK… But what I want to know is,
Just whose head is that near the bottom of panel 1???
The tags include Rosco (P. Coltrane) in them so, odds are it’s Rosco.
Forget any of the girls in Daisy Duke shorts-have Jeanie sneeze and pouf the guys into girls in shorts!
I’d vote for that!
The General Lee’s a “he?” Well, I guess…
He the car and why they call it a he instead of a she? Who knows.
Because he’s named for an historic figure who was (presumably) male. Also, while I’m aware that ships and boats are generally shes, I did not know that extended to cars.
Most men if they don’t call it an it or this gun or something like that, they will generally use the female additive when referring to inanimate objects like gun’s, car’s and the like. There are exception, but, usually it will be in the female vs the male. Like she a good gun or car, ect. They generally don’t use the male version of saying he a good gun or car.
Well, “automobile” is French and feminine…it’s not much to go on but it’s something.
So what do girls refer to them as? He, she or it?
The General Lee is named after General Robert E. Lee, of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Thus, the male pronoun.
“Lee” can’t be a girl’s name?
Since the General is near 50, those good ol’ boys would also be in their fifties, considering they’ve been jumping that car for 30 years or so. Then again, time warp and all that… the boys didn’t much age, why should the car?
Good grief, Uncle Jesse’s got to be over a hundred. Given that TV characters tend to not age from their air date in the comic, I’m going to presume the ridiculous ages everyone is now is going to be handwaved as a curiousity of the universe.
The age of the car doesn’t start from the time the current owners own it.
The original show aired, in the 1979 – 1985. I don’t think Bo bought the car when he was 9 years old… (well, actually I know he didn’t, since I’ve seen the episode where the duke boys buy the General Lee. Season 7 Episode 1, ‘Happy Birthday, General Lee’)
I would say, these Duke boys bought a USED 1969 Dodge Charger at some point and have been jumping with it ever since.
But the car is a 1969 Dodge Charger, which makes it 46 years old now. Since something like three hundred Chargers were actually busted up filming the series, more than one per episode, either the car or Cooter pretty much has to have magical powers to have held together this long. Maybe the General is really an old Genie like Kazom?
On another note, Hazard county seemed to be in a time warp in the series, something like a Southern-fried Brigadoon or Shangri-La. Maybe it’s only there for the rest of the world when Bucktooth Willy goes to “visit his relatives.”
Cooter is being evasive look at his eyes he isent goto ßay any thing
Say any thing about another moon shiner to an outsider male city guy hell he could be a revanuer
Good point, although I don’t think anyone would mistake Neil for a revenoor. “Nosy city folk” would suffice.
Yeah, but if Neil gets to explain that a friend of his got seriously sick from the shine, then they’d probably be sympathetic enough to lead him to somebody who could tell him what’s in it.
Oh, yeah. They’d want to know about that for their own protection.
But an out-of-towner just showing up and asking? Nope, not gonna happen.
It might be that TVland is timeless.
Also… If a particular herb or spice is one of the moonshine ingredients, it might
have magical properties known only to witches (Return Crossover!) and a counter agent.
These things are timeless till some bean counter thinks money can be made. Right now, MeTV is running a football game—nice for those who want to watch it, but it preempts their run of “Star Trek.”
Well, if you don’t like what there putting on, don’t watch it. I personally say what did you think of the game last night? I say what game last night? Did they have another game last night? Oh, I am really not interested in it. Sorry!
I didn’t watch it—and it’s the kind of thing I wouldn’t watch—and if the network keeps putting on things like it, I’m likely to stop watching anything on that network.
Lowest common denominator programming has ruined Nickelodeon, MTV, TV Land, the Nashville Network, A & E, the Family Network, the Sci Fi Network, and nearly every big entertainment cable network existing.
So you’ve got the same problem Jeannie has. When you sneeze, the update (temporarily) disappears. Hope that you’re out and about, feeling better real soon.