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The Movies

  • In the 2005 movie, Boss Hogg calls Enos and tells him that he's at the Duke farm. WHY?! He goes into a monologue right after saying that all his previous plans were only stopped because Enos told the Dukes what was up! If this plan was supposed to make him even more filthy stinking rich and was his big BIG scheme, why would he give the same two guys even the slightest HINT as to where he is?! If he hadn't told Enos, his plan would've surely succeeded! Honestly, if he's dumb enough tell one of his men who he KNOWS is in cahoots with his rivals, he deserved for his plan to go down in flames.
    • Simple: Because Hogg knew Enos was in league with the Duke boys, and that he'd let it slip where he'd be so that the Duke boys would come an attempt to rescue Jesse (as he also knew that they would send Daisy in to seduce Enos to get the location because of the obvious fact that Enos is in love with her), thus keeping them from being in the race (thus keeping the race going long enough until the proceeding was over with). Hogg has dealt with the Dukes for years, and has become accustomed to how their actions to know how to somewhat manipulate them. But, due to the fact that Boss Hogg underestimates them (much like his TV show counterpart constantly did), they were able to save Jesse, get to the race, complete it so that it ended earlier and leading the townsfolk back to the courthouse, thus allowing for the townspeople to object to the strip-mining.
  • For that matter, why was the court proceeding held DURING the big race and why was nobody else aware of it? I would think that something as big as their hometown being turned into a strip mine would catch a few people's attention! They clearly didn't bribe the judge and I hardly think that he would agree to do something like this during an event that the entire town is attending.
    • It's safe to say that Boss Hogg managed to keep the proceeding from being shared with the town. He probably made sure that Enos wasn't in ear shot to make sure he didn't let the Dukes know (see above explanation as to why).

The Series

  • Probably the biggest one for the series owes to how Bo and Luke were written out when John Schneider and Tom Wopat walked off the series during Season 5 as the Dukes having left to go on the NASCAR circuit. While the Atlanta Motor Speedway is in Georgia; that raises the issue of how they could participate in the other races given that they would generally not be permitted to leave Georgia while under probation; and would require permission to leave the state for college or a vacation.
  • It's mentioned repeatedly that the Duke boys can't have guns as a condition of their probation. So, how are they getting dynamite and blasting caps, both of which require a permit in most jurisdictions—a permit that Boss Hogg would ultimately have the ability to grant or deny?

The Dukes

  • So Coy, Vance and Daisynote  are racing Boss Hogg and Rosco "clean around the world" with the Dukes' farm at stake? If they can afford to go all around the world, why can't they just buy the farm (not in that sense) outright?
  • How did Bo and Luke replace Coy and Vance during the run of the cartoon? Did they just start the race over or what?
  • And surely people on probation would never be allowed to leave the country (or even the county) in the first place?

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