The essence of the plot had the two in constant high-speed escapes trunning the same sheriff, who like Barney Fife, had just the one bullet and the IQ of a housefly for tools.
The 'moonshiners' get'n white-lightening into the hands of the same brain-damaged customers - week, after week, after week....and well into syndicated reruns. Fans of the show had an aggregate and tested group IQ hovering in the 60s.
Famously, the Dodge Charger was bright orange, with large black decals '01' on the doors. Bright orange to hide in plain site we get, but an ought-one on the doors? Fans may have lost track of the beastly car unless they could see the leading zero on the number decal, apparently.
The Duke Of Dumb - Paul Stender from Indianapolis tied a cruise missile engine with over 10,000hp to the roof of his '67 Chevy Impala. Paul's mutant theory was to push the junkyard relic to speeds far in excess of 300mph. For some reason.
We don't question how Paul got the '67 Chevy, or why his death wish involved going over 300 in an antique death-trap, but how does a redneck like Paul get a cruise missile engine?
Paul has a 29-yo blond wife, who isn't pregnant, or fat, and some insist he even baths daily. So why would Paul tempt fate in this way? Paul?
