I actually have fond memories of watching the animated Dukes cartoon on CBS in 1983 by Hanna Barbera. This was a fad back then where Hanna Barbera was animating popular prime time shows. On ABC, they did The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, Laverne and Shirley, and finally Mork and Mindy. On CBS, they set their sights on the Dukes of Hazzard, but picked the absolute worst time to do a cartoon series of them. During the show's deplorable fifth season when Coy and Vance were on there, so in animation, we had Coy and Vance with Daisy racing in the General Lee around the world against Boss Hogg, Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, and Flash, who had more personality in this cartoon as well as the General Lee. I actually saw these cartoons recently and they are god awful to look at now. I can't believe I actually loved this show as a kid. My fondest memories was when the cartoon was renewed for a second season that same year, and best of all, following what the live series did, Bo and Luke were with Daisy and the race continued with the real Duke boys. And of course, there was Uncle Jesse and his pet raccoon, who also had personality, reading Daisy's letters. I hated the fact that the second season with Bo and Luke was cut too short. There should have been more episodes of that series. I did enjoy the final episode where Uncle Jesse flew out to a bog in a swamp and reunited with Bo, Luke, and Daisy, so this cartoon went out on a good note.
As an adult, this cartoon is a god awful series, but as a kid, I fondly recalled watching this show along with the live series.
As an adult, this cartoon is a god awful series, but as a kid, I fondly recalled watching this show along with the live series.