Stuntman jumps the 'Dukes of Hazzard' car over fountain
The stunt took place at the Somernites Cruise, a classic car event, in downtown Somerset on Saturday, June 28. According to local outlets the Lexington Herald Leader and the Commonwealth Journal, 35,000 people were in attendance to watch stunt jumper Raymond Kohn complete his 30th "Dukes of Hazzard" jump over a fountain in the city's square.
"It was so popular the first time, people asked me to come back and it became more popular – and I became the go-to-guy to jump the General Lee," Kohn told the Herald Leader. Kohn later told the outlet he had recently undergone surgery to remove a brain tumor, adding he asked the surgeon, "Will I be able to jump after the surgery?"
"Dukes" stars John Schneider, who played Bo Duke, and Byron Cherry, who played Coy Duke, were also in attendance at the event.
'The Dukes of Hazzard' cast reunites, Daisy Duke star Catherine Bach hints at potential reboot
"The Dukes of Hazzard," which ran for 146 episodes across seven seasons, followed the "good ol'" Duke boys of rural Hazzard County, Georgia. Not without its controversies, reruns of the show are few and far between due to its Confederate flag imagery. TV Land dumped the show several years ago, and Warner Bros., which produced the series, halted production of toy replicas of the General Lee, an orange 1969 Dodge Charger stock car driven by rambunctious Southern cousins Luke and Bo. The car famously features an image of the Confederate flag on its roof.
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