Watch Matt Welch Defend Dukes of Hazzard at 3 a.m. on Red Eye w/ Tom Shillue

In the wee small hours, I will appear on the humorous Fox News surrealism program, Red Eye w/ Tom Shillue, to talk about subjects such as:

* Hillary Clinton's crushingly banal emails.

* Ted Cruz's impressively awful Simpsons impersonations.

* Oliver Stone's portentous Edward Snowden trailer.

* TV Land's idiotic yanking of Dukes of Hazzard.

* Other important topics, like dog breeding and text breakups and penis size.

It's all there at 3 a.m.!

Comments

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Hey, I can't see the roof of that car with that chick on top of it!

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Look, TV Land needs to realize that so long as their decisions can somehow be made to reflect on the Republican Party, *nobody will care.*

The whole point of this Confederate flag flap is that the Dems want to draw attention away from their weaknesses - like domestic policy and foreign policy - and play to their strengths - that is, calling Republicans racists.

So unless they can use Cooter or someone to link the TV series to Republicans, they won't care.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

so long as their decisions *can't* be made to reflect etc.

[In League with the Dark Ones]

Except Cooter is a Democrat.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

So as I said, if they can't find an anti-Republican angle, TV Land should be safe enough.

[GILMORE, LVL20 Blowhard]

You can't make that shit up

[Aresen]

Aside from Daisy, was there ever any reason to watch Dukes of Hazzard?

[JeremyR]

Car chases? The police being shown as corrupt and incompetent?

[GILMORE, LVL20 Blowhard]

The fundamental story of the Dukes is about moonshiners who are trying to evade local law enforcement which happens to be in the pocket of a crony-capitalist, small-town political scumbag.

What's not to love?

[Bill Dalasio]

Add in that the show portrayed said law enforcement and scumbag as completely incompetent at anything beyond self-service, and you have the makings of a good libertarian documentary.

[John Thacker]

Also pretty decent classic country music guests.

For the ladies (and gay Southern men), the Duke brothers were always taking their shirts off too.

[Rhywun]

Enh, we didn't have a lot to choose from back then.

[GILMORE, LVL20 Blowhard]

oh, shut up. it was the Golden Age Especially if you loved montages of people making ad hoc weaponry/hang-gliders out of things you can find in your garage.

[SIV]

Hmmm, I can't access the comments on my Surface Pro 3. I wonder what the hell I managed to accidentally block? Phone and work computer function just fine.

[SIV]

Well it's back now. The unfiltered internet is kinda scary. There is some energy.gov thing showing up now. No Taboola, thank God.

[Hamster of Doom]

* Other important topics, like dog breeding and text breakups and penis size.

Whose?

I like you, Welch, but not 3AM-like-you. I shall be with you in spirit, though.

[Knarf Yenrab!]

/Matt Welch laughs nervously

[Russell]

They lreally should yank PBS -- TV needs a safe zone channel after decades of triggering lynching angst with all the starless bars in Union Jacks on Masterpiece Theater

[Enjoy Every Sandwich]

Going after The Dukes Of Hazzard is a sign of how pathetic the SJWs have become. I'll bet they think they're a bunch of fucking heroes now, and will brag to their grandchildren about their participation in The Great Civil Rights Crusade of 2015.