CJ Duke Falls in Love

by: Juanita Ford

HEY ROY CAN I TAKE THE REBEL FOR A LITTLE WHILE
I’VE GOT TO GET MY HAIR DONE
AND BUY A NEW DRESS
AND ROY SAYS IS THAT YOU TALKING
I THOUGHT YOU’D ALWAYS BE A TOMBOY
AND C.J. SAYS OH ROY I’VE JUST GOT TO TELL SOMEONE
I’VE MET THIS REALLY GREAT GUY
HES SWEET AND KIND AND FUNNY AND SO HANDSOME
AND ROY SAYS I FIGURED SOMETHING LIKE THAT
SURE YOU CAN TAKE REBEL
JUST BE CAREFUL I KNOW HOW YOU WOMAN DRIVERS ARE
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR IN LOVE
AND INSTEAND OF SHOWING THAT FAMOUS DUKE TEMPER
C.J, SAYS ROY YOU’RE THE GREATEST AND KISSES HIM ON THE CHECK
AFTER C.J. LEAVES THE GENERAL LEE PULLS IN
AND ROY SAYS WITH A GRIN IF IT ANI’T MY TWO HOMELY COUSINS
BO AND LUKE DUKE HEY FELLAS HOW ARE Y’ALL DING
AND WHERES THAT PRETTY AS A PICTURE COUSIN OF MINE DAISY
AND LUKE SAYS DAISYS AT HOME MAKING A BAKED HAM DINNER
AND BO SAYS WE THOUGHT WE’D ASK Y’ALL IF YOU’D LIKE TO COME FOR SUPPER
SINCE IT’S BEEN A WHILE AND ROY SAYS I’D LOVE TO
YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO BRING ME BACK HOME CAUSE C.J. OFF ON A DATE
WITH SOME MR. WONDERFUL
AS THE THREE DUKE COUSINS ROY SAYS BY THE WAY HOWS UNCLE JESSY
JUST AS CANTANKEUS AS EVER I BET
AND BO SAYS HE SURE IS HES GONE VISTING AN OLD FRIEND
AND ROY SAYS WHO ONE OF HIS OLD EX- MOON SHINE RUNNING BUDDIES
AND LUKE SAYS IN A WAY BUT HER NAME IS TINA
AND BO SAYS HEY MAY HAVE A LITTLE SNOW ON THE ROOF
BUT THEIRS STILL FIRE IN THE FERNCE
HE IS A DUKE AFTER ALL
AND ALL THREE DUKE COUSINS SHARE A LAUGH
C.J SMILES AS SHE SEES TOMMY JENNINGS COMING TWORDS
AND LIFTS HER UP IN HIS ARMS AND THEY SHARE A PASSANATE KISS
AND TOMMY SAYS I’VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH DARLING
AND C.J. SAYS WE WE’RE JUST TOGETHER LAST NIGHT MY LOVE
BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN
I’VE NEVER FELT ANYTHING LIKE THE WAY THAT I FEEL WITH YOU
AND TOMMY SAYS I KNOW THAT WE’VE ONLY KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A SHORT TIME
BUT C.J. WILL YOU PLEASE MARRY ME
AND WITH TEARS OF HAPPINESS IN HER BLUE EYES
C.J. SAYS YES I WILL OH YES MY DARLING I’LL BE YOUR WIFE
THEN TOMMY SAYS COME ON LETS GO
AND C.J SAYS I’D LIKE MY COUSINS ROY AND BO AND LUKE TO BE THERE
AND MY UNCLE JESSY TO HES SUCH A DEAR OLD SOUL
AND TOMMY SAYS I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT BUT WE CAN HAVE A RECEPTION FOR
EVERYONE LATER I’VE GOT TO LEAVE IN THREE WEEKS SO LETS GET MARRIED
THEN WE CAN TELL THEM I PROMISE
SO C.J. DUKE BEING SO IN LOVE AGREES TO ELOPE THAT NIGHT
DAISY SAYS ROY YOU HANDSOME DEVIL HOW ARE YOU AND THAT
BEAUTIFUL COUSIN C.J,. DOING IS SHE COMING BY LATER
AND BO SAYS SHES FALLEN IN LOVE WITH SOME FELLA NAMED TOMMY JENNINGS
ASND DAISY SAYS HE MUST BE SOMETHING
TO MAKE HER MISS HOT APPLE PIE AND ICE CREAM
WELL IT’S ALMOST MIDNIGHT AND ROY SAYS WOULD IT BE OKAY
IF I STAYED OVER TONIGHT POOR BOS ALSEEP
AND LUKE SAYS HE WOULD’NT BE SO TRIED IF HE HAD’NT GONE OUT
WITH THE THREE JOHNSON SISTERS LAST NIGHT
AND DAISY SAYS WITH A SHEEPISH GRIN I GUESS WE ALL KNOW
WHAT HES DREAMING OF THEN
THEN THE THREE DUKE COUSINS LAUGH
THEN EIGHT AM THE NEXT MORNING WHILE DAISYS COOKING UP A GOOD OLE
COUNTRY BREAKFEST OF COUNTRY HAM EGGS SAUAGES AND BISCUTS
AND GLOWING C.J. SAYS HEY Y’ALL CAN TWO STARVING NEWLYWEDS COME IN
AND A STILL SLEEP BO DUKE SAYS TWO STARVING WHAT
AND C.J. SAYS BO YOU HERD ME I SAID NEWLYWEDS
THEN ROY SAYS YOU MARRIED THIS GUY YOU’VE ONLY KNOWN HIM FOR TWO WEEKS
AND C.J. SAYS WHEN LOVE HITS YOU IT HITS YOU
ROY SAYS LOOK TOMMY I MEAN NO DISRESPECT TO YOU
BUT WHY COULD’NT YOU AT LEST LET US GET TO KNOW YOU
AND TOMMY SAYS I’M SORRY IF I’VE CAUSED YOU ANY TROUBLE
BUT I LOVE C.J. AND I WANTED TO BE WITH HER FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE
AND ROY SAYS WELL YOU JUST BETTER BE GOOD AS GOLD
TO MY COUSIN AND BO SAYS AND ALL THREE OF US TO
THREE WEEKS LATER C.J. IT’S GONNA BE SO HARD TO LEAVE Y’ALL ALL DAY
AFTER TOMMOROW AND DAISY SAYS YOU AND TOMMY CAN ALWAYS VIST
AND IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE DUKE WITH YOU
HE OR SHE WILL BE WELCOME
AND C.J. BLUSHS AND SMILES WIDLY
WELL IT’S TIME FOR C.J AND TOMMY TO LEAVE FOR THE AIRPORT
AND TOMMY SAYS OH I FORGOT MY OTHER SUTIECASE
AND ROY SAYS I’LL GO GET IT FOR YOU I’LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE
ROY GOES INTO C.J.S AND TOMMYS ROOM
AND AS HE PICKED UP THE SUITECASE
II COMES OPEN AND HE FINDS A BAG OF WHITE POWER AND ROY SAYS LUKE
CAN YOU COME IN HERE A MINUTE AND LUKE SAYS SURE COUSIN
AND ROY SAYS LUKE LOOK WHAT I FOUND IN TOMMYS SUITECASE
AND LUKE SAYS MY GOD ROY THIS IS A STASH OF COCAINE
AND ROY SAYS I KNIEW SOMETHING WAS FUNNY WAS ABOUT HIM
WANTING THEM TO GET MARRIED SO SOON
THEN LUKE SAYS I KNOW C.J. SHE’D NEVER MARRY A MAN
WHO WAS INTO THIS STUFF
WE’VE GOT TO STOP HER FROM LEAVING
AND BOY SAYS IT’S TO LATE SHES MARRIED TO THE LOW DOWN SKUNK
AND LUKE SAYS WE’VE GOT TO TELL HER
]THE SUN OF A GUN COULD HURT HER
AND ROY SAYS YOUR RIGHT
A SMILING C.J. HEY COUSIN WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG
AND ROY SAYS TOMMY I THINK THEIRS SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD TELL
C.J. RIGHT NOW OR ELSE I WILL;
AND C.J. SAYS ROY WHATS GOING ON WITH YOU
AND TOMMY PULLS OUT A GUN AND HE SAYS HE MUST HAVE
FOUND THAT BAG OF WHITE POWDER
AND C.J. SAYS BABY IF YOU NEED HELP WE’LL GET IT FOR YOU
THEN TOMMY SAYS ALL I NEED IS TO GET OUT OF THIS COUNTRY
I’VE GOT A SWISS BANK ACCOUNT AND MY WIFE WAITING FOR ME
AND BO SAYS A WIFE BUDDY I TOLD YOU THAT IF YOU EVER HURT C.J.
IN ANYWEAY THAT YOU’D HAVE TO ANSWER TO US DUKES
THEN BEFORE TOMMY COULD DO ANYTHING
BO DUKE WENT AFTER HIM THEN LUKE TOOK HIS TURN
THEN ROY SAID I’M GONNA ENJOY THIS
THEN A BUNCH OF PEOPLCE CARS CAME SPEEDING IN
AND ROSCO P. COULTARIN SAYS SHAME SHAME EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME
AND LUKE SAYS ROSCO WHO LET YOU KNOW
AND DAISY I HERD EVERYTHING SO WHILE Y’ALL WE’RE
BEATING THE TAR OUT OF THIS TURKEY I CALLED ROSCO
AND ROSCO SAYS KEE HEE I CALLED THE FBI
A CRYING C.J. I LOVED YOU I REALLY LOVED YOU
AND YOU WE’RE GONNA USE ME
AND A BARLY ABLE TO STAND TOMMY SAYS THAT RIGHT DARLING
THEN C.J. HAULS OFF AND WACKS HIM A GOOD ONE
WELL THE NEXT FEWS MONTHS WE’;RE HARD FOR C.J,. DUKE
BUT WITH THE LOVE OF THE DUKE FAMILY
SOMEHOW SHE MADE IT THROUGH

FOLKS LIKE I’VE ALWAYS SAID IN HASZZARD COUNTY WE BELIEVE IN HAPPY ENDDING

WRITTEN BY JUANITA FORD
COPYRIGHT 1999
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

General Lee vs. Rebel

by: Juanita Ford

‘hey bo luke daisy look whos come to vist us
CJ and Roy duke and luke says that’s great
and bo says it’ll be great to see those two again
Roy comes in first and says hey guys CJs a little testy today
so please agree with everything that she says
and bo says no problem cousin
and then CJ comes through the door
and bo says how beautiful you look today CJ
if you weren’t my cousin I’d marry you
and CJ says you men think that all you have to do
is sweet talk a girl and everything will be fine and dandy
so bo duke you can just save it
and a sad bo says I’m sorry I did’nt mean to up-set you
then CJ says all of you men think that you know everything
you don’t give us girls credit for anything
luke says CJ what in the world is wrong with you
you know that we all love you
and bo says in a sad voice CJ have I done anything to make you mad
if I have I’m really sorry
and CJ says bo I’m sorry for being so mean to you
but you know that race tomorrow I’ve entered the rebel
and I forgot that you’ll be racing tomorrow to
and jokingly bo says don’t worry honey I won’t run over you
and CJ says run over me bo duke you’ll eat my dust
and Roy says CJ look you and bo are family
and CJ says if you want to win you have to put personal feelings aside
and bo says if that’s the way that you want it girl
then so be it
well folks it’s the race that everyone in good old hazzard county’s
been waiting for
and CJ says may the best man win duke
and bo says CJ honey your all woman
and CJ duke smiles a kisses bo on the check
and bo says she loves me and then she hates me
women I’ll never understand them
sand luke says join the club
the race gets off to a fast start and bo dukes in the lead
then CJ passes bo and says catch me if you can handsome
and bo says you spoke to soon darling cause here I am
then CJ says no you don’t super stud
and bo says sorry beautiful but I’m gonna win this one
and CJ says rats it’looks like your right
then the general lee crosses the finish line
CJ says gorgeous you wait until next time
I’ll beat the pants right off of that
And bo says darling if we weren’t cousins I’d take you up on that
Then CJ gives bo a great big bear hug
Like I’ve always said in hazzard county we believe in happy endings

Written by juanita ford
Copyright 1999 all rights reserved

Forgiveness

by: Marlene Martin

As I slowly open my eyes,I find that I’m not behind the steering wheel of Rebel anymore but lying in a strange bed in a strange room somewhere in a long white gown with an IV slowly dripping into my left arm,covered in bandages,and hooked up to a beeping heart machine by a bunch of wires as well as to a hissing breathing machine by a long clear blue tube,which I noticed was coming out of my throat. My mind slowly starts to wonder if I’m in some sort of nightmare as I look around the room,trying to find out where I was at and why I was suddenly experiencing a lot of pain,when I suddenly hear a door beside me open and close. I quickly looked to see where the noise that I heard was coming from and noticed that an elderly gentleman in a long white coat with a stethoscope hanging around his neck had entered the room.

“Well I see that our young patient here is awake.” the doctor said to me when he noticed that my eyes were open and moving around a little.

“Awake?” I surprisingly thought to myself as I tried to painfully sit up to ask the
doctor what he was talking about.

“Easy there now,” the doctor said as he calmly approached the bed and gently helped me lay back down “we don’t want to do any more damage to ourselves any more than we did in the accident now. At least,not until I’ve had the chance of examining you.”

“Accident? What accident?” I tried to say as I watch him put on his stethoscope,hoping that he would be able to hear me,but all that came out of my mouth was
nothing but air.

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Who are CJ and Roy Duke?

 

Characters created by Marlene Martin and Matt Mazak

Roy Duke (full name Roy Beaugard Duke) was born in Aug. of 1971 and is the oldest of the two cousins, but only by a month. He lost his mom (Jance Duke) when he was born and lost his dad (James Duke) when he was six years old in a car accident.

Roy has some features like his big second cousin Bo Duke, like light brown hair and blue eyes as well as his good looks, but has the spirit and nature of Luke Duke, except for is temper which is like Bo Duke.

C.J. Duke (full name Cindy Jane Lucas Duke) was born in Sept. of 1971 and is the youngest cousin of the two. She lost her mom (Kathy Duke) when she was a year old to sickness and lost her dad (Jack Duke) in the same car accident that also killed her uncle James when she was also six years old. She also has a twin older brother (Dusty Duke) that was presumed lost in a flood when he was two. C.J. Duke has some features like her older second cousin Luke, like the dark hair and a birth mark (located on her right ankle), but has a tomboy spirit like Bo and also tries to protect her cousins Bo, Luke, and Roy when she can (even though they try to stop her from doing that).

Both live with their grandparents (Albert and Betsy Duke) on a farm in Hazzard County however they do visit Bo, Luke, Daisy and Uncle Jesse during the summer when Bo and Luke pick them up in the General Lee. When they turn 18 they come to own a 1970 Confederate gray Dodge Challenger stock car named Rebel (affectionately known as”General Lee’s Little Cousin”) which C.J. Duke mostly drives and Roy did drive a few times before his accident which impaired his sight. They also of course get into trouble, thanks to Boss Hogg and Sherriff Rosco, just like Bo and Luke. However there is one thing, C.J. is not on probation but Roy is even though they both made moonshine runs since they were eighteen years old. Their CB handles are “Wolf Pup 1” for Roy and “Wolf Pup 2” for CJ.

C.J. and Roy also have a good friend named J. T. Davenport (Cooter’s nephew) who they sometimes hang out with at Cooter’s Garage. JT Davenport (full name Jesse Thomas Davenport) was born in the Spring and is around the same age as his friends CJ and Roy who he met at Cooter’s Garage when he and Roy were in the fourth grade and CJ was in the third. JT lives with his uncle Cooter Davenport on his farm while his father works for a trucking company, which has him traveling a lot of time out of state, as well as help out his uncle over at the garage by helping him repair General Lee for Bo and Luke or Rebel for CJ and Roy. JT also helps out his good friends CJ and Roy Duke out of the mess of trouble they often get into thanks to Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco. JT Davenport has dark hair, green eyes and also his uncle Cooter’s bad temper which often has him get into trouble like his friends CJ and Roy, who often have to bail him out of it.

C.J. and Roy have half Duke and half Hogg blood running through their veins, meanng that their dads were from the Duke family and their moms were from the Hogg family. However C.J. and Roy didn’t know about this until they were twelve years old and Bo, Luke, Coy, Vance, Daisy, Uncle Jesse, Cooter, J.T., Boss Hogg, Rosco, Cletus and Enos didn’t discover this secret until C.J.and Roy were thirteen years old.

Jack and James were brothers and were first cousins to Bo, Luke and Daisy but a few years older. (There is also a third brother, who is still alive. Jeb Stuart Duke.) Albert and Betsy Duke are CJ and Roy’s granparents, which means Albert is Jesse’s brother. So Jesse is a great uncle. =)

Both Kathy and Jance are Hoggs, and they are sisters. It is unclear at this point whether they are the daughters of another brother of Boss’s or are the daughters of Abraham Lincoln Hogg. CJ and Roy didn’t find out about the Hogg relation until they were 12 years old (1983, 84.)

James and Jack and their wives didn’t live in Hazzard County (this would explain why nobody really knew of the Hogg relation). They lived in Hatacapie County during this time.

Just to give y’all a perspective on the time frame of these characters….

CJ and Roy were born in 1971 so they are now (1999) 27 years of age (going on 28). Their car, a 1970 Dodge Challenger they got when they were 18 (back in 1989/1990)

CJ lost her mother at the age of two (1973, 74) and lost her daddy when she was 6 (1977, 78) in a car crash that also took Roy’s dad. Roy’s mom died when Roy was born (’71).

So since 1977 they’ve been living with their grandparents in Hazzard, visited often by their older second cousins, Bo, Luke and Daisy.

 
“Rebel”

“Rebel” is a 1970 Dodge Challenger that is painted confederate grey. He has the number 21 painted on the doors, which like on the General Lee are welded shut,a confederate flag and checkered flag crossing each other painted on top, and the name “Rebel” painted diagonially down the side panels of the roof Rebel is often mecanically repaired by JT. Davenport but C.J. and Roy also do a little mecanical work under his hood as well,which is something that they learned from Bo and Luke who often called them “grease monkeys” ( a cute nickname that Bo and Luke gave them when they first had them under General Lee’s hood which resulted in them bening covered in grease from the engine.)

The Challenger came along sometime in 1975. It was a wrecked car that Jack and James were working on it together. They often spoke of building a car like General Lee and leaving it for their kids to have when they turned 18. After their death in ’77, the car ended up unfinished and sitting in the barn on what was James’s property for nearly 15 years, until CJ and Roy turned 18 and found out the car was still around. They got the car out of the barn and with help from JT Davenport went to work on rebuilding the car.

Rebel’s horn blares out the first few notes of “Charge!”
Below are three pics of 1970 Dodge Challenger to give you an idea of what the car looks like. Check out the one parked next to a General Lee!

 

General Lee’s Little Cousin

by: MaryAnne

CJ and Roy Duke and JT Davenport were created by Marlene Martin and Matt Mazack and are being used with permission.
Dixie Duke was created by “Dixie”(RebelYank) and is being used with permission.
MaryAnne Coltrane….wait a sec, that’s my character. I ALWAYS have permission to use her. Khee!


“Rebel” (pic from CJ) =)

Late Summer/Early Fall…1989…


“Happy Birthday, CJ,” Roy said as he raised his glass of soda to his cousin.

CJ smiled and lifted her glass as well. “Happy Birthday, cousin. We’re finally 18!”

“Yeehaa!”

Albert and Betsy Duke smiled as they watched their grandchildren toast their passage into young adulthood. A big party was planned for that evening at the Boar’s Nest, but Albert and Betsy wanted to do a small private celebration so that they could give CJ and Roy the special present that their sons Jack and James had left for them many years before.

Betsy turned to Albert. “Go ahead and get the envelope,” she said quietly. Albert nodded and disappeared from the dining room.

“Where’s granpa going?” Roy asked.

Betsy smiled. “He’s going to get one of your birthday presents.”

The two cousins looked at each other.

“A surprise?” CJ asked. “I love surprises!”

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