BARRY COURTER: Lisa, I have to admit that for just a minute I was thinking that the "Dukes of Hazzard" 1969 Dodge Charger might have been one of the most famous cars on TV. But then I started remembering the Batmobile, the Monkeemobile, Herbie the Love Bug, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine, the Gran Torino from "Starksy & Hutch" and even the Beverly Hillbillies' truck.
There have been a bunch. What is your favorite?
LISA DENTON: Oh, that's a great list. I might have to go with the Ferrari from "Magnum, P.I.," but that's more about the driver than the car. That show also had one of the greatest mustaches of all time, but I guess I need to stick to cars since World of Wheels will be at the Chattanooga Convention Center this weekend. We can talk about mustaches if there's ever a facial hair expo.
BARRY: I'm going with either Yosemite Sam or Nick Offerman as best mustache on TV.
LISA: Yosemite Sam? Really? You pulled that one out of the air.
John Schneider - Bo Duke from "Dukes of Hazzard" - will be the big celebrity guest at World of Wheels. You know, he's known to a new generation of fans for his moves on season 27 of "Dancing With the Stars."
BARRY: They will have a General Lee replica car there, and apparently also replicas of Daisy's Jeep and Road Runner. Funny, I don't remember her driving a car. I must have been distracted by something else.
Lee Majors' stunt truck from "The Fall Guy" will also be there.
Lisa Denton and Barry Courter
LISA: And this is really cool. They are raffling off Luther Masingill's 1926 Model T Ford coupe. Proceeds will go to the Charles H. Coolidge Medal of Honor Heritage Center.
BARRY: And the Broadway series returns to the Tivoli with "Something Rotten!" It's about two brothers who find themselves competing with some guy name Shakespeare in 1595 for success in the theatrical world.
Big-time spoiler alert, right?
LISA: And we have to mention the Jewish-themed classical music concert, featuring the Emily Nelson Trio from Nashville, Sunday afternoon at Mizpah Congregation. The guy in charge of publicity, Richard Zachary, emailed way back in October to ask how to be included in today's column.
I tried to explain the complexities of how we operate - research, flow charts, algorithms, analytics, focus groups.
BARRY: Yes, it's all very complicated. It's a wonder we have time to write the column.
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