My Formal Apology To Catherine Bach (The OG Daisy Duke) I Was NOT Familiar With Your Game. Let's Celebrate Her Legacy & Iconic Denim Shorts
As Jim Calhoun once said:
"I've explained it 1,000 times. I fucked up. I didn't take Ryan Gomes. Does that make you happy? Jesus Christ Almighty. Don't shake your fucking head. If you ask a question, I'm telling you how I feel about it. I took Emeka Okafor and Caron Butler. They're not bad. I can't take every player. But I'm tired of talking about it. Ryan, he's one of the best players in our league and starting to look like one of the best players in the country. I don't know what else I can say, and if you want me to say I fucked up, I fucked up. Write it."
Right now Jessica Simpson is very much my Emeka Okafor. Sure I successfully rode her pink bikini coattails to the #1 viewed blog on Sunday but even with that fact I'm man enough to admit... I made a huge mistake. I didn't take Catherine Bach.
And I absolutely should have. Fuck.
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If you want me to say I fucked up, I fucked up. Write it.
It was inexcusable for me to do a 'Dukes Of Hazzard' themed blog and not include an homage to the trailblazing stems & barely there denim of Daisy Duke, the original. Not just a fashion icon but also 1 of the most influential & ground breaking characters in TV history.
Granted I did admit off the bat in that blog I'd never seen a single episode of the show (was very much not alive from 1978-1985) but I was 16 years old for Jessica Simpson's music video. Still no excuse to diminish greatness like this. You can be a LeBron James fan and still embed some Michael Jordan highlights too.
After extensive embeddable research I can confirm, Catherine Bach is HER.
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It all makes sense now. The angry comments were warranted. THAT is Daisy Duke. Now and forever. Salute to a true legend.
And she was the absolute creator of those iconic shorts too. Thank YOU for having such a big brain Ms. Bach. The world would've been a worse place without it.
(Wiki) - She heard about the audition for The Dukes of Hazzard through her husband. When she arrived there, she found the producers were looking for a Dolly Parton-lookalike; despite not looking like what they were searching for, she was hired on the spot. One of the earliest costume ideas from the producers was that she wear a tight white turtleneck, go-go boots and a poodle skirt, but Bach asked if she could bring her own outfit, which was a homemade T-shirt, a pair of cut-off denim shorts and high heels. Bach had concerns about the appropriateness of the cut-off shorts at first, saying she could not wear them in a restaurant scene. When prompted by the producers to visit a restaurant across the street, Bach found the waitresses were wearing "little miniskirts that matched the tablecloths!" This style of cut-off denim shorts is now popularly known as "Daisy Dukes" in reference to Bach's character of that name from the show.
At the suggestion of the producers, Bach posed as Daisy Duke for a poster, which sold 5 million copies. The poster once caused a stir when Nancy Reagan took a liking to it after Bach visited the White House with one as a gift for one of her former schoolteachers then working there. While starring on The Dukes of Hazzard, her legs were insured for $1,000,000.
And by the way, she hasn't lost a step either. I really appreciate the internet for calling me out and keeping me honest. I learned a lot today and will learn even more tonight.
History can be such a fun subject, even with those damn Dukes jumping over fountains!
Just don't go too crazy cranking your Boss Hogg
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PS: if you want to keep supporting Daisy Duke's legacy I highly recommend checking out 'Letterkenny', kinda a mix between Dukes Of Hazzard & Trailer Park Boys… And always A+ short selection from Katy