Tuesday, September 28, 2010

CATHERINE BACH: HOT STUFF!



[Please read] You better believe it! Check out "Daisy Duke" and the NFL Rams Cheerleaders doing aerobics for octogenarian comedian George Burns and YOU. Clips in this video derive from the George Burns TV Special "How to Live to be 100" (1984). Catherine was George's first credited guest star on the show. That same year, Miss Bach had made a key appearance in the movie CANNONBALL RUN II. as Marcie, Lamborghini babe. In the finest tradition of Al Capp's Dogpatch "Daisy Mae Yokum" in her medium (comic strips), Catherine's Hazzard County "Daisy Duke" lent her sexy looks and friendly ways to nearly every television episode of the action-comedy series THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (1979-1985) as well as two made-for-TV reunion movies in 1997 and 2000, respectively. Typically clad in her "Daisy Dukes"—the most satisfyingly short shorts (denim)—she helped her cousins "Bo" (John Schneider) and "Luke" (Tom Wopat) foil corrupt "Boss Hogg" time and time again. A sensational beauty and unforgettable screen presence, CB indelibly defined her "Daisy" role and then broke the mold. (In other words: WHO is Jessica Simpson?) Miss Bach's appeal is unsurprisingly "all-country;" but, as this footage proves, she could light up the screen in any context calling for "electricity." She remains one of my all-time favorite female entertainers. Hence, this video upload—both as an expression of sincere personal enthusiasm as well a vehicle to acquaint Internet audiences with some of her work outside of DUKES ...