The Dukes of Hazzard

In the hit series that ran from 1979 to 1985, John Schneider and Tom Wopat drove a car named "General Lee" that had a Confederate flag on its roof.
The "Dukes of Hazzard" actress has had a difficult pregnancy, but delivered the perfect pun to sum it up.
I think he wanted to say something to me then, [but] we didn't have time to say. The girls went off with him, and when they got out of the car, he said, "Bye, I love you." They said, "Bye, dad," and that was it. We never saw him again.