Just a Good Ole' Boys...

Loyal reader KS tells us that we missed out on one of our dream jobs...

Country Music Television has selected its first "vice president" for the Dukes of Hazzard Institute. The first task for the New York-based executive: Upgrade the Institute's new facilities.

In other words, get cable and a new TV set for his apartment.

Yes, Christopher Nelson's new job, which comes with a $100,000 salary and a one-year contract, will be to watch reruns of "The Dukes of Hazzard" weeknights on the Country Music Television cable channel and write blog postings for the network's Web site.

The contract does not include vacation time.

"For $100,000 he'd better watch that show every night," said James Hitchcock, CMT's vice president for marketing.

Nelson's appointment will be officially announced Saturday at DukesFest in Bristol, Tenn. Having moved to New York from Austin, Tex., about eight months ago, Nelson was most recently working as a part-time temporary administrative assistant while trying to advance a career as a writer and musician.

"This job will change my life," said Nelson.

Nelson applied for the job along with almost 2,000 others in late February, shortly after an ad for the position was placed in several communication industry publications.

A printable job application was made available on Country Music Television's Web site. The application asked no questions about prior work experience or education.

But it did ask, "If you, Bo, Luke and Daisy took off in the General Lee, what would happen next?"

That answer's easy. Bo and Luke would exit the car immediately. The rest of what happens... well, let's just say network TV would need to carry it after 10 PM.