Boss Hogg, full name Jefferson Davis Hogg, was the corrupt county commissioner in The Dukes of Hazzard, the American television series that ran from 1979 to 1985 and starred Sorrell Booke in the role. As the show's scheming antagonist, he was constantly trying to outmanoeuvre the Duke family, which made his blustering interruptions a natural fit for comedy edits. Short clips of his voice later spread through soundboards and social video, where the phrase works as a quick signal to stop, reconsider, or suspect a trick.