MonacoMan

One of my favorite episodes!

I’m not totally sure…but, actor Pat Buttram made appearances on both Green Acres & Dukes of Hazzard. Both GA & DOH aired on CBS, and both were set in “fictional” farming/small town locations: GA in Hooterville, and DOH in Hazzard County, Georgia.

I heard about it a little while ago…unbelievably devastating! Ben was probably the biggest advocate for the show, Duke Fests, events, and keeping the DOH spirit alive. It will never be the same, and I worry how long it will continue, without Ben.

Thanks for the info! Sitcoms are typically not my kind of show, but I occasionally watched episodes of a few when growing up (such as Growing Pains & Facts of Life). In the U.S. for a full season, usually 22-24 episodes is standard for original network (CBS, NBC & ABC) shows, including sitcoms. However, sometimes if shows premiere later in a season they will have less episodes. DOH premiered about halfway through that TV season (January 1979), so Season 1 only had 13 episodes. Nowadays though, cable network & streaming shows usually have only around 10-13 episodes a season. Rick should have stayed on DOH.

No, I was referring to Brian Coltrane’s original comment that Rick Hurst had left DOH to do another series as well, that also got canceled.

Agreed…they should have had more episodes with Enos & Cletus together, especially once Rick Hurst’s other series didn’t last. But, at least Cletus was back in the reunion movies.

(20 years later )…Actually you did ask for the info, by your initial question. I love both Enos & Cletus, as both had important & integral parts in the show. I’m currently going through the series again, and have enjoyed watching Cletus episodes…especially since his recent untimely passing.

It could have been they were running out of ideas…but, they darn well could have come up with something better than that! But, I’m not sure they knew for sure it was the last season. John Schneider has said before that DOH was never “officially” cancelled. The network just chose not to put the show in the next season’s lineup…and never did again. Although John wrote & directed the series finale…I don’t think they knew at the time that it would end up being the finale. At least it wasn’t the alien crap, lol!

There are just some kinds of shows that the alien/sci-fi/UFO crap (my opinion) doesn’t work…and DOH was definitely one! Leave that garbage for Star Wars, Star Trek, and X-Files. Ironically another show, around the same time, that tried the aliens ridiculousness was Miami Vice. An episode called “Missing Hours” ended up being famously known as THE worst episode of MV (in my opinion, possibly the worst episode in TV history)!

Yup!

I watched that one earlier this evening.

In my opinion the worst episode of the entire series was the “Strange Visitor” one. But, there are a few throughout the show that aren’t my favorites.

I’m having a…“German soda” and getting ready to watch “To Catch a Duke”. I skipped “My Son, Bo Hogg” as I’ve never liked that episode.

Agreed!

A good way to end the show…she returns to Hazzard towards the end of Season 7, and reconnects with Jesse. In the final episode Jesse proposes marriage & she decides to accept…and settle in Hazzard once & for all (a plot line in conjunction with Boss Hogg supposedly “disappearing”).