General Questions about The Dukes of Hazzard Series

[HossC]

15 hours ago, Skipper Duke said:

Hey y'all... Is the character Clem Boswell in the Season 6 episode Enos's Last Chance, played by James Cavan who was Artie Bender in the Season 6 episode Dead and Alive?

Yes, James Cavan played both characters, although he was uncredited in 'Enos's Last Chance'. It was quite common for actors to return to Dukes as a different character (I counted over 60 occurrences), but this case was slightly unusual as the episodes were so close together.

Another oddity in the casting of 'Enos's Last Chance' is that while it was about Scanlon, a master of disguise who could change identity, they used a different actor to play his salesman alter ego rather than just changing his makeup/wig.

[Skipper Duke]

1 hour ago, HossC said:

Yes, James Cavan played both characters, although he was uncredited in 'Enos's Last Chance'. It was quite common for actors to return to Dukes as a different character (I counted over 60 occurrences), but this case was slightly unusual as the episodes were so close together.

Another oddity in the casting of 'Enos's Last Chance' is that while it was about Scanlon, a master of disguise who could change identity, they used a different actor to play his salesman alter ego rather than just changing his makeup/wig.

Cousin HossC... Yep the David Haney character. Credited in David Hofstede's book The Dukes of Hazzard The Unofficial Companion as David Haney (Scanlon as salesman).

[Skipper Duke]

Y'all... What kind of car is Jamie Lee Hogg's Brown car?

[HossC]

Looks like a 1975/76 Plymouth Fury, like some of the patrol cars.

[Skipper Duke]

HossC... The brown van driven by Barney Miller in Season 5 Big Brothers Duke, is it one of the ones from Season 4 Trouble at Cooter's and Ten Million Dollar Sheriff?

[HossC]

I assume you mean Barney Benson - Barney Miller was a 1970s/80s sitcom starring Hal Linden.

Each episode that you named includes a late-70s brown Ford Econoline van, but there are differences. The one in 'Big Brothers, Duke' appears to be a lighter brown and has tan or gold stripes along the sides. Although '10 Million Dollar Sheriff' and 'Trouble at Cooter's' are consecutive episodes, I spotted difference there too. The van in '10 Million Dollar Sheriff' has a roof rack, bars on the rear windows, silver trim over the wheels and along the sides, and the interior of the rear is painted in a dark color. Note: When Rosco pulls it over and it crashes off-road, the van changes to one with round headlights when they are rectangular for the rest of the episode. It would be possible to remove the additions and repaint the interior to change the appearance for 'Trouble at Cooter's', but my guess is that they were all just similar vans.

[Skipper Duke]

3 hours ago, HossC said:

I assume you mean Barney Benson - Barney Miller was a 1970s/80s sitcom starring Hal Linden.

Each episode that you named includes a late-70s brown Ford Econoline van, but there are differences. The one in 'Big Brothers, Duke' appears to be a lighter brown and has tan or gold stripes along the sides. Although '10 Million Dollar Sheriff' and 'Trouble at Cooter's' are consecutive episodes, I spotted difference there too. The van in '10 Million Dollar Sheriff' has a roof rack, bars on the rear windows, silver trim over the wheels and along the sides, and the interior of the rear is painted in a dark color. Note: When Rosco pulls it over and it crashes off-road, the van changes to one with round headlights when they are rectangular for the rest of the episode. It would be possible to remove the additions and repaint the interior to change the appearance for 'Trouble at Cooter's', but my guess is that they were all just similar vans.

Thanks HossC.

[Skipper Duke]

That yellow truck in Arrest Jesse Duke, is the same one from The Ghost of General Lee?

[HossC]

Again, I think they're similar but different. The one in 'The Ghost of General Lee' gets into a crash at the end, so was probably damaged. There are actually two trucks used in 'Arrest Jesse Duke'. The one the car strippers get into outside the parts store was originally white, and still has white paint visible inside the cab and patchy bits on the back and roof of the cab. During the chase it's a different truck - they acquire a bed of tires and all the white paint has gone. This is close to the 'The Ghost of General Lee' truck, but the rust/wear spots are in different places.

As they pass Boss' house leaving the square in 'The Ghost of General Lee' they pass a very similar truck. Maybe this was the other one from the episode. It reminded me of the extra General parked in the square in 'One Armed Bandits'.