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[[Category:Season 1|106 - Swamp Molly]]
[[Image:S1E06Title.jpg|thumb|Title screen]]
'''Season 1, Episode 6'''<br>
'''Original Air Date:''' 9 March 1979<br>
'''Directed by:''' Don McDougall<br>
'''Written by:''' Katharyn Powers (as Katharyn Michaelian Powers)<br>
'''Created by:''' Gy Waldron<br>
<br>
== Plot Summary ==
[[Image:SwampMolly0106.jpg|thumb|Neva Patterson as Swamp Molly]]
This is a story about honor. Back in the fall of 1936, a woman named Swamp Molly helped Jesse Duke escape from the feds. Bo and Luke's probation doesn't matter to her, she wants them to do a job, since she's trading in on the favor, which she's done several times before. Boss and Rosco have been keeping an eye on her and want to catch her.

== Commentary ==
This was the first episode filmed in California and a darn good one, similar to the first five that were filmed in Georgia. The first season dealt a lot more with the Dukes moonshine heritage. Here we learn some of the old ridgerunner tricks or ‘works’ in getting rid of the law and revenuers… smoke bombs, barrels of oil rigged to create a spill, arrows and dynamite.

The Dukes have Cooter paint a truck for part of the plan. Enos tells his superior officer. “Honest Sheriff, all I seen coming this way was a little ol’ ice cream truck with naked babies painted on the side.” Rosco replies “Them ain’t naked babies…they’re cherubs…cherubs…Dipstick!”

The expressions on Bo, Luke and Rosco’s faces are priceless when the truck’s back door is opened to reveal the contents. Luke: “Oh Rosco…you gotta believe me…we had no idea…”
Rosco: “Would you hush? It wasn’t bad enough you run booze, but now your running guns to those pinko fascists.”

Rosco tells the FBI men he called them because of a hallucination (on Boss’s orders because he wanted to sell the guns Rosco confiscated). I’d bet the farm that if you close your eyes, you’d see exactly what he describes.

This is one episode that is a must see for all the classic moments between the Dukes, or Boss and Rosco, or Rosco and Enos. It has a lot of comedic moments yet just enough drama to make you pause for a few moments.

Nearly all the shots in the opening credits come from the first few episodes. This is the episode that contains the infamous scene in which Bo blows the outhouse up. (Thus the mix up of dud dynamite and real dynamite later in the episode when they try to blow the truck up.)

Swamp Molly

Synopsis:
This is a story about honor. Back in the fall of 1936, a woman named Swamp Molly helped Jesse Duke escape from the feds. Bo and Luke’s probation doesn’t matter to her, she wants them to do a job, since she’s trading in on the favor, which she’s done several times before. Boss and Rosco have been keeping an eye on her and want to catch her.

“The only time she comes around is when she wants something….nine times outta ten it’s Uncle Jesse…”

Luke comes up with a plan to make the shine run in broad day light with Bo and Daisy acting as insurance. Unfortunally since this is Hazzard, the plan doesn’t work. Rosco catches the boys at a barricade, after Bo blows up the first one. The Sheriff opens the truck and the boys find out they were lied to. Daisy bails them out of that situation. They hide the truck and go meet Molly at the rondevue point. Only to find she has an ace up her sleeve because she had Cousin Alice take Jesse crawdad fishing in the swamp.

Things look bad with the boys on the run and Jesse where they won’t be able to find him. They go get the truck and end up meeting Jesse who figured out what Alice was doing. Bo and Luke, along with Jesse, Daisy and Alice, head over to Black Holler, after the boys fill Uncle Jesse in on what the contents of the truck really are. With Enos watching them and Rosco with Boss coming their way, an attempt to blow the truck up with a dynamite arrow backfires….because Luke loaded the dud dynamite!

All is not lost though because Rosco drivin’ fast, bumps the truck into the ol’ drink that has quick sand at the bottom, which goes “all the way to China.” The evidence gone, the boys escape going away on firearm regulations for the rest of their natural born days.

“In all my days!…“

Commentary:

This was the first episode filmed in California and a darn good one, similar to the first five that were filmed in Georgia. The first season dealt a lot more with the Dukes moonshine heritage. Here we learn some of the old ridgerunner tricks or ‘works’ in getting rid of the law and revenuers… smoke bombs, barrels of oil rigged to create a spill, arrows and dynamite.

The Dukes have Cooter paint a truck for part of the plan. Enos tells his superior officer. “Honest Sheriff, all I seen coming this way was a little ol’ ice cream truck with naked babies painted on the side.” Rosco replies “Them ain’t naked babies…they’re cherubs…cherubs…Dipstick!”

The expressions on Bo, Luke and Rosco’s faces are priceless when the truck’s back door is opened to reveal the contents. Luke: “Oh Rosco…you gotta believe me…we had no idea…”
Rosco: “Would you hush? It wasn’t bad enough you run booze, but now your running guns to those pinko fascists.”

Rosco tells the FBI men he called them because of a hallucination (on Boss’s orders because he wanted to sell the guns Rosco confiscated). I’d bet the farm that if you close your eyes, you’d see exactly what he describes.

This is one episode that is a must see for all the classic moments between the Dukes, or Boss and Rosco, or Rosco and Enos. It has a lot of comedic moments yet just enough drama to make you pause for a few moments.

Nearly all the shots in the opening credits come from the first few episodes. This is the episode that contains the infamous scene in which Bo blows the outhouse up. (Thus the mix up of dud dynamite and real dynamite later in the episode when they try to blow the truck up.)

In one of the few references to popular culture of the late 1970’s (in this case, DISCO), Boss is seen trying to learn how to dance like John Travolta. Well…atleast he had the white suit part down.

One of Boss’s earliest comments on Rosco’s brain (or lack thereof) came with this episode: “Rosco, looks like you took a correspondent course in brains, and actually passed.”

Once again, we see Rosco in military fatigues and it wouldn’t be the last. Previously he wore them in High Octane. Again, he wears them here complete with military radios and code names for himself (Red Dog) and Enos (Blue Fox).

== Trivia ==
[[Image:DiscoDancing0106.jpg|thumb|Boss learns disco dancing]]
* Boss learns to dance by reading ''The Complete Guide to Disco Dancing'' by Karen Lustgarten, which is a real book first published in 1978.

== Bloopers ==

== Quotes ==
* ''After Bo blows up the outhouse:''<br>'''Luke:''' "Bo, you got the IQ of a turnip. A small one."

== Regular Cast ==
* [[Tom Wopat]] as [[Luke Duke]]
* [[John Schneider]] as [[Bo Duke]]
* [[Catherine Bach]] as [[Daisy Duke]]
* [[Denver Pyle]] as [[Uncle Jesse Duke|Uncle Jesse]]
* [[James Best]] as [[Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane|Sheriff Rosco Coltrane]]
* [[Sorrell Booke]] as [[Boss Hogg]]
* [[Ben Jones]] as [[Cooter Davenport|Cooter]]
* [[Waylon Jennings]] as [[The Balladeer]] (voice)
* [[Sonny Shroyer]] as [[Enos Strate|Enos]]

== Guest Cast ==
* Neva Patterson as Swamp Molly
* Mary Jo Catlett as Alice
* William Cort (as Bill Cort) as Agent Callas
* Bob Shaw as Agent Swan

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CousinAlice0106.jpg|Mary Jo Catlett as Alice
AgentCallas0106.jpg|William Cort as Agent Callas
AgentSwan0106.jpg|Bob Shaw as Agent Swan
</gallery></div>

== Crew ==
* Supervising Producer: Hy Averback
* Co-Produced by: Gy Waldron and Ralph Riskin
* Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
* Executive Story Consultants: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
* Story Editor: Bruce Howard
* Associate Producers: Skip Ward and Albert J. Salzer
* Director of Photography: Dominic Palmieri (as Dominick R. Palmer, Jr.)
* Art Director: Kirk Axtell
* Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
* Music Performed by: The Waylors
* Music Produced by: Richie Albright
* Unit Production Manager: Albert J. Salzer
* First Assistant Director: Peter Gries
* Second Assistant Director: Wendy Shear
* Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
* Second Unit Director of Photography: George Koblasa
* Second Unit First Assistant Director: Steve Barnett
* Film Editor: Albert P. Wilson, A.C.E.
* Music Editor: Abby Marable
* Sound Editing: Angel Editorial, Inc.
* Sound: Andrew Gilmore (as Andy Gilmore)
* Set Decorator: Joanne MacDougall
* Property: Ernie Sawyers
* Special Effects: Michael Wood
* Makeup: Jeff Angell
* Hair Stylist: Monique DeSart (as Monique DeSart Brandt)
* Men's Costume Supervisor: Joseph Roveto
* Women's Costume Supervisor: Darlene Engle (as Darleen Engle)
* Additional Music by: Fred Werner
* Archery Equipment and Program Consideration Furnished by: Martin Archery
* Casting: Vivian McRae
* Location Facilities Provided by: The Burbank Studios
* A Paul R. Picard Production in Association with Warner Bros Television Distribution

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[[Category:Season 7|717 - Opening Night at the Boar's Nest]]
[[Image:S7E17Title.jpg|thumb|Title screen]]
'''Season 7, Episode 17'''<br>
'''Original Air Date:''' 8 February 1985<br>
'''Directed by:''' John Schneider (as John R. Schneider)<br>
'''Written by:''' John Schneider (as John R. Schneider) and Si Rose<br>
'''Created by:''' Gy Waldron<br>
<br>
== Plot Summary ==
Boss Hogg is reluctant to participate in Rosco's magic act in a talent show at the Boar's Nest. Taking advantage of the Great Coltrano's disappearing trick, Boss escapes to a scheduled appointment. It all goes awry, however, when he runs into Floyd and Bubba Malone, who want revenge against Boss. Unable to find his little fat buddy, Rosco believes he's made Boss disappear for real. The Dukes know different and go searching for Boss.
== Commentary ==

== Trivia ==
John Schneider wrote and directed this episode, the last of the series.

== Bloopers ==

== Regular Cast ==
* [[Tom Wopat]] as [[Luke Duke]]
* [[John Schneider]] as [[Bo Duke]]
* [[Catherine Bach]] as [[Daisy Duke]]
* [[Denver Pyle]] as [[Uncle Jesse Duke|Uncle Jesse]]
* [[Sonny Shroyer]] as [[Enos Strate|Enos]]
* [[Ben Jones]] as [[Cooter Davenport|Cooter]]
* [[James Best]] as [[Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane|Sheriff Rosco Coltrane]]
* [[Sorrell Booke]] as [[Boss Hogg]]
* [[Waylon Jennings]] as [[The Balladeer]] (voice)
* [[Peggy Rea]] as [[Lulu Hogg|Lulu]]

== Guest Cast ==
* Kevin Peter Hall as Floyd Malone
* Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Bubba Malone

== Crew ==
* Senior Producer: Myles Wilder
* Produced by: Ralph Riskin
* Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
* Executive Story Supervisor: Si Rose
* Executive Story Editors: Martin Roth
* Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
* Associate Producers: Ronald R. Grow (as Ron Grow) and Russell Livingstone
* Director of Photography: Robert F. Sparks (as Robert Sparks)
* Art Director: Al Rohm
* Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
* Music by: Earle Hagen and Deane Hagen
* Unit Production Manager: Ronald R. Grow (as Ron Grow)
* First Assistant Director: Venita Ozols-Graham (as Venita Ozols)
* Second Assistant Director: K. C. Colwell
* Second Unit Director: Gary Baxley
* Second Unit Director of Photography: John Elsenbach
* Second Unit First Assistant Director: Peter Gries (as Peter S. Gries)
* Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
* Editor: Ronald LaVine
* Music Editors: Mark Southern and Martin J. Bram (as Martin Jay Bram)
* Sound Editor: Chick Camera
* Sound: Harlan Riggs
* Set Decorator: Jackie Martin
* Property: Beverly Hadley
* Special Effects: Larry L. Fuentes (as Larry Fuentes)
* Makeup: John Rizzo
* Hair Stylist: Judy Crown
* Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
* Women's Costume Supervisor: Nancy Wait
* "Flash" Owned and Trained by: Alvin Mears
* Casting: Melissa Skoff
* Creative Consultant: Philip Mandelker
* Post Production Coordinator: Steven I. Celniker
* Some Automobiles Supplied by: AMC
* A Lou Step Production in Association with Warner Bros Television

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Opening Night at the Boar's Nest

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[[Category:Season 7|717 - Opening Night at the Boar's Nest]]
[[Image:S7E17Title.jpg|thumb|Title screen]]
'''Season 7, Episode 17'''<br>
'''Original Air Date:''' 8 February 1985<br>
'''Directed by:''' John Schneider (as John R. Schneider)<br>
'''Written by:''' John Schneider (as John R. Schneider) and Si Rose<br>
'''Created by:''' Gy Waldron<br>
<br>
== Plot Summary ==
Boss Hogg is reluctant to participate in Rosco's magic act in a talent show at the Boar's Nest. Taking advantage of the Great Coltrano's disappearing trick, Boss escapes to a scheduled appointment. It all goes awry, however, when he runs into Floyd and Bubba Malone, who want revenge against Boss. Unable to find his little fat buddy, Rosco believes he's made Boss disappear for real. The Dukes know different and go searching for Boss.
== Commentary ==

== Trivia ==

== Bloopers ==

== Regular Cast ==
* [[Tom Wopat]] as [[Luke Duke]]
* [[John Schneider]] as [[Bo Duke]]
* [[Catherine Bach]] as [[Daisy Duke]]
* [[Denver Pyle]] as [[Uncle Jesse Duke|Uncle Jesse]]
* [[Sonny Shroyer]] as [[Enos Strate|Enos]]
* [[Ben Jones]] as [[Cooter Davenport|Cooter]]
* [[James Best]] as [[Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane|Sheriff Rosco Coltrane]]
* [[Sorrell Booke]] as [[Boss Hogg]]
* [[Waylon Jennings]] as [[The Balladeer]] (voice)
* [[Peggy Rea]] as [[Lulu Hogg|Lulu]]

== Guest Cast ==
* Kevin Peter Hall as Floyd Malone
* Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Bubba Malone

== Crew ==
* Senior Producer: Myles Wilder
* Produced by: Ralph Riskin
* Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
* Executive Story Supervisor: Si Rose
* Executive Story Editors: Martin Roth
* Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
* Associate Producers: Ronald R. Grow (as Ron Grow) and Russell Livingstone
* Director of Photography: Robert F. Sparks (as Robert Sparks)
* Art Director: Al Rohm
* Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
* Music by: Earle Hagen and Deane Hagen
* Unit Production Manager: Ronald R. Grow (as Ron Grow)
* First Assistant Director: Venita Ozols-Graham (as Venita Ozols)
* Second Assistant Director: K. C. Colwell
* Second Unit Director: Gary Baxley
* Second Unit Director of Photography: John Elsenbach
* Second Unit First Assistant Director: Peter Gries (as Peter S. Gries)
* Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
* Editor: Ronald LaVine
* Music Editors: Mark Southern and Martin J. Bram (as Martin Jay Bram)
* Sound Editor: Chick Camera
* Sound: Harlan Riggs
* Set Decorator: Jackie Martin
* Property: Beverly Hadley
* Special Effects: Larry L. Fuentes (as Larry Fuentes)
* Makeup: John Rizzo
* Hair Stylist: Judy Crown
* Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
* Women's Costume Supervisor: Nancy Wait
* "Flash" Owned and Trained by: Alvin Mears
* Casting: Melissa Skoff
* Creative Consultant: Philip Mandelker
* Post Production Coordinator: Steven I. Celniker
* Some Automobiles Supplied by: AMC
* A Lou Step Production in Association with Warner Bros Television

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