The Hazzardgate Tape

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Season 5, Episode 5
Original Air Date: 22 October 1982
Directed by: Bob Sweeney
Written by: Bruce Howard
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

Boss Hogg refuses to concede any of his illegal operations to the bosses of three neighboring counties, so they decide to get rid of him. The plan is overheard by Coy and Vance, and after saving Boss' life outside his house, they agree to let him hide out at the farm.

Commentary

Lulu seems to get conveniently forgotten about in episodes like this one. Boss' life is in danger, and the bad guys are in Boss' house, but she doesn't even get a mention.

Trivia

Mel Tillis

• Mel Tillis is the last act to get caught in the Celebrity Speed Trap. He previously appeared as Burl Tolliver in The Rustlers.
• Anthony DeLongis (Norton) returned as Slade in Enos and Daisy's Wedding.

Bloopers

• In the introduction of the bosses, the closed captions misspell Boss Hopkins' county as "Hatachapee" instead of "Hatchapee".
• During Mel Tillis' performance, a fiddle can be heard a couple of times when no one's playing it.

Quotes

• While trying to figure out why they're being shot at:
  Coy: "I can't die. I got a hot date tonight."

Regular Cast

• Byron Cherry as Coy Duke
• Christopher Mayer as Vance Duke
• Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke
• Denver Pyle as Uncle Jesse
• Sonny Shroyer as Enos
• Ben Jones as Cooter (credit only)
• James Best as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
• Sorrell Booke as Boss Hogg
• Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer (voice)

Guest Cast

• Mel Tillis as Himself
• Earl Montgomery as Boss Sharkey
• F. William Parker as Boss Hopkins
• William Bramley as Boss Bowman
• Anthony DeLongis as Norton
• James Carrington as Janco

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  Earl Montgomery as Boss Sharkey
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  F. William Parker as Boss Hopkins
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  William Bramley as Boss Bowman

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  Anthony DeLongis as Norton
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  James Carrington as Janco

Crew

• Supervising Producer: Robert L. Jacks (as Robert Jacks)
• Produced by: Myles Wilder and Ralph Riskin
• Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
• Executive Story Consultants: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
• Executive Story Supervisor: Si Rose
• Executive Story Editor: Martin Roth
• Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
• Associate Producers: Skip Ward and Wes McAfee
• Director of Photography: Arthur R. Botham (as Arthur Botham)
• Art Director: Al Rohm
• Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
• Music by: Fred Werner
• Unit Production Manager: Wes McAfee
• First Assistant Director: Kelly A. Manners
• Second Assistant Director: Robert D. Nellans
• Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Dick Hutchings
• Second Unit First Assistant Director: Jon Paré
• Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Editor: Craig Hibbs
• Music Editor: Abby Treloggen (as Abby M. Treloggen)
• Sound Editor: Lee Chaney
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: John James
• Makeup: Paul Stanhope
• Hair Stylist: Virginia Darcy
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Susanna Sandke
• "Flash" Owned and Trained by: Alvin Mears
• Casting: Melissa Skoff
• Creative Consultant: Philip Mandelker
• Some Automobiles Supplied by: AMC
• Location Facilities Provided by: The Burbank Studios
• A Lou Step Production in Association with Warner Bros Television

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