Lulu's Gone Away

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Season 6, Episode 1
Original Air Date: 23 September 1983
Directed by: Tom Wopat
Written by: Leonard B. Kaufman (as Len Kaufman) and Myles Wilder
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

When Lulu's car breaks down two weeks after Boss had promised to fix it, she decides that she's had enough of being taken for granted. After leaving a note for Boss, she temporarily moves in with the Dukes. What Lulu doesn't know is that a trio of criminals have been watching her, and they kidnap her and demand a ransom from Boss. The Dukes manages to find the kidnappers' hideout, but they change their plans and take off with Lulu.

Trivia

• The amusement park seen in the chase at the end is Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, near Santa Clarita.
• Chris Mulkey (Billy Ray) returned as Sharp in The Haunting of J.D. Hogg.
• Annie O'Donnell reprises her role as Gussie Peabody at the telephone company (blink and you'll miss it). She previously appeared in Ding, Dong, the Boss is Dead.
• Shanna Reed (Anna Lisa) went on to play the lead role of Polly Cooper in Major Dad.
• The letters on the General's license plate change from the red of previous shows to black.
• This is the first of five episodes directed by Tom Wopat.

Bloopers

• When Rosco is chasing the Dukes towards Sheep Hollow, he hits a bush and his hood pops up, but when he gets out to close the hood, the bush has gone.
• When Luke uses binoculars to look at the trailer, his view is exactly the same size as when Jesse looked without them.
• When Boss tries to pay the ransom at Sheep Hollow, the long shots show someone much slimmer than Lulu as the hostage.

Quotes

• As the repercussions of Lulu's leaving note sink in:
  Boss: "No wife."
  Rosco: "No sister."
  Boss and Rosco together: "No dinner."

Regular Cast

• Tom Wopat as Luke Duke
• John Schneider as Bo Duke
• Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke
• Denver Pyle as Uncle Jesse
• Sonny Shroyer as Enos
• Ben Jones as Cooter
• James Best as Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
• Sorrell Booke as Boss Hogg
• Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer (voice)

Guest Cast

• Peggy Rea as Lulu
• Chris Mulkey as Billy Ray
• Lewis Van Bergen as Eddie
• Shanna Reed as Anna Lisa
• Annie O'Donnell as Gussie Peabody

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  Peggy Rea as Lulu
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  Chris Mulkey as Billy Ray
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  Lewis Van Bergen as Eddie

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  Shanna Reed as Anna Lisa
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  Annie O'Donnell as Gussie Peabody
  (with Daisy)

Crew

• Supervising Producer: Robert L. Jacks (as Robert Jacks)
• Produced by: Myles Wilder and Ralph Riskin
• Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
• Executive Story Consultant: Myles Wilder
• Executive Story Supervisor: Si Rose
• Executive Story Editors: Leonard B. Kaufman (as Len Kaufman) and 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: Earle Hagen
• Unit Production Manager: Wes McAfee
• First Assistant Director: Jon Paré
• Second Assistant Director: Robert D. Nellans
• Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Dick Hutchings
• Second Unit First Assistant Director: Kurt Baker
• Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Editor: Jamie Caylor, A.C.E.
• Music Editor: Eugene Marks (as Gene Marks)
• Sound Editor: Ron Tinsley
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: Larry L. Fuentes (as Larry Fuentes)
• Makeup: Paul Stanhope Jr. (as Paul Stanhope)
• Hair Stylist: Renate Leuschner (as Renata Leuchner)
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Violet N. Cane (as Violet Cane)
• "Flash" Owned and Trained by: Alvin Mears
• Casting: Melissa Skoff
• Creative Consultant: Philip Mandelker
• Some Automobiles Supplied by: AMC
• A Lou Step Production in Association with Warner Bros Television

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