My Son, Bo Hogg

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Season 3, Episode 15
Original Air Date: 30 January 1981
Directed by: Rod Amateau
Written by: Si Rose
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

On his way to do some boar hunting, Bo is chased by Boss and Rosco. He gets out of his borrowed car to hide, but slips and bangs his head. Finding Bo out cold, Boss and Rosco take him to the Tri-County Emergency where he's diagnosed with amnesia. Due to the threat of Sheriff Little, Boss has been having trouble finding a driver to take a shipment of 'shine to C. V. Gumble in Chickasaw, and decides to take advantage of Bo's condition. By the time they leave the hospital, Boss has Bo convinced that he's Bo Hogg, Boss' son.

Back at the Boar's Nest, Boss has his "son" eating hog jowls while Rosco is out stealing some of Bo's possessions from the Duke Farm to make him feel at home. Boss even shows Bo a picture of the rest of the Dukes, and tells him to stay clear of the "mean bunch of no good varmints". Meanwhile, Jesse, Luke and Daisy are worried that no one's heard from Bo, and can't get any help from Rosco or Cletus. While out looking, Luke and Daisy bump into Bo, but he acts like he doesn't know them and drives off. They follow Bo back to the Boar's Nest, and overhear Boss' plan to make Bo violate his probation by driving the 'shine. After being spotted by Boss, Rosco and Cletus, Luke and Daisy escape and tell Jesse what's happening.

With Bo on his way to Chickasaw with a van full of 'shine, the rest of the Dukes try to track him down before he reaches the county line. To throw Sheriff Little off the scent, Luke impersonates Boss on the CB to get him to watch a different road.

Trivia

• First appearance of Don Pedro Colley as Sheriff "Big Ed" Little of Chickasaw County.
• The armored truck driver is named Bubba in the dialogue.
• Ken Hixon returned as the doctor in 10 Million Dollar Sheriff and Witness: Jesse Duke. His name is never given in the credits, but his badge and the dialogue call him Dr. Floyd.
• Anne Haney (C. V. Gumble) had memorable parts as the social worker, Mrs. Sellner, in Mrs. Doubtfire and Fletcher Reede's (Jim Carrey's) secretary, Greta, in Liar Liar.

Bloopers

Detached nudge bar

• When the General crashes through some construction barriers at the start of the episode, the nudge bar falls off. It can clearly be seen in the road as Cletus drives by.
• When Boss spots the armored truck pull up, it's broad daylight, but the scene immediately after when he's talking to the driver was obviously shot at night.
• The van that Bo drives is filled almost to the roof with 'shine, but in some shots the van looks empty and there's a clear view through the rear windows.

Quotes

• At the start of the episode:
  Waylon: "In Hazzard County, a youngster growing up learns the four 'R's.' Reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic, and racing."

Regular Cast

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

Guest Cast

• Don Pedro Colley as Sheriff Little
• Anne Haney as C. V. Gumble
• Bill Cross as Armored Truck Driver
• Ken Hixon as The Doctor

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  Don Pedro Colley as Sheriff Little
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  Anne Haney as C. V. Gumble

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  Bill Cross as Armored Truck Driver
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  Ken Hixon as The Doctor

Crew

• Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
• Produced by: Myles Wilder and Ralph Riskin
• Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
• Executive Story Consultants: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
• Executive Story Editors: Leonard B. Kaufman (as Len Kaufman) and Martin Roth
• Story Editor: Bruce Howard
• Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
• Associate Producers: Skip Ward and Gilles de Turenne (as Gilles A. de Turenne)
• Director of Photography: Jack Whitman
• Art Director: Robert I. Jillson (as Bob Jillson)
• Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
• Music by: Fred Werner
• Unit Production Manager: Gilles de Turenne (as Gilles A. de Turenne)
• First Assistant Director: Kelly A. Manners
• Second Assistant Director: Nicholas Batchelor
• Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Arthur R. Botham (as Arthur Botham)
• Second Unit First Assistant Director: Kurt Baker
• Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Editor: Murray Jordan
• Music Editor: Abby Marable
• Sound Editor: Vincent Connelly (as Vincent Connelley)
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: Frank Toro
• Makeup: Ray Brooks
• Hair Stylist: Virginia Darcy
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Linda Hickman
• 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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