Goodbye, General Lee

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Season 4, Episode 11
Original Air Date: 4 December 1981
Directed by: Denver Pyle
Written by: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

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Boss hires a couple of disbarred NASCAR drivers to help him win his own Drag 'n Fly Contest so that he can make big money on the endorsements, but first he has to eliminate the competition, i.e. the Duke Boys. Boss gets a chance to hypnotize Luke into wanting to get rid of the General when he suffers a blow to the head while fixing a drive shaft.

Trivia

• Patrick Wright (Spanner) previously appeared as Moss in Luke's Love Story.
• Paul Smith reprises his role as town drunk Hobie. He was first seen in Bye, Bye Boss.
• Walker Edmiston returned for a second time as Professor Crandall in Heiress Daisy Duke.
• After driving a yellow tow truck for over a season, Cooter is back to a blue and white truck in this episode.

Bloopers

• When Bo is returning the General to Hobie, and Luke and Cooter are running interference, the yellow Satellite has a big dent in the rear fender, but the fender looks fine when they try to buy the General back.

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

• Paul Smith (as A. P. Smith) as Hobie Hartkins
• Andy Wood as Banyon
• Walker Edmiston as Professor Crandall
• Patrick Wright as Spanner

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  Paul Smith as Hobie Hartkins
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  Walker Edmiston as Professor Crandall

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  Andy Wood as Banyon
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  Patrick Wright as Spanner

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 Editor: Martin Roth
• Executive Story Supervisor: Si Rose
• Executive Script Consultant: Bruce Howard
• Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
• Associate Producers: Skip Ward and Gilles de Turenne (as Gilles A. de Turenne)
• 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: Gilles de Turenne (as Gilles A. de Turenne)
• First Assistant Director: Jon Paré
• Second Assistant Director: Nicholas Batchelor
• 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
• Music Editor: Abby Marable
• Sound Editor: Al Cavigga
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Travis Nixon
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: John James
• Makeup: Ray Sebastian
• 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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