The Dukes in Hollywood

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Season 7, Episode 6
Original Air Date: 2 November 1984
Directed by: George Bowers
Written by: Si Rose
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

Boss and Rosco talk to Jason Dillard

Rosco, Boss and Flash in disguise

While a movie is being filmed in Hazzard, Bo and Luke save the star when his brakes fail. The director films the rescue, and invites the Dukes to Hollywood to appear in the movie. What they don't know is that the producer, Jason Dillard, is having money problems, and has hired a guy called Blake to kill the star, Brock Curtis, in an accident so he can collect on the $5 million life insurance policy.

Trivia

• Boss suggests Robert Redford for the lead in The J.D. Hogg Story, with Rosco suggesting Burt Reynolds as Rosco P. Coltrane. In the 2005 movie, Burt Reynolds played Boss Hogg. In real life, Burt Reynolds was a student at James Best's acting school.
• The last movie role of Jason Bernard (the Chief Guard) was as Judge Marshall Stevens in Liar Liar (1997), which also featured Christopher Mayer (Vance Duke).
• Barry Van Dyke (Brock Curtis) is the son of Dick Van Dyke.
• Karen Lorre (Jackie) was Playboy Playmate of the Month for March 1982.
• Unsurprisingly, Warner Bros. used their own studios as the location for Majestic Studios. The New York Street set was seen as recently as the previous episode, No More Mr. Nice Guy (the Kinsey's sign can be seen in the background after the jump).
• Grauman's Chinese Theatre (Mann's at the time) was showing Clint Eastwood's movie Tightrope, which opened on August 17, 1984.
• When the Dukes report for work, Waylon says that they've had "a good night's sleep at a fancy motel, complete with indoor plumbing." In the DVD extra Bo, Luke & Daisy: Just Good Ole Friends: The Stars Reminisce, Tom recalls when his aunt and uncle came to visit them in Hollywood: "I borrowed one of John [Schneider]'s cars for them to use and they came out of the motel there in Burbank on the first morning and all the wheel covers were gone."

Jason Dillard's Cobra

• The white 1984 AC AutoKraft Mk. IV Cobra driven by Jason Dillard actually belonged to Dukes producer Ralph Riskin.

Bloopers

• When the Dukes first get to Hollywood they pass the Capitol Records building heading south on Vine Street and then turn right onto Hollywood Boulevard, but the back projection shot in-between shows them driving north on the Hollywood Freeway several miles away near downtown LA.
• During the final car chase, Blake's car is shiny and clean in the long shots, but dull and dirty in the close-ups.

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

• Barry Van Dyke as Brock Curtis
• Joel Brooks as The Director
• Brett Halsey as Jason Dillard
• Frank Annese as Blake
• Jason Bernard as The Chief Guard
• Floyd Levine as Mr. Baldwin
• Karen Lorre (as Karen Witter) as Jackie
• John W. Smith as Guard #1

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  Barry Van Dyke as Brock Curtis
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  Joel Brooks as The Director
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  Brett Halsey as Jason Dillard

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  Frank Annese as Blake
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  Jason Bernard as The Chief Guard

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  Floyd Levine as Mr. Baldwin
  (with Flash)
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  Karen Lorre as Jackie
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  John W. Smith as Guard #1

Crew

• Senior Producer: Myles Wilder
• Produced by: Ralph Riskin and Skip Ward
• Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
• Executive Story Supervisor: Si Rose
• Executive Story Editors: Leonard B. Kaufman (as Len Kaufman) and 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: Peter Gries (as Peter S. Gries)
• Second Assistant Director: Anthony Mason (as Tony Mason)
• Second Unit Director: Gary Baxley
• Second Unit Director of Photography: John Elsenbach
• Second Unit First Assistant Director: Venita Ozols-Graham (as Venita Ozols)
• Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Editor: Ronald LaVine
• Music Editor: Mark Southern
• Sound Editor: Alex Bamattre
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: Steve Purcell
• Makeup: Don Marando
• Hair Stylist: Judy Crown
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Melissa Franz
• "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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