Granny Annie

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Season 2, Episode 10
Original Air Date: 23 November 1979
Directed by: Dick Moder
Written by: Bruce Howard
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

According to Waylon, Granny Annie Coggins is "the Grandma Moses of Hazzard County." When Bo and Luke do a good turn fixing her roof, little do they realize the trouble it will lead to (and not with Holly Mae). When they try to spend the money that Granny Annie pays them with, the barman at the Boar's Nest spots it as counterfeit. He tells Rosco, who tells Boss Hogg. Boss is impressed with the quality, and immediately calls Big Jim Downey of Dixville County to sell him the engraving plates (that he doesn't yet have).

Rosco has to ask Boss why a man with his smarts "would make a deal for something you ain't got?" Boss has a one word answer: "greed!"

The Dukes assume that Granny Annie has been given the fake money by a conman, so Bo and Luke go to visit her again. She initially claims it was her late husband's 'shine money, but then admits that she's the forger. When Rosco and Enos arrive, Bo and Luke manage to escape, but Enos arrests Granny Annie and takes her off to jail.

Meanwhile, Boss persuades Big Jim Downey to pay double the original asking price for the plates. Bo and Luke figure the plates are the only evidence against them, and so steal them from Big Jim. He assumes Boss has double-crossed him, so returns to the Boar's Nest, ties up Rosco and kidnaps Boss. Rosco uses the CB to plead for help, before freeing himself and joining the Dukes in rescuing Boss. When they finally catch Big Jim Downey's car, Boss has to give up the plates (which Luke planted on the front seat) as they're the only evidence against Big Jim Downey and his associate.

Trivia

Oxnard train jump

• The train jump was filmed on Perkins Road (near Magellan Way) in Oxnard, CA.
• Granny Annie's house appears again in Baa, Baa White Sheep, redressed as Rosco's house, complete with picket fence and mailbox.
• Although the name isn't used in this episode, The Oak Ridge Boys are effectively the first victims of the Celebrity Speed Trap. Unlike later episodes, their appearance comes near the start.
• Pamela Jean Bryant (Holly Mae) was Playboy Playmate of the Month for April 1978.
• Jim Kindelon, who played the bartender, was John Schneider's stand-in when they were setting up shots and lighting the scenes.

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
• James Best as Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
• Sorrell Booke as Boss Hogg
• Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer (voice)

Guest Cast

• Lurene Tuttle as Granny Annie Coggins
• The Oak Ridge Boys as Themselves
• George Murdock as Big Jim Downey
• Mickey Jones as B. B. Davenport
• George James as Vic
• Pamela Jean Bryant (as Pamela Bryant) as Holly Mae
• Jim Kindelon as The Bartender

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  Lurene Tuttle as Granny Annie Coggins
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  George Murdock as Big Jim Downey
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  Mickey Jones as B. B. Davenport

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  George James as Vic
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  Pamela Jean Bryant as Holly Mae
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  Jim Kindelon as The Bartender

Crew

• Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
• Co-Produced by: Gy Waldron and Ralph Riskin
• Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
• Executive Story Consultants: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
• Story Editor: Bruce Howard
• Associate Producers: Skip Ward and Albert J. Salzer
• Director of Photography: William Cronjager
• Art Director: James Martin Bachman (as James-Martin Bachman)
• Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
• Music by: Fred Werner
• Unit Production Manager: Albert J. Salzer
• First Assistant Director: Jon Paré
• 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)
• Film Editor: Robert M. Ross
• Music Editor: Jay Alfred Smith
• Sound Editors: Ed Scheid and Ron Tinsley
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Rochelle Moser
• Property: Daniel Stoltenberg (as Dan Stoltenberg)
• Special Effects: Michael Wood
• Makeup: Ray Brooks
• Hair Stylist: Virginia Darcy
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Darlene Engle
• Casting: Vivian McRae
• Creative Consultant: Philip Mandelker
• Location Facilities Provided by: The Burbank Studios
• A Lou Step Production in Association with Warner Bros Television

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