Duke vs. Duke

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Season 3, Episode 14
Original Air Date: 23 January 1981
Directed by: Paul Baxley
Written by: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

The start of the race

It's time for the First Annual J.D. Hogg Hazzard Derby, with an entry fee of $200 and a first prize of $1,000. Bo and Luke are confident of their chances, even when Cooter reveals that he's taken a second mortgage on his farm to pay for an old Cale Yarborough engine in his car. What none of them realize is that the small print on the entry form says that all losing or withdrawn cars become the property of Boss Hogg. To make matters worse, Cooter hurts his foot while helping Bo and Luke change a tire during a test run, which means that he can't drive. Figuring that the boys owe it to their friend, Jesse tells Luke that he'll have to drive Cooter's car to try and prevent Boss getting his hands on it.

Of course, Boss doesn't like leaving things to chance, so he enters his own secret weapon - Rosco in a car illegally fitted with nitrous oxide. Thinking that he can't lose, Boss places a $5,000 bet on Rosco with the biggest bookie in the tri-county area, Ma Harper. Ma Harper realizes that the race must be fixed, so she also makes a $5,000 bet on Rosco with another bookie. When Boss hears that Cooter is out of the race, and before he learns that Luke is taking his place, both bets get doubled. To help ensure Rosco's victory, Ma Harper puts two of her boys in the race to keep Rosco safe, and steals Cooter's car just before the start.

Bo and Luke manage to track down the stolen car, and after wrestling with Junior, they get back to the race just after all the other cars have left. Rosco quickly runs two of his rivals off the road, and then employs other dirty tricks such as nails on the road. Cletus rolls his car after trying to drive through Rosco's smoke screen, and Ma Harper's boys crash into each other, leaving just Bo, Luke and Rosco in a race for the finishing line.

Trivia

• With his part as Junior, this is the only credited appearance of long-time Dukes' stuntman Al Wyatt Jr. in the show, although he can be seen on-screen in several other episodes.
• The map that Bo uses to plan his route is actually a map of the north-eastern corner of California, near the borders with Oregon and Nevada.
• Playing Doc Petticord's nurse in this episode is Sandy Wescott's only acting credit. Bo, Luke and Cooter call her Jean as she goes back inside, but the name doesn't appear on the closed captions.

Bloopers

• When Rosco hits the nitrous oxide button at the end of the race, the wires lifting Flash's ears are visible.
• There are two distinct versions of Cooter's race car which swap throughout the episode. One looks pretty stock, while the other has larger, rounder rear wheel arches.

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

• Fran Ryan as Ma Harper
• Johnnie Collins III as Billy Boy
• Richard Fullerton as Billy Gene
• Al Wyatt Jr. as Junior
• Sandy Wescott as The Nurse

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  Fran Ryan as Ma Harper
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  Johnnie Collins III as Billy Boy
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  Richard Fullerton as Billy Gene

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  Al Wyatt Jr. as Junior
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  Sandy Wescott as The Nurse

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: Kurt Baker
• Second Assistant Director: Nicholas Batchelor
• Second Unit Director: Craig Baxley
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Arthur R. Botham (as Arthur Botham)
• Second Unit First Assistant Director: Jon Paré
• Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Editor: Howard Epstein
• Music Editor: Abby Marable
• Sound Editor: Sid Lubow
• 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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