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== Plot Summary == | == Plot Summary == | ||
[[Image:Atlanta0102.jpg|thumb|The Dukes head for Atlanta]] | |||
Daisy's dreams of musical stardom are dimmed when the song she wrote is heard on the radio being sung not by Jessi Colter, but by a sound-a-like. Bo and Luke head to Atlanta to get to the bottom of the scam, only to find out that Boss Hogg is tied in and that recording studio is a front for a music piracy operation which Boss is trying to use to build connections to the Syndicate. A motorhome full of "working girls", and two dynamite arrows later the operation is destroyed, but Daisy is still out her fifty dollars. Until the boys tell her that Jessi Colter would be recording her song for real. | Daisy's dreams of musical stardom are dimmed when the song she wrote is heard on the radio being sung not by Jessi Colter, but by a sound-a-like. Bo and Luke head to Atlanta to get to the bottom of the scam, only to find out that Boss Hogg is tied in and that recording studio is a front for a music piracy operation which Boss is trying to use to build connections to the Syndicate. A motorhome full of "working girls", and two dynamite arrows later the operation is destroyed, but Daisy is still out her fifty dollars. Until the boys tell her that Jessi Colter would be recording her song for real. | ||
== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
Ahh... nothing like seeing General Lee heading into the big City of Atlanta. What a sight! Same with Bo in that red shirt, huh? The nice thing about the early episodes that were filmed on location, good use of the locales were done and the stories focused more on character development and plot, rather than car jumps and wrecks. General Lee never left the ground in this episode, but the chase through the junkyard is just as good. | Ahh... nothing like seeing [[General Lee]] heading into the big City of Atlanta. What a sight! Same with Bo in that red shirt, huh? The nice thing about the early episodes that were filmed on location, good use of the locales were done and the stories focused more on character development and plot, rather than car jumps and wrecks. General Lee never left the ground in this episode, but the chase through the junkyard is just as good. | ||
Daisy's aspirations to be a country music singer or songwriter was an angle that seemed to fade as the series continued on, which was unfortunate. Her shuck and jive to Lester Starr is brilliant, despite having to fight him off every moment afterwards. “Thank you for asking about my virtue,” she yells at the boys after pulling off her jive, "which you didn't, being intact, which it is." The boys, however, haven't a clue what she’s talking about. | Daisy's aspirations to be a country music singer or songwriter was an angle that seemed to fade as the series continued on, which was unfortunate. Her shuck and jive to Lester Starr is brilliant, despite having to fight him off every moment afterwards. “Thank you for asking about my virtue,” she yells at the boys after pulling off her jive, "which you didn't, being intact, which it is." The boys, however, haven't a clue what she’s talking about. | ||
This is the second and last episode to make references to the "portable prostitution." ''Smokey and the Bandit'' enthusiasts will remember "Foxy Lady" and her girls with their RV... in Hazzard it was Mabel | This is the second and last episode to make references to the "portable prostitution." ''Smokey and the Bandit'' enthusiasts will remember "Foxy Lady" and her girls with their RV... in Hazzard it was Ms. Mabel, the Mobile Madame. | ||
Rosco's unease with Boss's orders (the law is out to lunch!) with the FBI standing right behind him is palpable. It would be one of only a few times where the inner turmoil of Rosco's crooked duty to Boss versus his duty to uphold the law is shown. | Rosco's unease with Boss's orders (the law is out to lunch!) with the FBI standing right behind him is palpable. It would be one of only a few times where the inner turmoil of Rosco's crooked duty to Boss versus his duty to uphold the law is shown. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
[[Image:Hoodslide0102.jpg|thumb|Luke's hood slide]] | |||
* We learn why the boys climb in through the windows of the General. The doors are welded shut. | |||
* Luke's famous 'hood slide' appears in this episode, and gets added to the opening credits. Tom Wopat would later say that all he did was "trip." What a trip! | * Luke's famous 'hood slide' appears in this episode, and gets added to the opening credits. Tom Wopat would later say that all he did was "trip." What a trip! | ||
* Daisy's song, ''True Blue Hearts'', heard briefly at the end of the episode is actually ''That's the Way a Cowboy Rocks n' Rolls'' by Jessi | * Daisy's song, ''True Blue Hearts'', heard briefly at the end of the episode is actually ''That's the Way a Cowboy Rocks n' Rolls'' by Jessi Colter, from her 1978 album of the same name. | ||
* Bill Gribble, who plays Carson, appeared as Cooter Pettigrew in Dukes precursor [[Moonrunners]]. | * Bill Gribble, who plays Carson, appeared as Cooter Pettigrew in Dukes precursor [[Moonrunners]]. | ||
* Ronnie Schell (Lester Starr) played a character called Duke in ''Gomer Pyle: USMC''. | |||
[[Image:FBI0102.jpg|thumb|Roy Tatum (with mustache) as FBI #3]] | |||
* Roy Tatum (FBI #3) started his acting career impersonating Burt Reynolds. | |||
* The boys dynamite arrows are lit with fuses. Starting with “Swamp Molly” the boys would use detonator caps. Trying to blow up the barn was made more difficult in that…it started pouring!! | |||
* Daisy’s sound-a-like tape featured some big name country acts of the late ‘70s. Jessi Colter of course, but also Donna Fargo and Loretta Lynn. It’s clear tho’ that when Daisy says “Loretta Lynn” it was over dubbed. It’s possible the script originally called for Dolly Parton, but the studio was unable to get the permission to play a snippet of a Dolly Parton song. | |||
== Bloopers == | == Bloopers == | ||
* As Bo and Luke are helping Ms. Mabel and her girls to escape, they crash through a gate. The two patrol cars which are supposed to be racing towards them, and a blue car supposedly fleeing the scene, can all be seen stationary/barely moving in the background. | |||
* Near the end of the episode, the lettering on the "WELCOME SINDICATE PIRATS TO HAZZARD COUNTY" banner on Ms. Mabel's RV changes style between shots. | |||
== Regular Cast == | == Regular Cast == | ||
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* [[John Schneider]] as [[Bo Duke]] | * [[John Schneider]] as [[Bo Duke]] | ||
* [[Catherine Bach]] as [[Daisy Duke]] | * [[Catherine Bach]] as [[Daisy Duke]] | ||
* [[Denver Pyle]] as [[Uncle Jesse]] | * [[Denver Pyle]] as [[Uncle Jesse Duke|Uncle Jesse]] | ||
* [[James Best]] as [[Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane]] | * [[James Best]] as [[Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane|Sheriff Rosco Coltrane]] | ||
* [[Sorrell Booke]] as [[Boss Hogg]] | * [[Sorrell Booke]] as [[Boss Hogg]] | ||
* [[Waylon Jennings]] as [[The Balladeer]] (voice) | * [[Waylon Jennings]] as [[The Balladeer]] (voice) | ||
* [[Ben Jones]] as [[Cooter Davenport]] | * [[Ben Jones]] as [[Cooter Davenport|Cooter]] | ||
* [[Sonny Shroyer]] as [[Enos Strate]] | * [[Sonny Shroyer]] as [[Enos Strate|Enos]] | ||
== Guest Cast == | == Guest Cast == | ||
* Ronnie Schell as Lester Starr | * Ronnie Schell as ''Lester Starr'' | ||
* Ginny Parker as Mabel | * Ginny Parker as Mabel | ||
* Clayton Landey as Max | * Clayton Landey as Max | ||
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* Wallace Merck as Jojo | * Wallace Merck as Jojo | ||
* Bill Gribble as Carson | * Bill Gribble as Carson | ||
* Roy Tatum | * Roy Tatum (as J. Roy Tatum) as FBI #3 | ||
* Wallace Wilkinson as FBI #1 | * Wallace Wilkinson as FBI #1 | ||
* Bob Cleveland as FBI #2 | * Bob Cleveland as FBI #2 | ||
== | <div align=center> | ||
<gallery widths="240" heights="180"> | |||
LesterStarr0102.jpg|Ronnie Schell as Lester Starr | |||
JoJo0102.jpg|Wallace Merck as Jojo | |||
Dodie0102.jpg|Candy Bleick as Dodie | |||
</gallery></div> | |||
<div align=center> | |||
<gallery widths="240" heights="180"> | |||
MsMabel0102.jpg|Ginny Parker as Mabel | |||
Ruby0102.jpg|Terry Browning (center) as Ruby | |||
Carson0102.jpg|Bill Gribble as Carson | |||
</gallery></div> | |||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
* Supervising Producer: Joseph Gantman | * Supervising Producer: Joseph Gantman | ||
* Co-Produced by: Gy Waldron | * Co-Produced by: Gy Waldron and William Kelley (as Bill Kelley) | ||
* Executive Producers: Paul R. Picard and Philip Mandelker | |||
* Executive | |||
* Associate Producer: Skip Ward | * Associate Producer: Skip Ward | ||
* Director of Photography: Robert Jessup A.S.C. | * Director of Photography: Robert C. Jessup (as Robert Jessup) A.S.C. | ||
* Art Director: Charles L. Hughes (as Charles Hughes) | * Art Director: Charles L. Hughes (as Charles Hughes) | ||
* Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings | * Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings | ||
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* Sound Editors: Angel Editorial, Inc. | * Sound Editors: Angel Editorial, Inc. | ||
* Sound: Don Sanders | * Sound: Don Sanders | ||
* Set Decorator: Frank Lombardo (as Francis Lombardo) | |||
* Set Decorator: Francis Lombardo | |||
* Property: Ernie Sawyers | * Property: Ernie Sawyers | ||
* Special Effects: Charles Spurgeon (as Charlie Spurgeon) | * Special Effects: Charles Spurgeon (as Charlie Spurgeon) | ||
* Atlanta Casting: Stratton Leopold (as Stratton P. Leopold) | * Atlanta Casting: Stratton Leopold (as Stratton P. Leopold) | ||
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* Hair Stylist: Irene Aparicio | * Hair Stylist: Irene Aparicio | ||
* Wardrobe: Paula Lynn Kaatz (as Paula Kaatz) | * Wardrobe: Paula Lynn Kaatz (as Paula Kaatz) | ||
* Additional Music by: Fred Werner | * Additional Music by: Fred Werner | ||
* Archery Equipment and Program Consideration Furnished by: Martin Archery | * Archery Equipment and Program Consideration Furnished by: Martin Archery | ||
* Consultant: Fred Weintraub | * Consultant: Fred Weintraub | ||
* Casting: Linda Otto Associates | * Casting: Linda Otto Associates | ||
* Los Angeles Casting: Vivian McRae | * Los Angeles Casting: Vivian McRae | ||
* Location Facilities Provided by: The Burbank Studios | * Location Facilities Provided by: The Burbank Studios | ||
* Paul R. Picard Productions and Piggy Productions, Inc.<br>in Association with Warner Bros Television | * Paul R. Picard Productions and Piggy Productions, Inc.<br>in Association with Warner Bros Television | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:23, 16 February 2025
Season 1, Episode 2
Original Air Date: February 2, 1979
Directed by: Bob Kelljan
Written by: Gy Waldron
Created by: Gy Waldron
Plot Summary
Daisy's dreams of musical stardom are dimmed when the song she wrote is heard on the radio being sung not by Jessi Colter, but by a sound-a-like. Bo and Luke head to Atlanta to get to the bottom of the scam, only to find out that Boss Hogg is tied in and that recording studio is a front for a music piracy operation which Boss is trying to use to build connections to the Syndicate. A motorhome full of "working girls", and two dynamite arrows later the operation is destroyed, but Daisy is still out her fifty dollars. Until the boys tell her that Jessi Colter would be recording her song for real.
Commentary
Ahh... nothing like seeing General Lee heading into the big City of Atlanta. What a sight! Same with Bo in that red shirt, huh? The nice thing about the early episodes that were filmed on location, good use of the locales were done and the stories focused more on character development and plot, rather than car jumps and wrecks. General Lee never left the ground in this episode, but the chase through the junkyard is just as good.
Daisy's aspirations to be a country music singer or songwriter was an angle that seemed to fade as the series continued on, which was unfortunate. Her shuck and jive to Lester Starr is brilliant, despite having to fight him off every moment afterwards. “Thank you for asking about my virtue,” she yells at the boys after pulling off her jive, "which you didn't, being intact, which it is." The boys, however, haven't a clue what she’s talking about.
This is the second and last episode to make references to the "portable prostitution." Smokey and the Bandit enthusiasts will remember "Foxy Lady" and her girls with their RV... in Hazzard it was Ms. Mabel, the Mobile Madame.
Rosco's unease with Boss's orders (the law is out to lunch!) with the FBI standing right behind him is palpable. It would be one of only a few times where the inner turmoil of Rosco's crooked duty to Boss versus his duty to uphold the law is shown.
Trivia
- We learn why the boys climb in through the windows of the General. The doors are welded shut.
- Luke's famous 'hood slide' appears in this episode, and gets added to the opening credits. Tom Wopat would later say that all he did was "trip." What a trip!
- Daisy's song, True Blue Hearts, heard briefly at the end of the episode is actually That's the Way a Cowboy Rocks n' Rolls by Jessi Colter, from her 1978 album of the same name.
- Bill Gribble, who plays Carson, appeared as Cooter Pettigrew in Dukes precursor Moonrunners.
- Ronnie Schell (Lester Starr) played a character called Duke in Gomer Pyle: USMC.
- Roy Tatum (FBI #3) started his acting career impersonating Burt Reynolds.
- The boys dynamite arrows are lit with fuses. Starting with “Swamp Molly” the boys would use detonator caps. Trying to blow up the barn was made more difficult in that…it started pouring!!
- Daisy’s sound-a-like tape featured some big name country acts of the late ‘70s. Jessi Colter of course, but also Donna Fargo and Loretta Lynn. It’s clear tho’ that when Daisy says “Loretta Lynn” it was over dubbed. It’s possible the script originally called for Dolly Parton, but the studio was unable to get the permission to play a snippet of a Dolly Parton song.
Bloopers
- As Bo and Luke are helping Ms. Mabel and her girls to escape, they crash through a gate. The two patrol cars which are supposed to be racing towards them, and a blue car supposedly fleeing the scene, can all be seen stationary/barely moving in the background.
- Near the end of the episode, the lettering on the "WELCOME SINDICATE PIRATS TO HAZZARD COUNTY" banner on Ms. Mabel's RV changes style between shots.
Regular Cast
- Tom Wopat as Luke Duke
- John Schneider as Bo Duke
- Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke
- Denver Pyle as Uncle Jesse
- James Best as Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
- Sorrell Booke as Boss Hogg
- Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer (voice)
- Ben Jones as Cooter
- Sonny Shroyer as Enos
Guest Cast
- Ronnie Schell as Lester Starr
- Ginny Parker as Mabel
- Clayton Landey as Max
- Terry Browning as Ruby
- Candy Bleick as Dodie
- Wallace Merck as Jojo
- Bill Gribble as Carson
- Roy Tatum (as J. Roy Tatum) as FBI #3
- Wallace Wilkinson as FBI #1
- Bob Cleveland as FBI #2
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Ronnie Schell as Lester Starr -
Wallace Merck as Jojo -
Candy Bleick as Dodie
-
Ginny Parker as Mabel -
Terry Browning (center) as Ruby -
Bill Gribble as Carson
Crew
- Supervising Producer: Joseph Gantman
- Co-Produced by: Gy Waldron and William Kelley (as Bill Kelley)
- Executive Producers: Paul R. Picard and Philip Mandelker
- Associate Producer: Skip Ward
- Director of Photography: Robert C. Jessup (as Robert Jessup) A.S.C.
- Art Director: Charles L. Hughes (as Charles Hughes)
- Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
- Music Performed by: The Waylors
- Music Produced by: Richie Albright
- Unit Production Manager: Albert J. Salzer
- First Assistant Director: Peter Gries
- Second Assistant Director: Fred Wardell
- Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
- Second Unit Director of Photography: Allen Facemire (as Alan Facemire)
- Second Unit First Assistant Director: Scott U. Adam (as Scott U. Adams)
- Film Editor: Albert P. Wilson, A.C.E.
- Music Editor: Donald Harris (as Don Harris)
- Sound Editors: Angel Editorial, Inc.
- Sound: Don Sanders
- Set Decorator: Frank Lombardo (as Francis Lombardo)
- Property: Ernie Sawyers
- Special Effects: Charles Spurgeon (as Charlie Spurgeon)
- Atlanta Casting: Stratton Leopold (as Stratton P. Leopold)
- Makeup: Guy Del Russo
- Hair Stylist: Irene Aparicio
- Wardrobe: Paula Lynn Kaatz (as Paula Kaatz)
- Additional Music by: Fred Werner
- Archery Equipment and Program Consideration Furnished by: Martin Archery
- Consultant: Fred Weintraub
- Casting: Linda Otto Associates
- Los Angeles Casting: Vivian McRae
- Location Facilities Provided by: The Burbank Studios
- Paul R. Picard Productions and Piggy Productions, Inc.
in Association with Warner Bros Television
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