Carnival of Thrills Part 1

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Season 3, Episode 1
Original Air Date: 16 September 1980
Directed by: Dick Moder
Written by: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

Bo gets a chance to live out a dream as the main act in a stunt car show owned and operated by the lovely Diane Benson, with whom Bo becomes smitten. When Luke discovers that the show has a history of accidents that weren't accidents, he warns Bo. Mistaking the warnings as jealousy over his new relationship, the two come to fisticuffs and the dispute threatens to split the Duke family.

Bloopers

• After the prize race, as Bo is arguing with Diane, the boom mic is visible at the bottom of the screen.
• When Bo makes his first trial jump, he climbs into a 1972 Plymouth Fury, accelerates and takes off in a 1972 Plymouth Satellite, lands and turns in a 1973 Ford Torino and finally returns in the 1972 Plymouth Fury he first climbed into.

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

• Robin Mattson as Diane Benson
• Vernon Weddle as John Zimbra
• Don Stroud as Carl
• Richard Jensen as Bob Dexter
• Greg Finley as Proprietor

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
• Story Editor: Bruce Howard
• Associate Producer: Skip Ward
• 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: John H. Burrows (as John Burrows)
• First Assistant Director: Kelly A. Manners
• 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: Jon Paré
• Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Edited by: Howard Epstein and Robert M. Ross
• Music Editor: Jay Alfred Smith
• Supervising Sound Editor: Ed Scheid
• Sound Editors: Ron Tinsley, Vincent Connelly (as Vince Connelley) and Andrew Chulack (as Andy Chulack)
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Rochelle Moser
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: Michael Wood
• Makeup: Ray Brooks
• Hair Stylist: Virginia Darcy
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Darlene Engle (as Darleen Engle)
• Casting: Vivian McRae and Melissa Skoff
• 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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