Bye, Bye Boss

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Season 3, Episode 20
Original Air Date: 13 March 1981
Directed by: Denver Pyle
Written by: Jim Rogers
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

The Dukes on horses

Digger Jackson escapes from jail and comes to Hazzard to get revenge on Boss, the man who sent him away. In court he'd threatened to blow a hole in him big enough to drive a truck through (or was it a tractor?). First he steals the General, and then he robs Homer Griggs' grocery store. Of course, Homer only sees the General, so he reports Bo and Luke for the robbery. Oblivious to the robbery and the identity of the man who stole the General, Bo and Luke hitch a lift with Hobie, the town drunk.

Fearing for his life, Boss barricades himself and Rosco inside his office at the Boar's Nest, although the barricades don't stop Lulu coming in to check on her "chickabiddy". While Rosco is off getting more guns and chasing Bo and Luke, Digger kidnaps Boss and demands a $100,000 ransom. Lulu doesn't know where Boss keeps his money, and the townsfolk aren't exactly eager to save him, so it's up to Uncle Jesse to appeal for contibutions.

Between them, the Dukes figure that Digger has the General and that his hideout must be somewhere that only some idiot might take a car. Hoping to clear their names, and rescue Boss, Bo and Luke set off with Daisy on "three of the original off-road vehicles". Initially, they don't have much luck, but then Boss manages to stick a damp rag in the stove, and the Dukes see the smoke. While Daisy makes sure that Boss is alright, Bo and Luke chase down Digger and the General on their horses.

Trivia

Freddy Fender

• Freddy Fender is the latest victim of the Celebrity Speed Trap.
• Paul Smith returned as Hobie in Goodbye, General Lee.
• Charles Napier (Digger) returned as Pete in Targets: Daisy and Lulu.

Bloopers

• Digger Jackson says that he's been waiting 10 years to get revenge on Boss, but Rosco says he was only sent up for 10 years for running illegal shine, so why did he need to escape from jail?
• The poster for Freddy Fender's show misspells his name "Freddie".

Quotes

• Just before Bo and Luke first encounter Digger:
  Waylon: "And when somebody's walking in Hazzard County it means that their car's dead, their mule has died or they got trouble."

• When Bo and Luke flag down Hobie:
  Hobie: "Joe and Duke. How's your Uncle Lester and your Cousin Pansy?"

• More from Hobie:
  Luke: "We need a lift into Hazzard."
  Hobie: "I'm afraid that's out of my way. I'm going to Hazzard."
  Bo: "All right, Hobie, you get us to Hazzard, and we'll take it from there.".

• Said to Digger about Lulu:
  Boss: "She likes sweets so much the chocolate people named her 'Woman of the Year.'"

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

• Freddy Fender as Himself
• Charles Napier as Digger Jackson
• Paul Smith (as A. Paul Smith) as Hobie
• Peggy Rea as Lulu
• Harry Caesar as Homer Griggs
• Earl Colbert as Deke Haskell

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  Charles Napier as Digger Jackson
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  Paul Smith as Hobie
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  Peggy Rea as Lulu

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  Harry Caesar as Homer Griggs
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  Earl Colbert as Deke Haskell

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 Editor: Martin Roth
• Executive Story Supervisor: Si Rose
• 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: 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)
• Editor: Howard Epstein
• Music Editor: Abby Marable
• Sound Editor: Chick Camera
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: John James
• 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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