Baa, Baa White Sheep

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Season 3, Episode 8
Original Air Date: 5 December 1980
Directed by: Dick Moder
Written by: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

Sorrell Booke as Abraham Lincoln Hogg

Boss' great aunt, Emma Lou Hogg, has passed away, which prompts Boss' twin brother, Abraham Lincoln Hogg, to turn up in Hazzard. Abe is the exact opposite of Boss: he wears a black suit, drives a black car, and likes to give his money away. His arrival causes a problem for Boss, because he's already had his brother declared legally dead so that he could sell the land which he expects to get in his great aunt's will.

Boss gets Rosco to frame Abe for a crime in Finchburg, which is over the state line, and then sends Abe there with a story about a pension fund needing money. Abe is arrested, and thrown in jail. Meanwhile, Boss has enlisted the help of well-known forger, Benny the Quill, and arranged for Judge Druten to come early for the reading of the will.

Luke then has to violate his probation to cross the state line and rescue Abe. Back in Hazzard, the judge has arrived, and Boss is trying to be himself and his twin brother.

Trivia

• Waylon says, "If y'all are wondering where old Bo is, he is off for the weekend with the Marine Corps Reserve." In reality, John Schneider was absent from this episode because he was filming the TV movie Dream House, which was written and produced by Dukes creative consultant Philip Mandelker.
• Sorrell Booke gets a guest credit for playing Boss' twin brother.
• Boyd Bodwell (Benny The Quill) previously appeared as a hijacked truck driver in Road Pirates.
• Benny's car is a Triumph Spitfire.
• Abe's driver's license reveals that he and Boss were born on April 6th, 1926.
• When Cooter is waiting outside Boss' office, there's a wanted poster on the wall for Ernie Sawyers. Ernie Sawyers worked on Dukes as a property master on several episodes of season 1.
• Just like his twin brother, Abe drives a Cadillac DeVille Convertible, but his black car is a 1969 model, while Boss' Caddy is a 1970.

Bloopers

Trailer raised on blocks

• The flatbed trailer that Benny the Quill drives under has obviously been raised on blocks.
• When the General jumps the flatbed trailer, the road layout looks completely different because the footage is recycled from High Octane.
• As the General drives up the bank to avoid Abe's Caddy on the way back from Finchburg, the back end clips the tree quite hard.
• Daisy is replaced by a pretty unrealistic dummy when the General jumps the State Police car.
• It looks like the mailbox outside Rosco's house originally had his name spelled with an "E" on the end, but it's been removed.

Regular Cast

• Tom Wopat as Luke Duke
• John Schneider as Bo Duke (credit only)
• 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

• Sorrell Booke as Abraham Lincoln Hogg
• Boyd Bodwell as Benny The Quill
• Ted Gehring as The Judge
• Ross Elliott as Finchburg Sheriff

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  Boyd Bodwell as Benjamin Thompson
  AKA. Benny The Quill
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  Ted Gehring as The Judge
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  Ross Elliott as Finchburg Sheriff

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 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: Kurt Baker
• Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Editor: Howard Epstein
• Music Editor: Jay Alfred Smith
• Supervising Sound Editor: Ed Scheid
• Sound Editor: Alex Bamattre
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: Michael Wood
• Makeup: Ray Brooks
• Hair Stylist: Virginia Darcy
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Linda Hickman
• Casting: Vivian McRae and 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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