Arrest Jesse Duke

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Season 2, Episode 12
Original Air Date: 14 December 1979
Directed by: Jack Whitman
Written by: Si Rose
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

Hazzard is being plagued by strippers. Uh, car strippers that is. Waylon explains the setup: "They shoot out a fellow's radiator, pluck his car clean as a naked chicken and take off cross-country in Jeeps so they don't leave no tracks. Shows lots of country smarts, don't it?"

Of course, being a Duke, Uncle Jesse happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He stops to take a look at a stripped car, the owner sees him driving off, and assumes he's the one who stripped the car. Back in town, Boss's nephew Hughie Hogg gets sworn on as acting sheriff, just in time to arrest Jesse. Bo and Luke are enjoying a picnic with twins Francee and Floralee when they hear of Jesse's arrest. Unfortunately, when they return to the General they find they're the latest victims of the car strippers.

Off road General

Back at Cooter's they realize that the new auto parts store miraculously always has the right parts in stock to repair the stripped cars, and that it opened about the time the strippings began. After a bit of detective work, the Dukes discover that Boss Hogg is behind the scam. In the meantime the car strippers have decided they're not getting paid enough, so they strip a patrol car and Boss' Caddy and take off with money. It takes a promise from Boss to drop all charges, repay the victims and pay the $500 reward to persuade the Dukes and Cooter to track down the strippers (with the help of the General riding higher than usual on a lifted suspension and off road tires).

Trivia

Lil, Jane, Carla and Sally, AKA. the car strippers

• Kellee Patterson (Jane, second from the left) was Miss Indiana in 1971 and released four jazz/disco albums in the ‘70s. In 2009 she sang Heal the World at the Michael Jackson Memorial (Jackson was her friend and former neighbor). Kathrine Baumann (Sally, right) was Miss Ohio in 1969 and is an accomplished jewelry designer. Both competed in Miss America, with Kathrine being runner-up in 1970. Lois Hamilton (Carla, second from the right) held a private pilots' license and had her own 1936 German biplane. She was also an accomplished sculptress, painter and writer. Daina House (Lil, left) was Playmate of the Month in January 1976, and now runs her own ministry in Van Nuys.
• The Brough twins returned to Hazzard in the season 6 episode Twin Trouble.

Bloopers

• When Bo and Luke first drive alongside Francee and Floralee's truck, the Ford lettering is clearly visible on the front, but in close-ups, it's covered with silver tape (see Francee and Floralee image below).
• Due to the episodes being shown out of sequence, Daisy's Jeep appears two episodes before she receives it.
• When Boss is looking at his stripped Caddy, the off road General should be visible in the background, but the area outside Cooter's Garage is empty.

Quotes

• Not being very politically correct when describing the car strippers:
  Waylon: "Look at who's selling him parts instead of staying home, making babies and biscuits."

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
• Sorrell Booke as Boss Hogg
• Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer (voice)

Guest Cast

• Lois Hamilton (as Lois Areno) as Carla
• Kathrine Baumann (as Kathrine Bauman) as Sally
• Warren Berlinger as Benswanger
• Daina House (as Dana House) as Lil
• Kellee Patterson as Jane
• Candi Brough as Floralee
• Randi Brough as Francee
• Jeff Altman as Hughie

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  Warren Berlinger as Benswanger
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  Randi and Candi Brough
  as Francee and Floralee
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  Jeff Altman as Hughie Hogg

Crew

• Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
• Co-Produced by: Gy Waldron 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: William Cronjager
• Art Director: James Martin Bachman (as James-Martin Bachman)
• 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)
• Film Editor: Jamie Caylor, A.C.E.
• Music Editor: Jay Alfred Smith
• Sound Editors: Ed Scheid and Ron Tinsley
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Rochelle Moser
• Property: Daniel Stoltenberg (as Dan Stoltenberg)
• Special Effects: Michael Wood
• Makeup: Ray Brooks
• Hair Stylist: Virginia Darcy
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Darlene Engle
• Casting: Vivian McRae
• 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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