Uncle Boss
Season 3, Episode 7
Original Air Date: 28 November 1980
Directed by: Hollingsworth Morse
Written by: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
Created by: Gy Waldron
Plot Summary
Boss' nephew, Hughie Hogg, returns to Hazzard to help catch the Dukes, and this time he's dressed just like his uncle. His first plan is to sue the Dukes for causing Boss whiplash, but that fails when Boss is tricked into jumping out of his wheelchair. Hughie's second plan is to frame them for stealing his car, but Cooter hides the car during the search of the farm and then helps to leave it in the police station.
Hughie then moves on to a more complicated scheme which starts with some moonshine planted in Daisy's trunk. Knowing that Bo and Luke won't leave their cousin in jail while she's supposed to be maid of honor at her friend's wedding, he waits for them to help Daisy escape. His secret weapon is a video camera which records the Dukes' law-breaking. When Hughie shows his video evidence to Boss, Rosco realizes that Hughie has also been recording his inefficiency.
The Dukes and Cooter finally get filled in on what Hughie has been up to, and find out that he's taking the video tape to show the police in the state capital. Luke realizes that they don't need to get the tape from Hughie, they just need to get it near a strong magnet to erase it. Cooter reads Luke's mind, and they set about steering Hughie towards the junkyard.
Commentary
Trivia
- Cooter acquires a large parcel truck for this episode, mainly because they needed a vehicle large enough to hide Hughie's car inside. He says that he borrowed it from E.W. Brown in Cotton, but well-worn signs on the side say "Cooter's Garage" and "Reliable Auto Repair".
- The junkyard seen at the end of the episode was a real junkyard on Glenoaks Boulevard, near Truesdale Street in Sun Valley, CA. There are still several auto parts businesses in the area.
- Ellen Murray's appearance as Mary Belle is her only acting credit.
Bloopers
- Hughie's second plan is to get the Dukes for "grand theft auto", but his blackboard says "GRAND AUTO THEFT".
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
- Jeff Altman as Hughie Hogg
- Ellen Murray as Mary Belle Digby
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Jeff Altman as Hughie Hogg -
Ellen Murray as Mary Belle Digby
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
- Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
- Associate Producers: Skip Ward and Albert J. Salzer
- Director of Photography: Jack Whitman
- Art Director: James Martin Bachman (as James-Martin Bachman)
- Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
- Music by: Fred Werner
- Unit Production Manager: Albert J. Salzer
- First Assistant Director: Kurt Baker
- Second Assistant Director: Jon Paré
- Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
- Second Unit Director of Photography: Bradley B. Six (as Brad Six)
- Second Unit First Assistant Director: Jack W. Cash (as Jack Cash)
- Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
- Editor: Bob Ross
- Music Editor: Jay Alfred Smith
- Sound Editors: Ed Scheid and Gary Vaughan (as Gary Vaughn)
- 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
- 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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