Days of Shine and Roses
Season 2, Episode 1
Original Air Date: 21 September 1979
Directed by: Hollingsworth Morse
Written by: Bruce Howard
Created by: Gy Waldron
Plot Summary
The Annual Ridgerunners' Reunion has taken place for 32 years, allowing old-time moonshiners, and their loved ones, to get together and swap stories of evading the law. At this year's event, retired revenuer Abel shows a black and white movie that includes some vintage shots of Boss and Jesse running moonshine.
This leads to an argument between Boss and Jesse about who the best driver is, which results in a race through Sheriff Emmitt 'Spike' Loomis's Hatchapee County. Both agree to carry water instead of 'shine, but Boss swaps Jesse's cargo for the real thing before anonymously tipping off Sheriff Loomis. When Cooter learns of the switch he tells the rest of the Dukes, who have to stop Rosco interfering with the race while keeping Uncle Jesse out of jail.
Commentary
Trivia
- Jesse's old 'shine running car is now called "Black Tillie". In High Octane he still had a 1971 Ford Custom 500 for the purpose. This time he gets a 1967 Ford Mustang Coupe from Cooter, which he names "Black Tillie II." Boss' car, a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro, is called "Grey Ghost, Jr."
- This is the only appearance of Hatchapee's Sheriff 'Spike' Loomis. In fact, Hatchapee doesn't even get mentioned again until season 5, and by Twin Trouble in season 6 he's been replaced by the slightly friendlier Sheriff Floyd. The name Loomis reappears a couple of times in season 5, but as the name of a place.
- The map of Choctaw and Hazzard Counties that Cooter uses to show the route of the race is actually a map of an area near Verdun in France.
- Richard Jensen (Helper #2) at least got to play a character with a name when he returned as Bob Dexter in Carnival of Thrills.
- Veteran actor Shug Fisher (Homer) also returned to Hazzard. For some reason his character's name was changed to Newtie when he appeared in Return of the Ridge Raiders.
Bloopers
Quotes
- While trying to do a crossword puzzle:
Rosco: "What's a five-letter word for 'dunce'?"
Boss: "R-O-S-C-O."
Rosco: "That fits."
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
- Pat Buttram as Sam
- Shug Fisher as Homer
- James Mohlmann Jr. (as Jim Mohlmann) as Sheriff Loomis
- Ancel Cook as Abel
- Richard Marion as Helper #1
- Richard Jensen as Helper #2
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Pat Buttram as Sam -
Shug Fisher as Homer -
Richard Marion and Richard Jensen
as Helper #1 and Helper #2
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 Producers: Skip Ward and Albert J. Salzer
- Director of Photography: Jack Whitman
- Art Director: Rafael Caro
- Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
- Music by: Fred Werner
- Unit Production Manager: Albert J. Salzer
- First Assistant Director: Kelly A. Manners (as Kelly Manners)
- 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)
- Music Editor: Jay Alfred Smith
- Sound Editors: Ed Scheid and Vincent Connelly (as Vince Connelley)
- Sound: Victor Goode
- Set Decorator: Joanne MacDougall
- 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 (as Darleen 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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