Lulu's Gone Away
Season 6, Episode 1
Original Air Date: 23 September 1983
Directed by: Tom Wopat
Written by: Leonard B. Kaufman (as Len Kaufman) and Myles Wilder
Created by: Gy Waldron
Plot Summary
When Lulu's car breaks down two weeks after Boss had promised to fix it, she decides that she's had enough of being taken for granted. After leaving a note for Boss, she temporarily moves in with the Dukes. What Lulu doesn't know is that a trio of criminals have been watching her, and they kidnap her and demand a ransom from Boss. The Dukes manages to find the kidnappers' hideout, but they change their plans and take off with Lulu.
Commentary
Trivia
- The amusement park seen in the chase at the end is Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, near Santa Clarita.
- Chris Mulkey (Billy Ray) returned as Sharp in The Haunting of J.D. Hogg.
- Annie O'Donnell reprises her role as Gussie Peabody at the telephone company (blink and you'll miss it). She previously appeared in Ding, Dong, the Boss is Dead.
- Shanna Reed (Anna Lisa) went on to play the lead role of Polly Cooper in Major Dad.
- The letters on the General's license plate change from the red of previous shows to black.
- This is the first of five episodes directed by Tom Wopat.
Bloopers
- When Rosco is chasing the Dukes towards Sheep Hollow, he hits a bush and his hood pops up, but when he gets out to close the hood, the bush has gone.
- When Luke uses binoculars to look at the trailer, his view is exactly the same size as when Jesse looked without them.
- When Boss tries to pay the ransom at Sheep Hollow, the long shots show someone much slimmer than Lulu as the hostage.
Quotes
- As the repercussions of Lulu's leaving note sink in:
Boss: "No wife."
Rosco: "No sister."
Boss and Rosco together: "No dinner."
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
- Peggy Rea as Lulu
- Chris Mulkey as Billy Ray
- Lewis Van Bergen as Eddie
- Shanna Reed as Anna Lisa
- Annie O'Donnell as Gussie Peabody
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Peggy Rea as Lulu -
Chris Mulkey as Billy Ray -
Lewis Van Bergen as Eddie
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Shanna Reed as Anna Lisa -
Annie O'Donnell as Gussie Peabody
(with Daisy)
Crew
- Supervising Producer: Robert L. Jacks (as Robert Jacks)
- Produced by: Myles Wilder and Ralph Riskin
- Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
- Executive Story Consultant: Myles Wilder
- Executive Story Supervisor: Si Rose
- Executive Story Editors: Leonard B. Kaufman (as Len Kaufman) and Martin Roth
- Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
- Associate Producers: Skip Ward and Wes McAfee
- Director of Photography: Arthur R. Botham (as Arthur Botham)
- Art Director: Al Rohm
- Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
- Music by: Earle Hagen
- Unit Production Manager: Wes McAfee
- First Assistant Director: Jon Paré
- Second Assistant Director: Robert D. Nellans
- Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
- Second Unit Director of Photography: Dick Hutchings
- Second Unit First Assistant Director: Kurt Baker
- Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
- Editor: Jamie Caylor, A.C.E.
- Music Editor: Eugene Marks (as Gene Marks)
- Sound Editor: Ron Tinsley
- Sound: Victor Goode
- Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
- Property: Beverly Hadley
- Special Effects: Larry L. Fuentes (as Larry Fuentes)
- Makeup: Paul Stanhope Jr. (as Paul Stanhope)
- Hair Stylist: Renate Leuschner (as Renata Leuchner)
- Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
- Women's Costume Supervisor: Violet N. Cane (as Violet Cane)
- "Flash" Owned and Trained by: Alvin Mears
- Casting: Melissa Skoff
- Creative Consultant: Philip Mandelker
- Some Automobiles Supplied by: AMC
- A Lou Step Production in Association with Warner Bros Television
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