Hazzard Connection
Season 2, Episode 8
Original Air Date: 9 November 1979
Directed by: Paul Baxley
Written by: Paul Savage
Created by: Gy Waldron
Plot Summary
Augie Detweiller is running a smuggling operation, and Rosco's determined to catch him, as soon as he figures out what's being smuggled. He even lets the Dukes pass a roadblock so that he can stop a car carrier and search every car on it.
Bo and Luke get involved when Cooter asks them to pick up a couple of old junkers for Augie's demolition derby. Bo then impresses Augie with his driving skills against Augie's right-hand-man Shoulders in the concrete-lined slammer car (which still seems to be remarkably maneuverable). Once they gain Augie Detweiller's trust, the boys trace his operation to the old stone quarry in Stilson Canyon. Luckily, the cave has a back entrance, and after some fruitless searching of paperwork they discover Augie's secret. He's using the old clunkers to smuggle brand-new racecar engines from a recent boxcar robbery.
The boys decide to steal the car carrier so that they have some evidence for the state police. Augie and his henchmen give chase, but Jesse sees one of the cars off the road, and Luke unhitches the slammer from the carrier to sort out the other one.
Commentary
Trivia
- First appearance of Maudine the mule.
- John Quade, who plays Augie Detweiller, made several movie appearances alongside Clint Eastwood, including Westerns The Outlaw Josey Wales and High Plains Drifter. He was also Chola, the hapless leader of the Black Widows biker gang in Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can.
- You may also spot Gerald McRaney among Augie's henchmen. This episode was recorded before his best known lead roles in Simon & Simon and Major Dad. McRaney was considered for the role of Luke Duke at one time.
- Boss gets his hair cut by Velma Jean from Atlanta, but the actress is uncredited.
- This, and her appearance in And in This Corner, Luke Duke, are Dianne Kennedy's (Bessie Lou Perkins) only acting credits, but she has worked on many shows as a costume designer.
Bloopers
- When Luke is supposed to be driving the slammer car near the end of the episode, the close-up side views show him driving the General.
Quotes
- Upon finding out that Boss is paying $25 for a haircut:
Rosco: "Seems to me to be a lot cheaper for you just to pay hair by hair."
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
- John Quade as Augie Detweiller
- Med Flory as Shoulders
- Gerald McRaney as First Workman
- Dianne Kennedy (as Dianne Anthony) as Bessie Lou Perkins
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Med Flory as Shoulders -
Gerald McRaney as First Workman -
Dianne Kennedy as Bessie Lou Perkins
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: 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: Kelly A. 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)
- Film Editor: Martin J. Bram (as Marty Bram)
- Music Editor: Jay Alfred Smith
- Sound Editors: Ed Scheid and Buzz Cooper
- 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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