When the Dukes go see a stunt
show called "Carnival of Thrills", the star of the show is
injured while trying to jump a car over 32-parked cars. When
the carnival owner, Diane Benson holds a prize race, she
offers Bo the star position and he accepts after she makes a
play for him & after a fight between Bo and Luke breaks out,
Bo leaves the farm for the carnival and prepares for the
jump. But Luke, Daisy and Jesse are determined to stop him
but they receive some shocking news about the carnival from
an insurance investigator named Zimbra.
Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
Producers: Myles Wilder And Ralph Riskin
Writers: William Rayonr And Myles Wilder
Dircetor: Dick Moder
Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
Guest Stars:
Robin Mattson as Diane
Vernon Weddle as John Zimbra
Don Stroud as Carl
Richard Jensen as Bob Dexter
Greg Finley as Proprietor
Note: Although used to start the third
season, this story, which exists in both feature-length
and two-part formats(as on the "Dukes of Hazzard" Season
3 DVD), was actually produced at the end of the second.
This is evident in that Enos is still Deputy, Cooter
still has a beard, and Rosco does not yet have his dog,
Flash.
"Enos Strate to the Top"
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November 5, 1980
After taking a snapshot of
Uncle Jesse in Atlanta, Daisy inadvertently gets two bank
robbers in the shot who kidnap her in exchange for the
photographs. Meanwhile, Enos - against Rosco's orders -
helps the Dukes rescue Daisy and eventually, he is offered a
job with the Los Angeles Police that he has always wanted.
Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
Producers: Myles Wilder And Ralph Riskin
Writer: William Raynor And Myles Wilder
Director: Rod Amateau
Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
Guest Stars:
Nedra Volz as Miz Tisdale
Leonard Stone as Ringleader
Jerry Summers as Cosgroves
Tom Oberhaus as Gumbs
Troy Milton as Driver
Note: After being seen a couple of times
previously, Rick Hurst begins his regular stint as
Deputy Cletus Hogg. Sonny Shroyer (Enos) is credited as
a guest star for this episode. Enos leaves for his own
show at the end of the story.
Note: Rosco's lazy basset hound, Flash, is
seen for the first time, added to the series at the
suggestion of James Best.
Note: Ben Jones (Cooter) does not appear in
this episode.
"The Hazzardville Horror"
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November 7, 1980
A father and son criminal duo
steal Boss Hogg's silver from the Boar's Nest and hide out
in the abandoned Pringle Mansion, which is rumored to be
really, really haunted. When Mary Lou Pringle returns to
Hazzard to sell the family estate, the crooks try to scare
her off by staging a series of supernatural events. She
turns to Bo & Luke for help. Though at the time, they're
busy outrunning Rosco, who has been ordered to arrest them
for the silver theft.
Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
Producers: Myles Wilder And Ralph Riskin
Writer: Si Rose
Director: Jack Whitman
Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
Guest Stars:
Morgan Brittany as Mary Lou Pringle
Tammy Wynette as Herself
Andrew Robinson Aa Billy Joe
Charles Tyrne As Claude Billings
"And In This Corner, Luke Duke"
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November 14, 1980
After Luke broke an expensive
mirror of Boss Hogg's, Jesse may be forced to sell the farm
to pay for it unless Luke fights Catfish Lee, managed by a
crooked promoter, in a boxing match.
Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
Producers: Myles Wilder And Ralph Riskin
Writer: Jim Rogers
Director: Paul Baxley
Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
Guest Stars:
Dianne Anthony as Bessie Lou Perkins
Sonny Shields as Catfish Lee
Richard Schaal as Billy Ray
Eddie Ryder as Culpepper
Pat Cranshaw as Doc Petticord
"The Late J.D. Hogg"
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November 21, 1980
Boss manages to foreclose on
the Duke farm unfair and square, no thanks to his idiot,
deputy, cousin Cletus. Also, he has them arrested unfair and
square on a federal charge. But he gets news from his
physician that he only has two weeks to live. The only way
to save him from the Devil is to perform good deeds until
the time comes.
Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
Producers: Myles Wilder And Ralph Riskin
Writer: Martin Roth
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
Guest Stars:
James Mclntire As Linc
Ray Young As Dell
Waren Munson Aa Doctor Carney
Lindsay Bloom As Mabel Tillimghan
Joanne Hickman As Nurse
Dennis Haskins As Charlie Watkins
"Uncle Boss"
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November 28, 1980
Boss Hogg unleashes his "secret
weapon" against the Dukes: his college-educated nephew
Hughie Hogg comes to Hazzard with some dirty tricks and
schemes to frame Bo and Luke into prison
Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
Producers: Gy Waldron And Ralph Riskin
Writers: William Raynor & Myles Wilder
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
Guest Stars:
Jeff Almam As Hugie Hogg
Ellen Murry As Mary Belle
Note: This story, produced as the second
episode of the second season, was designed to introduce
the character of Hughie Hogg. However, for unknown
reasons it was not broadcast until the third season, by
which time Hughie had already been seen in the second
season's "Arrest Jesse Duke". Even to the more casual
viewer, this episode is notably out of sequence, as Enos
is still Deputy, Daisy still drives her Plymouth, Cooter
still has a beard, and the episode is copyright 1979.
"Baa, Baa White Sheep"
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December 5, 1980
Boss Hogg's honest, rich twin
brother Abe, has come to Hazzard for the reading of their
great aunt's will, which entitles a piece of land to both of
them. But Boss had Abe declared legally dead years ago and
sold the land.
Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
Producers: Myles Wilder And Ralph Riskin
Writers: William Raynor & Myles Wiledr
Director: Dick Moder
Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
Guest Stars:
Sorrell Booke As Abraham Lincoln Hogg
Boyd Bodwell As Benny The Quill
Ted Gehring As The Judge
Ross Elliot As Finchburg Sheriff
Note: John Schneider (Bo) does not appear in
this episode. In his absence, Luke is paired with both
Cooter and Daisy at different points in the story.
"Mrs. Rosco P. Coltrane"
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December 12, 1980
After meeting a woman through a
computer dating service, Rosco plans to get married. Boss
Hogg plans for him to invite everyone in town to his
wedding, except The Dukes. This makes them the only possible
suspects for the bank robbery he's arranging to take place
during the ceremony. Unaware that Rosco's fiancé and her
gang are planning a robbery of their own.
Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
Producers: Myles Wilder And Ralph Riskin
Writer: Si Rose
Director: Jack Whitman
Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
Guest Stars:
Lucille Benson As Mama Coltrane
Peggy Rea As Lulu Coltrane Hogg
Tori Lysdahl As Sue Ann Bliss
William Sanderson As Collins
Reid Smith Aa Mcgraw
Note: Ben Jones (Cooter) does not appear in
this episode. He has one line (probably stock) heard
off-screen.
Note: This is the only episode in which it is
revealed that Rosco's middle name is Purvis.
"The Great Santa Claus Chase"
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December 19, 1980
In The Series' Only
Christmas-themed episode, Boss who is in an Ebenezer Scrooge
like mood throughout this episode, hires a trio of criminals
to hijack the Dukes' Christmas tree shipment, then pin the
blame on the Dukes, The scheme involves two of the bad guys
stealing the trees from Bo and Luke at gunpoint, then the
third associate disguised as a clergyman giving the Duke
boys a lift into town, and then telling them they forgot
"their" $500 down payment on the trees, While Uncle Jesse
and Daisy set out to clear their family's name, the
criminals plot to double-cross Boss by taking more than
their payment due on the trees, breaking into the safe while
each one is dressed as Santa Clauses Meanwhile, Bo and Luke
- with some help from Cooter - decide to take back the trees
and have a little fun confusing Rosco and Cletus while
delivering the trees (dressed as Santa Clauses, In the end,
the episode takes a turn toward forgiveness and fellowship
as the Dukes and Cooter invite Rosco and Cletus to their
Christmas Eve gathering, Boss comes in later, reformed after
having read
Charles Dickens' "A
Christmas Carol." Supervising Producer: Rod
Amateau
Producers: Myles Wilder And Ralph Riskin
Writer: Martin Roth
Director: Denver Pyle
Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
Guest Stars:
Woody Stroode As Willie
Brian Libby As Russ
Roy Jenson As Lacey
Dake Pullum As Little Boy
Roger Pancake As Hank
"Good Neighbors Duke"
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January 2, 1981
While being chased by Rosco, Bo
and Luke crash through a piece of land thought to be owned
to nobody. They soon find out they are wrong, and make
friends with the new citizens of Hazzard. But Luke soon
finds out that they're being followed by bounty hunters, out
to get some kind of document which holds a secret to the
Bensons' past.
"State of the County"
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January 9, 1981
Boss Hogg's rival uses a
good-looking stranger to come into Hazzard and to bomb the
Boar's Nest. Daisy falls in love with the stranger, and is
soon kidnapped by him.
Hazzard Speed Trap victims:
The Oak Ridge Boys perform 'Leaving Louisiana in the
Broad Daylight'. This was their second time on the show.
"The Legacy"
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January 16, 1981
A recently widowed old flame of
Jesse's returns to Hazzard to claim an old debt owing to her
late husband by Boss Hogg, but he refuses it. So she finds a
legacy that the Dukes find in a mine under their property
containing 9 full barrels of shine.
Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
Producers: Myles Wilder And Ralph Riskin
Writers: William Rayonr And Myles Wilder
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
Guest Stars:
Jan Clayton as Lucinda Meadows
Gregory Walcott as Hatcher
Jack Garner as Blainc
Jay Ripley as Deputy Wilbur Fudge
Note: James Best (Rosco) does not appear in
this episode. For this episode, Deputy Cletus is
promoted to temporary Sheriff, with Wilbur Fudge
assigned temporary Deputy.
"Duke vs. Duke"
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January 23, 1981
Hazzard's annual Hazzard Derby
is on. While Cooter is injured trying to help the Dukes,
Luke must race in Cooter's car while Bo is in the General
Lee. However, all the entrants who signed the contracts
didn't see the fine print that every loser will have to give
up their cars to Boss Hogg. Rosco's car can't lose with a
tank of nitrous oxide in the engine. With a sure win, Boss
bets with a big time Chickasaw bookie, Ma Harper.
Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
Producers: Myles Wilder And Ralph Riskin
Writers: William Rayonr And Myles Wilder
Dircetor: Paul Baxley
Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
Guest Stars:
Fran Ryan as Ma Harper
Johnnie Collins III as Billy Boy Harper
Richard Fullerton as Billy Gene Harper
Alan Wyatt Jr. as Junior Harper
Sandy Wescott as Nurse
"My Son, Bo Hogg"
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January 30, 1981
When Bo suffers a bump on the
head in an auto accident, he begins to suffer from temporary
amnesia. Boss Hogg uses this to his advantage, telling Bo
that he is his long-lost son, "Bo Hogg." After turning Bo
against his family by this brainwashing, Boss asks him to
drive a shipment to Chickasaw County. Boss fails to tell him
that it is moonshine he is to deliver to C. V. Gumble in
Chickasaw County for ten times the going rate. However, when
an armored truck driver alerts Chickasaw County Sheriff
"Big" Ed Little, Luke & Daisy go after Bo before he is
captured and his probation is revoked. But when Daisy & Luke
pull Bo over, the proverbial gloves come off.
Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
Producers: Myles Wilder And Ralph Riskin
Writer: Si Rose
Director: Rod Amateau
Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
Guest Stars:
Don Pedro Colley as Sheriff "Big Ed" Little
Anne Haney as C.V. Gumble
Bill Cross as Armored Truck Driver
Ken Hixon as Dr. Floyd
"To Catch a Duke"
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February 6, 1981
A pair of jewel thieves comes
through Hazzard County and while confronted by Boss and
Rosco, they make a getaway in the General Lee. This makes
Boss think the Duke boys are a part of the gang and also,
when the loot is found in Rosco's patrol car by Flash who
retrieved them, Rosco is fired when Boss thinks he's in on
it too.
Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
Producers: Myles Wilder And Ralph Riskin
Writer: Bruce Howord
Director: Denver Pyle
Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
Guest Stars:
James Critterden As Burt Robie
Martha Smith As Myrna Robie
Victoria Jonhson As Lori Mae
Note: This is the only episode in the show's
run in which Catherine Bach does not appear as Daisy.
"Along Came a Duke"
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February 13, 1981
In this show cousin Jeb Stuart
(Duke) comes to Hazzard on a Motorcycle from Chickasaw
county. He helps Bo and Luke (his cousins) catch the bad
Guys.
"Byline Daisy Duke"
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February 20, 1981
Daisy wants to become a
newspaper reporter, and to do that she decides to write a
story about how Boss Hogg bought stolen tractors.
"The Return of Hughie Hogg"
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March 6, 1981
Hughie Hogg is back in town! He
gets the Duke boys to join the Hazzard County fire team.(so
he can sneak shine in to the Duke farm.) Rosco catches the
Dukes with shine,and they get away. All'n all it's one big
scheme to get the Duke boys in jail, but in the end Hughie's
plan is ruined, and Boss Hogg is really MAD!
"Bye Bye, Boss"
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March 13, 1981
Whiling driving on the road to
the Boar's Nest, Bo and Luke are ambushed by an escaped
prisoner. He steals the General Lee, and plans to hunt down
Boss Hogg. Then later, Boss hears that the escaped prisoner
is an old foe, who is set out to get revenge on J.D.!
"The Great Hazzard Hijack"
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March 27, 1981
Three good old friends of the
Dukes come to Hazzard after Bo and Luke find a bag of $1
million in a river.
"The Hack of Hazzard"
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April 3, 1981
While she's away, Bo and Luke
run a taxicab service owned by Miz Tisdale, and their first
customers are two men with a special briefcase. After
getting to the destination, the two men leave a stolen gold
certificate in the back seat of the cab and try to retrieve
it without getting caught.
"The Canterbury Crook"
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April 10, 1981
An old widow sells the Dukes a
"worthless" vase for $25. A man comes to the widow after the
Dukes leave, looking for the vase which turns out to be of
some very good value!
