Dukes Trivia

[69DodgeCharger]

Which episode/episodes does the General Lee never make an appearance in?

[BigRed66]

The pilot episode?

[69DodgeCharger]

The pilot episode?

Nope

[69bronzeT5]

1- Mary Kaye's Baby.

[69DodgeCharger]

1- Mary Kaye's Baby.

We have a winner. I should have figured you would know!

[69bronzeT5]

1- Mary Kaye's Baby.

We have a winner. I should have figured you would know!

I've been watching the Dukes since I was 5....of course I'd know

[69DodgeCharger]

I wonder why though? I don't think Daisy's Roadrunner ever was seen in that episode either?

[69bronzeT5]

I wonder why though? I don't think Daisy's Roadrunner ever was seen in that episode either?

It was mainly focused on that blue 4 door they ended up blowing up....

[skip68]

Cody, when you come out I'll take you to meet a person that lives by me that worked on the show for 7 years.       You will see behind the scenes pictures and scrips that never aired.        I did'nt know you were that big of a Dukes fan.      I'll talk to you in PM's.    Chuck.........

P.S.   You will owe me big time.          

[69bronzeT5]

Cody, when you come out I'll take you to meet a person that lives by me that worked on the show for 7 years.       You will see behind the scenes pictures and scrips that never aired.        I did'nt know you were that big of a Dukes fan.      I'll talk to you in PM's.    Chuck.........

P.S.   You will owe me big time.          

You got a PM

[viper r/t]

I wonder why though? I don't think Daisy's Roadrunner ever was seen in that episode either?

I think they said it was because of the pregnant chick and trying to get her into the generals windows I believe, and at that time they didnt think the car was that big of a part in the show  

[Mike DC]

 
I've heard it was a bit more than that. 

I can't confirm this, but I've heard they may have actually written a couple of GL appearances out of that episode so they could get a little more caught up on repairs.  One episode might have bought them a good 3 weeks of repair time. 

[jaak]

Thats also the only episode that Rosco, ever shot his pistol at anyone.

Jason

[69charger2002]

i've also heard along the lines of what Mike said. They didn't realize the show would be an instant hit(the show was only guaranteed a few pilot episodes as a test run on CBS; coupled with the fact that they originally only had a few cars purchased and show ready.. and they ran through them pretty quickly in the first episodes doing stunts. They probably figured it would be no big deal to skip a week without the real star iof that show(obviously not known to be as big of an icon as it would become). On a side note, they must have had plenty of the almost new at the time monaco's and fury's as they slapped one blue and made it the feature car in that show.

[Mike DC]

(For anyone reading this thread who doesn't know all the obscure DOH background trivia - the Georgia production originally got shipped only 3 General Lees to shoot the first 5 episodes.  Two rollcaged stunt cars and a third uncaged nicer one.  Of course that didn't last long and both of the rollcaged cars were jumped by the end of the first episode.  At the beginning the show's producers had no idea they were gonna rip through cars at the rate they did.) 

[Charger440RDN]

Remember those episodes in season 2 when Roscoe left the show and Cletus took over? Was that over a money dispute? The show wasn't as funny with Roscoe gone.

[Mike DC]

   
Yeah, Jimmy Best was on strike for ill treatment for a while in season #2.


2/3rds of the Dukes cast was on strike at one time or another.  Some of the strikes caused characters to sit out episodes, but other times the strike got resolved behind the scenes before it came to that.   

   

[jar1292]

ya how about the time the so called cousins took bo and lukes spot for quite a while. i never did see daisy go anywhere!!!

[jaak]

When Cooter left the show for a while, I read somewhere that it was because he refused to shave off his beard.

Jason

[Mike DC]

 
By season#2 Ben Jones didn't really want to play Cooter as an unshaven redneck stereotype.  He wanted to either have a real beard or none at all and the producers bitched at him either way.  So he left until they got more civil about it. 


Like him or hate him, Ben Jones did manage to pull off the only real personal growth of a character in the whole series. The Cooter of season#1 was not the same character as the one in season#6-7.

   
 

[Charger440RDN]

Remember uncle Jesse use to always tell Cooter "I'm not your'e uncle Jesse!!" 

[Cooperman]

Apart from the first few shows in Season 1 when the formula was being established, Daisy was the only one of the main character set to have a different outfit for every episode.

Not that I mind of course... 

[Ghoste]

She was pretty much able to wear anything and make it look good. 

[moparguy01]

She was pretty much able to wear anything and make it look good. 

coulda wore nothing and looked good too. I mean geez you guys, who said that.

[moparsons]

She was pretty much able to wear anything and make it look good. 

coulda wore nothing and looked good too. I mean geez you guys, who said that.

I remember when I was a kid, I was at a frined's house and the Dukes was on. His dad (beligerant drunk as usual) says  "I'd drink a gallon of that girl's pee just to see where it came from!" We didn't really get it and just thought it was gross. But looking back, it's kinda funny.