For my between season special surprise, I’ve decided to review a random episode of “The Dukes,” Warner Bros’ attempt to turn the popular series into a Saturday morning hit. The intro lets Uncle Jesse tell the plot: The boys and Daisy are competing with Boss Hogg and Rosco in a race around the world in the General Lee and Boss Hogg’s Cadillac, both of which can fly and do other crazy cartoon things. The winner gets some prize money and the deed to the Duke farm, which must be the most desirable plot of land ever, because Boss wants it bad.
For today’s selection, I’ll be taking a look at the second season premiere, “Boss O’Hogg and the Little People, from September 17, 1983..
We open with Uncle Jesse doing some actual farming, when some raccoon runs up, brandishing a letter from the kids. Turns out this raccoon is named Smokey, and he’s Uncle Jesse’s pet. Jesse regales the raccoon with the details of their last stop, in Ireland.
I was really hoping the entire episode was just Jesse reading, and then Smokey reacting to what he’s heard, but alas, this was not to be.
Boss and Rosco are driving along, Rosco making weird stuttering noises that makes me think he’s having a stroke, and Boss saying stereotypical Southern things like “Fatback in a frying pan!” Rosco gloats about having flattened the General Lee’s tires (or tyres, as it’d be spelled in Ireland, or so I assume), so they’ll be far behind the Cadillac. , but no! They’re right behind, driving without haste, not caring that their home is at stake!
The General gets ahead, and Boss explains his plot of reporting the General Lee stolen to the Irish police, and reveals he’s stolen the title to the car, so when the Dukes get pulled over, they’ll be arrested! That Boss!
So the Dukes get arrested, and are told they will have to spend the night in jail. They are shocked, SHOCKED! Boss and Rosco come across the leprechauns, and capture one, making him reveal where his pot of gold is located.
The Dukes get out of jail, and head toward wherever it is they’re supposed to be going. I’m assuming it’s like an Amazing Race situation, where they have to collect clues wherever they stop so they can move on to the next area. Meanwhile, the leprechaun takes Boss and Rosco to a forested area, showing them where his gold is.
Rosco makes to let the leprechaun go, as he’s given his gold. Boss Hogg says “Hold the fuck on, Rosco! This guy’s gotta know where all his friends’ gold is! Let’s make him take us to it!”
The Dukes are driving along, and swerve to avoid hitting a cart of leprechauns, tipping the General Lee over in the process. The leprechauns help them pull it back up, and ask them for a ride. The leprechauns fill them in on the Boss Hogg situation, and the Dukes agree to help.
Boss makes the leprechaun he captured haul out a bunch more gold until he tricks them into pulling out a nest of bees, causing them to flee. They are eventually captured by more leprechauns, who decide to take Boss and Rosco to the Grand Wizard, who’ll sort all this out.
The Grand Wizard wants to turn Boss into a warthog, but the Dukes convince him to just make Boss give them all his money. He reluctantly agrees, because the episode is almost over.
Back in Hazzard, Jesse finishes the letter, and tells Smokey the lesson of the day: if you take something that’s not yours, you can get into trouble. Smokey, having learned his lesson, gives Uncle Jesse back a can of peanuts he’d stolen. Jesse let him have some anyway.
We open with Uncle Jesse doing some actual farming, when some raccoon runs up, brandishing a letter from the kids. Turns out this raccoon is named Smokey, and he’s Uncle Jesse’s pet. Jesse regales the raccoon with the details of their last stop, in Ireland.
I was really hoping the entire episode was just Jesse reading, and then Smokey reacting to what he’s heard, but alas, this was not to be.
Boss and Rosco are driving along, Rosco making weird stuttering noises that makes me think he’s having a stroke, and Boss saying stereotypical Southern things like “Fatback in a frying pan!” Rosco gloats about having flattened the General Lee’s tires (or tyres, as it’d be spelled in Ireland, or so I assume), so they’ll be far behind the Cadillac. , but no! They’re right behind, driving without haste, not caring that their home is at stake!
The General gets ahead, and Boss explains his plot of reporting the General Lee stolen to the Irish police, and reveals he’s stolen the title to the car, so when the Dukes get pulled over, they’ll be arrested! That Boss!
So the Dukes get arrested, and are told they will have to spend the night in jail. They are shocked, SHOCKED! Boss and Rosco come across the leprechauns, and capture one, making him reveal where his pot of gold is located.
Rosco makes to let the leprechaun go, as he’s given his gold. Boss Hogg says “Hold the fuck on, Rosco! This guy’s gotta know where all his friends’ gold is! Let’s make him take us to it!”
The Dukes are driving along, and swerve to avoid hitting a cart of leprechauns, tipping the General Lee over in the process. The leprechauns help them pull it back up, and ask them for a ride. The leprechauns fill them in on the Boss Hogg situation, and the Dukes agree to help.
Boss makes the leprechaun he captured haul out a bunch more gold until he tricks them into pulling out a nest of bees, causing them to flee. They are eventually captured by more leprechauns, who decide to take Boss and Rosco to the Grand Wizard, who’ll sort all this out.
Back in Hazzard, Jesse finishes the letter, and tells Smokey the lesson of the day: if you take something that’s not yours, you can get into trouble. Smokey, having learned his lesson, gives Uncle Jesse back a can of peanuts he’d stolen. Jesse let him have some anyway.
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