The Dukes (TV series)

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The Dukes
Genre	Action; Comedy;
Based on	The Dukes of Hazzard; by Gy Waldron; Jerry Rushing;
Developed by	Ray Parker
Directed by	Oscar Dufau; George Gordon (season 2); Carl Urbano (season 2); John Walker (season 2); Rudy Zamora (season 2);
Voices of	Byron Cherry; Christopher Mayer; Tom Wopat; John Schneider; Catherine Bach; Denver Pyle; James Best; Sorrell Booke; Frank Welker;
Theme music composer	Hoyt Curtin
Opening theme	"The Dukes"
Ending theme	"The Dukes" (Instrumental)
Composer	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera;
Producer	Kay Wright
Editors	Gil Iverson; Robert Ciaglia (season 2);
Production companies	Hanna-Barbera Productions; Warner Bros. Television;
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	February 5 –; October 29, 1983
Related
	The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series and a spin-off of The Dukes of Hazzard. The series is based on the live-action television series of the same name. It originally aired on CBS from February 5 to October 29, 1983. Hanna-Barbera Productions produced the series in association with Warner Bros. Television, producer of the original series.^[1] 20 episodes were produced.^[2]

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No.	Title	Original release date
1	"Put Up Your Dukes!"	February 5, 1983 (1983-02-05)
Coy, Vance and Daisy Duke are in The General Lee, and race Boss Hogg and Rosco around the world. They go to Australia to see their cousin, who owns a boxing kangaroo.
2	"Jungle Jitters"	February 12, 1983 (1983-02-12)
The Dukes and Boss race through South America, where Boss steals their spare gas. But Coy, Vance and Daisy meet some volcano-worshiping natives who try to sacrifice the General Lee.
3	"The Dukes in Venice"	February 19, 1983 (1983-02-19)
Bank robbers steal General Lee as a getaway car in front of the Colosseum in Rome. Coy, Vance and Daisy do get him back, but Boss and Rosco tell the local police the Dukes committed the crime.
4	"Morocco Bound"	February 26, 1983 (1983-02-26)
During a luggage mix-up at a hotel, Rosco gets a hold of Aladdin's lamp, which had been stolen originally by the person that had it. Boss and Rosco hide it in the hotel shop, where Daisy buys it as a souvenir. The original thief schemes to get it back from Boss and the Dukes.
5	"The Secret Satellite"	March 5, 1983 (1983-03-05)
Coy, Vance, Daisy, Boss Hogg and Rosco go after a U.S. satellite that crashed into the Arctic Circle. The Dukes do it for their country, and Boss does it for the $10,000 reward.
6	"The Dukes of London"	March 12, 1983 (1983-03-12)
Rosco's basset hound, Flash, is accidentally switched with Her Majesty's basset hound, Regina. The Dukes wind up with Regina, and get arrested for kidnapping. This episode inspired the episode of the regular series The Dukes of Hazzard, "A Boy's Best Friend", where Flash is switched with a famous show dog.
7	"The Greece Fleece"	March 19, 1983 (1983-03-19)
Boss Hogg uses a man named Big Nick to frame Coy, Vance and Daisy into jail. Then, he learns that the person who marries Nick's daughter gets a great deal of money. Boss plans to secretly marry her, then run off with the money.
8	"The Dukes in India"	March 26, 1983 (1983-03-26)
Boss Hogg has the Grand vizier (based on the Mughal Empire of India, which was ruled by such) set up traps to slow down Coy, Vance and Daisy, so that he will win the race.
9	"The Dukes in Uzbekistan"	April 2, 1983 (1983-04-02)
Coy, Vance and Daisy help an English archeologist find her father, who was looking for an Uzbek diamond mine.
10	"A Hogg in Hong Kong"	April 9, 1983 (1983-04-09)
While preparing for a race in Hong Kong, Coy, Vance, Daisy, Boss Hogg and Rosco get captured by pirates. It's up to the Dukes to make sure they don't all become sushi.
11	"The Dukes in Scotland"	April 16, 1983 (1983-04-16)
Coy, Vance, Daisy, Boss and Rosco meet Billy Bob and June Stewart from Hazzard County in Scotland. They have just inherited a castle that's haunted. The Dukes' questioning the supernatural has merit when they see counterfeiting machines and paper about. This episode is based on the episode of the regular series The Dukes of Hazzard, "The Hazzardville Horror", in which a haunted house was a front for silver thieves.
12	"The Dukes Do Paris"	April 23, 1983 (1983-04-23)
Boss Hogg plans to buy a stamp called the Blue Wazoo. The man gives it to Daisy, who he thinks is working for Boss. Now, the law from Hazzard and the French law is after the Dukes, or as the French say it, the "Dukies".
13	"The Dukes Do Switzerland"	April 30, 1983 (1983-04-30)
Coy, Vance and Daisy meet a father and daughter on the run from the Slavonia Secret Police (then part of Yugoslavia, now modern-day Croatia; asylum seekers defected from Yugoslavia to Switzerland; see Immigration from the former Yugoslavia to Switzerland for real life references.) The two developed a formula that turns seawater into gasoline. Boss Hogg and Rosco steal the formula, and the Dukes plan on getting it back.

No.	Title	Written by	Original release date
14	"Boss O'Hogg and the Little People"	Ray Parker	September 17, 1983 (1983-09-17)
In Ireland, Boss Hogg and Rosco find a bunch of leprechauns and steal all of their gold. Bo, Luke and Daisy try to save them from being thrown over the rainbow.
15	"The Tales of Vienna Hoods"	O. Gordy	September 24, 1983 (1983-09-24)
While racing Bo, Luke and Daisy through Austria, Boss Hogg and Rosco are baby-sitting Boss' niece, Cindy Sue. Thieves kidnap the Dukes and Cindy Sue, and will only let them go if Boss pays a ransom of $1,000,000!
16	"The Kid from Madrid"	O. Gordy	October 1, 1983 (1983-10-01)
A crook runs the General Lee off the road. Then Bo, Luke and Daisy meet a new, helping friend, Pepino and his race-horse, El Blanco.
17	"A Dickens of a Christmas"	David R. Toddman	October 8, 1983 (1983-10-08)
Bo, Luke, Daisy, Boss and Rosco take a break to celebrate the holiday at Christmas, influenced by Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
18	"The Canadian Caper"	David R. Toddman	October 15, 1983 (1983-10-15)
Boss Hogg meets some poachers and buys illegal fur from them.
19	"The Dukes in Hollywood"	O. Gordy	October 22, 1983 (1983-10-22)
The Dukes are hired as stunt drivers in a movie by a crooked producer, who also tricks Boss into a scam.
20	"A Hogg in the Foggy Bog"	O. Gordy	October 29, 1983 (1983-10-29)
Back in Hazzard County, Uncle Jesse finds an ancestor's treasure map and meets up with Bo, Luke and Daisy in the Philippines, where the Dukes and Boss Hogg race to find the treasure.

The Dukes (TV series)

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Season 1 (1983)

Season 2 (1983)

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