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[[Category:Season 6|601 - Lulu's Gone Away]]
[[Image:S6E01Title.jpg|thumb|Title screen]]
'''Season 6, Episode 1'''<br>
'''Original Air Date:''' 23 September 1983<br>
'''Directed by:''' Tom Wopat<br>
'''Written by:''' Leonard B. Kaufman (as Len Kaufman) and Myles Wilder<br>
'''Created by:''' Gy Waldron<br>
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== Plot Summary ==
When Lulu's car breaks down two weeks after Boss had promised to fix it, she decides that she's had enough of being taken for granted. After leaving a note for Boss, she temporarily moves in with the Dukes. What Lulu doesn't know is that a trio of criminals have been watching her, and they kidnap her and demand a ransom from Boss. The Dukes manages to find the kidnappers' hideout, but they change their plans and take off with Lulu.

== Commentary ==

== Trivia ==
* The amusement park seen in the chase at the end is Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, near Santa Clarita.
* Chris Mulkey (Billy Ray) returned as Sharp in [[The Haunting of J.D. Hogg]].
* Annie O'Donnell reprises her role as Gussie Peabody at the telephone company (blink and you'll miss it). She previously appeared in [[Ding, Dong, the Boss is Dead]].
* Shanna Reed (Anna Lisa) went on to play the lead role of Polly Cooper in ''Major Dad''.
* The letters on the General's license plate change from the red of previous shows to black.
* This is the first of five episodes directed by Tom Wopat.

== Bloopers ==
* When Rosco is chasing the Dukes towards Sheep Hollow, he hits a bush and his hood pops up, but when he gets out to close the hood, the bush has gone.
* When Luke uses binoculars to look at the trailer, his view is exactly the same size as when Jesse looked without them.
* When Boss tries to pay the ransom at Sheep Hollow, the long shots show someone much slimmer than Lulu as the hostage.

== Quotes ==
* ''As the repercussions of Lulu's leaving note sink in:''<br>'''Boss:''' "No wife."<br>'''Rosco:''' "No sister."<br>'''Boss and Rosco together:''' "No dinner."

== Regular Cast ==
* [[Tom Wopat]] as [[Luke Duke]]
* [[John Schneider]] as [[Bo Duke]]
* [[Catherine Bach]] as [[Daisy Duke]]
* [[Denver Pyle]] as [[Uncle Jesse Duke|Uncle Jesse]]
* [[Sonny Shroyer]] as [[Enos Strate|Enos]]
* [[Ben Jones]] as [[Cooter Davenport|Cooter]]
* [[James Best]] as [[Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane|Sheriff Rosco Coltrane]]
* [[Sorrell Booke]] as [[Boss Hogg]]
* [[Waylon Jennings]] as [[The Balladeer]] (voice)

== Guest Cast ==
* [[Peggy Rea]] as [[Lulu Hogg|Lulu]]
* Chris Mulkey as Billy Ray
* Lewis Van Bergen as Eddie
* Shanna Reed as Anna Lisa
* Annie O'Donnell as Gussie Peabody

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Lulu0601.jpg|Peggy Rea as Lulu
BillyRay0601.jpg|Chris Mulkey as Billy Ray
Eddie0601.jpg|Lewis Van Bergen as Eddie
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AnnaLisa0601.jpg|Shanna Reed as Anna Lisa
Gussie0601.jpg|Annie O'Donnell as Gussie Peabody<br>(with Daisy)
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== Crew ==
* Supervising Producer: Robert L. Jacks (as Robert Jacks)
* Produced by: Myles Wilder and Ralph Riskin
* Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
* Executive Story Consultant: Myles Wilder
* Executive Story Supervisor: Si Rose
* Executive Story Editors: Leonard B. Kaufman (as Len Kaufman) and Martin Roth
* Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
* Associate Producers: Skip Ward and Wes McAfee
* Director of Photography: Arthur R. Botham (as Arthur Botham)
* Art Director: Al Rohm
* Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
* Music by: Earle Hagen
* Unit Production Manager: Wes McAfee
* First Assistant Director: Jon Paré
* Second Assistant Director: Robert D. Nellans
* Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
* Second Unit Director of Photography: Dick Hutchings
* Second Unit First Assistant Director: Kurt Baker
* Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
* Editor: Jamie Caylor, A.C.E.
* Music Editor: Eugene Marks (as Gene Marks)
* Sound Editor: Ron Tinsley
* Sound: Victor Goode
* Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
* Property: Beverly Hadley
* Special Effects: Larry L. Fuentes (as Larry Fuentes)
* Makeup: Paul Stanhope Jr. (as Paul Stanhope)
* Hair Stylist: Renate Leuschner (as Renata Leuchner)
* Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
* Women's Costume Supervisor: Violet N. Cane (as Violet Cane)
* "Flash" Owned and Trained by: Alvin Mears
* Casting: Melissa Skoff
* Creative Consultant: Philip Mandelker
* Some Automobiles Supplied by: AMC
* A Lou Step Production in Association with Warner Bros Television

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