The Dukes of Hazzard/Opening Night at the Boar's Nest

Opening Night at the Boar's Nest
Season 7, Episode 17
Airdate	February 8, 1985
Production Number	185517
Written by	John Schneider
Directed by	John Schneider
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The Dukes of Hazzard — Season Seven

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Opening Night at the Boar's Nest is the seventeenth episode of the seventh season of The Dukes of Hazzard, and the one hundred forty-seventh episode overall.

The series finale has everyone hosting a talent show at the Boar's Nest, with one of the acts a comedy skit with Boss Hogg and Rosco. Boss uses the "disappearing cabinet" part of that skit to get to an expected meeting ... unaware that he's about to disappear for real: Two recent parolees, who were sent to prison on Boss' testimony for fraud and embezzlement, kidnap Boss and demand a $1 million ransom for his safe return. While a shaken Rosco can't figure out how to make his "fat little buddy" reappear, thinking he was responsible for making him vanish into thin air, Bo and Luke immediately suspect foul play and suspect two men who they had a run-in with earlier – the same two men who later kidnap Boss – may have some answers.

Starring:

Guest Starring: Kevin Peter Hall (Floyd Malone), Ji Tu Cumbuka (Bubba Malone)

Co-Starring:

Plot Overview

In the end, with Floyd and Bubba in federal custody for kidnapping, extortion and attempted murder, it's up to Bo and Luke to convince Boss that he needs to complete his original bargain with Rosco. Rosco is by now despondent, shaken that Boss really is dead somewhere and never coming back ... so Boss – overhearing Rosco's heartfelt eulogy (unknown to Rosco) – knows what he's got to do.

In the end, the conclusion of the disappearing lady act is a success, and an overjoyed Rosco reunites with Boss.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• American Express – In one of the climactic scenes, one of the villains attempts to shoot Boss Hogg; the bullet is absorbed by his wallet, kept in one of the pockets of his white overcoat, and is lodged inside several credit cards. Waylon Jennings takes note of the situation and says, "I'm sure he's glad he didn't leave home without them," a take on the advertising slogan for the credit card, made famous in the 1970s by actor Karl Malden.