The Dukes
The Dukes is an animated series which ran on CBS in 1983 based directly on the popular live-action television series The Dukes of Hazzard.
Boss and Rosco find leprechauns in the Irish countryside and steal all their gold. When the leprechauns turn the tables, the Dukes have to save Boss before they send him over the rainbow.
Boss babysits his niece, Cindy Sue, while he races the Dukes through Austria. He calls a truce so the Dukes can babysit while he buys the stolen Crown Jewels of Austria. But, the crooks kidnap the Dukes and Cindy Sue and ransom her to Boss for $1 million.
Boss has a crook named Geraldo run the Dukes off the road. They are helped out by a boy named Pepino and his racehorse, El Blanco. Pepino is racing the next day to save his grandfather's ranch. Geraldo wants his horse, El Diablo, to win so he has Boss steal El Blanco. The Dukes have to find the horse, win at the track and get back in the race.
Since there's no racing on Christmas, the Dukes and Boss stop to celebrate the holiday. However, Boss plans to break the rules and seek back to racing on Christmas Day. Because of his similarity to Ebenezer Scrooge, Boss is forced to live his own version of ""A Christmas Carol.""
Boss meets with poachers, the Bouchard brothers, to buy some illegal furs. When the poachers catch Suzzette, a local girl who loves animals, snooping around it's up to the Dukes to help her out.
The Dukes are hired as stunt drivers on a movie set by a crooked producer. Then the producer tricks Boss into investing so Boss is on the hook when he steals the movie payroll. The Dukes and Boss have to catch him and return the money.
Jesse finds Cyrus Duke's treasure map and meets up with Bo, Luke and Daisy in the Phillippines to find it. They are going to turn in the $20 million so they can get the reward and pay off the mortgage. Unfortunately, the Dukes are going to have to outmaneuver Boss and a crook named Richards, who are after the treasure for themselves.
The Dukes are travelling the world to get away from Boss. They go to Australia and see their cousin who has a boxing kangaroo. Boss tries to kidnap the 'roo but it gets away from them and the fun begins!
The Dukes' race across South America may come up short after Boss steals their spare gas. When the boys and Daisy take a shortcut they run into some volcano workshiping natives who want to sacrifice the General Lee.
Two bank robbers steal the General Lee from in front of the Roman Colisseum to use as a getaway car. After the theives make their robbery, the boys and Daisy manage to get him back. Boss tells the police it must have been the Dukes so they'll get caught and he can win the race. Now the Dukes have to avoid the police and catch the crooks just to get back in the race.
During a luggage mixup at the hotel, Rosco gets hold of Alladin's lamp. When the Dukes reach the hotel, Boss tells Rosco to hide the lamp, which he does in a hotel shop. Then Daisy purchases it as a souvenier. All this time, the evil Sharif Omar, who stole the lamp originally, is scheming to get it from Boss and the Dukes.
While racing across the Artic Circle, the Dukes and Boss go after a crashed U.S. satellite. The Dukes do it for their country. Boss is after the $100,000 reward. Unfortunatly, some pesky people, who sound Russian, are also after the satellite.
Flash is accidentally switched with Her Majesty's pet basset, Regina. The Dukes wind up with Regina but are caught by the police for dognapping.
Boss has the Dukes jailed on false traffic charges set up by his confederate, Big Nick. When Boss finds out whoever marries Big Nick's daughter gets a huge dowrey, he sets up a scheme to marry her and make off with the money.
Boss has his buddy, the Grand Vazir, set up traps to slow down the Dukes. The Grand Vazir is trying to keep his nephew, Prince Ahmed, from coming to his corination ceremony. That way, the Grand Vazir can claim the throne. Turns out, Vance is a dead ringer for Prince Ahmed. So when he is caught instead of the Prince, the Dukes and Ahmed have to free him and claim the throne.
The Dukes help an english archeologist find her missing father who was looking for an Uzbeki diamond mine. Boss follows along to find the fortune. They find the father, but the Uzbekis have no intention of letting any of them go.
Boss hires some local pirates to capture the Dukes and hold them while he buys cheap goods he can resell for a profit back in Hazzard. The pirates capture the Dukes, then capture Boss, steal all his goods and make him and Rosco walk the plank. It's up to the Dukes to keep Boss and Rosco from becoming sushi.
The Dukes and Boss visit Billy Bob and June Stewart of Hazzard. They inherited a castle that's haunted, but it turns out the ghosts are counterfiters trying to keep their hideout. When Boss steals the money, the crooks force Coy and Vance to get it back or they'll do away with the Stewarts and Daisy.
Boss sets out to buy a rare stamp, the Blue Wazoo, from Blancy LeBlanc. However, Daisy runs into Blancy and, thinking she is with Boss, gives her the stamp. Now, Boss and Blancy are both after the stamp before the Dukes find out what they have.
The Dukes meet up with a father and daughter on the run from the Slavonia secret police. They defected after the father developed a formula to turn seawater into gasoline. Unfortunatly, Boss finds out about the formula and steals it first. The Dukes have to save the family and get the formula before they can get back in the race.
| Location | United States of America |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Release | 1983-02-05 |
| Producer | Hanna-Barbera Productions |