AUTHENTIC “DUKES OF HAZZARD” SCRIPTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF BEN JONES ebay/itm/301352677755 Recently I re-discovered a cache of my old “show-used” scripts from “The Dukes of Hazzard”. I am pleased to place a number of these on auction for the fans of our show. Looking around the internet, I have seen many phony, reproduced scripts with fake autographs on them. You can be sure that this is the “real deal”. Each script will come with a letter of authenticity from me, and a personalized note about that particular episode. Also included will be a photo of me holding that script, and an 8x10 autographed picture of “Cooter” from the show. And of course, I will also autograph each script. I know that there are thousands of serious “Dukes” fans and collectors around the globe. Here is an opportunity to own a genuine part of television history! Ben Jones aka “Cooter” The next script offered in this auction is the memorable New Deputy in Town! Winning Bidder will also receive this personal letter from Cooter himself reflecting on this episode! The “Dukes” episode “New Deputy in Town” was shot in our fourth season and it aired originally in February of 1981. Back then, there were only 3 major television Networks, A.B.C., N.B.C., and C.B.S., and on Friday nights there were often close to 40 million viewers watching “The Dukes of Hazzard” and then “Dallas”. These days, a “hit show” may have something like 8 million viewers. So for years, “The Dukes” was a major weekly part life in America, and it is still a “hit” all over the world. When I remember “New Deputy in Town”, I think of my old friend Denver Pyle, who directed that episode. Before Denver took the part of Uncle Jesse, he had appeared in several hundred films and television shows. He had been a “regular” on The Doris Day show, playing Doris’ father. He had been “Mad Jack” the trapper on the Grizzly Adams series. He is still beloved as “Briscoe Darling” on the Andy Griffith Show and he is remembered as Frank Hamer, the Texas Ranger who tracked down “Bonnie and Clyde”. He worked in hundreds of Westerns like “Have Gun, Will Travel” and “Wyatt Earp”. He was in 14 different episodes of “Gunsmoke” over the years. He did several films for the great Western director John Ford. And he was also a fine craftsman as a director. Denver was a great storyteller. Some of my fondest memories of “The Dukes” were just sitting around between scenes with Denver and Jimmy Best, swapping stories of our adventures. Just before Denver passed away, his wife Tippie asked me if I would speak at the presentation of Denver’s “star” on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I asked her to send me his resume so I could mention some of his work. There was page after page of credits, an amazing career summed up in the thickest actor’s resume imaginable. All of his old cowboy pals were there with us as Denver got his long overdue credit for a remarkable 50 years in film. He died a few weeks later, on Christmas Day of 1997
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