TV shows come and go all of the time with very few of them staying around long to make a lasting impact on people and even fewer staying around to form a fanbase that is to this very day still going strong. With one such TV show being the very show that i'm going to be talking about today as while you don't here much about the show from it's fans online they are still visiting the shows filming locations and meets the stars of the show at various conventions and so then join me as I review the episode that introduced the world to a really cool looking car with the episode in question being called imply just "One Armed Bandits" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when they discover that the corrupt Sheriff is sneaking in slots machines it's up to cousins Bo and Luke to stop this latest scheme before it gets out of hand. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode in all honesty not that bad but that's also the problem as the plot of this episode isn't all that good with the plot of the episode being a very cut and dry episode that has a very cut and dry plot which means that there's no twists or turns in the story as everything plays out the way that you think that it's going to play and nine times out of ten it also plays out in the exact order that you think that it's going play out and while the plot of the episode does have some good aspects like tieing the A and B plot together in a way that feels natural even that feels like it's predictable with the plot of the episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Tom Wopat as Luke Duke , John Schneider as Bo Duke and Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke. Also starring in this episode is Denver Pyle as Uncle Jesse Duke , James Best as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane , Sorrell Booke as Boss Jefferson Davis Hogg , Ben Jones as Cooter Davenport , Sonny Shroyer as Enos Strate , Tisch Raye as Jill Rae Dodson , Ernie Brown as Dobro Doolin , Gillaaron Houck as Shotgun , Dennis Haskins as Moss , Sandra Dorsey as Hazel , Ralph Pace as Harvey , Jason Lively as Rudy , Rocky Laidler as Brodie , Jerry Campbell as Jerry and Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With the cast of this episode turning in the best performances that they possibly could have done this early into the series run and while the acting in the show would get alot better nobody expects good acting in the first episode of a new TV show as the cast themselves really are still trying to find there characters and as a result of that is the fact that it would be really foolish to expect some really great acting from this episode as this is only the first episode of the show with the acting that's really in this episode not really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode for this episode is bad as it gives none of the actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that does really effect the overall quality of the acting that's in this episode.
One of the things that wasn't expected in this episode is the fact that there is basically an extended cameo appearance from another famous TV car that being the car from Starsky & Hutch. Which was something that really was unexpected as both shows went head to head with each other in the ratings and heck even people whom love each show love to bet on which car is the better of the two and as a result of that it was shocking to see the car for that show appear in this show episode and what's more is the fact that they don't treat it like it's a bad car as it's a car that belongs to one of the friends of Bo and Luke which is something that the makers of this show really didn't have to do and yet they went ahead and did it anyway and while the car doesn't do anything crazy it is still great to see it appear in this episode and it goes to show that the makers of this show have some kind of respect for the makers of Starsky & Hutch and while it's not clear if the makers of Starsky & Hutch featured a 1969 Dodge Charger in any of there episodes there is at the vert least some form of mutual respect there between the two shows.
In what was also a shocking is the fact that this episode is alot more darker in tone to that of the rest of the series. As while this episode is just as family friendly as the rest of the show is there are also some more darker elements like for example we actually see Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane fire his gun something that is not really seen all that much in the episode as is the fact that we see Uncle Jesse yell at both Bo and Luke to get them to do the right things amongst many other things all of which combine to give not only this episode but also the first handful episodes of this show as those episodes were filmed in one go and from episode six onwards they lightened the tone of the show while still keeping in a somewhat realistic world something that would remain with the show all the way through the show's entire broadcast history and as a result of that is the fact that it makes it weird to watch this episode knowing that the tone gets lighter in the first season as the tone of this episode is very vastly different from what we got in the rest of the show.
While there is a strong chance that this show would still be made today it would be very vastly different from the show that already aired. With this mainly being due to the fact that the characters of the show up hold to more traditional family values and the fact that the car has a southern flag on it's roof this is despite the fact that the characters of the show are very welcoming of people from all walks of life and accept you no matter what it is that you look like and yet it's that very reason plus the fact that the car has a southern flag on it's roof that alot of people today just wouldn't accept the show for one reason or another and alot of the time those people won't even watch the show and will instead just base there opinions on the show on a couple of images or a couple of seconds of the episode and not judge the episode by it's entire content which is what you really need to do in order to give any episode of any show a fair crack of the whip and by not doing that all your doing is robbing yourself of not seeing a TV show that you might like and while yes this most likely would not be a thing right now there's no denying the fact that there are people who will get upset about a very safe show that upholds more traditional family values.
While the writing in this episode and indeed the show as a whole isn't all that good as fact that even the makers of the show very proudly admit to being the case. There's no denying the fact that when this show gets exciting like when they do one of the famous scenes where they have the car do a jump or when there's a great car chase scene that they are some really exciting scenes to watch in this episode and while the episode really good have been better written with the boys straight up getting there cousin Daisy out of prison in a way that feels a little bit to cheesy even for this show with alot of that part of the episode really being something that could have been done better and in a way that ties into the main plot of the episode but as it is it felt like that it was there just so the episode could have yet another chase scene as it's not something that adds anything to the actual plot of the episode which is a sign of how bad the writing in this episode really is and while the makers of the show might have been proud to have bad and cheesy writing in not only this show but this episode as well it is something that is still a flaw with this episode.
Now the this episode has / had an exact grand total, running time of exactly forty seven minuets and four seconds. Which is a solid running time for this episode to have as the episode really does have more then enough plot to really cover that large amount of running time when you also add in the subplot to the mix as well but at the same time this is an episode that really didn't need to be that long as you very easily could have told this entire episodes story in well under forty minuets with the only things that you'd really have to cut out completely is the prison stuff with Daisy as it's not something that adds anything to the plot of the episode and as a result of that is the fact those scenes really do come across as feeling alot more like filler scenes then scenes that are actually needed to tell the episodes plot in the most efficient way possible and as a result of that is the fact that we end up with a bunch of scenes that were better of not being included in the final cut of this episode but I will admit that episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is a comedy that means that I gave to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but that's also the problem as this episodes comedy wasn't all that good either. As alot of this episodes comedy just relies on the characters saying something cute and that's really it and while that's fine for a kid character or a child like character given the fact that all of these characters are adults that's not something that works alot of the time ad while the episode does get some good jokes with the characters just saying some cute and funny stuff the jokes still need to be funny and alot of the time the jokes in this episode just aren't that funny and while the episode does indeed tell some really decent jokes those are very few and far between with the episode having alot more really bad jokes in it then it does have actually good jokes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a solid start to what would become a solid series and while the series itself isn't talked about as much as it should be nowadays that doesn't take away from the fact that both the series and this episode both have some really good elements in them you just have to sit through alot of bad elements in order to find them in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this review well then boys an girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode and are really of course on the really great Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.