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Truck Jump

posted 18 years ago by nk44ab
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During the main titles I saw Colt's truck jump a bus at night (I have no idea waht season it was from). It was absolutely incredible. Does anybody know what episode this was from?

[–] filmsRreel 18 years ago

For the 5th time, that stunt is from the first season episode(#14 in aired order) "READY, AIM...DIE!!!!" It guest stars Mary Crosby, the woman who was revealed to have shot J.R. a season before.

Great stunt and only used in the SEASON TWO opening titles. Soon it will be on DVD("Ready, Aim...DIE!!!") like in mere days.

[–] nk44ab 18 years ago

I'm interested to hear what people's favourite truck jumps are. So far for me it's the nightime jump over a bus from "Ready Aim Die" simply because there's something about performing the stunt at night that makes it more memorable. Also I like jump in front of the Porsche from "The Rich Get Richer" and in the Season 2 credits Colt's Truck fly's through what looks like a wooden tower or a fence.

[–] Mr_Garak 18 years ago

I like the jump in front of the Porsche the best, the truck must've been wrecked after that jump, no doubt about it. :P

[–] eimb1999 18 years ago

I just got the DVD set today so I've not had a chance to review all the eps yet, and it's been years since I've seen the show, but remember that some of the more spectacular/impossible truck jumps were done with miniatures, especially in later seasons. Two shots come immediately to mind: One when they jump over a train and another over a lake with a boat and a guy fishing. All models, usually 1/8th scale.

The model shots were done by the late Jack Sessums and his crew of "Sessums Engineering, who also did the unfortunately never talked about miniature work for a lot of shows at the time such as "Airwolf", "Knight Rider", and even later seasons of "The Dukes Of Hazzard". Believe it or not, there are a lot of shots that were done with miniatures that most people think were done with real cars. But it was cheaper to throw a scale model off a miniature cliff than to wreck a real vehicle.

[–] nk44ab 18 years ago

Another pretty cool jump was in the episode "Child's Play" where the truck apparently jumped over a moving car and landed ahead of it. That was the kind of jump that had me saying "Whoa".