Amzie Strickland |
Julia Mobey (1978-1979) |
Barbara Cason |
Cloris Phebus |
Guich Koock |
Dep. Harley Puckett |
Harvey Vernon |
Dep. Jasper DeWitt Jr. |
Kene Holliday |
Sgt. Curtis Baker |
Melanie Griffith |
Tracy Quinn (1978-1979) |
J.A. Preston |
Jesse Haskell |
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J.A. Preston is no stranger to tv mayoral politics. A few years later he played Ozzie Cleveland, a former police captain who is elected mayor on Hill Street Blues.
(Baker and Chief Roy continue discussing Jesse Haskell vs. Mayor Burnside)
Chief Roy: One of his first projects was going to be to build the town a new dam.
Baker: What's wrong with that?
Chief Roy: Baker (pause) Clinton Corners doesn't have a river! That was going to be his FIRST project.
(Upon learning that the defeated candidate Jesse Haskell is Black, Baker is now very interested in his candidacy)
Chief Roy: Baker, you gotta understand. Haskell's worse than Burnside!
Baker: (disbelieving) Worse than Burnside?
Chief Roy: Yeah, Haskell's a COMPLETE idiot!
The crux of this episode is an allusion to a very famous (and very Southern) example of election shenanigans. Lyndon Johnson's first run for the US Senate from Texas was an incredibly tight race that was decided on a "found" box of ballots from a hotly contested West Texas county.
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