How ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Star James Best Helped Jenilee Harrison Land ‘Three’s Company’

If you grew up watching television in the late ’70s or early ’80s, you probably spent at least a few of your evenings hanging out with Jack Tripper and his pretty roommates in their Santa Monica apartment or watching the thrilling adventures of Bo Duke and Luke Duke on the dusty dirt roads of Hazzard County. TV audiences loved both Three’s Company and The Dukes of Hazzard. Those truly were the golden days of television – a time when families actually gathered around a single screen to watch a TV show together.

And while Three’s Company and The Dukes of Hazzard could not be more different, there is an interesting behind-the-scenes connection that involves the silly and goofy Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (James Best) helping out the clumsy but lovable Cindy Snow (Jenilee Harrison)…