Melody and Brad in a battle of boys against girls.
HEY DUDE SERIES
The series premiere of Hey Dude introduced us to the show's characters: Ted, Danny, Brad, Lucy, Melody, Mr. Each season take place over the course of one summer in the lives of the ranch's staff, with cast members often recalling pranks and staff members from previous summers. The series ran for 65 30-minute episodes over two years from 1989 to 1991. The swimming pool that was frequently used on the show is the main pool for the Tanque Verde Guest Ranch and is still in use by guests.
The main lodge, boys and girls bunks, guest lodge (which doubled as cast dressing rooms) and the stable were all built specifically for the production.Īfter the show ended production, the buildings were abandoned and several are still standing to this day, albeit in much disrepair. This was done so ranch guests would not be bothered by the production and to create buildings with a more "western" look, which was not offered by the relatively modern and luxurious Tanque Verde. While most of the show was technically shot on the property of the Tanque Verde Guest Ranch, the familiar "ranch" that was known to television viewers was actually built from scratch roughly a mile away from the main public areas.
Joe Torres was cast as Danny Lightfoot after auditioning in Tucson for the role. Josh Tygiel, who was cast as protagonist Buddy Ernst, was one of 120 Tucson-area boys who auditioned for the series. Casting began in 1988 with local auditions held in Tucson. The show was produced by Cinetel Productions. Hey Dude was videotaped on location at the Tanque Verde Guest Ranch in Tucson, Arizona. Cassie, Buddy's dog, was featured in Season 1, but was absent in Season 2ĭavid Lascher and Joe Torres were nominated for a 1991 Young Artist Award in the Best Youth Variety or Game Show category for their roles on Hey Dude.Ernst's son who is spending the summer with his father in the ranch. Josh Tygiel as Benjamin "Buddy" Ernst Jr., Mr.Ernst's nephew from Los Angeles, California Geoffrey Coy as Kyle Chandler, Lucy's ex-boyfriend's son.Joe Torres as Danny Lightfoot, a Hopi teenager.Christine Taylor as Melody Hanson, lifeguard and dance instructor from Allentown, Pennsylvania.David Lascher as Ted McGriff, senior staff.Debra Kalman as Lucy, ranch hand foreman and supervisor.Kelly Brown as Bradley "Brad" Taylor, a riding instructor from a rich Grosse Pointe, Michigan family.David Brisbin as Benjamin Ernst Sr., a ranch owner who is also a successful accountant in New Jersey.Each episode ends with an instrumental version of the show's theme song while the credits roll over stills from the episode.Ĭharacters A skeptical Buddy (Josh Tygiel, left) tries to ignore Ted (David Lascher) and his scheming Each character is then introduced as a horseshoe flips, followed again by the show's logo, after which the opening sequence fades out. After that, the show's logo appears over the end of the cold open. She is sometimes viewed as a mother figure to the teens and they often ask her for advice.Įach episode begins with a cold open that usually ends with a pun. The show's only other featured adult is Lucy, a tough, authoritative ranch hand. When Ted returned to the show, he and Kyle became romantic rivals for Brad. Not long after, Kyle, a somewhat dim but handsome cowboy type, joined the ranch. Her love-hate relationship with Ted is a plot thread during the first half of the series.Īfter David Lascher left the show during Season 3 in 1990, Ted was replaced by Ernst's nephew Jake, an eccentric slacker who likes to play the drums. Though Brad often wears dressy designer outfits at work, she is a competent horse rider. In Season 1 of the series, the teenage staff consisted of two boys and two girls: Ted, an enterprising troublemaker Danny, an easy-going Hopi teenager and Ted's best friend girl-next-door Melody and Brad, a rich girl from Grosse Pointe, Michigan. His son, Buddy, is displeased with the change of environment, primarily because he is unable to use his skateboard on the desert sand. It portrays the lives of the ranch's owner, his son, a female ranch hand, and four teenage summer employees.īen Ernst, a divorced, good-natured, somewhat bumbling father from New Jersey, bought the Bar None Dude Ranch seeking escape from his high-pressure job as a New York City accountant.
The series, aimed primarily towards a teenage audience, is set on the fictional "Bar None Dude Ranch" near the city of Tucson, Arizona. Hey Dude is an American Western comedy series that aired on Nickelodeon from July 14, 1989, to August 30, 1991, consisting of 65 half-hour episodes produced over five seasons.
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