Season 3

The third season of the Hey Dude TV series began airing on April 6, 1990, on the Nickelodeon television network, and concluded its initial airing on June 29, 1990 with 13 episodes.

Overview[]

Season 3 started airing a bit less than two months after the end of season 2. Among others, the season includes a TV game show audition, a battle with rival Snake Eyes Ranch, a visit from Melody's troubled brother and an encounter with professional wrestler Lou Albano. Ted went away to summer school, and his place was taken over by Jake, a nephew of Mr. Ernst.

Cast[]

Season 3 started with the same seven main characters that had already appeared in seasons 1 and 2. David Lascher left the show during the season to film another TV series. Instead, Jonathan Galkin joined the show. The main characters of season 3 were portrayed by the following regular cast members:

In the last episode, Geoffrey Coy, who in seasons 4 and 5 became a regular cast member, made a guest appearance as Kyle. Thus, season 3 was the first season in which all of the nine main characters of the Hey Dude TV series appeared.

Episodes[]

The following lists introduces the individual episodes of season 3 with a short summary. For details such as the writer(s) and director(s) of the episodes and their original air date on Nickelodeon see "Episodes".

No.		Title	Summary
27	3x01	Inmates Run the Asylum	When Mr. Ernst leaves the Bar None and places Ted in charge, he goes power crazy and drives everyone else nuts.
28	3x02	Hey Cinderella	When a handsome guest visits the Bar None, Melody pretends to be something she's not - Brad.
29	3x03	Datenite	Ted gets a letter and his refusal to tell the others what is in it makes Danny, Melody and Buddy determined to find out what is in it. Also, after goading from Danny, Ted asks Brad out on a date, and is surprised when she agrees.
30	3x04	New Kid on the Block	Mr. Ernst's problem nephew, Jake, becomes the new dude at the Bar None.
31	3x05	Sewn at the Hip	Melody finds out that things do change when her long time best friend comes to visit the Bar None.
32	3x06	Superstition	When the kids at the Bar None ask Jake to try out for a TV game show, he finds out that his silly superstitions stand in his way.
33	3x07	Dueling Ranches	A rival ranch (Snake Eyes Ranch) challenges the Bar None to a baseball game for the water rights.
34	3x08	Ex-Static	Buddy hopes that he can mend his parents separation and reunite their family, but he discovers that all are happier with things as they are now.
35	3x09	No More Mr. Nice Guy	When Melody gets tired of always being helpful, she decides to go on strike.
36	3x10	Killer Ernst	Mr. Ernst becomes a professional wrestler when he takes on Captain Lou Albano to keep from losing the ranch's money.
37	3x11	Melody's Brother	Melody helps her brother with a drinking problem.
38	3x12	The Bad Seed	Buddy's life is turned upside down when he's put in charge of a young trouble-making guest at the ranch.
39	3x13	Stick Around	Lucy's old flame and his son Kyle visit the Bar None. After meeting Brad, Kyle decides he wants to stick around for the summer.

Publication[]

DVD3 — Front cover of the Season 3 DVD box

Season 3 was made available for download at the iTunes Store on November 29, 2011. For unknown reasons, episode 3x11 was missing. Appearantly, the master tape of this episode was lost or damaged.

On June 19, 2012, season 3 was released on DVD by Shout! Factory with the title Hey Dude - Season 3. The DVD release also includes episode 3x11 which was mastered from a video copy made from the original airing of this episode on TV.^[1]