Production Number........................45406
Filmed....................SEPTEMBER 9-20, 1976
Aired.........................OCTOBER 20, 1976
Written by...................JAMES D. PARRIOTT
Directed by.......................ALAN J. LEVI
Produced by....................KENNETH JOHNSON
Starring
Jaime Sommers (Jody-Lee)........LINDSAY WAGNER
Also Starring
Oscar Goldman.................RICHARD ANDERSON
Guest Stars
Big Buck Buckley....................HOYT AXTON
Penn Mathers.......................BERT KRAMER
Speical Guest Stars
Muffin Calhoun..................DOC SEVERINSEN
And
Tammy Dalton................FIONNUALA FLANAGAN
Co-Starring
Bill Womullun...............SCOTT ARTHUR ALLEN
With
Announcer..........................DICK HAYNES
Patty (as Stacy)................STACEY O'BRIEN
Len...................................BOB BECK
Skycap...........................EARL BILLINGS
Pam...............................ROBIN HARLAN
Uncredited
Background Singer.............NICOLETTE LARSON
Musicians........Members of GAS FOOD & LODGING
.......BILL PLUMMER, ART JOHNSON, MARC McCLURE
Jaime Stunt Double...............RITA EGLESTON
Studio Guard.....................TONY BRUBAKER
Studio Guard........................DICK ZIKER
Jaime poses as a country singer to find a missing OSI agent, and to stop the passing of top-secret information.
Songs
"GOOD TO BE ALIVE IN THE COUNTRY".............
.......................Written by - KEN TOBIAS
......................Sung by - LINDSAY WAGNER
"FLY LIKE AN EAGLE".......Sung by - HOYT AXTON
"I DON'T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU".................
..........................Sung by - HOYT AXTON
The Set Estimate sheet shows a proposed breakdown of sets needed, the scenes in which they will be used, the estimated cost for each set, and the set's location.
♦ This episode was rebroadcast by ABC-TV on January 5, 1977.
♦ The character of Muffin Calhoun was originally scripted to return in the Season 3 episode "Rodeo".
♦ "Good To Be Alive In The Country" first appeared on singer-songwriter Ken Tobias' 1973 album The Magic's In The Music. Prior to "Road To Nashville," Lindsay Wagner sang part of this song in the 1976 feature film, SECOND WIND.
♦ The song "I Don't Know Why I Love You" appears on Hoyt Axton's 1977 LP Snowblind Friend.
♦ The 2017 film LADY BIRD features actress Saoirse Ronan wearing the exact same cowgirl shirt that stuntwoman Rita Egleston wore in this episode!