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Petticoat Junction

  • TV Series
  • 1963–19701963–1970
  • TV-GTV-G
  • 30m
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7.0/10
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The misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbors of Hooterville.The misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbors of Hooterville.The misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbors of Hooterville.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3.3K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,614
198
    • Paul Henning
  • Stars
    • Edgar Buchanan
    • Linda Henning
    • Bea Benaderet
    • Paul Henning
  • Stars
    • Edgar Buchanan
    • Linda Henning
    • Bea Benaderet
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    • 7Critic reviews
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    Bea Benaderet, Smiley Burnette, Rufe Davis, and Roy Roberts in Petticoat Junction (1963)
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    Edgar Buchanan
    Edgar Buchanan
    • Uncle Joe Carson
    Linda Henning
    Linda Henning
    • Betty Jo Bradley
    Bea Benaderet
    Bea Benaderet
    • Kate Bradley
    Frank Cady
    Frank Cady
    • Sam Drucker
    Lori Saunders
    Lori Saunders
    • Bobbie Jo Bradley
    Rufe Davis
    Rufe Davis
    • Floyd Smoot
    Meredith MacRae
    Meredith MacRae
    • Billie Jo Bradley
    Mike Minor
    Mike Minor
    • Steve Elliott…
    Smiley Burnette
    Smiley Burnette
    • Charley Pratt
    Jeannine Riley
    Jeannine Riley
    • Billie Jo Bradley
    Pat Woodell
    Pat Woodell
    • Bobbie Jo Bradley
    June Lockhart
    June Lockhart
    • Dr. Janet Craig
    Gunilla Hutton
    Gunilla Hutton
    • Billie Jo Bradley
    Charles Lane
    Charles Lane
    • Homer Bedloe
    Byron Foulger
    Byron Foulger
    • Wendell Gibbs…
    Elvia Allman
    Elvia Allman
    • Selma Plout…
    Kay E. Kuter
    Kay E. Kuter
    • Newt Kiley
    Jack Bannon
    Jack Bannon
    • Roger Budd…
      • Paul Henning
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    • Trivia
      Based on the stories told to Paul Henning by his wife, who had spent summers in Eldon, Missouri, at a small hotel located near the train station.
    • Goofs
      With the Shady Rest miles from any town, and the only road a badly rutted fire road, the Cannonball was supposedly the only way to get to the Hotel. As the years unwind, however, the writers ignored this fact more and more and have characters arriving without any regard to when, or from where, the Cannonball arrived. Sometimes, person(s) A would enter the hotel immediately after the train gets in, and then a few minutes later person(s) B would enter, but person(s) A never saw them on the train. Other times, people arrive at the hotel, and then a few minutes later the train arrives.
    • Alternate versions
      2003 DVD release of four first-season episodes by Brentwood Entertainment replaces the well-known opening theme with an uncredited, instrumental piece of music.
    • Connections
      Featured in Pardon My Blooper (1974)

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    Petticoat Junction
    Hi, everyone. I'm Roy. Petticoat Junction was already halfway through its first season when I first got to view it. This would be February 1964 and I was nine going on ten. I was already hooked on The Beverly Hillbillies and had grown fond of the rural sensibilities of that show. My home town, Fresno California, was a lot like Hooterville in the '50s and '60s.

    After seeing my very first episode, which was Last Chance Farm, I knew that I wanted to continue watching the show. I can't really specify what it was about the first episode. I did develop a crush on the youngest daughter, Betty Jo, but that wouldn't happen for weeks. In the meantime I enjoyed watching Kate outwit Homer Bedloe and also looked forward to seeing what Uncle Joe's latest moneymaking scheme would be. Tuesday night (when it originally aired) actually broke up my school week. It was like getting an extra weekend because I enjoyed it so much.

    I didn't get to see the pilot episode until the first season had gone to reruns. I remember that night my Mom's brother and his family had arrived from Alabama to visit all the California relatives, and poor Mom had to keep pulling me away from the TV telling me I could watch that anytime. But this was the pilot! I didn't know how to get that point across.

    But I certainly concur with everyone who has commented favorably on the first two seasons. They were, for me also, the best. While my favorite Billie Jo was Meredith, who didn't come along until the fourth season, I always liked what Jeannine brought to the character during her time on the show, and Pat Woodell's portrayal of Bobbie Jo.

    I was fortunate enough to meet four of the actresses (Linda Henning, Lori Saunders, Jeannine Riley and Gunilla Hutton) at the celebrities conventions held in Southern California. All were sweethearts, just like their characters. I also remember getting jazzed when I heard that TV Land was going to air the first two seasons. But that wound up not happening, and my understanding is that the demand wasn't strong enough. I realize PJ had, and has, something of an esoteric appeal, and isn't a show that's generically referred to the way its sibling shows, Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres, are. That said, though, I discovered six years ago through the miracle of the Internet that I wasn't the only viewer on the planet Earth who appreciated the show as much as I did. I've gotten to meet some other fans who have become some of my closest friends. I'm a regular poster at the Shady Rest Forum, where we have some great discussions and share memories of the series. Sadly, it hasn't aired in the United States since March, 2000, when TV Land pulled it off the air, and I sincerely wish that one of the networks, if not TV Land, would bring it back.

    -Roy
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    • aguything
    • May 12, 2005

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    • Release date
      • September 24, 1963 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Sierra Railroad, Jamestown, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Filmways Television
      • McCadden Productions
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    • 30 minutes
      • Black and White
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