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Petticoat Junction

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Season 0

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  7: Season 1 Episode 1 Introduction

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  8: Season 1 Episode 2 Introduction

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  9: Season 1 Episode 3 Introduction

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  10: Season 1 Episode 4 Introduction

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  11: Season 1 Episode 5 Introduction

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  12: Season 1 Episode 6 Introduction

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  13: Season 1 Episode 7 Introduction

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  14: Season 1 Episode 8 Introduction

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  15: Season 1 Episode 9 Introduction

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  16: Season 1 Episode 10 Introduction

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  17: Season 1 Episode 11 Introduction

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  18: Season 1 Episode 12 Introduction

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  19: Season 1 Episode 13 Introduction

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  20: Season 1 Episode 14 Introduction

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  21: Season 1 Episode 15 Introduction

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  22: Season 1 Episode 16 Introduction

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  23: Season 1 Episode 17 Introduction

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  24: Season 1 Episode 18 Introduction

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  25: Season 1 Episode 19 Introduction

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  26: Season 1 Episode 20 Introduction

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  27: Season 1 Episode 21 Introduction

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  1: Original Sponsor Spots

  Some of the classic in-character product advertisements with the cast of Petticoat Junction.

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  2: Interview With Paul Henning

  Paul Henning talks about his life and Petticoat Junction.

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  3: Interview Part 1

  Interview with Linda Kaye Henning and Pay Woodell: Interview with Bobbie Jo and Betty Jo Bradley, who discuss their time on Petticoat Junction (Part 1)

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  4: Interview Part 2

  Interview with Linda Kaye Henning and Pay Woodell: Interview with Bobbie Jo and Betty Jo Bradley, who discuss their time on Petticoat Junction (Part 2)

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  5: Photo Gallery

  Promotional photos of the cast

• _{Sunday, March 22nd, 1964}

  6: Ed Sullivan Show Appearance

  The Petticoat Junction girls spoof the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show

Season 1

• _{Tuesday, September 24th, 1963}

  1: Spur Line to Shady Rest

  Homer Bedloe from the railroad company tries to shut down the Cannonball train, but he's no match for Kate Bradley of the Shady Rest.

• _{Tuesday, October 1st, 1963}

  2: Quick, Hide the Railroad

  To save the Cannonball, Kate hatches a scheme to hide its aging engine.

• _{Tuesday, October 8th, 1963}

  3: The President Who Came to Dinner

  The railroad president comes to town to shut down the Cannonball but becomes enchanted by the staff of the Shady Rest.

• _{Tuesday, October 15th, 1963}

  4: Is There a Doctor in the Roundhouse?

  No one can attend Kate's Shady Rest Jamboree after Norman Curtis makes the Cannonball inoperative.

• _{Tuesday, October 22nd, 1963}

  5: The Courtship of Floyd Smoot

  Kate pretends to fall in love with Floyd after his bad experience with a mail-order bride.

• _{Tuesday, October 29th, 1963}

  6: Please Buy My Violets

  Joe goes into the cologne business.

• _{Tuesday, November 5th, 1963}

  7: The Ringer

  Betty Jo's skill at pitching horseshoes threatens the title owned by annual champion Pixley Fats.

• _{Tuesday, November 12th, 1963}

  8: Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb

  Kate counsels Bobbie Jo in the ways of attracting men.

• _{Tuesday, November 19th, 1963}

  9: The Little Train Robbery

  The Cannonball's bank shipment is the target of two young train robbers.

• _{Tuesday, November 26th, 1963}

  10: Bedloe Strikes Again

  When Bedloe plots to have his superiors ride the Cannonball, Kate leads a plan to give the executives first-class service.

• _{Tuesday, December 3rd, 1963}

  11: Uncle Joe's Replacement

  When Kate hires Herbie to boost his self-confidence, Joe thinks he's being put out to pasture.

• _{Tuesday, December 10th, 1963}

  12: Honeymoon Hotel

  Uncle Joe tries to make the Shady Rest into a honeymoon hotel.

• _{Tuesday, December 17th, 1963}

  13: A Night at the Hooterville Hilton

  A brochure describing the Shady Rest of the future is prematurely mailed to a Hooterville travel columnist.

• _{Tuesday, December 24th, 1963}

  14: Cannonball Christmas

  Bedloe plans to stop the Cannonball from making its traditional Christmas caroling tour.

• _{Tuesday, December 31st, 1963}

  15: Herbie Gets Drafted

  Billie Jo's suitor Herbie Bates is drafted into the armed services.

• _{Tuesday, January 7th, 1964}

  16: Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik

  Bobbie Jo is enamored with a visiting beatnik poet.

• _{Tuesday, January 14th, 1964}

  17: My Daughter, the Doctor

  Billie Jo receives $500 that her late father designated for her to become a doctor, but she wants to be an actress instead.

• _{Tuesday, January 21st, 1964}

  18: Hooterville vs. Hollywood

  Kate confers with Judge Drucker to see if she can legally prevent Billie Jo from going to Hollywood.

• _{Tuesday, January 28th, 1964}

  19: Visit from a Big Star

  A movie idol wants to hide away from the spotlight at the Shady Rest.

• _{Tuesday, February 4th, 1964}

  20: Last Chance Farm

  Uncle Joe tells two plump ladies that the Shady Rest is a reducing farm.

• _{Tuesday, February 11th, 1964}

  21: The Very Old Antique

  Bedloe returns with a retired railroad tycoon who is interested in buying the Cannonball.

• _{Tuesday, February 18th, 1964}

  22: The Art Game

  When Uncle Joe sells a painting for its valuable frame, he thinks he's on the road to artistic success.

• _{Tuesday, February 25th, 1964}

  23: Betty Jo's First Love

  Betty Jo's first crush is more interested in tinkering with cars than romance.

• _{Tuesday, March 3rd, 1964}

  24: Behind All Silver, There's a Cloud Lining

  Uncle Joe drums up business by spreading rumors about a silver strike in the area.

• _{Tuesday, March 10th, 1964}

  25: The Talent Contest

  Uncle Joe promotes a talent contest and tries to ensure that one of his three nieces wins.

• _{Tuesday, March 17th, 1964}

  26: Kate and the Manpower Problem

  Kate's old school pal conspires with the girls to round up some marriage prospects for Kate.

• _{Tuesday, March 24th, 1964}

  27: The Ladybugs

  Uncle Joe tries to cash in on Beatlemania by casting his nieces in a musical group.

• _{Tuesday, March 31st, 1964}

  28: The Hooterville Flivverball

  Uncle Joe tries to start his own railroad, powered by Orville Miggs' broken-down car.

• _{Tuesday, April 7th, 1964}

  29: Kate, the Stockholder

  When Bedloe again tries to shutter the Cannonball, Kate foils his plans by buying stock in the railroad.

• _{Tuesday, April 14th, 1964}

  30: Kate and the Dowager

  Kate's bank loan depends on a visiting socialite's recommendation of the Shady Rest.

• _{Tuesday, April 21st, 1964}

  31: Charley Abandons the Cannonball

  Feeling neglected, Charley quits his job as engineer of the Cannonball.

• _{Tuesday, April 28th, 1964}

  32: Dog Days at Shady Rest

  Railroad president Norman Curtis sends his dog on a vacation at the Shady Rest.

• _{Tuesday, May 5th, 1964}

  33: A Millionaire for Kate

  Kate is visited by an old schoolmate who has become a millionaire, but Uncle Joe has him pegged as a con artist.

• _{Tuesday, May 12th, 1964}

  34: Bedloe and Son

  Bedloe returns to with his son, who is as hateful and devious as his father.

• _{Tuesday, May 19th, 1964}

  35: Local Girl Makes Good

  A business executive returns home to Hooterville and impresses the locals with her administrative ability and her handling of men.

• _{Tuesday, May 26th, 1964}

  36: Cave Woman

  Kate is trapped by a cave-in just when the Shady Rest is a candidate for hosting a big convention.

• _{Tuesday, June 2nd, 1964}

  37: Kate, Flat on Her Back

  With Kate incapacitated, Joe and the girls try to win the business of a large convention.

• _{Tuesday, June 9th, 1964}

  38: The Genghis Keane Story

  When a notoriously tough former schoolteacher visits, Kate and the girls plot to get her back into teaching.

Season 2

• _{Tuesday, September 22nd, 1964}

  1: Betty Jo's Dog

  Betty Jo has a new friend, a little dog that follows her around, but Kate says the animal must go.

• _{Tuesday, September 29th, 1964}

  2: Race Against the Stork

  Kate's friend, Elsie, comes to stay at Shady Rest while waiting to have her baby, and a nervous Uncle Joe immediately works out a master plan to get a doctor to Shady Rest when the crucial time arrives

• _{Tuesday, October 6th, 1964}

  3: Have Library, Will Travel

  Uncle Joe has grown extremely fond of pretty librarian Phyllis Marsh, who has set up a traveling library in the baggage car of the Hooterville Cannonball

• _{Tuesday, October 13th, 1964}

  4: The Umquaw Strip

  Homer Bedloe sees an opportunity to close down the Hooterville Cannonball when he learns that an Indian tribe has legal title to the land the Cannonball's tracks are on

• _{Tuesday, October 27th, 1964}

  5: As Hooterville Goes

  Hooterville will have to go some to retain its record as the first community in the state to file election returns--Crabwell Corners has got itself an automatic voting machine

• _{Tuesday, November 10th, 1964}

  6: My Dog the Actor

  Billie Jo enters a picture of the family dog in a pet-food company's contest, and the mutt is selected one of five finalists.

• _{Tuesday, November 17th, 1964}

  7: The Great Buffalo Hunt

  Uncle Joe shocks Kate by bringing home a buffalo! It's part of his scheme to dupe a wealthy British sportsman into coming to "Shady Rest Hunting Lodge

• _{Tuesday, November 24th, 1964}

  8: Betty Jo's Pen Pal

  Shady Rest has an exotic guest: Betty Jo's Japanese pen pal Nobuko

• _{Tuesday, December 1st, 1964}

  9: Bedloe's Nightmare

  Homer Bedloe, the Hooterville Cannonball's arch-enemy, has been having terrible nightmares about the train. To get rid of them, his psychiatrist suggests that he "learn to love" the Cannonball

• _{Tuesday, December 8th, 1964}

  10: Kate's Bachelor Butter

  Food salesman Jack Crandall, a passenger on the Cannonball, is stunned when the train stops just so Charley and Floyd can pick apples for Kate's special recipe: Bachelor Butter

• _{Tuesday, December 15th, 1964}

  11: Mother of the Bride

  Rumor has it that Billie Jo is secretly engaged to Dan Plout, who is none other than the son of Kate's arch-enemy, Selma Plout.

• _{Tuesday, December 29th, 1964}

  12: The Lost Patrol

  Shady Rest is invaded by the Army, which is conducting maneuvers in the area, and some of the troops are more interested in Kate's daughters than they are in the war games.

• _{Tuesday, January 5th, 1965}

  13: Smoke-Eaters

  The members of the Hooterville Volunteer Fire Department Band are trying to raise money because without it, they cannot establish a Hooterville Volunteer Fire Department.

• _{Tuesday, January 12th, 1965}

  14: The Curse of Chester W. Farnsworth

  Uncle Joe is convinced that Shady Rest is haunted by the ghost of Chester W. Farnsworth, a guest at the hotel some fifty years ago.

• _{Tuesday, January 19th, 1965}

  15: There's No Flame Like an Old Flame

  Uncle Joe has begun corresponding with the Widow Perkins, an old flame who left Joe standing at the altar - and then married the best man.

• _{Tuesday, January 26th, 1965}

  16: Billie Jo's First Job

  Billie Jo has landed her first job, but Kate's not so sure she approves: Billie's going to be private secretary to novelist Oliver Fenton, whose books have been banned in Hooterville

• _{Tuesday, February 2nd, 1965}

  17: A Matter of Communication

  It's some miles to the nearest telephone and the girls are beginning to feel like social outcasts, but Kate can't afford to have a special line run to Shady Rest. Uncle Joe devises a scheme to connect all of the phone-less citizens of Hooterville using barbed wire hooked to Army surplus phones.

• _{Tuesday, February 9th, 1965}

  18: Kate Bradley, Girl Volunteer

  Hooterville's embarrassed volunteer firemen, unable to put out a blaze on the Cannonball, have to call for outside help.

• _{Tuesday, February 16th, 1965}

  19: Hooterville Crime Wave

  As Hooterville's bounty hunter, Uncle Joe may finally get the chance to capture someone: Two escaped convicts are in the area.

• _{Tuesday, February 23rd, 1965}

  20: For the Birds

  The Cannonball must temporarily cease operations: A bird has established a nest in the train's smokestack. Needless to say, Homer Bedloe tries to turn the situation to his advantage

• _{Tuesday, March 2nd, 1965}

  21: Modern Merchandising

  Sam Drucker's customers at the general store are deserting him to shop at a new supermarket in nearby Pixley

• _{Tuesday, March 9th, 1965}

  22: Visit From the Governor

  Uncle Joe wants to invite the governor of the state to visit Hooterville, but no one will support his proposal

• _{Tuesday, March 16th, 1965}

  23: A Borderline Story

  Surveyors discover that Shady Rest straddles the county border and Uncle Joe plans to play this up as a sure-fire tourist attraction.

• _{Tuesday, March 23rd, 1965}

  24: The Shady Rest Hotel Corporation

  The hotel needs a new water heater and Uncle Joe wants to pay for it by selling stock in the Shady Rest Hotel Corporation.

• _{Tuesday, March 30th, 1965}

  25: A Tale of Two Dogs

  Hooterville is feuding with neighboring Crabwell Corners over possession of a Spanish-American cannon, and Betty Jo is feuding with Tad Winslow of that town over who has the better dog

• _{Tuesday, April 6th, 1965}

  26: The Black Box

  A top-secret Air Force camera, equipped with a detonating device to prevent its capture, falls out of a plane--and lands at Shady Rest.

• _{Tuesday, April 13th, 1965}

  27: Bedloe's Most Fiendish Scheme

  Homer Bedloe has arranged for the Pixley Bank to foreclose on Kate Bradley's mortgage, so Uncle Joe and the daughters are forced to seek employment

• _{Tuesday, April 20th, 1965}

  28: Bedloe Gets His Comeuppance

  Betty Jo's pal, Willie, has a knack for predicting the right outcome of each roulette spin. Uncle Joe tries to use his ability to save the whole valley from the foreclosing wrath of Pixley Bank President, Homer Bedloe.

• _{Tuesday, April 27th, 1965}

  29: The Mayor of Hooterville

  Uncle Joe thinks it's time Hooterville elected a mayor and he has an excellent candidate in mind: himself.

• _{Tuesday, May 4th, 1965}

  30: Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Jinx?

  No one in Hooterville wants any part of Uncle Joe, for the word's around that he is a jinx

• _{Tuesday, May 11th, 1965}

  31: The Chicken Killer

  Dog Catcher Hinky Mittenfloss, who's been after the Bradley dog for some time, locks up the pooch on charges of killing a farmer's chickens.

• _{Tuesday, May 18th, 1965}

  32: Why Girls Leave Home

  A music professor recommends that would-be singer Bobbie Jo go to New York for singing lessons, Billie Jo wins a chance for a screen-test in Hollywood, and Betty Jo earns a scholarship at a school in New Hampshire. Kate only has enough money to send one off to take advantage of their once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so who will it be?

• _{Tuesday, May 25th, 1965}

  33: There's No Stove Like an Old Stove

  Fed up with chopping wood for Kate's old wood-burner, Uncle Joe cooks up a scheme to get her to buy a new stove.

• _{Tuesday, June 1st, 1965}

  34: The Brontosaurus Caper

  Betty Jo has given up baseball to dedicate her life to science--or at least to her handsome new science teacher

• _{Tuesday, June 8th, 1965}

  35: The Hairbrained Scheme

  Uncle Joe buys a goat which he hopes to milk for millions--by peddling the milk as a hair-growing balm to aid Hooterville's numerous bald citizens.

• _{Tuesday, June 15th, 1965}

  36: There's No Business With Show Business

  Circus boss Harry Harmon has heard about Uncle Joe's reputation as an easy mark, and he plans to con Joe into letting the flat-broke circus troupe take up lodging at Shady Rest.

Season 3

• _{Tuesday, September 14th, 1965}

  1: Dear Minerva

  Kate become an anonymous celebrity when she writes a lovelorn column for the local paper.

• _{Tuesday, September 21st, 1965}

  2: The Baffling Raffle

  Uncle Joe gets into trouble trying when he tries get his winning raffle ticket from Kate Bradley who is serving on a jury.

• _{Tuesday, September 28th, 1965}

  3: The Dog Turns Playboy

  The Shady Rest Dog becomes wealthy when a lawyer arrives at the hotel to announces that the dog has inherited $200

• _{Tuesday, October 5th, 1965}

  4: The Good Luck Ring

  Bobbie Jo conts on a "good luck" ring to help her win a spelling contest.

• _{Tuesday, October 12th, 1965}

  5: Joe Carson, General Contractor

  Uncle Joe pretends he is a general contractor so he can make a few dollars handling the renovation of the Green Acres farmhouse.

• _{Tuesday, October 26th, 1965}

  6: Bobbie Jo's Sorority

  Bobbie Joe must accomplish a seemingly impossible feat in order to quality for memership in Hooterville High's School's only sorrity.

• _{Tuesday, November 2nd, 1965}

  7: A Doctor in the House

  Ths Shady Rest Hotel acquires a house physician, much to the distress of proprietor Kate.

• _{Tuesday, November 9th, 1965}

  8: Hooterville A-Go-Go

  Kate's daughters clamor for her to invite rock'n roll star King Ring-a-Ding to perform at a benefit show.

• _{Tuesday, November 16th, 1965}

  9: Hooterville Hurricane

  Uncle Joe becomes a fight promoter when he meets up with a young local plumber with the size and strength of a gorilla.

• _{Tuesday, November 23rd, 1965}

  10: Betty Jo Goes to New York

  A week in New York City transforms Betty Jo from a country girl into a svelte sophisticate.

• _{Tuesday, November 30th, 1965}

  11: Bedloe's Successor

  Homer Bedloe's,arch-enemy of the Hooterville Cannonball,returns to Hooterville Valley in adject disgrace and poverty.

• _{Tuesday, December 7th, 1965}

  12: The Crowded Wedding Ring

  One of Kate's olf flames pays a visit,but his efforts to rekindle their romance are thwarted by his dominating sister.

• _{Tuesday, December 14th, 1965}

  13: Uncle Joe Plays Post Office

  Uncle Joe becomes the new postmaster of Hooterville and moves the post office to the Shady Rest hotel.

• _{Tuesday, December 21st, 1965}

  14: What's a Trajectory?

  The Shady Rest hotel is visited by a mysterious and affluent guest, whom Uncle Joe deduces is a bank robber.

• _{Tuesday, December 28th, 1965}

  15: The Butler Did It

  Bobbie Joe enters a contest sponmsored by Gibney's Old English Tomato Sauce and wins first priza-an English bulter.

• _{Tuesday, January 4th, 1966}

  16: Better Never Than Late

  Kate battles rural postmasters to recover an ill-advised letter from the mails.

• _{Tuesday, January 11th, 1966}

  17: Betty Jo Catches the Bouquet

  Tomboy Betty Jo goes looking for a husband on the premise that fate has singles her out to become thhe next bride in the community.

• _{Tuesday, January 18th, 1966}

  18: Billie Jo's Independence Day

  Billie Jo moves out from under her mother's roof and discovers that independence has it's drawbacks.

• _{Tuesday, January 25th, 1966}

  19: Yogurt, Anyone?

  High- schooler Betty Jo poses as a college coed to gain the interest of a handsome college boy.

• _{Tuesday, February 1st, 1966}

  20: Only Boy in the Class

  Bobbie Jo takes pity on the only boy in her home economics class and induces her mother to help him win a passing grade.

• _{Tuesday, February 8th, 1966}

  21: The County Fair

  All the Bradley's expect to be a big winner in the contests they enter at the county-fair until Uncle Joe gives them a hand.

• _{Tuesday, February 15th, 1966}

  22: Jury at the Shady Rest

  Gluttonous jurors,lodged at the Shady Rest hotel, refuse to reach a verdict because they like Kate's food so much.

• _{Tuesday, February 22nd, 1966}

  23: The Invisible Mr. Dobble

  Kate believes she has lost her mind when she finds that one of her guests at the Shady Rest hotel is invisable.

• _{Tuesday, March 1st, 1966}

  24: It's Not the Principle, It's the Money

  Kate tries to refurbish the Shady Rest hotel to attract conventions, while Uncle Joe plans to make it a shambles to reduce taxes.

• _{Tuesday, March 8th, 1966}

  25: War of the Hotels

  Kate fights a no0holds-barred "hotel war" with Murdock Sneep, unscrupulous operator plane of the rival Pixley Hotel.

• _{Tuesday, March 15th, 1966}

  26: The Windfall

  On an excursion to Pixley[ostensibly to look for a job], Uncle Joe stumbles on a fortune in buried money.

• _{Tuesday, March 22nd, 1966}

  27: Second Honeymoon

  Uncle's Joe solicitude threatens the 10-year marriage of a couple who have returned to the Shady Rest for a second honeymoon.

• _{Tuesday, March 29th, 1966}

  28: Kate Sells the Hotel

  Convinced that her daughters would like to move to New York, Kate clinches a deal to sell the Shady Rest hotel.

• _{Tuesday, April 5th, 1966}

  29: Kate Bradley, Peacemaker

  Kate acts as peacemaker when a feud between Floyd and Charley threatens to end the operation of the Hooterville Cannonball.

• _{Tuesday, April 12th, 1966}

  30: Whatever Happened to Betty Jo?

  Beety Jo fails to return home fro school on time, and her alarmed mother concludes she has run away to get married.

• _{Tuesday, April 19th, 1966}

  31: Every Bachelor Should Have a Family

• _{Tuesday, April 26th, 1966}

  32: The Young Matchmakers

  Widow Kate's three daughters organize a lonely hearts club to find eligible bachelors for her.

• _{Tuesday, May 3rd, 1966}

  33: Hooterville Valley Project

• _{Tuesday, May 10th, 1966}

  34: Betty Jo's Bike

  The Shady Rest hotel becomes a giant nursery when Betty's Jo's baby-sitting business falls into the lap of her mother, Kate.

Season 4

• _{Tuesday, September 13th, 1966}

  1: Young Love

  Uncle Joe starts a Free Wedding and Honeymoon Contest to promote business for the Shady Rest Hotel

• _{Tuesday, September 20th, 1966}

  2: Birdman of Shady Rest

  A young crop-dusting pilot makes a crash landing near the Shady Rest Hotel and an equally hard impact on Kate Bradley's daughters

• _{Tuesday, September 27th, 1966}

  3: Hooterville, You're All Heart

  Steve Elliott is about to lose his crop-dusting plane unless he can get up an overdue payment

• _{Tuesday, October 4th, 1966}

  4: He Loves Us, He Loves Us Not

• _{Tuesday, October 11th, 1966}

  5: The All-Night Party

  Kate Bradley forbids Bobbie Jo to join her junior-college chums for an all-night outing on the town

• _{Tuesday, October 18th, 1966}

  6: Cannonball, Inc.

  Hooterville residents, taking over operation of the Cannonball, demand so many changes that the train's crew decides to quit.

• _{Tuesday, October 25th, 1966}

  7: Kate Grounds Selma Plout

  Kate Bradley tangles with Selma Plout when Selma tries to lure pilot Steve Elliott into marriage with her daughter

• _{Tuesday, November 1st, 1966}

  8: The Almost Annual Charity Show

  Kate Bradley loses her regular post as producer of Hooterville's almost annual charity show to her conniving arch-enemy, Selma Plout.

• _{Tuesday, November 15th, 1966}

  9: How Bugged Was My Valley

  Hooterville is thrown into chaos when Uncle Joe tries to scare up some crop-dusting business for Steve Elliott

• _{Tuesday, November 22nd, 1966}

  10: Twenty-Five Years Too Late

  The presence of a competitor for Kate's hand motivates storekeeper Sam Drucker to confess his longstanding secret passion for her.

• _{Tuesday, November 29th, 1966}

  11: The Runt Strikes Back

  Betty Jo dumbfounds her disdainful elder sisters by landing a date for the dance with two handsome men

• _{Tuesday, December 13th, 1966}

  12: Is There a Doctor in the Valley?

  Homer Bedloe tries to stop the Cannonball when he finds that the train's schedule has been altered for medical purposes.

• _{Tuesday, December 20th, 1966}

  13: The Santa Claus Special

  Scrooge-like Homer Bedloe derails Kate's plan for Christmas Eve caroling and gift-distributing aboard the Hooterville Cannonball

• _{Tuesday, December 27th, 1966}

  14: My Daughter the Secretary

  Kate Bradley's perennial foe, Selma Plout, schemes to cheat Kate's daughter, Billie Jo, out of a weekend in "Excitement City".

• _{Tuesday, January 3rd, 1967}

  15: The Rise and Fall of a Tycoon

  The Cannonball service creaks to a halt when Uncle Joe becomes General Manager of the Hooterville railroad

• _{Tuesday, January 17th, 1967}

  16: His Highness the Dog

  The Shady Rest Hotel is beset by dog problems when Uncle Joe tries to make a quick buck as a dog-sitter

• _{Tuesday, January 24th, 1967}

  17: Girls! Girls! Girls!

  Jealousy permeates the Shady Rest Hotel when the Bradley girls invite each other's boyfriends to the Turnabout Dance.

• _{Tuesday, January 31st, 1967}

  18: Temperance, Temperance

  Kate Bradley sells the virtues of human kindness to a touring temperance lecturer who is neglecting his small son

• _{Tuesday, February 7th, 1967}

  19: A Star is Born

  Residents of the Shady Rest Hotel are thrown into a turmoil when a talent contest is held in Hooterville

• _{Tuesday, February 14th, 1967}

  20: Shoplifter at the Shady Rest

• _{Tuesday, February 21st, 1967}

  21: Don't Call Us

  Billie Jo lands her first professional singing engagement, one night at the Flamingo Room in the Springdale Hotel

• _{Tuesday, February 28th, 1967}

  22: Hey, Look Me Over

  Billie Jo Bradley becomes jealous of her sweetheart, aviator Steve Elliott, and her youngest sister, Betty Jo.

• _{Tuesday, March 7th, 1967}

  23: That's Max?

  Billie Jo is stunned when Steve Elliott all but announces that he is about to marry a former girl friend

• _{Tuesday, March 14th, 1967}

  24: The Fishing Derby

  To boost business at the Shady Rest, Uncle Joe and Sam Drucker promote a fishing contest but delay paying for the prize merchandise.

• _{Tuesday, March 21st, 1967}

  25: Kate's Big Deal

  Kate Bradley's daughters are first for, then against, their mother's plan to sell the Shady Rest Hotel

• _{Tuesday, March 28th, 1967}

  26: Author! Author!

  Kate Bradley becomes worried when Bobbie Jo begins associating with a strange group of friends after she wins a poetry award.

• _{Tuesday, April 4th, 1967}

  27: Steve's Ol' Buddy

  The arrival of an old Air Force buddy endangers Steve Elliott's status with the Bradley sisters

• _{Tuesday, April 11th, 1967}

  28: That Was the Night That Was

  Kate Bradley's Shady Rest Hotel is patronized by a guest who gives every indication of being from outer space.

• _{Tuesday, April 18th, 1967}

  29: The Eternal Rectangle

  Bobbie Jo and Betty Jo compete for the favor of Steve Elliott, heretofore the boyfriend of their sister, Billie Jo.

• _{Tuesday, April 25th, 1967}

  30: Kate's Cousin Mae

• _{Tuesday, May 2nd, 1967}

  31: A House Divided

  It's the males vs. the females when an increase in population requires the election of a new county supervisor

• _{Tuesday, May 9th, 1967}

  32: Go Away, Fat

  The Shady Rest Hotel becomes a "diet farm" when Cousin Mae brings in an overweight girl and starts a weight reduction program.

Season 5

• _{Saturday, September 9th, 1967}

  1: Is This My Daughter?

  Folks at the Shady Rest hotel find Betty Jo extremely changed after a trip to Europe[her graduation present].

• _{Saturday, September 16th, 1967}

  2: It's Not Easy to Be a Mother

  Kate puts herself in a foolish position when she becomes overly suspicious of one of her daughter's actions.

• _{Saturday, September 23rd, 1967}

  3: One Dozen Roses

  A romantic problem develops when Betty Jo finds she has a secret admirer.

• _{Saturday, September 30th, 1967}

  4: You Know I Can't Hear You When the Thunder is Clapping

  Kate faces a mother's problem when the youngest of her three daughters falls in love.

• _{Saturday, October 7th, 1967}

  5: Pop Goes the Question

  Thanks to Uncle's Joe's loose tongue, everybody in the valley knows that steve is going to marry Betty Jo-- except Betty Jo.

• _{Saturday, October 14th, 1967}

  6: A Cottage for Two

  Betty's Jo's ramshackle"dream house"momentarily disrupts her romance with Steve.

• _{Saturday, October 21st, 1967}

  7: Mind If We Join Your Wedding

  Floyd Smoot, suddenly engaged to none other than Selma Plout, convinces Steve Elliott that he and Betty Jo should have a double wedding.

• _{Saturday, October 28th, 1967}

  8: Meet the In-Laws

  Steve's parents pay an unexpected visit to meet the Bradley family--and to sample Betty's Jo highly touted cooking.

• _{Saturday, November 4th, 1967}

  9: With This Gown I Thee Wed

  Betty Jo faces a perplexing problems as her wedding day draws near--she has four gowns to wear.

• _{Saturday, November 11th, 1967}

  10: Hawaii Calling

  Kate expects a long-distance call at Sam's store from Betty Jo and Steve in Hawaii, and Hooterville goes wild with excitement.

• _{Saturday, November 18th, 1967}

  11: Kate's Birthday

  Kate fears that her honeymooning daughter and son-in-law have forgotten her birthday.

• _{Saturday, November 25th, 1967}

  12: The Honeymoon is Over

  Newlyweds Steve and Betty Jo Elliott have first spat--over Steve's first night out with the boys.

• _{Saturday, December 2nd, 1967}

  13: A Horse On You, Mr. Bedloe

  Railroad executive Homer Bedloe shows up again with a new scheme to get the Cannonball discontinued.

• _{Saturday, December 9th, 1967}

  14: Kate's Day in Court

  Kate decides to contest a jaywalking ticket she receives in Pixley.

• _{Saturday, December 16th, 1967}

  15: Uncle Joe and the Master Plan

  Uncle Joe attempts to upgrade the facilies of the Shady Rest hotel to impress representative of a hotel association.

• _{Saturday, December 23rd, 1967}

  16: All That Buzzes Ain't Bees

  Uncle Joe's entry into the beekeeping business disrupts newlyweds Steve and Betty JO Elliott.

• _{Saturday, December 30th, 1967}

  17: All Sales Final

  Steve and Betty Jo each bor new furniture fro their home without telling the other about it.

• _{Saturday, January 6th, 1968}

  18: The Power of the Press

  As two crusading newpapers reporters,Bobbie Jo and her boyfriend take overe the "Hooterville World Guardian."

• _{Saturday, January 13th, 1968}

  19: Steve, the Apple Polisher

  Newlywed Betty Jo encourages husband Steven to become an apple polisher to secure a lucative crop--dusting contract.

• _{Saturday, January 20th, 1968}

  20: The Barber Shop Quartet

  Uncle Joe's proclivity for off-key singing prompts his dismissal from a barber shop quartet-- just before a local talent contest.

• _{Saturday, January 27th, 1968}

  21: Higgins Come Home

  A feud develops over the Bradley family dog's apparently divided loyalty.

• _{Saturday, February 3rd, 1968}

  22: Girl of Our Dreams

  Changes due to middle age make Uncle Joe and Sam Drucker unrecognizable to a girl they both once courted.

• _{Saturday, February 10th, 1968}

  23: Uncle Joe Runs the Hotel

  Uncle Joe takes over the Shady Rest and is almost run out of town for allegedly tossing out on old for non-payment of rent.

• _{Saturday, February 17th, 1968}

  24: Billie Jo's First Record

  A slick, big--city promotion man concocts a phony publicity build-up to promote Billie Jo's first record.

• _{Saturday, February 24th, 1968}

  25: Mae's Helping Hand

  Cousin Mae wrecks havoc at the Shady Rest hotel, until Aunt Helen comes to the rescue.

• _{Saturday, March 2nd, 1968}

  26: Bad Day at Shady Rest

  "Deputy" Joe Carson captures a desperate bank robber with the help of Aunt Helen and a war-surplus life raft.

• _{Saturday, March 9th, 1968}

  27: Cannonball for Sale

• _{Saturday, March 16th, 1968}

  28: My Pal Sam

  Sam Drucker's vacation at the Shady Rest hotel turns out to be a big disappoitment for Uncle Joe.

• _{Saturday, March 23rd, 1968}

  29: Ring-a-Ding-Ding

  Betty Jo and Steve swear never to remove their wedding rings,but the next day she accidentally drops hers down the drain of the kitchen sink.

• _{Saturday, March 30th, 1968}

  30: Kate's Homecoming

  Kate comes home and finds everything normal--there's a mix up on where to meet her, and fireworks set the Pixley depot ablaze.

Season 6

• _{Saturday, September 28th, 1968}

  1: Birthplace of a Future President

  Betty Jo and Steve argue about where their unborn baby should be born

• _{Saturday, October 5th, 1968}

  2: The Singing Sweethearts

  Betty Jo reluctantly appears on a live television program as a member of "The Singing Sweethearts."

• _{Saturday, October 19th, 1968}

  3: Only a Husband

  The attention lavished on the expecting Betty Jo makes Steve feel left out, so he goes fishing with uncle Joe.

• _{Saturday, October 26th, 1968}

  4: The Valley Has a Baby

  The pregnant Betty Jo is ready to have her baby but problems arise when Wendell, the conductor won't wake up and Betty Jo has to drive the train herself

• _{Saturday, November 2nd, 1968}

  5: Granny, the Baby Expert

  Granny goes to Hooterville to take care of Betty Jo's new baby, but loses her glasses and mistakes the family dog for the child.

• _{Saturday, November 9th, 1968}

  6: Wings

  Richard Arlen and Buddy Rogers arrive for a premiere of "Wings"--40 years late.

• _{Saturday, November 16th, 1968}

  7: The Lady Doctor

  Doc Stuart's new associate turns out to be an attractive woman, which seems to displease everyone in Hooterville.

• _{Saturday, November 23rd, 1968}

  8: The Sneaky Ways of a Woman Who Is Both Beautiful and Smart

  Dr. Janet Craig, rebuffed as a phsician by the local males, sets out to win them over as a woman--and a good cook.

• _{Saturday, November 30th, 1968}

  9: The Strange Case of Joseph P. Carson

  In an attempt to get rid of lady Dr. Craig, Uncle Joe fakes an illness that becomes real.

• _{Saturday, December 7th, 1968}

  10: Bye, Bye, Doctor

  A handsome suitor shows up unexpectedly and threatens to take Dr. Janet Craig from the valley.

• _{Saturday, December 14th, 1968}

  11: First Night Out

  Betty Jo and Steve enjoy an evening out, unaware that their baby has gone to jail with her sitter.

• _{Saturday, December 21st, 1968}

  12: A Cake from Granny

  Granny's eatable gift might be the only thing to save the valley from losing their beloved train, when Bedloe returns to Hooterville with a brand-new scheme to bring about the end of the Cannonball.

• _{Saturday, December 28th, 1968}

  13: The Feminine Mistake

  Bobbie Jo decides to become an emancipated woman and leave Hooterville.

• _{Saturday, January 4th, 1969}

  14: The Ballad of the Everyday Housewife

  When it appears that Steve is beginning to take his wife too much for granted, Bobbie Jo tries to make him be more demonstrative.

• _{Saturday, January 11th, 1969}

  15: The Christening

  Five eminently qualified and extremely jealous rivals volunteer to be baby Kathy Jo's godfather.

• _{Saturday, January 18th, 1969}

  16: Billie Jo and the Big Big Star

  A big-city comedian alienates all of Hooterville by making fun of local characters.

• _{Saturday, January 25th, 1969}

  17: Steve's New Job

  To go to New York or not to go to New York--that is the question faced by Steve and Betty Joafter Steve geta a big job offer.

• _{Saturday, February 1st, 1969}

  18: The Cannonball Bookmobile

  Three old friends become rivals for the affections of a charming libarian.

• _{Saturday, February 8th, 1969}

  19: A Man Called Cyrus Plout

  Plans for the annual Hooterville Founders' Day celebration are wrecked by generation-gap dissension.

• _{Saturday, February 15th, 1969}

  20: Joe Saves the Post Office

  Uncle Joe leads a delegation out to Washington, D.C., to save Sam Ducker's post office.

• _{Saturday, February 22nd, 1969}

  21: I'm Allergic to Daddy

  Steve Elliott is delcared out of bounds in his house when it appears his baby daughter is allergic to him.

• _{Saturday, March 1st, 1969}

  22: Uncle Joe Retires

  Lazy Uncle Joe, who fancies himself a human dynamo, announces his retirement.

• _{Saturday, March 8th, 1969}

  23: The Organ Fund

  The Hooterville folks are faced with a larcenous fund-raiser when they try to find enough money to buy the church a new organ.

• _{Saturday, March 15th, 1969}

  24: The Great Race

  The future of the Shady Rest hangs on the outcome of a race between the Cannonball and an overland taxi.

• _{Saturday, March 22nd, 1969}

  25: Tune in Next Year

  The people of Hooterville do everything they can think of to prevent Dr. Craig from leaving to work for a famed neurologist.

• _{Saturday, March 29th, 1969}

  26: By the Book

  Steve Elliott hurriedly takes off on a crop-dusting job, not knowing he underbid for the assignment by $1800.

Season 7

• _{Saturday, September 27th, 1969}

  1: Make Room for Baby

  The dog suddenly becomes a second-class citizen at the Shady Rest hotel when Steve and Betty Jo and Betty Jo move in.

• _{Saturday, October 4th, 1969}

  2: The Game Warden

  Uncle Joe, caught with too many fish in his possessions by Game Warden Orrin Pike, is threatened with a jail sentence.

• _{Saturday, October 11th, 1969}

  3: The Other Woman

  Betty Jo finds herself growing jealous of the attention Steve is giving to their daughter, so the pair go on a second honeymoon together, at their old cottage. But the couple's romantic mood is spoiled by a lack of electricity, Mr. Haney's intrusive realty service, and a bunch of hobos.

• _{Saturday, October 18th, 1969}

  4: One of Our Chickens is Missing

  Two rough motorcyclists,suspected of poaching, are too many and too tough for Game Warren Orrin Pike to capture.

• _{Saturday, October 25th, 1969}

  5: The Three Queens

  Sparks fly when the three Bradley sisters and Dr. Craig find themself competitors in a beauty contest.

• _{Saturday, November 1st, 1969}

  6: The Glen Tinker Caper

  An unknown singer tries to smuggle an adorable Vietnamese orphan into the United States by bringing her to Hooterville.

• _{Saturday, November 8th, 1969}

  7: The Tenant

  When a glamorous author, with her eyes on Steve, moves into the Shady Rest hotel to write a novel, the girls work overtime to find a way to get her to leave.

• _{Saturday, November 15th, 1969}

  8: Sorry Doctor, I Ain't Taking No Shots

  Dr. Craig mobilizes an effort to inoculate the whole valley with flu shots, but a hillbilly family with a stubborn patriarch threatens to ruin her plans.

• _{Saturday, November 22nd, 1969}

  9: A Most Momentous Occasion

  Bickering over sharing a bathroom with Uncle Joe leads to Steve & Betty Jo considering moving out. They haven't much luck with Mr. Haney's realty choices, and Haney isn't much help either in helping Joe install a new bathroom at the hotel.

• _{Saturday, November 29th, 1969}

  10: The Camping Trip

  Bobby Jo's boyfriend Orrin finally manages to make friends with Uncle Joe when he rescues the old fellow from a hungry bear.

• _{Saturday, December 6th, 1969}

  11: Kathy Jo's First Birthday

  Baby Kathy Jo almost misses her ffirst birthday party when she lands in jail with Uncle Joe.

• _{Saturday, December 13th, 1969}

  12: Goodbye, Mr. Chimp

  Uncle Joe tries to get rid of the pet chimp who is gradually wrecking the Shady Rest hotel.

• _{Saturday, December 20th, 1969}

  13: The Golden Spike Ceremony

  Uncle Joe discovers that the 75th anniversary of the railroad between Hooterville & Pixley is approaching, and seeks to take control of the ceremony.

• _{Saturday, December 27th, 1969}

  14: But I've Never Been in Erie, PA

  An industrialist registers at the Shady Rest and offers Uncle Joe a chance to make a fortune.

• _{Saturday, January 3rd, 1970}

  15: How to Arrange a Marriage

  Bobbie Jo attempts to soften up Billie's Jo's new boyfriend for marriage.

• _{Saturday, January 10th, 1970}

  16: Selma Plout's Plot

  Selme Plout's scheme to snag a husband for her daughter almost forces Steve out of the crop-dusting business.

• _{Saturday, January 17th, 1970}

  17: With This Ring...

  Orrin Pike is osserved buying a ring, and the family jumps to the conclusion that he's going to propose to Bobbie Jo.

• _{Saturday, January 24th, 1970}

  18: The Valley's New Owner

  Shy Orrin Pike becomes a big man when an old deed indicates he is the legal owner of the entire Hooterville Valley.

• _{Saturday, January 31st, 1970}

  19: Steve's Uncle George

  Steve's Uncle George visits the Shady Rest hotel and lives up to his repulation as a troublemaker.

• _{Saturday, February 7th, 1970}

  20: Susan B. Anthony, I Love You

  Bille Jo returns from Chicago with a visionary zeal for the women's liberation movement, and enlists her sisters in "the cause."

• _{Saturday, February 14th, 1970}

  21: Spare That Cottage

  It becomes a tragic matter when it appears that Steve and Betty Jo's honeymoon cottage will be demolished for a new highway.

• _{Saturday, February 28th, 1970}

  22: Whiplash, Whiplash

  Selma Plout tries to slap a lawsuit against Uncle Jo for a whiplash injury suffered in a fall from a hammock.

• _{Saturday, March 7th, 1970}

  23: Last Train to Pixley

  Floyd retires, leaving Uncle Joe to take over the duties of running the Cannonball, once again. His strict schedule-keeping is the least of the valley's worries, as the C&FW Railroad is planning to scrap the train for a tax write-off!

• _{Saturday, March 21st, 1970}

  24: Love Rears Its Ugly Head

  Billie Jo tries to spread love through the valley with a new theory of sensitivity training.

• _{Saturday, March 28th, 1970}

  25: No, No, You Can't Take Her Away

  The Bradley's are shaken by the news that a handsome and wealthy male doctor is coming to visit their own Dr. Janet Craig, with intentions of offering her a place at his side at a new practice in Hawaii.

• _{Saturday, April 4th, 1970}

  26: Betty Jo's Business

  Betty Jo Elliott starts a day nursery to augment the family income.