Petticoat Junction: Season 1
Episode Guide
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Spur Line to Shady Rest
Sep 24, 1963 · 25 min
Homer Bedloe, trouble-shooter for the C&F W Railroad, is sent by railroad president Norman P. Curtis to the little community of Hooterville to find out why a branch line doesn't co
Quick, Hide the Railroad
Oct 1, 1963 · 25 min
Kate uses a combination of charm, subterfuge, and wiles to prevent Homer Bedloe from catching the Hooterville Cannonball and getting to Pixley in order to initiate proceedings that
The President Who Came to Dinner
Oct 8, 1963 · 25 min
C&F W Railroad President Norman P. Curtis is incensed that ace troubleshooter Homer Bedloe utterly failed to scrap the Hooterville Cannonball. Taking matters into his own hands, he
Is There a Doctor in the Roundhouse?
Oct 15, 1963 · 25 min
Norman Curtis, who has fallen in love with life at the Shady Rest, is still staying there for free without Kate yet knowing his true identity. He accidentally breaks the throttle h
The Courtship of Floyd Smoot
Oct 22, 1963 · 25 min
Floyd Smoot, the conductor, is courting a woman through the mail. But, when she ends it after receiving a photo of him, he loses all confidence. Kate tries to help him think all th
Please Buy My Violets
Oct 29, 1963 · 25 min
Uncle Joe spends Kate's money to buy cases of lousy smelling men and women's cologne to make a fast buck reselling it. The money was intended to put screens in the hotel that will
The Ringer
Nov 5, 1963 · 25 min
Betty Jo enters the annual Shady Rest Horseshoe Tournament and becomes the first female contestant in the tournament's history. But she experiences conflicting emotions when she fi
Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb
Nov 12, 1963 · 25 min
When Billie Jo has to come up with a fourth for her double date with Junior Hocker and Junior's visiting friend Roger Budd, Kate suggests Bobbie Jo to her. Billie Jo doesn't think
The Little Train Robbery
Nov 19, 1963 · 25 min
Two young men, Arthur Gilroy and Lowell Rightmeyer, are on their way to rob the bank in Pixley. They change their plans when they learn that the next day, the Cannonball, without a
Bedloe Strikes Again
Nov 26, 1963 · 25 min
The Cannonball and its primary passenger, Uncle Joe, are pelted with eggs after the Hooterville Hornets, coached by Uncle Joe, are drubbed in what may be their worst game ever. Ano
Uncle Joe's Replacement
Dec 3, 1963 · 25 min
Kate and the girls go to Drucker's store to pick up the pocket watch they ordered for Uncle Joe's birthday present. While there Kate, in an effort to boost Herby's confidence, inad
Honeymoon Hotel
Dec 10, 1963 · 25 min
Uncle Joe has come up with another scheme to attract guests to the hotel: advertise it as a wedding/honeymoon destination. Uncle Joe manages to get Sam, the county judge, to swear
A Night at the Hooterville Hilton
Dec 17, 1963 · 25 min
A brochure made by Uncle Joe describing the incomparable Shady Rest Hotel of the future is accidentally mailed to The Centerville Sun Express travel columnist Gladys Stroud. In the
Cannonball Christmas
Dec 24, 1963 · 25 min
The Bradleys, Sam Drucker, Herby, Charlie and Floyd are decorating the Cannonball for its annual Christmas Eve trip of caroling, gift-giving and merriment around the valley. But, H
Herbie Gets Drafted
Dec 31, 1963 · 25 min
Herby is depressed when he gets drafted, so the girls cheer him up by suggesting he could be an astronaut. Uncle Joe hears this and decides he needs to promote Herby's future polit
Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik
Jan 7, 1964 · 25 min
Bobbie Jo brings home Alan Landman, a mad-at-the-world young poet and slacker who has won her heart. Despite Bobbie Jo liking him in every respect, he dismisses her way of life. Bo
My Daughter the Doctor
Jan 14, 1964 · 25 min
Billie Jo receives a $500 insurance endowment, which her late father set aside for his first-born to become a doctor. But Billie Jo wants to go to Hollywood to become an actress. K
Hooterville vs. Hollywood
Jan 21, 1964 · 25 min
Billie Jo is still determined to use the $500 from her father to go to Hollywood to become a movie star. It doesn't help that Uncle Joe, who wants to go with her, is fueling her dr
Visit From a Big Star
Jan 28, 1964 · 25 min
Uncle Joe has made a deal with Lucy Wayne, the secretary of movie star Lane Haggard, for them to stay for two weeks at the Shady Rest. Incognito as Mr. Jones, Haggard, according to
Last Chance Farm
Feb 4, 1964 · 25 min
Business is bad at the Shady Rest and Kate needs to make a $200 bank loan payment. Uncle Joe meets Henrietta Boswell and Gertrude Hawley, who are lost and looking for Madame Bovary
The Very Old Antique
Feb 11, 1964 · 25 min
When Kate unexpectedly sees Homer Bedloe in Hooterville, she knows trouble is in store. Bedloe plans on selling the Cannonball, a seemingly one-of-a-kind antique locomotive. His bu
The Art Game
Feb 18, 1964 · 25 min
A traveling salesman guest leaves Uncle Joe a set of six paint-by-number canvases in lieu of a cash payment. Joe decides to take up painting and hopes to make money with his new ve
Betty Jo's First Love
Feb 25, 1964 · 25 min
Betty Jo has her first crush on a boy named Orville Miggs. But the object of her affections is more interested in tinkering with cars than he is in romance. As such, all Orville se
Behind All Silver, There's a Cloud Lining
Mar 3, 1964 · 25 min
Homer Bedloe is back in Hooterville trying yet again to find a way to shut down the Cannonball. He believes there must be something in the financial books since Charley and Floyd h
The Talent Contest
Mar 10, 1964 · 25 min
A regional talent contest is being held in Hooterville with the winner being awarded $50 and a trip to Chicago for the television broadcast final. Kate worries that competition amo
Kate and the Manpower Problem
Mar 17, 1964 · 25 min
An old school chum named Emily Mapes thinks it's time Kate was married again. She tells the girls to round up some prospects to go to the Shady Rest to court Kate. The girls do thi
The Ladybugs
Mar 24, 1964 · 25 min
Beatlemania has hit Hooterville by storm. Uncle Joe recruits Billy, Bobbie, and Betty Joe along with their friend Sally Ragsdale to form their own band called the Ladybugs. Colonel
The Hooterville Flivverball
Mar 31, 1964 · 25 min
Uncle Joe gets angry at Charlie and Floyd when he is left behind by the Cannonball. He decides to start his own transport business by using Orville Miggs' "Flivverball", an old car
Kate the Stockholder
Apr 7, 1964 · 25 min
Norman Curtis, President of the C&FW Railroad, is currently on vacation in Europe. He left instructions not to do anything to the Cannonball while he's gone. However, Homer Bedloe
Kate and the Dowager
Apr 14, 1964 · 25 min
Mr. Bunce with the bank is doing an inspection of the hotel and is not planning on extending Kate's financing. Wealthy socialite Clara Watkins checks into the hotel with her son So
Charley Abandons the Cannonball
Apr 21, 1964 · 25 min
Charley begins to believe that everyone seems too busy to spend any time with him. Floyd has started to call on the widow Sarah Lawrence. Uncle Joe has a speech he has to prepare,
Dog Days at Shady Rest
Apr 28, 1964 · 25 min
Kate receives a telegram from Railroad President Norman Curtis that he is sending Homer Bedloe with someone named Fred. Fred is actually Mr. Curtis' housekeeper's aged basset hound
A Millionaire for Kate
May 5, 1964 · 25 min
An old friend of Kate's from high school is coming for a visit. Kate admits that she had a crush on H.J. Grant back then. His letter implies that he is now wealthy, and is coming b
Bedloe and Son
May 12, 1964 · 25 min
Homer Bedloe arrives at the Shady Rest with his son, Homer Bedloe Jr., who is as hateful and devious as his father. He even looks like his father down to the horn-rimmed glasses. B
Local Girl Makes Good
May 19, 1964 · 25 min
Business executive Mary Jane Hastings returns home to Hooterville to receive the Chamber of Commerce award. She commands attention just by her very presence, with everyone being at
Cave Woman
May 26, 1964 · 25 min
Uncle Joe wants to dig out an old cave to use as a wine cellar for the hotel. Kate receives a telegram from Brooks T. Webster, who wants to possibly hold a convention at the Shady
Kate Flat on Her Back
Jun 2, 1964 · 25 min
Kate has sprained her ankle which means she will be off her feet for three or four days. Now that Mr. Webster's gone, the family has to prepare for Mr. Feasel's visit. He is the on
The Genghis Keane Story
Jun 9, 1964 · 25 min
Kate's former grade school teacher returns to Hooterville. Kate and her children reminisce how Miss Adelaide "Genghis" Keane was so strict on all the children, and she was a dreade