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Sharing a universe with rural sitcoms 'The Beverly Hillbillies' and 'Green Acres,' 'Petticoat Junction' follows Shady Rest Hotel proprietress Kate Bradley (Bea Benaderet) and her family. While lazy-but-lovable Uncle Joe (Edgar Buchanan) tends to his half-baked get-rich-quick schemes, Bradley usually has her hands full with the problems of her daughters, Bobbie Jo (Lori Saunders), Billie Jo (Meredith MacRae) and Betty Jo Bradley (Linda Kaye Henning).

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Ep 1: Spur Line to Shady Rest: Part 1

The C&W Railroad sends a troubleshooter, Homer Bedloe, to Hooterville to see why the main line and the branch line do not connect to each other. Remind Me

Ep 2: Quick, Hide the Railroad: Part 2

Kate bradley comes up with a plot to hide the beloved Hooterville Cannonball engine, scheduled to be scrapped by the C&W Railroad. Remind Me

Ep 3: The President Who Came to Dinner: Part 1

After railroad president Norman P. Curtis breaks the throttle of the Cannonball, the folks of Hooterville are unable to attend Kate's annual jamboree. Remind Me

Ep 4: Is There a Doctor in the Roundhouse?: Part 2

After Floyd Smoot is jilted by his mail-ordered sweetheart, Kate tries to restore his self-confidence by pretending to be in love with him. Remind Me

Ep 5: The Courtship of Floyd Smoot

Uncle Joe gets into the cologne business. Remind Me

Ep 6: Please Buy My Violets

After Homer Bedloe fails to get the Hooterville Cannonball decommissioned, C&W Railroad President Norman P. Curtis decides to go to Hooterville and do it himself...in disguise. Remind Me

Ep 7: The Ringer

Betty Jo becomes the first woman to compete in the annual Shady Rest horseshoe tournament, proving to be a challenge for champion Pixley Fats. Remind Me

Ep 8: Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb

Kate decides it's time for Bobbie Jo to put away her books and find herself a man. Remind Me

Ep 9: The Little Train Robbery

Two inconspicuous young men arrive in Hooterville to rob the Cannonball of its bank shipment. Remind Me

Ep 10: Bedloe Strikes Again

Homer Bedloe, an executive with the C&W Railroad makes a second attempt at shutting the Hooterville Cannonball down. Remind Me

Ep 11: Uncle Joe's Replacement

General store clerk Herbie Bates is name assistant general manager of the Shady Rest by Kate, making Uncle Joe feel like he is being replaced. Remind Me

Ep 12: Honeymoon Hotel

Uncle Joe decides to turn the Shady Rest into a honeymoon haven, after being made a Justice of the Peace. Remind Me

Ep 13: A Night at the Hooterville Hilton

A Hooterville travel columnist receives a brochure describing the Shady Rest as the hotel of the future. Remind Me

Ep 14: Cannonball Christmas

Homer Bedloe's latest plan for decommissioning the Hooterville Cannonball falls on the holidays, as the gang are decorating the train for the annual Christmas Eve caroling run. Remind Me

Ep 15: Herbie Gets Drafted

Billy Jo's boyfriend, Herbie Bates, has just been drafted. Remind Me

Ep 16: Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik

A beatnik poet, Alan Landman, makes his way through Hooterville and Bobby Jo is entranced by him. It's up to Kate to show Bobby Jo the young man's true colors. Remind Me

Ep 17: My Daughter the Doctor: Part 1

Billie Jo's late father has left her a $500 insurance endowment, which he wanted her to use to become a doctor. However, she has her hopes set on Hollywood instead. Remind Me

Ep 18: Hooterville vs. Hollywood: Part 2

Kate wants to stop Billie Jo from heading to Hollywood, enlisting the help of Judge Drucker to determine whether she has the legal grounds to do so. Remind Me

Ep 19: Visit From a Big Star

The Shady Rest gets a visit from a Hollywood star, who wishes to lie low in Hooterville for a while. Remind Me

Ep 20: Last Chance Farm

Uncle Joe convinces two overweight women that the Shady Rest is actually a fat farm. Remind Me

Ep 21: The Very Old Antique

Railroad executive Homer Bedloe arrives once again in Hooterville, this time with a railroad tycoon, who is determined to purchase the Cannonball. Remind Me

Ep 22: The Art Game

Uncle Joe believes he is on his way to becoming a respected artist after an art collector purchases one of his paintings, unaware that he only wanted it for the unique frame. Remind Me

Ep 23: Betty Jo's First Love

Betty Jo has finally met a man she likes, but he seems more interested in tinkering on cars than working on a romance. Remind Me

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

As a ploy to get people to stay at the Shady Rest, Uncle Joe spreads a rumor that a silver strike has been found in the area, inviting guests to dig in his drainage ditch. Remind Me

Ep 25: The Talent Contest

The girls enter a talent contents that Uncle Joe arranges. He also wants to arrange it so that one of his nieces wins. Remind Me

Ep 26: Kate and the Manpower Problem

In order to get Kate married again, an old friend tells the girls to dig up some eligible prospects. Remind Me

Ep 27: The Ladybugs

Uncle Joe wants to cash in on Beatlemania by creating a girl group named the Ladybugs, starring his nieces and Sheriff Ragsdale's daughter. Remind Me

Ep 28: The Hooterville Flivverball

Uncle Jo plans to use Orville Miggs' Flivver to power his own railroad and bankrupt the Hooterville Cannonball. Remind Me

Ep 29: Kate the Stockholder

Homer Bedloe turns to harassing Floyd and Charley to rid Hooterville of the Cannonball. Remind Me

Ep 30: Kate and the Dowager

A rich and powerful woman stays at the Shady Rest. Kate hopes this will improve business, but finds that she is expected to cater to every whim of the wealthy guest, no matter how ridiculous. Remind Me

Ep 31: Charley Abandons the Cannonball

Charley decides it's time to quit as engineer of the Cannonball when he feels ignored by the citizens of Hooterville. Remind Me

Ep 32: Dog Days at Shady Rest

Norman Curtis, the railroad president, sends his basset hound to the Shady Rest for a change of scenery. Remind Me

Ep 33: A Millionaire for Kate

Uncle Joe believes an old schoolmate of Kate's is a con artist, rather than the millionaire he claims to be. Remind Me

Ep 34: Bedloe and Son

Homer Bedloe returns to Hooterville with his son, Homer Jr., who is a carbon copy of his dad. Remind Me

Ep 35: Local Girl Makes Good

A former resident returns to Hooterville and seems to be a self-made woman. Mary Jane is a business executive who can handle any situation and seems to have a way with men. Remind Me

Ep 36: Cave Woman: Part 1

A business woman shows up in Hooterville to decide whether to hold a convention at the Shady Rest. No one seems to be able to close the deal, and Kate is missing. Remind Me

Ep 37: Kate Flat on Her Back: Part 2

Kate returns with a broken leg after her ordeal of being caught in a cave-in. A business executive is still considering the Shady Rest for a business convention, and it's up to Kate to close the deal. Remind Me

Ep 38: The Genghis Keane Story

When news spreads that Kate's former grade school teacher, Miss Keane, has returned to Hooterville, Kate tells her children how horribly strict her childhood teacher was. However, the years seem to have changed Miss Keane. Remind Me

Ep 1: Betty Jo's Dog

Betty Jo has made a new friend, a dog which keeps following her around. Although she wants to keep him, Kate insists he must go. Remind Me

Ep 2: Race Against the Stork

Uncle Joe wants to make sure everything is in order when Kate's pregnant friend comes to the Shady Rest to have her baby. Remind Me

Ep 3: Have Library, Will Travel

Uncle Joe has fallen in love with librarian Phyllis Marsh, who is opening a library inside the baggage car of the Cannonball. Remind Me

Ep 4: The Umquaw Strip

Railroad executive Homer Bedloe believes he has found a loophole in getting the Cannonball shut down: a Native American tribe may have a land claim to an area in which the tracks cross. Remind Me

Ep 5: As Hooterville Goes

A new automatic voting machine in Crabtree Corners may end Hooterville's record as the first community in the state to file election returns. Remind Me

Ep 6: My Dog the Actor

The family has a potential star in their midst. Billy Jo's dog is named as one of five finalists in a contest to be on a television dog food commercial. Remind Me

Ep 7: The Great Buffalo Hunt

Uncle Joe schemes to scam British sportsmen by bringing a buffalo to the Shady Rest and telling them it's a hunting lodge. Remind Me

Ep 8: Betty Jo's Pen Pal

Betty Jo's Japanese pen pal, Nobuko, comes for a visit to the U.S. and stays at the Shady Rest. Remind Me

Ep 9: Bedloe's Nightmare

A psychiatrist suggests that Homer Bedloe learns to love the Cannonball in order to stop the recent nightmares he has been experiencing about the engine. Remind Me

Ep 10: Kate's Bachelor Butter

When Charley and Floyd stop the Cannonball to pick apples for Kate's bachelor butter recipe, a passenger and food salesman, Jack Crandall, is shocked. Remind Me

Ep 11: Mother of the Bride

Kate is shocked to hear a rumor that Billie Jo has become engaged to Dan Plout, the son of her arch enemy, Selma Plout. Remind Me

Ep 12: The Lost Patrol

When the Army conducts maneuvers near the Shady Rest, the soldiers seem to be more interested in Kate's girls than war games. Remind Me

Ep 13: Smoke-Eaters

The Hooterville volunteer fire department band decides that it is time to raise the funds needed to create an actual fire department for the town. Remind Me

Ep 14: The Curse of Chester W. Farnsworth

Uncle Joe is convinced that the Shady Rest is haunted by a guest who visited 50 years ago, Chester W. Farnsworth. Remind Me

Ep 15: There's No Flame Like an Old Flame

Uncle Joe begins corresponding with an old flame, the widow Perkins, even though she once left him standing at the alter. Remind Me

Ep 16: Billie Jo's First Job

Kate is unhappy when Billie Jo lands a job as secretary to novelist Oliver Fenton, who has written books that are banned in Hooterville. Remind Me

Ep 17: A Matter of Communication

The girls want a telephone added to the Shady Rest, but Kate insists that they cannot afford such a luxury. Remind Me

Ep 18: Kate Bradley, Girl Volunteer

The Hooterville fire department are embarrassed when they need to call in help to put out a fire in the Cannonball. Remind Me

Ep 19: Hooterville Crime Wave

Uncle Joe plans to collect a bounty by capturing a pair of fugitives roaming the area. Remind Me

Ep 20: For the Birds

After a bird makes a nest in the smoke stack of the Cannonball, Homer Bedloe uses an unusual case as a means of shutting down the train. Remind Me

Ep 21: Modern Merchandising

A new supermarket in Pixley finds Sam Drucker's losing all of his customers. Remind Me

Ep 22: Visit From the Governor

Uncle Joe is disappointed when no one seems to support his proposal to invite the state governor for a visit in Hooterville. Remind Me

Ep 23: A Borderline Story

When surveyors indicate that the Shady Rest expands to another county, Uncle Joe believes he has found a new tourist attraction and decides he'll make a profit. Remind Me

Ep 24: The Shady Rest Hotel Corporation

Uncle Joe plans to pay for a new water heater by selling stock in a corporation that represents the Shady Rest. Remind Me

Ep 25: A Tale of Two Dogs

Hooterville inhabitants engage in a couple of feuds with Crabwell Corners, a neighboring town. One concerns the possession of a cannonball, while the other revolves around Betty Jo's dispute over which town has the best dog. Remind Me

Ep 26: The Black Box

A U.S. government top-secret camera falls out a plane and lands in the Shady Rest. Little does anyone know, the curious device could bring them "explosive" problems. Remind Me

Ep 27: Bedloe's Most Fiendish Scheme: Part 1

Uncle Joe and the girls are forced to find employment after Homer arranges for the bank to foreclose on Kate's mortgage. Remind Me

Ep 28: Bedloe Gets His Comeuppance: Part 2

Homer keeps pressing Kate for the money, but she and the others are determined to come up with a way to save the Shady Rest and the Cannonball. Remind Me

Ep 29: The Mayor of Hooterville

Uncle Joe decides to run as the first mayor of Hooterville. Remind Me

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

Lately it seems Uncle Joe can't do anything right, so everyone avoids him. Remind Me

Ep 31: The Chicken Killer

Betty Jo has to defend her dog when the county dog catcher claims Happy has been killing chickens on different farms. Remind Me

Ep 32: Why Girls Leave Home

Bobbie Jo decides to move to New York to take singing lessons. Remind Me

Ep 33: There's No Stove Like an Old Stove

Uncle Joe has had enough of chopping wood for Kate, so he hits upon an idea to make her buy a new stove. Remind Me

Ep 34: The Brontosaurus Caper

Betty Jo has a new love interest, her science teacher. She even gives up baseball to have more time to dream of him. Remind Me

Ep 35: The Hairbrained Scheme

Uncle Joe begins selling goat milk promoted as a cure for baldness. Remind Me

Ep 36: There's No Business With Show Business

Circus owner Harry Harmon concocts a plan for he and his staff to stay at the Shady Rest without paying. Remind Me

Ep 1: Dear Minerva

When Sam hands over the "Dear Minerva" column to Kate, she becomes somewhat of an anonymous celebrity. Remind Me

Ep 2: The Baffling Raffle

Uncle Joe has purchased the winning raffle ticket for a new TV. The only problem? Kate has the ticket, and she's on jury duty. Remind Me

Ep 3: The Dog Turns Playboy

After inheriting $200 from a former Shady Rest guest, Dog, who also just landed the starring role in a local stage production, lets his newfound wealth and fame go to his head. Remind Me

Ep 4: The Good Luck Ring

Bobbie Jo counts on a "good luck" ring to help her win a spelling contest. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 6: Bobbie Jo's Sorority

In order to get into Hooterville High's only sorority, Bobbie Jo must accomplish a seemingly impossible task: land a date with the school's star athlete, who seems far more interested in sports than girls. Remind Me

Ep 7: A Doctor in the House

The Shady Rest acquires a house physician, much to the distress of proprietor Kate. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 9: Hooterville Hurricane

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

Ep 10: Betty Jo Goes to New York

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

Ep 11: Bedloe's Successor

Homer Bedloe, archenemy of the Cannonball, returns to Hooterville in abject disgrace and poverty. Remind Me

Ep 12: The Crowded Wedding Ring

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

Ep 13: Uncle Joe Plays Post Office

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

Ep 14: What's a Trajectory?

The curious ways of a Mr. Reynolds raise eyebrows when he checks into the Shady Rest. And a suspicious Uncle Joe turns vigilante when he hears the Benton Bank has been robbed, believing the culprit to be in his midst. Remind Me

Ep 15: The Butler Did It

Bobbie Joe enters a contest sponsored by Gibney's Old English Tomato Sauce and wins first prize: an English butler. Remind Me

Ep 16: Better Never Than Late

Kate battles rural postmasters to recover an ill-advised letter from the mail. Remind Me

Ep 17: Betty Jo Catches the Bouquet

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

Ep 18: Billie Jo's Independence Day

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

Ep 19: Yogurt, Anyone?

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

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 21: The County Fair

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

Ep 22: Jury at the Shady Rest

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

Ep 23: The Invisible Mr. Dobble

Kate believes she has lost her mind when she finds that one of her guests at the Shady Rest is invisible. Remind Me

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

Hoping to win the business of a convention, Kate spruces up the Shady Rest. Meanwhile, peeved about a tax increase and scheming for its repeal, Uncle Joe does what he can to make the hotel appear run-down and shabby. Remind Me

Ep 25: War of the Hotels

Kate fights a no-holds-barred "hotel war" with Murdock Sneep, unscrupulous operator of the rival Pixley Hotel. Remind Me

Ep 26: The Windfall

On an excursion to Pixley (ostensibly to look for a job), Uncle Joe stumbles on a fortune in buried money. Remind Me

Ep 27: Second Honeymoon

Uncle Joe's constant photography and meddling threatens the 10-year marriage of a couple who have returned to the Shady Rest for a second honeymoon. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 29: Kate Bradley, Peacemaker

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

Ep 30: Whatever Happened to Betty Jo?

When Betty Jo doesn't return home from school with her sisters, Kate fears that her daughter has eloped. The concerned mother, with help from her other daughters, looks for clues in Betty Jo's room. Remind Me

Ep 31: Every Bachelor Should Have a Family

When Kate's friend, Vera, says she wishes her boyfriend would propose, Kate invites him over to the Shady Rest hoping to convince him to pop the question. Remind Me

Ep 32: The Young Matchmakers

Widow Kate's three daughters organize a lonely hearts club to find eligible bachelors for their mother. Remind Me

Ep 33: Hooterville Valley Project

Homer Bedloe has a plan to flood Hooterville Valley to make a recreational lake, threatening both the Shady Rest and the Cannonball. Remind Me

Ep 34: Betty Jo's Bike

Working toward earning money for a motorbike, Betty Jo takes up babysitting, turning the Shady Rest into one giant nursery. Remind Me

Ep 1: Young Love

Uncle Joe starts a free wedding and honeymoon contest to drum up business at the Shady Rest. Remind Me

Ep 2: Birdman of Shady Rest

A young crop-dusting pilot, Steve Elliott, makes a crash landing near the Shady Rest—and an equally hard impact on Kate Bradley's daughters. Remind Me

Ep 3: Hooterville, You're All Heart

Steve Elliott is about to lose his crop-dusting plane, unless he can acquire the money needed for an overdue payment. Remind Me

Ep 4: He Loves Us, He Loves Us Not

The Bradley girls all think handsome crop-duster Steve Elliott is in love with them. Remind Me

Ep 5: The All-Night Party

Kate Bradley forbids Bobbie Jo from joining her junior-college chums on an all-night outing on the town. Remind Me

Ep 6: Cannonball, Inc.

After a derailment, Hooterville residents take over operation of the Cannonball from Homer Bedloe, and demand so many changes that the train's crew decides to quit. Remind Me

Ep 7: Kate Grounds Selma Plout

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

Ep 8: The Almost Annual Charity Show

Kate Bradley loses her regular post as producer of Hooterville's almost annual charity show to her conniving archenemy, Selma Plout. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 11: The Runt Strikes Back

Tired of being treated like a youngster and passed up by the boys, Betty Jo gets a job to show that she has grown up. Remind Me

Ep 12: Is There a Doctor in the Valley?

When the Cannonball begins being used by Dr. Don Craig to make house calls, the scheming Homer Bedloe sees it as more ammunition in his war agains the train. Remind Me

Ep 13: The Santa Claus Special

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

Ep 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 Eagle Springs, Wisconsin, for the Association of Women's Clubs Recording Secretaries annual meeting. Remind Me

Ep 15: The Rise and Fall of a Tycoon

After Homer Bedloe appoints Uncle Joe general manager of the Cannonball, he becomes a tyrant and soon finds himself the sole worker on the train—just as Bedloe planned. Remind Me

Ep 16: His Highness the Dog

When the canine star of a television commercial and its human director decide to stay at the Shady Rest, Uncle Joe and the girls are starstruck, leaving Dog feeling like he's been replaced. Remind Me

Ep 17: Girls! Girls! Girls!

When Bobbie Jo's date for a dance can't keep the commitment, she asks Billie Jo's boyfriend, Steve, if he'd do her the favor, putting into motion a tangled sequence of dance-related date disasters. Remind Me

Ep 18: Temperance, Temperance

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

Ep 19: A Star is Born

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

Ep 20: Shoplifter at the Shady Rest

With the sheriff on vacation for a few days, Sam Drucker, as Justice of the Peace, sends habitual shoplifter Eustace Pockle to jail—at the Shady Rest! Remind Me

Ep 21: Don't Call Us

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

Ep 22: Hey, Look Me Over

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

Ep 23: That's Max???

Billie Jo is stunned when Steve Elliott all but announces that he is about to marry a former girlfriend. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 25: Kate's Big Deal

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

Ep 26: Author! Author!

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

Ep 27: Steve's Ol' Buddy

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

Ep 28: That Was the Night That Was

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

Ep 29: The Eternal Rectangle

When Billie Jo goes out of town, Bobbie Jo and Betty Jo compete for the attention of Steve Elliott. Remind Me

Ep 30: Kate's Cousin Mae

Kate's cousin, Mae, comes to visit, and attracts the attention of bachelors Floyd, Charlie and Sam. Remind Me

Ep 31: A House Divided

It's boys against girls when an increase in population requires the election of a new county supervisor. Remind Me

Ep 32: Go Away, Fat

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

Ep 1: Is This My Daughter?

Folks at the Shady Rest find Betty Jo extremely changed after returning from a trip to Europe. Remind Me

Ep 2: It's Not Easy to Be a Mother

Kate juggles assisting Betty Jo in learning how to cook and snag a husband with protecting Billie Jo from the perils of show business. Finding herself spread too thin, Kate believes she is responsible for Betty Jo making a terrible mistake. Remind Me

Ep 3: One Dozen Roses

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

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

Steve and Betty Jo affirm their mutual admiration for each other, putting strain on the Bradley family, as Steve had been seeing Billie Jo for quite some time. Remind Me

Ep 5: Pop Goes the Question

Thanks to Uncle Joe's loose lips, everybody in the valley knows that Steve Elliot is going to marry Betty Jo—everyone, that is, except Betty Jo. Remind Me

Ep 6: A Cottage for Two

Betty Jo's ramshackle "dream house" in the woods threatens to end her romance with Steve. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 9: With This Gown I Thee Wed

Betty Jo has a problem. She has four gowns to choose from for her wedding day, which she must do without upsetting anyone. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 11: Kate's Birthday

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

Ep 12: The Honeymoon is Over

Steve and Betty Jo have their first argument over whether Steve should have a night out with the guys. Uncle Joe and Bobbie Jo don't help matters by dispensing their own advice. Remind Me

Ep 13: A Horse On You, Mr. Bedloe

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

Ep 14: Kate's Day in Court

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

Ep 15: Uncle Joe and the Master Plan

When Uncle Joe tries to get the Shady Rest in a Master Plan for hotel reservations, everyone bends over backwards to please a guest, whom they think is a secret representative of the Master Plan. Remind Me

Ep 16: All That Buzzes Ain't Bees

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

Ep 17: All Sales Final

Steve and Betty Jo each buy new furniture for their home without telling the other about it. Remind Me

Ep 18: The Power of the Press

As two crusading newspaper reporters, Bobbie Jo and her boyfriend take over the "Hooterville World Guardian." Remind Me

Ep 19: Steve, the Apple Polisher

After losing his crop dusting contract, Steve finds himself in a sticky situation when securing new work means catering to the every whim of a wealthy industrialist and his voluptuous daughter, who has eyes for newlywed Steve. Remind Me

Ep 20: The Barber Shop Quartet

After Uncle Joe is kicked out of his barbershop quartet for lack of talent, he is asked to judge a competition at which the group will be performing—and he is more than happy to see his former bandmates lose. Remind Me

Ep 21: Higgins Come Home

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

Ep 22: Girl of Our Dreams

Uncle Joe and Sam Drucker's middle-aged bodies make them unrecognizable to a girl they both once courted. Remind Me

Ep 23: Uncle Joe Runs the Hotel

Uncle Joe takes over the Shady Rest and is almost run out of town for allegedly tossing out an old man for not paying rent. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 25: Mae's Helping Hand

When she hears Kate is out of town, Cousin Mae comes to the Shady Rest to help run things in her absence. Unfortunately, she meddles in everyone's business and causes nothing but trouble. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 27: Cannonball for Sale

When Homer Bedloe announces the Hooterville Cannonball is up for sale to the highest bidder, everyone in the valley tries to raise enough money to buy it. Remind Me

Ep 28: My Pal Sam

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

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 1: Birthplace of a Future President

Betty Jo and Steve argue about where their baby should be born. Remind Me

Ep 2: The Singing Sweethearts

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

Ep 3: Only a Husband

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

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 5: Granny, the Baby Expert

Betty Jo and baby return from the hospital for a stay at the Shady Rest, where they are to be looked after by Dr. Granny Clampett, a kooky distant relative whose nearsightedness finds her mistaking Dog for the baby. Remind Me

Ep 6: Wings

Richard Arlen and Buddy Rogers arrive for a premiere of 'Wings'—40 years late. Remind Me

Ep 7: The Lady Doctor

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

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

Dr. Janet Craig, rebuffed as a physician by the local males, sets out to win them over as a woman—and a good cook. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 10: Bye, Bye, Doctor

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

Ep 11: First Night Out

Betty Jo reluctantly allows Janet, Bobbie Jo and Uncle Joe to look after baby Kathy Jo while she and Steve go out of town on a date. But when Janet and Bobbie Jo are called away from the Shady Rest, Uncle Joe is left with the duty of looking after the child by himself. Remind Me

Ep 12: A Cake from Granny

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

Ep 13: The Feminine Mistake

After several failed job attempts, Bobbie Jo writes a newspaper article about Dr. Craig, which upsets half the subscribers in Hooterville. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 15: The Christening

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

Ep 16: Billie Jo and the Big Big Star

To help her new boyfriend, comedian Rick Wayne, win over the folks of Hooterville, Billie Jo gets him to star in a local charity radio show. However, when she learns his routine won't help him make friends, it's up to Billie Jo to get Rick to change his act. Remind Me

Ep 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 Jo after Steve gets a big job offer. Remind Me

Ep 18: The Cannonball Bookmobile

Sam, Bert and Uncle Joe fawn over new-girl-in-town Adelle Colby, a librarian who opens a mobile library aboard the Cannonball. Remind Me

Ep 19: A Man Called Cyrus Plout

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

Ep 20: Joe Saves the Post Office

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

Ep 21: I'm Allergic to Daddy

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

Ep 22: Uncle Joe Retires

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

Ep 23: The Organ Fund

The Hooterville folks are faced with a larcenous fundraiser when they try to find enough money to buy the church a new organ. Remind Me

Ep 24: The Great Race

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

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 26: By the Book

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

Ep 1: Make Room for Baby

Dog suddenly becomes a second-class citizen at the Shady Rest when Steve, Betty Jo and Kathy Jo move in. Remind Me

Ep 2: The Game Warden

When Uncle Joe gets caught with too many fish by Game Warden Orrin Pike, he tries every scheme he can think of to get out of paying the fine. Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 4: One of Our Chickens is Missing

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

Ep 5: The Three Queens

Sparks fly when the three Bradley sisters and Dr. Craig find themselves competing in a beauty contest. Remind Me

Ep 6: The Glen Tinker Caper

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

Ep 7: The Tenant

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

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 9: A Most Momentous Occasion

Bickering over sharing a bathroom with Uncle Joe leads to Steve and Betty Jo considering moving out. They haven't had 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. Remind Me

Ep 10: The Camping Trip

Bobbie Jo invites her new boyfriend, Orrin, along on a family camping trip, much to the chagrin of Uncle Joe. Remind Me

Ep 11: Kathy Jo's First Birthday

It's Kathy Jo's first birthday, and everyone might miss the party, including her! Remind Me

Ep 12: Goodbye, Mr. Chimp

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

Ep 13: The Golden Spike Ceremony

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

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 15: How to Arrange a Marriage

Bobbie Jo keeps giving blatant hints to Billie Jo's new boyfriend, hoping to talk him into marrying Billie Jo. Remind Me

Ep 16: Selma Plout's Plot

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

Ep 17: With This Ring...

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

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 19: Steve's Uncle George

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

Ep 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." Remind Me

Ep 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. Remind Me

Ep 22: Whiplash, Whiplash

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

Ep 23: Last Train to Pixley

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

Ep 24: Love Rears Its Ugly Head

The latest idea that Billie Jo brings back to the valley from her time in Chicago is sensory awareness: touching yourself and others in different ways to understand them better and thus truly love them. Remind Me

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

The Bradley's are shaken by the news that a handsome and wealthy 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. Remind Me

Ep 26: Betty Jo's Business

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