• Air date: 09 Sep '67 30 episodes
      Petticoat Junction is an American situation comedy. The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters created by Paul Henning. The characters "seem" to go to Hooterville for some goods and services, including high school and the hospital, but prefer Pixley for supermarket shopping, beauty parlors, and movies. The petticoat of the title is an old-fashioned garment once worn under a woman's skirt. The opening titles of the series featured a display of petticoats hanging on the side of the railway's water tower where the three originally teenage daughters are apparently bathing in the nude or skinny-dipping. In fact, the show's opening theme contains a hint of sexual innuendo in the line, "Lotsa curves, you bet, and even more when you get to the Junction." This is an obvious double entendre referring to both the train tracks and the Bradley daughters. However, as Linda Kaye states on the official season one DVD set, the name of the town Hooterville was not a reference to the...
  • List of Episodes (30)
    • 1. Is This My Daughter?

      09 Sep '67
      Folks at the Shady Rest hotel find Betty Jo extremely changed after a trip to Europe[her graduation present].
    • 2. It's Not Easy to Be a Mother

      16 Sep '67
      Kate puts herself in a foolish position when she becomes overly suspicious of one of her daughter's actions.
    • 3. One Dozen Roses

      23 Sep '67
      A romantic problem develops when Betty Jo finds she has a secret admirer.
    • 4. You Know I Can't Hear You When the Thunder is Clapping

      30 Sep '67
      Kate faces a mother's problem when the youngest of her three daughters falls in love.
    • 5. Pop Goes the Question

      07 Oct '67
      Thanks to Uncle's Joe's loose tongue, everybody in the valley knows that steve is going to marry Betty Jo-- except Betty Jo.
    • 6. A Cottage for Two

      14 Oct '67
      Betty's Jo's ramshackle""dream house""momentarily disrupts her romance with Steve.
    • 7. Mind If We Join Your Wedding

      21 Oct '67
      Floyd Smoot, suddenly engaged to none other than Selma Plout, convinces Steve Elliott that he and Betty Jo should have a double wedding.
    • 8. Meet the In-Laws

      28 Oct '67
      Steve's parents pay an unexpected visit to meet the Bradley family--and to sample Betty's Jo highly touted cooking.
    • 9. With This Gown I Thee Wed

      04 Nov '67
      Betty Jo faces a perplexing problems as her wedding day draws near--she has four gowns to wear.
    • 10. Hawaii Calling

      11 Nov '67
      Kate expects a long-distance call at Sam's store from Betty Jo and Steve in Hawaii, and Hooterville goes wild with excitement.
    • 11. Kate's Birthday

      18 Nov '67
      Kate fears that her honeymooning daughter and son-in-law have forgotten her birthday.
    • 12. The Honeymoon is Over

      25 Nov '67
      Newlyweds Steve and Betty Jo Elliott have first spat--over Steve's first night out with the boys.
    • 13. A Horse On You, Mr. Bedloe

      02 Dec '67
      Railroad executive Homer Bedloe shows up again with a new scheme to get the Cannonball discontinued.
    • 14. Kate's Day in Court

      09 Dec '67
      Kate decides to contest a jaywalking ticket she receives in Pixley.
    • 15. Uncle Joe and the Master Plan

      16 Dec '67
      Uncle Joe attempts to upgrade the facilies of the Shady Rest hotel to impress representative of a hotel association.
    • 16. All That Buzzes Ain't Bees

      23 Dec '67
      Uncle Joe's entry into the beekeeping business disrupts newlyweds Steve and Betty JO Elliott.
    • 17. All Sales Final

      30 Dec '67
      Steve and Betty Jo each bor new furniture fro their home without telling the other about it.
    • 18. The Power of the Press

      06 Jan '68
      As two crusading newpapers reporters,Bobbie Jo and her boyfriend take overe the ""Hooterville World Guardian.""
    • 19. Steve, the Apple Polisher

      13 Jan '68
      Newlywed Betty Jo encourages husband Steven to become an apple polisher to secure a lucative crop--dusting contract.
    • 20. The Barber Shop Quartet

      20 Jan '68
      Uncle Joe's proclivity for off-key singing prompts his dismissal from a barber shop quartet-- just before a local talent contest.
    • 21. Higgins Come Home

      27 Jan '68
      A feud develops over the Bradley family dog's apparently divided loyalty.
    • 22. Girl of Our Dreams

      03 Feb '68
      Changes due to middle age make Uncle Joe and Sam Drucker unrecognizable to a girl they both once courted.
    • 23. Uncle Joe Runs the Hotel

      10 Feb '68
      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.
    • 24. Billie Jo's First Record

      17 Feb '68
      A slick, big--city promotion man concocts a phony publicity build-up to promote Billie Jo's first record.
    • 25. Mae's Helping Hand

      24 Feb '68
      Cousin Mae wrecks havoc at the Shady Rest hotel, until Aunt Helen comes to the rescue.