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Petticoat Junction

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TV Series

The Resume

    (September 24, 1963-September 12, 1970)
    222 Episodes
    Broadcast on CBS TV
    Created by Paul Henning
    Bea Benaderet as Kate Bradley (1963-1968, her death)
    Edgar Buchanan as Joseph P. 'Uncle Joe' Carson
    Jeannine Riley as Willimena Josephine 'Billie Jo' Bradley #1 (1963-1965)
    Gunilla Hutton as Willimena Josephine 'Billie Jo' Bradley #2 (1965-1966)
    Meredith MacRae as Willimena Josephine 'Billie Jo' Bradley #3 (1966-1970)
    Pat Woodell as Roberta Josephine 'Bobbie Jo' Bradley #1 (1963-1965)
    Lori Saunders as Roberta Josephine 'Bobbie Jo' Bradley #2 (1965-1970)
    Linda Kaye Henning as Elizabeth Josephine 'Betty Jo' Bradley Elliott (1063-70)
    Frank Cady as Sam Drucker (1963-1970)
    Mike Minor as Steve Elliott (1966-1970)
    Smiley Burnette as Charley Pratt (1963-1967)
    Rufe Davis as Floyd Smoot (1963-1968, 1970)
    June Lockhart as Dr. Janet Craig (1968-1970)
    Premise: A widow and her uncle raise three attractive daughters while running an off the beaten track hotel
    Based on a hotel in Eldon Missouri

Why Petticoat Junction might be annoying:

    The show was titled 'Dern Tootin',' 'Ozark Widow' and 'Whistle Stop' before deciding on 'Petticoat Junction.'
    Creator Paul Henning cast his own daughter in the role of Betty Jo.
    The character of Bobbie Jo was played by two different women and Billie Jo was played by three.
    Besides changing the actresses who played the daughters, the show was notorious for having many different actors play Dr. Stuart and Bert the barber.
    Decades before the Brady Bunch kids formed a pop group, Petticoat Junction's Linda Kaye Henning, Jeanine Riley and Pat Woodell formed the pop group The Ladybugs.
    The show added Mike Minor as Steve Elliot the male interest for Billie Jo (Meredith MacRae), however Linda Kaye Henning sparked up a real life romance with Mike Minor. So the show echoed real life, Steve and Betty Jo (Linda) sparked a romance with the blessing of Billie Jo.
    Just about every year they cut their season by two episodes: 1963 (38 episodes) 1964 (36 episodes) 1965 (34 episodes) 1966 (32 episodes) 1967 (30 episodes) 1968 (26 episodes) 1969 (26 episodes).
    The name of the hotel was Shady Rest, which sounds more like a sanitarium or retirement home than a hotel.
    All the actresses who played the daughters, were much older than the high school students they portrayed.
    After Bea Benaderet died of cancer the show's ratings dropped significantly.
    They avoided mentioning Bea Benaderet's death. just saying her character, Kate was out of town.
    In an effort to boost ratings they brought in 'Lassie' and 'Lost in Space' star June Lockhart but the show didn't gain back its ratings.

Why Petticoat Junction might not be annoying:

    They pioneered T&A TV, after all the town was Hooterville.
    The series began each episodes with the girls skinny dipping in the water tower.
    The series featured three hot daughters, a blonde, brunette and red head.
    Dennis Hopper starred in an early episode as a hippie rebel from Greenwich Village, New York.
    The Ladybugs appeared on the Ed Sullivan show.
    The series was a spin off of 'The Beverly Hillbillies' and eventually spun-off 'Green Acres.'
    Frank Cady (Sam Drucker) was a regular on 'The Beverly Hillbillies,' 'Green Acres' and this show.
    Mike Minor and Linda Kaye Henning married both on the show and a year later for real. Although they divorced after five years, they remained friends.
    Despite being producer/creator Paul Henning's daughter, Linda got the least salary and the least show credit.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 92 Votes: 44.57% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 74 Votes: 63.51% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 694 Votes: 48.99% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 31 Votes: 29.03% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 30 Votes: 23.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 70.83% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 40.74% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 52.50% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 69 Votes: 55.07% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 143 Votes: 51.05% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 367 Votes: 50.14% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 116 Votes: 53.45% Annoying