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The Curse Of Chester W. Farnsworth

Comedy

TV-G

26

Jan 11, 1965

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.

Season 2, 33 episodes

Betty Jo's Dog,

Betty Jo has a new friend - a little dog that keeps following her around. She'd like to keep the animal, but Kate says the animal must go.

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 time arrives.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Betty Jo's Pen Pal,

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A Mater 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.

Kate Bradley, Girl Volunteer,

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

The 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.

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.

Modern Merchandising,

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

A Border Line Story,

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bedloe Gets His Comeuppance,

Betty Jo's pal, Willie, has a knack for predicting the right outcome of each roulette spin.

The Mayor Of Hooterville,

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

Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Jinx,

No one in Hooterville wants any part of Uncle Joe, for the words around that he is a jinx.

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.

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.

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.

The Brontosaurus Caper,

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

The Hair-brained 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.

There No Biz With Show Biz,

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.

Details

Petticoat Junction

Comedy

TV-G

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The lives of the residents of Hooterville are the setting for this rural situation comedy. Kate Bradley is the widowed owner of the Shady Rest Hotel which she runs with her three beautiful daughters. The girl's Uncle Joe acts as a handyman.

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