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Every Bachelor Should Have A Family

Comedy

TV-G

25

Apr 18, 1966

Kate's widowed friend Vera Wilson is looking more elegant than usual, on account that she has been dating Ronnie Beckman, a bookkeeper who moved to the valley five years ago.

Season 3, 31 episodes

Kate become an anonymous celebrity when she writes a lovelorn column for the local paper.

Baffling Baffle,

The Shady Resy pooch becomes wealthy when a lawyer appears at the hotel and announces that the dog has inherited $200.

Dog Turns Playboy,

Betty Jo and Bobbie Jo are among the group trying to mount a fund-raising stage production to buy some playground equipment for the kids.

Good Luck Ring,

Bobbie Jo conts on a ""good luck"" ring to help her win a spelling contest.

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.

Bobby Joe's Sorority,

Bobbie Joe must accomplish a seemingly impossible feat in order to qualify for membership in Hooterville High School's only sorority.

Doctor In The House,

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

Hooterville Hurricane,

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

Betty Jo Goes To New York,

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

Bedloe's Successor,

Homer Bedloe's, arch-enemy of the Hooterville Cannonball, returns to Hooterville Valley in adject disgrace and poverty.

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.

Uncle Joe Plays Post Office,

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

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

Better Never Than Late,

Kate battles rural postmasters to recover an ill-advised letter from the mails.

Betty Jo Catches The Bouquet,

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

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

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.

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

Jury At The Shady Rest,

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

Invisible Mr. Dobble,

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

It's Not The Principle, It's The Money,

Kate tries to refurbish the Shady Rest hotel to attract conventions, while Uncle Joe plans to make it a shambles to reduce taxes.

War Of The Hotels,

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

On an excursion to Pixley, Uncle Joe stumbles on a fortune in buried money.

Second Honeymoon,

Uncle's Joe solicitude threatens the 10-year marriage of a couple who have returned to the Shady Rest for a second honeymoon.

Kate Sells The Hotel,

Convinced that her daughters would like to move to New York, Kate clinches a deal to sell the Shady Rest hotel.

Kate Bradley, Peacemaker,

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

Whatever Happened To Betty Jo,

Betty Jo fails to return home from school on time, and her alarmed mother concludes she has run away to get married.

Young Matchmakers,

Widow Kate's three daughters organize a lonely hearts club to find eligible bachelors for her.

Every Bachelor Should Have A Family,

Kate's widowed friend Vera Wilson is looking more elegant than usual, on account that she has been dating Ronnie Beckman, a bookkeeper who moved to the valley five years ago.

Hooterville Valley Project,

Uncle Joe is excited by a new capital works project for the valley, namely the damming of Bleeker Creek which will create a new lake in the area.

Betty Jo's Bike,

The Shady Rest hotel becomes a giant nursery when Betty's Jo's baby-sitting business falls into the lap of her mother, Kate.

Details

Petticoat Junction

Comedy

TV-G

4

25

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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