Petticoat Junction

The Shady Rest Hotel is jeopardized when a vice president of the C & FW Railroad is dispatched to investigate the spur line that connects the towns of Hooterville and Pixley.

Kate uses a combination of charm, subterfuge, and wiles to prevent Homer Bedloe from catching the Hooterville Cannonball.

Norman Curtis travels to Hooterville with the intention of terminating the Cannonball's service, but he has a change of heart when he experiences Kate's hospitality and kindness.

Flyod Smoot, the conductor, is courting a woman through the mail - but when she ends it after receiving a photo of him, he loses all confidence.

Uncle Joe spends Kate's money to buy cases of cologne to make a fast buck. The money was intended to put screens in the hotel to keep mosquitoes from chasing away paying guests.

Betty Jo becomes the first-ever female entrant in the Shady Rest's Annual Horseshoe Tournament, but she finds herself with an opportunity to defeat the legendary Pixley Fats.

When Kate talks Bobbie Jo into going on a double date with Billie Jo but Bobbie Jo turns out to be a dud, Kate teaches Bobbie Jo how to make some "hot rhubarb" with the boys.

Two young men - opinionated Arthur Gilroy and his friend Lowell Rightmeyer who does whatever Arthur says - both strangers to the valley, are on their way to rob the bank.

The Cannonball and its primary passenger, Uncle Joe, are pelted with eggs after the Hooterville Hornets, coached by Uncle Joe, are drubbed in what may be their worst game ever.

Wanting to feel useful while doing something important, Uncle Joe goes in search of a job. He gets one, telling everyone that he is an executive with some large company.

Uncle Joe has come up with another scheme to attract guests to the hotel: advertise it as a wedding/honeymoon destination.

The Bradleys, Sam Drucker, Herby, Charlie and Floyd are decorating the Cannonball for it's annual Christmas Eve trip, but Homer Bedloe is determined to be a Scrooge.

Herby is upset when he gets drafted, so the girls cheer him up by suggesting he could be an astronaut. Uncle Joe hears this and decides to promote Herby's future political career.

The endowment policy Billie Jo's father invested for her has matured. William's last wish was for Billie Jo to use the money to go to medical school.

Billie Jo is still determined to use her father's money to go to Hollywood to become a movie star instead of his intention for her to go to medical school.

Uncle Joe has made a deal with Lucy Wayne, the secretary of suave movie star Lane Haggard, for them to stay for two weeks at the Shady Rest.

When the Junction needs money to stay afloat, Uncle Joe convinces two rich women the hotel is a reducing farm.

Kate sees Homer Bedloe in Hooterville, she knows trouble is near. the continual problems he has faced trying to scrap the Cannonball, Bedloe states he has given up on that idea.

Uncle Joe decides to take up painting and hopes to make money with his new venture. When an antique dealer buys a painting, Joe thinks he is a new art master on his way to success.

Uncle Joe is given the task of digging a drainage ditch for the Shady Rest. He finds the lazy way to do it by spreading rumors of a silver mine in the ground by the Shady Rest.

The latest guest at the Shady Rest is an old boyfriend of Kate's. He is rich now, but Joe thinks he is just a con artist and after Kate's money.