The BEST episodes of Petticoat Junction season 1
Every episode of Petticoat Junction season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Petticoat Junction season 1!
Rural sitcom revolving around a widow, her uncle and three daughters who run the Shady Rest Hotel along the Hooterville Cannonball railroad line.
#1 - Dog Days at Shady Rest
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/28/1964
Railroad president Norman Curtis sends his dog on a vacation at the Shady Rest.
#2 - The Genghis Keane Story
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/9/1964
When a notoriously tough former schoolteacher visits, Kate and the girls plot to get her back into teaching.
#3 - Charley Abandons the Cannonball
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/21/1964
Feeling neglected, Charley quits his job as engineer of the Cannonball.
#4 - Cannonball Christmas
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/24/1963
Bedloe plans to stop the Cannonball from making its traditional Christmas caroling tour.
#5 - A Millionaire for Kate
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/5/1964
Kate is visited by an old schoolmate who has become a millionaire, but Uncle Joe has him pegged as a con artist.
#6 - Cave Woman
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 5/26/1964
Kate is trapped by a cave-in just when the Shady Rest is a candidate for hosting a big convention.
#7 - Bedloe and Son
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/12/1964
Bedloe returns to with his son, who is as hateful and devious as his father.
#8 - Kate, Flat on Her Back
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/2/1964
With Kate incapacitated, Joe and the girls try to win the business of a large convention.
#9 - Kate, the Stockholder
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/7/1964
When Bedloe again tries to shutter the Cannonball, Kate foils his plans by buying stock in the railroad.
#10 - The Talent Contest
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/10/1964
Uncle Joe promotes a talent contest and tries to ensure that one of his three nieces wins.
#11 - The Art Game
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/18/1964
When Uncle Joe sells a painting for its valuable frame, he thinks he's on the road to artistic success.
#12 - A Night at the Hooterville Hilton
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/1963
A brochure describing the Shady Rest of the future is prematurely mailed to a Hooterville travel columnist.
#13 - Honeymoon Hotel
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1963
Uncle Joe tries to make the Shady Rest into a honeymoon hotel.
#14 - Is There a Doctor in the Roundhouse?
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1963
No one can attend Kate's Shady Rest Jamboree after Norman Curtis makes the Cannonball inoperative.
#15 - The Ringer
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1963
Betty Jo's skill at pitching horseshoes threatens the title owned by annual champion Pixley Fats.
#16 - Last Chance Farm
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/4/1964
Uncle Joe tells two plump ladies that the Shady Rest is a reducing farm.
#17 - The Very Old Antique
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/11/1964
Bedloe returns with a retired railroad tycoon who is interested in buying the Cannonball.
#18 - Betty Jo's First Love
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/25/1964
Betty Jo's first crush is more interested in tinkering with cars than romance.
#19 - Hooterville vs. Hollywood
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/21/1964
Kate confers with Judge Drucker to see if she can legally prevent Billie Jo from going to Hollywood.
#20 - The Hooterville Flivverball
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/31/1964
Uncle Joe tries to start his own railroad, powered by Orville Miggs' broken-down car.
#21 - The Courtship of Floyd Smoot
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1963
Kate pretends to fall in love with Floyd after his bad experience with a mail-order bride.
#22 - Kate and the Dowager
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/14/1964
Kate's bank loan depends on a visiting socialite's recommendation of the Shady Rest.
#23 - Behind All Silver, There's a Cloud Lining
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/3/1964
Uncle Joe drums up business by spreading rumors about a silver strike in the area.
#24 - Herbie Gets Drafted
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/31/1963
Billie Jo's suitor Herbie Bates is drafted into the armed services.
#25 - Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1963
Kate counsels Bobbie Jo in the ways of attracting men.