The BEST episodes of Petticoat Junction season 3

Every episode of Petticoat Junction season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Petticoat Junction season 3!

Rural sitcom revolving around a widow, her uncle and three daughters who run the Shady Rest Hotel along the Hooterville Cannonball railroad line.

Last Updated: 2/15/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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The Good Luck Ring
star
8.75
8 votes

#1 - The Good Luck Ring

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1965

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

Directors: Richard L. Bare
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Hooterville A-Go-Go
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8.38
8 votes

#2 - Hooterville A-Go-Go

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1965

Kate's daughters clamor for her to invite rock'n roll star King Ring-a-Ding to perform at a benefit show.

The Baffling Raffle
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8.33
6 votes

#3 - The Baffling Raffle

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1965

Uncle Joe gets into trouble trying when he tries get his winning raffle ticket from Kate Bradley who is serving on a jury.

Directors: Richard L. Bare
The Dog Turns Playboy
star
8.33
6 votes

#4 - The Dog Turns Playboy

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1965

The Shady Rest Dog becomes wealthy when a lawyer arrives at the hotel to announces that the dog has inherited $200

Directors: Richard L. Bare
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Better Never Than Late
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8.20
5 votes

#5 - Better Never Than Late

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/4/1966

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

Writer: Ben Starr
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Kate Bradley, Peacemaker
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8.20
5 votes

#6 - Kate Bradley, Peacemaker

Season 3 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/5/1966

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

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Every Bachelor Should Have a Family
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8.00
4 votes

#7 - Every Bachelor Should Have a Family

Season 3 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/19/1966

Directors: Guy Scarpitta
Writer: Erna Lazarus
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The Invisible Mr. Dobble
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7.75
4 votes

#8 - The Invisible Mr. Dobble

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/22/1966

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

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Dear Minerva
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7.71
7 votes

#9 - Dear Minerva

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1965

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

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The County Fair
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7.71
7 votes

#10 - The County Fair

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/8/1966

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.

Directors: Holly Morse
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Joe Carson, General Contractor
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7.57
7 votes

#11 - Joe Carson, General Contractor

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1965

Uncle Joe pretends he is a general contractor so he can make a few dollars handling the renovation of the Green Acres farmhouse.

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The Butler Did It
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7.57
7 votes

#12 - The Butler Did It

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/28/1965

Bobbie Joe enters a contest sponmsored by Gibney's Old English Tomato Sauce and wins first priza-an English bulter.

Directors: Richard Moder
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Bobbie Jo's Sorority
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7.56
9 votes

#13 - Bobbie Jo's Sorority

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1965

Bobbie Joe must accomplish a seemingly impossible feat in order to quality for memership in Hooterville High's School's only sorrity.

Directors: Guy Scarpitta
The Crowded Wedding Ring
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7.50
8 votes

#14 - The Crowded Wedding Ring

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1965

One of Kate's olf flames pays a visit,but his efforts to rekindle their romance are thwarted by his dominating sister.

Writer: Ben Starr
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Whatever Happened to Betty Jo?
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7.50
4 votes

#15 - Whatever Happened to Betty Jo?

Season 3 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/12/1966

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

Directors: Guy Scarpitta
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Betty Jo Goes to New York
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7.33
6 votes

#16 - Betty Jo Goes to New York

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1965

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

Directors: Guy Scarpitta
The Young Matchmakers
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7.25
4 votes

#17 - The Young Matchmakers

Season 3 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/26/1966

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

The Windfall
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7.25
4 votes

#18 - The Windfall

Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/15/1966

On an excursion to Pixley[ostensibly to look for a job], Uncle Joe stumbles on a fortune in buried money.

Kate Sells the Hotel
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7.25
4 votes

#19 - Kate Sells the Hotel

Season 3 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/29/1966

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

Writer: R.S. Allen
Jury at the Shady Rest
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7.25
4 votes

#20 - Jury at the Shady Rest

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/15/1966

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

Billie Jo's Independence Day
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7.20
5 votes

#21 - Billie Jo's Independence Day

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/18/1966

Billie Jo moves out from under her mother's roof and discovers that independence has it's drawbacks.

Directors: Richard Moder
Betty Jo Catches the Bouquet
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7.17
6 votes

#22 - Betty Jo Catches the Bouquet

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/11/1966

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

Directors: Richard Moder
Bedloe's Successor
star
7.13
8 votes

#23 - Bedloe's Successor

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1965

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

Uncle Joe Plays Post Office
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7.00
8 votes

#24 - Uncle Joe Plays Post Office

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1965

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

Only Boy in the Class
star
6.83
6 votes

#25 - Only Boy in the Class

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/1/1966

Bobbie Jo takes pity on the only boy in her home economics class and induces her mother to help him win a passing grade.

Directors: Guy Scarpitta