The Petticoat Junction is a sitcom that aired on CBS from 1963 until 1970 about a widow and her three daughters who operated a hotel on the outskirts of a small rural town. The girls' feeble-minded Uncle Joe often came up with zany ideas that put the hotel in jeopardy.
Sometimes the girls themselves would get into jams requiring their mom, her friends, and occasionally even Uncle Joe to find a way out for them. A "colorfull" cast of characters checked into the hotel and more visited from town on the train.
Cast and Characters
- Bea Benaderet as Kate Bradley
- Edgar Buchanan as Joseph P. "Uncle Joe" Carson
- Jeannine Riley as Billie Jo Bradley (1963-1965)
- Gunilla Hutton as Billie Jo Bradley (1965-1966)
- Meredith MacRae as Billie Jo Bradley (1966-1970)
- Pat Woodell as Bobbie Jo Bradley (1963-1965)
- Lori Saunders as Bobbie Jo Bradley (1965-1970)
- Linda Henning as Betty Jo Bradley Elliott
- Smiley Burnette as Charley Pratt
- Frank Cady as Sam Drucker
- Rufe Davis as Floyd Smoot
- Charles Lane as Homer Bedloe
- Roy Roberts as Norman Curtis
- Kay E. Kuter as Newt Kiley
Broadcast History
First Telecast: September 24, 1963
Last Telecast: April 4, 1970
Original Network: CBS
Number of Seasons: 7
Number of Episodes: 222
Original Primetime TV Schedule
- September 1963- September 1964, Tuesday 9:00-9:30pm
- September 1964- September 1967, Tuesday 9:30-10:00pm
- September 1967- September 1970, Tuesday 9:30-10:00pm
Theme Song Lyrics & Opening Credits
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Theme by Paul Henning
Come ride the little train that is rolling down the tracks to the junction.
Petticoat Junction
Forget about your cares, it is time to relax at the junction.
Petticoat Junction
Lotsa curves, you bet. Even more when you get
To the junction, Petticoat Junction.
There's a little hotel called the Shady Rest at the junction.
Petticoat Junction
It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the junction.
Petticoat Junction
And that's Uncle Joe, he's a movin' kind of slow at the junction,
Petticoat Junction.