Petticoat Junction

[Steph]

Who remembers this show?

I've started dating a guy who compared my life in my Toronto neighbourhood to this sitcom. He turned 57 today but my 77-year-old friend doesn't remember the show. The show totally fits the gossipy bill of my neighbourhood.

I'm just curious to see who may remember the show and perhaps whom else lives in such a neighbourhood.

[Lilith]

Watched it everyday as a kid.

[dicksbro]

I used to watch it myself. Hooterville ... wow ... hadn't even thought about that for a long time!

[jay-t]

We watched it all the time.

[Salacious]

I remember watching this show.

I don't think that Petticoat Junction represents our neighborhood. Although we can hear the train going through and there is corn around our property. ;)

[IAKaraokeGirl]

I'm sure you've seen the entry, Steph, but here. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056780/)

Apparently the season ran 1963-1970, so I would've been too young to see it initially. However, I do remember watching the occasional rerun, of which our local TV station felt it appropriate to pair it with "Green Acres." :D

[Steph]

I didn't see the IMDB link but I did read the Wikipedia one. The guy who mentioned it told me it was related to the Beverly Hillbillies. I guess he was close but no cigar. At least now I know when he was talking about Hooterville, he wasn't talking about my ta tas. :D

I'm surprised Lil has seen it. Then again, I was surprised that my almost 80-year-old friend hasn't seen it.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

At least, you don't *think* he was talking about your ta tas. Maybe he was using the show as a cover. ;)

[Oldfart]

Green Acres was a spin-off from Petticoat Junction.

I think there was a cross-over when Lester Flatt and Ernie Scruggs visited Petticoat Junction and talked of the Beverley Hillbillies.

Scruggs and Flatt did the Beverley Hillbilly theme (the Ballad of Jed Clampett) as well as "Duelling Banjos".

Come ride a little train that is going down the track
To the Junction,
Petticoat Junction.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

Ah! A man with knowledge ^^^! :)

[Steph]

Ooh, now I have to look up the theme song!

[IowaMan]

Yep, I watched it when I was a kid. I didn't realize until today that I would've been watching reruns though.

There's Uncle Joe, he's a moving kinda slow at the Junction. Petticoat Junction. :)

[IAKaraokeGirl]

"Now listen to a story about a man named Jed..."

[Steph]

Green Acres was a spin-off from Petticoat Junction.

I think there was a cross-over when Lester Flatt and Ernie Scruggs visited Petticoat Junction and talked of the Beverley Hillbillies.

Scruggs and Flatt did the Beverley Hillbilly theme (the Ballad of Jed Clampett) as well as "Duelling Banjos".

Come ride a little train that is going down the track
To the Junction,
Petticoat Junction.
Here's the song:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/sounds/petticoatjunction1st1963.wav

It's quite catchy!

And the site does say it was a spin-off of the Hillbillies http://timstvshowcase.com/junction.html

Off to listen to the song again! Now the question is, who's the Dean Martin sound-alike who sang the theme? :)

[IowaMan]

"He took Ellie Mae and he threw her on the bed........."

:D

[IAKaraokeGirl]

I think he ^^^ watched a different show than I did. :jacques:

[PantyFanatic]

At least, you don't *think* he was talking about your ta tas. Maybe he was using the show as a cover. ;)
In that case, wouldn't he have referred to 'Bonanza'? :boobs:







:rofl:

[Neige]

I watched the reruns at my grandmother's house when I was a kid.

[Oldfart]

There's gold in them there hills?

We chased lady luck till we finally struck bonanza. . . .

[Steph]

I watched the reruns at my grandmother's house when I was a kid.

And you're younger than me! What channel was it on, Neige?

[Neige]

I'm not sure but I think it was on TV Land (on the satellite).

[Steph]

I'm not sure but I think it was on TV Land (on the satellite).

Oh! I was picturing you watching it as a small girl. I haven't seen much of TV Land so I'm out of the loop.

[Neige]

Well, I was pretty young! We loved going to grand-mère's house because she let us watch TV all day :D

[scotzoidman]

I guess I'm the one of the few here that would be the right age to have seen all these shows when they were new, rather than catching them in reruns. I don't recall a direct connection to the Beverly Hillbillies, altho they were all cut from the same cloth, it seems...but I do recall that Petticoat Junc. started not long after BH, & when Green Acres premiered a year or two later, it was made clear that Oliver Douglas' (Eddie Albert) farm was just down the road from Hooterville, & many charactors crossed over from one show to the other on a regular basis...one that stands out in my mind was the owner of the general store, whose name escapes me but I can see his face clear as all get out...I even have a vague memory of the actor doing many commercials for years after both shows ended...

[wyndhy]

never really watched the show but i do have “conjunction junction” stuck in my head now. :p

[Steph]

Well, I was pretty young! We loved going to grand-mère's house because she let us watch TV all day :D

My nan used to let me watch soap operas with her. :)

[Mae]

What's your function? Hookin' up words and phrases and clauses. :D

[Oldfart]

One of the girls in PJ had a boyfriend whose car had rail wheels, so he could drive to Hooterville without worrying about traffic (almost).

[Scarecrow]

I have no idea about any water tower or a pig named Arnold, but I do know about the cement pond. And Scotzoidman, I think I read somewhere that Sam Drucker was the store owner in GA.
















LMAO

[scotzoidman]

Of course he was...

& just a little net research would have reminded me of that, but being lazy sometimes is its own reward...

[Oldfart]

Water tower?

We dreamed of joining the girls in the tower.

[sodaklostsoul]

I did'nt watch Petticoat Junction but I did watch the other 2 shows.

Everytime I see the word Petticoat I think of the show Operation Petticoat.

[scotzoidman]

Water tower?

We dreamed of joining the girls in the tower.
Very little of the show sticks in my memory, except the theme song & the girls pulling their clothes off the side of the tower.

[LixyChick]

I guess I'm the one of the few here that would be the right age to have seen all these shows when they were new, rather than catching them in reruns. I don't recall a direct connection to the Beverly Hillbillies, altho they were all cut from the same cloth, it seems...but I do recall that Petticoat Junc. started not long after BH, & when Green Acres premiered a year or two later, it was made clear that Oliver Douglas' (Eddie Albert) farm was just down the road from Hooterville, & many charactors crossed over from one show to the other on a regular basis...one that stands out in my mind was the owner of the general store, whose name escapes me but I can see his face clear as all get out...I even have a vague memory of the actor doing many commercials for years after both shows ended...
Don't you feel like "Calvin Klein" (a.k.a. Marty McFly) when you have to tell peeps you remember the show when it first aired? I do!

I watched Petticoat Junction faithfully. In first run!

[Steph]

Very little of the show sticks in my memory, except the theme song & the girls pulling their clothes off the side of the tower.

Those girls were gorgeous! I'd remember them, too!

[scotzoidman]

Those girls were gorgeous! I'd remember them, too!
The little dog was kinda cute too.

[PantyFanatic]

She just wants you to keep your eyes on the chicks so she can steal the little dog and put him in the basket on her bicycle. :nod:

[Steph]

She just wants you to keep your eyes on the chicks so she can steal the little dog and put him in the basket on her bicycle. :nod:

Shaddup, old man! Post a link of the gals!

[Oldfart]

This?

[GreenChef]

I did'nt watch Petticoat Junction but I did watch the other 2 shows.

Everytime I see the word Petticoat I think of the show Operation Petticoat.


Yeah I remember that show too
Saw all of them when i was younger, but I only remember the Hillbilies
...and the pink submarine

[CrazeeeWhorse]

I'm just curious, How much does it cost per night,for a room at the "Shadey Rest", and does the "Cannon Ball" still run thru "Hooterville" or does it stop at "Green Acres"? But most importantly;their biggest nearby city and county seat was,,," PIXIESLY" hmmmmmm? :rolleyes2

[PantyFanatic]

:D
It took a long time for Gene Autry's side kick to become Mr. Haney for me, but when he did, he was great. :thumb:

[citrus]

This?
http://www.pixies-place.com:81/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=63861
http://www.pixies-place.com:81/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=63862
MMmm. These Shady Rest Maidens was tops of 'em all in their day.
Who can guess what the animal was named? The Answer is: Dog

[scotzoidman]

Finally got around to checking out the IMDB link that IAKG so kindly posted, confirming some cast changes I thought I remembered for real. Bea Benaderet, "Kate Bradley", died of cancer late in the show's run & was replaced by June Lockhart, (of all people) playing a different character...Also, two of the girls from the water tank were replaced with different actresses playing the same characters (one of the replacements was Meredith McRee)...strangely enough, few people noticed the change, kinda like how "Darren" was suddenly played by a different Dick in the 3rd or 4th season of "Bewitched"...

OF, that's a mighty fine pic you dug up of the babes sitting on the porch rail...TV really was soft-core porn for those of us with budding libidos back in the '60s