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Petticoat Junction Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Spur Line to Shady Rest (1)

First aired: Sep/24/1963
Writer: Paul Henning
Director: Richard Whorf
Guest star: Frank Cady (Sam Drucker), Don Washbrook (Herby Bates), John Ashley (Fred), Eddie Quillan (Dick), Roy Roberts (Norman Curtis), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

The C&W Railroad sends a trouble shooter, Homer Bedloe, to Hooterville to see why the main line and the branch line do not connect to each other.


2 :01x02 - Quick, Hide the Railroad (2)

First aired: Oct/01/1963
Writer: Mark Tuttle, Paul Henning
Director: David Alexander
Guest star: Frank Cady (Sam Drucker), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

Kate Bradley comes up with an idea to hide the beloved Hooterville Cannonball engine in order to keep it from being scrapped by the C & W Railroad.


3 :01x03 - The President Who Came to Dinner (1)

First aired: Oct/08/1963
Writer: Seaman Jacobs, Ed James
Director: David Alexander
Guest star: Eve McVeagh (Miss. Hammond), Dick O'Shea (Helicopter Pilot), Roy Roberts (Norman Curtis), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe), Frank Cady (Sam Drucker)

Since Homer Bedloe was unable to get the Hooterville Cannonball decommissioned, C&F W Railroad President Norman P. Curtis decides to go to Hooterville and do it himself...in disguise.


4 :01x04 - Is There a Doctor in the Roundhouse? (2)

First aired: Oct/15/1963
Writer: Paul Henning
Director: David Alexander
Guest star: Cheerio Meredith (Nettie), Mary Young (Lydia), Charles Meredith (George Prentice), Addison Richards (Frank Newton), Douglas Dumbrille (Dave LaSalle), Roy Roberts (Norman Curtis)

The folks of Hooterville are unable to attend Kate's annual Shady Rest Jamboree, after railroad president Norman P. Curtis breaks the throttle of the Cannonball by accident.


5 :01x05 - The Courtship of Floyd Smoot

First aired: Oct/22/1963
Writer: Seaman Jacobs, Ed James
Director: Sherman Marks
Guest star: Frank Cady (Sam Drucker), Don Washbrook (Herbie Bates)

Kate tries to restore the self confidence of Floyd Smoot after he is jilted by his mail-order sweetheart, by pretending to be in love with him.


6 :01x06 - Please Buy My Violets

First aired: Oct/29/1963
Writer: Richard Baer
Director: David Alexander
Guest star: George Cisar (Mr. Blake), Phil Gordon (Mr. Gordon), Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel), Frank Cady (Sam Drucker), Olan Soule (Coffee Salesman)

Uncle Joe decides to start selling cologne.


7 :01x07 - The Ringer

First aired: Nov/05/1963
Writer: Richard Baer
Director: David Alexander
Guest star: Don Washbrook (Herbie Bates), Dick O'Shea (Toby Gates), Henry Calvin (Pixley Fats)

Betty Jo becomes the first woman to compete in the annual Shady Rest Horseshoe Tournament, and stands to be a challenge for champion Pixley Fats.


8 :01x08 - Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb

First aired: Nov/12/1963
Writer: Dick Wesson, Joel Kane
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Guest star: Russell Horton (Junior Hocker), George Cisar (Mr. Blake), Jack Bannon (Roger Budd)

Kate decides it's time for Bobbie Jo to put away her books and find herself a fella.


9 :01x09 - The Little Train Robbery

First aired: Nov/19/1963
Writer: Ed James, Seaman Jacobs
Director: Sherman Marks
Guest star: Jimmy Hawkins (Lowell Rightmeyer), John Wilder (Arthur Gilroy), Norman Leavitt (Fred Thompson)

Two unsuspecting looking young men arrive in Hooterville to rob the Cannonball of it's shipment from the bank.


10 :01x10 - Bedloe Strikes Again

First aired: Nov/26/1963
Writer: Mark Tuttle, Paul Henning
Director: David Alexander
Guest star: Don Washbrook (Herbie Bates), John Hubbard (Max Thornton), John Hoyt (John Fisher), William Benedict (Willie), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe), Frank Cady (Sam Drucker)

Homer Bedloe, an executive with the C & W Railroad makes a second attempt at shutting the Cannonball down.


11 :01x11 - Uncle Joe's Replacement

First aired: Dec/03/1963
Director: David Alexander
Guest star: Stephen Ellsworth (Hopper), Don Washbrook (Herbie Bates), Beverly Wills (Miss Norton), Frank Cady (Sam Drucker)

General store clerk Herbie Bates, is name assistant general manager of the Shady Rest by Kate, making Uncle Joe feel like he is being replaced.


12 :01x12 - Honeymoon Hotel

First aired: Dec/10/1963
Writer: Keith Fowler, Phil Leslie
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Tommy Ivo (Walter Shepherd), Judee Morton (Elsie Gregg)

Uncle Joe wants to turn the Shady Rest into a honeymoon haven, after being made a justice of the peace.


13 :01x13 - A Night at the Hooterville Hilton

First aired: Dec/17/1963
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Guest star: Shug Fisher (Salesman), William Benedict (Willie), Elvia Allman (Mrs. Stroud)

A Hooterville travel columnist receives a brochure which describes the Shady Rest as the Hotel of the Future.


14 :01x14 - Cannonball Christmas

First aired: Dec/24/1963
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Gloria Marshall (Miss Evans), William Benedict (Willie), Don Washbrook (Herbie Bates), Roy Roberts (Norman Curtis), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

Homer Bedloe's latest plan for decommissioning the Cannonball falls on the holidays, as the gang are decorating the train for the annual Christmas Eve caroling run.


15 :01x15 - Herbie Gets Drafted

First aired: Dec/31/1963
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Guest star: Frank Cady (Sam Drucker), Don Washbrook (Herbie Bates), Russell Horton (Junior Hocker)

Billy Jo's sweetheart, Herbie Bates, has just been drafted.


16 :01x16 - Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik

First aired: Jan/07/1964
Writer: Bill Manhoff
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Guest star: Hugh Sanders (Roger Stanley), Dennis Hopper (Alan Landman)

A beatnik, poet Alan Landman, makes his way through Hooterville and Bobby Jo is entranced by him.


17 :01x17 - My Daughter the Doctor (1)

First aired: Jan/14/1964
Writer: Ed James, Seaman Jacobs
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Guest star: Paul DeRolf (Paul Henderson), Adam West (Dr. Clayton Harris), Russell Horton (Junior Hocker)

Billie Jo's late father had left her a $500 insurance endowment so she could become a doctor. But she has her hopes on becoming a Hollywood actress instead.


18 :01x18 - Hooterville vs. Hollywood (2)

First aired: Jan/21/1964
Writer: Dick Wesson
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Guest star: Don Beddoe (Dr. Joseph Depew), Frank Cady (Sam Drucker), Adam West (Dr. Clayton Harris)

Kate wants to stop Billie Jo from heading to Hollywood and asks Judge Drucker if she has any legal grounds to do so.


19 :01x19 - Visit From a Big Star

First aired: Jan/28/1964
Writer: Bill Manhoff
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Richard Murray (Boy), Jacque Palmer (Teenage girl), Jaclyn Carmichael (Teenage girl), Vickie King (Teenage girl), Margaret Bert (Older woman), Jack Henderson (Middle-aged Man), Joan Marshall (Lucy Wayne), John Vivyan (Lane Haggard), Frank Cady (Sam Drucker)

The Shady Rest gets a visit from a big Hollywood star, who hopes to lay low in Hooterville.


20 :01x20 - Last Chance Farm

First aired: Feb/04/1964
Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Dorothy Konrad (Henrietta Boswell), Pearl Shear (Gertrude Hawley), Don Brodie (Mr. Begley)

Uncle Joe convinces two overweight women that the Shady Rest is really a fat farm.


21 :01x21 - The Very Old Antique

First aired: Feb/11/1964
Writer: Jack Raymond
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Guest star: Everett Sloane (Philip Waterhouse), Dick Patterson (Mr. Cassidy), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

Railroad executive Homer Bedloe arrives in Hooterville with a railroad tycoon, who is determined to purchase the Cannonball.


22 :01x22 - The Art Game

First aired: Feb/18/1964
Writer: Jerry Seelen, Leo Rifkin
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Olan Soule (Mr. Parks), Lyle Talbot (Mr. Cheever), Ian Wolfe (E.T. Gibbs)

Uncle Joe believes he is on his way to becoming a great artist after an art collector purchase one of his paintings, unaware that he only wanted it for the unique frame.


23 :01x23 - Betty Jo's First Love

First aired: Feb/25/1964
Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Paul DeRolf (Paul Henderson), Jack Bannon (Roger Budd), Jimmy Hawkins (Orville Miggs)

Betty Jo has finally met a man she likes, but he seems more interested in tinkering on cars than he is working on a romance.


24 :01x24 - Behind All Silver, There's a Cloud Lining

First aired: Mar/03/1964
Writer: Martin Ragaway
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Guest star: Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe), Roy Roberts (Norman Curtis), Patrick Waltz (Assayer), Karen Norris (Miss Hammond), Glenn Strange (Hawley)

Uncle Joe spreads a rumor of a silver strike has been found in the area as a scheme to get more people to stay at the Shady Rest, and dig his drainage ditch for free.


25 :01x25 - The Talent Contest

First aired: Mar/10/1964
Writer: Dick Wesson
Director: David Alexander
Guest star: Maxine Semon (Mable Snark), Nora Marlowe (Mrs. Whipple), Jay Ripley (Tad Whipple)

Uncle Joe tries to rig a talent contest he is promoting, in order to assure that one of his nieces will win.


26 :01x26 - Kate and the Manpower Problem

First aired: Mar/17/1964
Writer: Dick Wesson, Joel Kane
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Rosemary DeCamp (Emily Mapes), Richard Norris (Salesman), Jess Kirkpatrick (Rev. Mimms), Allen Ray (Tom Hartley), Robert Carson (Wilbur Spriggs), Walter Reed (Grover Woodstock), Robert Riordan (Avery Mapes)

An old friend of Kate tells the girls to dig up some eligible prospects, in order to get Kate married again.


27 :01x27 - The Ladybugs

First aired: Mar/24/1964
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
Director: Donald O'Connor
Guest star: Don Washbrook (Herbie Bates), Stephen Ellsworth (Hopper), Paul DeRolf (Paul Henderson), Jack Bannon (Roger Budd), Mike Ross (Sheriff Ragsdale), Sheila James Kuehl (Sally Ragsdale)

Uncle Joe wants to cash in on the recent Beatlemania fever, by making up a girl group named The Ladybugs, starring his nieces and Sheriff Ragsdale's daughter.


28 :01x28 - The Hooterville Flivverball

First aired: Mar/31/1964
Writer: Hannibal Coons, Harry Winkler
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Guest star: Jimmy Hawkins (Orville Miggs)

Uncle Jo plans to use Orville Miggs' flivver to power his own railroad and bankrupt the Cannonball.


29 :01x29 - Kate the Stockholder

First aired: Apr/07/1964
Writer: Jerry Seelen, Leo Rifkin
Director: David Alexander
Guest star: William Lally (Stockholder #2), Ned Wever (Stockholder #1), Lauren Gilbert (JB Giddings), Paul DeRolf (Paul Henderson), Jack Bannon (Roger Budd), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

Railroad executive Homer Bedloe tries once again to get rid of the Hooterville Cannonball, this time by getting Floyd and Charley to quit by harassment.


30 :01x30 - Kate and the Dowager

First aired: Apr/14/1964
Writer: Dick Wesson
Director: Dick Wesson
Guest star: Doris Packer (Clara Watkins), Peter Brooks (Sonny Watkins), Jonathan Hole (Mr. Bunce)

The gang at the Shady Rest must make sure that socialite Clara Watkins, has a comfortable stay if Kate is ever to get a loan again from her.


31 :01x31 - Charley Abandons the Cannonball

First aired: Apr/21/1964
Writer: Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons
Director: David Alexander
Guest star: Bob Hastings (Bill Tuttle), Jimmy Hawkins (Orville Miggs)

Charley decides it's time to quit as engineer of the Cannonball when the citizens of Hooterville seem to busy to spend anytime with him.


32 :01x32 - Dog Days at Shady Rest

First aired: Apr/28/1964
Writer: Andy White
Director: David Alexander
Guest star: Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe), Roy Roberts (Norman Curtis), Jimmy Hawkins (Orville Miggs), Donald Kerr (Salesman)

Norman Curtis, the railroad president, sends his basset hound to the Shady Rest to give him a change of scenery.


33 :01x33 - A Millionaire for Kate

First aired: May/05/1964
Writer: Martin Ragaway
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Mike Ross (Sheriff Ragsdale), Hayden Rorke (H.J. Grant), Gladys Holland (Georgette), Maxine Semon (Mabel Snark), Jimmy Hawkins (Orville Miggs)

Uncle Joe believes an old schoolmate of Kate's is a con artist, instead of the millionaire he says he is.


34 :01x34 - Bedloe and Son

First aired: May/12/1964
Writer: Dick Wesson
Director: Dick Wesson
Guest star: Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe), Steve Franken (Homer Bedloe Jr.)

Homer Bedloe returns to Hooterville with his son Homer Jr., who is a carbon copy of his dad.


35 :01x35 - Local Girl Makes Good

First aired: May/19/1964
Writer: Leo Rifkin, Jerry Seelen
Director: David Alexander
Guest star: Bart Patton (Phil), Peter Hansen (Steve), Elena Verdugo (Mary Jane Hastings), Jack Bannon (Roger Budd)

A former resident of Hooterville, Mary Jane Hastings, has returned home as a business executive, impressing everyone with her administrative abilities, and her handling of men.


36 :01x36 - Cave Woman (1)

First aired: May/26/1964
Writer: Richard Baer, Joel Kane
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: John Clarke (Brooks Webster), Andy Albin (Ding Woodhouse)

Kate is missing as a big convention is deciding on where to hold their convention, stuck in a cave.


37 :01x37 - Kate Flat on Her Back (2)

First aired: Jun/02/1964
Writer: Joel Kane
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Barry Kelley (Hurley Feasel), Don Dubbins (Smokey Harner), Willis Bouchey (Dr. John Rhone)

Uncle Joe and the girls are left in charge of getting the big convention to be held at the Shady Rest, now that Kate is laid up with a sprained ankle.


38 :01x38 - The Genghis Keane Story

First aired: Jun/09/1964
Writer: Jack Raymond
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Guest star: Barbara Pepper (Ruth Ziffel), Eddie Quillan (Mort), Ken Osmond (Harold Boggs), Lurene Tuttle (Adelaide Keane), Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel)

Kate is surprised to learn that her former school teacher, known as Adelaide "Genghis" Keane, has returned from England and is no longer the tyrannical disciplinarian that she once was.


39 :02x01 - Betty Jo's Dog

First aired: Sep/22/1964
Writer: Lou Huston, Jay Sommers
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: James Easton (High School Boy), Garrison True (Henry Brewster), Douglas Evans (Mr. Pierson), Jay Ripley (Willie)

Betty Jo has made a new little friend, a dog which keeps following her everywhere she goes. Although she wants to keep him, Kate insists he must go.


40 :02x02 - Race Against the Stork

First aired: Sep/29/1964
Writer: Jay Sommers, Lou Huston
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Barbara Pepper (Doris Ziffel), Robert Easton (Henry Barton), Olive Sturgess (Elsie Barton), Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel), Walter Baldwin (Grandpappy Miller), Frank Ferguson (Doc Stuart), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley), Tom Fadden (Ben Miller)

Uncle Joe wants to make sure everyone is prepared when Kate's pregnant friend comes for a stay at the Shady Rest.


41 :02x03 - Have Library, Will Travel

First aired: Oct/06/1964
Writer: Hannibal Coons, Harry Winkler
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Jimmy Gaines (Boy #2), Ricky Allen (Boy #1), Robert Marland (Hal Jackson), Dianne Foster (Phyllis Marsh)

Uncle Joe has fallen in love with a new librarian Phyllis Marsh, who is opening a library inside the baggage car of the Cannonball.


42 :02x04 - The Umquaw Strip

First aired: Oct/13/1964
Writer: Lou Huston, Jay Sommers
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Barney Elmore (Stockholder), William O'Connell (Martin Evans), Benny Rubin (Fleet Eagle), Bernie Kopell (Black Salmon), Roy Roberts (Norman Curtis), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

Railroad executive Homer Bedloe believes he has found a loophole in getting the Cannonball shut down after learning that an Indian tribe may have a land claim to an area in which the tracks cross.


43 :02x05 - As Hooterville Goes

First aired: Oct/27/1964
Writer: Jay Sommers, Lou Huston
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Virginia Sale (Selma Plout), Barbara Pepper (Doris Ziffel), Frank Killmond (Tad Winslow)

A new automatic voting machine in Crabtree Corners may end Hootervilles record as the first community in the state to file election returns.


44 :02x06 - My Dog the Actor

First aired: Nov/10/1964
Writer: Lou Huston, Jay Sommers
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Art Lewis (Johnson), Garrison True (Henry Brewster), Ross Elliott (Mr. Talbot)

Billy Jo's dog is named as one of five finalists in a contest to be on TV in a dog food commercial.


45 :02x07 - The Great Buffalo Hunt

First aired: Nov/17/1964
Writer: Jay Sommers
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Reginald Gardiner (Lord Faversham)

Uncle Joe wants to scheme British sportsmen by bringing a buffalo to the Shady Rest and telling them it is a hunting lodge.


46 :02x08 - Betty Jo's Pen Pal

First aired: Nov/24/1964
Writer: Lou Huston, Jay Sommers
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Aki Hara (Nobuko Takamura), Garrison True (Henry Brewster), James Brewer (Roy Redwell)

Betty Jo's Japanese pen pal Nobuko, comes for a visit to the US and stays at the Shady Rest.


47 :02x09 - Bedloe's Nightmare

First aired: Dec/01/1964
Writer: Jay Sommers, Lou Huston
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Irwin Charone (Dr. Leonard), William O'Connell (Martin Evans), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

A psychiatrist suggests that Homer Bedloe learns to love the Cannonball in order to stop the recent nightmares he has been experiencing over the engine.


48 :02x10 - Kate's Bachelor Butter

First aired: Dec/08/1964
Writer: Jay Sommers, Lou Huston
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Stanley Adams (Jack Crandall), Ray Montgomery (Mr. Stevens), John Alvin (Mr. Kimberly)

When Charley and Floyd stops the Cannonball to pick apples for Kate's recipe for Bachelor Butter, a passenger and food salesman, Jack Crandall, is shocked.


49 :02x11 - Mother of the Bride

First aired: Dec/15/1964
Writer: Jay Sommers
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Phil Gordon (Harvey), Mary Carroll (Maggie Gordon), Diane Bond (Emily Lawrence), Virginia Sale (Selma Plout)

Kate hears a rumor that Billie Jo had become engaged to Dan Plout, the son of her arch enemy, Selma Plout.


50 :02x12 - The Lost Patrol

First aired: Dec/29/1964
Writer: Jay Sommers, Jack Harvey
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: James M. Crawford (G.I. #3), Solomon Sturges (G.I. #2), Robert Beach (Pvt. Stu Howard), Edward Platt (General Patterson), Larry Merrill (Pvt. Hank Benton), Rick Cooper (Pvt. Tod Longwell), Jack Bannon (G.I. #1)

The Army maybe conducting maneuvers near the Shady Rest, but the soldiers seem to be less interested in war games than they are in Kate's girls.


51 :02x13 - Smoke-Eaters

First aired: Jan/05/1965
Writer: Jay Sommers, Lou Huston
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Donald Douglas (Mr. Wilson), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley), Walter Baldwin (Grandpappy Miller), Tom Fadden (Ben Miller), Parley Baer (Henry Phillips)

The Hooterville Volunteer Fire Department Band decides to raise money in order to create an actual fire department in Hooterville.


52 :02x14 - The Curse of Chester W. Farnsworth

First aired: Jan/12/1965
Writer: John L. Greene, Jay Sommers
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Doodles Weaver (Chester Farnsworth), Alex Gerry (Dr. Melman), Hal Smith (Mr. Richardson), Frank Ferguson (Doc Stuart)

Uncle Joe is convinced that a former guest from fifty years ago, Chester W. Farnsworth, is haunting the Shady Ranch.


53 :02x15 - There's No Flame Like an Old Flame

First aired: Jan/19/1965
Writer: Jay Sommers, John L. Greene
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: George Cisar (BooBoo Webster), Lurene Tuttle (Mary Alice Perkins)

An old flame of Uncle Joe, the Widow Perkins and himself are corresponding to each other, even though she once left him standing at the alter.


54 :02x16 - Billie Jo's First Job

First aired: Jan/26/1965
Writer: Jay Sommers, Lou Huston
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Virginia Sale (Selma Plout), Ernest Truex (Oliver Fenton)

Billie Jo has landed a job as a private secretary to novelist Oliver Fenton, in which Kate in unhappy about since some of his books have been banned in Hooterville.


55 :02x17 - A Matter of Communication

First aired: Feb/02/1965
Writer: Lou Huston, Jay Sommers
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley), Tom Fadden (Ben Miller)

The girls want a telephone added to the Shady Rest, but Kate insists that they cannot afford a special line strung.


56 :02x18 - Kate Bradley, Girl Volunteer

First aired: Feb/09/1965
Writer: Jay Sommers, Lou Huston
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Dick Wessel (Bink Sharfells), Jim Hayward (Ernie Caufield)

The Hooterville fire department find themselves embarrassed when they need to call in help to put out a fire in the Cannonball.


57 :02x19 - Hooterville Crime Wave

First aired: Feb/16/1965
Writer: Jay Sommers, Larry Miller
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Bert Freed (Detective Horton), Paul 'Mousie' Garner (Max James), Marc Lawrence (Barney Dawson)

Uncle Joe wants to collect a bounty by capturing a pair of fugitives roaming the area.


58 :02x20 - For the Birds

First aired: Feb/23/1965
Writer: Jay Sommers
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe), William O'Connell (Martin Evans), Frank Ferguson (Doc Stuart), Warren Parker (Mr. Williams)

Homer Bedloe uses an unusual case as a means of shutting down the Cannonball, when a bird makes a nest in the smoke stack, halting service.


59 :02x21 - Modern Merchandising

First aired: Mar/02/1965
Writer: Howard Harris, Jay Sommers
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Gail Bonney (Mrs. Robinson), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley), Dee Carroll (Mrs. Williams), Willis Bouchey (O'Donnell), Jackie Searl (Jack Hull), Frank Ferguson (Doc Stuart)

A new supermarket in Pixley finds all of Sam Drucker's customers shopping there.


60 :02x22 - Visit From the Governor

First aired: Mar/09/1965
Writer: Jay Sommers, Howard Harris
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Florence Lake (Emily Simpson), Virginia Sale (Selma Plout), Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel), Walter Baldwin (Grandpa Miller)

Uncle Joe is disappointed when no one seems to support his proposal to invite the State Governor to visit Hooterville.


61 :02x23 - A Borderline Story

First aired: Mar/16/1965
Writer: Jay Sommers, Howard Harris
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: William Bakewell (Ralph Craig), Murray Alper (Mr. Lindley), J. Edward McKinley (Mr. Travis), Sam Edwards (Ned Balsam), Milton Frome (Mr. Dixon)

Believing that he has found a new tourist attraction when surveyors indicate that the Shady Rest hotel expands to the other county, Uncle Joe decides to profit from it.


62 :02x24 - The Shady Rest Hotel Corporation

First aired: Mar/23/1965
Writer: Howard Harris, Jay Sommers
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Byron Foulger (Mr. Guerney), Phil Gordon (Mr. Osgood), Al Eben (Mr. Parker)

Uncle Joe wants to pay for a new water heater by selling stock in a corporation that represents the hotel.


63 :02x25 - A Tale of Two Dogs

First aired: Mar/30/1965
Writer: Jay Sommers, Howard Harris
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Frank Killmond (Tad Winslow), Robert Shayne (Mr. Fillmore), Minerva Urecal (Martha Winslow)

A couple of feuds with Crabwell Corners, a neighboring town, concern the Hooterville inhabitants. One feud has to do with the possession of a cannonball and the other is Betty Jo's dispute over which town has the best dog.


64 :02x26 - The Black Box

First aired: Apr/06/1965
Writer: Jay Sommers, Howard Harris
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Fred Clark (General Loomis), Jack Bannon (Technical Sergeant), Richard Erdman (Colonel Millbank)

A US government top secret camera falls out a plane right into Hooterville hotel. The device has a dangerous hidden detonator.


65 :02x27 - Bedloe's Most Fiendish Scheme (1)

First aired: Apr/13/1965
Writer: Lou Huston, Jay Sommers
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel), Byron Foulger (Mr. Guerney), Frank Ferguson (Doc Stuart), Peter Leeds (Gus Clegg), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

Uncle Joe and the girls are forced to find employment when Homer arranges for the bank to foreclose Kate's mortgage.


66 :02x28 - Bedloe Gets His Comeuppance (2)

First aired: Apr/20/1965
Writer: Jay Sommers, Lou Huston
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Harold Peary (Mr. Davis), Jay Ripley (Willie), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

Homer keeps on pressing Kate for the money.


67 :02x29 - The Mayor of Hooterville

First aired: Apr/27/1965
Writer: Stan Dreben, Howard Merrill
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Virginia Sale (Selma Plout)

Uncle Joe runs as a candidate for the election of Hooterville Mayor.


68 :02x30 - Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Jinx?

First aired: May/04/1965
Writer: Lou Huston, Al Schwartz
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Donald Douglas (Mr. Rogers), Jack Pepper (Mr. Harrington), William Fawcett (Pip Winslow), Susan Walther (Sarah Jane), Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel)

Poor uncle Joe becomes a pariah when rumor has it that he's a jinx.


69 :02x31 - The Chicken Killer

First aired: May/11/1965
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Walter Reed (Melvin Randall), Len Hendry (Bailiff), Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel), Hal Taggart (Professor Horace Enright), Marshall Bradford (Judge Murdock), Guy Wilkerson (Luther Craig), Percy Helton (Hinky Mittenfloss)

The Bradley dog is framed for the murder of some chickens. Behind the plot is Dog Catcher Hinky Mittenflos.


70 :02x32 - Why Girls Leave Home

First aired: May/18/1965
Writer: John Bradford
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Sig Ruman (Professor Lieberschmit), Jesse White (Col. Patridge), Byron Foulger (Mr. Guerney)

Bobbie Jo is advised to take singing lessons in New York.


71 :02x33 - There's No Stove Like an Old Stove

First aired: May/25/1965
Writer: Hugh Wedlock, Jr., Allan Manings
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Guy De Vestel (Maitre'd), Virginia Sale (Selma Plout), Alan Mowbray (Lucius J. Penrose), Grady Sutton (Chef)

Uncle Joe has had enough of chopping wood for Kate so he hits upon an idea to make her buy a new stove.


72 :02x34 - The Brontosaurus Caper

First aired: Jun/01/1965
Writer: Howard Merrill, Stan Dreben
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Stephen Lander (Roland Barrett), Jonathan Hole (Mr. Earnshaw), Ken Drake (Mr. McGill)

When she meets the new science teacher, Betty Joe shuns baseball to pursue her new interest.


73 :02x35 - The Hairbrained Scheme

First aired: Jun/08/1965
Writer: Lila Garrett, Bernie Kahn
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Robert Easton (Hector)

Uncle Joe is selling goat milk promoting it as a cure for baldness.


74 :02x36 - There's No Business With Show Business

First aired: Jun/15/1965
Writer: Charles Tannen, George O'Hanlon
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Felix Silla (Baron Munchin), Don Megowan (Freddie), Ron Rogers (Fire Eater), Charles Tannen (Mr. Haley), Jack Catron (Max), George O'Hanlon (Harry Harmon), Iris Adrian (Mary Sills)

Harry Harmon, a circus owner concocts a plan to stay along with his staff at the Shady Rest without paying.


75 :03x01 - Dear Minerva

First aired: Sep/14/1965
Writer: Lou Huston, Al Schwartz
Director: Richard L. Bare

Newspaper editor Sam Drucker gets Kate to handle the advice to the lovelorn column called Dear Minerva.


76 :03x02 - The Baffling Raffle

First aired: Sep/21/1965
Writer: Howard Harris, Arthur Marx
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Charlotte Knight (Juror #3), James Forster (Juror #2), Dan White (Juror #1), Ray Kellogg (Bailiff), Sidney Clute (Waiter), Eva Gabor (Lisa Douglas), Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas)

Uncle Joe wins a new TV set in a raffle but there's one problem: Kate has the ticket and she's on a jury that's deliberating a case.


77 :03x03 - The Dog Turns Playboy

First aired: Sep/28/1965
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Harvey Grant (Hank), Joseph Mell (Butcher), Paul DeRolf (Jeff), William Lanteau (Arthur Bronson), Hank Jones (Herbert), Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas)

The precocious family pooch inherits the tidy sum of $200.


78 :03x04 - The Good Luck Ring

First aired: Oct/05/1965
Writer: Arthur Marx, Howard Harris
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Don Edmonds (Chester), Ollie O'Toole (Carter), Byron Foulger (Guerney), Susan Walther (Henrietta), Elvia Allman (Cora Watson), Eva Gabor (Lisa Douglas), Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas)

Bobbie Jo has entered a spelling bee and she believes that a ring will bring her good luck in the contest.


79 :03x05 - Joe Carson, General Contractor

First aired: Oct/12/1965
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas), Eva Gabor (Lisa Douglas)

Uncle Joe goes into the contracting business to renovate the newly purchased Haney property for Oliver and Lisa Douglas.


80 :03x06 - Bobbie Jo's Sorority

First aired: Oct/26/1965
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Jacqueline Malouf (Muriel), Suzanne Benoit (Sandra), Susan Walther (Henrietta), Bob Pickett (Stonewall Jackson), Eva Gabor (Lisa Douglas), Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas)

Bobbie Jo pledges the only sorority at Hooterville High but in order to become a full-fledged member she must complete a string of difficult tasks.


81 :03x07 - A Doctor in the House

First aired: Nov/02/1965
Writer: Frank Crow
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Elsie Baker (Woman), Alan Reed, Jr. (Dr. Matthew Bailey), Dave Willock (Touhey Benson), Frank Ferguson (Doc Stuart), Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley)

A doctor establishes offices at the Shady Rest and soon clashes with Kate.


82 :03x08 - Hooterville A-Go-Go

First aired: Nov/09/1965
Writer: Charles Tannen, George O'Hanlon
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Susan Walther (Henrietta), Milton Frome (Reece Garrett), Ray Hemphill (Herbie Willets/King Ring-a-Ding), Paul DeRolf (Jeff), Jay Ripley (Willie), Maudie Prickett (Tilley Finney), Eva Gabor (Lisa Douglas), Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas)

Kate tries to get a pop star who calls himself King Ring-a-Ding to perform at a benefit.


83 :03x09 - Hooterville Hurricane

First aired: Nov/16/1965
Writer: Bob Marcus, David Braverman
Director: Stanley Z. Cherry
Guest star: Mike Ross (Kid Dynamite), Marjorie Bennett (Miss Hogan), Joe Higgins (Finchcliff), Brett Pearson (Herman Crawley), Jack Henderson (Referee)

Uncle Joe becomes manager for a plumber who aspires to enter the boxing ring.


84 :03x10 - Betty Jo Goes to New York

First aired: Nov/23/1965
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas), Eva Gabor (Lisa Douglas), Garry Goodrich (Gregory Tremayne)

Betty Jo travels to New York for a week with Lisa Douglas and returns to Hooterville a changed girl.


85 :03x11 - Bedloe's Successor

First aired: Nov/30/1965
Writer: Lou Huston, Al Schwartz
Director: Stanley Z. Cherry
Guest star: Donald Curtis (Wilbur Goodfellow), William Bakewell (Actor), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

After being sacked from his job, Homer Bedloe arrives in Hooterville in disgrace but in reality it's all another scam to get rid of the Cannonball.


86 :03x12 - The Crowded Wedding Ring

First aired: Dec/07/1965
Writer: Ben Starr
Director: Stanley Z. Cherry
Guest star: Hope Summers (Mabel Denton), Whit Bissell (Ralph Denton)

An old beau of Kate's pays her a visit but brings along his domineering sister.


87 :03x13 - Uncle Joe Plays Post Office

First aired: Dec/14/1965
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Stanley Z. Cherry
Guest star: Donald Douglas (Browning), Kay St. Germain Wells (Mrs. Prentiss), Charlotte Knight (Emmy Puddleford), Damian O'Flynn (Wickersham), Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas)

Uncle Joe is named the new postmaster of Hooterville and decides to move it to the Shady Rest Hotel.


88 :03x14 - What's a Trajectory?

First aired: Dec/21/1965
Writer: Fred S. Fox, Irving Elinson
Director: Stanley Z. Cherry
Guest star: Rand Brooks (Ernest Belden), Dee Carroll (Secretary), Arthur O'Connell (William Lawrence)

Uncle Joe believes that a mysterious Shady Rest guest is actually a bank robber.


89 :03x15 - The Butler Did It

First aired: Dec/28/1965
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Dick Moder
Guest star: Maurice Dallimore (Faversham), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley)

Bobbie Jo's first prize in the contest she just won--an English butler.


90 :03x16 - Better Never Than Late

First aired: Jan/04/1966
Writer: Ben Starr
Director: Stanley Z. Cherry
Guest star: Lenore Kingston (Gloria), Harry Harvey (Billings), Vaughn Taylor (Foley), Vinton Hayworth (Grant), Herbie Faye (Fiskee), Herbert Anderson (Norton), Maxine Semon (Lena Fenwick)

Kate tries to recover a letter that was erroneously mailed.


91 :03x17 - Betty Jo Catches the Bouquet

First aired: Jan/11/1966
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Dick Moder
Guest star: Don Edmonds (Lyle Cabot), Ruth Thom (Wilma Blodgett), Winnie Collins (Mrs. Jessop), Dennis Pepper (Arthur Baker), Paul DeRolf (Larry), Terry Phillips (Bernie), Bunny Henning (Gladys), Bunny Summers (Mrs. Hennessy), Patrick Campbell (Newcomb), Charles Briles (Doug Keefer)

After catching the bridal bouquet at a wedding, Betty Jo fears that it means she's doomed to be married herself.


92 :03x18 - Billie Jo's Independence Day

First aired: Jan/18/1966
Writer: Lou Huston, Al Schwartz
Director: Dick Moder
Guest star: Minerva Urecal (Mrs. Griffin)

Billie Jo moves out of the Shady Rest and into her own place but soon discovers that "independence" isn't what she thought.


93 :03x19 - Yogurt, Anyone?

First aired: Jan/25/1966
Writer: Clifford Goldsmith
Director: Dick Moder
Guest star: Robert Turnbull (Chuck), Dennis Pepper (Edward), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley), Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas)

Betty Jo poses as a college gal to gain the interest of a hunky collegiate guy.


94 :03x20 - Only Boy in the Class

First aired: Feb/01/1966
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Don Edmonds (Lyle Cabot), Edward Green (Gary), Dennis Pepper (Edward), Lenore Kingston (Mrs. Coberland), Bob Pickett (Walter Thorp), Susan Walther (Henrietta)

Bobbi Jo tries to help out the only male student in her home economics class.


95 :03x21 - The County Fair

First aired: Feb/08/1966
Writer: Bernie Kahn, Lila Garrett
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Pat Buttram (Haney), Jacqueline Malouf (Muriel), Paul DeRolf (Bruce), Tim Rooney (Douglas), Bill Baldwin (Salesman), Max Mellinger (Judge), Gail Bonney (1st Lady), Mabel Forrest (2nd Lady), Johnny Coons (Man)

The Bradleys head to the county fair and enter several contests.


96 :03x22 - Jury at the Shady Rest

First aired: Feb/15/1966
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Parley Baer (Bailiff Tucker), Emory Parnell (Sheriff Blake)

A jury is sequestered at the Shady Rest but they refuse to reach a verdict because they enjoy Kate's cooking so much.


97 :03x23 - The Invisible Mr. Dobble

First aired: Feb/22/1966
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Frank Aletter (Benton), Russ Conway (Robinson)

Kate fears she's losing her mind. One of her hotel guests appears to be an invisible man.


98 :03x24 - It's Not the Principle, It's the Money

First aired: Mar/01/1966
Writer: Bob Marcus, David Braverman
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Don Haggerty (J. G. Albright), Dee Carroll (Miss Starkey), Don Keefer (Forbes)

Kate and Uncle Joe have radically different ideas on how to renovate the Shady Rest.


99 :03x25 - War of the Hotels

First aired: Mar/08/1966
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Richard Jury (Elroy), J. Pat O'Malley (Murdock Sneep), Ron Doyle (Fred), Curt Barrett (Howard Buskirk), Connie Conrad (Woman), Jack Bannon (Ed), Gary Preston (Salesman)

Kate gets involved in a hotel war with a rival Pixley innkeeper.


100 :03x26 - The Windfall

First aired: Mar/15/1966
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Guy Wilkerson (Lad Watson), Christine Williams (1st Showgirl), Phyllis Davis (2nd Showgirl), Joyce Nizzari (Hat Check Girl), Jan Arvan (Maitre'd), Jack Perkins (Guard), Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel)

On a trip to Pixley, Uncle Joe stumbles onto a fortune in buried money.


101 :03x27 - Second Honeymoon

First aired: Mar/22/1966
Writer: Rick Mittleman, Danny Simon
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Emmaline Henry (Nancy Anderson), Steve Dunne (Jeff Anderson)

A couple who spent their honeymoon at the Shady Rest return for their tenth wedding anniversary.


102 :03x28 - Kate Sells the Hotel

First aired: Mar/29/1966
Writer: R. S. Allen
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel), Richard St. John (Carter Deming)

Kate becomes convinced that her daughters would rather live in a big city so she decides to sell the Shady Rest.


103 :03x29 - Kate Bradley, Peacemaker

First aired: Apr/05/1966
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Jim Hayward (Farmer #3), John Logan (Farmer #2), Hank Worden (Farmer #1), Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas)

Kate tries to patch up a feud between railroad employees Floyd and Charlie.


104 :03x30 - Whatever Happened to Betty Jo?

First aired: Apr/12/1966
Writer: Lou Huston, Al Schwartz
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Gene Tyburn (Ace Bunther), Charles Briles (Peter Latimer), Florence Lake (Mrs. Latimer)

When Betty Jo fails to return home from school at the proper time Kate jumps to the conclusion that she's eloped.


105 :03x31 - Every Bachelor Should Have a Family

First aired: Apr/19/1966
Writer: Erna Lazarus
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Hugh Beaumont (Ronnie Beckman), Molly Dodd (Vera Wilson), Dennis Pepper (Georgie Davis)

Kate tries to help a galpal get her boyfriend to propose.


106 :03x32 - The Young Matchmakers

First aired: Apr/26/1966
Writer: Lou Huston, Al Schwartz
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Norman Leavitt (Clyde Rambo), Jack Collins (Robert Thatcher), Patrick Campbell (Renfrew Willoughby), Jack Bannon (Betty Jo's Date), Paul DeRolf (Bobbie Jo's Date), Ted Blair (Man), Dorothy Love (Woman), Eva Gabor (Lisa Douglas), Terry Phillips (Billie Jo's Date)

The three Bradley sisters organize a lonely hearts club to find a fellow for their mother.


107 :03x33 - Hooterville Valley Project

First aired: May/03/1966
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: John Hoyt (Fletcher), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley), Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel), Tom Fadden (Ben Miller)

Homer Bedloe returns to Hooterville with yet another scheme. This time he wants to flood the entire valley in order to make a recreational lake.


108 :03x34 - Betty Jo's Bike

First aired: May/10/1966
Writer: Howard Harris, Jay Sommers
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Jay Ripley (Willie), Joyce Perry (Clara Begley), Mary Jane Saunders (Susie Davis)

Betty Jo, trying to earn money for a motor bike, turns the Shady Rest into a giant day care center.


109 :04x01 - Young Love

First aired: Sep/13/1966
Writer: Ronny Pearlman
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: William Bakewell (Herbert), Richard Hale (Judge Clark), Ernest Truex (Tony Allison), Sylvia Field (Laura Bentley), Tom Lester (Eb Dawson), Janet Waldo (Violet Bentley)

Uncle Joe's newest promotional scheme to drum up business at the Shady Rest: a free wedding and honeymoon contest.


110 :04x02 - Birdman of Shady Rest (1)

First aired: Sep/20/1966
Writer: Charles Stewart
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: George Chandler (Doc Stuart), Ed Deemer (Major Corbett)

Cropduster Steve Elliot joins the series when he's forced to make a crash landing near the Shady Rest Hotel. Uncle Joe erroneously thinks he's a Russian spy.


111 :04x03 - Hooterville, You're All Heart (2)

First aired: Sep/27/1966
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Lloyd Corrigan (Reverend Jones), Jesse White (Henry Sharp), Tom Fadden (Ben Miller), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley)

The Bradleys and Uncle Joe try to help Steve Elliott come up with the money to make his payment on his cropdusting airplane.


112 :04x04 - He Loves Us, He Loves Us Not

First aired: Oct/04/1966
Writer: Lou Huston, Al Schwartz
Director: Charles T. Barton

All three Bradley girls come to the conclusion that Steve is in love with them.


113 :04x05 - The All-Night Party

First aired: Oct/11/1966
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Dick Moder
Guest star: Buck Buchanan (Boy), Heather Woodruff (Connie), Melinda Plowman (Mary Jane), Gail Bonney (Mrs. Tomley), Sheila Bromley (Mrs. Burris), Tom Lester (Eb Dawson), Jimmy Hawkins (Scott)

Kate refuses to let Bobbie Jo join her junior college galpals for a night on the town but she sneaks out anyway.


114 :04x06 - Cannonball, Inc.

First aired: Oct/18/1966
Writer: Charles Stewart
Director: Dick Moder
Guest star: Bill McLean (Andy Parker), Virginia Sale (Maude Blake), Jess Kirkpatrick (Conrad Mosley), Tom Fadden (Ben Miller), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

After a derailment, the citizens of Hooterville take over operation of the Cannonball from the railroad but this new management doesn't sit well with Floyd and Charlie who soon decide to quit.


115 :04x07 - Kate Grounds Selma Plout

First aired: Oct/25/1966
Writer: Lou Huston, Al Schwartz, Curt Massey
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Elvia Allman (Selma Plout), Lynette Winter (Henrietta Plout)

Scheming Selma Plout tries to snag Steve Elliott for her homely daughter, Henrietta.


116 :04x08 - The Almost Annual Charity Show

First aired: Nov/01/1966
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Elvia Allman (Selma Plout)

Selma Plout ousts Kate as producer of Hooterville's annual charity show.


117 :04x09 - How Bugged Was My Valley

First aired: Nov/15/1966
Writer: Al Schwartz, Lou Huston
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley), Guy Wilkerson (Ray Turlock)

Uncle Joe tries to stir up some cropdusting business for Carson-Elliott Airlines and ends up making a mess of things.


118 :04x10 - Twenty-Five Years Too Late

First aired: Nov/22/1966
Writer: Charles Stewart
Director: Ezra Stone
Guest star: Dennis O'Keefe (Walter O'Connor)

Sam Drucker is jealous when an old beau of Kate's arrives in Hooterville determined to rekindle their romance.


119 :04x11 - The Runt Strikes Back

First aired: Nov/29/1966
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Terry Phillips (Doc Craig), Tom Lester (Eb Dawson)

Trying to outdo her two older sisters, Betty Jo ends up with two dates for a dance.


120 :04x12 - Is There a Doctor in the Valley?

First aired: Dec/13/1966
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ezra Stone
Guest star: Athena Lorde (Secretary), Richard Tyler (Dr. Donald Craig), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

When the Cannonball's schedule gets altered for medical purposes, Homer Bedloe is on the scene once again trying to shut it down.


121 :04x13 - The Santa Claus Special

First aired: Dec/20/1966
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe), Tom Lester (Eb Dawson), Roy Roberts (Norman Curtis), Allison McKay (Secretary)

Scrooge, in the name of Homer Bedloe, derails Kate's attempt to use the Cannonball for Christmas caroling and gift giving.


122 :04x14 - My Daughter the Secretary

First aired: Dec/27/1966
Writer: Lou Huston, Al Schwartz
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Dan White (Homer Overstreet), Bunny Summers (Sadie Prentiss), Lynette Winter (Henrietta Plout), Elvia Allman (Selma Plout)

Selma Plout tries to cheat Billie Jo out of a trip to a secretary's convention and send her daughter, Henrietta, instead.


123 :04x15 - The Rise and Fall of a Tycoon

First aired: Jan/03/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe), Roy Roberts (Norman Curtis)

Homer Bedloe comes up with another plan to derail the Cannonball. He names Uncle Joe as General Manager of the Hooterville railroad line.


124 :04x16 - His Highness the Dog

First aired: Jan/17/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Bartlett Robinson (Mort Morton)

Uncle Joe comes up with another disastrous money making scheme when he starts a dog-sitting business at the Shady Rest.


125 :04x17 - Girls! Girls! Girls!

First aired: Jan/24/1967
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Sam Wade (Jerry), Jack Bannon (Tommy)

The Bradley girls invite each other's fellas to the Turnabout Dance. Jealousy ensues.


126 :04x18 - Temperance, Temperance

First aired: Jan/31/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Buddy Foster (Clint Priddy), John Hoyt (Jeremiah Priddy)

A touring temperance lecturer is neglecting his young son so Kate tries to make him see the error of his ways.


127 :04x19 - A Star is Born

First aired: Feb/07/1967
Writer: Al Schwartz, Dick Conway
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Peter Leeds (Guy Sparks), Dallas Williams (Andrew), Walker Edmiston (Announcer), Walter Baldwin (Granpa Miller), Hank Worden (Roy Turlock), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley)

A talent contest is held in Hooterville and everyone wants to get into the act.


128 :04x20 - Shoplifter at the Shady Rest

First aired: Feb/14/1967
Writer: Lou Huston, Al Schwartz
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Alice Nunn (Mrs. Benson), Ben Lessy (Eustace Pockle), Barry Kelley (Sheriff Crandall), Olan Soule (Mr. Benson)

A habitual shoplifter is sentenced to jail by Justice of the Peace Sam Drucker--at the Shady Rest Hotel.


129 :04x21 - Don't Call Us

First aired: Feb/21/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Frank Nelson (Austin), Jan Arvan (Waiter)

Aspiring singer Billie Jo lands her first professional gig at the Springdale Hotel.


130 :04x22 - Hey, Look Me Over

First aired: Feb/28/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Charles T. Barton

Billie Jo becomes jealous when boyfriend Steve Elliott begins spending time with younger sister Betty Jo.


131 :04x23 - That's Max???

First aired: Mar/07/1967
Writer: Lou Huston, Al Schwartz
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Jackie Russell (Max), Ron Stokes (Jack)

Billie Jo thinks that Steve is about to dump her and marry a former galpal named Max.


132 :04x24 - The Fishing Derby

First aired: Mar/14/1967
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Russ Grieve (Grant), Bill Baldwin (Dunsworth), George Ives (Red Granger)

Once again Uncle Joe tries to boost business at the Shady Rest when he and Sam Drucker sponsor a fishing tournament.


133 :04x25 - Kate's Big Deal

First aired: Mar/21/1967
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Elvia Allman (Selma Plout), Walter Baldwin (Grandpappy Miller), Hank Worden (Roy Turlock), Vinton Hayworth (Holloway)

Kate once again contemplates selling the Shady Rest. At first her daughters are for it but they soon begin having second thoughts.


134 :04x26 - Author! Author!

First aired: Mar/28/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Valerie Brooke (Entertainer), Jimmy Hawkins (Stanley Harper), Tom Lester (Eb Dawson)

Bobbie Jo wins a poetry award and then begins associating with a group of beatnicks.


135 :04x27 - Steve's Ol' Buddy

First aired: Apr/04/1967
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Lynette Winter (Henrietta Plout), Jimmy Hawkins (Jeff Maxwell)

An old Air Force buddy pays Steve a visit at the Shady Rest.


136 :04x28 - That Was the Night That Was

First aired: Apr/11/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Frank DeVol (Dr. Newton)

Kate thinks her newest guest at the Shady Rest might be a space alien.


137 :04x29 - The Eternal Rectangle

First aired: Apr/18/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway, Charles T. Barton

Billie Jo goes out of town for a singing gig leaving Bobbie Jo and Betty Jo to compete for the attention of beau Steve Elliott.


138 :04x30 - Kate's Cousin Mae

First aired: Apr/25/1967
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Forrest Lewis (Judge Clark), Shirley Mitchell (Mae Belle Jennings)

When Kate's cousin comes to visit she immediately grabs the attention of bachelors Sam Drucker, Floyd Smoot, and Charlie Pratt.


139 :04x31 - A House Divided

First aired: May/02/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Max Mellinger (Henry Tuttle), Jackie Joseph (Housewife), Hank Worden (Roy Turlock), Sarah Selby (Wilma Tuttle), Walter Baldwin (Grandpappy Miller), Elvia Allman (Selma Plout)

An increase in population requires the election of a new supervisor and Hooterville's female population is determined that the newbie be one of the fairer sex.


140 :04x32 - Go Away, Fat

First aired: May/09/1967
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Charles T. Barton
Guest star: Shirley Mitchell (Mae Belle Jennings), Lorraine Bendix (Agnes Bedford)

Kate's cousin Mae returns and turns the Shady Rest into a fat farm by starting a weight reduction program on the premises.


141 :05x01 - Is This My Daughter?

First aired: Sep/09/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: David Watson (Peter), Candace Silvers (Little Girl (as Candace Schwartz)), Kirk Scott (Brad), Merie Earle (Little Old Lady), Jack Bannon (Ronnie)

Betty Jo receives a trip to Europe for a graduation present. When she returns, the folks of Hooterville find her changed in ways they don't like.


142 :05x02 - It's Not Easy to Be a Mother

First aired: Sep/16/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Herbie Faye (Doodles), Phil Gordon (Charley), Peter Leeds (Syd Sparks), Herb Vigran (Barney Morgan)

Kate becomes suspicious when her daughter starts acting strangely, but all is not as she believes it to be, and she winds up learning a lesson about trust.


143 :05x03 - One Dozen Roses

First aired: Sep/23/1967
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: James Sheldon
Guest star: Tom Lester (Eb Dawson)

A secret admirer sends Betty Jo flowers. She wants to know who it is, and so do her mother and sisters.


144 :05x04 - You Know I Can't Hear You When the Thunder is Clapping

First aired: Sep/30/1967
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy

Betty Jo falls in love, leaving Kate to wonder what to do about it - or even if she should do anything about it.


145 :05x05 - Pop Goes the Question

First aired: Oct/07/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy

Trusting Uncle Joe with a secret turns out to be a poor idea. Soon enough his wagging tongue ensures everyone except the Betty Jo knows about Steve's plan to propose.


146 :05x06 - A Cottage for Two

First aired: Oct/14/1967
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy

Betty Jo has found a house in the woods where she wants to live - but it's a crap shack and Steve isn't enthusiastic, leading to sparks between the future bride and groom.


147 :05x07 - Mind If We Join Your Wedding

First aired: Oct/21/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Rufe Davis (Floyd Smoot), Elvia Allman (Selma Plout)

When Floyd Smoot and Selma Plout decide to marry, Floyd comes up with the idea of a double wedding and puts it to Steve. Trouble is, the two couples can't agree on the details...


148 :05x08 - Meet the In-Laws

First aired: Oct/28/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Hugh Beaumont (Mr. Donald Elliott), Ann Doran (Mrs. Elliott), E. J. Andre (Dr. Barton Stuart)

Steve's parents drop in on the Bradley's unexpectedly. They've heard about Betty Jo's cooking and want to try it themselves, and they want to meet their new in-laws.


149 :05x09 - With This Gown I Thee Wed

First aired: Nov/04/1967
Writer: Joanna Lee
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Hugh Beaumont (Mr. Donald Elliott), E. J. Andre (Dr. Barton Stuart), Ann Doran (Mrs. Elliott)

Four different people have offered Betty Jo wedding gowns. Whichever one she chooses, she fears she'll offend the other three.


150 :05x10 - Hawaii Calling

First aired: Nov/11/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Michaelani (Bellboy), Jimmy Cross (Photographer), Nora Marlowe (Mrs. Quincy), Hank Worden (Luke), Walter Baldwin (Grandpappy Miller)

Folks gather at Sam Drucker's store, awaiting an expected call from Hawaii, where Betty Jo and Steve are on their honeymoon.


151 :05x11 - Kate's Birthday

First aired: Nov/18/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Elvia Allman (Selma Plout), Barry Kelley (Sheriff), Dick Wilson (Airline Clerk)

With Betty Jo and Steve off to Hawaii, Kate fears they've forgotten her birthday.


152 :05x12 - The Honeymoon is Over

First aired: Nov/25/1967
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Terry Phillips (Doc Bailey), Jack Bannon (First Soldier)

Steve wants a night out with the boys, Betty Jo objects - the first fight of a new marriage. And before things can calm down, there are other countries heard from: Bobbie Jo and Uncle Joe offer their ideas.


153 :05x13 - A Horse On You, Mr. Bedloe

First aired: Dec/02/1967
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: William Joyce (Ray Rogers (as Bill Joyce)), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

C. & F.W. troubleshooter Homer Bedloe returns with a new plan to put the Cannonball out of operation. Naturally, the residents of Hooterville object.


154 :05x14 - Kate's Day in Court

First aired: Dec/09/1967
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Ed Stoddard (Mister Black), Lenore Kingston (Clerk), John Gilgreen (Prosecutor), Jack Bannon (Deputy), Parley Baer (Judge Turner), Johnny Eimen (Tommy), Ralph Manza (Pierre)

Kate goes to court over a jaywalking ticket.


155 :05x15 - Uncle Joe and the Master Plan

First aired: Dec/16/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Reginald Gardiner (Gaylord Martindale), Sarah Selby (Mrs. Pruit)

To promote the Shady Rest, Uncle Joe tries to get it into the Master Plan, which would permit travelers all over the country to reserve rooms. But the Master Plan checks prospective accommodations, so when Gaylord Martindale arrives, Uncle Joe and the others at the Shady Rest jump to a conclusion...


156 :05x16 - All That Buzzes Ain't Bees

First aired: Dec/23/1967
Writer: Peggy Elliott
Director: Guy Scarpitta

Uncle Joe decides to start a new business - beekeeping. This causes problems with newlyweds Betty Jo and Steve.


157 :05x17 - All Sales Final

First aired: Dec/30/1967
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: William O'Connell (Mr. Agnew), Sam Edwards (Clerk)

Steve and Betty Jo purchase new furniture for their new home. The problem is, each of them did it alone, so now they have twice as much furniture as they need, and no way to return it.


158 :05x18 - The Power of the Press

First aired: Jan/06/1968
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Hank Worden (Roy Turlock), Jack Orrison (Second Band Member), Burt Mustin (Grandpa Jenson), Stanley Fraser (Lem Stacey), Geoff Edwards (Jeff Powers), Ralph Brooks (Third Band Member)

Bobbie Jo and her boyfriend decide to become crusading reporters, and they start at the "Hooterville World Guardian." But it's a lonely business, telling other folks' secrets...


159 :05x19 - Steve, the Apple Polisher

First aired: Jan/13/1968
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Joi Lansing (Millicent Marshall), Frank Wilcox (J. P. Marshall)

Betty Jo wants her husband to do whatever he must to get a crop dusting contract.


160 :05x20 - The Barber Shop Quartet

First aired: Jan/20/1968
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Elvia Allman (Selma Plout), Richard Collier (Quimby), Burt Mustin (Grandpa Miller), Lynette Winter (Henrietta Plout), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley)

The barbershop quartet to which Uncle Joe belongs kicks him out for singing off-key. But he has done that for years. Could the real reason be an upcoming talent contest?


161 :05x21 - Higgins Come Home

First aired: Jan/27/1968
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Rufe Davis (Floyd Smoot)

Various members of the Bradley family believe Higgins likes them more - and Higgins can't seem to decide. Things get tense, until he disappears entirely.


162 :05x22 - Girl of Our Dreams

First aired: Feb/03/1968
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Paul Hartman (Bert Smedley), Frank Faylen (Ralph), Joan Blondell (Florabelle Campbell), Jane Betts (Passenger)

Uncle Joe and Sam Drucker are both disappointed when a woman they each once courted fails to recognize them: time has wrought changes to Joe's waistline and Sam's head...


163 :05x23 - Uncle Joe Runs the Hotel

First aired: Feb/10/1968
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Vaughn Taylor (Bill Clayton)

Uncle Joe, running the hotel in Kate's absence, rouses the ire of the townsfolk when he tosses a man out for non-payment. But is the man what he seems?


164 :05x24 - Billie Jo's First Record

First aired: Feb/17/1968
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Del Moore (Ted Swift), Jay Jostyn (Cameron), J. Pat O'Malley (Maynard)

A big-city record promoter tries to help Billie Jo push her first record - but she has a problem with the way he does it.


165 :05x25 - Mae's Helping Hand

First aired: Feb/24/1968
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Alice Nunn (Mrs. Benson), Shirley Mitchell (Cousin Mae), Geoff Edwards (Jeff Powers), Rosemary DeCamp (Aunt Helen), Olan Soule (Mr. Benson)

With Kate away, cousin Mae feels she must step in to help run the Shady Rest. Trouble is, she has no idea what she's doing. Worse, she doesn't know how much she doesn't know! Another relative steps in to help.


166 :05x26 - Bad Day at Shady Rest

First aired: Mar/02/1968
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Rosemary DeCamp (Aunt Helen), Barry Kelley (Sheriff), Geoff Edwards (Jeff Powers), Paul Hartman (Bert Smedley), Alan Reed (Bandit)

Uncle Joe and Aunt Helen capture a bank robber using their wits and... an old life raft?!?


167 :05x27 - Cannonball for Sale

First aired: Mar/09/1968
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Lurene Tuttle (Mrs. Green), Owen Bush (Chauffeur), Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe), Gavin Gordon (Butler), Rosemary DeCamp (Aunt Helen)

Railroad troubleshooter Homer Bedloe returns, this time to announce that the Cannonball is for sale to the highest bidder. Everyone in and around Hooterville scrambles to raise the money to purchase it.


168 :05x28 - My Pal Sam

First aired: Mar/16/1968
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Rosemary DeCamp (Aunt Helen), Paul Hartman (Bert Smedley)

Uncle Joe has some ideas for how Sam should spend his vacation at the Shady Rest - but Sam has ideas of his own, and they disappoint Joe.


169 :05x29 - Ring-a-Ding-Ding

First aired: Mar/23/1968
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Dabbs Greer (Mr. Peck), Rosemary DeCamp (Aunt Helen)

Betty Jo and Steve swear they'll never remove their wedding rings. It's never wise to tempt fate like that; the next day, Betty Jo has hers off just long enough to drop it down the drain. Now she has to figure out what to tell Steve.


170 :05x30 - Kate's Homecoming

First aired: Mar/30/1968
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Dennis Fimple (Elwood), William Mims (Mayor Potts), Burt Mustin (Grampa Jensen), Rolfe Sedan (Station Master), Elvia Allman (Selma Plout), Paul Hartman (Bert Smedley), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley), Rosemary DeCamp (Aunt Helen)

Kate returns home and discovers that Hooterville is just as she left it: no one is there to meet her because they all think she's arriving elsewhere, and a fireworks mishap sets part of the station on fire.


171 :06x01 - Birthplace of a Future President

First aired: Sep/28/1968
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Herb Voland (Mr. Andrews), Jean Vander Pyl (Clara Miller), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley), Elvia Allman (Selma Plout), Regis Toomey (Doc Stuart)

Betty Jo and Steve argue: she wants Doc Stuart to deliver their baby, he wants to take the child to Baltimore instead.


172 :06x02 - The Singing Sweethearts

First aired: Oct/05/1968
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Dick Crawford (Radio Announcer), Regis Toomey (Dr. Barton Stuart), Kathryn Minner (Old Lady (as Katherine Minner)), Sid Melton (Ted Swift), David Ketchum (Buddy Buster), Paul Hartman (Bert Smedley)

Friends and family coax Betty Jo into appearing on live television as part of "The Singing Sweethearts."


173 :06x03 - Only a Husband

First aired: Oct/19/1968
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Geoff Edwards (Jeff Powers), Regis Toomey (Doc Stuart)

Betty Jo garners all the attention because she's expecting her first. Steve begins to feel left out, and then jealous, so he goes on a fishing trip with Joe.


174 :06x04 - The Valley Has a Baby

First aired: Oct/26/1968
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Paul Rhone (Mr. Snavely), Valerie Brooke (Nurse), Kay St. Germain Wells (Mabel Hoffman), Jean Vander Pyl (Gladys Tuttle), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Elvia Allman (Selma Plout), Eva Gabor (Lisa Douglas), Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas), Regis Toomey (Doc Stuart)

Betty Jo is ready to give birth - but she can't wake up the conductor of the Cannonball, so she must drive the train herself!


175 :06x05 - Granny, the Baby Expert

First aired: Nov/02/1968
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Irene Ryan (Granny), Bob Jellison (Salesman)

Granny travels from Beverly Hills to Hooterville to look after Betty Jo's baby, but loses her glasses and makes a serious mistake...


176 :06x06 - Wings

First aired: Nov/09/1968
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers (Himself), Dennis Fimple (Elwood), Benny Rubin (Gus Huffle), Robert Carson (Studio Executive), William Mims (Mayor Potts), Richard Arlen (Himself), Jean Vander Pyl (Mrs. Agnes Frisby), Guy Wilkerson (Gas Station Attendant), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Elvia Allman (Selma Plout)

Stars Richard Arlen and Charles Rogers come to Hooterville for a premiere of Wings, nearly 40 years after its original premiere!


177 :06x07 - The Lady Doctor

First aired: Nov/16/1968
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Barbara Morrison (Doris Clayton), Kay St. Germain Wells (Evelyn Tucker), Jean Vander Pyl (Mrs. Agnes Frisby), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Paul Hartman (Bert Smedley), Regis Toomey (Doc Stuart), Hal Smith (Ben Miller)

Doc Stuart brings in an associate - an attractive lady named Janet Craig. But the residents of Hooterville don't know what to make of a lady doctor.


178 :06x08 - The Sneaky Ways of a Woman Who is Both Beautiful and Smart

First aired: Nov/23/1968
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs)

Facing resistance to the idea of her as a doctor, Janet Craig decides to impress the folks of Hooterville another way.


179 :06x09 - The Strange Case of Joseph P. Carson

First aired: Nov/30/1968
Writer: Dick Conway, Ben Gershman
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Regis Toomey (Dr. Barton Stuart)

Uncle Joe conjures an imaginary illness, part of a scheme to rid Hooterville of new doctor Janet Craig. But his scheme backfires when he actually gets sick.


180 :06x10 - Bye, Bye, Doctor

First aired: Dec/07/1968
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Paul Hartman (Bert Smedley), Dennis Morgan (Dennis Roberts)

Janet Craig's old flame Dennis comes to the valley, and just might leave with her. The folk of Hooterville aren't sure how they feel about that.


181 :06x11 - First Night Out

First aired: Dec/14/1968
Writer: Dick Conway, Ben Gershman
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Dave Willock (Sheriff of Pixley), Harold Peary (Brisbane Snead), Andy Albin (Matt), Amzie Strickland (Mrs. Finch), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Geoff Edwards (Jeff Powers)

Betty Jo and Steve finally get a night out to themselves - and their baby sitter promptly gets arrested, and takes Kathy Jo to jail with her!


182 :06x12 - A Cake from Granny

First aired: Dec/21/1968
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe), Irene Ryan (Daisy "Granny" Moses), Sarah Selby (Nellie Hughes), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Nancy Kulp (Jane Hathaway)

Homer Bedloe returns, once again bent on shutting down the Cannonball. A cake baked by Granny may be all that stands between Bedloe and his long-sought goal.


183 :06x13 - The Feminine Mistake

First aired: Dec/28/1968
Writer: Joanna Lee
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Elvia Allman (Selma Plout), Natalie Core (Ada)

Bobbie Jo's newspaper article about Dr. Craig upsets many of the subscribers to the Hooterville World Guardian.


184 :06x14 - The Ballad of the Everyday Housewife

First aired: Jan/04/1969
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Eva Gabor (Lisa Douglas), Benny Rubin (Patient)

Steve seems to take his wife for granted, which annoys her sister Bobbie Jo, who decides to do something about it.


185 :06x15 - The Christening

First aired: Jan/11/1969
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Frank DeVol (Reverend Barton), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Regis Toomey (Doc Stuart), Olan Soule (Bert Smedley)

As the time of Kathy Jo's christening approaches, there is no shortage of men who believe they are the best choice to be her godfather.


186 :06x16 - Billie Jo and the Big Big Star

First aired: Jan/18/1969
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Elvia Allman (Selma Plout), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Rich Little (Rick Wayne)

A comedian from the city visits Hooterville and strikes comedy gold when he interacts with the locals. But then he puts that act on the local stage, and sparks hard feelings.


187 :06x17 - Steve's New Job

First aired: Jan/25/1969
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Dennis Fimple (Elwood), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs)

Steve gets a very nice job offer, but it would require the Elliotts to move to New York - a tough decision.


188 :06x18 - The Cannonball Bookmobile

First aired: Feb/01/1969
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Paul Hartman (Bert Smedley), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Betty White (Adelle Colby)

Three men vie for the affections of bookmobile librarian Adelle.


189 :06x19 - A Man Called Cyrus Plout

First aired: Feb/08/1969
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Lynette Winter (Henrietta Plout), Elvia Allman (Selma Plout)

Arguments break out between older residents and younger residents over exactly how Founder's Day should be celebrated.


190 :06x20 - Joe Saves the Post Office

First aired: Feb/15/1969
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: Frank Cady (Sam Drucker), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Ray Kellogg (Whitehouse Guard)

When Sam receives a notice that the Hooterville Postal Substation is scheduled for closure, an outraged Uncle Joe devices a plan. He arranges for Hooterville residents to send each other mail, and then photographs Sam trying to cope. He plans to take this photograph to Washington as an illustration of his point.


191 :06x21 - I'm Allergic to Daddy

First aired: Feb/22/1969
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Guest star: Amzie Strickland (Mrs. Tucker)

Is Kathy Jo allergic to her own father? It seems so, so Betty Jo orders Steve out of the house!


192 :06x22 - Uncle Joe Retires

First aired: Mar/01/1969
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Paul Hartman (Bert Smedley), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Russ Bender (Farmer)

Uncle Joe, who evidently regards himself as energetic, announces his retirement, leaving the rest of Hooterville to ponder the question, "from what?"


193 :06x23 - The Organ Fund

First aired: Mar/08/1969
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Jack Denton (Marco), Frank DeVol (Reverend Barton), Jack Sheldon (Freddie Kirby), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs)

The church needs a new organ, so the folks of Hooterville pitch together to purchase one. But their money may go for naught, for there is a thief in the mix...


194 :06x24 - The Great Race

First aired: Mar/15/1969
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Hal Smith (Jug Gunderson), Sarah Selby (Mrs. Grundy), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Jonathan Hole (Hank Thackery)

A race between the Cannonball and a car will decide the future of the Shady Rest.


195 :06x25 - Tune in Next Year

First aired: Mar/22/1969
Writer: Dick Conway, Charles Stewart
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Jeff Thompson (Ted Thorsen), Byron Foulger (Wendell Gibbs), Paul Hartman (Bert Smedley)

The residents of Hooterville try to prevent Dr. Craig from accepting a job with a famous neurologist - a far cry from their early chilly reception of her!


196 :06x26 - By the Book

First aired: Mar/29/1969
Writer: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway
Director: Ralph Levy
Guest star: Kenneth Washington (William Blake)

Steve underbids a crop dusting job by nearly $2000, but must complete it regardless.


197 :07x01 - Make Room for Baby

First aired: Sep/27/1969
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Guy Scarpitta
Guest star: J. Pat O'Malley (the Hobo)

When Steve and Betty Jo's new baby, Kathy Jo moves in to the Shady Rest, the dog feels like an unwanted citizen around there.


198 :07x02 - The Game Warden

First aired: Oct/04/1969
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Charles Seel (Judge Clayton), Jonathan Daly (Orrin Pike)

Game Warden Orrin Pike threatens to throw Uncle Joe in jail after he catches too many fish.


199 :07x03 - The Other Woman

First aired: Oct/11/1969
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Herbie Faye (Oliver), Bill McLean (Mr. Birdwell), Pat Buttram (Mr. Eustace Haney), Alice Nunn (Mrs. Birdwell), Marvin Kaplan (Stanley)

Betty Jo and Steve feel crowded in their honeymoon cottage when they can't find anytime to spend alone with each other.


200 :07x04 - One of Our Chickens is Missing

First aired: Oct/18/1969
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Jack Bannon (Buck), Jonathan Daly (Orrin Pike), Harry Dean Stanton (Ringo), Harry Stanton (Sheriff)

Game Warden Warren Pike needs help catching a pair of rough and tough motorcyclists come to town and are suspected of poaching.


201 :07x05 - The Three Queens

First aired: Oct/25/1969
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Virginia Sale (Myra King), Harold Peary (Jack King), Jonathan Daly (Orrin Pike)

Dr. Craig and the Bradley girls find themselves competitors in a local beauty contest.


202 :07x06 - The Glen Tinker Caper

First aired: Nov/01/1969
Writer: Charles Stewart, Bob O'Brien
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Parley Baer (Judge Madison), Glen Ash (Glen Tinker), Sharann Hisamoto (Tami)

An unknown musician tries to smuggle a Vietnamese orphan into Hooterville.


203 :07x07 - The Tenant

First aired: Nov/08/1969
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Frank Aletter (Arthur Lewis), Leslie Parrish (Jackie)

A jealous Billie Jo tries to charm a glamorous authoress into leaving the Shady Rest soon after her arrival.


204 :07x08 - Sorry Doctor, I Ain't Taking No Shots

First aired: Nov/15/1969
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley), Jay Ripley (Claude Tweedy), Jonathan Daly (Orrin Pike), Peter Whitney (Jasper Tweedy)

A hillbilly family is deadly afraid of taking a flu shot, so Dr. Craig convinces them by curing their hound dog first.


205 :07x09 - A Most Momentous Occasion

First aired: Nov/22/1969
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Pat Buttram (Mr. Eustace Haney)

In an effort to keep Betty Jo and Steve from leaving the Shady Rest, Uncle Joe decides to install a new bathroom.


206 :07x10 - The Camping Trip

First aired: Nov/29/1969
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Jonathan Daly (Orrin Pike)

Uncle Joe finally befriends Bobbie Jo's boyfriend Orrin, after he saves him from a bear.


207 :07x11 - Kathy Jo's First Birthday (1)

First aired: Dec/06/1969
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: John Cliff (Sheriff Daly), Karl Lukas (Charlie Hanks), Bill McLean (Elbert Quimby), Buck Buchanan (Vendor), Natalie Core (Woman with baby), Herbie Faye (Jack Stewart), Alice Nunn (Lady with Wallet)

Uncle Joe lands in jail along with Kathy Jo, causing her to nearly miss her own first birthday party.


208 :07x12 - Goodbye, Mr. Chimp (2)

First aired: Dec/13/1969
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Herb Vigran (Al)

Uncle Joe is desperate to get rid of a chimpanzee who is destroying the Shady Rest.


209 :07x13 - The Golden Spike Ceremony

First aired: Dec/20/1969
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Frank Wilcox (Mr. Henderson), Jim Begg (Employee), Bartlett Robinson (Mayor), Jonathan Hole (Hank Thackery), Harry Hickox (Mr. Buell), Walter Baldwin (Grandpappy Miller), Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley)

Uncle Joe starts dreaming of spending money after he strikes oil during the Hooterville-Pixley golden spike ceremony.


210 :07x14 - But I've Never Been in Erie, PA

First aired: Dec/27/1969
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Tim Graham (Bert The Barber), Jonathan Daly (Orrin Pike), Rudy Vallee (H.A. Smith), Rolfe Sedan (Madame Lavelle)

An industrialist offers Uncle Joe a chance to make a fortune after he comes for a stay at the Shady Rest.


211 :07x15 - How to Arrange a Marriage

First aired: Jan/03/1970
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Greg Mullavy (Jerry Roberts), Jonathan Daly (Orrin Pike)

Bobbie Jo starts hinting about marriage to Billie Jo's boyfriend in hopes that he will ask her sister for her hand.


212 :07x16 - Selma Plout's Plot

First aired: Jan/10/1970
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Elvia Allman (Selma Plout), Lynette Winter (Henrietta Plout), Jack Sheldon (Ronnie Coleman)

Steve is almost ousted from his crop dusting business due to a scheme from Selma Plout to get her daughter a husband.


213 :07x17 - With This Ring...

First aired: Jan/17/1970
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Jean Corbett (Lydia), Jonathan Daly (Orrin Pike), Elna Hubbell (Kathy Jo Elliott), Merlin Olsen (Merlin Fergus)

Bobbie Jo's family goes overboard when her boyfriend Orrin is seen buying a ring.


214 :07x18 - The Valley's New Owner

First aired: Jan/24/1970
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Jonathan Daly (Orrin Pike), William Mims (Mayor Potts)

An old deed relegates the area of Hooterville Valley belongs to shy Orrin Pike.


215 :07x19 - Steve's Uncle George

First aired: Jan/31/1970
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Don Ameche (Uncle George), Rufe Davis (Floyd Smoot)

Steve's uncle George has a reputation as a troublemaker, and lives up to that status when he pays a visit to the Shady Rest.


216 :07x20 - Susan B. Anthony, I Love You

First aired: Feb/07/1970
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Paul Todd (Jerry), Jean Corbett (Cashier), Frank Ferguson (Bert the Barber), Jonathan Daly (Orrin Pike), Walter Baldwin (Grandpappy Miller)

Billie Jo recruit's her sisters when she comes back from Chicago with a visionary zeal for the women's liberation movement.


217 :07x21 - Spare That Cottage

First aired: Feb/14/1970
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Stu Wilson (Ben Miller), Robert Rockwell (Norbert Thompson), Elna Hubbell (Kathy Jo Elliott)

Steve and Betty Jo go to lengths to stop a highway from being built right through their honeymoon cottage.


218 :07x22 - Whiplash, Whiplash

First aired: Feb/28/1970
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Elvia Allman (Selma Plout), Lynette Winter (Henrietta Plout), Elna Hubbell (Kathy Jo Elliott), Buddy Lester (Timothy T. Temkin)

When Selma Plout falls from a hammock owned by Uncle Joe, she plans on suing him for her whiplash injury.


219 :07x23 - Last Train to Pixley

First aired: Mar/07/1970
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: June Lockhart Jr. (Girl), Rufe Davis (Floyd Smoot), Percy Helton (Mr. Benton), Bob Jellison (Ben Miller), Elna Hubbell (Kathy Jo), Sarah Selby (Mrs. Frisby), Parley Baer (Mr. Billingham)

uncle Joe is now running the Cannonball until it is sold off as a tax write off by the railroad company.


220 :07x24 - Love Rears Its Ugly Head

First aired: Mar/21/1970
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Roy Roberts (Game Warden Hughes), Jonathan Daly (Orrin Pike)

Billie Jo uses a new sensitivity training theory to spread the message of love around the valley.


221 :07x25 - No, No, You Can't Take Her Away

First aired: Mar/28/1970
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Elna Hubbell (Kathy Jo), Keith Andes (Dr. Peter Marlow)

News of a wealthy and handsome new doctor is coming to see Dr. Janet Craig, has the Bradley's worried that she will leave Hooterville.


222 :07x26 - Betty Jo's Business

First aired: Apr/04/1970
Writer: Dick Conway
Director: Elliott Lewis
Guest star: Nora Denney (Mrs. Graham), Peggy Russell (Mrs. Frisby), Dorothy Hack (Mother #2), Ann Urcan (Woman on Phone #1), Jean Corbett (Woman on Phone #2), Elna Hubbell (Kathy Jo), Laura Lamb (Mother #1), Nancy Marlow (Mrs. Hughes)

Betty Jo wants to make some extra money by starting a baby nursery.