Thursday, February 26, 2009

come ride the little train

Lots of curves you bet - even more when you get to the junction
Petticoat Junction (1963-1970)

I used to like this show. It was about this widow, Kate Bradley, who ran a place called The Shady Rest Hotel down by the train tracks in Hooterville. The proprietor had three daughters - hence "the more (curves that is) when you get to the junction.

If you ever drove out to Hooterville - you'd see a lot of familiar faces you've seen on other television shows. Jed Clampett came from Bugtussle - a neighboring community of Hooterville. As you know Jed and his ken moved away from the area when he struck oil (Texas Tea) and moved to Beverly (Hills that is). Green Acres was in the same county as well. Mr. Sam Drucker owned a general store and was a postmaster that serviced both fictional TV communities. Mr. Haney, a traveling salesman of sorts, also showed up in both fictional communities.

By the way, I figured out why they called that town Hooterville - because of all those girls swimming in the water tank.

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