Petticoat Junction
There's No Flame Like an Old Flame
TV Flash files “There's No Flame Like an Old Flame” as hour 53 of 222 in the TV Flash guide — Petticoat Junction (1963–1970) on CBS, season 2, episode 15, aired 1965-01-19, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E15: listed hour 53 of 222 in the Petticoat Junction guide, hour 15 of 36 in season 2. It aired 1965-01-19 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Curse of Chester W. Farnsworth” (S02E14). Next is “Billie Jo's First Job” (S02E16).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Uncle Joe has been receiving and sending what appears to be love letters, but won't say who it is. Kate eventually learns that Joe is writing to Mary Alice Perkins. Kate is upset because Mary Alice stood Joe up at the altar several years ago and ran off with his best man, George Perkins. Joe tells Kate that George has passed away. He also admits he never loved anyone but her, and that he has now forgiven her. It seems she is coming to the Shady Rest to marry Joe. When Mary Alice arrives, Kate is put off by her snobbish ways and her meddling. She even rearranges the hotel lobby. Preparations are being made for the wedding. Boo Boo Webster, Mary Alice's lawyer, shows up to give the bride away. As the wedding starts, Dog brings Joe a letter that says Mary Alice has run off with Boo Boo. Everyone is kind of relieved, including Joe. They all decide to go ahead with the party.
Viewer FAQ
Where does There's No Flame Like an Old Flame sit in the Petticoat Junction guide?
S02E15 is listed hour 53 of 222 — hour 15 of 36 in season 2, season 2 episode 15.
When did Petticoat Junction S02E15 air?
There's No Flame Like an Old Flame aired 1965-01-19 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Kate, the Shady Rest, and the Cannonball in a Benaderet-era hour is the porch contract. Uncle Joe is the layabout comic engine.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Petticoat Junction is the porch at the center of Paul Henning's rural map: Bea Benaderet's Kate running the Shady Rest, three daughters, Uncle Joe, and the Hooterville Cannonball. Less fish-out-of-water than hometown sitcom — a hotel as social club. Benaderet's warmth is the connective tissue that made Hillbillies and Green Acres feel like one county.
The porch is the network night. Paul Henning's *Petticoat Junction* (CBS, 1963–1970) sits at the center of the rural map: Bea Benaderet's Kate running the Shady Rest, three daughters, Uncle Joe, and the Hooterville Cannonball. Seven seasons of hometown sitcom rather than fish-out-of-water — a hotel as social club. Edgar Buchanan's Uncle Joe and Linda Kaye Henning's Betty Jo kept the Cannonball on schedule. Gunilla Hutton's Billie Jo among the daughters. Soft rural farce with crossover DNA. On the palate: porch,…
Filed against
- Bea Benaderet as Kate Bradley
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- Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson
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- Linda Kaye Henning as Betty Jo Bradley
Linda Kaye Henning kept the Shady Rest humming as Betty Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction — one of three daughters on Paul Henning’s rural porch map, Hooterville Cannonball included. Hometown sitcom, not fish-out-of-water panic. TV Flash…
- Gunilla Hutton as Billie Jo Bradley
Gunilla Hutton played Billie Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction — Paul Henning's rural porch, Bea Benaderet's Kate at the Shady Rest, three daughters, Uncle Joe, the Hooterville Cannonball. Hometown sitcom, hotel as social club. TV Flash…