Petticoat Junction
Hooterville Crime Wave
TV Flash files “Hooterville Crime Wave” as hour 57 of 222 in the TV Flash guide — Petticoat Junction (1963–1970) on CBS, season 2, episode 19, aired 1965-02-16, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E19: listed hour 57 of 222 in the Petticoat Junction guide, hour 19 of 36 in season 2. It aired 1965-02-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Kate Bradley, Girl Volunteer” (S02E18). Next is “For the Birds” (S02E20).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Convicts Barney Dawson and Max James have escaped from the state penitentiary. Meanwhile, Uncle Joe wrote a letter to the Postmaster General accusing Sam of running a lax and inefficient post office. Joe believes that if Sam posted photos of some criminals, he could capture them for the reward money. Sam makes fun of Joe being a member of the CIA. Sgt. Horton, from the state police, comes by and tells them about Barney and Max being in the area. Joe asks if there's any reward for them and he is told no. Floyd and Charley search the hotel and Kate wonders where Dog is. Turns out that Barney and Max are following Dog. Later that evening, Barney, Max and Dog show up at the hotel. Sam and Sgt. Horton arrive pretending to be Charley and Floyd. Sam and Joe bump heads and knock each other out. Kate is able to hit Barney and Max on the head with a CIA sign, knocking them out. Sgt. Horton ties them up. Sam explains that Dog came to his store and made Sam and Horton follow him to the hotel.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Hooterville Crime Wave sit in the Petticoat Junction guide?
S02E19 is listed hour 57 of 222 — hour 19 of 36 in season 2, season 2 episode 19.
When did Petticoat Junction S02E19 air?
Hooterville Crime Wave aired 1965-02-16 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
Bea Benaderet’s Blanche Morton needled The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as next-door vaudeville, then The Flintstones’ Wilma and Petticoat Junction’s Kate Bradley made her 1950s–60s catalog warmth a three-stop map. TV Flash files…
- Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson
Edgar Buchanan’s Red Connors kept Hopalong Cassidy in tobacco-and-advice weather — 1950s catalog kids’-western merch machine, then Petticoat Junction stretching the drawl into Uncle Joe on a hotel porch. TV Flash files him as the sidekick…
- 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…