Petticoat Junction
For the Birds
Season 2, Episode 20 · Aired 1965-02-23
Synopsis
Kate wants to know why the Cannonball has temporarily ceased operations. Kate and Uncle Joe get the Drucker's store where the Cannonball is stopped. The reason is a bird has built a nest on top of the smokestack and has laid five eggs. Charley and Floyd refuse to move the train until the eggs have hatched. They figure it will be two weeks before they hatch. When Homer Bedloe hears of this news, he is all in support of what Charley and Floyd are doing. He even puts an article in the paper about it. But he has a reason he wants to help the birds. If the train doesn't run for two weeks, he can shut it down permanently. Kate and the girls see the article in the paper. Homer shows up at the hotel and Kate is suspicious of his motives. Billie Jo and Betty Jo over hear Homer's plan and tell Kate. Kate comes up with a plan to save both the Cannonball and the birds.
In the series
This episode is part of Petticoat Junction (1963–1970) on CBS.
Shady Rest Hotel, three daughters, and the Cannonball train — rural comedy's cozy hub.
Key cast
- Bea Benaderet as Kate Bradley
- Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson
- Linda Kaye Henning as Betty Jo Bradley
- Gunilla Hutton as Billie Jo Bradley