Petticoat Junction
Bedloe's Most Fiendish Scheme (1)
TV Flash files “Bedloe's Most Fiendish Scheme (1)” as hour 65 of 222 in the TV Flash guide — Petticoat Junction (1963–1970) on CBS, season 2, episode 27, aired 1965-04-13, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E27: listed hour 65 of 222 in the Petticoat Junction guide, hour 27 of 36 in season 2. It aired 1965-04-13 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Black Box” (S02E26). Next is “Bedloe Gets His Comeuppance (2)” (S02E28).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Kate has a lot of outstanding debts, plus she hasn't made a mortgage payment in six months. Uncle Joe suggests turning the hotel into an ostrich farm to raise money. Mr. Guerney, the President of the Pixley Bank, informs her that there is a new majority shareholder of the bank. Because of this, she has two weeks to pay $138 on her mortgage or the bank will have to foreclose. Mr. Guerney didn't tell Kate that the majority shareholder is Homer Bedloe, who hopes to ruin Kate. The girls say they will get part time jobs to help raise the money. When he realizes Kate is in trouble, Doc Stuart gives Billie Jo a job. Betty Jo gets a job with Fred Ziffel. Kate won't take any handouts from Charley and Floyd. Bobbie Jo is teaching piano. Joe can't find a job. Kate gets a job as a short order cook, but she doesn't last long at it. Kate and the girls do come up with the amount needed, but some of it's in I.O.U.s. Bedloe says that isn't good enough and still wants to foreclose. Mr. Guerney comes up with a way to give Kate a little more time. Dog chases Bedloe out of the hotel.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bedloe's Most Fiendish Scheme (1) sit in the Petticoat Junction guide?
S02E27 is listed hour 65 of 222 — hour 27 of 36 in season 2, season 2 episode 27.
When did Petticoat Junction S02E27 air?
Bedloe's Most Fiendish Scheme (1) aired 1965-04-13 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
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…