Taking the Trip to HooterVille , & the Long Sweet walk down Memory Lane. . . when TV 📺 Shows where Entertaining & Enjoyable for the whole World 🌍 young or old. The Actors/Characters, creatived such lasting delightful moments of happiness, that's EverGreen Timless ⏳ Classics , we all return to again & again 🥰 I must add , I was always a BIG FAN of Bea Benaderet Beautiful inside and out. Such a Lovely 🌹 Lady, read where her kindness to pets & animals, & Veterans & their Familys was a Sincere & Genuine Concern, Bless her ♥️ Heart ! Reminds me of my GrandMother ♥️ As all of us, I'm still 👀watching & L💖VING TV 📺 how it was meant to Be.
As an 8 year old boy in 1963 who liked trains it was obvious why I liked this show. As I got older of course I found there were other things to like about it.
This was *ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY* the best documentary l've seen or heard on _PETTICOAT JUNCTION_ . As far as interviews are concerned it wins hands-down all the way around. It answered a ton of questions l had about the casting and the actors; the replacements and why some left (albeit, l knew about the deaths that had occurred). The one thing l really appreciated about this presentation was that we were getting information "straight from the horse's mouth", and not from some know-it-all interviewer wanting to impress audiences with his knowledge. Neither were we the pawns of some "click-baiter", trying to take advantage of fans searching for information. Thanks to whomever for granting us this most interesting bit of documentary. .
@@MrCJ-qz9dl - Sam Drucker lived to be 96, and Mr Bedloe was 102! Sam was in "When Worlds Collide" and looked just like he always did. Mr Bedloe I always thought of as old when I saw him in movies from the '30s!
"If Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Mayberry RFD and Hee Haw were cancelled because of low ratings,fine...but if they were cancelled because of a network whim to change an image,not so fine!" -TV Guide,1971
The great Rural Purge. Those shows were still very popular. Green Acres and PJ coexisted in the same universe, as it were, and the principal players made guest appearances on each other's shows.
These were the shows you could always rely upon to relax and forget your day. They were like coming home. Not bogged down with political issues, just simple enjoyment.
I grew up on Petticoat Junction, Green Acres and Beverly Hillbillies and to this day I still watch the re runs. Now with You tube I can watch them when ever I want to. Thanks for keeping there memories alive.
That would be very interesting point. What would a very wholesome show in 2022 look like? I’m guessing that you would be the steering well clear of politics, and issues like climate, change, race relations, conspiracy, theories and the like wonder what they would be left for the average wholesome American to focus on in terms of plot. The America of the 1960s has pretty much disappeared. People like the one in the show as rare as hens, teeth in this day and age. Thankfully, you able to go back and watch them on reruns
Three great TV shows (Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and Beverly Hillbillies) I remember in reruns as a kid along with Gilligan's island and McHale's Navy. Gentle humor. Classy.
Gilligan's Island was cancelled because of the show Gunsmoke. At first the network planned to cancel Gunsmoke, but the head of CBS was a big fan of Gunsmoke so he demanded that Gilligan's Island be cancelled instead.
I see a common theme in all these, "Shows were great then...shows today suck" comments. Which is this...almost unilaterally, such sentiment is accompanied by revelation of commenters having grown up in the era when the shows were popular. Personally - I find it the height of self-sanctimony for someone to attempt to foist their world views and values on someone with whom they may not share the same reference points of life experiences. Also, there is this...the lament by "elders" as to the wayward ways of the succeeding generations has been echoing since AT LEAST the days of Aristotle. By the way - I AM of the older generation. Grew up with the same shows and experiences shared by many of you (although, given my cultural background...I may not necessarily be as inclined to wistfully yearn for those days as some you seem to be.) I've made my peace with this reality...it's a near (very near) certainty that the emerging generations will outlive all the micro--aggressive bellyaching about "the youth of today" so many Baby Boomers indulge. And Us Baby Boomers might as well begin (if not already begun) to accept that reality - like THAT or not.
I loved Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Mayberry and Star Trek. I know it is a strange mix but they were all good family shows and that was what people wanted back then.
I was born in 1961, I remember being so sadden when Petticoat Junction ended more than any of those shows. Marlo Thomas was my inspiration in life because of “That Girl, I wanted to be just like her. Fast forward to 2010 and I was telling a really dear friend that story, and he said to me “Penny, you are That Girl,” greatest compliment ever 🥰
I'm enjoying this series all over again lately. I remembered being so sad at age 9 when Bea Benaderet passed away. She was such a versatile actress but had such a warmth as Kate. And I loved Higgins the dog❣️
@@lilajagears8317 Bea was such a professional, and apparently not a diva of any kind. Yes, she was up for the Granny role, but allegedly when she saw Irene Ryan's audition, she went to Paul Henning and told him that he'd be a fool not to cast Irene for the role that she herself wanted. THAT'S class.
Absolutely wonderful. I was a 10 year old girl who loved this show from the very beginning. How wonderful of Linda Kaye Henning to open her heart and tell this story of her acting on the program. Loved this beautiful memory of all the fine actors.
Our Family was good friends with Edgar Bucanon's sister Key who lived in our town in Oregon. Edgar would come and visit about twice a year. His Sister told us that Edgar was a Dentist before his acting career started.
His wife and Edger were both dentists. He kept up his license even while he was acting. He even gave dental care on the sets of the movies/shows he was on.
These old time sitcoms are full of Truth. life lessons. real life relationships and taught us children how to make sense of life and learn in a fun way and laughing
You do have a point there. For example; James Arness was made an Honorary United States Marshall, by The United States Marshall's Service, and presented with a solid gold U.S. Marshall's badge. He did narratives for their recruiting and training videos. He inspired many young people to become Law Enforcement Officers through his character, United States Marshall Matt Dillon. Later in his life, The U.S. Marshall's Service presented James Arness with a certificate and pure Sterling silver Retired U.S. Marshall badge, and officially proclaimed Mr Arness to be an Honorary Retired U .S. Marshall! Rest in heaven James Arness 🙏 💔 😢 💙 😔 😞 You are loved and missed . ❤️ Thankfully, Marshall Matt Dillon still rides on our television screens and still fights the Good Fight 👍 👏
I watch petticoat Junction over and over and over again I was born in the 60s and watch them all my life I miss the good old days this world is so dark and evil right now if I didn’t have Jesus Christ as my precious savior and best friend I would be so lost and it helps to have these shows too… so stay hopefully they’ll keep playing so that this generation that has the iPhone in their face maybe it’ll rub off on them with prayer. 🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺JIC
I was born in 1969, happened to stumble on Petticoat Junction for the first time in 2021 during Corona and to be frank, it is fantastic....great actors, great acting, just wonderful....no matter how many times I see it, it is never boring just like Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", you come back to it every Christmas time and it is just wonderful. And by the way, just love that old train and that little town etc....
I needed to see this. These were the people of my childhood. I remember people following every nuance of Steve and Betty Jo. When they got married, and had the baby, it was news!!
At age 70 I still every Christmas Eve after every thing has settles down I will go down and get in my chair and watch the Petticoat Christmas special show.. Alone with my hound in my lap and a large glass of wine..
There is just one more thing that is never mentioned about what made this show and the other rural TV shows so popular back in the 60s, it's the catchy intro tunes, that does a lot for these old shows along with the good actors with morals back then.............
I grew up on Paul Henning's shows and have seen most of them in reruns as an adult. It's great to be able to be transported back to that more innocent time of our lives, however Petticoat was never the same for me once Bea Benederet was gone, she was so special. She was the heart & soul of Petticoat.
I grew up with all 3 as well, but I find Green Acres is the one I feel closest to. Watching them over and over on DVD has helped me get through some very tough times of illness and helped me cope with my father's death. A world that you would like it to be....
Wow, this documentary is tops!! I watched Petticoat Junction religiously on my local station, WEHT TV25 in Evansville, IN as it was a CBS station back then, now ABC. I was a train buff, 3 years old when the show first aired in 1963 and 10 years old in 1970 when it went off the air, my parents knew that no matter what we were doing at the time, I HAD to watch Petticoat Junction. I loved the characters, Paul Henning did a fantastic job in chosing the right people for the cast. I always wanted a dog like Higgins, or as they called him on the show, "Dog." There will never be another Bea Benaderet. She was in a league of her own. Edgar Buchanan was wonderful as were all the cast, each performed their part effortlessly, and you could tell they genuinely enjoyed what they were doing. I loved this show for its wholesomeness, its family values, and the warm and cozy feeling it gave you. We could sure use that in today's world. Thank you to everyone involved in putting this documentary together. This is a gem that I will share with my family and friends.
That tribute was nice. 👍 Kind of teary eyed now just thinking about it and all the charactors on these shows. The simple life isn’t always so simple, but it was a good life just the same.
Petticoat Junction, Beverly Hillbillies, and Green Acres are shows that are great. Shows like this are not being made today and it's a shame. Thank heaven for syndication. It is a wonderful feeling when I see these shows. Today programs are not well made today. Back in the day, I liked the '50's and '60's even '70's. I think the people in these shows had a certain quality that not many had even now. I enjoyed these shows. Thank you everyone.
I now serve as a city pastor but my first 16 yrs was as a country pastor. When people would know things about what I did or some news I had told someone I immediately thought about Green Acres. Sam Drucker would always know what was going on by the time Oliver got to the store. Country people are like that. I can attest to it.
I love my ME TV and ME TV plus that do show this show. My son likes to watch, but he works 3 out of 5 days and likes to bike ride early in the morning.
I really believe that shows like this are popular in re-runs becase of the insanity of this modern, progressive world. We are all looking for something more simple and wholesome. Thanks for this video....i grew up watching all these shows. Great to travel down memory lane😊❤🚂
I was living in Newport Beach in the early 90's now in NYC. I attended a tribute to Paul Henning in I believe a small auditorium in Fountain Valley and all the Petticoat girls were there as well as the Beverly Hillbillies cast and Alvy Moore from Green Acres. I still have the program. I will never forget sitting in the second row behind Buddy Ebsen and Max Baer and Donna Douglas watching the very first episode of their show, hearing Jethro giggle on the screen and then hearing Max laugh IFO me. Donna had to rib him a few times to keep him quiet. After the show ended I remember walking out and I stood right next to Paul. He looked very pleased. Was a fun afternoon.
What makes these shows so timeless and watchable still is the fact they did not deal with world current events, like the later All In The Family, Maude, and Designing Women. Just real family values. And I use "family" in the broadest sense possible. All the characters were one big family even if not actually related.
The story of the end of the Henning/Sommers shows is strong evidence that the broadcast networks do not exist primarily as commercial entities. All these shows were in the top 20 viewership. All were enjoyed and even loved, despite, and really because of their broad comic camp and farce. They were canceled and replaced with dingy city shows of dysfunctional and sarcastic families (returning to The Honneymooners formula) for a reason. TV, despite claims otherwise, exists to program an audience and modify their behavior. They were not trying to stay "hip" they were trying to define "hip" and direct young minds into molds the network executives make and pour for them... And they still are.
@@STho205 I disagree with your analysis. The commercial networks are businesses. They exist not only to make a profit, but to maximize profits. Many businesses will discontinue profitable products in the hopes that other products will make even more profits. And how do networks make profits? Well, at the time, it was solely by selling ads. And how do networks sell ads? By convincing advertisers that the people watching their shows would be receptive to the products advertisers are trying to sell. In other words, by having the right demographics. And, at the time, the viewers of shows like Petticoat Junction and the like, no matter how many there were, were simply not the viewers advertisers wanted and were willing to pay top dollar for. It's really as simple as that.
@@jimtrue1465 maybe. However soap, General Foods, appliances and lady products were still the main advertisers, after cigarettes and alcohol were pushed out...and major industry stopped just placing their names. They still are. Seems a good fit to me as those shows were geared to housewares and nostalgic homelife. Kotex and Tampons didn't weasel their way in till the mid 70s. Still mostly lady products today and big pharma has substituted for the tobacco and liquor ads. Kelloggs was a big sponsor for Henning shows. They didn't dissappear or decide MeatHead and Maude were better cereal eaters. Maxwell House and Post was the big sponsor for Mayberry series. The 60s had many nostalgic shows for 30 min in kid hours and bright shiny future shows for 60 min and 30 min. About 1969/70 Pop Culture just decided to roll that up and toss it out in favor of you peasants go back to your droll lives and work hard for The Man as you'll never live sophisticated lives...like your betters. It's very apparent with the heroic military shows to get America ready and eager join up for Vietnam in the JFK/LBJ years. After Nixon took charge...Hollywood ripped up those scripts and replaced them with MASH.
@@STho205 I agree that many of the things being advertised were used by the older, more rural audiences. But advertisers at the time were learning that the older, more-rural audience members were less likely to change brands because of advertising, and so they were not the ideal target. Advertisers began preferring the younger, more urban audience, and were willing to pay more for access to that demographic. The urban 18-35 demographic was THE prime target for advertisers then, so networks were anxious to schedule programs to attract that prime demographic.
I love all these old shows, but I'd like to give a special shout out to whoever cast Pat Buttrum as one of the saloon regulars in Back to the Future III. It was like seeing an old friend, got a huge kick out of that!!! Terrific documentary, thanks for posting.
I watched a movie called They're Playing With Fire with Sybil Danning. It's pretty much what they would call a T&A movie, but there's a surprise character that also kicks you greatly when revealed. It's surprising because no credit is given at the start of the movie. Only at the end, but you do not even have to wait, because you immediately know the face of the person. True, when you see the face, it is like seeing an old friend. The lucky kid is the same actor who played in Private Lessons.
Loved watching reruns of Petticoat Junction as a preteen in the late 70s. I remember having a bit of a crush on Lori Saunders and how disappointed I was when my mom pointed out that the show was made back in the 60s, and Ms. Saunders was actually much older than I had thought. Innocent times…but I still think she’s beautiful to this day.
This was a lovely tribute to a truly wonderful show. I am so thankful that I grew up watching these wholesome shows, where family values, honesty, and kindness were emphasized. What wonderful actors, who are sorely missed not only for their talents, but for being amazing human beings. Where can I catch the Cannonball to Hooverville? It was a simpler, gentler, more innocent time that I surely miss. ❤️
I was in my high school marching band. We lived in a small farm town and green was our main school color. We sang the Green Acres them while marching. That was in the late 90’s these shows are timeless.
Even though the Rural Comedies of the 60s are not my top favorites from the 60s, they clearly were well made and acted. This video does a great job of going into the history of that era. Big thumbs ups to individuals that put this video together. It hands down far far better than the channels that use AI generated scripts and cloned voices.👍
Perplexed and Bemused Aussie here.I always thought it was funny that Eva Gabor called the town HooterSville as I associated it with Hooters Bar & Grill. Or was Green Acres made before Hooters Bars sprang up?
Born in 1953 these 3 shows were all part of my school days. Network television was once so great. I remember it was actually exciting when the new television schedules were made available for the next season my family would figure out what we would watch for each time slot and maybe watch others only when shows repeated. And it was all free. Excellent history of Petticoat Junction. I recall watching it however only up until the passing of Bea Benaderet. It was before my time but thanks to RU-vid I have seen episodes of the Burns and Allen show of the 1950s and there is Kate. Thanks for sharing on RU-vid.
I remember getting either the TV Guide or saving the Sunday Paper's TV guide for the week. I didn't see the last seasons as Uncle Sam had plans for me I wasn't crazy about.
@@MountainFisher I understand. I know we did not purchase the TV Guide, but there was some kind of paper booklet provided by the local newspaper for the new TV season. We did get the local newspaper each day so it had the lineup for that night that would show any changes or what was being repeared that night. It might even be that Sunday papers TV Guide you mention. So long ago I am not sure.
@@larryloveless2967 LA Times' Sunday edition had a TV guide for the week, but my grandfather would sometimes buy the regular TV Guide to read about people in the shows. Plus he wouldn't admit it, but he was hooked on the soap opera General Hospital and he liked reading about some of the actors on the show. So if there was an article about GH you could bet the farm he would get it.😆
@@MountainFisher You got me thinking about it and I am sure it was a Guide placed in our Sunday local newspaper for the week as well. that we used. Funny you mention General Hospital, since that was also my mom's favorire soap.
The Hooterville name was actually a take on the community of Etterville which is just north of Eldon on the old Rock Island Railway. Even the bend the train rounds in the opening sequence is very similar to the bend in the tracks just before Etterville. The city of Eldon does little if anything to celebrate it's ties to the universe created by Paul Hennig sadly. The Burris Hotel is long gone as is the train depot but a new visitor center was recently constructed where the depot was that shares design cues with the old depot. Eldon is a community of around 5,000 people just north of Lake of the Ozarks. At the time Mr. Hennig was interviewed Eldon was a community of about 4200 people. He and his wife are buried in the community of Tuscumbia which is about 16 miles from Eldon. I'm a lifelong Eldon area resident and a bit of a local history buff in case anyone was curious.
yeah but green acres is a real town out side of bskersfield on the rail route...not far north is the real town of pixley....then not far north of there is a town called porterville...
Just the sound of that train whistle takes me back to my early childhood. I recall the middle seasons so fondly. After Kate died it just wasn’t the same, they seemed to be constantly singing, which I couldn’t stand.
So many great memories here, I was just a tyke back in the early 60s but thanks to reruns and syndication, i have enjoyed these episodes for most of my adult life. I was always tickled by the connections of all the Henning shows, it was one big happy family. The silliness was just off the chain hilarious, esp with Jethro on BH and with the cast of crazies on Green Acres. If you didn't get a belly laugh from some of their antics, then there was a problem with your sense of humor.
Hee Haw was on tv for several years, 1969-until after 1990...I wouldn't call it short lived. I watched every ep of all these shows when new. I still love all of them.
Hee Haw didn't last very long as a network television show on CBS However, once the producers began selling/ renting video tapes of the show to individual television stations, the show became extremely popular. In the early 1980's, Oklahoma Cutynewspaper publisher and Radio/ Television broadcast station owner, Edward Gaylord bought Hee Haw, along with Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, Opryland USA complex, WSM 650 AM, The Ryman Auditorium, and the rest of National Life Insurance's non insurance holdings. Now Gaylord Entertainment is a multi billion dollar enterprise.
I was born in '59, and grew up watching these shows. TV was a wonderful thing in the '60s and '70s, then just started falling apart. I haven't watched TV in a long time, there is nothing on TV but trash, except for channels that have reruns of '60s and '70s shows. I was also a big fan of Lost in Space back then, June Lockhart managed to get her role on Petticoat Junction when Lost in Space was canceled. I wasn't planning to watch this entire video, I was just going to skip through it, but got hooked and watched the whole thing. All these decades later, it's hard to believe that CBS once had shows like this, considering the trash they've become. Really makes me want to go back to those days.
I was born in 1960. All I watch on network TV is the local news and national news (to see how crazy it is out there), Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, PGA Golf, NCAA Basketball tournament, World Series, Saturday College football, Superbowl, The Olympics. I have not locked on to any network series since they started reality (non-reality) TV shows. I don't watch Dancing with the stars, The Voice, etc I would be more productive weeding my backyard. I have started watching black & white movies from the 1920's and forward. AI lot of movies that we have not seen in the glory days of Hollywood. I also don't like watching 8 commercials during the breaks as they have today on these shows today.
All three of these shows were my favorite shows when I was a kid ( plus Gilligan's Island), they where all great and hearing the stories of how they came about is fascinating, thanks for the great video.😊😊😊
To me I was born in 1956 but the 60s I think was the greatest time of the United States of America I love growing up in that town and I think 1967 was my favorite year
Back in the late 70's - early 80's, I watched this show .. mainly because it was on the only station our TV's were able to pick up... I lived up in the hills above Jamestown where the outside scenes (with the train) were filmed...
There is also Jamestown, NY, notable for Lucille Ball. Great place to visit and attend festivals and activities related to the wonderful Lucille Ball. Bea played an old spinster on one episode of I Love Lucy! Michael Minor certainly was a handsome man. Too bad the marriage ended in divorce. Mike was quite heavy in later life. I have always wondered if it was health related. Charles Lane and Shirley Mitchell were also friends of Lucille Ball. June Lockhart was an excellent addition to the show. Always loved Frank Cady. I will bet he was very down to earth in real life. I would love to have met him and would love to meet Linda Kaye Henning. This was very informative and I am so happy to have come across it. Thank you for the info on one of my favorite shows. Yes, a senior citizen from upstate NY, about 30 minutes from the Baseball Hall of Fame ⚾️ !!
Those were such good ole days I remember watching the early episodes in black and white on our first TV , a hand me down from my grandparents with a round screen. Then about the time Petticoat went color so did our TV. Petticoat Junction was my Favorite show back then, I was a wide eyed little boy in love with the three pretty girls skinny-dipping in the water tower. The sixties were truly magical, a great decade to have grown up in... It was a time of innocence when actors were as wholesome as the character they played.
Great documentary. I'd live to make it to Jamestown, CA one day and ride the Cannonball. That train is in so many 60s shows and movies: Casey Jones, PJ, GA, BH.... Gunsmoke, Rifleman, Big Valley, WW West....
Incredibly well made production of one of my favorite series. PJunction was a blessing of a show and it's sad that today there's nothing close to it. Thank you, the the cast crew and Paul Henning.
This brings back a lot of memories. I loved everyone on this show and I very sad to walk down memory lane. The problem with being old is leaving all the older people behind.
I watched Petticoat Junction as a kid. I got a crush on Meredith MacRae when I was 12. For some reason I thought all shows were made in California. In the summer of 1968 my family took a trip to California. I asked my mom if I could meet Ms. MacRae. She replied emphatically "No". She thought I might get hurt. My feelings were easily hurt back then. However, somewhere I read that most people who met Ms. MacRae thought she was nice.
CRITIQUE on this documentary: EXCELLENT! VERY nicely done. Everyone looks GREAT. May a who were connected with the great show who have passed away REST in SWEET PEACE. THANKS fir warning our hearts for seven great years!
This show was such a treasure for me and my family. I was still a little kid, preschooler, when Bea passed away and it was like a member of the family passing. Broke my heart. I've been a big fan of the train which played The Canonball, Sierra No. 3, built in 1891 and has appeared in at least 38 different films and another 38 TV shows. I remember in the 1990s I started trying to research it on the early internet and it's fate an whereabouts was a little sketchy. Thankfully in 2010 a restoration project was completed and Sierra No.3 now resides fully restored in California at the Railtown 1879 State Historic Park.
To me Green Acres was the best of them all.The gags were so simple and easy but hilarious compared to todays smut.I even have Eddie and Toms autographs on old black and white 8 x 10s.One of my favorites was the Legend Of Molly Turgis.Where Lisa helps her spirit use make up and how anyone that said her name....bad luck would ensue.
I absolutely agree with you. Every now and then, I'll catch the reruns of Green Acres on MeTV, and I'll actually laugh at some of the lines, especially when Lisa (Eva Gabor) mispronounces words or phrases. It's a comedy whose humor still holds up well.
David here from Sebring Florida and this is a fantastic documentary. Just to let everyone know you can see all of PJ shows with ads on Amazon prime. I been rewatching them!😊
At about 25 minutes, there's a faint two pips on the sound track. I've heard this a few times earlier and wondered where it was coming from. It wasn't from my mobile phone, nor my smoke alarm. When I played back a section at about the 25 minute mark, there were those two faint pips.
I was ONLY a little kid back then but Everyone of these folks really was my favorite movie stars on every one of these 📺 T.V. shows and the girls really was REALLY LOVELY AND REALLY beautiful and these are still my favorite TV show's EVEN NOW DAY'S
- Linda's, Comment that they canceled all " Shows with a tree " but they became " evergreen " instead, was so appropriate to describe their existence even today. I had a bad image of, Linda Kaye for the reason of being the only one of the original cast of the girls to stay because of nepotism, " that's what I, thought," but, no, not anymore she gave credit where credit was due. Much respect, Linda for that detail.
I first discovered Petti Coat Junction on TV Land in the late 90s. The intro to the show with the girls peeking out the water tower naked, OMG 😍!!! All the girls were gorgeous, but I particularly had a thing for Lori Saunders as Bobby Joe.
Growing up in the 70s, I never got the chance to watch reruns of Petticoat Junction like I did with the Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres. But occasionally I managed to catch a show or two. At one point, a local affiliate showed Petticoat Junction on weekday mornings at 6 or 6:30 am. I managed to get up early enough to watch it before going to school a few times, but it was too early to make it a regular habit for me.
I'm feeling nostalgic today so I really enjoyed watching this documentary. I loved all of the shows mentioned, especially Petticoat Junction. I was born in 1959 so these 1960's shows bring back a part of my childhood to me.
The watertower is still there in Jamestown Ca. The steam trains are part of RailTown a state park. They also were part of Back to the Future Part 3. and a couple of Clint Eastwood movies My Little Chickadee and many other TV shows. Little House on the Prairie and others.
Loved all of the cast members of Petticoat Junction. I accidentally came across this sitcom on RU-vid when RU-vid suggested it to watch. So I did and haven’t looked back since. In the early series I loved the Chief Executive Director of the C N F & W he was an amazing actor and had his heart set in preserving the train. Homer Bedlow was a brilliant actor too in trying his hardest to scrap the train
@11:30 Not far from Eldon, MO (Home of the hotel that inspired Petticoat Junction) is a VERY small town called "Etterville." It was on the same railroad as Eldon, so perhaps Mrs. Henning suggested a modification of Etterville, thus Hooterville is named. Just speculation on my part, but since I'm an Eldon native, it makes sense to me.
Joe Carson's character was a character I could have lived without. I really wished you all had a name for that sweet baby, Dog. I am appreciating your show, PJ, now, more than ever, in reruns. 💝💝💝 I love the wholesomeness of PJ because our world today, is sick, perverted & evil. It's nice to escape to the Shady Rest Hotel. One thing I noticed at the beginning of the color seasons, Joe Carson, at the intro, it took him longer to smile as he was getting out of that rocker as opposed to the b/w seasons. I notice little details like that. This show answered a lot of questions I've had. I watch all the episodes, now, on RU-vid. Such a wonderful opportunity!
