The game goes as follows you list something from the show in alphabet order.

A: antics of Uncle Joe.

B: Bea Benaderet who played Kate Bradley.

C: Cannonball. :)

Dog - they had a cute little dog on the show

E: Elvia Allman who played Kate's rival on the show. :)

F: Floyd Smoot. :)

Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies was going to help with the delivery of Betty Jo's baby.

H=Hooterville

Iron - we see an episode where one of the girls irons the laundry.

J: Joe Carson

K: Kate Bradley. :)

L: Linda Kaye Henning

M=Mike Minor

N: the newspaper that Sam Drucker puts out once a week. I think it was called The Hooterville Chronicle.

Over - Steve used to fly over the fields in his plane.

P: Pat Woodell who played the first Bobbie Jo.

Q: Quick to do work which Uncle Joe never did.

R: Rufe Davis who played Foyd Smoot. :)

S: Smiley Burnette who played Charley Pratt. :)

Over - Steve used to fly over the fields in his plane.

Or Oral Surgeon which was Edgar Buchannan's profession before becoming an actor. :)

T: Train

U=Underhanded=Homer Bedloe

Or Oral Surgeon which was Edgar Buchannan's profession before becoming an actor. :)

Didn't know that!


Vice President - Homer Bedloe was vice president of the C.F. & W. Railroad

W=Women-folk @ The Shady Rest

I can't think of a word that starts with a x

Y: yawning which Uncle Joe does alot.

Z: Zany which sometimes this show can be. :)

A: Annoyed which sometimes Kate got with Uncle Joe.

B: Baseball which Betty Jo played short stop. :)

Coal - I thinked they used coal in the train

D: Drucker's General Store.

E: Elizabeth Josephine Bradley (Betty Jo). :)

Freight - the train sometimes carried freight

G: Ghost of Chester W. Farnsworth.

H:Hooterville

I: ideas that Uncle Joe have to get rich quick. :)

J=Junction, Petticoat

K: Kate Bradley

L: Lane, Charles :)

My Dog The Actor, the name of an episode

N=Neighbourly=everyone in Hooterville

Old - The Very Old Antique, an episode from season 1

P: Petticoats that the 3 girls hang over the water tower at the beginning of the show.

Q=Questionable get-rich-quick schemes of Uncle Joe.

Rest - The Shady Rest, wonder if it was Uncle Joe's idea to name it that. lol!

S: Steve Elliot. :)

Trouble--You can always count on trouble when Homer Bedloe comes around!

Understanding....something that Kate always was especially where Uncle Joe was concerned!

W: wash that the dog knocked over in the 1st episode of the second season.

X: xylemic plants at the Shady Rest

Y = Yogurt Anyone, the name of an episode from season 3

Z=Zest for aggravating the Cannonball staff=Homer Bedloe

A: Air Force that Steve was in before coming to Hooterville.

B: Bill Kate's dead husband's name.

C: Caboose. :)

Date - Bobbie Jo has her first date on an early episode

E=Easygoing=Mr.Drucker

F: Faith that Kate seems to have in bad situations whether it is the mortage due on the hotel or Homer Bedloe trying to take the Cannonball away.

G: Guinilla Hutton. :)

H - Hotel which they were the owners of

Isolated - the area they lived in was kind of isolated

J=Petticoat Junction

K - Keys for all the rooms

L=Locomotive

M: Meredith MacRae who played the 3rd Billie Jo.

N: Nosy that Uncle Joe was about everybody's business. :)

Open - The Shady Rest was open for business

Pop-ups - Betty Jo caught a few pop-up balls playing softball/baseball.

I can't think of a word that starts with Q.

R: Roberta Josephine Bradley (Bobbie Jo)

S: Selma Plout. :)

T=Troublemaker=Homer Bedloe almost always

Umpire - I think Betty Jo got into a dispute with the umpire at a ballgame.

V: Vice that Unlce Joe has is laziness. :)

W = Water Tank - where the girls swam & where the Cannonball got it's water.

X=Xray vision, sometimes Kate seems to have it with her radar senses!

Y: Yellow the color of the Shady Rest Hotel

Z: Zoo when an episode has alot of animals in it. :)

A=Amiable=Uncle Joe & Kate

Bobbi Jo

Cannonball

D: Dunking tank that Kate got Uncle Joe wet in after he ruined her cake for
a cake contest. :)

E=Engines that run the Cannonball

F: Flowers that Kate had in front of the Hotel. :)

Generosity of Spirit = Good 'ol Kate Brady, my favorite TV character. (Bea did such a great job w Kate)

H: Hope that Bea Benaderet had of her fight with lung cancer in hopes to survive it like John Wayne did.

I: Idyllic life at Shady Rest.

Junction - Petticoat Junction (whoo whoo)

K: Kathy Jo

L: Loans that Kate took out from the bank to pay the mortgage on the hotel. :)

M=Mortgage on The Shady Rest

N: No nonsense which Kate Bradley is.

O: Optimistic Kate is about life. :)

P=Pixley!

Q: Quiet which the area around Shady Rest was. :)

R=rural (e.g. Hooterville is rural, not like that big cosmopolitan city Pixley LOL)

S: Stoking the furnance which was Uncle Joe's Job.

T: Tenderness that you saw between Kate, the girls, and Uncle Joe. :)

U=Underhanded=Homer Bedloe

V=Victorious=Kate & the Gang as they foil Homer's attempts, one by one

V: Victorious when Kate wins her battles against Homer Bedloe. :)

W=Water Tower

X- Xcelled, Kate xcelled in cooking. (ok I cheated and used xcelled with a x instead of with a e. But I couldn't think of a word that starts with a x.

Y: Yellow the color of the Shady Rest Hotel. :)

Zealous= Uncle Joe was always zealous about his newest hair-brained scheme to raise lots of $ for Kate and The Girls

A=Aggravating= Homer Bedloe 99.9999% of the time.

B: Beatrice Bea's real name.

C: coach which Uncle Joe was when he coached Hooterville's football team.:)

D=desperate Homer Bedloe is gonna try to kill the Cannonball no matter what (but thank God - always fails)

E: Energy that Kate had to run the hotel, take care of the girls and uncle Joe, and be active in the town of Hooterville. :)

"...Forget about your cares it is time to relax at the Junction. Petticoat Junction. ...." (from theme song)

G: Gene Twombley Bea's second husband. :)

H=Hooterville!!!!

I: Isolated Shady Rest Hotel was five miles from their nearest neighbor. :)

J=Junction ----Petticoat Junction!

K: Katherine Kate' real name. :)

L: Love that Kate, the girls, and Uncle Joe had for each other. :)

M = Money, poor Kate and The Shady Rest were always having $ problems.

N = Neighborly and Nice - my #1 fav TV character of all time Kate Bradley :heart:!!!

O: Opportunities that Uncle Joe had to try to make money in a hurry.

P: Pots and pans that Kate used to do the cooking at Shady Rest. :)

Q= Quarrelsome=Homer Bedloe

R=Ridiculous get-rich-quick schemes of Uncle Joe

S: Spelling Bee that Bobbie Jo won.

T: Trees that surrounded The Shady Rest Hotel. :)

U=Underhanded=Homer Bedloe

V=Victorious=Kate & Uncle Joe always when dealing with the wily Homer B

W: Watchful Kate always was watchful of her girls. :)

X=xray perception = Kate

Y=Yelling=Homer Bedloe likes to do this, sometimes

Z: Zoo, Shady Rest was sometimes like a zoo with all the comotions that goes on there. Usually caused by Uncle Joe. :)

A=Argumentative=Homer Bedloe, very often

B=The Bradleys!!!!!

C: Canning that Kate did making her special Bachelor Butter.

D: Dancing that the Bradley girls and their friends did in the lobby at Shady Rest. :)

E=Exasperating = Uncle Joe, sometimes

F= Friendly = Good ole Kate!

G: George Burns and Gracie Allen Show in which Bea Benaderet played Blanche Morton for 8 years. :)

H=Hooterville!

I: Ideas that Kate had to save Shady Rest, help her daughters, help the town of Hooterville, and help the guests that stayed at Shady Rest. :)

J=Junction= Petticoat Junction

K: Kate Bradley

L: Love and caring that was there at Shady Rest. :wave:

M=Meridith MacRae

(wanted to give this game a bump - cause its FUN imho)


N=Nasty=Homer Bedloe

Optimistic: Kate was always optimistic about life.

P - Pat Woodall (the original Bobbie Jo)

Q=Quarrelsome=Uncle Joe, sometimes

R - Rufe Davis (Floyd Smoot)

S: Smiley Burnadette. :)

T - Tangible (very few of Uncle Joe's excuses for not working were tangible)

U=Underhanded=Homer Bedloe

V - Vacant (there were often vacant rooms at the Shady Rest Hotel)

W=Water Tower at beginning of show

X - Xerox (as a secretary Billie Jo probably used a xerox machine)

Y=Yelling, another of Homer Bedloe's specialites

Z - Zealous (Homer Bedloe was zealous in his efforts to shut down the Cannonball)

A: Apple Orchard where Kate and the girls picked apples in the first episode.

Bookish - Bobbie Jo is bookish early on, as played by Pat Woodell.

C=Cannonball!!!

D - Daughters (Kate Bradley had 3 daughters)

Elliott Family: Betty Jo, husband Steve, and young daughter Kathy Jo

F - Frank Cady

G: Gunilla Hutton.

H=Hooterville

I - Indian (Uncle Joe had a wooden indian which he placed in the lobby of the hotel)

J=Joe Carson, pie eating & siesta king of Hooterville

K - Kate Bradley

L: Lost Lake which was by The Shady Rest. :)

M - Meredith MacRae

N=Nutty Norman

O - Orrin Pike (Bobby Jo's boyfriend in the last season)

Pixley -- the bigger town

Q=Quarrelsome=Homer Bedloe & Selma Plout

R - Rufe Davis

S: Sam Drucker

T - Title (Uncle Joe gave himself the title, Manager)

Unsafe - Joe bought a used hammock that proved unsafe

V=Vixen around men=Billy Jo

W - Water Tower (where the girls liked to go swimming)

X=X rated antics do not occur at the Shady Rest, or Kate would come after ya with a frying pan!

Y - Year-round (the cannonball operated year-round)

Zeal: Kate ran the hotel with a lot of zeal. :)

A - Airplane (Steve crashed his airplane near the Shady Rest)

B= Betty Jo

C - C & F.W. Railroad

Dr. Janet Craig -- her office was in the Shady Rest Hotel

E - Edgar Buchanan

Food Preparation- one of Kate's many skills

G - Gunilla Hutton (2nd Billie Jo)

H=Hooteville Hop!:dance:

Intelligent animals = "Dog" of the Shady Rest and Arnold, the famous porcine pet from Hooterville

J - Joe (Kate's Uncle who lived at the Shady Rest)

K = Kooky get-rich-quick schemes of Uncle Joe

L - Layover (many travelling salesmen had layovers at the Shady Rest Hotel)

Manervers that Mr. Bedloe pulled to close the Cannonball. :)

N - Neighbors (the neighbors always worked together to save the Cannonball)

O =Obnoxious, Overbearing Homer Bedloe!

P - Pixley

Q=Quarts of Bachelor Butter!

"Rural Comedy" -- Petticoat Junction was considered to be one the CBS rural comedies, along with shows like The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, Hee Haw, Green Acres, and Mayberry RFD.

Sneering and Sarcastic Homer Bedloe

T: Talent the girls and Steve Elliot had in singing. :)

"Up, Up, and Away" -- The Bradley Sisters sang the then-contemporary hit song "Up, Up, and Away"

V=Vicious - some of Homer Bedloe's tactics are really quite vicious.

W - water tower (also used as a swimming pool!)

Xmas ep where the Cannonball is all decked out to the nines!

Y -Yes (a word Uncle Joe never used when asked to do some work at the Hotel)

Zero -- Number of rooms for rent in the Shady Rest above the second floor, though once requested by a guest -- as there was no third floor...!

A=Aggravating=Uncle Joe, sometimes with his crazy get-rich-quick schemes

B - Bea Benedaret

"Carson-Elliott Enterprises" -- a company founded by Uncle Joe and Steve

D-Dates that the girls had especially Billie Jo. (the first one)

E - Eating (one of Uncle Joe's favorite activities)

F - Floyd Smoot

Get-rich-quick schemes of Uncle Joe

H: Hotel which Kate ran. :)

Inoperable -- For a while when Jethro Bodine was visiting Hooterville, Steve's airplane engine was "inoperable."

J=Joe Carson

K - Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley)

L=lazy=Uncle Joe!

M - Mom (Kate Bradley)

Nutty Norman

O - Obnoxious (Homer Bedloe)

P=Plout, Selma

Q: Quaint settings at the Shady Rest.

R=railroad

Saunders, Lori -- Awarded the role of the second Bobbie Jo, appearing in Seasons 3 through 7 (1965-70)

T - Train (the Cannonball)

U=Unscrupulous=Homer Bedloe

Violet, Lord & Lady -- Joe tries his hand at selling Lord Violet and Lady Violet colognes (Season 1)

W=Welcoming and Wonderful=Kate Bradley imo

x's and o's -- expect a lot of these in letters between Steve and Betty Jo when they are apart

Y=Yelling=One of Homer Bedloe's specialties lol

Zany schemes concocted by Uncle Joe

A=Aggravating=also, many of Uncle Joe's half-baked schemes to ever-practical Kate

B - Baggage Car (the Cannonball's baggage car was used to haul all sorts of freight including farm animals)

C: Cranky Homer Bedloe :)

D=Dumb=Many of Uncle Joe's ideas

E - Edgar Buchanan (Uncle Joe)

F=Frank Cady who played Sam Druker

General Store = Drucker's

H=Homer Bedloe

Irascible Uncle Joe -- he's especially that way any time Orrin Pike is around

J=Joe Carson

J=Joe Carson

K - Kate Bradley (come and be her guest at the Shady Rest!)

L: Linda Kaye Henning. :)

M - Mike Minor

N="Nutty Norman"

O - Orrin Pike (Bobby Jo's boyfriend in the final season)

O - Orrin Pike (Bobby Jo's boyfriend in the final season)
P- Picley

T: Talent the girls and Steve Elliot had in singing. :)
U- Unlikeable Homer

(Holiday Bump!)

V = Vicious and mean-spirited - Again Homer!

W- Wendell Gibbs-He was the engineer of the Cannonball for a short time.

Xmas decos on the Cannonball from an early Xmas ep

Y - yuletide - The Cannonball was decorated for the yuletide season, and clips of the black & white nighttime scenes were reused for a color episode of The Beverly Hillbillies.

Z= Zero ethics = Homer Bedloe

A - Allergic rash that Kathy Jo had

B- Billy Jo , Bobby Jo and Betty Jo Bradley

C - CBS

D - depot: Joe Carson crashed the Cannonball into the Pixley depot

E- Elliott - Steve , Betty Jo and Kathy Jo


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F - Frank Cady who played Sam Drucker

G- Green Acres - Spinoff of Petticoat Junction

H - Hooterville - A fictional farming community

I - irascible: Uncle Joe could be irascible at times, especially when he was around Orrin Pike in Season 7.

J- Jo - The three girls all had the middle name of Jo !

K - Kate Bradley

L - Local Girl Makes Good

An episode from Season 1

M- Meredith MacRae as Billie Jo Bradley

N = Nasty Homer Bedloe

O = Orrin

P = Pixley

Q = Queen Of Jack King's

Rooms at the Shady Rest

Spare That Cottage

Traveling salesmen who stop at The Shady Rest

Uncle George

Valley's New Owner, The (from Season 7)

Why Girls Leave Home

X - Xenial Shady Rest (hospitality towards guests)

Y - Yogurt, Anyone?

Z = Zero compassion = Homer Bedloe

A = A Night at the Hooterville Hilton

B = Bedloe, Homer

C = Clayton Harris played by Adam West on a couple of episodes

D = Dog Days at Shady Rest