http://www.hometheaterforum.com/topic/326210-cbs-press-release-petticoat-junction-season-3/

It's about time!:)

Homer Bedloe did his best to prevent this DVD from being released but the folks in the Hooterville Valley prevailed yet again!!!! ;)

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/topic/326210-cbs-press-release-petticoat-junction-season-3/

It's about time!:)

While I am thrilled about this release, I just wish it was coming from MPI instead. As saviours of Classic TV, they deserve to profit from it more than that corporate slime whose name I won't even type.

I just peed a little from excitement although I loath where I'm going to have to buy this.

Great news. Hope it's available from Amazon, Walmart don't ship overseas. :(

In addition to being the first color season, three was an interesting season as the only one to feature Gunilla Hutton as Billie Jo (replacing Jeannine Riley). It also featured the debut of Lori Saunders as the new Bobbie Jo (replacing Pat Woodell). The first episode focused on Kate Bradley, perhaps as a way to break in Gunilla and Lori as new cast members without asking too much of them.

Also, if I remember correctly, it's in this season that Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor make appearances as Oliver & Lisa Douglas, as Green Acres began (Fred Ziffel had appeared much earlier as a farmer). The Bradley sisters are excited to be able to borrow clothes from Lisa's fabulous wardrobe...!

Great news can't wait!!

In addition to being the first color season, three was an interesting season as the only one to feature Gunilla Hutton as Billie Jo (replacing Jeannine Riley). It also featured the debut of Lori Saunders as the new Bobbie Jo (replacing Pat Woodell). The first episode focused on Kate Bradley, perhaps as a way to break in Gunilla and Lori as new cast members without asking too much of them.

Also, if I remember correctly, it's in this season that Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor make appearances as Oliver & Lisa Douglas, as Green Acres began (Fred Ziffel had appeared much earlier as a farmer). The Bradley sisters are excited to be able to borrow clothes from Lisa's fabulous wardrobe...!
Yes, there were several crossovers with the GREEN ACRES cast this season to promote the show, and Lori appeared on a GREEN ACRES episode as well this season where she had some scenes with Eb Dawson.

This may well be my favorite season of PJ with many humorous, well-written episodes. The only drawback is that Gunilla had to miss many episodes due to hepatitis. I hope S4 comes out too as it was also good although I found Meredith to be a little bland and too far away from the original vision of the Billie Jo character as a man-crazy blonde bombshell. Her arrival also necessitated a switch in the character traits of Billie and Bobbie with Meredith's Billie eventually becoming the bookish type Pat Woodell's Bobbie was in the beginning and Lori's Bobbie degenerating into the ditzy one.

I will still buy every season they release though.

I'm disappointed the box art for PJ and The Beverly Hillbillies are not more in uniform with their earlier releases. They look like public domain releases. I hope this doesn't cause confusion.

I also wish I could understand why they're being handled this way.:confused:

However if they're complete re-mastered unedited episodes, I'll be satisfied.

I figured out from Walmart online that is IS a CBS/Paramount release, and not loaned out to another company. The description also says OFFICIAL Fourth Season.

Do we know for sure that all 34 episodes are going to be included? The press release says the run time is 11 hours 27 minutes; that works out to a little over 20 minutes per episode. Seems a little short...

Good point, Scarecrow. I really hope we get the complete season with all shows unedited!!!!

I really want this, but will hold off until others purchase it first and can report on the actual running times for the episodes. I hope the press release was mistaken. Otherwise these will be cut worse than those in syndication, and I may as well just record the shows from Antenna TV.

I really want this, but will hold off until others purchase it first and can report on the actual running times for the episodes. I hope the press release was mistaken. Otherwise these will be cut worse than those in syndication, and I may as well just record the shows from Antenna TV.
Where is the press release? I haven't seen one yet.
I have both PJ season 3 and TBH season 4 preordered so I will do my best to confirm the runtimes when I get them if someone else doesn't beat me to the punch.

I really want this, but will hold off until others purchase it first and can report on the actual running times for the episodes. I hope the press release was mistaken. Otherwise these will be cut worse than those in syndication, and I may as well just record the shows from Antenna TV.

That's what I'm doing. Everything I am reading says there are no edited versions so I am hopeful but I also remember years ago, TV Land did some wicked edits during the latter part of PJ's run there. 5 more days...

Where is the press release? I haven't seen one yet.
I have both PJ season 3 and TBH season 4 preordered so I will do my best to confirm the runtimes when I get them if someone else doesn't beat me to the punch.

It's the first post of the HTF thread linked at the beginning of this thread.

I received my PJ season 3 today! The picture quality is simply stunning! I'm not sure if they are edited of not but I did check the first 5 episodes for runtime:

Dear Minvera: 25:14
The Baffling Raffle:25:35
The Dog Turns Playboy: 25:35
The Good Luck Ring: 25:35
Joe Carson, General Contractor: 25:32

It seems that these are unedited.

Was thrilled to get one of the only two copies of "Petticoat S3" on Tuesday, October 1, 2013......as one poster explained they seem unedited but there is a standard disclaimer about "some original music may or may not be replaced for this home video version".

For a 5 disc set without extras but for $19.99, c'mon what a deal

Lastly not one poster corrected in this thread that Petticoat or Hillbillies does not run on Antenna TV but METV instead.....we need to support these classic channels we wanted so much but by the right name if we want them ALL to succeed, especially since there is a vast difference in their programming of TV classics and stratagic scheduling.

I still can't get over the picture quality, it almost looks HD. I really hope we get the remaining seasons in a timely fashion.

Just picked up this set myself... extremely impressed with the quality. Glad the Filmways logo is back also.

Of the six Walmarts in town, only one had the set in stock (though the others had empty placeholders.) The one I bought it from still had two copies left after I bought mine though. Strangely, all the Walmarts in town still have copies of TBH season 4.

While I am thrilled about this release, I just wish it was coming from MPI instead. As saviours of Classic TV, they deserve to profit from it more than that corporate slime whose name I won't even type.

I never shop at "that place" . But I had to pick up my PJ and TBH sets there! I do check out their dvd department occasionally. Sometimes they have good deals on classic shows.

I wonder if future seasons will be Walmart exclusives. :confused:

Picked up mine today, what a surprise, I didn't even know about it, just saw it on the shelves! Totally made my day!

I got the DVD yesterday at Walmart. They did a really good job on it. I spent most of yesterday watching it. It was great. :)

Yes, there were several crossovers with the GREEN ACRES cast this season to promote the show, and Lori appeared on a GREEN ACRES episode as well this season where she had some scenes with Eb Dawson.

I found Meredith to be a little bland and too far away from the original vision of the Billie Jo character as a man-crazy blonde bombshell. Her arrival also necessitated a switch in the character traits of Billie and Bobbie with Meredith's Billie eventually becoming the bookish type Pat Woodell's Bobbie was in the beginning and Lori's Bobbie degenerating into the ditzy one.





Uncanny!!! I just made a post about the same commentary you made in this post. I totally agree.