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08-12-2024, 04:39 AM
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Petticoat Junction (https://web.archive.org/web/20140402224532/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3131542-petticoat-junction/page-11#entry16287574) was developed by Paul Henning for wonderful character actress Bea Benaderet, who was then stealing scenes as Cousin Pearl on the first season of the creator’s smash hit, The Beverly Hillbillies — a series so popular that CBS network president Jim Aubrey was willing to greenlight anything from Henning that had a similar aesthetic. And indeed, with a regard for “hayseed” simplicity and a belief in the basic goodness of country folk in contrast to those from the city, Petticoat (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031130350/http://www.jumptheshark.com/p/petticoatjunction.htm) was obvious kin to Hillbillies when it premiered during the latter’s second season, but it claimed a much more low-concept premise — no “fish out of water” construct. In fact, it’s really just a domestic sitcom (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PetticoatJunction) set in a workplace (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petticoat_Junction) mostly inhabited by a family: Kate Bradley (Benaderet), the widowed proprietor of a small country hotel at a water stop for The Hooterville Cannonball (an isolated train running between Hooterville and Pixley), her cranky-but-lovable Uncle Joe (Edgar Buchanan), and her three daughters — played by six different actresses over the seven seasons but in the beginning by Linda Kaye (Henning) as tomboy Betty Jo, Pat Woodell as bookish Bobbie Jo, and Jeannine Riley (who replaced Sharon Tate shortly before filming commenced) as flirtatious Billie Jo.
Petticoat Junction (https://web.archive.org/web/20140402224532/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3131542-petticoat-junction/page-11#entry16287574) was developed by Paul Henning for wonderful character actress Bea Benaderet, who was then stealing scenes as Cousin Pearl on the first season of the creator’s smash hit, The Beverly Hillbillies — a series so popular that CBS network president Jim Aubrey was willing to greenlight anything from Henning that had a similar aesthetic. And indeed, with a regard for “hayseed” simplicity and a belief in the basic goodness of country folk in contrast to those from the city, Petticoat (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031130350/http://www.jumptheshark.com/p/petticoatjunction.htm) was obvious kin to Hillbillies when it premiered during the latter’s second season, but it claimed a much more low-concept premise — no “fish out of water” construct. In fact, it’s really just a domestic sitcom (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PetticoatJunction) set in a workplace (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petticoat_Junction) mostly inhabited by a family: Kate Bradley (Benaderet), the widowed proprietor of a small country hotel at a water stop for The Hooterville Cannonball (an isolated train running between Hooterville and Pixley), her cranky-but-lovable Uncle Joe (Edgar Buchanan), and her three daughters — played by six different actresses over the seven seasons but in the beginning by Linda Kaye (Henning) as tomboy Betty Jo, Pat Woodell as bookish Bobbie Jo, and Jeannine Riley (who replaced Sharon Tate shortly before filming commenced) as flirtatious Billie Jo.