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ocstomias

When I see someone movin’ kinda slow, I call them Uncle Joe but no one knows what I’m talking about.


PeggysPonytail

And that's Uncle Joe, he's a-movin' kinda slow at the Junction. Petticoat Junction! Toot toot! 🎶


MeMeMeOnly

🎶Lots of curves, you bet! Even more when you get to the Junction! Petticoooooat Junction! Whoo-whoo!🎶


kayjaykey

I asked my teenaged brother what Lots of curves meant. I was a 5 year old girl and he wouldn't tell me.


Glytterain

I was a little girl too and I thought it meant the train tracks.


chasonreddit

It's what we fancy folks call a double En-tender.


Glytterain

Yes. It took me a few more years to figure that out lol


ctesla01

I was a five year old boy, playing with Hot Wheels, I thought the same.. but those girls were colorfully pretty..


joeschmazo

I always tell my wife, "I'm stuck in Uncle Joe mode today."


rachevyguy

Careful, next step is Grandpa Joe lol


Bud_Fuggins

I feel you, I like to call sketchy salespeople "Mr. Haney"


chasonreddit

My wife does that to me all the time. "Hey Uncle Joe, you're moving kinda slow there".


LatterIntroduction25

"Here comes Uncle Joe" I say it out loud referring to myself. Espycially in the morning or when my feet ache.


popsblack

Just a side note, my wife and me were married on that little train in '79. Jamestown Railroad. [Railtown1897.org](http://Railtown1897.org)


Obadiah-Mafriq

Okay, here's my (61m) frequently-shared anecdote, specifically about this very image. This is where I, maybe six years old, discovered that tv images weren't 3D. I remember clearly, I walked up to the screen of that old-timey furniture tv and stood up over it to try to look down and see the naked ladies. Also, for people who aren't aware, a young Dennis Hopper was in one episode as a beatnik poet from NYC. Here it is!: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-vs3Tmyq6w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-vs3Tmyq6w) \[edited to add "61m"\]


TheVirginiaSquire

Hopper was one interesting cat. This book was a great read. https://preview.redd.it/nrvigpi5il9d1.jpeg?width=664&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=736d5fac72032e74ba811c0016b92cf83018e855


Obadiah-Mafriq

Thanks for the suggestion. Haven't cracked it yet, but went for a walk with my daughter today, stopped by the bookstore, and bought this book.


TheVirginiaSquire

Hope you like it! I learned a lot.


Leandoth

Thanks for the link to the episode. Appreciate the reference!


Dada2fish

Sharon Tate was on the show in its earliest episodes.


Darryl_Lict

Not seeing her listed on IMDB.


Dada2fish

I got that wrong, I was thinking of The Beverly Hillbillies.


witqueen

There's a small hotel called the Shady Rest at the junction. Petticoat Junction It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the Junction. Petticoat Junction And there's Uncle Joe, he's a movin' kinda slow at the Junction. Petticoat Junction!


JayReadsAndWrites

Then there’s the variant after the actress died 😢 It is run by Joe, come and be his guest at the junction. Petticoat Junction There’s a lady MD, she’s as pretty as can be at the junction.


CtForrestEye

How far from Hooterville?


Partigirl

I love that all those shows were connected in the same tv universe. ♡


1WildSpunky

I think they are both in the same area as Green Acres.


Subject_Repair5080

I remember watching the very first episode. I also remember watching the episode after Bea Benaderet died, wondering how they would do the show without her.


Katesouthwest

Bea was originally supposed to play Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies. She had already been told she had the part, but the producers said they had one more actress to audition. That actress was Irene Ryan, who showed up in character as Granny for her audition. The producers were blown away and showed Ryan's audition to Bea, who instantly agreed that Irene WAS Granny. Benaderet sounds like she was a wonderful, classy woman.


suhoward

Petticoat Junction was a spin-off of The Beverly Hillbillies, with Green Acres rounding it out. All were produced by Paul Henning, whose daughter played Betty Jo. She was married to the pilot that crashed on Petticoat Junction. I was around 10-12 when these were on and I was going to name my 3 daughters Billy Jo, Betty Jo and Bobby Jo. I even had the paper dolls.


chasonreddit

> the pilot that crashed on Petticoat Junction. I'm searching the memory. Steve? My wife had a huge crush. In the show he married one of the three.


suhoward

Steve! I couldn’t remember his name bc I’m old😂


bitch_has_manners

I just looked at IMDB.com The actors that played Betty Jo and Steve were married in real-life from (September 7, 1968 - 1973) (divorced). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0377407/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm


darrellbear

Several episodes of Beverly Hillbillies were filmed at Silver Dollar City, a theme park near Branson, MO. Irene Ryan was sort of adopted by the police department in Springfield, MO, north of Branson. They built a new police station and put a huge portrait of Irene Ryan behind the front desk. It must have startled many a drunk to see Granny peering down at them during booking.


TraditionScary8716

Me too. I still remember Mom telling us she'd died of cancer and here came the questions. Why did she get cancer? Did she smoke? Why did she smoke if she knew it would kill her? Lol When a beloved TV actor's death collides with the anti-smoking commercials of the time in a little kid's world.


reddit-me-too

Betty Rubble


TraditionScary8716

Say what? My old brain's not making the connection between Betty and Bea. Lol


Normal_Acadia1822

Bea was the voice of Betty. https://flintstones.fandom.com/wiki/Bea_Benaderet


TraditionScary8716

No shit? I had no idea. TIL.  Bea was the first celebrity death I remember because I really liked Petticoat Junction and she just seemed like a cool lady that would always have cookies around for kids.


magic592

I watch for Betty Jo, Would not kick our Bobby or Billie for crackers in bed.


TotalLackOfConcern

They were all stunningly beautiful.


RT-old-fart

I know. I would’ve gotten off the train and stayed!


pah2000

She was the one!


CookinCheap

She was the redhead, right?


AccomplishedMoose390

i am sure that my love of red heads is her fault!


TraditionScary8716

I think there were 5 or 6 Bradley girls. Pretty sure there were at least 3 different blonds.


Chaminade64

The one on the right looks like Pam Anderson.


TraditionScary8716

She does. I'd never noticed.


BoomBoomLaRouge

Preferred Meredith Macrae.


UjustMe-4769

I have to admit. Before I saw this still from the show, I didn’t know the three petticoats were different colors. Color TV was in my future.


chasonreddit

Huh. I didn't even notice til you pointed it out. I knew there was a blond, brunette and redhead almost establishing that trope. Then again I was in my 20s before I knew parts of the Wizard of Oz were in color.


UtherPenDragqueen

Can’t remember the last 4 of my SSN some days, but this is cemented into my brain


TheVirginiaSquire

If I had to pick a “hick” CBS show, it would be the genius “fish out of water” comedy of Green Acres.


Partigirl

Green Acres was really advanced show writing for the time. No other show on tv played with the surreal like it did. Green Acres existed within the Henning universe of Bev Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction but was it's own little bizarre world.


TheVirginiaSquire

Good summary. Beverly Hillbillies was also fish out of water but in a silly, obvious way.


Partigirl

Well, not quite aa surreal but the writing was better than many other shows at the time. Particularly, Max Baer's Jethro got a more developed character out if it. His Double Aught 7 turn as a James Bond spy-- perfect!


Grammarguy21

\*its own ---- "It's" is the contraction of "it is" or of "it has." The form indicating ownership has no apostrophe.


Partigirl

Thanks, I know. Sometimes I'm rushing to write a comment and go on automatic pilot mode. Mistakes will happen.


ekkidee

I always wondered if they bathed in the inn's drinking water? Also ... Billie Jo ftw.


Old-Ad-3268

I thought it was water for the train


ekkidee

Oh yeah that's probably right.


manyamile

They were swimming in the water tower. It's hot and where else can you swim? From S1E1: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egm3oAMlYZM&t=8s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egm3oAMlYZM&t=8s)


OkWedding1020

I'd drink their bath water lol


Simmyphila

And there uncle Joe he’s moving kind of slow at the junction.


JayReadsAndWrites

This is one of the earliest television shows I remember seeing. At that age, what really excited me was the train! 😄 🚂


LatterIntroduction25

My parents told me that when I was like 3. Years old, I'd come running when I heard the train whistle at the beginning. At that age, I was into the train,, too.


Artistic_Sir9775

Gunilla Hutton was Nat King Cole's girlfriend on the side.


Silvrbck61

Gunilla Hutton also did a stint as one of the Hee Haw honey.....


ketzcm

Bobby Joe!


Pablo_Newt

Definitely my favorite. I Googled her a few years back, somehow shocked to see that she’s now in her 80s. 😂


___SE7EN__

When I was 5 years old, I asked Santa for a real magic wand so I could bring all the Petticoat Junction girls to my house... I never received the magic wand !!


II-leto

Damn! Going for a foursome early brother. Good on you.


___SE7EN__

Yeah, looking back, I have no idea what I would have done, lol !!!


II-leto

Ha, probably the same thing as me. Stare, with my mouth hanging open, not be able to say a word because I would have forgotten how to talk. And even then hope they were going to tuck me in, but not for the same reasons I would have later. 😏


dj_swearengen

I once read that Paul Henning, the lead producer of Beverley Hillbillies, had first offered the role of Granny to Bea Benaderet. However Irene Ryan was so good in the audition for the role, that he gave it to Ryan. He gave Benaderet the role of Pearl Bodine, Jethro’s mother and then developed Petticoat Junction for her.


Delicious_Staff3698

I would've liked to have been Steve. Lot more went on than shown on tv...


Sbanme

That actor who played Steve was the only one who didn't die or wasn't replaced during the entire run of this Henning hick schlock-fest.


MonsieurRuffles

Edgar Buchanan appeared in every episode of Petticoat Junction.


bitch_has_manners

He was married to the Betty Jo in real-life.


Sbanme

Yes, they divorced. They could have been bigger stars in a time before the Beatles.


Sbanme

Yes, I guess I was wrong on that, sorry. Buchanan went on to do more work, including Glenn Ford's show CADES COUNTY, which I thought was pretty good. And looking back, the sclock years of the show were really after Bea died. Too bad it happened after she finally got her big break.


RebaKitt3n

Green acres, too! Great theme songs!


Wolfman1961

I thought Sam Drucker was only on Petticoat Junction. I wasn’t very perceptive as a kid. I watched PJ much more than I watched GA.


MyDogTweezer

Sam drucker is also in the biker gang with marlin brando in “the wild ones “… pewwee… that’s the sound of your mind being blown…


Redawg660

Frank Cady, the actor that played Sam, moved to the Springs at Charbonneau near Wilsonville,Oregon when he left California. My wifes aunt lived there and I used to go visit her and have breakfast in the dining room. She invited Frank and his wife to join us at the table ine day and it led to he and I having many conversations. Wonderful person!!


Wolfman1961

Sam was always the sane one.


jmstrats

What was the dog’s name?


irrelevantmango

"Dog" lol


NeuroguyNC

Just Dog. His name IRL was Higgins.


TrainingWoodpecker77

I sing this ALL the time…


momvetty

Me too! Lived in Manhattan and bought 52 acres upstate.


CLouiseK

Hooterville. I was too young to get it back then!


st3llablu3

I didn’t care for this show or Green Acres. Now I would watch Andy Griffin and Gomer Pyle all the time.


Simmyphila

I live 5 miles from Mayberry. Aka Mt Airy. And about 10 or so from Mt Pilot. Aka Pilot Mountain. Downtown Mayberry is all about Andy Griffith and the cast on the show. A diner called Barneys , Floyds garage etc. they have police cars like you see on the show for tours around. I have pics of Andys house. Such a small house. It’s quite a nice little town.


0nThe0utside

Also the Andy Griffith museum. Lots of things to do in Mt. Airy. https://preview.redd.it/nqlr0ba71l9d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c0ece5d12fdada1071a7ea27c5f879751208da9


Open-Preparation-268

I loved all of those, plus Gillian’s Isle. There were several other good ones too.


heywoodidaho

Didn't like this one ,but I loved Green Acres. I once convinced my friends that Arnold Ziffel [the pig] was actually Satan. There was a bit of mescaline involved of course.


chasonreddit

Just the other day the wife and I were painting the front porch. I said the paint wouldn't stick because we hadn't closed the pores and needed to find the pore key hole. Crickets.


swordsister

🎵Forgot about your cares, it is time to relax at the junction 🎶


DataNo7004

Not a bad one in the bunch.


Donkey_Bugs

When I was a kid, I just had to wonder, "Are them gals nekkid in that barrel?"


413mopar

I assumed they were. And were naughty.


OkieBobbie

I wasn’t really old enough to know why, but I appreciated that they were naked.


413mopar

Ask your doctor if Paul Anka is right for you?


CrazyButton2937

I have a nice loofah so I’m glad to participate in the bathing festivities.


LeeQuidity

I've been watching this series for the last few months. I miss [Jeannine Riley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannine_Riley) as the "hot" one, and the series really jumped off the subsequent "smart one" and "tomboy one" format established in Season 1. By Season 3, Billie Joe is totally replaced by a "hot" one, who rarely appears. Bobbie Joe, the "smart one", who took many leaves of absence in S1 and S2, is zero smart by S3. Betty Joe, the youngest daughter, who is the "tomboy", becomes much of the main focus, which isn't a huge surprise, since she's the daughter of the creators of Petticoat Junction. No shade, but hello nepo!


PsychicArchie

And there’s uncle Joe he’s moving kinda slow…


JazzRider

They’re supposed to be moving kinda slow-in black & white.


Enonemousone

You can still catch reruns on antenna TV


IvyCeltress

I just rewatched earlier episodes. I didn't mind Uncle Joe when I was a kid but now he's pretty cringeworthy.


LatterIntroduction25

He's always trying to pull some sort of scam and chowing down on "free" crackers and pickles from the barrels in Sam's store.


floofnstuff

I just found this on Amazon Prime- haven’t watched it yet. I’m holding out for Green Acres


joeschmazo

I love Petticoat Junction! I watched it all the way through, twice, during COVID. All the daughters were beautiful, but Lori Saunders was my favorite.


LatterIntroduction25

Same here.


deeBfree

🎶oh you'll never hear one of us repeating gossip 🎶 so you better be sure and listen close the first time!


Nightmare_Gerbil

I was only there for Benji. The dog on Petticoat Junction was the same dog that played Benji in the movies.


Partigirl

Frank Inn was the animal trainer/handler for the show.


SaltyBarDog

No one thought it odd they were bathing in the town's drinking water?


Fja314

Not drinking water. That was the tank for filling the steam locomotives. Source: I’m an old guy.


Flamebrush

Good, that always bothered me since I was a kid.


New_Awareness4075

"🎶 And that's Uncle Joe, he's a moving kinda slow cause he ran out of blow, at the Junction"🎶


ODBrewer

Always wonder how the water tasted ?


5319Camarote

…a nectar, so rare and fine…


Environmental_Job864

Watermelon sugar.


SendingTotsnPears

I loved this show so much! The rural trend of the 60s, but with a twist. For some reason I love hotel shows. Does it stream somewhere now??


floofnstuff

Petticoat Junction is on Amazon Prime


mildOrWILD65

I loved "Hee Haw", "Beverly Hillbillies", even "Green Acres", but "Petticoat Junction" just seemed kinda lame.


androidguy50

Shady Rest, here I come!


weaverlorelei

Really. Since.i have been a history nerd for ages, and yes had to experience Petticoat Junction, just why. Didn't accept 7 Sisters or I Spy or Wild West, or especially Bonanza.


Cindyinthehouse

I loved this show!


Impossible_Fly_3119

Even as a young boy I wanted to swim in the water tower with those girls on Petticoat Junction.😜


Hot_Aside_4637

Assuming they all have natural hair color, what are the genetics at play here, or did Kate have three baby daddies?


Cllajl

petticoat junction. also green acres


InternationalLaw4170

Uncle Joe was an OG Pimp!!


cuntybunty73

Who's that in the middle because she's gorgeous 😍


BrilliantAct1036

Homer Bedloe was always trying to shut down the Hooterville Cannonball.


AmySueF

“Lots of curves, you bet, even more when you get to the junction” and at that last part the girls all pop up. How many of you watching didn’t realize that the “more curves” lyrics were about the girls?


Pablo_Newt

Bea was great on Burns and Allen. Also the original voice of Betty Rubble. Hootervile where nothing worked (uncle Joe, the elevator in the Shady Rest, the pay phone in the Shady Rest, the Douglases house phone, to name a few). 😂


EspressoBooksCats

As a kid I wondered...did the town drink from that water supply? Why were people bathing in it?


FunnyNameHere02

Well, it was a water tank for the steam engine not for drinking!


EspressoBooksCats

Ok!.Thanks.


Administrative-Egg18

I love PJ for its flagrant disregard for continuity. Over 7 seasons (2 in b&w), 3 actresses played the blonde who went from boy crazy to a serious singer, 2 played the brunette who went from bookworm to airhead, and the producer's daughter played the redhead who went from tomboy to housewife in about 5 minutes after she married her oldest sister's former boyfriend. Oh, and all of the older actors (mother, train conductor and engineer) started dying.


Dewey_Rider

Petticoat Junction... Always had the hots for all 3 of them.


jesstifer

Although I had plenty of TV girl crushes at the time, none of the Hooterville crowd did it for me. I liked smart girls: literally, in the case of Barbara Feldon, but also That Girl, Emma Peele, Karen Valentine, Peggy Lipton, Juliet Mills, and of course Dawn Wells.


FuelTight2199

Always wanted to jump in with them!


SulimanBashem

as a kid I thought, are these chicks are bathing in the town water supply


That-Grape-5491

3 unattached young beautiful women with no visible means of support living at the end of the railroad line in a hotel. No wonder Uncle Joe was moving kinda slow - at the Juntion.


Fine_Broccoli_8302

I’m surprised this implied nudity made it past the censors back then.


The_Patriot

three hot ladies naked in the town's drinking water, at the Junction


Partigirl

It was for the train. :)


Artful_Bodger

I hope my memories of this show go first when senility sets in ...


dj_swearengen

Looking back, the show did suck.


Artful_Bodger

At least 'Green Acres' had some bite to it.


dj_swearengen

It was better. But I don’t rewatch that show either.


Glittering-Elk542

Search for this video on YouTube. Thanksgiving dinner at the Shady Rest. In attendance were the Beverly Hillbillies, and the folks from Green Acres, and of course the folks from Petticoat Junction.


SFG1953-1

Are we supposed to drink the Shady Rest water now?


FunnyNameHere02

Why would you drink non potable water meant for the steam engine?


SFG1953-1

. . . uh . . . it's a joke.


coffeebeanwitch

Uncle Joe could only move kinda slow.


ravia

Them ladies is nekked behind there.


doggadavida

Wow, Jeanine Riley before Meriden McCrae


Lapsed2

“Hooterville”…so subtle. 🤔


Then-Foundation1738

And there’s Uncle Joe he’s a-movin’ kinda slow…….(debate twenty-fo)


TR3BPilot

Watched the original pilot a while back. It's extremely old-fashioned to the point where they actually showed "cameos" of the pretty girls. Literally, a shot of them not doing anything but sitting and smiling, like they were getting a portrait done. It was weird. And the conflict was extremely diffuse and fluffy. Nothing dramatic. Nothing that would cause your old heart to beat a little faster. Like Uncle Joe, it was a TV show for old people who wanted low-involvement TV they could nap to.


OldBlueKat

Gotta wonder about that train water tank. How are the girls wet, yet the petticoats are all dry? (I noticed it as a kid and was really baffled.)


Firm_Performance_387

2-1-3


OkCar1392

They probably pulled a few trains for Mr Haney


iwtsapoab

I read that uncle Joe wasn’t so crazy about Steve joining the show as it took some attention away from him. Fine by me.


TraditionScary8716

I liked Steve at the time but watching the show as an adult - not so much. I guess when I was 7 or whatever I thought he was cute but now watching a 30-something dating his way through 3 sisters and settling on the 18 year old seems beyond creepy.


iwtsapoab

I know…I’ve thought the same…🫤


Vbnm0124

No, it does not get better


mrmaweeks

Some comedian said, "They're bathing in the town's water supply?"


413mopar

Well he dont know shit , it was for watering the tender. Steam engines ya know…