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    Petticoat Junction is an American situation comedy produced by Wayfilms (a joint venture of Filmways Television and Pen-Ten Productions) that originally aired on CBS from September 1963 to April 1970.The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters created by Paul Henning. Petticoat Junction was created upon the success of Henning's previous rural/urban-themed sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971). The success of Petticoat Junction led to a spin-off Green Acres (1965–1971).

    The setting for the series is The Shady Rest Hotel, just outside the farming town of Hooterville (later the location of Green Acres). The hotel is situated on the train line of the C. & F.W. Railroad, halfway between the towns of Pixley and Hooterville, each 25 miles (40 km) away. The characters "seem" to go to Hooterville for some goods and services, including high school and the hospital, but prefer Pixley for supermarket shopping, beauty parlors, and movies.

    The petticoat of the title is an old-fashioned garment once worn under a woman's skirt. The opening titles of the series featured a display of petticoats hanging on the side of the railway's water tower where the three originally teenage daughters are apparently bathing in the nude or skinny-dipping. In fact, the show's opening theme contains a hint of sexual innuendo in the line, "Lotsa curves, you bet, and even more when you get to the Junction." This is an obvious double entendre to both the train tracks and the Bradley daughters. As Linda Kaye states on the official season one DVD set, there was never an intended connection to the restaurant chain "Hooters", or the anatomical attributes (breasts) to which it now refers, as that phrase was unheard of in the 1960s.

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    Paul Henning on the origins of Petticoat Junction

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    Richard L. Bare on directing Petticoat Junction

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    Paul Henning on the theme songs to Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Petticoat Junction

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    Paul Henning on the cancellation of Petticoat Junction

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    Richard L. Bare

    Richard L. Bare on directing Petticoat Junction

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    Paul Henning

    Paul Henning on the origins of Petticoat Junction

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    Paul Henning on the premise of and casting on Petticoat Junction

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    Paul Henning on the cancellation of Petticoat Junction

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    Paul Henning on the theme songs to Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Petticoat Junction

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    Paul Henning on hearing of the cancellation of Petticoat Junction

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    Paul Henning on a picture with the casts of The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, and Petticoat Junction

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    Frank Inn

    Frank Inn on the bloodhound that is seen in the opening of The Beverly Hillbillies, and on how he came to work for Petticoat Junction

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    Frank Inn on acting as animal trainer for Petticoat Junction

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    Julie Ann Johnson

    Julie Ann Johnson on doing stunt work for Petticoat Junction

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    Sheila Kuehl

    Sheila Kuehl on guest-starring on The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction and appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show

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    Vic Mizzy

    Vic Mizzy on writing cues for Petticoat Junction

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    Adam West

    Adam West on appearing on The Real McCoys with Walter Brennan and Petticoat Junction

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