Petticoat Junction — Season 1, Episode 25: The Talent Contest

Episode synopsis

A regional talent contest is being held in Hooterville with the winner being awarded $50 and a trip to Chicago for the television broadcast final. Kate worries that competition among the girls will affect the family. Uncle Joe has other thoughts where he wants the girls to compete their hearts out with the goal of winning. The girls agree in that they figure Kate could use the $50. With the ulterior motive of being the adult chaperon for his winning niece in going to Chicago for the final, Uncle Joe tries to convince all the credible competition not to enter the contest. Kate wants the contest to be fair and undoes all of Joe's scheming. After their performances, the girls decide they were only thinking of themselves and drop out of the competition.

About Petticoat Junction

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Spur Line to Shady Rest
• E2Quick, Hide the Railroad
• E3The President Who Came to Dinner
• E4Is There a Doctor in the Roundhouse?
• E5The Courtship of Floyd Smoot
• E6Please Buy My Violets
• E7The Ringer
• E8Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb
• E9The Little Train Robbery
• E10Bedloe Strikes Again
• E11Uncle Joe's Replacement
• E12Honeymoon Hotel