Petticoat Junction — Season 1, Episode 26: Kate and the Manpower Problem
Comedy, Family • 25 min • 7 seasons, 222 episodes • ★ 5.8/10
Episode synopsis
An old school chum named Emily Mapes thinks it's time Kate was married again. She tells the girls to round up some prospects to go to the Shady Rest to court Kate. The girls do this by offering special rates to single men. However, Uncle Joe thinks that if Kate finds a man, he will lose his job. Joe even pretends to be the house detective and tells guest Grover Woodstock to leave Kate alone. Kate finds out from Grover what her daughters have been up to. She comes up with a plan with all the men to teach her girls a lesson.
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