Petticoat Junction — Season 1, Episode 31: Charley Abandons the Cannonball

Episode synopsis

Charley begins to believe that everyone seems too busy to spend any time with him. Floyd has started to call on the widow Sarah Lawrence. Uncle Joe has a speech he has to prepare, so has no time to go fishing with him. Kate has far too much work to do around the hotel. Charley doesn't want to spend his time alone and miserable running the Cannonball. He decides to quit and move to the big city. Kate tries to manufacture ways of keeping Charley in the valley before his replacement Bill Tuttle comes and takes over his job. When Charley realizes how much he is loved and needed, he finds a way to talk Tuttle out of staying.

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