Petticoat Junction started out to be not such a wholesome show. It had its origins in the old “traveling salesman and the farmer’s daughter” jokes....except now there were 3 daughters. The fact that they named the town Hooterville tells you where they were going with this.
But it evolved into a more wholesome family show.
I could think of worse ways to spend an evening than
staring at Lori Saunders.
Oh yeah.
Even after they got a Diesel engine, those two guys on the train still stopped there to check the water level in the water tower.
I was just a kid when it was originally on. I only saw a couple of episodes and don’t remember much.
When I started watching it again, the “hooterville” name implied to me that it would be racy for it’s day. We’ve watched it beginning with the very first episode and it was far from racy. Which surprised me. Heck, the opening credits even suggest it with them “naked in the water tower”.
I found that a lot of the show so far is about keeping the train running. :-)