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Petticoat Junction/Cannonball Christmas

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Cannonball Christmas
Season 1, Episode 14
Airdate December 24, 1963
Written by Paul Henning and
Mark Tuttle
Directed by Guy Scarpitta
Produced by Dick Wesson
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Cannonball Christmas is the fourteenth episode of the first season of Petticoat Junction.

Starring: Bea Benaderet (Kate Bradley)

with Edgar Buchanan (Joe Carson)

Co-Starring: Jeannine Riley (Billie Jo Bradley), Pat Woodell (Bobbie Jo Bradley), Linda Kaye (Betty Jo Bradley), Smiley Burnette (Charley Pratt), Rufe Davis (Floyd Smoot)

Cast: Frank Cady (Sam Drucker), Roy Roberts (Norman Curtis), Don Washbrook (Herby Bates), William Benedict (Willie Trankis), Gloria Marshall (Miss Evans)

and Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe)

Contents

Plot Overview

The Bradleys, Sam Drucker, Herby, Charlie and Floyd are decorating the Cannonball for its annual Christmas Eve trip of caroling, gift-giving and merriment around the valley. Homer Bedloe is determined to be a Scrooge and take possession of the train on Christmas Eve to prevent its caroling run, but C&FW Railroad president Norman Curtis arrives in Hooterville to foil Bedloe's plot and put his employee in his place.

Notes

Arc Advancement

Happenings

Characters

Referbacks

Trivia

The Show

  • Black-and-white stock footage from this episode, showing the Hooterville Cannonball on its Christmas caroling run, was reused as-is, without later color tinting or colorization, in "The Santa Claus Special" and in The Beverly Hillbillies episode "Christmas in Hooterville"

Behind the Scenes

Allusions and References

Memorable Moments

Quotes