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Petticoat Junction/The Ringer
| The Ringer | |
| Season 1, Episode 7 | |
| Airdate | November 5, 1963 |
| Written by | Richard Baer |
| Directed by | David Alexander |
| Produced by | Dick Wesson |
| ← 1x06 Please Buy My Violets |
1x08 → Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb |
| Petticoat Junction — Season One | |
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The Ringer is the seventh 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)
and Rufe Davis (Floyd)
Guest Stars: Don Washbrook (Herbie Bates), Dick O'Shea (Toby Gates)
Special Guest Star: Henry Calvin (Pixley Fats)
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Plot Overview
The annual Shady Rest horseshoe pitching tournament is coming up, it being one of the busiest times for the hotel with all the out-of-town competitors requiring accommodations. The perpetual winner of the tournament is Pixley Fats, who seems poised to win again this year and whose entire life revolves around pitching horseshoes. However, a new and slightly unconventional potential entry this year may give Pixley Fats a run for his money: Betty Jo. Betty Jo has long known that she has a talent for the sport, but always thought the tournament was only for men. Although there are no rules against female participants, female pitchers are uncustomary. Kate enters Betty Jo against Uncle Joe's wishes as he feels it will insult every man entered to play against a female, a teenager no less. Regardless, he can't stop Betty Jo, who he is sure will lose anyway. Uncle Joe changes his mind when he sees how talented Betty Jo is...
