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Petticoat Junction/Uncle Joe's Replacement

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Uncle Joe's Replacement
Season 1, Episode 11
Airdate December 3, 1963
Teleplay by Marty Roth,
Dick Wesson,
Joel Kane
Story by Dick Wesson and
Marty Roth
Directed by David Alexander
Produced by Dick Wesson
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Uncle Joe's Replacement is the eleventh 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) (credit only)

and Rufe Davis (Floyd) (credit only)

Cast: Frank Cady (Sam Drucker), Don Washbrook (Herby Bates), Beverly Wills (Mrs. Norton), Stephen Ellsworth (Hooper)

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Plot Overview

When Kate and the girls go into town to pick up the pocket watch they ordered through Drucker's store - the watch being Uncle Joe's birthday present - Kate, in an effort to boost Herby's confidence, he who is working for Sam, inadvertently offers him a job as Assistant Manager at the hotel, with an imminent promotion to Manager. Herby readily accepts. Kate doesn't have the heart not to give him the job, so she decides that she can give him some menial tasks at the hotel under the guise of the important sounding position. However, Uncle Joe believes that Herby's arrival and Kate not wanting him to go into town with her and the girls among other things means that Herby is his professional replacement at the hotel and Kate is setting him out to pasture against his will. Wanting to feel useful while doing something important, Uncle Joe goes in search of a job. He gets one...

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