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Petticoat Junction · Season 2

Petticoat Junction season 2 episode 17: A Matter of Communication

Aired 2 February 196525 minRated TV-G

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What happens in “A Matter of Communication”

The girls are upset that they don't have a telephone at the hotel. They can't communicate with their friends and are social outcasts. Kate says it would cost $800 for the telephone company to install two miles of line just to get to the hotel. The girls have to get their calls at Drucker's Store and it's starting to disrupt his business. Sam refuses to take any more calls for them. Uncle Joe decides to start his own telephone company. He plans on using the barbed wire fencing surrounding all the local farms as the primary communication lines. He also plans to tap illegally into the Hooterville Telephone Company's line, but Sam doesn't let him. Joe comes up with a really complicated alternative. It's not long before the whole plan falls apart.

Episode summary: TMDB.

Before you watch

  • It is episode 17 of 36 of season 2, so watch episodes 1 to 16 first.
  • It runs about 25 minutes.
  • Directed by Richard L. Bare, written by Jay Sommers and Lou Huston.

Cast and crew of this episode

Director
Richard L. Bare
Writers
Jay SommersLou Huston
Guest stars
Hank Patterson as Fred ZiffellKay E. Kuter as Newt KileyTom Fadden as Ben Miller

Credits: TMDB.

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Previous · S02E16Billie Jo's First Job26 January 1965Next · S02E18Kate Bradley, Girl Volunteer9 February 1965
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