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Petticoat Junction · Season 2

Petticoat Junction season 2 episode 2: Race Against the Stork

Aired 29 September 196425 minRated TV-G

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What happens in “Race Against the Stork”

Henry Barton is dropping off his pregnant wife Elsie at the Shady Rest. While the baby isn't due for two weeks, Henry still wants someone to watch Elsie as he will be gone for three days. The women aren't at all worried, but Uncle Joe is quite concerned. Joe gets even more panicked when Kate tells him most babies arrive in the middle of the night. He comes up with an elaborate plan involving some of the men of the valley to get Doc Stuart to the Shady Rest if Elsie has the baby in the middle of the night. Without telling anyone, Joe has a trial run of his plan at 3am just to make sure it all goes smoothly. Everyone is quite mad at Uncle Joe. To make matters worse, Joe does it a second time. When Elsie does actually go into labor, it looks as though someone else will have to help with the delivery

Episode summary: TMDB.

Before you watch

  • It is episode 2 of 36 of season 2, so watch episode 1 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
Robert Easton as Henry BartonWalter Baldwin as Grandpappy MillerHank Patterson as Fred ZiffellKay E. Kuter as Newt KileyFrank Ferguson as Doc StuartOlive Sturgess as Elsie BartonTom Fadden as Ben MillerBarbara Pepper as Doris Ziffel

Credits: TMDB.

More from Petticoat Junction Season 2

Previous · S02E01Betty Jo's Dog22 September 1964Next · S02E03Have Library, Will Travel6 October 1964
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