Petticoat Junction/Honeymoon Hotel

Honeymoon Hotel
Season 1, Episode 12
Airdate	December 10, 1963
Written by	Keith Fowler and Phil Leslie
Directed by	Guy Scarpitta
Produced by	Dick Wesson
← 1x11 Uncle Joe's Replacement	1x13 → A Night at the Hooterville Hilton
Petticoat Junction — Season One

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Honeymoon Hotel is the twelfth 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)

Cast: Frank Cady (Sam Drucker), Tommy Ivo (Walter Shepherd), Judee Morton (Elsie Gregg)

Plot Overview

Uncle Joe has come up with another scheme to attract guests to the hotel: advertise it as a wedding/honeymoon destination. The special wedding/honeymoon package would include among other things Uncle Joe actually officiating the wedding ceremony. The existing Justice of the Peace just resigned and with two months until the next election, Uncle Joe plans on getting Sam, the county judge, to appoint him JP pro tempore until the election. Uncle Joe figures that by the time the election rolls around, his experience will sweep him to an election win. Kate and the girls can't argue with the idea, except that it was conceived and will be executed by Uncle Joe, whose plans always go awry. Uncle Joe manages to catch Sam to swear him in just before Sam leaves on a one week hunting vacation at Lost Lake. All Uncle Joe has to do is file the documentation at the courthouse to make it legal. After Uncle Joe performs his first wedding...