Petticoat Junction/Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb

Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb
Season 1, Episode 8
Airdate	November 12, 1963
Written by	Dick Wesson and Joel Kane
Directed by	Jean Yarbrough
Produced by	Dick Wesson
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Petticoat Junction — Season One

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Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb is the eighth 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: Russ Horton (Junior Hocker), Jack Bannon (Roger Budd), George Cisar (Mr. Blake)

Plot Overview

When Billie Jo has to come up with a fourth for her double date with Junior Hocker and Junior's visiting friend Roger Budd, Kate suggests Bobbie Jo to her. Billie Jo doesn't think Bobbie Jo would be a good fit as she knows all the boys see Bobbie Jo as a dull walking encyclopedia instead of a fun girl. This news distresses Kate, who convinces Billie Jo to ask Bobbie Jo anyway. Convincing Bobbie Jo may be more difficult as Bobbie Jo admits that she has no interest in and just doesn't feel comfortable around boys yet. But Kate does convince her to start dating, with this blind date a good first start. Kate uses a simile about rhubarb to describe boys to an unknowing Bobbie Jo. Bobbie Jo will need the full recipe for making hot rhubarb to gain the attention of Roger, who she admits she really does like as a member of the opposite sex, but who seems not only to like a type of girl like Billie Jo instead but actually Billie Jo herself.