Petticoat Junction/The President Who Came to Dinner

The President Who Came to Dinner
Season 1, Episode 3
Airdate	October 8, 1963
Written by	Ed James and Seaman Jacobs
Directed by	David Alexander
Produced by	Dick Wesson
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Petticoat Junction — Season One

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The President Who Came to Dinner is the third 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: Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe), Dick O'Shea (Helicopter Pilot), Eve McVeagh (Miss Hammond)

and Roy Roberts (Norman Curtis)

Plot Overview

Despite Kate being able to convince Homer Bedloe not to scrap the Cannonball, she isn't sure if Bedloe has done something behind their backs to scrap the train anyway. He hasn't, but the C & FW's president, Norman Curtis, who is known to be more ruthless than Bedloe, still has scrapping the Cannonball on his mind. His plans are to connect the Hooterville branch line to the main line so that they can cut down time on an existing express route which would still not serve Hooterville Valley. As he feels Bedloe's mistake was being up front with the people of the valley, Curtis plans on doing the survey work for the necessary upgrade to the branch line on his own, incognito. Although Curtis doesn't intend on appearing as such, he comes across to Kate and others in the valley as a hobo after he takes a tumble in a field, ripping and dirtying his suit and losing his wallet in the process...