Benaderet worked on several radio programs, such those by Jack Benny and Mel Blanc. She got to play the prehistoric wife of the latter on the early seasons of The Flintstones , when she became the perfect voice of Betty Rubble from — Accept no substitutes. Seemingly everything on Petticoat Junction was a star, down to the vehicles and animals. The locomotive that served as the Hooterville Cannonball on the show was a storied Hollywood choo-choo.
The Sierra No. Does that adorable face look familiar? Posing here with the Petticoat women, Higgins was only honing his chops for greater success. While only known as "Dog" on the sitcom, he become a household name late in life as the titular hero of Benji.
This time, they have competition from another community. Sign In. Petticoat Junction. Episode aired Oct 27, 26m. Director Richard L. Top credits Director Richard L. See more at IMDbPro. Photos Add Image. Top cast Edit. Lovyss Bradley Townswoman as Townswoman uncredited. Herman Hack Philbert as Philbert uncredited. Signe Hack Townswoman as Townswoman uncredited. Jack Henderson Townsman as Townsman uncredited.
Higgins Dog as Dog uncredited. As a child, Ruth traveled by train to her grandparents' hotel in Eldon, Missouri.
Eldon, Missouri is right at miles km , as the crow files, from Chicago. Other than distance and a hotel near the railroad tracks, though, there is little resemblance between Hooterville and Eldon, Missouri. A larger town nearby, although not the county seat, was called " Pixley ", and there is an ongoing rivalry between the two communities.
Pixley was the closest town from Hooterville. According to the television series Green Acres, Pixley comically boasted several things that no small farm town in America would have. Other towns in the area were Crabwell Corners about miles 13 km away , Stankwell Falls distance never stated , Bugtussle about miles 40 km away , Bleedswell distance never stated , the unnamed county seat about 75 miles km away , Springfield distance never stated , Appleville miles away , Chicago miles away , and the unnamed state capital miles away.
Most of the above towns are also apparently near The Beverly Hillbillies "back home" town of Bugtussle. One place mentioned on Hillbillies as being near the above places is Silver Dollar City —apparently an in-joke. By the episode's end, we learn there was an error and the farmhouse is in Hooterville after all. The barn is in Pixley and much to Oliver's surprise the rest of his farm is in Crabwell Corners, so the three towns must be of large physical areas.
In one episode of Petticoat Junction , surveyors determined that the Shady Rest Hotel was built on top of the city boundary line between Hooterville and Pixley.
This implied that the two towns were much closer together than originally thought. Tropiano, Stephen TV Towns. ISBN The town of Eldon, Missouri the town which Hooterville is based was founded in and was supported schools and businesses for smaller surrounding communities.
In the popular television series Two and a Half Men, one of the episodes is named after this town, "It never rains in Hooterville". In one scene, Alan is talking to Charlie Harper about his disastrous camp night with his son Jake when it started raining. Charlie asked him where Jake is now and Alan tells him that he went with his friends to Hooterville and Charlie replies "It never rains in Hooterville". Beverly Hillbillies Wiki Explore.
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