Resurrection Hooterville
A year or so ago in these pages, John “Fitzgerald” Kordosh gamely confronted the enigma of Green Acres, correctly pointing out its superior contribution to the nothing world of television. But little did he know that his trailblazing illumination of seedlife and pigsqueal zooting would lead to an examination of the other two sides of the hickster triumvirate, The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction. Well, maybe he knew.
Resurrection Hooterville
THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES (Syndicated)
PETTICOAT JUNCTION (Syndicated)
A year or so ago in these pages, John “Fitzgerald” Kordosh gamely confronted the enigma of Green Acres, correctly pointing out its superior contribution to the nothing world of television. But little did he know that his trailblazing illumination of seedlife and pigsqueal zooting would lead to an examination of the other two sides of the hickster triumvirate, The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction. Well, maybe he knew. What he didn’t know was that somebody else would beat him to the Green Stamps. Nyah-Nyah— nurse my earlobe, sucker!
The whole circle jerky began with the Hillbillies. Premiering on CBS in 1962, Jed and his dillardly crew held the * 1 spot in the ratings for the first two years on the air, halting the brain function of as many as 60 million satisfied viewers a week:
Being no dummy (yet), producer/creator Paul Henning shuttled Cousin Pearl (Bea Benadaret) into her own spinoff series as Kate Bradley in Petticoat Junction, followed shortly by its illegitimate piglet, Green Acres.