Petticoat Junction Opening With Sponsor Tag

[TexasJack62]

Benederet died from lung cancer in October 1968. Apparantly, she had been a smoker for many years.

[lonehorseman09]

What was the cause of death for bea benederet? SHE did double duty as she was betty on the flintstones.

[briwolfe1]

Uncle Joe's checking out Kate in the open. Dirty old geezer.

[RQVOutdoorMoovies]

Thank you so much. I'd pay big bucks to watch a season of episodes with sponsor spots and cast ads intact.

[chuckcollins]

@JENDALL714 Golly I wish that was true, but that was the New York actor with a flawless southern accent, Clifton James. Mr. James is about twenty years younger than Edgar Buchanan and is actually still alive where our beloved Uncle Joe passed away in 1979. You may remember the sheriff in "LIVE AND LET DIE" and "THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN" was also portrayed by Mr. James and that was why he was cast in "SUPERMAN II." Edgar Buchanan's last role was Bill the cafe owner in "BENJI" in 1974.

[Miker3797]

@JENDALL714 That was not the same guy, sorry.

[64098]

Looks like "I Dream Of Jeannie" font in the opening credits. Great memories!

[beefycajun]

Wonder how many people know that it is Eddy Arnold sining the theme song

[chuckcollins]

I wonder how many people know that it is the theme's composer, Curt Massey, singing the theme song?

[keithcop]

lol.

[travis7310]

It does sound a little like Eddie, to be honest.

[Jane1620]

It was Lester Flatt that sang the Petticoat Junction theme.

[chuckcollins]

And Earl Scruggs....on their hit record, not on the television version that is posted here. Thanks for your kind help in clarifying that for everyone.

[REDHAIREDMONSTER]

haha, is'nt it funny the misinformation people believe about things?

[chuckcollins]

It's history from at least *gulp* 45 years ago that is not so prevalent that it is known or remembered correctly by all. So yes, Eddie Arnold sang in a somewhat similar manner. But you know, so did Rufe Davis who appeared in over 100 episodes and sang in at least a dozen.

[cmulwee001]

@beefycajun It's not Eddy. It's actually Curt Massey, the theme songs composer. A lot of people think that it's Mike Minor who played Steve Elliott, and while it DOES sound a lot like Mike, or even like Eddy, it's really Curt, who also did much of the background music for the series. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs recorded a coverversion of the theme song on one of their albums.

[samoyed81966]

I like the Ivory Liquid commercial bumper (which starts at 0:55) the best.

[sexymama1966]

me too:)..the brought to you bys really turn me on:)

[chuckcollins]

Oh my!! I am suddenly highly motivated to post the commercial!!

[fromthesidelines]

Procter & Gamble originally sponsored the series during its first four seasons (1963-'67), dropping it to sponsor "GOOD MORNING, WORLD" in the same Tuesday night time period [9:30pm(et)] in the fall of 1967.