7 Season
222 Episode
Petticoat Junction - Season 2 Episode 13 Smoke-Eaters
Uncle Joe has formed the Hooterville Volunteer Fire Department Volunteer Band. The band is so bad that it is driving paying guests away from the hotel. Joe hoped to raise money with the band to form an actual Hooterville Volunteer Fire Department. An upset Joe tells Kate she should come up with a better way to raise the money. After asking for donations only raises $62, Kates decides they need professional help. Kate wants to contact Henry Phillips, who works for a company that manufacture fire equipment, and ask his help. Calling in an outsider irks Uncle Joe and he says he can get all the equipment they need for the $62 they have. Joe winds up buying a bunch of junk. Mr. Phillips arrives and after a plan gone wrong by Joe, Kate finds a way to have Mr. Phillips get them what they need. Another plan of Joe's goes wrong and the Hooterville train station winds up burning down.
- Year: 1970
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Comedy, Family
- Studio: CBS
- Keyword: hotel, sitcom
- Director: Paul Henning
- Cast: Mike Minor, Meredith MacRae, Lori Saunders, Edgar Buchanan, Frank Cady, Linda Kaye