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00:00Come ride the little train that is rollin' down the tracks to the junction Forget about
00:12your cares, it is time to relax at the junction Lots of curves, you bet, even more when you're
00:23getting to the junction
00:26Petticoat Junction
00:30There's a little hotel called the Shady Rest at the junction
00:35Petticoat Junction
00:37It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the junction
00:42Petticoat Junction
00:44And that's Uncle Joe, he's a-movin' kinda slow at the junction
00:49Petticoat Junction
00:56Petticoat Junction
01:07All the salesmen are aboard, Charlie, and still no sign of Mr. Bedlow
01:11He's gonna be a mighty surprised railroad vice president when he wakes up and finds out his train is gone
01:17Kate sure had a wonderful idea to sneak out of here while-
01:20Boyd, are you burning railroad ties again?
01:23Gee, Charlie, I just burn the loose ones. Besides, we need a quick fire
01:28You go tell your ma that if she can keep Mr. Bedlow asleep just ten more minutes, we're on our way to Pixley
01:33Will do
01:41You'll wake up Mr. Bedlow
01:49Everybody get on the train?
01:50Yes, ma'am, but it'll be another ten or fifteen minutes before Charlie and Floyd can get up enough steam to pull out
01:55We just got to see to it that Mr. Bedlow doesn't wake up before they leave
01:59All aboard
02:00That crazy bird
02:02Phoebe, please, you'll wake Mr. Bedlow
02:04Run get her a piece of toast
02:06Oh, and hide Uncle Joe's in-ding, he found it again
02:09Did he?
02:10Not yet, is he still asleep?
02:11Yes, but Uncle Joe's fussing around, he can't find his bathrobe
02:14I loaned it to Mr. Bedlow
02:16And you tell him that Mr. Bedlow is sleeping in the bridal suite and not to disturb him
02:20Well, ma
02:21Oh, Billy Joe, you start getting things ready so the minute Mr. Bedlow wakes up we can quick serve him breakfast in bed and keep him there
02:27But Charlie and Floyd and those salesmen ate up all the eggs
02:30Oh, no
02:31Oh, Betty Joe, go out and gather up some eggs, dear
02:33Bobby Joe, you keep an eye on the upstairs
02:35Okay, ma
02:36And you start cooking up some ham, bacon and sausage and try not to burn it
02:41Burn it, burn it
02:43Don't keep your big beak closed except for eating
02:51What do you mean Mr. Bedlow's sleeping in the bridal suite?
02:54He ought to be sleeping in the barn and I want my bathrobe back
02:57Yes, Uncle Joe, Mother says he's not to be disturbed
03:00Oh, we'll see about that
03:01Kate!
03:02She'll wake him
03:04You know what's got into Kate?
03:06City fella comes in here, shuts down the railroad, fires everybody, ruins the hotel and she gives him the best room in the place
03:12Kate!
03:13Shh, you're going to wake Mr. Bedlow
03:15Not a chance
03:17Buried three feet deep in the softest feather bed in the hotel
03:21Kate!
03:23Uncle Joe, please, you'll wake Mr. Bedlow
03:25Say, I want to ask you a question
03:27I've got to take these to the kitchen, they're for his breakfast
03:32That's crazy, that's what it is
03:34Fella deserves to be horse whipped, she treats him like royalty
03:37Kate!
03:38You'll wake Mr. Bedlow
03:41Now, Kate, listen, I...
03:42Quiet!
03:43You'll wake Mr. Bedlow
03:47Well, at least you got an excuse to act like a birdbrain
03:50Uncle Joe, put these stars in a nice pretty vase, they're for Mr. Bedlow's breakfast
03:55You mean he's getting breakfast in bed?
03:57As soon as he wakes up
03:59I ain't a urine ride, I can't be
04:02Didn't he sit right here at this table last night and say he was shutting down the railroad?
04:06Yes
04:07And won't that shut down the hotel?
04:09Yes
04:10Well, then what in the name of blue thundery...
04:12Mom, Mr. Bedlow's awake, he left his eggnog tray outside the door
04:15Eggnog tray?
04:17Well, we served him hot eggnog last night about midnight
04:19To get him to sleep
04:21Now, you go help your sisters get Mr. Bedlow's breakfast up to him
04:25I don't want him having to come down to eat
04:27Oh, okay
04:28Now, Uncle Joe, you sit down there and I'll explain all this
04:31What is there to explain?
04:33Mean city fella comes out here and wrecks our lives
04:36So, naturally, we give him the biggest, softest bed in the place
04:39Eggnog at midnight, breakfast carried to him in the bridal suite like he was a groom
04:44And then you...
04:46Kate, you didn't...
04:49What?
04:50You didn't marry that viper, did you?
04:52What? No
04:54We're ready, Mom
05:02That's very nice
05:07Pam
05:10Pam
05:20Remember, girls, pretty smiles and happy talk
05:24Go on
05:28Ain't you going up and move his jaws for him so he won't have to chew?
05:32Joe, I'm doing everything for a reason
05:35Now, sit down and I'll explain
05:37I know, it looks like I'm being awful soft-hearted
05:40Soft-headed
05:42Before Mr. Bedlow can give orders for shutting down the railroad, he's got to get to Pixley
05:47The only way he can get to Pixley is on the train, and the train is here
05:50Now, if we...
05:51It won't work, Kate
05:53I see what you're driving at, but it won't work
05:56You can't keep the train here
05:58It's got to go into Pixley to take those salesmen that spent the night here
06:02Well, Uncle Joe...
06:03Your second mistake was in thinking you could change Bedlow's mind by being nice to him
06:08A fella like that, you got to outsmart, outthink
06:12Uncle Joe...
06:13I got it, I got it
06:15We'll sneak everybody but him onto the train and send it on into Pixley before he comes down
06:20Kate, you know, putting him in the softest bed in the quietest room and taking his breakfast up to him was one of the luckiest blunders you ever made
06:29It's going right into my scheme
06:33Who's blowing that locomotive whistle?
06:35My guess would be Charlie. He's the engineer
06:39He'll ruin all my plans
06:46The darn fool's pulling out. We won't have time to wake the salesmen
06:50Well, they're on the train, Uncle Joe
06:52How come?
06:53Well, I woke them up early
06:57Kate, this is your morning for lucky blunders
07:03Mom, it worked. We heard the train pull out
07:06And now Mr. Bedlow can't go into Pixley
07:08Your idea was brilliant, Mom. I knew it would work
07:11Oh, well...
07:12Wait a minute, girls. In all fairness, Uncle Joe had the same idea
07:17That's true, girl. He suggested your mother got up first and beat me to it
07:28Morning, Mr. Bedlow
07:30All right. Whose idea was it to run off with my train and leave me stranded?
07:34Mr. Bedlow, gentlemen are not permitted in the dining room in their robes
07:40I am no gentleman and this is not my robe
07:43Now, do I get an answer to my question?
07:48All right. We'll let the government settle it
07:51Stealing trains happens to be a federal offence
07:55And everybody connected with this conspiracy is in very serious trouble
08:00I hope this teaches you a lesson, Kate
08:03Next time you get one of your crazy ideas, check it over with me first
08:07I could have told you this would never work
08:11Hey...
08:12What?
08:13Somebody's hit my Indian again
08:30You know, Charlie, I feel kind of bad about us running off, leaving Kate to play some music
08:35Well, if it was anybody else but Kate, I'd be mighty worried
08:39But that's one woman in a million
08:41She sure is. I never met a woman yet to compare with Kate
08:45How come you never asked her to marry you, Floyd?
08:47I don't think I'm good enough for her. How about you?
08:50I feel the same way
08:52You do?
08:53I don't think you're good enough for her either
08:56We're coming on into Pittsburgh. Think we better stop?
08:59Well, if we turn around and go back to Shady Rest, Bedloe'll grab the train
09:03Oh, I don't think so, but the time we get back there, Kate'll have him eating out of her hand
09:08Kate can kill a man with kindness, all right
09:10Well, if she doesn't kill him with kindness, them daughters of hers will pretty him to death
09:16It's lunchtime, Mr. Bedloe
09:18Come right into the dining room. Everything's ready for you
09:23Yeah? What's everything?
09:25Poison food? Booby traps? Boiling oil?
09:29What's waiting for me behind that curtain?
09:31Your lunch, Mr. Bedloe
09:36Down, sit down. Everything's piping hot
09:39If you're expecting me to change my mind about cancelling the train, forget it
09:43It's a good idea
09:44Too good? You're a terrible joke
09:46A sour face is not welcome in the dining room
09:48Then what'd you bring him in for?
09:51You either smile or stay in the kitchen
09:54I'll stay in the kitchen
09:58Please, sit down
09:59Girls!
10:03If this isn't a bribe, why all the attention?
10:05As long as you're a guest in my hotel, you're entitled to Shady Rest hospitality
10:11We do not bring our differences to the table
10:14All right, girls, start the food
10:21More coffee?
10:22More pie, Mr. Bedloe
10:23More cake
10:25How about some more homemade ice cream?
10:28This time, try my hot fudge on a Sunday instead of strawberry and peaches
10:32Oh, please, no more. I've never had such a meal in all my life
10:35Oh, quiet
10:36I'll bet your wife cooks a better meal than this every day
10:42Some women don't care about cooking
10:44They're meant to just sit around and look beautiful
10:48Now, don't tell me your wife isn't beautiful
10:51She'd have to be to catch a successful, good-looking man like you
11:00Oh, yes, let's go into the lobby where you can relax and listen to the entertainment
11:06Entertainment?
11:07Just a little singing to settle the food
11:09Nothing like music after a meal
11:18What are you trying to do?
11:20Jump the track and get a song wrote about you like Casey Jones?
11:23Well, I figure the faster we go through Shady Rest, the less chance Bedloe's got of stopping us
11:28We're better than 20 miles out of Shady Rest
11:31Look at it this way, Charlie
11:32The longer we take getting there, the longer Kate and her girls is gonna have to work on Bedloe
11:37That's true
11:38I bet they're really melting him down
11:40Oh, I'd sure like to be in his shoes right now
11:44Floating like a zephyr
11:50On the soft summer air
12:00Very nice
12:01Lovely voice
12:02Oh, my daughters sing
12:04Girls, Mr. Bedloe being a railroad man, maybe he'd like to hear a railroad song
12:11How about this one?
12:15There's a train that runs through this wide valley that is loved by one and all
12:24It's the train that starts way up in Pixley called the Hooterville Cannonball
12:33Well, she makes her run through the dead of winter through the summer, spring and fall
12:40Neither cold nor heat nor flood can stop her
12:45She's the Hooterville Cannonball
13:02Yes, Mr. Bedloe, the folks in this valley depend on that train
13:08It hauls the farmest crops to market
13:11It takes their children to school
13:13It brings their supplies from town
13:16And on Sunday, it makes a special trip just to take folks to church
13:24When my three babies were born, who came screaming through the night to bring the doctor to my side?
13:31The Hooterville Cannonball
13:34That whistle speaks a language we all understand
13:39To the children, it's a lullaby
13:41To the young folks, a song of love
13:44And to the older, a hymn of comfort
13:48Mr. Bedloe, the folks in this valley haven't got much money
13:53But as long as that little train runs, they'll never be poor
13:59That's the Hooterville Cannonball
14:09Mrs. Bradley, I came here in anger, and you repaid me with kindness
14:15I gave you bad news, and you gave me warm and friendly hospitality
14:21You and your lovely daughters have taken the time and the trouble to explain what the Hooterville Cannonball means to you and your neighbors
14:30After all of that, could any man say, scrap that little train?
14:37Just one
14:39Me
14:42The minute it gets back from Pixley
14:52Oh, Mr. Bedloe, have a chair
14:56Thanks, I will
15:11Do that
15:12We're getting close to Shady Rest, and you'll tip off Bedloe, we're coming
15:16I think he knows it already, Floyd, take a look
15:21It's Bedloe
15:23Right smack dab in the middle of the track
15:26You think we ought to stop?
15:28Of course we're gonna stop, you smokehead, that's one of Kate's best chairs
15:44Mr. Bedloe, listen to me, I got something to tell you, please
15:48Wait a minute, Floyd and Charlie say they can't back all the way to Pixley, it'll be dangerous, they gotta go on to Hooterville
15:56Fine, I can cancel the train just as well from there
15:59Oh
16:01Mr. Bedloe, why are you so dead set on not letting this train run?
16:06It's bad business, doesn't make any money
16:08But it doesn't lose any, Floyd and Charlie are on pensions anyway, and they get their wood and water free
16:15Mrs. Bradley, this train is the legal property of the CNFW Railroad, and we are legally responsible for everything that happens to it
16:23If it runs off the track, if it hurts somebody, if it hits a cow, we're responsible, we could be sued
16:28Well, Floyd and Charlie have hit lots of things, nobody's ever sued
16:33But they could
16:34No, I'm sorry, Mrs. Bradley, but running this branch line just plain doesn't make sense
16:46Doesn't it make sense to help folks when they need it? Bring the doctor when you're sick, take little children to school
16:53Forget it, it won't work
16:56You go up there and tell those two clowns the locomotive, they got 60 seconds to get this thing rolling or I'll cut off their pensions
17:03Guess you win, Mr. Bedloe
17:05I always do, Mrs. Bradley
17:16Whoa!
17:18Whoa!
17:44You know, Kate, this is the first time you ever rode up here
17:47And the last
17:48Why did you say that? I thought you had a scheme to keep this old train running
17:52Well, I have, that's why I'm going into Hooderville, but it's scary riding up here going so fast
18:00Those things ever blow up?
18:03This one never has
18:04Guess not today, though
18:06Why?
18:07You're squeezing that pipe so hard, you're shutting off her water
18:10Oh
18:12Think she's going a little faster, Charlie?
18:18Hey, I suppose you think that was pretty smart, my sitting in that coach while the engine went to Hooderville
18:24No, I thought it was kind of stupid myself
18:27I ought to knock you over that railing
18:34You shouldn't have said that, Bedloe
18:36No? Why not?
18:39Because it's scary
18:41You shouldn't have said that, Bedloe
18:43No? Why not?
18:46Because it's scary
18:48Wait a second, sit down
18:50Okay
18:51That stupid train the only way to get to Hooderville?
18:54No
18:55There's another way
18:56That's right
18:57You mean somebody can take me?
18:59Yeah, I can take you
19:03Now, now listen, old timer
19:06I didn't mean to yell at you
19:08I know you're not in this with these other people
19:10I can see you're an intelligent man
19:13You can?
19:14Now, I'm willing to pay you
19:16No, no, I didn't ask for any money
19:18I know you didn't, I'm forcing it on you
19:21Come on, let's get going
19:41Hey, what is this?
19:43I thought you were going to take me to Hooderville
19:45I am
19:46We'll never get there before tomorrow if you don't walk faster
19:49Walk?
19:50There's no way you can get there outside the train
19:52Well, why didn't you tell me?
19:54You didn't ask me
19:56Let me have my money back
20:03Indian giver
20:11Hiya, boys
20:12Hi, Sam
20:13Kate
20:14Oh, listen, Sam, I need your help
20:17If we don't do something, Charlie and Floyd are going to lose their train
20:20Well, I hate to tell you this, but they've already lost part of it
20:23I don't believe that
20:25Boys, you go on down and turn around and pick us up on the way back
20:35Hurry up, boys
20:38Hurry up, boys
20:40All right, Kate
20:45Sam, are you still a deputy sheriff?
20:47I never was a deputy sheriff, I was marshal at the Fourth of July parade once
20:51That's close enough, come on
20:52Well, what's this all about, Kate?
20:54Come on, I'll explain
20:56Don't worry, girls, I'll handle Bedloe
21:00You know, fighting the railroad's a man's job
21:02Hey, everybody, Mr. Bedloe got away
21:05He's on his way to Hooderville
21:06What happens now?
21:07He found that old hand car and got it on the track
21:36Get out of here!
22:01Hey, whoa!
22:03Stop the train!
22:07Whoa!
22:12Put him on the sofa, boys
22:14Is he hurt?
22:15No, he's just all pumped out
22:17He'll be all right as soon as he gets his wind back
22:20We've been running for five miles
22:22Are you going to be all right, Mr. Bedloe?
22:24I guess so
22:26Who are you?
22:28My name's Drucker
22:29Hey!
22:31Marshal Drucker from Hooderville
22:33Marshal Drucker?
22:34He's a lawman
22:35Thought you ran a general store
22:36Yeah, I do that, too
22:37Also publish the newspaper
22:39Yeah, plus being the postmaster
22:40And he's the mayor?
22:42Never mind all that
22:43No, if you're a marshal, arrest every one of these people
22:47What's the charge?
22:48Stealing a train
22:49You mean Charlie and Floyd's train?
22:51That's my train!
22:53Oh!
22:54I'm the official representative of the CNFW Railroads
22:57Marshal Drucker, do your duty
22:59Yeah, be quick about it
23:00All right
23:01Mr. Bedloe, I hereby serve you with these 27
23:05Summonses, complaints, subpoenas, and overdue bills
23:08What for?
23:09For the damages caused by your train during the past 20 years
23:13And for supplies furnished and services rendered thereto
23:16By the citizens of this valley
23:18As named in the complaints, et cetera, in your hand
23:21Why, that's ridiculous
23:22Totals up to about $150,000
23:25Now, I wouldn't call that ridiculous
23:26Maloney, what judge would honor that?
23:29Judge Drucker
23:31You!
23:32I demand a jury trial!
23:34Why, I don't think you could find 12 men around here
23:36That ain't in that bunch of complainers
23:38Judge Drucker, isn't there some way
23:40That this thing can be settled out of court?
23:42What do you mean, out of court?
23:44I got him right where I want him
23:45Oh, Joe, please
23:46Well, now, I'll tell you, Kate
23:48If Mr. Bedloe was to go quietly back to the city
23:52And let Floyd and Charlie resume running their railroad
23:55I might be inclined to show a little judicial leniency
23:58And postpone these cases indefinitely
24:01Oh, don't do it
24:02Let's have a big trial
24:04Lots of people, be good for business
24:06Well, Mr. Bedloe, what do you say?
24:08What can I say?
24:09You got me over a barrel
24:11Well, come on, I'll back you into Hooterville
24:13It won't be as fast as that hand car
24:15But a heap less time
24:22Well, Kate, you've pulled some beauties today
24:24But letting him go is the biggest blunder of all
24:27Well, you think so?
24:28Well, he admitted himself we had him over a barrel
24:31Well, I'm sorry
24:35I don't blame you, Kate
24:37But from now on, leave these things up to me
24:39You know, fighting a railroad's a man's job
24:42I'll remember, Uncle Joe
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