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Petticoat Junction

American television series
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    …small roles, on the series Petticoat Junction, Mr. Ed, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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    …small roles, on the series Petticoat Junction, Mr. Ed, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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  • Television
    Television in the United States
    / Rural humor

    >Petticoat Junction (CBS, 1963–70), Green Acres (CBS, 1965–71), and Hee-Haw (CBS, 1969–71). The Andy Griffith Show, like other rural comedies, featured “just plain folks” who used words of few syllables, did not work on Sundays, and did not go in much for the sophisticated ways…

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    >Petticoat Junction (CBS, 1963–70), Green Acres (CBS, 1965–71), and Hee-Haw (CBS, 1969–71). The Andy Griffith Show, like other rural comedies, featured “just plain folks” who used words of few syllables, did not work on Sundays, and did not go in much for the sophisticated ways…

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