> > On Petticoat Junction that metal thing next to the stairs.
>
> > Is that an Elevator? It does not have a floor. In an
> episode
> > when Uncle Joe couldn't find his winning ticket for a TV
> he
> > rips the room apart looking for it. The "elevator" was
> moved
> > and you can clealy see no bottom.
>
> Yes, but even though Uncle Joe had it 'installed' it just
> stayed there.
>
In the opening episode Railroad tycoon Homer Bedloe (Charles Lane), who wanted to scrap the Cannonball Train (and would try many times throughout the series) asks Joe why the elevator is there when it clearly is'nt connected. Joe's reply: "To give the hotel class" "The only elevator between Hooterville and Pixley"<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by TimL on 06/16/05 04:48 PM.</FONT></P>