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fred flintstone
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On Boston Legal this week, during three bedroom, love-making scenes, the sound track played a rock version of the theme from Petticoat Junction (as the actors moved actively under the covers of the hotel room bed).
I've watched a few of the DVDs of black and white episodes from Petticoat Junctions' first two seasons (thank you, Netflix). These episodes were not included in the syndication package (which hasn't been broadcast lately either). It was a different show early on. When the show moved from Tuesdays to Saturdays, it became a show your grandmother would watch. In the black and white episodes, it was a sexy show - a riff on the old traveling salesmen jokes: Three hotties in a country B&B and in most episodes, one or more traveling salesmen checked into the Shady Rest. And the orignal actresses who played Bobbie Joe (originally the slutty blonde sister) and Billie Joe (originally the artsy, semi-beatnik brunette sister) were outright sexy (as opposed to their more wholesome replacements).
And the show was loaded with double-entendres: The show was set in "Hooterville" (or as Ava Gabor called it, "Hootersville"). The show opened each week with the three hotties skinny-dipping in the water tank.
And, speaking of double entendres, look at the theme song lyrics (played in a sex scene, they take on a whole new meaning):
Come ride the little train(1) that is goin' down the track to the junction(2).
Forget about about your cares, it is time to relax at the junction.
Lots of curves, you bet.
And even more(3) when you get
to the junction (Petticoat Junction).
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(1) The motion of steam engine driving rods and wheels was often used as a sexual metaphor in "racy" mid 20th Century novels.
(2) Junction:
1. The act of joining. 2. A place of point of meeting.
(3) Emphasis added.
I've watched a few of the DVDs of black and white episodes from Petticoat Junctions' first two seasons (thank you, Netflix). These episodes were not included in the syndication package (which hasn't been broadcast lately either). It was a different show early on. When the show moved from Tuesdays to Saturdays, it became a show your grandmother would watch. In the black and white episodes, it was a sexy show - a riff on the old traveling salesmen jokes: Three hotties in a country B&B and in most episodes, one or more traveling salesmen checked into the Shady Rest. And the orignal actresses who played Bobbie Joe (originally the slutty blonde sister) and Billie Joe (originally the artsy, semi-beatnik brunette sister) were outright sexy (as opposed to their more wholesome replacements).
And the show was loaded with double-entendres: The show was set in "Hooterville" (or as Ava Gabor called it, "Hootersville"). The show opened each week with the three hotties skinny-dipping in the water tank.
And, speaking of double entendres, look at the theme song lyrics (played in a sex scene, they take on a whole new meaning):
Come ride the little train(1) that is goin' down the track to the junction(2).
Forget about about your cares, it is time to relax at the junction.
Lots of curves, you bet.
And even more(3) when you get
to the junction (Petticoat Junction).
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(1) The motion of steam engine driving rods and wheels was often used as a sexual metaphor in "racy" mid 20th Century novels.
(2) Junction:
1. The act of joining. 2. A place of point of meeting.(3) Emphasis added.
