Petticoat Junction
Season 1, Episode 31: Charley Abandons the Cannonball
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Charley begins to believe that everyone seems too busy to spend any time with him. Floyd has started to call on the widow Sarah Lawrence. Uncle Joe has a speech he has to prepare, so has no time to go fishing with him. Kate has far too much work to do around the hotel. Charley doesn't want to spend his time alone and miserable running the Cannonball. He decides to quit and move to the big city. Kate tries to manufacture ways of keeping Charley in the valley before his replacement Bill Tuttle comes and takes over his job. When Charley realizes how much he is loved and needed, he finds a way to talk Tuttle out of staying.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Spur Line to Shady Rest
Episode 2
Quick, Hide the Railroad
Episode 3
The President Who Came to Dinner
Episode 4
Is There a Doctor in the Roundhouse?
Episode 5
The Courtship of Floyd Smoot
Episode 6
Please Buy My Violets
Episode 7
The Ringer
Episode 8
Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb
Episode 9
The Little Train Robbery
Episode 10
Bedloe Strikes Again
Episode 11
Uncle Joe's Replacement
Episode 12
Honeymoon Hotel
Episode 13
A Night at the Hooterville Hilton
Episode 14
Cannonball Christmas
Episode 15
Herbie Gets Drafted
Episode 16
Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik
Episode 17
My Daughter the Doctor
Episode 18
Hooterville vs. Hollywood
Episode 19
Visit From a Big Star
Episode 20
Last Chance Farm
Episode 21
The Very Old Antique
Episode 22
The Art Game
Episode 23
Betty Jo's First Love
Episode 24
Behind All Silver, There's a Cloud Lining
Episode 25
The Talent Contest
Episode 26
Kate and the Manpower Problem
Episode 27
The Ladybugs
Episode 28
The Hooterville Flivverball
Episode 29
Kate the Stockholder
Episode 30
Kate and the Dowager
Episode 31
Charley Abandons the Cannonball
Episode 32
Dog Days at Shady Rest
Episode 33
A Millionaire for Kate
Episode 34
Bedloe and Son
Episode 35
Local Girl Makes Good
Episode 36
Cave Woman
Episode 37
Kate Flat on Her Back
Episode 38
The Genghis Keane Story