Petticoat Junction - Season 2 - Eps 17: A Matter of Communication
The girls are upset that they don't have a telephone at the hotel. They can't communicate with their friends and are social outcasts. Kate says it would cost $800 for the telephone company to install two miles of line just to get to the hotel. The girls have to get their calls at Drucker's Store and it's starting to disrupt his business. Sam refuses to take any more calls for them. Uncle Joe decides to start his own telephone company. He plans on using the barbed wire fencing surrounding all the local farms as the primary communication lines. He also plans to tap illegally into the Hooterville Telephone Company's line, but Sam doesn't let him. Joe comes up with a really complicated alternative. It's not long before the whole plan falls apart.
About Petticoat Junction

Title: Petticoat Junction
First Air Date: 1963-09-24
Last Air Date: 1970-04-04
Status: Ended
Rating: 5.8/10 (from 37 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 8
Total Episodes: 222
Network: CBS
Genres: Comedy, Family
Production Companies: McCadden Productions, Filmways Television
Synopsis
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.
Cast

Mike Minor
Steve Elliott

Meredith MacRae
Billie Jo Bradley

Lori Saunders
Bobbie Jo Bradley

Edgar Buchanan
Uncle Joe Carson

Frank Cady
Sam Drucker

June Lockhart
Dr. Janet Craig

Linda Henning
Betty Jo Bradley