Petticoat Junction· Season 2 · Episode 2
Race Against the Stork
Henry Barton is dropping off his pregnant wife Elsie at the Shady Rest. While the baby isn't due for two weeks, Henry still wants someone to watch Elsie as he will be gone for three days. The women aren't at all worried, but Uncle Joe is quite concerned. Joe gets even more panicked when Kate tells him most babies arrive in the middle of the night. He comes up with an elaborate plan involving some of the men of the valley to get Doc Stuart to the Shady Rest if Elsie has the baby in the middle of the night. Without telling anyone, Joe has a trial run of his plan at 3am just to make sure it all goes smoothly. Everyone is quite mad at Uncle Joe. To make matters worse, Joe does it a second time. When Elsie does actually go into labor, it looks as though someone else will have to help with the delivery
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Guest stars
Kay E. Kuteras Newt Kiley
Frank Fergusonas Dr. Barton Stuart
Hank Pattersonas Fred Ziffel
Walter Baldwinas Grandpappy Miller
Tom Faddenas Ben Miller
Barbara Pepperas Ruth Ziffel
Robert Eastonas Henry Barton
Olive Sturgessas Elsie BartonCrew
Richard L. BareDirector
Jay SommersWriterLou HustonWriter
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