Pistols 'n' Petticoats

1966
Pistols 'n' Petticoats

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 A Crooked Line Sep 17, 1966

The outlaw Turner family tangles with Grandma and Grandpa Hanks.

EP2 No Sale Sep 24, 1966

A town boss is met with opposition when he tries to take over the Hanks ranch.

EP3 Bitter Blossom O'Brian Oct 01, 1966

Chief Eagle Shadow delivers an untamed Indian girl to the Hanks ranch when he learns that Tim O'Brien is searching for a long lost daughter.

EP4 Sir Richard of Wretched Oct 08, 1966

Hank and Grandma foil a stagecoach holdup, not knowing that it was secretly planned by a fellow passenger, a self-proclaimed British writer.

EP5 The Hank and the Indian War Oct 15, 1966

The Hanks try to end a war between Indian tribes.

EP6 The Triangle Oct 22, 1966

An old flame of Grandma Hanks tries to win her again, and Grandpa Hanks challengers the suitor to duel.

EP7 A Wagonload of Wives Oct 29, 1966

Hank go to the aid of a wagonload of mail-order brides kidnapped by men of a neighboring town.

EP8 The Ross Guttley Story Nov 05, 1966

Hank and Grandma rent a room to a beautiful woman who is really a notorious bank robber.

EP9 The Gun Runners Nov 12, 1966

The Secret Service suspects the Hanks of gun running.

EP10 Lookout Point Nov 19, 1966

Courtney gets the Hanks family thrown in jail in another attempt to get control of their land. They plan a breakout to save their ranch but the sheriff is keeping a sharp eye on them.

EP11 Quit Shootin' Folks Nov 26, 1966

Chief Eagle Shadow's son Gray Hawk plans to send the Kiowa tribe on the warpath and the Hanks family rides into the Indian village to stop him.

EP12 Shootout At The O'Day Corral Dec 03, 1966

When the murderous Blanton brothers threaten to kill Sheriff Sikes, Lucy convinces Henrietta, Grandpa and Grandma to stay out of the conflict.

EP13 Grandma's Date Dec 10, 1966

A representative of a Philadelphia finishing school travels to Wretched to open a branch school.

EP14 Here Comes Trouble Dec 17, 1966

Hank Hanks saves the life of wealthy Arthur Grenoble who returns the favor by sending the Hanks family a French valet named Etienne.

EP15 Willie The Kid Dec 24, 1966

Curly Bigelow is looking to make a name for himself by challenging "Willie the Kid" to a duel. Buss Courtney sees an opportunity to cause trouble by making Curly think that the Sheriff is Willie.

EP16 Wretched Beautiful Dec 31, 1966

Grandpa Hanks is forced to assist a pair of bank robbers after the ill-tempered men threaten to harm the family's pet wolf Bowser.

EP17 Daisy and The Gambler Jan 07, 1967

Gunslinger Daisy Frogg arrives and sets her eye on Grandpa for romancing. Grandma refuses to step aside and has firm ideas on how to handle the situation.

EP18 The Stranger Jan 14, 1967

An actor named Pirandello Lovelace arrives at the Hanks ranch with a scheme to bring Shakespearean theatre to Wretched.

EP19 Beware The Hangman Jan 21, 1967

The Hanks have to bail Little Bear out of big trouble on a phony charge of cattle rustling.

EP20 A Man For Hank Jan 28, 1967

Effie pays an Indian Shaman to find a man for Hank. The Shaman promises that the next man to visit their house will be Hank's new man. But it turns out that the next man to visit their farm is trying to steal it.

EP21 Petrified Wretched Feb 04, 1967

Three outlaws ride onto the Hanks ranch and take Lucy captive. Unlike the town folk the bad guys don't realize it's a bad idea to mess with the Hanks family but they quickly learn.

EP22 The Golden Fleece Feb 11, 1967

Kenny Turner returns, convincing the Hanks family that he has turned honest as a land salesman. But he's figured out a new scam selling fake gold mines and Henrietta devises a way to expose his fraud.

EP23 Peace Offering Feb 18, 1967

The first Indian to graduate from an Eastern medical school returns to his tribe but is rebuffed when they refuse to believe he's an Indian.

EP24 The Taming of Sorry Water Feb 25, 1967

When Hank and Grandma learn the nearby town of Sorry Water is overrun with outlaws, they head over to clear them out. They end up becoming prisoners leaving Grandpa to save the day.

EP25 Colonel Comes To Town Mar 04, 1967

A band of Confederate soldiers, unaware the Civil War's over, captures the Hanks family and plans a raid on the town of Wretched.

EP26 Harold's Double Mar 11, 1967

Gary Vinson plays a dual role as Sheriff Sikes and an outlaw who plans to rob the stage and have Sikes take the blame.
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Released: 17 September 1966 Ended
Producted By: Universal Television
Country: United States of America
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Pistols 'n' Petticoats is an American Western sitcom

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bkoganbing Pistols 'n' Petticoats debuted on CBS back in 1966 and back in those days CBS was known as the rural network. With such shows as Andy Griffith, The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and Green Acres, this was the network of red state America in that decade. You could forget about the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Revolution, marijuana and other drugs, on this network it's like they never existed.Unfortunately this show which had some really good moments did not quite finish its first season due to the death of its star Ann Sheridan, the movies former 'Oomph Girl'. As ill timed a demise as ever happened in Hollywood.For those who never saw the show it concerned a rustic family named Hanks. Ann Sheridan and her parents Douglas Fowley and Ruth McDevitt and her daughter Carole Wells. They're a family of sharpshooters with a lot of rustic charm, right in keeping with the commitment of CBS to rural entertainment. In the first episode Carole Wells has returned from the east where the family has sent her to finishing school to learn some social graces.When sufficiently provoked however Wells could match any of her family shot for shot. The finish came off her in a crisis moment.Another regular on the show was Gary Vinson who played the inept son of a famous lawman who inherited his job. Carole despite his klutziness had a thing for him. Just a civilian version of Captain Wilton Parmenter from F Troop.It wasn't a great show, but it had some good comic moments. And it was the farewell gig of one of the screen's reigning beauties Ann Sheridan.
theowinthrop I am not sure what was the first television series that suffered from the loss of a cast member by his or her death. I think it may have been WHAT'S MY LINE? because the original show had the great radio comic and wit Fred Allan as one of the players, and he died while still appearing on the show. That was in the 1950s.But WHAT'S MY LINE? was game show, so replacing Allan was not hard. In 1966, a comedy show appeared on the CBS line-up on Saturday nights called PISTOLS 'N' PETTICOATS. In it the Hanks family, headed officially by grandpa (Douglas Fowley) and grandma (Ruth McDivitt), but really headed by Henrietta (Ann Sheridan) were known for their abilities as sharpshooters (even Henrietta's niece, Lucy (Carole Wells). "The story goes that granma was best at shootin' buttons off a rustler's vest. Granpa kept his gun in trim - nobody messed around with him..." as the theme song went. All of the characters would surprise the villains with their skills in the episodes. It was just as well that they were so good, as the local sheriff (Gary Vinson) was a clumsy stumble-bum - and Lucy's boyfriend.Sheridan was at the end of her career - really beyond that. She had not done anything really big on screen since her heyday in the 1940s (I suppose I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE was her last big production). But she was a favorite with audiences, who had named her the "Oomph Girl", and she had a spark opposite Cary Grant in WAR BRIDE, or Jimmy Cagney or Ronald Reagan or Bette Davis and Monty Wooley in THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER. Still, I recall that when news of her casting came out in 1965 it struck many as odd. Why did she decide to do it?I don't think we will ever know. Sheridan had appeared in about half the episodes when she left the series and died of cancer. It was a shocker at the time.The show stumbled on, but unlike it's near contemporary F-TROOP it never found the proper balance that made the latter a big hit (and a revivable show too, for that reason). Both shows had a good ensemble, but the scripts of F-TROOP seemed better thought out, even experimental. In one F-TROOP episode entitled "THE DAY THEY SHOT AGARN", the entire episode was about Agarn being court-martial-ed on the mistaken belief he murdered the missing Sergeant O'Rourke. All through the episode somebody is singing a mournful tune about his execution (which never is completed). At the end, when O'Rourke (Forrest Tucker) returns, and Agarn (Storch) is cleared, they are talking to Captain Parmenter (Ken Berry) and trying to figure out who has been singing this depressing song. O'Rourke and Parmenter look around and see some derby-hatted gentleman singing it nearby, and they order him out of the fort!That did not happen on PISTOLS. The stories were rather routine, for all the hard work of the performers. I only can recall one for an ironic aspect - Pat Buttram played an unscrupulous mountain man whose family cheated people. In an early episode he is caught by the family and he ends up going to jail. He returns in another episode, and he is a "reformed man" now. I recall he notices a little boy dropped a silver dollar on the floor of a store, and (naturally) he steps on it to hide it from the boy. He picks it up, but suddenly he feels ashamed at his greed. He calls the boy over and returns the dollar to him. Why should I recall this scene from a show? Well, it's Pat Buttram, and of course in the late 1960s he found his television immortality shortly as the great Mr. Haney on GREEN ACRES - the ultimate in weird swindlers. Haney would not, perhaps, have robbed a boy of his dollar, but the fact that both characters are swindlers made me remember Buttram's performance on PISTOLS. But note - he is a supporting player in an episode or two. It's not like recalling the performances of the leads. And I can't recall them too well now. But I recall performances by the leads from F-Troop to this day. One can blame the death of it's star for the demise of PISTOLS 'N' PETTICOATS, but one can also recognize that good shows survive due to clever scripts above everything else.
solsburydp With so many old television programs being released on DVD, I'd love to see this one released. Rarely seen since it's original run, it certainly deserves to be released along with a bunch of other one year wonders. Big market for entertaining programs that lasted one year or less like Pistol's & Petticoats. In my opinion, other great programs to be considered for a DVD release would be unique programs like "The Hero", "Camp Runamuck", and the totally off the wall but very funny "Quark". If a network like "Trio" can find success with their "Brilliant but Cancelled" series, there must be some interest in these strange, unique, and sometimes hilarious programs.
artzau I loved this show about a family of gunslingers that, as in the credit song recalled "Grandma shooting the buttons off a rustler's vest." The show was rather stock 60s TV mind pablum but still enjoyable to sit down and vege out on, laughing at the goofy situations. Not to mention, it was a pleasure to see Robert Lowery, Ruth McDevitt and the immortal Lon Chaney Jr., all vets whose faces you've seen hundreds of times before. And then, there was the beautiful Ann Sheridan who tragically died of cancer, still working up to the last. In some of the last sequences, where she was only in small scenes, she was so weak, she could hardly stand. It was hard to watch but still, it was an inspiration to see this courageous woman.