Customer Reviews

Petticoat Junction

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I loved watching re-runs of this show in the late 70's when I was a kid. I remember the opening theme songs being a big part of what I liked about this show. There were 2 opening theme songs. The 2nd theme song replaced the 1st one when June Lockhart joined the cast. I have one of the other Petticoat Junctions DVD (No theme songs on that one Either) and though it has only 4 episodes verses the 7 on this DVD I like it just a bit better than this one. I guess it is because one of the episodes that is titled "The Beatnik" has Dennis Hopper playing the beatnik and I am a fan of most of his work. This DVD is a good buy especially if you are a big fan of the show. None of the shows are in color as advertised, and the picture quality isn't as clear and bright as it could be. But again, one of my biggest disappointments was the absence of the opening theme song. The theme song is replaced with very boring banjo music. If you like the opening theme songs as much as I do you can give them a listen. I had both of the opening theme songs to Petticoat Junction and thought I would share them with other fans of the show. They are both mp3's. I hope you enjoy listening to them.Petticoat Junction 1963-1970 (Opening Theme, 1) (...)

I have seen these, and some vhs versions/all have ripped out the theme. Thats a misleading ripoff!(and not cheap for these items)

Especially for a show with such a noteable theme. Not only did they use this irritatingly cheezy, and irrelevant banjo jam, that doesn't even match. But your can hear where they spliced it over the original, and in some cases, you even hear reminents of the original underneath creating cacophony. SHAME, shame shame,on whoever decided to produce this.It ruins the whole show.

They probably paid some sap $20. to sit in his living room and jam to a cassette, and then retained the copyright. Meanwhile, Curt Massey's name remains on the credits. They also abused the Beverly Hillbillies expensive Dvd sets with this same track!!

I think in a perfect world, Curt Massey, and Flat & Scruggs shoult get ALL the revenues for this piracy.

OK, so this DVD packager got hold of what I guess were 7 public domain episodes of Petticoat Junction. But they discovered that the theme song is not public domain, so they put on some generic pickin' and grinnin' music where the theme song is supposed to be! That's pretty irritating but until a real box set is available, this will have to do.

Good value for the price, but it's advertised as "in color" when really it's in black and white. Bit disappointing. Please try again; I loved this old sappy show.

Petticoat Junction - The Official First Season .. its the whole first season, intros to every episode by cast members, loaded with extras *and* the episodes are perfect,unedited and even original commercials are viewable as well, *plus* the beloved original theme music!

Don't waste your money on cheapie public-domain editions like this, get the real thing!

It's amazing how good tv series were in the good old days!
I bought this because I was interested in Green Acres
and this was a kind of prequel, but even in itself it's
a good sitcom, still!

I didn't read the description of this closely enough so what I got was somewhat disappointing. I wanted the years of Linda Kaye Henning, the later years of the show. It was fun to see the Shady Rest again, and the Cannonball, but I would have liked to see the characters/actors I remember from my youth.

The best part of this nostalgic visit to the 1960's is the catchy theme song. Not only is the original theme missing from this DVD, but the awkward replacement music overdubs the beginning dialogue in each episode. I watched two episodes in hopes that the first was an unfortunate pilot, but I now realize that I have been ripped off, and we plan to insist on a refund.

We have enjoyed every minute of it. The stories are still relevant and the jokes are still funny. I just can't get the song out of my head!