Pistols 'n' Petticoats

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Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Format Sitcom, Western
Created by George Tibbles
Starring Ann Sheridan
Ruth McDevitt
Carole Wells
Douglas Fowley
Gary Vinson
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 26
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Joe Connelly
Irving Paley
Running time 30 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run September 17, 1966 – March 11, 1967
External links
IMDb profile

Pistols 'n' Petticoats was a American half-hour comedy-western series that ran for one season on CBS during the 1966-1967 television season. It was produced by Kayro/Universal Television for CBS Productions and ran from September 17, 1966 to March 11, 1967. The series was created by George Tibbles, who wrote the show's theme song.

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[edit] Series background

"Pistols 'n' Petticoats" chronicled the lives of the gun-slinging Hanks family, which consisted of Grandpa (Andrew), his wife Grandma (Effie), widowed daughter Henrietta, grandaughter (and Henrietta's daughter) Lucy, and their pet wolf Bowser. The "Petticoats" being the Hanks ladies, of course, even though Lucy (who was raised in the city) would spend more time being at odds with the rest of the clan rather than helping protect their land.

The Hanks lived in the town of Wrecthed, Colorado in the year 1870, where at that time, the sprawling old west was being occupied by outlaws and other rutless villians, so naturally it was up to the Hanks to clean up the town, which made them more popular with the citizens than with the town sheriff, Harold Sikes, who didn't like having the spotlight shine on the Hanks. The Hanks also had adversaries with rival Buss Courtney and members of a nearby Indian tribe, lead by Chief Eagle Shadow, and his assistants Grey Hawk and Little Bear.

[edit] Production notes

The series would be Ann Sheridan's last role, for she would pass away on January 21, 1967, nearly two months before CBS cancelled the series, despite its popularity. Of the 26 shows that was produced, Sheridan only appeared in 21 episodes.

After its cancellation, Universal Pictures used several of the episodes as "archive footage" for the 1967 feature film "The Far Out West."

Today both Universal Home Video and Echo Bridge Home Video currently holds the DVD rights to the series.

[edit] Comparisons

At the time this series aired, CBS already had another sitcom with the "Petticoat" title in its schedule, "Petticoat Junction." Both shows are not in any way related because they were produced by different studios.

[edit] The theme song

Although the series had a short life, its opening theme song is still remembered by fans to this day. Here is the show's lyrics, written by Jack Elliott and George Tibbles:

Henrietta can fire a gun with one hand milkin' the goat, And hit a coyote on the run in "Pistols 'n' Petticoats"

The story goes that grandma was best at shootin' buttons off a rustler's vest, Grandpa kept his gun in trim, nobody messed around with him

Chasin' bandits for them was fun from Bristol to Tarahut, Every gun in the west would run from "Pistols 'n' Petticoats"

That's the legend about the Hanks just the way she was wrote, They kept busy protecting banks in "Pistols 'n' Petticoats"

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