Talk:Hooterville

message: The Shady Rest wasn't really in town, was it?  Wasn't it down the rail line from time?  RickK 00:49, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)
A "junction" would not necessarily be in a town. It is simply a place where there would be one or more switch tracks that are not sidings or short industrial spurs. The Shady Rest is likely located where the Pixley/Hooterville sub leaves the C&FW main line. (TLM)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jepstr67 (talk • contribs) 22:11, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Location

message: There should probably be a section discussing where exactly Hooterville was.  I've heard Tennessee alot, and the landscape looks like some parts of Tennessee.  I've also heard Missouri, and Arkansas.  Someone should research the different claims about where it is and make a section discussing it.  (As an aside, I would vote to say it was to be in Tennessee.)
You could make a distinction from where it was "set" (which is the question you are asking) vs. where it actually "was", which was obviously mostly on a Hollywood soundstage.  It would be interesting to explore where the outdoor set pieces were filmed.  As to where it was "set", I wonder if there is any "official" literature on the matter.  The odd thing is that, although it looked as if it were set in the south, very few of the actors effected or had southern accents, as I recall.  That would suggest somewhere in the midwest, like Iowa.  Wahkeenah 17:35, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  * I agree, the show was deliberately absurdest and nonsensical, and so was its setting.  None of the distances make any sense compared to one another.  In addition to what's already been mentioned Oklahoma has also been referenced in the three series; Tulsa has been mentioned in The Beverly Hillbillies on occasion, and in one of the Green Acres TV movies that aired decades later the areacode for Hooterville was given as "918 and a half" (918 is the areacode for Tulsa).  Finally to add to the general absurdity of it all if the state capital is really 500 miles away that leaves pretty much only Texas as a state in the area that could physically support those distances.  In all likelihood the writers were just having some fun with people, or maybe were concerned that if they placed the wacky world of Hooterville in an actual state that the viewers in that state might take offense.  The article probably needs to focus more on the absurdest aspect of it all, and that it was roughly inspired by the creator's early trips to Missouri.  Okguy (talk) 05:08, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hooterville, Where? 

message: Pixley was not the county seat. In "Olliver Buys A Farm" when explaining how to get to Hooterville
he says "You fly from Chicogo, change planes twice, take a bus from the county seat to Pixley".
In "Give Me Land Lots of Land" his neighbor (I dont remember the name right off" tells him that
him and his wife are going to go to Pixley then drive over to the county seat".
In "Sprained Ankle Country Style" the man on WPIXL mentions the county seat television station.
March 28, 2006
I always heard Tennessee but I dont know if there is a Springfield in Tennesse
ao it is probally in Illinois. As the user above stated the call letter is W for TV
and radio media so it is east of the Mississippi River matt wilson 03:09, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: TV and radio exist west of the Mississippi as well. The W indicates nothing.--66.41.154.0 (talk) 19:54, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  County Seat 

message: It was 25 miles from Hooterville to the Shady Rest. It was also said that the Shady Rest is halfway
between Hooterville and Pixley. So it was another 25 miles to Pixley. So that means it is 50 miles
from Hooterville to Pixley.
Maybe, but most of the episodes imply Pixley is much closer. For example, an entire episode of Green Acres was about how the Douglas farm straddled the Pixley/Hooterville border (How to Get from Hooterville to Pixley Without Moving (1968)). Also, many episodes on Petticoat Junction as well as Green Acres show characters making short trips to Pixley. Although I don't disagree with the accuracy of the above comment, I think it is most likely due to an inconsistency. Most of the time Pixley is implied to be much closer, more like 5 miles than 50. 24.214.57.91 02:36, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Distance to Pixley

message: I didn't tag this section for quality or claims, but I'll agree, and be specific:
* This section focuses on the inspiration for the name, rather than the inspiration for the whole town, which is a characture of rural America. It WOULD be worthwhile explaining where the various concepts for the town came from. (The social role of the store, the city meetings, the role of the Department of Agriculture.)
* The fact the name means "Breastown" is about good enough for a clause at most. That Lisa in "Green Acres" regularly refers to it as "Hootersville" (plural) is about all that needs to be written.
* Linda Kay Henning is wrong in saying the word "hooters" was not well known in the 1960s. The implication was clear in the 1960s even to children.
* The overt voyeur pandering aspects of the "Petticoat Junction" girls / theme song were often regarded with contempt. (I.e., again, it was well-recognized.) This was commented on in the press. It shouldn't be hard to find references. If necessary.
* It doesn't seem important to note "this was as sexy as it got" in 60s TV. That's arguable. And it's strictly a US POV.
* The sentence about Ellie May and the Beverly Hillbillies is irrelevant.
24.130.19.192 (talk) 02:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tagging Inspiration section for cleanup 

message: I love contributing to WP as much as anyone else—but really, agonizing for hours over the theoretical details of a fictional town in a sitcom whose very creators didn't bother to clarify them? I'm just thinking some of you may need to get out more.
Might I suggest that, in sitcoms, omitting the exact locations, populations, and other specifics of neighboring communities is a deliberate comedic device, and that trying to nail down said details is not only contrary to the original Intention of Goofiness, but drags the otherwise noble Wikipedia project down into the realm of the übertrivial? Wouldn't it be sufficient to put one's hand to one's chin, mutter "Fascinating," then go off and do something really useful, like alphabetizing one's canned goods?
I'll second THAT emotion!  (And here I thought I was the only one thinking that!)  [signed] FLORIDA BRYAN  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:3:1000:5B1:9227:E4FF:FEF0:BBDE (talk) 07:46, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indication of Need to Get Life? 

message: In the 10th episode of Green Acres, Hank Kimball remarks that Sarah, the owner of the telephone company, is actually his mother.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.178.146.225 (talk) 13:31, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characters 

message: I haven't been able to source it yet, but there's an episode where Eb reveals that Hooterville "used to be part of Pixley - but they threw us out!" Arnold Rothstein1921 (talk) 14:15, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formerly part of Pixley 

message: In the episode "How Hooterville Was Floundered", Joe, invited 52 Governors to Hooterville's 'Centennial Celebration'
This seems to indicate, to me, that while it's fun to speculate which state Hooterville is in, this opens up the idea that there are 2 states besides the regular and known 50 US States.  Although Washington D.C. does not have a governor in real life, this may have been ignored and there were our 50 states, and Washington D.C. and finally the 'State' where fictional Hooterville is located. 
This idea of 52 states works well (the best IMO)  with the story-line.  Hooterville is part of several states developing a composite, of its own, that allows Green Acres and Petticoat Junction to be in such a crazy, out in the boonies, type of place and unrealistically be in a state that moves around to fit the needs of any one episode.  
Finally, this same episode indicates that Horace Hooter, the Hooterville founder, was living in California but wanted to be a farmer so he traveled east and left California.
Thus, California should be removed from the possibilities— Preceding unsigned comment added by Iq160plus (talk • contribs) 05:33, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  52 Governors and California