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Which Bradley girl was the one for you?

posted 10 years ago by bd18packer
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The age old question, "Ginger or Mary Ann?", has become passe. Here's a twist from"!Petticoat Junction"
you may or may not have pondered. Which Bradley girl would you have liked to date, fool around with, or marry? If you have a particular actress's portrayl of her character better, please include that in your answer. You can have the same answer for all three questions, or different ones to any question. I will start off wth my answers:

1) Date? Bobbie Jo (Lori Saunders)
2) Fool around with? Billie Jo (Jeannine Riley)
3) Marry? Billie Jo (Jeannine Riley)

I'm sorry, those are my answers and I'm sticking to them...

[–] richrol 10 years ago

So why would you give the nod to Lori Saunders as far as being on a date--especially in light of the fact that it wouldn't be the making out--which you would rather do with Jeannine Riley? Do you think LS would be more willing to go dutch?

[–] bd18packer 10 years ago

I am considering the era, the 1960's, that this show was made, in my answers. Made, and shown in the sixties, Lori seemed like the dateable type; pretty, proper, a take home to mother type. Jeannine, is the girl you'd make out with, under the bleachers or in the back of your car at the drive in. And, as strange as it may seem, Linda Kaye, who portrayed Betty Jo Bradley (later Elliot) was the nice girl, and the only one who actually got married on the show. Unfortunately, neither Betty Jo or Bobbie Jo, interest me as the girl I would marry. Billie Jo just is the right type of girl I would love to be with. Just look at Jeannine Riley's portrayal of Jolene in "Electra Glide in Blue" to see what I mean. Her scenes with Robert Blake as John Wintergreen, are red hot, sexy, and enticing. Yes, I know it's only acting, but damn, that girl is hot and got it going on. Gotta be some realism in that acting, somewhere...

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