Pistols 'n' Petticoats

Infobox Television
show_name = Pistols 'n' Petticoats


caption =
genre = Sitcom
Western
creator = George Tibbles
writer = Del Moore
George Tibbles
Paul West
director = David Alexander
Joe Connelly
Lawrence Dobkin
Leslie Goodwins
Harry Harris
Sidney Lanfield
Joseph Pevney
Alan Rafkin
starring = Ann Sheridan
Ruth McDevitt
Carole Wells
Douglas Fowley
Gary Vinson
theme_music_composer = Jack Elliott
George Tibbles
opentheme = "Pistols 'n' Petticoats"
composer = Jack Elliott
country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 26
list_episodes =
producer = Joe Connelly
asst_producer = Irving Paley
runtime = 30 mins.
channel = CBS
first_aired = September 17, 1966
last_aired = March 11, 1967

"Pistols 'n' Petticoats" is an American Western sitcom 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.

eries 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, granddaughter (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 villains, 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.

Cast

*Ann Sheridan as Henrietta Hanks
*Ruth McDevitt as Grandma Effie Hanks
*Carole Wells as Lucy Hanks
*Douglas Fowley as Grandpa Andrew Hanks
*Gary Vinson as Sheriff Harold Sikes
*Robert Lowery as Buss Courtney
*Lon Chaney, Jr. as Chief Eagle Shadow
*Marc Cavell as Grey Hawk
*Alex Hentelhoff as Little Bear
*Jay Silverheels as Great Bear

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".

Currently, both Universal Home Video and Echo Bridge Home Video hold the DVD rights to the series.

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"

Episode list

External links

*imdb title|id=0060016|title=Pistols 'n' Petticoats
*imdb title|id=0126296|title=The Far Out West
*Tv.com show|id=22154|title=Pistols 'n' Petticoats
* [http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shows/Pistols-n-Petticoats/3342 "Pistols 'n' Petticoats"] at TV Shows on DVD
* [http://www.tvparty.com/recpistols.html "Pistols 'n' Petticoats" at TV Party]
* [http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/tv/comedy/pistolsnpetticoats.htm "Pistols 'n' Petticoats", including a clip of the series' opening scene,] at Nostalgia Central
* " [http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Pistols-N-Petticoats/Pistols-N-Petticoats-General-Comments/1560 "Pistols 'n' Petticoats"] " at Jump The Shark.com