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All-female band inspired by Beatlemania in "The Ladybugs" episode (24 March 1964) of TV sitcom ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0674025/reference Petticoat Junction]'' (1963-1970). It's all part of scheming Uncle Joe Carson's money-making scheme. He's got Colonel Partridge to come up and check them out. Mom is agin it.
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All-female band inspired by Beatlemania in "The Ladybugs" episode (24 March 1964) of TV sitcom ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0674025/reference Petticoat Junction]'' (1963-1970). It's all part of scheming Uncle Joe Carson's money-making scheme. He's got booking agent Colonel Partridge (Jesse White) to come up and check them out. Mom is agin it.
  
They even appeared on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', singing "I Saw Her Standing There" only two days before the episode aired. The Beatles had only appeared on the Ed's show about six weeks earlier, on February 9, 1964. This may be the first fictional Beatles-related band on American TV!  
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They even appeared on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', singing "I Saw Her Standing There" only two days before the episode aired. The Beatles had only appeared on Ed's show about six weeks earlier, on February 9, 1964. This is probably the first fictional Beatles-related band in America!  
  
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
*https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_ladybugs_hootervilles_riot_grrl_beatles
 
*https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_ladybugs_hootervilles_riot_grrl_beatles
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*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs2BVO2v3TQ
 
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GQYbVciQMo
 
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GQYbVciQMo
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[[Category:1964|Ladybugs]]
 
[[Category:1964|Ladybugs]]

Revision as of 06:29, 9 August 2018

All-female band inspired by Beatlemania in "The Ladybugs" episode (24 March 1964) of TV sitcom Petticoat Junction (1963-1970). It's all part of scheming Uncle Joe Carson's money-making scheme. He's got booking agent Colonel Partridge (Jesse White) to come up and check them out. Mom is agin it.

They even appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, singing "I Saw Her Standing There" only two days before the episode aired. The Beatles had only appeared on Ed's show about six weeks earlier, on February 9, 1964. This is probably the first fictional Beatles-related band in America!

Lineup:

  • Billie Jo Bradley
  • Bobbie Jo Bradley
  • Betty Joe Bradley
  • Sally Ragsdale (Sheila James)

See also

External Links