The Brontosaurus Caper
Episode 34 · 1965-06-01

- Comedy
- Family
Episode overview
Betty Jo is giving up baseball to devote her life to science. The family finds out that she has a crush on Roland Barrett, her new science teacher. Dog brings home a large animal bone which Betty Jo takes to Roland. Roland is very interested in the bone and would like to find out where Dog got it from. Dog brings home more and more bones and Roland believes they could be from a brontosaurus. The family starts to believe the bones are buried below the hotel. Kate is not thrilled when they start digging a hole in the lobby floor. Clarence McGill, curator for the Pixley museum, comes to the Shady Rest. It seems the museum has been closed for repairs. Clarence caught Dog sneaking in and stealing the bones from the baby brontosaurus skeleton.
25 minutes
Season 2 episodes
1. Betty Jo's Dog1964-09-22
2. Race Against the Stork1964-09-29
3. Have Library, Will Travel1964-10-06
4. The Umquaw Strip1964-10-13
5. As Hooterville Goes1964-10-27
6. My Dog the Actor1964-11-10
7. The Great Buffalo Hunt1964-11-17
8. Betty Jo's Pen Pal1964-11-24
9. Bedloe's Nightmare1964-12-01
10. Kate's Bachelor Butter1964-12-08
11. Mother of the Bride1964-12-15
12. The Lost Patrol1964-12-29
13. Smoke-Eaters1965-01-05
14. The Curse of Chester W. Farnsworth1965-01-12
15. There's No Flame Like an Old Flame1965-01-19
16. Billie Jo's First Job1965-01-26
17. A Matter of Communication1965-02-02
18. Kate Bradley, Girl Volunteer1965-02-09
19. Hooterville Crime Wave1965-02-16
20. For the Birds1965-02-23
21. Modern Merchandising1965-03-02
22. Visit From the Governor1965-03-09
23. A Borderline Story1965-03-16
24. The Shady Rest Hotel Corporation1965-03-23
25. A Tale of Two Dogs1965-03-30
26. The Black Box1965-04-06
27. Bedloe's Most Fiendish Scheme1965-04-13
28. Bedloe Gets His Comeuppance1965-04-20
29. The Mayor of Hooterville1965-04-27
30. Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Jinx?1965-05-04
31. The Chicken Killer1965-05-11
32. Why Girls Leave Home1965-05-18
33. There's No Stove Like an Old Stove1965-05-25
34. The Brontosaurus Caper1965-06-01
35. The Hairbrained Scheme1965-06-08
36. There's No Business With Show Business1965-06-15