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Ma and Pa Kettle is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the sequel to the 1947 film version of Betty MacDonald's semi-fictional memoir The Egg and I and the first official installment of Universal-International's Ma and Pa Kettle franchise starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride.
Ma and Pa Kettle have lived in a broken-down ramshackle farmhouse for twenty-five years in rural Cape Flattery, Washington. The Kettles' arch-nemesis, Birdie Hicks, organizes a town council meeting to condemn the Kettles' "garbage dump" farm. In order to receive a new tobacco pouch for entering a contest, Pa Kettle writes a slogan for the King Henry Tobacco Company.
During the council meeting to condemn the property, Alvin, the town's mailman, calls about a telegram declaring Pa Kettle the winner of the contest's grand prize of a new "house-of-the-future". Mayor Dwiggins is delighted and cancels the meeting in order to deliver the telegram personally to Pa. All of the council members arrive at Ma and Pa's farmhouse but are greeted by the 14 youngest Kettle children who thinking they are defending their home from condemnation, attack them with slingshots and toy guns.
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) - TCM Intro (Ma and Pa Kettle)
Ma and Pa Kettle in The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle 1949
Ma and Pa Kettle Back On The Farm 1951
Ma and Pa Kettle Go To Town 1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951) - TCM Intro (Ma and Pa Kettle)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) - TCM Intro (Ma and Pa Kettle)
Lego Ma and Pa Kettle
TCM Ma and Pa Kettle 3of4 Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (Intro)
The Ma & Pa Kettle Collection VHS Promo #1
TCM Ma and Pa Kettle 2of4 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (Intro)
"On the verge of eviction, the hillbilly family wins a slogan contest and moves into an automated home." Aired Tuesday December 1, 2015.
"The hillbilly farmers take off in search of uranium." Aired Tuesday December 1, 2015.
"The hillbilly farmers win a contest and take off for New York City." Aired Tuesday December 1, 2015.
A Lego hillbilly family of Cape Flattery, Washington wins a house-of-the-future! This is a tribute to the Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) film.
Broadcast Tuesday, December 1, 2015.
Here's the First Promo for the Ma & Pa Kettle Collection: 1. The Egg & I 2. The Further Adventures of Ma & Pa Kettle 3. Ma & Pa Kettle Go to Town 4. Ma & Pa Kettle Back on the Farm 5. Ma & Pa Kettle at the Fair © MCA Home Video, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Broadcast Tuesday, December 1, 2015.
There once was a Ma that wanted her
There once was a Pa that wanted her
I know she's confused,
she's my blood sister
She told me the blues as she start to shiver
Only a child in the middle of a war
She's a problem child now because of a divorce
Hey Ma and Pa
What the hell is wrong with ya'll
Hey Ma and Pa
What the hell is wrong with ya'll
Well there's a lot of money
For all the attorneys
It's just not a fight for child custody.
'Cause Ma and Pa's revenge
Is making little sister bleed
Fussin' and fightin' through a family life
Make her wanna take drugs and be out of line
Hey Ma and Pa
What the hell is wrong with ya'll
Hey Ma and Pa
What the hell is wrong with ya'll
Fighting for love on an angel's feather
Why don't ya'll get your shit together
Well it's three the hard way
Doin' it the wrong way
Ma hates Pa, Pa hates Ma
Little sister say,
"What the hey!"
Well there's an evil streak there
With a righteous leak I fear
That's why a child goes stray
To live a life another day
Mom and Pop in a family fury
Brother tried to say
"Little sister, don't worry."
Hey Ma and Pa
What the hell's wrong with ya'll
Hey Ma and Pa
Why'd the family rise and fall