Series Description

The Harper Valley PTA TV show was a situation comedy series on ABC that was based upon the 1978 theatrical film of the same name. The film was inspired by the hit song by Jeannie C. Riley. It was a comedy about a liberated woman who encountered a group of people still "living in the fifties" who felt her behavior wasn't up to their moral standards. She pointed out that they weren't so moral either (they simply hid their indiscretions from others) by exposing those indiscretions at a P.T.A. meeting. The TV show was basically a continuation of her fighting against their hypocracy by doing as she pleased and shocking them by her actions.

Cast

Barbara Eden .... Stella Johnson
Jenn Thompson .... Dee Johnson
Anne Francine .... Flora Simpson Reilly
Fannie Flagg .... Cassie Bowman
Rod McCary .... Bobby Taylor
Christopher Stone .... Tom Meechum
Suzi Dean .... Scarlett Taylor
George Gobel .... Mayor Otis Harper, Jr.
Bridget Hanley .... Wanda Reilly Taylor
Mills Watson .... Winslow Homer "Uncle Buster" Smith
Gary Allen .... Norman Clayton
Kevin Scannell .... Coach Burt Powell
Victor Dunlop .... George Kelly
Mari Gorman .... Vivian Washburn
Edie McClurg .... Willamae Jones
Robert Gray .... Cliff Willoughby

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Season 1

1. To Dunk Or Not To Dunk (1/16/1981)
2. A Husband For Stella (1/23/1981)
3. Mail And Female (1/30/1981)
4. Don Juan & Two (2/6/1981)
5. The Life Of Reilly (2/13/1981)
6. Stella, The Reilly Girl (2/20/1981)
7. Moonlighting Becomes You (3/6/1981)
8. A Tree Grows In Harper Valley (3/13/1981)
9. Dirty Tricks (3/20/1981)
10. Stella And Howard (3/27/1981)
11. Mayor Bobby (4/3/1981)
12. My Fair Stella (4/17/1981)
13. Bad Day At Harper Valley (4/24/1981)