The Bradley Family
The Bradley Family is also known as The Bradleys or The Bradley Sisters.
Hailing from Hooterville, near Pixley.
At a Western Star Dancers retreat in 1986, one group decorated their cabin as "The Shady Rest", the hotel from television's Petticoat Junction series. Thus the Bradleys (owners of the TV hotel) were born. The original Bradleys debuted at the 1987 IAGSDC convention in Portland.
The group, under Mama Jo's leadership, was the original publisher of the Bradley Bell.
The Bradley Family includes:
- Mama Jo - Freeman Stamper (deceased)
- Suzie Jo - Susan Siegfried
- Janie Jo - Tom Tripp
- Wynonna Jo - Eddie Smith (deceased)
- Ina Jo - Garrett Peter (deceased)
- Fannie Jo - Russell Marsh
- Blanchie Jo - James Ozanich
- Sammie Jo - Sam Kaluf
- Winnie Jo - Wayne Paull (deceased)
- Uncle Joe Jo - Chris Anderson (deceased)
- Cho-Cho Jo Bradley - Dennis Puccini (deceased)
- Oma Jo Bradley - Joel Dawes (deceased)
- Opa Jo Bradley - Roy Frisch (deceased)
The Bradley Train Tots:
- Bill McCrory (deceased)
- Michael Foft (deceased)
- George Fox
- Jim Pellmann
- Mike Sellers
- Karen Merick
From the Other Side of the Tracks -- The Outlaws:
- Jezebel of Pixley - Jerel Patrick (deceased)
- Harlan Kerr - He had a forged birth certificate, so he had to be expelled from the family.
- Arnold the Pig - Bob Bellville (deceased)
Photos
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The Pine Sisters and the Bradley Family at Explode The Rose, 1987. L-R: Brian Smith, James Ozanich, Lauro De Haan, Tom Tripp, Keith Snowdon, Garrett Peter, Denys Carrier.
The inaugural convention appearance. At Explode The Rose, 1987. L-R: Blanchie Jo, Ina Jo, Wynonna Jo, Janie Jo, Mama Jo
At Explode The Rose, Portland 1987. Back: Sam Kaluf. Row 2: Eddie Smith, Garrett Peter, James Ozanich, Tadd Waggoner. Row 1: Tom Tripp, Freeman Stamper, Joel Dawes.
Barbie as a Bradley in 1987 dress. From Wynonna Jo's estate and currently resides with Mama Jo
At Cross Trails In The Desert, 1988. L-R: Blanchie Jo, Ina Jo, Wynonna Jo, Janie Jo, Mama Jo, Oma Jo
At Cross Trails In The Desert, 1988. L-R: Mama Jo, Janie Jo, Wynonna Jo, Ina Jo, Blanchie Jo
At Cross Trails In The Desert, 1988. L-R: Oma Jo, Opa Jo
At Cross Trails In The Desert, 1988. L-R: Sammie Jo, Janie Jo, Winnie Jo, Mama Jo, Wynonna Jo, Ina Jo, Blanchie Jo
At Cross Trails In The Desert, 1988. L-R: Blanchie Jo, Anne Uebelacker
Announcing the arrival of the Bradley's in NYC for Peel The Apple, 1989
At Peel The Apple, 1989. L-R: Ina Jo, Mama Jo, Blanchie Jo, Janie Jo, Wynonna Jo
At Peel The Apple, 1989. L-R: Blanchie Jo, Ina Jo, Wynonna Jo, Janie Jo, Mama Jo
At Cast A Shadow In The Sun, 1991. L-R: Mama Jo, Blanchie Jo, Janie Jo, Wynonna Jo
At Cast A Shadow In The Sun, 1991. L-R: Blanchie Jo, Wynonna Jo, Janie Jo, Mama Jo
At Northstar Promenade, 1990. L-R: Blanchie Jo, Ina Jo, Suzie Jo, Mama Jo, and Wynonna Jo. Seated: Janie Jo
At Western Star Dancers fly-in Square Thru to the Tenth in San Francisco Mar 1992. L-R: James Ozanich, Eddie Smith, Tom Tripp, Susan Siegfried, Freeman Stamper
At Diamonds In The Desert, 1992. L-R: Blanchie Jo, Wynonna Jo, Janie Jo, Suzie Jo, Mama Jo
At Diamonds In The Desert, 1992. L-R: Blanchie Jo, Janie Jo, caller Craig Rowe, Wynnona Jo, Suzie Jo, caller Johnny Preston, and Mama Jo.
At Stars & Squares Forever, 1994. L-R: Uncle Joe Jo, Blanchie Jo, Fannie Jo, Janie Jo, Suzie Jo, and Mama Jo
At Track II Chicago, 1995. L-R: Blanchie Jo, Fannie Jo, Janie Jo, Suzie Jo, Mama Jo
At Track II Chicago, 1995.
At Wheel and Deal 97, Las Vegas. James Ozanich, Russell Marsh, Tom Tripp, Sue Siegfried, Freeman Stamper, Chris Anderson.
At Stars, Thars & Cable Cars, 1996. L-R: Mama Jo, Suzie Jo, Janie Jo, Fannie Jo, Blanchie Jo. Photo by Seth Feinberg
At Weave The Rose, 1998. L-R up: Uncle Joe Jo, Mama Jo, Suzie Jo, Janie Jo, Fannie Jo, Blanchie Jo. Kneeling: Cho-Cho Jo
At the Spanish Ranch II (Hayward, CA) printed on a Christmas Mousepad , 2003
At Star Thru The Silicon Galaxy, 2005. L-R: Fannie Jo, Suzie Jo, Blanchie Jo, Janie Jo, Mama Jo
At DC Diamond Circulate, 2009. Back: Tom Erickson, George Fox, Sue Siegfried. Front: Tom Tripp, Freeman Stamper, Gordon Macaw, James Ozanich.
See Also:
Petticoat Junction on Wikipedia
Trivia:
Petticoat Junction was filmed at what is now Sunset Las Palmas Studios, which is where RuPaul's Drag Race has been filmed since its first season.
