- Oliver's steamed over Hooterville's dirt road, especially after learning the money to pave it was appropriated thirty years earlier. Never content to leave well enough alone, he descends on the state capitol demanding that something be done. The state finally agrees to start the project, but will have to tear down the Ziffel's house in the process. Oliver makes no headway on saving their home until Lisa drops the name of Mr. Haney's cousin, powerful hot dog vendor "Big Joe" Haney. Thinking all problems are solved, Oliver is shocked to hear the locals are planning to tar and feather him; they've been assessed millions of dollars to cover the increased cost of highway building since the project was budgeted three decades earlier.—Jay Phelps <jaynashvil@aol.com>
- The episode opens with Hank driving down the road saying "howdy" to everyone as he goes along. The dust from the road pours in to everyone's windows and everyone is upset that the road hasn't been repaired.
Oliver finds out that the money for a new road was appropriated 30 years ago and says that the town folks of Hooterville allow everyone to walk over them. He also finds out that the town was approved for a dirigible (blimp) landing spot in case one were ever to land in Hooterville but again, the money while being approved and set aside was not ever used.
Of course, in the end Oliver goes "on the road" to the county seat to get the road repaired.
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