Family members cringe whenever, for plot reasons, Elly takes over the kitchen. Don Haggerty appears as a policeman. Newly discovered "cousin" Jake Clampett soon has everyone but Jed thinking about and dressing for a role in a movie Jake wants to make. During its first two seasons, it was the number-one program in the U.S. During its second season, it earned some of the highest ratings ever recorded for a half-hour sitcom. As usual, neither she or the Clampetts know what the other is really saying. Jethro, Mr. Drysdale, and Banzai will have adjustments to make. CBS. The same broadcast week. Before his death, Paul Henning, whose estate now holds the original film elements to the public domain episodes, authorized MPI Home Video to release the best of the first two seasons on DVD, the first "ultimate collection" of which was released in the fall of 2005. Lafe manages to con Mr. Drysdale into giving him a job at the bank guarding Jed's money. Granny and Elly are heading back to the hills to deliver a baby. With Jethro twice the size of the other boys, Colonel Hollis (, When Mr. Drysdale is unhappy with Dr. Clyburn's (. After Mrs. Drysdale complains to Granny about her cabin, they have a physical brawl. Granny is determined to go back home even if she has to walk back all by herself. Once again Jed gives Honest John a lot of money. When Jethro misunderstands and believes Britain's queen is broke, the family decides to give all their money to her. Max Baer decided against reprising the role that both started and stymied his career, so the character of Jethro Bodine was given to another actor, Ray Young. Jethro brings home some girls from the Kit Kat Club so he won't be lonely and then he decides to open his own club, The Possum Pen. Granny and Mr. Drysdale are desperate for different reasons. It leads to Jethro explaining to Jed and Granny about TV wrestling. Meanwhile, Miss Hathaway, executive secretary to banker Milburn Drysdale, mistakes the Clampetts for "domestic" help. The show is distributed by CBS Television Distribution, the syndication arm of CBS Television Studios and the CBS network. Granny looks for possums but meets muggers instead, giving them a lesson in manners. When Sonny Drysdale promises to give Elly May a ring, Granny thinks he's going to propose and becomes a matchmaker. Drysdale brings him to the Clampetts' just as Granny shows Pearl how to use a love potion, so everyone thinks Twombly's interest in Granny is love. The Beverly Hillbillies came from Missouri. Jed arranges a party to get Granny out of her doldrums and invites the Drysdales. When Drysdale finds out Shorty isn't rich, the girls he had fawning over Shorty dump him in the pool. So, Jed decides to not spend the money just yet. Jed comes to the studio to start shooting western movies. Mr. Drysdale's latest ploy involving duping the Clampetts into believing the annual running of the grunion fish is an invasion of the people of Grun backfires when Miss Hathaway revolts and organizes the female bank employees in protest. Clampett (, Elly bonds with the Thanksgiving turkey so the family can't bring themselves to kill it; Mrs Drysdale hires some Indians (George Sawaya) & (. Meanwhile, Mrs. Drysdale fears that society Mrs. Van Ransonhoff (, Jethro's new plan is to become a big time talent agent and his first action is hiring beautiful Bunny to be his secretary. The Beverly Hillbillies might be one of the more recognizable TV families that you know of, but there are quite a few things that maybe you don’t know about. The third season was released on February 17, 2009. "The Clampetts Meet Robert Audubon Getty Crockett". The art work was provided by Henry Scarpelli. The Clampetts take their first plane flight back home for Christmas to visit cousin Pearl, who is busy cooking up a feast to win Mr. Brewster's unwilling heart. Baer has his eyes on Las Vegas as the prime location for a chain of restaurants and casinos based on the classic television show. In season eight, "Buzz Bodine, Boy General" (8:15) and "The Clampett-Hewes Empire" (8:16) comprise the last two-part crossover of the series. The freeloader Lafe Crick from back home takes advantage of Jed's charity and schemes to get rich off the Clampetts' wealth. Granny buys a buggy for herself and a horse and buggy for Mrs. Drysdale, so the two women can have races, much to Mrs. Drysdale's chagrin. To prove how good the old truck is Granny races Jethro in his hot rod. Jethro decides to get a job as an actor. Audubon pretends to be a Getty when meeting Mr. Drysdale and a Crockett when meeting the Clampetts. They take their protest of Mr. Drysdale to the beach, leading the Clampetts to believe that the grunions are solely female. Pop singer Pat Boone appears in one episode as himself, under the premise that he hails from the same area of the country as the Clampetts, although Boone is a native of Jacksonville, Florida. The shack's return has Mrs. Drysdale unhappy and she throws Milbourn through the door, which leaves Granny preparing a head transplant for Mr. Drysdale. Mr. Drysdale has a great idea for a bank promotion: a flying saucer to swoop down over the, Granny wants to go back to the hills. Elly May starts her new job as a secretary for Mr. Drysdale, who is nice to Miss Hathaway only when Elly May is around. The show's second season (consisting of the public domain episodes from that season) was released on DVD in Region 1 on October 7, 2008 as "...The Official Second Season". It was originally broadcast on CBS from 1962 until 1971. Pearl plays the piano for the "new" movie in town (the silent version of Ben Hur) to impress Mr. Brewster. "The Week Before Christmas" (7:13) - The crossover aspect is limited to two scenes in Sam Drucker's general store with the Bradley sisters and Drucker talking to Granny over the phone. Meanwhile, the Clampetts are looking forward to the Possum Day parade, which of course isn't celebrated in Beverly Hills, so Drysdale has to figure out how to have one to keep them happy. Granny wants to learn to drive the truck but can't get used to modern day contraptions. Jethro goes to the bank to ask Miss Jane out and meets a new employee, Ilse. Mr. Drysdale, convinced that Mr. Clampett intends to move all of his money to Mr. Drucker's bank, drives to Hooterville to stop him. With her reputation on the line, she picks a stock for Mr. Drysdale, saying he will come into a lot of money. Granny wants to leave sunny California because she misses the winter season sending Mr. Drysdale into a panic. Granny continues her doctoring and is especially pleased with her new batch of tonic. Mrs. Drysdale needs Jed to donate $190,000 to save the Beverly Hills Ballet. After finding out Jed owns a movie studio, a bunch of people come to audition. "Sam Drucker's Visit" (7:23) - The final season seven crossover with Sam Drucker dropping in on the Clampetts in Beverly Hills. They manage to get the geisha girls to join the Woman's Lib movement. Two of Pearl's most ardent former suitors (played by, Granny can't stand Pearl's yodeling so she reports her to the police (, Granny says Jed and Duke his dog are both down without a woman in their lives. Lady Clementine's ghost is going to return to seek revenge on the person who killed her husband; her little old grandmother. Mrs. Drysdale leaves for a health farm saying Mr. Drysdale is "going to have a new wife" when she returns. Having been filmed a mere decade after the final episode of the original series, viewer consensus was that the series' original spirit was lost to the film on many fronts, chief of which being the deaths of Ryan and Bailey and Baer's absence, which left only three of the six original cast members available to reprise their respective roles. When the Clampetts arrive home they learn from Jethro that Mr. Drysdale went to Hooterville where they were spending Christmas. Mrs. Drysdale hires gardener Mr. Ted (. It remains in syndicated reruns, and its ongoing popularity spawned a 1993 film adaptation by 20th Century Fox.[2]. Jethro decides to sophisticate Emaline but she has bigger plans for blackmailing Mr. Drysdale with her cuckoo clock camera. Jethro buys an old tank and takes Mr. Drysdale with him to Griffith Park to do some target shooting. Granny, Elly, and Jethro, together with "General" Drysdale and "Private" Hathaway, take the fight to the enemy and rout the "Yankee invaders". Jethro agrees to take on cousin Roy as a client but first he wants to remake the singer's image which changes everything that made the banjo player likeable. Hedda persuades Jed to make films in the tradition of old. Mr. Drysdale talks Jed into taking in his butler Ravenswood (, Pearl continues to pursue Mr. Brewster, while a Jasper Depew (, Misunderstandings abound as the spoiled college student Sonny Drysdale attempts to woo. Denise comes back for the birth of her dog's puppies, and to see Jed. Mr. Drysdale instead gets Jed to join the board of the OK Oil Company. Jane harbors something of a crush on Jethro for most of the series' run. Granny's feud with Mrs. Drysdale continues. Meanwhile, in an effort to help the smog problem, Jethro converts the truck to steam (evidently either wood-fired or coal-fired, producing thick clouds of smoke), then converts it to electricity (requiring a very, very long extension cord). When Crowfoot Indians come to Beverly Hills to discuss a boundary dispute at the Clampett oil field, Granny prepares for war and expects to be scalped by the "red devils". Elly May is set up with Sonny Drysdale, who is at first unsure about it … It’s difficult to believe it has taken this long for a show like Reelz’s “Hollywood Hillbillies” to enter the reality TV landscape. Jethro wants to join the Navy. Elly May attends a College of Judo and Karate. Mark shows Granny and the rest of the family a film about his navy job to help her understand his frogman activities. Mar 18, 2020 - Explore Debbie's board "Beverly Hillbillies", followed by 162 people on Pinterest. Elly is the pretty receptionist. Granny brews a batch of her tonic hoping it helps Elly get Dash Riprock for a husband. He once deliberated over becoming a brain surgeon or a fry cook. Jethro does not appear in the third- or second-to-last episodes, but Baer remains billed in the title credits. However, any new compilation of Hillbillies material will be copyrighted by either MPI Media Group or CBS, depending on the content of the material used. Also, Sheldon turns Jethro and Elly into fellow beatniks. Mrs. Drysdale wakes up to find she is no longer in the hospital. Mr. Drysdale distracts Jethro with comics causing him to want to fly to the moon to meet the Moom Maidens there. Colonel Blake (. Helen takes over Miss Hathaway's job as Mr. Drysdale's secretary after Miss Hathaway resigns. Cushing succeeds in getting the Clampetts to transfer all of their money to his bank. It was followed by two other Henning-inspired "country cousin" series on CBS: Petticoat Junction and its spin-off Green Acres, which reversed the rags-to-riches, country-to-city model of The Beverly Hillbillies. Based on The Beverly Hillbillies movie, a PC computer adventure game for operating system MS-DOS was developed by Synergistic Software, Inc. and published in 1993 by Capstone Software. He wants them to all dress in royal raiment except Granny, who he dresses up as an oaf. Shad and Jed get him back to the mansion, only to have Shorty sneak out again and again. Despite Dash's efforts, Jethro still can't get past his hillbilly ways to Susie's heart. Jethro comes to Hooterville in a general's uniform. Ginny Jennings (. The family moves into a mansion in wealthy Beverly Hills, California, next door to Jed's banker, Milburn Drysdale, and his wife, Margaret, who has zero tolerance for hillbillies. Mrs. Drysdale is selling her old clothes for charity. Mrs. Drysdale has a garden party and 'invites' the Clampetts by mistake. [25] The comic ran for 18 issues, ending in August 1967.[26]. While Jed tries to keep Mark from eating his daughter's cooking, Granny puts her medical knowledge to work trying to figure out a cure for being half-frog. When Drysdale hears of Jed's offer he locks the girls in his office. Patriarch Jed's cousin Pearl Bodine prods him to move to California after being told his modest property could yield $25 million (equivalent to $211 million in 2019), and pressures him into taking her son Jethro along. The special was released on VHS tape by CBS/Fox Video in 1995 and as a bonus feature on the Official Third Season DVD Set in 2009. Granny thinks Mark has turned Shorty into a seal. The Clampetts think the race for the Queen is an actual foot race. Granny and Jethro return from visiting the hills with an old-fashioned telephone to communicate with home. Hathaway accepts leading to panic in the Clampett household. An Army psychologist (, Mr. Drysdale sets Elly May up with a new beau and he's Mr. Universe, Since Granny can't plant crops in their yard, Jed thinks the solution is to buy her a plot a land somewhere else. Jed wants to make himself useful by becoming a garbage collector. Granny wants to go home because folks are so unfriendly and no one has come to call. The only surviving cast member of The Beverly Hillbillies is Max Baer Jr., and he still has big plans for marketing the show. [22] The fifth season was released on October 2, 2018. Mrs. Drysdale thinks she has a new way of getting rid of the Clampetts: talk Jed into donating their mansion to the city for an art museum. Granny and Jethro believe they have psychic abilities and have the power to predict the future. [1] It accumulated seven Emmy nominations during its run. When Montrose learns how much money Jed has, he comes up with a scam to have Jed buy Canada for the Queen, saying that that would help her much more. Meanwhile, the Clampetts have a hard time getting food from Beverly Caterers. Use the HTML below. Mrs. Drysdale continues to be forced into doing "practices from the past" by Mrs. Smith-Standish. Miss Jane takes Granny to a large Supermarket to show her how unnecessary it is to grow her own food. Granny and Cousin Pearl are at each other's throats over who's going to take care of cooking and the house, so Jed has to find ways to keep them apart. After Ellie beats out Mabel Slocum to win the Bankers Beauty contest, John Cushing woos Granny to get the Clampett account in his bank. John Brewster, the oilman from Tulsa, is bringing his new bride Edythe (. Mrs. Drysdale hires a demolition man to remove the Clampett's cabin. Granny and Elly go to the Drysdales and cover the sculpture with mud thinking it will look better. Jed and Jethro go to an upscale gallery to buy a painting but are mistaken for gardeners. When the show was cancelled in 1971 after nine seasons, the sitcom was still popular. Jethro continues his life as Robin Hood in Griffith Park. Granny decides to make peace and teaches Maria some of her dishes. Jed wants to support Granny and Elly, but Jethro is still against their Women's Lib. Dash advises Jethro to buy a convertible, invite Susie to go on a double date with Elly May and him, and even lets Jethro use his bachelor pad. When The Clampetts learn that the invaders from the island of Grun are due on the California coast, and having no idea who or what the grunion are, they head down to the beach to defend it from invasion. These collections include the original, uncut versions of the first season's episodes, complete with their original theme music and opening sponsor plugs. The Beverly Hillbillies is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. The song is sung by Jerry Scoggins (backed by Flatt and Scruggs) over the opening and end credits of each episode. Jethro is so desperate to meet a woman that when Miss Hathaway's bird watching group arrives, he goes out of his way to try to impress one of the women, Athena (, Flatt and Scruggs are visiting to film a TV commercial for Foggy Mountain Soap. Daisy May Moses (portrayed by Irene Ryan in all 274 episodes), called "Granny" by all, is Jed's mother-in-law, so is often called "Granny Clampett" in spite of her last name. Granny's prediction that Elly May will soon get married seemingly comes true when Sonny Drysdale shows up. Cynthia mistakes Jethro for royalty and Mrs. Fenwick mistakes Mrs. Drysdale for a cleaning woman. Family, Comedy. The Clampetts return to their mansion and Mr. Drysdale claims the handsome veterinarian Dr. Graham is perfect for Ellie. He hopes to get rid of them when they can't pay their rent but they find a new a sponsor: Jed Clampett. It was actually Elly's monkey that was taking them. Mr. Drysdale, still believing Shorty has a lot of money, continues his misguided campaign to win him as a depositor. Elly May's first date in Beverly Hills ends in a riot of confusion before it … It was a rare tribute from the "Tiffany network", which owed much of its success in the 1960s to the series, but has often seemed embarrassed by it in hindsight, often downplaying the show in retrospective television specials on the network's history and rarely inviting cast members to participate in such all-star broadcasts. They both miss the hills so it's decided that Granny, Jed and Elly will head back there. This Gypsy Productions Murder Mystery Parody features characters such as Jed Clumpett, Daisy May Mostes, and Jane Hatchaway. Mr. Drysdale makes the Clampetts believe that Mark is quitting the Navy because he is a coward and afraid to fight against an imminent invasion of. Jed decides that the only way Elly can get a man is if she dresses like Miss Jane. She becomes special guest at a screening of the Clampetts' first masterpiece, a silent film called "Little Orphan Elly". His main mission is to get the Clampetts to close their business operating out of the 5th floor. The Beverly Hillbillies originally ran from 1962 to 1971. Granny is desperate to keep Elly May from going into the water with Mark, believing she too will turn into a frog. Mr. Drysdale and Miss Jane help country musicians Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs try to find a city woman for Jed the same way they found theirs, by holding auditions for backup singers. The show's theme song, "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", was written by producer and writer Paul Henning and originally performed by bluegrass artists Foggy Mountain Boys, led by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. He is the son of Luke Clampett and his wife, and has a sister called Myrtle. The elaborate fraud is unraveled as everybody learns that "Audubon" is just a starving actor. At dinner that night Jethro asks Miss Jane for her hand. Granny wants to help Mrs. Drysdale win. Bessie's picture winds up winning. The Clampetts agree to watch their banker's nephew Milby (, Mrs. Drysdale's accuses Granny of theft when many of her dahlia garden supplies go missing. To keep the Clampetts in Beverly Hills, Mr. Drysdale gets Hollywood actor Dash Riprock to play a homespun country boy to woo Elly. The two swindlers haven't met someone as sharp as Jed. Matthew and Mark Templeton (portrayed by actor, "Granny Goes to Hooterville" (season seven, episode six) - Granny leaves for Hooterville upon hearing distant cousin Betty Jo Bradley (Linda Henning) just had a baby. Granny continues her efforts to get Elly married, extolling her virtues to every bachelor she meets. The banker enlists Miss Jane in an elaborate scheme to convince the Clampetts that a blizzard has occurred at the mansion. Drysdale persuades Phinney the landlord (. The Colonel attempts to woo Granny. Dr. Clyburn (. Jethro is in love again, but Jethro's "girl" Debbie only wants a screen test and plays up to Jed. The others boast of Jethro's "sixth-grade education", but he is ignorant about nearly every aspect of modern California life. See more ideas about the beverly hillbillies, hillbilly, beverly. Drysdale tells them he can get Elly a man and Granny tells him they like Eb because he's a country boy. Meanwhile Mr. Drysdale's associates try to get stock market tips off of Jed mistaking him for a financial wizard. Mr. Drysdale dresses like a ghost, hoping to scare the Clampetts into returning to Beverly Hills. The series enjoyed excellent ratings throughout its run, although it had fallen out of the top 20 most-watched shows during its final season. The Clampetts try to turn their newly acquired Beverly Hills dress boutique, The House of Renee, into a country store, The House of Granny. The hotel for women is filled with women doing chores, leading some to think Mr. Drysdale is running a slave plantation. In an attempt to attract suitors for Elly May, Granny enters some of her own soup in a contest under Elly's name. Though she reluctantly carries out his wishes, she is genuinely fond of the family and tries to shield them from her boss's greed. After Granny's love potion is a failure, she follows to find a date for Jed. She takes the amphibians to psychiatrist Dr. Klingner in the belief he is able to return them back into humans. Granny confuses a reenactment movie with a restart of the Civil War. bachelor's degree in business administration, Learn how and when to remove this template message, most-watched half-hour episode of a sitcom, "Hollywood To Make Movie Of Old 'Beverly Hillbillies, "What Does Pa Say 'Bout 'Hillbillies'? Granny makes Shorty do many chores around the house to encourage him to return to the hills. The Clampetts head to England to visit the castle Jed inherited. Alan Mowbray appears as Montrose, an actor Mr. Drysdale hires to try and talk the Clampetts out of giving their money away. All the while a new teller (, Jethro brings home a friend from school, Armstrong Dueser McHugh III, who is coddled by a chauffeur (, Jed pretends to be sick so that Granny can get to doctoring and feel more at home. Heading to England Jethro smuggles Ellie's turkey buzzard on the plane upsetting Mr. Drysdale and a fellow passenger (, While in England, Jethro falls for Sandra MacGregor (. David Frankham appears as the Lieutenant on the Navy ship. The Clampetts return to, During season nine, after the cancellation of, This page was last edited on 20 March 2021, at 12:50. His catchphrase is, "Welllllll, doggie! A self-styled "M.D." Drysdale gets Dr. Clybourn (, The Clampetts give all their money away to Ginny Jennings (. Sam Drucker wins a trip to Beverly Hills and he sends a telegram to let the Clampetts know. [citation needed], A three-act stage play based on the pilot was written by David Rogers in 1968.[24].