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Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.
“Y'all come back now, ya hear?”
Buddy Ebsen
Jed "JD" Clampett
Irene Ryan
Granny
Donna Douglas
Elly May Clampett
Max Baer Jr.
Jethro Bodine
Raymond Bailey
Milburn Drysdale
Nancy Kulp
Jane Hathaway
1970
Jed plans to hand his millions over to the President.
A con man (Phil Silvers) tries to sell Washington, D.C., to Jed.
Shifty Shafer cons Jed into buying the U.S. Capitol.
One Granny plus one Navy frogman equals a running gag: Granny thinks Elly's new beau is a frog.
Granny's trying to cure her frog fixation with a potent elixir.
Granny believes that Elly's beau is a web-footed freak.
A dream sends Granny to a psychiatrist (Richard Deacon).
Granny's afraid her family will turn into frogs.
Drysdale tries to stop Elly's marriage.
Escalation of Granny's frog fixation: she's sending for reinforcements to help fight the frog.
Can Elly find happiness married to a frog? Granny's still fighting the match.
Granny's frog phobia fades away.
When The Clampetts learn that the grunion are due on the California coast, and having no idea who or what the grunion are, head down to the beach to defend it from invasion.
A task force of Clampetts awaits an invasion of the U.S. by fish.
Women's lib protests hit Drysdale's bank.
Granny and Elly launch a fem lib protest.
How to thwart a women's lib strike: hire geisha girls.
Granny and Elly seek happiness as liberated women.
The women's movement strikes at the bank.
Elly joins the women's lib battle against Drysdale.
Jethro's bachelorhood seems headed for extinction.
An unemployed actor is making a big play for Jane.
An actor plans to capture the Clampett millions by passing himself off as kin to Davy Crockett.
Fortune hunter Dick Bremerkamp schemes to marry Elly May.
1964
Drysdale buys a movie studio, Mammoth Pictures, for Jed, and the Clampetts decide to go check out their new property. At first they can’t get in, but they finally succeed. They meet Lawrence Chaplin, the head of Mammoth Pictures, who refers to Jed as a Zucker and a Roach, and Jed admires him for saying it to his face.
Because Mammoth Pictures is losing money, Drysdale decides to tear down the studio and turn it into Clampett City. The Clampetts are excited about getting a town and streets named after them, and when they go to explore their town, they come to a Western set, which they fall in love with.
1967
Jed gets a letter in the mail saying he has inherited a castle in England. Jethro reads up on England & Queen Elizabeth the first. He thinks that England hasn't changed in 400 years & Knights still fight dragons. The Clampetts go down to the passport office to apply for their passports & the Clerk thinks he's on 'Candid Camera' & they're actors trying to fool him.
The Clampetts move into the Western street on their movie studio, but Drysdale tries to stop them. He gets the Clampetts a role in a new picture about Cleopatra and Nero, with Jethro as Caesar, Elly as a martyr who gets thrown to the lions and Granny as Cleopatra. However, Elly makes friends with the lion and Granny gets Nero drunk on elderberry wine.
Mammoth Pictures is in danger of getting torn down, but Hedda Hopper wants to save it. She shows Jed the legacy of the stars of the studio, who stuck their hand prints in cement for the Walk of Fame. Misunderstanding this, Jed works to fill the prints in with wet cement.
Jed gets an honorary doctorate when he donates money to a college, and the family thinks he is now a legit doctor. However, Granny isn’t pleased with hearing that Jed is now a real college doctor because she didn’t go to college. Granny does her best to get a degree herself, but doesn’t find much success.
Mrs. Drysdale is tired of the Clampetts, especially Granny, who keeps scraping with her. When Miss Jane tells her of a beautiful movie starlet who threw herself at Jed and how Jed stopped going to his movie studio when he found out she was married, she plans a scheme herself. Mrs. Drysdale decides to throw herself at Jed to get him and his family to move away from Beverly Hills.
Jethro wants to serve his country as a 007 spy. When he is dissuaded from this, he has to decide what branch of the military to join. Granny gets him to join the Marines because she still wants to catch the whale she saw a year ago.
Rock 'n' roll idol Johnny Poke visits the Clampetts while in town to play the Hollywood Bowl. Granny's not too happy about it; she's worried Jethro will pick up his bad habits. Granny loses her temper and thinks she turned Jethro into a puppy when she says he needs to be taught a lesson.
Granny flies widow Emma Poke out to Beverly Hills to match-make with Jed. She figures she can trick Jed into marriage, though Jed finds out what is going on. However, Jed doesn’t want to marry her, and it turns out that Emma doesn’t want to marry him.
Mrs. Drysdale gets Jed to back the Beverly Hills Ballet Company, and Jed figures that ballet is the perfect way to keep Granny, who is tired of getting “butler sassed,” among other things, in Beverly Hills. Jed gets her interested in the dance just as Mrs. Drysdale gets the money she needs to save the ballet company.
Granny decides to start her own boarding house. The Clampetts put out signs welcoming any incoming boarders and advertising what they offer. When the Drysdale's new butler, Arthur Pinckney, arrives in town he thinks the signs are meant as a welcome for him so he goes to the Clampetts' mansion.
Pinckney, the Drysdale's new butler, finds no success in his attempts at molding the Clampetts into high society people. He runs out, planning to return to England. Meanwhile, the Clampetts, who think Pinckney is their boarder, are mad that he ran out on them. They decide to keep the boarding house open, but change a few things—pay up front.
When the Clampetts learn that Mrs. Drysdale is in the hospital, they decide to visit her to make sure she is doing well. Little do they know, she is there to spite her husband, and won’t leave until the Clampetts have moved away from Beverly Hills. At the hospital, the Clampetts try to make her room more cheerful while she is sleeping, even moving the bed so it faces the window.
Mrs. Drysdale wakes up to find she is no longer in the hospital but in her one hell—the Clampett mansion. After hearing she’s missing, her husband wants to sue the hospital. But when Jed and Jethro visit to return the mattress Mrs. Drysdale was on when they brought her home, the mystery of what happened is solved.
Jethro falls for a movie starlet, Kitty Devine, who is not interested in him. But when she discovers that his uncle owns the studio and could get her better roles than beach babes in surfer movies, she takes interest. While at the mansion, Kitty does her best to get Jed to notice her and tries to convince him she is capable of roles that could make her a star.
Elly gets a job at Jed’s movie studio, though Granny and Jane are against it. Both are worried about Elly getting involved in the Hollywood scene. At the studio, Elly meets actor Dash Riprock. He goes for her straight off, unaware that this is the girl he will be starring with, having been told he’ll be opposite the studio owner’s daughter, Miss Clampett.
Elly is disappointed about losing Dash to Miss Jane, so Jed and Drysdale try to fix everything. And Granny is trying to figure out why Dash is going for the plain Miss Jane instead of her gorgeous granddaughter. Another actor, Biff Steel, is set up for Elly, but, once again, he sees Miss Jane and figures she is Miss Clampett.
After seeing Elly May in a bathing suit, hippie Sheldon Epps crashes his car. When the Clampetts see this, they take him inside their house in case he is injured. He is healthy, but sticks around for Elly, driving Dash Riprock off.
Drysdale sets Granny up with an older man on the Board of Directors, a playboy who dates young, attractive women. Mr. Cavanaugh meets Granny and is not pleased with what he sees. And Cavanaugh’s original date for the night, who is described as his "dear, sweet old aunt" is set up with Jed. Of course, this “Aunt Phyllis” is no older woman; she's a young, glamorous girl.
It is the day after Jed spent the night dancing with Phyllis, and he is stiff from all the dancing. Granny is throwing her “I told you sos” at him. And when Phyllis invites him to the horse races, he accepts. When Drysdale and Jane learn of the type of woman she is, they warn Granny and drive her down to the racetrack to stop them. Meanwhile, at the racetrack, Jed and Phyllis are finding great success, because Jed can tell which horse will win.
Inspired by the movie Goldfinger,Jethro wants to be a spy.He tries to spy on Drysdale's rival banker John Cushing and his new secretary.In the meantime,Mr.Drysdale hires Elly May as a secretary-long enough for her to win the Queen of the Banker's Ball beauty contest.Jethro rigged up the truck as a,""spy-car,""and even got a hat made of solid iron.He tried to carry a secret-radio in his shoe-but it kept playing when he stepped on it.He also had an ejector-seat,which Granny made the mistake of getting on.She ended up in the trees.
Jethro is still working on being a 007 spy, though it is annoying Granny. And Elly has been crowned Queen of the Bankers Ball. Mr. Cushing is not happy about this though, as he wanted his contestant to win. Because Jethro is having more fun at Cushing’s bank, he tries to get Jed to transfer his money to the Merchant’s Bank. And Cushing sees this opportunity and tries to get that gorgeous Clampett account.
Granny demands to see her money in cash, and Drysdale tries to talk her out of it. He fails and upsets the Clampetts by accidentally throwing magazines at them, which were really aimed at his wife and her dog. He tries to make things better by showing Granny what a million dollars looks like to turn her off from the idea, but ends up throwing more stuff at her.
The Clampett money keeps rolling in as more oil is discovered on their land. And Mr. Brewster is coming out to marry his fiancée, Edythe. Granny is planning to go back home to the hills, but Jed decides to put up the cabin.
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs visit the Clampetts and solve the problems they are having at the mansion. They cure Jethro’s hunger by making him biscuits and red-eye gravy, and the duo cures Granny’s homesickness by letting her perform on stage with them.
It is time for spring tonic, and the Countess Maria returns to meet with her good friends the Clampetts, as well as get some tonic. And after the Clampetts learn Maria is single again, having lost her husband at a party, Granny sees this as the time for Jed to make his move on the Countess.
Beatnik Sheldon Epps returns with his other beatnik pals from the Parthanon West Coffee House.Jethro is taught how to be a beatnik-and Elly may joins up with them too.Mr.Drysdale sees that the Clampetts are friends of the beatniks!
Elly and Jethro join the beatniks at the Parthenon West, and Granny tries to get them out. But her attempts fail, and she becomes a beatnik herself, after inventing "The Tater Digger,” a new dance. Jed is all for the young ones expressing themselves, but once he sees Granny dressed the way she is and acting the way she is, he changes his mind.
Drysdale tries to get the Clampetts interested in a hobby to occupy their time and to stop Jed from traveling around the neighborhood with a fix-it wagon. He shows Jed all types of hobbies, like collecting stamps and building a boat in a bottle. Jethro gets a hobby with these offers—getting the boat out of the bottle!
Leroy Lester, a longtime employee of the Commerce Bank is being forcibly retired to make way for a new computer system. A chance meeting with the Clampetts gives him an idea about dealing with Mr. Drysdale. Leroy goes back to the bank, where Mr. Drysdale's computer has now died. Mr. Drysdale offers Leroy his job back, but Leroy informs Mr. Drysdale that he will be taking an extended vacation and staying with his new friends, the Clampetts.
Luke Short's son Beau comes from back home.Granny wants him to marry Elly May,but Elly wants none of it.At first Miss Hathaway dresses her as a Hollywood siren to scare him-but he quits being scared after Elly gives him a strong kiss.Then she dresses like a dirty scrubwoman to discourage him-but Beau is glad that she can look like she does chores,too.Then Miss Hathaway convinces Beau that he should be a man of the world-and Jethro tries to show Beau how to be a playboy.it turns out that the reason Beau had come to California was to enlist in the army.
The Brewsters come to Beverly Hills to build their new home on a vacant lot they purchased, and they request the Clampetts don't learn of this. But the Clampetts are planning to move back home to the Hills. When they tell Drysdale, he reveals the secret. Drysdale tells Brewster what he has done, but explains it was to save the Clampett oil account, and because of this, he has to visit the Clampetts.
Granny is tired of Beverly Hills and heads home for the Hills. But she never makes it back home and ends up in Las Vegas. And Jethro is having no luck being an international playboy and ends up getting arrested. Granny comes back that night, but with a story to tell about Vegas the next day.
Mrs. Drysdale has a new plan to get rid of the Clampetts and add culture to Beverly Hills. She gets the Clampetts to donate their home as an art gallery. Of course, they misunderstand this and think they have to provide the art. They go on and sculpt and paint up a storm for this new art center and end up filling their mansion with their homemade creations. Note: This episode is the final one to be filmed in black-and-white.
The Clampetts think they've arrived in London when the plane stops in San Francisco. Jethro points out tower bridge & the taxi driver tells them that 'tower bridge' is actually the golden gate bridge & tower bridge is in London. They go back to the airport & resume their trip to London. When they arrive Granny wants to re-stock her medical bag 'cause customs took all her other stuff. While in a chemist store the Chemist is quoting Shakespeare & Jed fills the bag himself. Later they arrive at the Castle.
The Clampetts arrive at their Castle & meet John Faversham who introduces himself as major domo (major domocile) Faversham. The Clampetts think his name is Major Domo & when he tries to correct them saying Faversham, they think that faversham is an English greeting for howdy.! Jethro is keen to go hunt dragons & Granny wants to doctor Jed's cousin. Faversham tells her he's no longer with us,he was taken by major peritonitis. Granny doesn't trust army doctors.! Jed's cousin's old english sheep dog is on the bed with the curtains drawn. Granny thinks he's shy, She doctors him through the closed curtains thinking the dog is Jed's cousin. Later Granny sees the dog on the bed eating a bone & thinks the dog 'et' Jed's cousin.!! Jed & Granny bury the bones in the backyard.
Mr Drysdale mourns a cheque for $10,000,000 Jed paid to Faversham for back taxes on the castle. Jethro starts the 'war of the roses' when he chased a dragon through the neighbours rose garden. Jethro thinks he's been robbed of his birth right when Jed won't fight with the neighbour. Jethro dresses as Robin Hood & the Clampetts leave for Beverly Hills. When they arrive back home, Jethro, Elly & Bessy the chimp move out to Griffith Park to rob from the rich & give to the poor. A hippie & his girlfriend join Jethro's gang. Jed, Granny & Miss Jane go to Griffith Park to look for Jethro. The hippie wants to try some of Granny's smoked crawdads.
Miss Jane,Mr Drysdale,Jed & Granny go to Griffith Park looking for Jethro & Elly. Buddy the Hippie arrives back at the park with all his friends & they start partying. Buddy wants to smoke a crawdad, Jethro tells him to go down to the lake & find some. Two cops arrive while the 'Gang' are down at the lake, When the Police ask Granny what she's doing, she tells them ""I'm smoking crawdads,but first I need a little pot."" When Buddy finds a crawdad it nips him on the finger. He & the other 'Cats' split & the police go after them rather than the Clampetts.
Jethro gets a letter from the President to enlist in the Army. Jed doesn't want the Government to pay for Jethro's training so he wants to pay all the expenses. Mr Drysdale isn't happy when Jed wants to withdraw $100,000 to buy Jethro a tank. He's even less happy when Jethro wants Mr Drysdale to be his tank crew dressed as a German Officer. Jethro drives the tank to Griffith Park for target practice, Mr Drysdale escapes in a rowboat & rows to the middle of the lake. Jethro is about to fire at him when two cops arrive & Mr Drysdale thinks he's saved. Until the older cop recognises him from his days in the quartermaster corp & arrests him as payback. Jed has to bail out Mr Drysdale.
Jethro wants to be Inducted into the Army. Granny gives him a physical. Jethro arrives limping & hard of hearing. Col Stark is very impressed. The Psychiatrist tells the Colonel He thinks Jethro is the best draft dodger he's ever seen.! Jethro tells them about Granny's physical & the Colonel wants to meet the Clampetts. When they arrive the 'Shrink' thinks their behaviour is all an act & convinces the Colonel not to induct Jethro.
Mr Drysdale gets Elly a date with Mr Universe, the Clampetts see him & think he's suffering from bar-bell bloat. John Cushing from a rival bank wants Elly to date Troy Apollo but everytime he pulls up out the front of the Clampett Mansion he sees Miss Jane, Granny or Cousin Bessie the chimp & thinks they're Elly & drives away. When Mr Universe sees Elly lift a bar-bell by herself, he decides to eat Hillbilly food to maintain his strength.
Jed wants to find some land for Granny to raise some crops. Jethro tells him about some plots for sale at Happy Valley. Jed phones Happy Valley & a representative arrives thinking Jed wants to buy a cemetary plot. After Jed tells him he wants to buy a plot for Granny the rep. thinks Jed has killed Granny & has her in the backyard.
Granny gets a letter from Adeline Ashley who wants to visit. When Mrs Drysdale learns of this she wants Adeline to visit her so she can make the social pages. When Adeline arrives early, Granny tries to matchmake Adeline with Jed. Mrs Drysdale tries repeatedly to meet Adeline & finaly does after she falls into the cement pond.
Granny is mixing up a batch of her moonshine & Jethro is trying out his frogman outfit in the cement pond. When Granny walks by the pond she thinks Jethro is a sea monster. Later Jethro sets of a charge in the pond & blows himself out of the water. Mr Drysdale gives Jethro some 'Money Man' comics & Jethro wants to meet the Moon maidens. Jed tells Mr Drysdale about the problem with Jethro & He suggests the Army Reserve. Jethro decides he wants to meet the moon maidens & fixes a rocket to his back & using granny's moonshine for fuel launches himself into the air. He lands in the ocean & is rescued by the coast guard.
Jethro joins the army reserve & Granny makes him wear her Grandpappy's uniform. When he arrives the sergeant thinks he's an extra in a civil war movie. The Colonel tells him to come back on Monday. Jethro overhears the Colonel talking to an actor dressed as General Grant. He thinks the Yankee's are fixin'to fight with the south again. Jethro tells Granny the news & Granny dresses as a southern belle to spy on Gen.Grant & get information on when the attack will be. Granny learns that Grant is going to attack the Culpepper plantation & hurries off to warn them.
Granny is preparing for the battle of the Culpepper plantation. General Grant arrives with a hangover. Mr Drysdale dresses as a southern General & Miss Jane is his private. When the Clampetts arrive the battle has started already. as General Grant comes riding down the hill on his horse, Granny takes aim & shoots him off its back. He gets up & she shoots him off again.! He manages to make it to the porch & Granny can't forget her doctorin' so she gives him first aid from her jug. (The Clampett's are still unaware that this is a civil war movie and not the real General Grant.)
Granny wants an apology from General Grant for attacking the Culpepper plantation. Colonel Blake wants Jethro for the army reserve but he has to take a written test first. After Jethro takes the oath, he sees General Grant & Colonel Blake talking. He hears General Grant say he's going to attack the plantation again. Jethro tells Granny & she goes & shoots him off his horse again.!!
Dash Riprock's new TV show ""Batchelor Sherriff Knows Best"" needs a new co-star. Jethro hopes he'll get the part. Mr Chapman the studio manager & Von Schlepper the director want Elly's chimp 'Cousin Bessie' to play the part. So Jethro becomes her agent.
Mrs Drysdale has purchased 'Ecstasy' a $2500 art sculpture. It was delivered to the Clampett's mansion by mistake. Mrs Drysdale runs over & tells the delivery man he's made a mistake & to take it next door. The Clampetts think 'Ecstasy' is a pile of junk & Granny says she could paint a picture that would win 1st prize in any art show. When Granny finished her painting, Bessie painted over it. Jed & Jethro went to the art gallery where they met A.Allen Allen. He thought they were gardeners come to work at his home, so he sent them to mow the lawns & trim the hedges. Later they returned & saw a painting like Bessie's in the gallery & bought a Rembrandt for the Mansion. Granny & Elly fixed up 'Ecstasy' with mud to make it look like a statue. When A.Allen Allen arrived he saw Bessie's painting & paid top dollar for it.
Dash wants to marry Elly, Elly doesn't want to marry Dash. Granny and Elly want Dash to turn his attention to Miss Jane. Granny invites Dash for dinner & Elly dresses real ordinary.They hope Miss Jane will be dressed nicer than Elly so Dash will ignore Elly, But Miss Jane arrives dressed even plainer. Elly borrows a wig & looks unatractive & Dash is ""turned off"". So Dash & Miss Jane go to a premiere together.
Jed feels guilty about Granny having to clean the mansion all by herself. He tells Mr Drysdale, who says he'll find him a housekeeper so Granny can rest. Jed told him he would have a hard time convincing Granny to let someone else do her chores. Mr Drysdale told him he'd convince her. Mr Drysdale found a 'cheap' housekeeper named Mrs Meek. when he managed to convince Granny to give her a try Mrs Meek turned into the ""housekeeper from hell."" Eventually Miss Jane found Mrs Meek a job as a prison guard & Granny was happy to go back to her chores.
Jed wants Jethro to open up a business. Jethro decides he wants to be a fry cook & open up a restaurant. Jed tells Mr Drysdale about Jethro's plan to be a fry cook and Mr Drysdale finds a run down old diner that he rents for $35 a week. Jethro fixes up the place & names it the Happy Gizzard. When Jethro's first customer comes in (a young woman)She leaves after Jethro couldn't cook her a hamburger. Granny arrives to save the day & agrees to cook for Jethro.
The Happy Gizzard isn't doing so well. Jethro realises what's missing, 'topless' waitresses .! He hires Elly as his waitress & tells her to take off her hat because this place is topless.! Mr Drysdale is sweet talking a prospective new depositor, Mr & Mrs Vanderpont. Unfortunately for Mr Drysdale Jethro ruins his plans & the Vanderponts leave. Miss Jane tells the Clampetts what topless really means. The Vanderponts return & Jed gives them some of Granny's ""white lightnin'"". He then invites them to the Happy Gizzard & Mr Vanderpont likes it so much he buys it off them.
Granny is homesick for snow, she wants to go home to Bugtussle. Mr Drysdale doesn't want them to leave, He turns up the air-conditioning in the mansion & borrows a snow machine from the movie studio to make it snow (plastic snow)at the Clampett's place. He pretends there's a raging snowstorm & tells the Clampetts not to go outside, Miss Jane & He will bring them food. After making there way through the 'Blizzard' Elly goes out the back door & finds a stuffed wolf she thinks is 'plum froze'. Jethro wants to have some snow ice cream & goes outside with a bowl & spoon. Jed realises what's going on when he goes outside & it's warm. Mr Drysdale confesses and when Granny offers him some snow ice cream they leave in a hurry.
Granny & Mrs Drysdale have a 'scrap' & Jed's ashamed of Granny for fightin' with the neighbour. Jethro says that in Beverly Hills everyone rassles, he's seen it on T.V. The Clampett's gather around the T.V. to watch the Boston strong girl battle it out with sweet lil ol' Rebecca who only rassles to earn money so her parents won't be evicted from their farm. Granny wants Jethro to take her to the wrestling centre. They're standing at ringside when the Boston strong girl is beatin' up on sweet lil Rebecca. Granny can't take it any more & climbs in to the ring & beats up the Boston strong girl.
Rebecca & her Manager come to the Clampett's place. The Manager wants a rematch between Granny & the Boston strong girl. Granny says no. Jed offers to pay Rebecca's parents mortgage & writes them a cheque. Rebecca & Manager want to cash cheque but instead bring Rebecca's parents to meet the Clampetts. Rebecca's Manager convinces Granny to fight with the Boston strong girls parents in a tag team match & Granny beats them all single handed.
Granny wants Jed to propose marriage to Miss Jane. He says no, so she asks Jethro. Jethro is going to ask but meets Ilsa on the way & forgets all about it. Granny tells him to invite Miss Jane to dinner at a fancy restaurant where he can ask her then. Granny & Elly sit at the next booth where they can hear what's happening & coach Jethro when needed. Jethro asks, Miss Jane accepts & Jethro runs. Later Miss Jane reluctantly turns down his proposal.
Miss Jane & Jethro attend a violin recital.(Jethro sleeps through most of it) Miss Jane suggests Jethro takes violin lessons. Maestro Stromboli arrives to teach Jethro to play,but Jed & Granny think its he who should take lessons. Jethro buys a fiddle from a pawn shop & asks Stromboli how much he paid for his. Stromboli tells him the high priced amount & Jethro tells him he thinks he got taken. Stromboli's annoyed with Jethro "" This is a Stradavarious...Ignoramus."" Jed invites Fiddlin' Sam Dingle to teach Stromboli how to play 'turkey in the straw' & they have a Ho Down.
Granny thinks her favourite T.V. soap opera is real. She invites the star to the Mansion because on the show he was sick & she wanted to Doctor him. When she thinks she's cured him off he goes back to work. Next day Granny sees him sick on T.V. again,so this time asks Jethro to take her to the T.V. studio because something there must be making him sick. When they arrive He's in the operating theatre & Granny takes him home so he'll get better under her care.
Granny threatens to leave unless Elly gets rid of her menagerie.
Supernatural shenanigans spook the Clampetts.
Mr Drysdale wants to make a commercial starring the Clampetts as lazy hillbillies wasting their lives at the beginning, to successful contributors to society at the end. He dresses as SuperBanker & they recite to the camera how worthless their existence was before SuperBanker changed things for them.
Cousin Roy arrives & wants to open a Hollywood branch of Mother Mabel's elixir. Granny doesn't want her old rival Mabel to be sucessful at her expense, so Granny & Jethro set up a stall on the sidewalk to sell Granny's elixir. That is until a cop arrests them for operating a stall without a permit. Mr Drysdale flys Mother Myrtle out to Beverly Hills & just as Jethro & Granny arrive home, she sees Myrtle & runs into the house for her gun.
1962
The pilot starts after the theme song when Jed struck oil in his Lake. A rural Ozark family relocates to Beverly Hills after oil is discovered on their property worth $25 million. After finding oil on the land, the family is surprised when Mr. Brewster of the OK Oil Company offers to buy it. After much coaxing by Cousin Pearl, Jed sells the swamp and moves the family to a mansion in Beverly Hills. Upon their arrival, they are arrested because of a case of mistaken identity but are later returned to the mansion safely.
The Clampetts begin to settle in their new home in Beverly Hills. They are having to adjust to things such as refrigerators, ovens and the "cement pond" (swimming pool). Jethro also encounters a flamingo that he thinks is a chicken (which causes Jed to suspect Jethro has been sneaking drinks of moonshine). Meanwhile, Miss Hathaway, executive secretary to banker Milburn Drysdale, mistakes the Clampetts for "domestic" help. She thinks Granny is a cook and Elly a maid.
Jane Hathaway finds that making the Clampetts more sophisticated will be harder than expected, while Pearl Bodine tries to get the attention of Mr. Brewster.
Mr. Drysdale panics when Mrs. Drysdale comes back from Boston early, because she'll meet the Clampetts. He sets Miss Hathaway on a plan to get them to go to Palm Springs. Meanwhile, Granny and Jed come to think Mrs. Drysdale is a drunk and make plans to cure her.
Upon Mr. Drysdale's advice to buy good stock, Jed purchases cows, pigs, and chickens to raise. Granny prepares her special mash to help cure Mrs. Drysdale of her drinking problem. Meanwhile, Mrs. Drysdale is convinced she's imagining things, because she sees Granny hovering outside her window and sees a goat and a chicken in her bathroom.
Granny wants to go home because folks are so unfriendly and no one has come to call. Jed convinces her they should call on them, and they find that people welcome them and give them all manner of gifts when they show up on Halloween in their normal hillbilly clothes. Meanwhile, Jed works on getting Pearl to come visit while she's trying to get hitched to the oilman and find a young man for Jethrine.
Elly May starts wearing dresses but takes it as an insult when someone says she looks like a city girl. Mr. Drysdale talks Jed into taking in his butler Ravenswood and upstairs girl Marie in a plan to civilize the Clampetts, but they don't quite understand the idea of servants.
Pearl continues to pursue Mr. Brewster, while a Jasper Depew courts Jethrine. Jed tries to enroll Jethro at an exclusive Beverly Hills elementary school. When the headmistress learns that the Clampetts are neighbors of Mr. Drysdale, who holds the mortgage on the school, she warms up to the idea. There is a bit of a shock when she comes by to pick up Jethro and realizes who will be her new fifth grader.
Misunderstandings abound as the spoiled college student Sonny Drysdale attempts to woo Elly May, only to flee to his mother in the end. In an attempt to smooth things over Granny and Jed invite the Drysdales for Thanksgiving.
Sonny Drysdale decides he needs to be Pygmalion to Elly's Galatea and remake her from a hillbilly into a woman of society. Meanwhile Granny makes love charms for Elly, Miss Jane and Jed.
When Sonny Drysdale promises to give Elly May a ring, Granny thinks he's going to propose and becomes a matchmaker. Cousin Pearl can't stand the idea that Elly May will get married before Jethrine, so she sets to matchmaking Jethrine with Jasper Depew.
The Clampett clan takes great offense when Sonny Drysdale jilts Elly May, and they start a feud with the Drysdales to avenge their kinfolk's honor. When Jed goes to the Commerce Bank to talk to Drysdale, everyone thinks he's a robber and he gets arrested. Mr. Drysdale says he will get Sonny to propose, but Elly says she doesn't want to marry him. Lyle Talbot and Ken Drake appear as a psychiatrists interviewing Jed in jail.
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. Mr. Brewster insults Pearl when he asks her to be his housekeeper, while she thought it was going to be a proposal.
Back home for Christmas, Elly May bonds with her old animal friends. Pearl plays the piano for the "new" movie in town (the silent version of Ben Hur) to impress Mr. Brewster. While Mr. Brewster tries to sneak out of the movie, Homer Winch declares his love for Pearl.
Mr. Brewster doesn't want to get married, but the whole county knows that Cousin Pearl had her heart set for him. Jed comes up with a plan for her to save face by having Mr. Brewster propose in public and then have her turn him down. Jed didn't count on Mr. Brewster's background in the theater and him making a huge production out of it. Mr. Brewster does such a convincing job that Pearl, after repeatedly saying no, then says yes.
The Clampetts pack up to return to Beverly Hills, so Jethrine tries to pack Jazzbo Depew. Elly says goodbye to her animals. Back in Beverly Hills, Miss Hathaway dresses the vamp to meet Jethro at the airport. Once home the feuding starts between Granny and Pearl over who's running Granny's kitchen.
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. Jed tries to calm things down by taking a sightseeing tour of Beverly Hills.
Mrs. Drysdale leaves for a health farm saying Mr. Drysdale is "going to have a new wife" when she returns. Mr. Drysdale tells Cousin Pearl he'd like her to be his housekeeper. However, the Clampett's think he wants to marry Pearl, so Jed comes up with a plan to "save" the Drysdale's marriage.
Many animals and even the police respond to the unique sounds from Pearl's yodeling lessons.
Two of Pearl's most ardent former suitors come to visit her in Beverly Hills. Pearl thinks they're there to propose because a letter they sent mentions an engagement. But, the duo were actually referring to a concert they have in the Los Angeles area and in fact are already married. Jed throws a wingding for them and the duo play music for the Clampetts.
Granny can't stand Pearl's yodeling so she reports her to the police. When one of the officers takes Pearl outside to the squad car, Granny thinks she got Pearl in trouble and becomes sad and contrite. Meanwhile, the police find Granny's still, and new trouble results.
Granny says Jed and Duke his dog are both down without a woman in their lives. French woman Mlle. Denise and her poodle that she brought to breed with Mrs. Drysdale's dog arrive. Duke takes a fancy to the poodle and Jed takes a fancy to Denise. Meanwhile Mrs. Drysdale has arranged a "marriage" between her dog Claude and Mlle. Denise's, complete with a decorated bedroom.
The conman Harry Jones, who pretends to be an old friend, gives Jed a "bargain" when he offers to sell Griffith Park, the Hollywood Bowl, and the freeway to the millionaire.
When rival banker Bill Hacker challenges him to a skeet shoot, Mr. Drysdale has no choice but to enlist the sharpshooting skills of Jed by making him a bank vice president. But, when Hacker finds out about Drysdale's scheme, he demands that he be allowed to pick a different employee. Hacker sees Granny cleaning Jed's office and, assuming she is the cleaning lady, picks her. The only thing is, Granny is just as good a shot as Jed.
Mrs. Drysdale wants to get rid of the Clampett's before the arrival of Mrs. Smith-Standish, the head of a 'first family' historical society. But Smith-Standish goes to the Clampett's first and becomes enchanted with their antiques and way of life. She also finds evidence that Jed's ancestors came to America prior to the arrival of the Mayflower. She ropes Mrs. Drysdale's into helping with chores done the old way, to Mrs. Drysdale's horror.
Pearl wants the family to be in High Society now that their forebears were one of the first families to come to America.(on the Mayflower) Pearl goes to a ""Beauty Saloon "" & comes home speaking French.! She buys outfits for the family & they reluctantly try them on. (Jethro wears a Tou-Tou !) Jed has the chance to meet the President,all he has to do is confirm that his Great Gran Pappy's name is Ezekiel. He tells them his name was Jeremiah & the First Settlers people say they must have the wrong family. Later Granny says to him that she knows he fibbed,but Jed likes the simple life & things get back to normal.
Miss Hathaway's brilliant-but-frumpy bank protegee Gloria (Lola Albright) is really a sultry gold-digger with eyes for Jed's $34 million, and Jed's just had his annual dose of Granny's spring tonic. Pearl and Granny are a little suspicious of her. Gloria claims that she has to marry a mountain man. Seeing through her scheme, Jed says that's a good idea, but she'll have to wait 3 or 4 years until Jethro is old enough.
An IRS agent gets chased away by Granny. Mr. Drysdale tells him the story of how the Clampetts came to be rich and move to Beverly Hills.
After playing golf with Jethro, Los Angeles Dodgers coach Leo Durocher wants to sign him as a pitcher, when he sees how well he can throw.
Mlle. Denise comes back for the birth of her dog's puppies, and to see Jed. They do some "courtin' and sparkin'" Mrs. Drysdale isn't nearly so happy when she finds the puppies share more in common with Duke the bloodhound than Claude the poodle.
Jed arranges a party to get Granny out of her doldrums and invites the Drysdales. Mr. Drysdale's boss wants to come along to meet them, hearing how sophisticated they are. The boss is thrilled with what he believes to be a "Hillbilly Party" thrown for him.
James and Mabel Johnson back into the Clampett's car outside of the Commerce Bank. After they discover that the Clampetts are rich, they fake injuries and sue the Clampetts. During the trial, the couple's story begins to sound made up. Things really unravel when Mabel learns about James's girlfriend.
Jethro needs a health certificate to graduate from the fifth grade, so he goes to the only doctor the Clampetts know about - Mrs. Drysdale's psychiatrist. The psychiatrist may have bitten off more than he can chew when he starts treating Jethro. Dr. Twombly gets nowhere with Jethro, so Pearl comes and she thinks he is testing her virtue when he tries to lay her on his couch.
Jethro finally gets his bill of health from Dr. Twombly so he can graduate the fifth grade. The psychiatrist shows great interest in Granny's home remedies for various ailments. 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.
When Miss Hathaway gets sick and Mr. Drysdale has to speak at a conference, Jed helps out by running the bank and having Elly be his secretary, while Jethro finds a speech that Drysdale accidentally uses instead of his own. All the while a new teller sucks-up to the men and flirts with the women. Jed lends money to a Mr. Wilson, who claims to be a poor chicken rancher. Because of that, Mr. Drysdale is named "Banker of the Year".
Jethro brings home a friend from school, Armstrong Dueser McHugh III, who is coddled by a chauffeur who treats him as frail. The Clampetts know better, and show him a good time, friendship and family.
1963
Jed pretends to be sick so that Granny can get to doctoring and feel more at home. Mr Drysdale and his physician, Dr. Clyburn get pulled into the ploy and Granny's mountain medicine is put to the test by a city doctor.
After Granny cuts off the top of Drysdale and Clyburn's (his doctor) hair for some homegrown remedy, Clyburn tries to keep her from ever doctoring again. 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 also gives the men some of her hair growing potion.
Granny has everyone up at the crack of dawn to plow the front yard for her garden, while Mr. Drysdale, Miss Hathaway, and a stubborn mule try to stop her. Miss Jane takes Granny to a large Supermarket to show her how unnecessary it is to grow her own food.
Mrs. Drysdale recommends Elly for a high-brow finishing school in hopes that humiliating her will drive the Clampetts away; but instead Miss Hathaway convinces the girls at the school that Elly is a fashion trend-setter. Elly invites the filthy rich Fenwicks over, thinking they're destitute.
Cynthia Fenwick makes her filthy rich mother dress in the "Clampett Look" when they visit the Clampetts, since she thinks Elly is a fashion maven. That only reinforces the Clampett's belief that the Fenwicks are poor. Cynthia mistakes Jethro for royalty and Mrs. Fenwick mistakes Mrs. Drysdale for a cleaning woman.
Jethro decides he wants to go a courtin', so Jed gives him a little education. Jethro develops feelings for an exotic dancer named Chickadee Laverne and brings her home to meet the folks. As usual, neither she or the Clampetts know what the other is really saying.
Jethro thinks he's in love with Chickadee Laverne. She and the Clampetts still have a different idea about what an "engagement" is. Meanwhile, Miss Jane tries to woo Jethro away from Chickadee. As marriage seemingly draws nearer, Jethro discovers a deal-breaking secret about Chickadee: she can't cook.
An unemployed actor named J.D. Clampett and his wife benefit from a paperwork mixup at the bank, becoming $36 million richer. The Clampetts believe that Mr. Drysdale has forsaken them and taken the money. When Miss Jane figures out what has happened, Jake Clampett is arrested. Jed wants Jake freed as he might be kinfolk. Jake tries to pass himself off as a long lost cousin. Gil Perkins appears as the pool man.
Newly discovered "cousin" Jake Clampett soon has everyone but Jed thinking about and dressing for a role in a movie Jake wants to make. Mr. Drysdale hears that Jed is going to finance 10 million for the movie. Miss Jane comes up with a plan to put a stop to it all.
Mrs Drysdale wants an authentic Thanksgiving photograph, so she hires Pilgrim costumes, two Indian braves, & a live turkey for the picture. The turkey escapes into the Clampetts place & Elly makes a pet out of it. Granny wants to cook it, Jethro wants to eat it,and Jed just can't bring himself to kill it 'cause it keeps wanting to shake hands.!!
Mrs Drysdale is having a garden party & tells the Clampetts not to attend. They misunderstand & think she wants them to come. When they arrive they are bored so Mrs Drysdale sends them back next door to handle the Overflow crowd. Eventualy the whole party ends up at the Clampetts & they show these Beverley Hills folk how to have a real party.
Mr. Drysdale needs investors for his real estate development project, so he enlists the Widow Fenwick, and aims to cement the deal by hitching her to Jed Clampett, who is looking to find a mother for his daughter, Elly May.
Granny says they have no friends in Beverly Hills. Mrs. Schuyler-Potts expels Jethro from her school for being disruptive. Mrs. Drysdale wants to lock up all of Elly's critters. The Clampetts want to go back to the hills. Mr. Drysdale's efforts to prove to the Clampetts that Beverly Hills is really the place for them to be only makes matters worse.
A television, a boat, and a chimpanzee are among the many gifts Mr. Drysdale gives to the Clampetts for Christmas. Granny thinks the TV is some kind of fancy washing machine. Mr. Drysdale hopes that if the Clampetts enjoy the boat enough, they won't want to go back to the hills.
Granny's television idol, Western actor Quirt Manly, is revealed to be less than expected when he visits the mansion. Even though Granny is disappointed, Elly gets along with Quirt. Jed tries to help Quirt become more of a man's man.
At the mansion, the clan is in need of food, because the hunting in Beverly Hills is horrible. They call a catering company, but get mean-mouthed. At the bank, Drysdale gets a call and learns that he got a kangaroo from a friend and it is at his house. But the kangaroo gets out, and Granny sees it, thinking it is a giant jackrabbit. When she tells Jed, he thinks it is a vision from her jug. She never can seem to catch the creature, and whenever she tells someone, they don't believe her. She finally does, and when Beverly Caterers comes, Granny tells her to cook it, but it escapes from her rope, and runs back to the Drysdale place.
Some old love letters from Jethro lead mountain man Lafe Crick and his daughter Essiebelle to Beverly Hills. Jethro is looking forward to marrying Essiebelle until he sees how much weight she's gained. Essiebelle is not concerned as she loves a boy back in the hills. When Jed finds this out, he makes sure the wedding won't happen.
The freeloader Lafe Crick from back home takes advantage of Jed's charity and schemes to get rich off the Clampetts' wealth. Lafe manages to con Mr. Drysdale into giving him a job at the bank guarding Jed's money. But when he finds out that most of Jed's money isn't actually in the bank, Lafe then believes Jed has his money buried behind the mansion.
Mr. Drysdale would like Elly to run for Queen of Beverly Hills. The Clampetts think the race for the Queen is an actual foot race. So, Granny wants to run as well.
Lafe returns & talks Mr Drysdale into giving him a job as a nightwatchman at the bank to look after Jed's money. When Mr Drysdale tells Lafe that only some of the money is at the bank Lafe thinks the Clampett's have it buried in their backyard. He hurries back & pretends he's building Granny a root cellar, where in fact He's actually looking for their cash.
While Ellie continues to see Fred Penrod, Lafe Crick tries some match making with his son Dub and Ellie.
Granny's fear of boats only temporarily thwarts Mr. Drysdale's plan to take the Clampetts deep sea fishing, until he decides to take them to Marineland instead. Thinking that they're large fishing holes, Granny wants to "catch the whale".
Ellie has Dr. Martin of the zoo come over to treat her dog Duke who is sick. But Granny mistakes a bug repellent salesman Jim Gardner, who ends up falling for Ellie, for the veterinarian. Granny thinks he is no "Critter Doctor" but actually a "Bug Doctor" who is there to sell "bug vittles". Granny is taken with Dr. Martin, after finally meeting him.
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.
Granny gets tired of the weather girl on TV saying that the weather is going to be clear when it is actually going to rain. She has a way to correct this, namely her weather beetle, Cecil. She confronts the head meteorologist of the U.S Weather Bureau but without luck. Jed goes down to speak to him and mentions the name "Daisy," making him think he means Hurricane Daisy, and tells of the plan to get rid of her.
Countess Maria comes to Beverly Hills, making Mrs. Drysdale very excited. But she wants to keep the countess away from the hillbillies. However, it's spring tonic time, and Granny passes it around the neighborhood, including at Countess Maria's house. She falls in love with the brew and visits the Clampetts. They become friends instantly. She starts falling for Jed, and has plans to marry her 6th husband, hoping it is an American.
Jed gets invited to the opening of Drysdale’s new Commerce Bank building. Granny thinks that he will actually be building the bank. Jed attends the party and meets two of Drysdale friends, who think he is a market wizard. When Jed is told he is helping to build the bank, he heads home to get tools and pick up Elly and Granny to help out. When they get there, they cause a bit of a disturbance and misunderstand what is going on.
There is excitement going on at the hillbilly’s mansion when a package from home arrives. They get everything they can’t get in Beverly Hills, including crawdads. Meanwhile, at the bank, Lucas and Pendleton are trying to find out what crawdad is. They overhear Jane on the phone with Jed saying that he will share his stock of crawdad with Drysdale. The Clampetts are trying to figure out how many crawdads they have and learn of how the government put three men on the task of finding moon(shine).
Mr. Drysdale buys the Clampetts a dress store using their money, and the clan decides to check it out. When they arrive at The House of Renee, they are mistaken for poor and Renee tries to help them. She thinks they need jobs. However, the Clampetts think Renee and her models are poor and starving. Renee gives the Clampetts money for food, and they think it is for them to buy food for Renee.
Granny is waking up the family so they can get to their new store: The House of Granny. Jethro wakes up sleepy, not wanting to be up, but as soon as Granny mentions breakfast, he is dressed in a split second. Jed is carving a Y in the kitchen, and when Jethro sees the shavings in the bowl, he thinks it is cereal. Jed tells him to have corn flakes instead. Granny goes to wake up Elly May, saying that her store opens at a decent hour—the crack of dawn!
Having been given a stylish makeover by a famous French couturier, Elly May is mistaken for a visiting foreign princess by Mrs. Drysdale. Hoping to get in good with "royalty," Mrs. Drysdale throws a fancy party for Elly. This time around, the old dear is certain that her soiree won't be invaded by "those dreadful hillbillies."
Jed becomes head of a corporation, which Drysdale organized for him as a tax write-off. The Clampetts decide they want to help out at their corporation, and get the penthouse suite in the bank building. They get all dressed up, Elly in one of her ball gowns, and go to the bank.
After Granny takes a cab home and gets charged for the ride, she decides that it is time for her to learn how to drive. The taxi driver who took Granny home is having trouble collecting the fair, and after a series of events begins to believe that he is in a mental hospital. Granny, during her driving lesson, mistakenly gets on the road.
Jed puts up the cabin for Granny's birthday, which Mrs. Drysdale is not happy about. During the celebrating, a sociology student stops by and sees the Clampetts. She thinks they are Drysdale's servants and works to liberate them from what she believes to be a life of servitude.
Drysdale tries to save the cabin for the Clampetts, but his wife calls a professional home wrecker to tear down the mountain shack. Meanwhile, Ginny Jennings and her sociology professor come back to visit the Clampetts and see that they are still occupying the cabin.
Jethro's running late for his graduation ceremony rehearsal despite his new watch. Mrs. Potts of Jethro's school is afraid that his attendance will jeopardize her chances for a new endowment from philanthropist Theodore Switzer. Mr. Drysdale and Mrs. Potts come up with a plan to have Jethro show up late to the ceremony. Skipper the chimpanzee takes Jethro's place in his sixth grade graduation ceremony, impressing Mr. Switzer.
1969
The Clampetts head for the hills to snare a man for Elly May.
Partly filmed in the Ozarks: the Clampetts' hectic homecoming.
Granny is trying to snare a spouse for Elly May.
Jane and Jethro become involved in the search for Elly's groom-to-be.
The Clampetts plan Elly's wedding to Matthew Templeton (Roger Torrey).
Con man Shifty Shafer (Phil Silvers) meets Jed in the Ozarks.
Phil Silvers as con man Shifty Shafer. Partly filmed in New York.
Sammy Davis Jr. has a cameo on the hillbillies' New York jaunt.
Granny complicates things for Elly and her beau (Brian West).
Shorty (Shug Fisher) goes West for a fling at the wild life.
A rumor that Shorty is a millionaire lands him loads of dates.
Granny wants to send Shorty packing.
Soupy Sales plays the Drysdales' air-ace nephew.
Air Force ace Jetstream Bradford joins his Uncle Drysdale's bank.
Jethro arrives in Hooterville wearing the uniform of a general.
Rumor has it that the Clampetts plan to merge their interests with a tycoon (Guy Raymond).
Silver Dollar City's mayor is fixin' to send Shorty back to the hills.
The marriage battle between Shorty and Elverna (Elvia Allman) rages on.
Shorty balks at marrying Elverna.
Shorty must behave for three days before he can marry Elverna.
Shorty finally gets married, but it's to the wrong woman.
Shorty and Elverna engage in marital mayhem.
When Granny induces Jed, Elly, and Jethro to move into the nostalgic old cabin, Shorty Kellems exploits the now-unoccupied mansion.
Slave driver Drysdale meets his secretary's burly brother.
Con man Shifty Shafer (Phil Silvers) hooks Jed on a plan to rid Los Angeles of smog.
Shifty Shafer and his wife scheme to defraud the Clampetts.
1968
Mr Drysdale congratulates the Clampetts for reaching the sum of $80,000,000 in his bank. Jethro tells Jed he heard on the radio that the Queen Elizabeth was sold to Philadelphia. Jed rings Faversham in London & he confirms this. Says they sold both Queens to the U.S. (However he meant the Ocean Liners,Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth.Not the people.) Jed thinks that the Queen must be having money trouble & wants to help. He wants to withdraw his money & give it to the Queen. He's sure Mr Drysdale won't mind,it must be a worry for him looking after all that money. When Mr Drysdale hears about this he hires an actor to play the Queen's Minister of Finance to accept the money & give it back to Mr Drysdale. But things don't go the way Mr Drysdale planned, When the actor found out Jed was rich,he sold him Canada & gave him the deed to take to the Queen herself.
The Clampetts are flying to London to give the Queen the deed to Canada. Jethro smuggles Elly's buzzard on board in a bag & tells Mr Drysdale who wants to look at it. In the toilet Mr Drysdale opens the bag to have a look & the buzzard almost escapes. Mr Drysdale returns to his seat next to Jethro with feathers in his hair & flapping his arms like a bird. Granny sees this and thinks He has Goose Fever. When the Clampetts are driving through town,people are pointing at them. Granny says news has spread how they chickened out of the war of the roses last time they were in England. When they arrive at the castle Colonel Dumbarton next door fires off his sunset canon & lowers the Union Jack flag. Granny thinks he's startin'the war of the roses all over again.!
Jethro challengers next door to the war of the roses, Colonel Dumbarton accepts & they commence to joust. Jed wants to go to see the Queen & give her the deed to Canada. Mr Drysdale convinces him to stay & says he'll bring the Queen to Him. Mr Drysdale dresses Miss Jane as Queen Elizabeth the 1st & accepts the deed. Jethro is Knighted as well.
Jethro spies Col.Dumbarton's neice through his telescope.When he tells Jed to look through it Jed sees her brother & thinks it's her 'cause he (she) is wearing a dress.(scottish kilt) Jethro is in love,he wants to marry her. Granny doesn't want Jethro to marry a big ugly girl like that & eventually gets her wish.
Mr Drysdale wants to go home,but the Clampetts aren't ready to go yet. Faversham tells him about the Ghost of Clampett castle. Mr Drysdale thinks this will scare the Clampetts & they'll want to go home. Mr Drysdale tells them the story & Jethro wants to hold a seance to contact the ghost. Mr Drysdale dresses as a ghost & almost has them packing their bags until Granny shoots the 'ghost'with her shotgun & he goes howling down the hall. On the trip home Mr Drysdale has to stand all the way 'cause he can't sit down.!
Petticoat Junction citizens take Granny's potent potions.
While Granny's still in Hooterville, Jethro hires an Italian chef to do their cooking. Granny's @ Drucker's telling him about how she used her tonic on Steve & Betty Jo's baby after discovering that Boy (the Petticoat Junction dog) was in the baby crib, wearing a baby bonnet as well. Thinking that her tonic turned the dog into their baby. Granny sees the baby for the first time & thought it worked wonders! Sam Drucker arrives @ the Shady Rest with a telegram for Granny. The message was from Jethro saying the family's starving & misses her. So after riding on a horse, driving a motorcycle, getting on an airplane, parachuting down to Beverly Hills, she finds the Italian cook feeding the Clampetts. Granny chases after Jethro over that phony telegram!
A temporary but tempting Italian cook stirs up a storm.
Musicians Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs play themselves in a spoof of Bonnie and Clyde
Thanksgiving with the folks from Petticoat Junction and Green Acres.
Drysdale casts Dash Riprock in a new role, that of Elly May's lover.
Jethro wants to junk his ""old wreck,"" and Granny thinks he means her.
The hustle and bustle increases as Christmas nears.
The hillbillies celebrate the Christmas holidays in Hooterville.
Drysdale finds himself jailed and sharing a cell with a bear.
Drysdale has the flu, and too many well-meaning visitors.
Jethro starts his own Hollywood talent agengy called JB Enterprises. His office, the entire 5th floor of The Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills. Meanwhile, Cousin Roy pays a visit when a record agent heard him play back in his hometown. The gang decides to pay a visit to JB, hoping he would sign Roy. Jethro doesn't want any hayseeds as clients. So Roy decided to pack for home until he saw Elly May in a nice dress. Roy was speechless (seeing Elly in a nice dress), he decides to pay a visit to that record company.
Roy arrives @ the Clampett house hoping to make it in show biz. Problem is, he doesn't have the money. So Jed decides to back up Roy. Meanwhile, Jethro faces eviction from his office @ the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills. Mr. Drysdale demands the $5,000 rent. Jed tries to have Jethro become Roy's agent, but Jethro doesn't want any country hick acts. So he changes Roy to being part of a group. When Roy's new act bombs, Jed & Mr. Drysdale advise Jethro to stick with country music after Roy's record becomes a hit! But Jethro tore the contract & starts begging for Roy to come back!
Drysdale evicts Jethro from the bank building.
Chaos is rampant at Clampett Enterprises.
Drysdale schemes to evict the Clampetts.
Business is booming — if confusing — at Clampett Enterprises.
Sam Drucker (Frank Cady) foments family unrest when he visits the hillbillies.
The mansion becomes a mecca for a phony guru (William Mims).
Jogging mania seizes the hillbillies and Drysdale.
Pat Boone as a prospective buyer of the Drysdale home.
1966
Granny returns from visiting Pearl & brings Pearls old telephone with her. She wants Jethro to install a party line so she can listen to other folks conversations. However things don't go as Granny planned.
Granny enters a Soup Contest using Elly's name and wins. Granny wants exposure for Elly so she can get married. Jed's against Granny's idea because he says it's dishonest. Granny gets rid of him & Invites the men from the ad agency & soup company around so she can sign the papers. The men want to wait for Jed to come home.Then Miss Hathaway & Mr Drysdale arrive & Miss Hathaway dresses in Jed's clothes & signs the Papers as J.D. Clampett. In the end Granny makes the commercial saying she made the soup,but still manages to get some exposure for Elly on the T.V.
Jethro is trying to impress a girl & asks Dash Riprock for Love lessons. He asks Susie for a date but she's not interested until she learns that it's a double date & Dash Riprock is the other fella. Dash,Elly, Susie and Jethro go to a Drive In movie (Swamp Monster & Brutorus ""double feature"") Later Jethro & Susie go back to Dash's ""pad"" but things don't go Jethro's way & then Miss Jane arrives to make matters worse.
Emmaline Fetty arrives at the Clampett's claiming to be from back home. In reality she is trying to blackmail Jed with some incriminating photos she took with a ""cuckoo clock camera"". Her associate Colonel Foxhall shows Mr Drysdale the photos & tries to extort money out of Him.
Jethro thinks Duke is calling His name, when it's really Emmaline hiding in the bushes. She wants Jethro to sneak her into the house so she can borrow one of Elly's dresses & change her appearance. She then goes to the Bank to see Mr Drysdale & tries the same incriminating photo ""con job"" on Him. Meanwhile a Detective has caught up to Col.Foxhall & takes him to the Clampett's to get their statement. Jed saves Mr Drysdale when He learns of the scheme & Granny gives Emmaline a ""paddled behind.""
Elly wants a Gorilla, Jethro wants it to do all his chores. Jed asks Mr Drysdale if he can send one over. Mr Drysdale hires a man in a Gorilla suit & asks him if he can scare the Clampetts enough that they'll forget the Gorilla Idea. When He arrives things don't go as planned & Granny climbs into the cage to make the Gorilla behave. Elly names him ""Herby"" & Jethro puts him to work. After chopping wood & various other chores Granny wants Herby to do the ironing. When Mr Drysdale arrives Herby (Mr Kelly) takes off the suit & leaves & Mr Drysdale puts it on & drives back to the bank. The Clampetts then go to the Zoo & bring back a real Gorilla.
Mr Kelly (Herby) wants his money from Mr Drysdale. Mr Drysdale wants Herby to go back to the Clampetts to replace the real Gorilla. The Clampetts still think Herby's real & offer to buy him from Mr Kelly. Mr Drysdale arrives & has to wear the suit so Jed can meet Mr Kelly & offer him the money. When Mr Kelly gets the money he runs & Mr Drysdale chases after him.
Granny's mixing up a batch of her soap,Mrs Drysdale complains to the smog commisioner. The smog commish. arrives & Granny chases him off with a shotgun. The commish.is up for re-election,so Mr Drysdale suggests Jed run for Smog Commisioner. Jethro invents a filter for car smog.(only problem is it's too big.!)
Granny wins five free dance lessons from Marvin & Marita dance school & can't wait to start. The dance instructors arrive at the Clampett's & Granny starts dancing with Marvin. Later Granny wants the young uns to learn to dance & Jed learns Marvin & Marita have no students so He tries to find some for them.
Jed gets a job as a garbage man & Mr Drysdale is shocked, so he gets him a position as director on the board of O.K. Oil Company. The Clampetts turn the company plane into a cheap airline & sell tickets to anywhere for the same low price.
Mr Drysdale's competitor John Cushing woo's Granny so she'll put her money in his bank. When Mr Drysdale hears of this he asks his father in law Mr Farquar to woo Granny to keep the money in his bank. Meanwhile Granny is running between the two when they come to call & is exhausted before to long.
The Clampett's are shocked to hear Gloria Swanson's house is to be demolished to make way for a golf course. They offer to make a silent movie with her as the star to raise some money. The Movie ""Passions Plaything"" has it's world premiere at the Bijou theatre in Bugtussle.
Jethro wants to mail himself to Paris to meet girls. Miss Jane arrives with Biddle Bird Watchers. Jethro likes Athena & wants to join, Miss Jane says only girls can join. Mr Drysdale suggests Jethro join the Junior Woodchucks & the two groups can have a combined outing. While trying to earn a merit badge Jethro's ants escape from the ant farm & everyone jumps into the cement pond to avoid them.!
Lester & Earl return with the news they are making a commercial for Foggy Mountain Soap. Jed & Granny are invited by the owner to star in the commercial. Jethro wants to direct it.
It's Christmas & Granny has no Christmas spirit. Jed, Jethro & Elly remember the good ol' days back home & decide to help the people of Beverly Hills. Jethro gets a job as Santa in a dept.store, Elly is his elf. Jed is working at the sporting goods counter & Granny is working in women's lingerie. Earlier Mr Drysdale asked Jethro to take some old clothes away & he thought the Drysdale's were short on cash so they had to sell some of their clothes. When Mrs Drysdale visited the Dept.store Granny slipped some nightgowns into her bag without her knowledge & as Mrs Drysdale left the store,the store detective arrested her. When Mrs Drydsale returned from the police station the Clampetts had bought back her bag of old clothes as a Christmas present.
Granny discovers Martians next door at the Drysdale mansion.
The Mayor of Bugtussle arrives & the Clampett's roll out the red carpet to welcome him. The Mayor tells Mr Drysdale he needs money for the city funds & wanted to ask Jed but couldn't. Mr Drysdale asks how much he needs & the Mayor says $100,000 should cover it. Mr Drysdale refuses & The Mayor goes back to Jed. He wanted to ask Jed but Jethro interupted & Jed tells Granny He thinks the Mayor wants to ask her to marry. Later Mr Drysdale arrives with the cheque & the Mayor leaves in a hurry.
Granny wants to retire from Doctorin' & go home to the Hills. She wants to pass on her knowledge to Jethro & Elly but they aren't really interested. Mr Drysdale convinces Dr Clyburn to ask Granny for advice so she'll stay in Beverly Hills.
The Clampett's give all their money to N.E.E.D.Y. & move out of the mansion. On their way out of Los Angeles they run out of gas near a national park & with no money decide to stay in the park & maybe chop down a few trees & raise a few crops. When Jed goes looking for the owner of the land he meets the ranger who tells them to leave, so they walk back to the Mansion & the girls from N.E.E.D.Y. give back the money.
An Indian reservation borders the O.K. oil fields land back in the Hills & the chief wants to discuss the boundary with Jed. Granny thinks the Indians are on the warpath & when she hears they're comin' to Beverly Hills she gets out her gun. Mr Drysdale hires actors to pretend they're indians & attack the mansion. Granny holds them off until she runs out of ammo'. Meanwhile the Chief meets with Jed & they sort out the problem. John Wayne has a brief cameo at the end of this episode.
Granny tries to match-make Jed after he told her not to. She sends his vital statistics to Jethro's computer dating service & waits for the results. Miss Peabody was selected as Jed's match, but when she arrived Granny thought she was Jethro's match & thought she was a bit old for the boy. Miss Jane tried her hand with the computer matching service & when her details were fed into the machine, It blew a fuse & blacked out all of Beverly Hills.!!
Granny wants a coming out party for Elly and tells Society Sandy it will be the social event of the year. Mrs. Drysdale wants to make it a social flop. Mr. Drysdale is afraid the Clampett's will be ridiculed and move back to the hills. Miss Jane comes to the rescue saying it's a "Fancy Dress" coming out party and, in the end, the event is a big success.
Jethro wants to be a bullfighter & asks Jed to buy him a bull. When it arrives,it's the wrong kind of bull & Elly quickly adopts it as a pet. The movie studio is making a movie about bullfighting starring the famous Matador ""El Magnifico"" Elly gets a date with ""El Magnifico"".
Mrs Drysdale hires 2 Gypsy's to go to the Clampett house & tell them it's cursed & maybe they'll go back home to the hills. Granny is convinced & wants to go home straight away. When Mr Drysdale hears of this He & Miss Jane dress as Gypsy's & convince them to stay.
Mrs Drysdale invites a King to come & stay at her place. She doesn't know He's broke & when Mr Drysdale introduces him to the Clampett's He wants to marry Elly for Her money. When Elly says no, He runs off after Mrs Drysdales Neice.
Granny sees a hippo next door at the Drysdale's & thinks it's the biggest hog she's ever seen. Mr Drysdale foreclosed on a zoo & is using the hippo for advertising purposes by writing ads on it's side. Granny wants Jed to buy the 'hog' & butcher it for her. Elly sees the 'hog' & tells them it's a hippo, but they don't listen to her. Against Miss Janes protests, Mr Drysdale uses a baby elephant to advertise as well & when they find there way into the Clampett's cement pond Elly adopts them & washs off the painted advertising.
Granny mixes up a batch of her 'spring tonic' & takes it to the bank. Jed swaps it for root beer. Dr Clyburn wants to charge Granny with dispensing without a licence. Mr Drysdale begs him not to & asks him to invite Granny to his surgery to see how modern medicine is performed. Against his better Judgement he agrees & invites Granny to his office. Granny thinks it's a date & Dr. Clyburn is interested in her. It's his day off but he's showing her all the modern devices, Granny wonders why he has no patients. Later Granny goes on TV advertising his services to get him some patients.
Lester, Gladys & Earl arrive for Gladys' screen test. Lester wants Jethro to direct so she won't get the job.! They need three days to develop the film, so Jed has them move into the cabin out back. Gladys has Lester working from dawn 'til dusk doing chores. At the end of the 3 days Gladys gets the job but decides to go home to Tennesee.
Mr Drysdales' nephew Milby is just like his Uncle,he arrives for a visit & is quite a handfull. When he learns that the Clampetts are millionaires he wants them to baby sit him. Milby buys all the Clampett's art work & vases for $200 off Jethro. Jethro thinks he's made a profit off Milby. When Mr Drysdale arrives & sees Milby with all the Clampett's things on the driveway he punishes him by taking his money-belt.
Elly makes a sponge cake with real sponges.! Mrs Drysdale wants a dahlia bed. Mrs Drysdale hires Mr Ted to plant her dahlias. Elly's chimp steals the stakes for the plants, When Mrs Drysdale sees Granny with the wooden stake she thinks Granny stole the wood. They struggle with the wood by the 'pond' & Granny falls in. Mr Ted arrives to start preparing the dahlia beds & Granny peeks through the fence & sees what she thinks are graves with each of their names on it. Miss Jane catches Elly's chimp red-handed & explains to Mrs Drysdale that the chimp was responsible for the missing wood. Granny's fears aren't realised when told the 'graves' are actually dahlia beds, each one named after the Clampetts.
1965
Mr Drysdale wants Jed to buy a yacht & join the Yacht club. Jethro sees Mr Drysdale's captains hat & goes out to find a something similar for Jed. He returns with an Admirals uniform.! The clampetts agree to meet Mr Drysdale & Miss Jane at the Dock but get lost & end up at a navy base. They see a Navy vessel & think it's a yacht. When Jed walks up the Gangway in his admirals uniform the sailors think it's a surprise inspection. After a 'test drive' Jed decides to pass on buying the 'boat'. Note: This is the first episode filmed and aired in color.
Granny thinks Mrs Drysdale's astrology is Black Magic, Mrs Drysdale's horoscope says to make friends with the neighbours. Granny chases her away, but later goes to apologise & is shocked to find a Minah bird in the Drysdales house.! Granny thinks Mrs Drysdale's turned herself into a crow.!
After entering an oil deal with Jed and O.K. Oil, the Sheik befriends the Clampetts, giving Jed four of his dancing girls for wives and tries to get the beautiful Elly May as one of his wives. Jed tries to give the girls back, while Jethro tries to enjoy some of the Sheik's life, mainly the company of his beautiful dancing girls, after selling his cousin.
Jethro is a 'double nought' spy waiting for a call from 'M' so he can go on an adventure. Mr Drysdale gives him an office in the bank & Elly May is his secretary. After a visit from two other 'agents' Jethro thinks he's on his way. However the two 'agents' know Jethro's office is above the Bank's Vault & want to break in to it until the double nought spy foils their plan.!
Granny thinks Mrs.Drysdale is running against her for Possum Queen.Granny and the family put on a rip-snotin' campaign to elect Granny Possum Queen.Mr.Drysdale,in the meantime,is trying to get any city he can to hold a Possum Day parade.
Granny is wondering why her opponent Mrs Drysdale hasn't started her campaign for Possum Queen yet. When Mr Drysdale learns this he immediately starts campaigning for his wife without his wifes knowledge. Granny gets all fired up & the insults are hurled back and forth,When Mrs Drysdale finds out what's going on she goes home to her bed & stays there. Granny thinks she has been too mean to Mrs Drysdale so she pulls out of the race for Possum Queen.
Drysdale's maid is spending too much time with Jethro.
Elly May again becomes the target of one of Granny's matchmaking schemes.
The Clampetts think the house keeper from next door is their new neighbour.
Drysdale organizes a financial syndicate.
Jethro has girl trouble—he can't get one! Jed and Granny decide throw a wing-ding where he and Elly Mae can meet nice young folks. The bank's Ms. Hathaway and Mr. Drysdale help in arranging the musical talent. They mention the Beatles, Byrds, Herman's Hermits, Freddie and the Dreamers and the Animals! There's a very funny extended discussion about the Beatles where Mr. Drysdale schemes a way to get them as depositors for his bank! Jethro and Ms. Hathaway go the Whisky-A-Go-Go and find the Enemys (featuring a very young Cory Wells—later of The Dog Night.) wailing on ""Mojo Woman"" and ""Oh Pretty Woman,"" and ""Turkey In The Straw."" The Enemys sound like the Yardbirds! Lengthy extended scenes featuring the Enemys and wild teens dancing the jerk, frug and boogaloo! Jethro ends up wearing a Beatle wig! There's also a groovy ""beat music"" square dance! Must see rock n roll TV!
Mrs Drysdale's father arrives & is a little short of cash. After hearing that Jed next-door is a millionaire he invites himself over for a game of poker. Mrs Drysdale's Father is winning until Granny sits in on the game & then she ends up with all the winnings. Mrs Drysdale's father then shoots some pool with Jed but he loses again.
Mrs. Drysdale's father, an aristocratic Bostonian, is coming to visit, and she's afraid that one glimpse of the unrefined Clampetts will send him back to Boston.
Jethro enters military school.
Granny has a cure for the common cold & opens up an office in Mr Drysdale's Building.
The world's richest woman has her eye on the Clampett estate.
Granny asks Jethro to give her driving lessons. After the first lesson he quits & Mr Drysdale talks Jed into buying a trotter. The Clampetts just want the horse to take Granny to town when she wants to go,instead of waiting for Jethro to drive her. When a man arrives with the horse, he has the racing buggy with him. The Clampetts think it's a normal buggy without any sides or roof.
The Clampetts buy a horse for Mrs Drysdale named Lightning. Jed wants Mr Drysdale to ask his wife if she'll compete with Granny in a buggy race.
Elly-May is worried because she heard there was a Cat-Burglar on the loose. So she gathered up all her cats & took them inside the house. Later the Cat Burglar posing as a detective arrives at the Clampett's place pretending to secure it against burglars,but is really ""casing the joint."" Elly May sets some traps & catches the cat burglars assistant & Jethro catches Miss Jane. (Much to her delight !)
Granny thinks an ostrich in their yard is a big chicken & tries to catch it for supper.
Perpetual student Sonny Drysdale returns home.
Granny and Elly head for the Ozarks to help deliver a friend's baby.
Jethro decides to be a magician after seeing Marvo the Magnificent.Marvo puts on a magic show for the Clampetts-and later sells Jethro his entire warehouse of equipment(which had been just sitting there for years).Jethro tries to put on a similar magic show-and he doesn't succeed.
A spring-fever epidemic hits the Clampett home.
Musicians Flatt and Scruggs pay a visit.
Jethro abandons his career as an astronaut to become a folk singer.
Julie Newmar as an actress studying backwoods behavior for a movie role.
While cleaning out Mr Drysdale's garage to earn some extra money for his new pad, Jethro finds a large pile of ""mens magazines"". With his new pad (a beat-up old caravan) Jethro is eager to lure a girl there so he visit's the kitty cat club & parks his pad on the beach. Things are going all right until the tide comes in & his ""pad"" starts floating.
Mr Drysdale wants Dash to ask Elly for another date. Miss Jane meets her hero, Prof. Biddle (of the Biddle birdwatchers)& they go out on a field trip looking for birds to watch.
Jethro get's a job as Dash Riprock's stunt double. He changes his name to ""Beef Jerky"".
Prof.Biddle drinks some of Granny's tonic thinking it's water & his personality changes.
Jethro goes to college & when he graduates Mr Drysdale makes him Vice President of the Bank. Elly wants to go to college too, but she ends up in a karate school.!
