The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
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.
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Episode 1 - A Bundle for Britain
Release Date: 1968-09-25Mr 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.
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Episode 2 - Something for the Queen
Release Date: 1968-10-02The 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.!
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Episode 3 - War of the Roses
Release Date: 1968-10-09Jethro 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.
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Episode 4 - Coming Through the Rye
Release Date: 1968-10-16Jethro 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.
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Episode 5 - Ghost of Clampett Castle
Release Date: 1968-10-23Mr 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.!
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Episode 6 - Granny Goes to Hooterville
Release Date: 1968-10-30Petticoat Junction citizens take Granny's potent potions.
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Episode 7 - The Italian Cook
Release Date: 1968-11-06While 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!
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Episode 8 - The Great Cook-Off
Release Date: 1968-11-13A temporary but tempting Italian cook stirs up a storm.
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Episode 9 - Bonnie, Flatt, and Scruggs
Release Date: 1968-11-20Musicians Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs play themselves in a spoof of Bonnie and Clyde
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Episode 10 - The Thanksgiving Spirit
Release Date: 1968-11-27Thanksgiving with the folks from Petticoat Junction and Green Acres.
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Episode 11 - The Courtship of Homer Noodleman
Release Date: 1968-12-04Drysdale casts Dash Riprock in a new role, that of Elly May's lover.
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Episode 12 - The Hot-Rod Truck
Release Date: 1968-12-11Jethro wants to junk his ""old wreck,"" and Granny thinks he means her.
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Episode 13 - The Week Before Christmas
Release Date: 1968-12-18The hustle and bustle increases as Christmas nears.
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Episode 14 - Christmas in Hooterville
Release Date: 1968-12-25The hillbillies celebrate the Christmas holidays in Hooterville.
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Episode 15 - Drysdale and Friend
Release Date: 1969-01-01Drysdale finds himself jailed and sharing a cell with a bear.
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Episode 16 - Problem Bear
Release Date: 1969-01-08Drysdale has the flu, and too many well-meaning visitors.
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Episode 17 - Jethro the Flesh Peddler
Release Date: 1969-01-22Jethro 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.
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Episode 18 - Cousin Roy in Movieland
Release Date: 1969-01-29Roy 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!
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Episode 19 - Jed Clampett Enterprises
Release Date: 1969-02-05Drysdale evicts Jethro from the bank building.
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Episode 20 - The Phantom Fifth Floor
Release Date: 1969-02-12Chaos is rampant at Clampett Enterprises.
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Episode 21 - The Hired Gun
Release Date: 1969-02-19Drysdale schemes to evict the Clampetts.
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Episode 22 - The Happy Bank
Release Date: 1969-02-26Business is booming — if confusing — at Clampett Enterprises.
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Episode 23 - Sam Drucker's Visit
Release Date: 1969-03-05Sam Drucker (Frank Cady) foments family unrest when he visits the hillbillies.
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Episode 24 - The Guru
Release Date: 1969-03-12The mansion becomes a mecca for a phony guru (William Mims).
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Episode 25 - The Jogging Clampetts
Release Date: 1969-03-19Jogging mania seizes the hillbillies and Drysdale.
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Episode 26 - Collard Greens an' Fatback
Release Date: 1969-03-26Pat Boone as a prospective buyer of the Drysdale home.