"The Beverly Hillbillies" sitcom.
An incomplete list of various episodes. I think Buddy Ebsen is the one to remember, out of all the regular cast.
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- CreatorPaul HenningStarsBuddy EbsenDonna DouglasIrene RyanA nouveau-riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways.
- 1962–197158mTV-PG8.3 (369)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph LevyStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasJed Clampett is told by a representative of an oil company that the swamp behind his shack is full of oil. (The oil company employee has been hauled in by Jed's daughter Elly May who asks whether she can keep him.) Later, Mr. Brewster, the head of the oil company, does a deal with Jed. Jed tells Cousin Pearl that he'll receive 25 to 100 of "some new kind of dollar." Pearl, thinking Jed has been "slickered", asks what kind of dollar he's talking about. "Million dollars," Granny, Jed's mother-in-law, replies. "Jed, you're a millionaire," Pearl says. "Yeah, that's what that Brewster fella said." Pearl convinces Jed to move to Beverly Hills, California (she pronounces it "Cal-i-forn-ee") and volunteers her son, Jethro, to drive Jed, Elly May and Granny there. Upon arriving, Granny complains the hills aren't that high. Jed says at least there are hills and "we'll be among our own kind of people." The Clampett clan mistakes their new home for a prison and the groundskeepers for prisoners. The Clampetts end up in jail, but Milburn Drysdale, their new banker, gets them freed. But, as Drysdale tries to take the Clampetts to their new mansion, the foursome flee, fearing they're going to prison.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasThe Clampetts begin to settle in their new home in Beverly Hills, California. They are having to adjust to things such as refrigerators (Granny remarks how a ham will require two days to thaw out), ovens and the "cement pond." Jed also is having to confront how his daughter Elly May is maturing. He tells her that he, in effect, raised her as a boy and should not have. 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.
- 1962–197130mTV-PG7.8 (216)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasWhile Granny boils pool water for washing (due to the "lack of a pump") and Elly May gets a feminine make-over by Miss Hathaway, cousin Pearl is back at the cabin making eyes with the visiting oil man while he gives her a ride to the nearest phone.
- 1962–197130mTV-PG8.0 (213)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasMr. 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, Grannie and Jed come to think Mrs. Drysdale is a drunk and make plans to cure her.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasGrannie prepares her special mash to help cure Mrs. Drysdale of her drinking problem while Jed does as Mr. Drysdale suggests and buys stock: cows, goats, pigs, and chickens! Meanwhile, Mrs. Drysdale recovers from the shock of her first meeting with the Clampetts and is convinced she's imagining things.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasGranny wants to go home because "folks is so unfriendly, no one has come to call." Jed convinces her that 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. Also, 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.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasEllie 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 and upstairs girl in a plan to civilize the Clampetts, but they don't quite understand the idea of servants. Miss Hathaway takes Jethro bowling and begins to show an interest in him.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasJed enrolls Jethro at an exclusive Beverly Hills elementary school. Millicent Schuyler-Potts, the proprietor of the school, is aghast when Jed and Jethro show up, convinced this is part of some ghastly hoax. After Jed says that banker Milburn Drysdale is his neighbor, she calls the banker. It turns out that Drysdale's bank holds the mortgage on the school. Schulyer-Potts suddenly warms to the charms of the Clampetts, even if it means accepting Jethro as a fifth grader.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasMr. Drysdale convinces his self-absorbed stepson Sonny to date Elly May to Mrs. Drysdale's consternation, while Granny and Jed make preparations for Thanksgiving.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasSonny Drysdale decides he needs to be Pygmalion to Elly's Galatea and remake her from a hillbilly into a woman of society, while Granny uses love charms to heat up their relationship.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasWhen 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.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasGranny and the rest of the Clampetts start a feud with the Drysdales since Sonny courted Elly May and then stood her up when granny suggested marriage.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasJed, Elly May, Jethro, and Granny take their first airplane flight back home for Christmas to visit cousin Pearl who's busy cooking up a feast to win Mr. Brewster's unwilling heart.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasBack home for Christmas, Elly May bonds with her old animal friends, while Pearl plays the piano for the "new" movie in town (the silent version of Ben Hur) to impress Mr. Brewster.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasSince Mr. Brewster doesn't want to get married, but since the whole county knows that Cousin Pearl had her hat set for him, Jed comes up with a plan for her to save face by having Mr. Brewster proposed 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.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasThe 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, and once home the feuding starts between Grannie and Pearl over who's running Grannie's kitchen.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasGranny 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.
- 1962–197130mTV-PG7.7 (131)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasMrs. Drysdale leaves for a health farm, saying Mr. Drysdale is "going to have a new wife," while Mr. Drysdale tells Cousin Pearl he'd like her to keep his house. However, the Clampetts think he's wanting to marry Pearl, so Jed comes up with a plan to "save" the Drysdale's marriage.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasWhen Pearl starts selling music lessons, Mrs. Drysdale complains about the noise to the police. Mrs. Drysdale also calls the dog catcher on Duke.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasFlatt and Scruggs and their wives come to visit their old sweetheart, but Pearl thinks they're there to propose. Jed throws a wingding for them and the duo play music for the Clampetts.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasGranny can't stand Pearl's yodeling so she reports her to the police. When one of the officers takes Pearl out, Granny thinks she got Pearl in trouble and becomes sad and contrite. Meanwhile, the police find her still, and new trouble results.
- 1962–197130mNot Rated8.1 (127)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasJed and his dog Duke are both feeling down without a woman in their lives, until they see and pursue a French woman and her poodle that she brought to breed with Mrs. Drysdale's dog. Meanwhile, Mrs. Drysdale has arranged a "marriage" between the dogs, complete with a decorated bedroom.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasHenry Jones shows up at the Clampett's, pretends to be an old friend and tries to sell the family the Hollywood Bowl, Griffith Park, and the freeway.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasDrysdale hires Jed to be a banker when he needs a crack shot to help beat a rival banker in a skeet shooting competition, but his partner needs to be an employee.