Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 9' title='Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 9' />The best scenes of the true interior of what is known as the Clampett mansion can be seen in the 1987 movie. Diorderlies. I bought my dvd from Amazon. Ryan passed away in 1973 at the age of 70, just a couple years after the abrupt cancellation. As a result, theres never been a full. With Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr. Jed Clampett is told by a representative of an oil company that the swamp behind his shack is full of oil. The series centers on the detectives of NYPDs 65th Precinct, but episode plots were often focused more on the criminals and victims portrayed by guest stars. With Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr. A nouveau riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their. Post acting career. Douglas received her real estate license after The Beverly Hillbillies finished production. She did not work in that field long, however, as she. The Beverly Hillbillies is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS for nine seasons, from September 26, 1962, to March 23, 1971. The show had an ensemble cast. Episode Recap The Beverly Hillbillies on TV. Watch The Beverly Hillbillies episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. The Beverly Hillbillies last episode. In 1. 96. 2, a truly strange TV show hit the airwaves, The Beverly Hillbillies. The sitcom revolves around a poor mountaineer, Jed Clampett Buddy Ebsen, who discovers oil on his backwoods property. Now a multi millionaire, hes encouraged to move to Beverly Hills with his spunky mother in law, Granny Irene Ryan, beautiful daughter Elly May Donna Douglas, and dim witted nephew Jethro Max Baer. They try to understand their strange new surroundings and are aided by selfish banker Milburn Drysdale Raymond Bailey and his bookish secretary, Miss Jane Hathaway Nancy Kulp. It may be hard to imagine it now but in its day, The Beverly Hillbillies was a massive hit. Though hated by most critics, several episodes of the series are among the most watched TV episodes in history, having drawn as much as 4. A 1. 96. 4 episode titled The Giant Jackrabbit is still the most watched half hour program of all time. When the show was cancelled in 1. However, the networks and advertisers had started to pay attention to demographics and the Hillibillies audience wasnt as desirable. The network also cancelled Green Acres, Mayberry R. F. D., and Hee Haw. As Green Acres Pat Buttram said, It was the year CBS killed everything with a tree in it. As a result of the abrupt cancellation, the Beverly Hillbillies cast and the crew werent able to film any kind of finish for the series. The sitcom ended with a rather typical installment. In the preceding episodes, Jethro learns that a homely childhood sweetheart, Louella Aden Hannah Aden, is coming to town. He believes that she wants to marry him and goes into hiding. Unknown to him, shes now a knock out and is arriving to just get into show business. Watch A Lot Like Love Putlocker#. Miss Jane falls in love with a handsome birdwatcher named Robert Audubon. It turns out that hes actually an out of work actor named Dick Bremerkamp Petticoat Junctions Mike Minor whos just using her to get to Elly May and her familys fortune. Granny is thrilled when Robert starts wooing Elly because he tells her that hes Robert A. Crockett, a descendant of Davy Crockett. Robert tells Mr. Drysdale that hes a member of the wealthy Getty family and the banker immediately likes him as well. As the last episode begins, Granny is jumping the gun and planning Ellys marriage to Robert. Jed is doing repairs to the mansions foundation. They go inside the house for a jack rabbit breakfast and Jed leaves his bucket of mortar outside. Inside, Granny tells Jed that shes figured out a way to get Jethro to come out of hiding. Shes stopped leaving the bucket of viddles out front as she had been doing. They hear the car pull up, but it quickly pulls away. They go outside and realize the bucket of mortar is gone and suspect Jethro will think it was a bucket of grits. At the bank, Elly and Jane confront Drysdale over his treatment of Ellys monkey. The greedy bankers made him carry a sandwich board around town, advertising the bank. Elly threatens to tell her Pa so Drysdale makes the chimp the advertising manager for the bank. Back at the mansion, Police Officer Massey played by the shows longtime music composer, Curt Massey brings a bearded and very sick Jethro home. While Jethro suffers, Granny gets caught up telling the cop about the beauty of Tennessee. Eventually she gets around to helping the boy and takes him away. Jed offers the cop some lunch but, having seen the effects of Grannys grits, the officer makes a speedy getaway. Jed calls Miss Jane to ask her to tell Elly that Jethro is home safe. Miss Jane tells him that Robert is out giving Elly her second driving lesson. We see the lesson and Ellys still a terrible driver and barely pays attention. At home, Granny pulls the mortar out of Jethros stomach and, within minutes, hes hungry again. Granny scares Jethro away again by talking about wedding plans. He thinks theyre for him. But, before Jethro goes, he tells her to keep leaving food out for him. PleaseAt the bank, Miss Jane has just finished typing up a poem for her sweetheart, Robert. Elly returns from her driving lesson and asks if she could copy the poem to practice her typing. She tells Miss Jane that Roberts at the mansion, giving Granny an old confederate flag that his great, great grandfather carried into battle. Drysdale sees Elly typing the poem and believes that Elly loves the wealthy Robert Getty. The banker goes to the mansion to tell Robert and privately encourages him to take Elly immediately to Las Vegas to get married. Drysdale even gives him money so that he can leave immediately. Drysdale returns to the bank very happy and gloats to Miss Jane about the big financial merger hes orchestrated. On their way to Vegas, Robert reveals his plans and Ellys outraged, believing that Robert is Miss Janes beau. Hes confused and asks about the poem. She reveals that Miss Jane had written it and hes sick. He offers to let Elly drive back to the bank, hoping that they might not make it. When Jed and Jethro come to the bank for Elly, Miss Jane tells Jed that shes gone to get married in Vegas to the Getty heir. Drysdale enters and theyre all confused. When Elly and Robert return, it becomes clear that the actor has been playing multiple parts. He comes clean and Drysdale demands his money back. The actor only has part of it, since the rest had to be put towards repairing Miss Janes car from Ellys driving. Drysdale tells the swindler that hes no longer an out of work actor. The banker puts him to work washing windows, replacing Ellys chimp. End of series. Some of the cast would return for a 1. TV movie on CBS, Return of the Beverly Hillbillies. Only Ebsen, Douglas, and Kulp returned and it lacked the charm of the original series. The movie was also not a success in the ratings. Much more fulfilling was The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies. This May 1. 99. 3 special reunited Ebsen, Douglas, Baer, and others in a mocumentary on CBS. It was the fourth most watched program of the week. A feature film version of Hillbillies was released in October 1. It didnt feature the original cast and wasnt a box office success, grossing just 4. Much to the chagrin of the critics who lambasted the show many years ago, the original series remains very popular today however and is a rerun staple of TV Land. The Beverly Hillbillies a Titles Air Dates Guide. Episode list details from. TVmaze. Drysdale. Drysdales Father. Farquhar Stays On. Universe Muscles In. We are just providing. We cannot vouch for the user experience. Any sales or other. All rights reserved.