Overview
Release Date:
26 September 1962 (USA)
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Plot:
A nouveau riche family of hillbillies move to Beverly Hills and refuse to conform and shake up privileged society there.
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 2 wins
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8 nominations
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User Comments:
Classic TV
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| Paul Henning | | (261 episodes, 1962-1971) |
| Mark Tuttle | | (125 episodes, 1963-1968) |
| Dick Wesson | | (56 episodes, 1963-1971) |
| Buddy Atkinson | | (46 episodes, 1966-1969) |
| Deborah Haber | | (17 episodes, 1967-1968) |
| Phil Shuken | | (11 episodes, 1962-1963) |
| Ronny Pearlman | | (9 episodes, 1965-1967) |
| Gene Thompson | | (4 episodes, 1968) |
| Eric Freiwald | | (3 episodes, 1965-1966) |
| Robert Schaefer | | (3 episodes, 1965-1966) |
| Jay Sommers | | (2 episodes, 1963) |
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| Sharmagne Leland-St. John | | (unknown episodes) |
| Myron Shenova | | (unknown episodes) |
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| Robert M. Leeds | | (113 episodes, 1964-1969) |
| Ralph Schoenfeld | | (50 episodes, 1964-1971) |
| Dann Cahn | | (28 episodes, 1963-1964) |
| Stanley Frazen | | (17 episodes, 1962-1963) |
| Jerry Young | | (16 episodes, 1962-1963) |
| Richard Greer | | (10 episodes, 1967-1969) |
| George R. Rohrs | | (9 episodes, 1964-1965) |
| Lynn Harrison | | (8 episodes, 1965-1967) |
| Douglas Hines | | (7 episodes, 1962-1964) |
| Michael Brown | | (2 episodes, 1968) |
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| Robert Freedman | .... | editorial coordinator / post-production coordinator (171 episodes, 1962-1969) |
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| Dave Kahn | .... | music coordinator (261 episodes, 1962-1971) |
| Lester Flatt | .... | musician: theme / composer: theme music / ... (260 episodes, 1962-1971) |
| Earl Scruggs | .... | musician: theme (260 episodes, 1962-1971) |
| Paul Henning | .... | composer: theme music / composer: theme song (259 episodes, 1962-1971) |
| Jerry Scoggins | .... | singer: theme tune / singer: theme song (255 episodes, 1962-1971) |
| Bob Bain | .... | musician: guitar (36 episodes, 1962-1963) |
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| Ulla Bourne | .... | script supervisor (238 episodes, 1963-1971) |
| Frank Inn | .... | animal furnisher / animal provider (216 episodes, 1963-1971) |
| Dick Wesson | .... | script supervisor / script consultant (47 episodes, 1969-1971) |
| Mai Santacroce | .... | script supervisor (18 episodes, 1962-1963) |
| George Barris | .... | car designer (7 episodes, 1962-1968) |
| Grace Dubray | .... | script supervisor (4 episodes, 1963) |
| Ted Langwell | .... | production coordinator (4 episodes, 1970-1971) |
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Additional Details
Runtime:
30 min (274 episodes) | Argentina:30 min
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
As well as serving as animal trainer,
Frank Inn actually provided the animals used on the show as Elly May's "critters".
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Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: The ending credits of the "pygmillion" episode, shows a man's right arm (with short sleeved shirt) as he is walking on the driveway toward the camera, and then it/he is jerked out of the picture as he gets close to the camera.
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Quotes:
Jed Clampett:
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Jethro has decided that he'd like to become a Bullfighter, and has asked Jed if they can get a bull, so he can practice. Jed presents the idea to Granny] Granny, I got a idea. Let's get us a bull.
Granny:
What?
Jed Clampett:
Now, hear me out. We been wantin' to have a good ol' fashioned barbecue.
Granny:
But, Jethro'll go to fightin' it!
Jed Clampett:
Not for long. 'Pears to me they ain't nothin' a man can get his fill of, faster, than scrappin' with a bull.
Granny:
Ain'tcha afraid he'll git hurt?
Jed Clampett:
Nahh. A good stout bull can take care o' hisself.
Granny:
Well, if there's one thing Jethro'd like better than fightin' it, it'd be eatin' it!
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Soundtrack:
The Ballad of Jed Clampett
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Several series have tried to be funny based on the "misunderstanding" principal, but "The Beverly Hillbillies" did it first and funniest. The characters included Jed, a poor but wise mountain man who used his good old country wisdom and saying to rationalize everything, Granny, the world's oldest Confederate widow with moonshine in one hand and a shotgun in the other, Jethro, the idiot savante who thought he was a genius and then Elly Mae, the demurely sexy tom boy who could fight like a wild cat. Add to this the cheap and opportunistic banker Milburne Drysdale and his voice of reason, Jane Hathaway, who starts out as the only normal person in the series but who later turns out to be as crazy as the rest because of her Birdwatchers Club, and you have a recipe for disaster. This show had a great cast and numerous wonderful episodes and storylines that continued sometimes for eight to ten episodes, a thing unusual for a Sixties series. My favorite character is and always be Shorty Kellums, the short innkeeper from back home who was quite the ladies man up until the next storyline.