Ellie 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.
Director Richard Whorf
Writer Paul Henning
Stars Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas
Join the Clampett family as they strike it rich in the first episode of 'The Beverly Hillbillies,' airing on September 26, 1962. When Jed Clampett discovers oil on his land, he decides to sell and move his family to a luxurious 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills.
But the Clampetts soon find out that life in the city isn't as easy as they thought it would be. Follow their hilarious misadventures as they try to adjust to their new surroundings and the eccentricities of high society.
Don't miss the first episode of 'The Beverly Hillbillies' and see how the Clampett family makes their mark in the glitz and glamour of Beverly Hills. Will they thrive in their new environment or will the city life prove to be too much for them to handle?"
The Beverly Hillbillies is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. It had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor, backwoods family from the hills of the Ozarks, who move to posh Beverly Hills, California, after striking oil on their land. The show was produced by Filmways and was created by Paul Henning. It was followed by two other Henninginspired "country cousin" series on CBS: Petticoat Junction and its spin-off Green Acres, which reversed the rags-to-riches, country-tocity model of The Beverly Hillbillies.
The Beverly Hillbillies ranked among the top 20 mostwatched programs on television for eight of its nine seasons, ranking as the No. 1 series of the year during its first two seasons, with 16 episodes that still remain among the 100 mostwatched television episodes in American history. It accumulated seven Emmy nominations during its run. It remains in syndicated reruns, and its ongoing popularity spawned a 1993 film adaptation by 20th Century Fox.
The Beverly Hillbillies is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. It had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor, backwoods family from the hills of the Ozarks, who move to posh Beverly Hills, California, after striking oil on their land. The show was produced by Filmways and was created by Paul Henning. It was followed by two other Henninginspired "country cousin" series on CBS: Petticoat Junction and its spin-off Green Acres, which reversed the rags-to-riches, country-tocity model of The Beverly Hillbillies.
The Beverly Hillbillies ranked among the top 20 mostwatched programs on television for eight of its nine seasons, ranking as the No. 1 series of the year during its first two seasons, with 16 episodes that still remain among the 100 mostwatched television episodes in American history. It accumulated seven Emmy nominations during its run. It remains in syndicated reruns, and its ongoing popularity spawned a 1993 film adaptation by 20th Century Fox.