8.7/10131 votesLoading...#1 - Granny Versus the Weather Bureau
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/25/1964
Granny gets tired of the weather girl on TV saying that the weather is going to be clear when it is actually going to rain. She has a way to correct this, namely her weather beetle, Cecil. She confronts the head meteorologist of the U.S Weather Bureau but without luck. Jed goes down to speak to him and mentions the name "Daisy," making him think he means Hurricane Daisy, and tells of the plan to get rid of her.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
8.6/10170 votesLoading...#2 - The Clampetts in Court
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/1/1963
James and Mabel Johnson back into the Clampett's car outside of the Commerce Bank. After they discover that the Clampetts are rich, they fake injuries and sue the Clampetts. During the trial, the couple's story begins to sound made up. Things really unravel when Mabel learns about James's girlfriend.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning, Dick Wesson
8.6/10207 votesLoading...#3 - The Giant Jackrabbit
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1964
At the mansion, the clan is in need of food, because the hunting in Beverly Hills is horrible. They call a catering company, but get mean-mouthed. At the bank, Drysdale gets a call and learns that he got a kangaroo from a friend and it is at his house. But the kangaroo gets out, and Granny sees it, thinking it is a giant jackrabbit. When she tells Jed, he thinks it is a vision from her jug. She never can seem to catch the creature, and whenever she tells someone, they don't believe her. She finally does, and when Beverly Caterers comes, Granny tells her to cook it, but it escapes from her rope, and runs back to the Drysdale place.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
8.6/10110 votesLoading...#4 - Granny Learns to Drive
Season 2 Episode 33 - Aired 5/20/1964
After Granny takes a cab home and gets charged for the ride, she decides that it is time for her to learn how to drive. The taxi driver who took Granny home is having trouble collecting the fair, and after a series of events begins to believe that he is in a mental hospital. Granny, during her driving lesson, mistakenly gets on the road.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
8.6/1097 votesLoading...#5 - Doctor Jed Clampett
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1964
Jed gets an honorary doctorate when he donates money to a college, and the family thinks he is now a legit doctor. However, Granny isn’t pleased with hearing that Jed is now a real college doctor because she didn’t go to college. Granny does her best to get a degree herself, but doesn’t find much success.
Director: Joseph Depew
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
8.6/1093 votesLoading...#6 - The Boarder Stays
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1964
Pinckney, the Drysdale's new butler, finds no success in his attempts at molding the Clampetts into high society people. He runs out, planning to return to England. Meanwhile, the Clampetts, who think Pinckney is their boarder, are mad that he ran out on them. They decide to keep the boarding house open, but change a few things—pay up front.
Director: Joseph Depew
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
8.5/10152 votesLoading...#7 - Jed Becomes a Banker
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/6/1963
When rival banker Bill Hacker challenges him to a skeet shoot, Mr. Drysdale has no choice but to enlist the sharpshooting skills of Jed by making him a bank vice president. But, when Hacker finds out about Drysdale's scheme, he demands that he be allowed to pick a different employee. Hacker sees Granny cleaning Jed's office and, assuming she is the cleaning lady, picks her. The only thing is, Granny is just as good a shot as Jed.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning
8.5/10160 votesLoading...#8 - Jethro's Friend
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 5/29/1963
Jethro brings home a friend from school, Armstrong Dueser McHugh III, who is coddled by a chauffeur who treats him as frail. The Clampetts know better, and show him a good time, friendship and family.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning, Jay Sommers
8.5/1097 votesLoading...#9 - The Great Crawdad Hunt
Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 4/15/1964
There is excitement going on at the hillbilly’s mansion when a package from home arrives. They get everything they can’t get in Beverly Hills, including crawdads. Meanwhile, at the bank, Lucas and Pendleton are trying to find out what crawdad is. They overhear Jane on the phone with Jed saying that he will share his stock of crawdad with Drysdale. The Clampetts are trying to figure out how many crawdads they have and learn of how the government put three men on the task of finding moon(shine).
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
8.5/10109 votesLoading...#10 - Cabin in Beverly Hills
Season 2 Episode 34 - Aired 5/27/1964
Jed puts up the cabin for Granny's birthday, which Mrs. Drysdale is not happy about. During the celebrating, a sociology student stops by and sees the Clampetts. She thinks they are Drysdale's servants and works to liberate them from what she believes to be a life of servitude.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
8.5/1094 votesLoading...#11 - The Boarder
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1964
Granny decides to start her own boarding house. The Clampetts put out signs welcoming any incoming boarders and advertising what they offer. When the Drysdale's new butler, Arthur Pinckney, arrives in town he thinks the signs are meant as a welcome for him so he goes to the Clampetts' mansion.
Director: Joseph Depew
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
8.5/1091 votesLoading...#12 - A Plot for Granny
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/1/1967
Jed wants to find some land for Granny to raise some crops. Jethro tells him about some plots for sale at Happy Valley. Jed phones Happy Valley & a representative arrives thinking Jed wants to buy a cemetary plot. After Jed tells him he wants to buy a plot for Granny the rep. thinks Jed has killed Granny & has her in the backyard.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1099 votesLoading...#13 - Jethro's Graduation
Season 2 Episode 36 - Aired 6/10/1964
Jethro's running late for his graduation ceremony rehearsal despite his new watch. Mrs. Potts of Jethro's school is afraid that his attendance will jeopardize her chances for a new endowment from philanthropist Theodore Switzer. Mr. Drysdale and Mrs. Potts come up with a plan to have Jethro show up late to the ceremony. Skipper the chimpanzee takes Jethro's place in his sixth grade graduation ceremony, impressing Mr. Switzer.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
8.4/1093 votesLoading...#14 - Start the New Year Right
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/30/1964
When the Clampetts learn that Mrs. Drysdale is in the hospital, they decide to visit her to make sure she is doing well. Little do they know, she is there to spite her husband, and won’t leave until the Clampetts have moved away from Beverly Hills. At the hospital, the Clampetts try to make her room more cheerful while she is sleeping, even moving the bed so it faces the window.
Director: Joseph Depew
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
8.4/10124 votesLoading...#15 - Double Naught Jethro
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/3/1965
Inspired by the movie Goldfinger,Jethro wants to be a spy.He tries to spy on Drysdale's rival banker John Cushing and his new secretary.In the meantime,Mr.Drysdale hires Elly May as a secretary-long enough for her to win the Queen of the Banker's Ball beauty contest.Jethro rigged up the truck as a,""spy-car,""and even got a hat made of solid iron.He tried to carry a secret-radio in his shoe-but it kept playing when he stepped on it.He also had an ejector-seat,which Granny made the mistake of getting on.She ended up in the trees.
Director: Joseph Depew
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
8.4/1085 votesLoading...#16 - That Old Black Magic
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1965
Granny thinks Mrs Drysdale's astrology is Black Magic, Mrs Drysdale's horoscope says to make friends with the neighbours. Granny chases her away, but later goes to apologise & is shocked to find a Minah bird in the Drysdales house.! Granny thinks Mrs Drysdale's turned herself into a crow.!
Director: Joseph Depew
Writer: Ronny Pearlman
8.4/1096 votesLoading...#17 - The Private Eye
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1965
Jethro is a 'double nought' spy waiting for a call from 'M' so he can go on an adventure. Mr Drysdale gives him an office in the bank & Elly May is his secretary. After a visit from two other 'agents' Jethro thinks he's on his way. However the two 'agents' know Jethro's office is above the Bank's Vault & want to break in to it until the double nought spy foils their plan.!
Director: Joseph Depew
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
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#18 - The Rass'lin' Clampetts
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 1/31/1968
Granny & Mrs Drysdale have a 'scrap' & Jed's ashamed of Granny for fightin' with the neighbour. Jethro says that in Beverly Hills everyone rassles, he's seen it on T.V. The Clampett's gather around the T.V. to watch the Boston strong girl battle it out with sweet lil ol' Rebecca who only rassles to earn money so her parents won't be evicted from their farm. Granny wants Jethro to take her to the wrestling centre. They're standing at ringside when the Boston strong girl is beatin' up on sweet lil Rebecca. Granny can't take it any more & climbs in to the ring & beats up the Boston strong girl.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10392 votesLoading...#19 - The Clampetts Strike Oil
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1962
The pilot starts after the theme song when Jed struck oil in his Lake. A rural Ozark family relocates to Beverly Hills after oil is discovered on their property worth $25 million. After finding oil on the land, the family is surprised when Mr. Brewster of the OK Oil Company offers to buy it. After much coaxing by Cousin Pearl, Jed sells the swamp and moves the family to a mansion in Beverly Hills. Upon their arrival, they are arrested because of a case of mistaken identity but are later returned to the mansion safely.
Director: Ralph Levy
Writer: Paul Henning
8.3/10164 votesLoading...#20 - The Family Tree
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/13/1963
Mrs. Drysdale wants to get rid of the Clampett's before the arrival of Mrs. Smith-Standish, the head of a 'first family' historical society. But Smith-Standish goes to the Clampett's first and becomes enchanted with their antiques and way of life. She also finds evidence that Jed's ancestors came to America prior to the arrival of the Mayflower. She ropes Mrs. Drysdale's into helping with chores done the old way, to Mrs. Drysdale's horror.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning
8.3/10158 votesLoading...#21 - The Clampetts and the Dodgers
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/10/1963
After playing golf with Jethro, Los Angeles Dodgers coach Leo Durocher wants to sign him as a pitcher, when he sees how well he can throw.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning, Dick Wesson
8.3/10130 votesLoading...#22 - The Clampetts Entertain
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 4/24/1963
Jed arranges a party to get Granny out of her doldrums and invites the Drysdales. Mr. Drysdale's boss wants to come along to meet them, hearing how sophisticated they are. The boss is thrilled with what he believes to be a "Hillbilly Party" thrown for him.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning, Dick Wesson, Herman Miller, Fred Freiberger
8.3/1095 votesLoading...#23 - Another Neighbor
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 4/1/1964
Countess Maria comes to Beverly Hills, making Mrs. Drysdale very excited. But she wants to keep the countess away from the hillbillies. However, it's spring tonic time, and Granny passes it around the neighborhood, including at Countess Maria's house. She falls in love with the brew and visits the Clampetts. They become friends instantly. She starts falling for Jed, and has plans to marry her 6th husband, hoping it is an American.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
8.3/1097 votesLoading...#24 - The Bank Raising
Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 4/8/1964
Jed gets invited to the opening of Drysdale’s new Commerce Bank building. Granny thinks that he will actually be building the bank. Jed attends the party and meets two of Drysdale friends, who think he is a market wizard. When Jed is told he is helping to build the bank, he heads home to get tools and pick up Elly and Granny to help out. When they get there, they cause a bit of a disturbance and misunderstand what is going on.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
8.3/1098 votesLoading...#25 - The Dress Shop
Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 4/22/1964
Mr. Drysdale buys the Clampetts a dress store using their money, and the clan decides to check it out. When they arrive at The House of Renee, they are mistaken for poor and Renee tries to help them. She thinks they need jobs. However, the Clampetts think Renee and her models are poor and starving. Renee gives the Clampetts money for food, and they think it is for them to buy food for Renee.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
The Best Episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies
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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...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Granny Versus the Weather Bureau" is the best rated episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies". It scored 8.7/10 based on 131 votes. Directed by Richard Whorf and written by Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle, it aired on 3/25/1964. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Clampetts in Court".