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The Best Episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies

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The Best Episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies

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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  1. Background image for Granny Versus the Weather Bureau
    8.8/10(139 votes)

    #1 - Granny Versus the Weather Bureau

    S2:E25

    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.

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  2. Background image for The Great Crawdad Hunt
    8.7/10(107 votes)

    #2 - The Great Crawdad Hunt

    S2:E28

    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).

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  3. Background image for The Boarder Stays
    8.7/10(99 votes)

    #3 - The Boarder Stays

    S3:E12

    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.

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  4. Background image for Jed Becomes a Banker
    8.6/10(164 votes)

    #4 - Jed Becomes a Banker

    S1:E24

    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.

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  5. Background image for The Clampetts in Court
    8.6/10(181 votes)

    #5 - The Clampetts in Court

    S1:E32

    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.

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  6. Background image for The Giant Jackrabbit
    8.6/10(224 votes)

    #6 - The Giant Jackrabbit

    S2:E16

    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.

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  8. Background image for Granny Learns to Drive
    8.6/10(117 votes)

    #7 - Granny Learns to Drive

    S2:E33

    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.

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  9. Background image for Doctor Jed Clampett
    8.6/10(105 votes)

    #8 - Doctor Jed Clampett

    S3:E5

    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.

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  10. Background image for A Plot for Granny
    8.6/10(96 votes)

    #9 - A Plot for Granny

    S6:E9

    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.

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    8.5/10(173 votes)

    #10 - Jethro's Friend

    S1:E36

    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.

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  12. Background image for Cabin in Beverly Hills
    8.5/10(114 votes)

    #11 - Cabin in Beverly Hills

    S2:E34

    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.

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    8.5/10(99 votes)

    #12 - The Boarder

    S3:E11

    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.

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  14. Background image for The Clampetts Strike Oil
    8.4/10(413 votes)

    #13 - The Clampetts Strike Oil

    S1:E1

    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.

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    Director:Ralph Levy
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    8.4/10(104 votes)

    #14 - Another Neighbor

    S2:E26

    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.

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  16. Background image for The Bank Raising
    8.4/10(106 votes)

    #15 - The Bank Raising

    S2:E27

    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.

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    8.4/10(104 votes)

    #16 - The Dress Shop

    S2:E29

    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.

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  18. Background image for Jed Foils a Home Wrecker
    8.4/10(97 votes)

    #17 - Jed Foils a Home Wrecker

    S2:E35

    Drysdale tries to save the cabin for the Clampetts, but his wife calls a professional home wrecker to tear down the mountain shack. Meanwhile, Ginny Jennings and her sociology professor come back to visit the Clampetts and see that they are still occupying the cabin.

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  19. Background image for Jethro's Graduation
    8.4/10(103 votes)

    #18 - Jethro's Graduation

    S2:E36

    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.

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  20. Background image for Start the New Year Right
    8.4/10(99 votes)

    #19 - Start the New Year Right

    S3:E13

    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.

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  21. Background image for Granny's Romance
    8.4/10(98 votes)

    #20 - Granny's Romance

    S3:E19

    Drysdale sets Granny up with an older man on the Board of Directors, a playboy who dates young, attractive women. Mr. Cavanaugh meets Granny and is not pleased with what he sees. And Cavanaugh’s original date for the night, who is described as his "dear, sweet old aunt" is set up with Jed. Of course, this “Aunt Phyllis” is no older woman; she's a young, glamorous girl.

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  22. Background image for Double Naught Jethro
    8.4/10(132 votes)

    #21 - Double Naught Jethro

    S3:E21

    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.

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  23. Background image for The Clampetts vs. Automation
    8.4/10(103 votes)

    #22 - The Clampetts vs. Automation

    S3:E30

    Leroy Lester, a longtime employee of the Commerce Bank is being forcibly retired to make way for a new computer system. A chance meeting with the Clampetts gives him an idea about dealing with Mr. Drysdale. Leroy goes back to the bank, where Mr. Drysdale's computer has now died. Mr. Drysdale offers Leroy his job back, but Leroy informs Mr. Drysdale that he will be taking an extended vacation and staying with his new friends, the Clampetts.

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  24. Background image for The Art Center
    8.4/10(125 votes)

    #23 - The Art Center

    S3:E34

    Mrs. Drysdale has a new plan to get rid of the Clampetts and add culture to Beverly Hills. She gets the Clampetts to donate their home as an art gallery. Of course, they misunderstand this and think they have to provide the art. They go on and sculpt and paint up a storm for this new art center and end up filling their mansion with their homemade creations. Note: This episode is the final one to be filmed in black-and-white.

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  25. Background image for Admiral Jed Clampett
    8.4/10(104 votes)

    #24 - Admiral Jed Clampett

    S4:E1

    Mr Drysdale wants Jed to buy a yacht & join the Yacht club. Jethro sees Mr Drysdale's captains hat & goes out to find a something similar for Jed. He returns with an Admirals uniform.! The clampetts agree to meet Mr Drysdale & Miss Jane at the Dock but get lost & end up at a navy base. They see a Navy vessel & think it's a yacht. When Jed walks up the Gangway in his admirals uniform the sailors think it's a surprise inspection. After a 'test drive' Jed decides to pass on buying the 'boat'. Note: This is the first episode filmed and aired in color.

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  26. Background image for That Old Black Magic
    8.4/10(88 votes)

    #25 - That Old Black Magic

    S4:E2

    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.!

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Best Episodes Summary

"Granny Versus the Weather Bureau" is the best rated episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies". It scored 8.8/10 based on 139 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 Great Crawdad Hunt".