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The Best Episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1

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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 the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 24 - Jed Becomes a Banker
    8.6/10(183 votes)

    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.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Paul Henning

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  2. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 32 - The Clampetts in Court
    8.6/10(203 votes)

    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.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writers:Paul Henning, Dick Wesson

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  3. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 36 - Jethro's Friend
    8.6/10(191 votes)

    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.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writers:Paul Henning, Jay Sommers

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  4. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 1 - The Clampetts Strike Oil
    8.4/10(463 votes)

    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.

    Director:Ralph Levy
    Writer:Paul Henning

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  5. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 25 - The Family Tree
    8.4/10(196 votes)

    S1:E25

    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

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  6. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 29 - The Clampetts and the Dodgers
    8.3/10(192 votes)

    S1:E29

    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
    Writers:Paul Henning, Dick Wesson

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  7. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 31 - The Clampetts Entertain
    8.3/10(156 votes)

    S1:E31

    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
    Writers:Paul Henning, Herman Miller, Fred Freiberger, Dick Wesson

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  8. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 20 - Jed Throws a Wingding
    8.2/10(188 votes)

    S1:E20

    Two of Pearl's most ardent former suitors come to visit her in Beverly Hills. Pearl thinks they're there to propose because a letter they sent mentions an engagement. But, the duo were actually referring to a concert they have in the Los Angeles area and in fact are already married. Jed throws a wingding for them and the duo play music for the Clampetts.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writers:Paul Henning, Phil Shuken

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  9. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 2 - Getting Settled
    8.1/10(322 votes)

    S1:E2

    The Clampetts begin to settle in their new home in Beverly Hills. They are having to adjust to things such as refrigerators, ovens and the "cement pond" (swimming pool). Jethro also encounters a flamingo that he thinks is a chicken (which causes Jed to suspect Jethro has been sneaking drinks of moonshine). Meanwhile, Miss Hathaway, executive secretary to banker Milburn Drysdale, mistakes the Clampetts for "domestic" help. She thinks Granny is a cook and Elly a maid.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Paul Henning

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  10. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 4 - The Clampetts Meet Mrs. Drysdale
    8.1/10(269 votes)

    S1:E4

    Mr. Drysdale panics when Mrs. Drysdale comes back from Boston early, because she'll meet the Clampetts. He sets Miss Hathaway on a plan to get them to go to Palm Springs. Meanwhile, Granny and Jed come to think Mrs. Drysdale is a drunk and make plans to cure her.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Paul Henning

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  11. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 5 - Jed Buys Stock
    8.1/10(231 votes)

    S1:E5

    Upon Mr. Drysdale's advice to buy good stock, Jed purchases cows, pigs, and chickens to raise. Granny prepares her special mash to help cure Mrs. Drysdale of her drinking problem. Meanwhile, Mrs. Drysdale is convinced she's imagining things, because she sees Granny hovering outside her window and sees a goat and a chicken in her bathroom.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Paul Henning

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  12. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 12 - The Great Feud
    8.1/10(217 votes)

    S1:E12

    The Clampett clan takes great offense when Sonny Drysdale jilts Elly May, and they start a feud with the Drysdales to avenge their kinfolk's honor. When Jed goes to the Commerce Bank to talk to Drysdale, everyone thinks he's a robber and he gets arrested. Mr. Drysdale says he will get Sonny to propose, but Elly says she doesn't want to marry him. Lyle Talbot and Ken Drake appear as a psychiatrists interviewing Jed in jail.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writers:Paul Henning, Phil Shuken

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  13. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 33 - The Clampetts Get Psychoanalyzed
    8.1/10(153 votes)

    S1:E33

    Jethro needs a health certificate to graduate from the fifth grade, so he goes to the only doctor the Clampetts know about - Mrs. Drysdale's psychiatrist. The psychiatrist may have bitten off more than he can chew when he starts treating Jethro. Dr. Twombly gets nowhere with Jethro, so Pearl comes and she thinks he is testing her virtue when he tries to lay her on his couch.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Paul Henning

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  14. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 22 - Duke Steals a Wife
    8.0/10(166 votes)

    S1:E22

    Granny says Jed and Duke his dog are both down without a woman in their lives. French woman Mlle. Denise and her poodle that she brought to breed with Mrs. Drysdale's dog arrive. Duke takes a fancy to the poodle and Jed takes a fancy to Denise. Meanwhile Mrs. Drysdale has arranged a "marriage" between her dog Claude and Mlle. Denise's, complete with a decorated bedroom.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writers:Paul Henning, Phil Shuken

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  15. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 23 - Jed Buys the Freeway
    8.0/10(178 votes)

    S1:E23

    The conman Harry Jones, who pretends to be an old friend, gives Jed a "bargain" when he offers to sell Griffith Park, the Hollywood Bowl, and the freeway to the millionaire.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Paul Henning

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  16. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 26 - Jed Cuts the Family Tree
    8.0/10(178 votes)

    S1:E26

    Pearl wants the family to be in High Society now that their forebears were one of the first families to come to America.(on the Mayflower) Pearl goes to a ""Beauty Saloon "" & comes home speaking French.! She buys outfits for the family & they reluctantly try them on. (Jethro wears a Tou-Tou !) Jed has the chance to meet the President,all he has to do is confirm that his Great Gran Pappy's name is Ezekiel. He tells them his name was Jeremiah & the First Settlers people say they must have the wrong family. Later Granny says to him that she knows he fibbed,but Jed likes the simple life & things get back to normal.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Paul Henning

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  17. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 27 - Granny's Spring Tonic
    8.0/10(208 votes)

    S1:E27

    Miss Hathaway's brilliant-but-frumpy bank protegee Gloria (Lola Albright) is really a sultry gold-digger with eyes for Jed's $34 million, and Jed's just had his annual dose of Granny's spring tonic. Pearl and Granny are a little suspicious of her. Gloria claims that she has to marry a mountain man. Seeing through her scheme, Jed says that's a good idea, but she'll have to wait 3 or 4 years until Jethro is old enough.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writers:Paul Henning, Phil Shuken

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  18. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 30 - Duke Becomes a Father
    8.0/10(150 votes)

    S1:E30

    Mlle. Denise comes back for the birth of her dog's puppies, and to see Jed. They do some "courtin' and sparkin'" Mrs. Drysdale isn't nearly so happy when she finds the puppies share more in common with Duke the bloodhound than Claude the poodle.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Paul Henning

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  19. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 34 - The Psychiatrist Gets Clampetted
    8.0/10(156 votes)

    S1:E34

    Jethro finally gets his bill of health from Dr. Twombly so he can graduate the fifth grade. The psychiatrist shows great interest in Granny's home remedies for various ailments. Drysdale brings him to the Clampetts' just as Granny shows Pearl how to use a love potion, so everyone thinks Twombly's interest in Granny is love.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writers:Paul Henning, Dick Wesson

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  20. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 3 - Meanwhile, Back at the Cabin
    7.9/10(274 votes)

    S1:E3

    Jane Hathaway finds that making the Clampetts more sophisticated will be harder than expected, while Pearl Bodine tries to get the attention of Mr. Brewster.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Paul Henning

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  21. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 13 - Home for Christmas
    7.9/10(271 votes)

    S1:E13

    The Clampetts take their first plane flight back home for Christmas to visit cousin Pearl, who is busy cooking up a feast to win Mr. Brewster's unwilling heart. Mr. Brewster insults Pearl when he asks her to be his housekeeper, while she thought it was going to be a proposal.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writers:Paul Henning, Phil Shuken

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  22. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 21 - Jed Plays Solomon
    7.9/10(156 votes)

    S1:E21

    Granny can't stand Pearl's yodeling so she reports her to the police. When one of the officers takes Pearl outside to the squad car, Granny thinks she got Pearl in trouble and becomes sad and contrite. Meanwhile, the police find Granny's still, and new trouble results.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writers:Paul Henning, Phil Shuken

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  23. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 8 - Jethro Goes to School
    7.8/10(226 votes)

    S1:E8

    Pearl continues to pursue Mr. Brewster, while a Jasper Depew courts Jethrine. Jed tries to enroll Jethro at an exclusive Beverly Hills elementary school. When the headmistress learns that the Clampetts are neighbors of Mr. Drysdale, who holds the mortgage on the school, she warms up to the idea. There is a bit of a shock when she comes by to pick up Jethro and realizes who will be her new fifth grader.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Paul Henning

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  24. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 17 - Jed's Dilemma
    7.8/10(181 votes)

    S1:E17

    Granny and Cousin Pearl are at each other's throats over who's going to take care of cooking and the house, so Jed has to find ways to keep them apart. Jed tries to calm things down by taking a sightseeing tour of Beverly Hills.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writers:Paul Henning, Phil Shuken

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  25. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 19 - Elly's Animals
    7.8/10(170 votes)

    S1:E19

    Many animals and even the police respond to the unique sounds from Pearl's yodeling lessons.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writers:Paul Henning, Phil Shuken

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Jed Becomes a Banker" is the best rated episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 183 votes. Directed by Richard Whorf and written by Paul Henning, it aired on 3/6/1963. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Clampetts in Court".