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The Best Episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4

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Every episode of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4!

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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  • That Old Black Magic
    8.4/10(85)
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    #1 - 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

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  • The Private Eye
    8.4/10(96)
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    #2 - 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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  • Admiral Jed Clampett
    8.3/10(102)
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    #3 - Admiral Jed Clampett

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 9/15/1965

    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.

    Director: Joseph Depew

    Writer: Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle

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  • Mr. Farquhar Stays On
    8.3/10(87)
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    #4 - Mr. Farquhar Stays On

    Season 4 Episode 13

    Aired 12/8/1965

    Mrs. Drysdale's father, an aristocratic Bostonian, is coming to visit, and she's afraid that one glimpse of the unrefined Clampetts will send him back to Boston.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Buggy
    8.3/10(82)
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    #5 - The Buggy

    Season 4 Episode 18

    Aired 1/19/1966

    The Clampetts buy a horse for Mrs Drysdale named Lightning. Jed wants Mr Drysdale to ask his wife if she'll compete with Granny in a buggy race.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Possum Day
    8.2/10(101)
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    #6 - Possum Day

    Season 4 Episode 5

    Aired 10/13/1965

    Granny thinks Mrs.Drysdale is running against her for Possum Queen.Granny and the family put on a rip-snotin' campaign to elect Granny Possum Queen.Mr.Drysdale,in the meantime,is trying to get any city he can to hold a Possum Day parade.

    Director: Joseph Depew

    Writer: N/A

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  • Mrs. Drysdale's Father
    8.2/10(96)
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    #7 - Mrs. Drysdale's Father

    Season 4 Episode 12

    Aired 12/1/1965

    Mrs Drysdale's father arrives & is a little short of cash. After hearing that Jed next-door is a millionaire he invites himself over for a game of poker. Mrs Drysdale's Father is winning until Granny sits in on the game & then she ends up with all the winnings. Mrs Drysdale's father then shoots some pool with Jed but he loses again.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Common Cold
    8.2/10(80)
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    #8 - The Common Cold

    Season 4 Episode 15

    Aired 12/29/1965

    Granny has a cure for the common cold & opens up an office in Mr Drysdale's Building.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Jethro's Pad
    8.2/10(90)
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    #9 - Jethro's Pad

    Season 4 Episode 28

    Aired 4/6/1966

    While cleaning out Mr Drysdale's garage to earn some extra money for his new pad, Jethro finds a large pile of ""mens magazines"". With his new pad (a beat-up old caravan) Jethro is eager to lure a girl there so he visit's the kitty cat club & parks his pad on the beach. Things are going all right until the tide comes in & his ""pad"" starts floating.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Jethro Gets Engaged
    8.2/10(85)
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    #10 - Jethro Gets Engaged

    Season 4 Episode 30

    Aired 4/20/1966

    Jethro get's a job as Dash Riprock's stunt double. He changes his name to ""Beef Jerky"".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Granny Tonics a Birdwatcher
    8.2/10(83)
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    #11 - Granny Tonics a Birdwatcher

    Season 4 Episode 31

    Aired 4/27/1966

    Prof.Biddle drinks some of Granny's tonic thinking it's water & his personality changes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Possum Parade
    8.1/10(88)
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    #12 - The Possum Parade

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Aired 10/20/1965

    Granny is wondering why her opponent Mrs Drysdale hasn't started her campaign for Possum Queen yet. When Mr Drysdale learns this he immediately starts campaigning for his wife without his wifes knowledge. Granny gets all fired up & the insults are hurled back and forth,When Mrs Drysdale finds out what's going on she goes home to her bed & stays there. Granny thinks she has been too mean to Mrs Drysdale so she pulls out of the race for Possum Queen.

    Director: Joseph Depew

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Real Nice Neighbor
    8.1/10(86)
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    #13 - A Real Nice Neighbor

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 11/10/1965

    The Clampetts think the house keeper from next door is their new neighbour.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Richest Woman
    8.1/10(102)
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    #14 - The Richest Woman

    Season 4 Episode 16

    Aired 1/5/1966

    The world's richest woman has her eye on the Clampett estate.

    Director: Joseph Depew

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Big Chicken
    8.1/10(84)
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    #15 - The Big Chicken

    Season 4 Episode 20

    Aired 2/2/1966

    Granny thinks an ostrich in their yard is a big chicken & tries to catch it for supper.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Great Jethro
    8.1/10(96)
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    #16 - The Great Jethro

    Season 4 Episode 23

    Aired 2/23/1966

    Jethro decides to be a magician after seeing Marvo the Magnificent.Marvo puts on a magic show for the Clampetts-and later sells Jethro his entire warehouse of equipment(which had been just sitting there for years).Jethro tries to put on a similar magic show-and he doesn't succeed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Flatt and Scruggs Return
    8.1/10(96)
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    #17 - Flatt and Scruggs Return

    Season 4 Episode 25

    Aired 3/16/1966

    Musicians Flatt and Scruggs pay a visit.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Bird Watchers
    8.1/10(94)
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    #18 - The Bird Watchers

    Season 4 Episode 29

    Aired 4/13/1966

    Mr Drysdale wants Dash to ask Elly for another date. Miss Jane meets her hero, Prof. Biddle (of the Biddle birdwatchers)& they go out on a field trip looking for birds to watch.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Courtship of Elly
    8.0/10(83)
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    #19 - The Courtship of Elly

    Season 4 Episode 8

    Aired 11/3/1965

    Elly May again becomes the target of one of Granny's matchmaking schemes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Cat Burglar
    8.0/10(80)
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    #20 - The Cat Burglar

    Season 4 Episode 19

    Aired 1/26/1966

    Elly-May is worried because she heard there was a Cat-Burglar on the loose. So she gathered up all her cats & took them inside the house. Later the Cat Burglar posing as a detective arrives at the Clampett's place pretending to secure it against burglars,but is really ""casing the joint."" Elly May sets some traps & catches the cat burglars assistant & Jethro catches Miss Jane. (Much to her delight !)

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Folk Singers
    8.0/10(82)
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    #21 - The Folk Singers

    Season 4 Episode 26

    Aired 3/23/1966

    Jethro abandons his career as an astronaut to become a folk singer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Jethro Goes to College
    8.0/10(81)
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    #22 - Jethro Goes to College

    Season 4 Episode 32

    Aired 5/18/1966

    Jethro goes to college & when he graduates Mr Drysdale makes him Vice President of the Bank. Elly wants to go to college too, but she ends up in a karate school.!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Trotting Horse
    7.9/10(86)
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    #23 - The Trotting Horse

    Season 4 Episode 17

    Aired 1/12/1966

    Granny asks Jethro to give her driving lessons. After the first lesson he quits & Mr Drysdale talks Jed into buying a trotter. The Clampetts just want the horse to take Granny to town when she wants to go,instead of waiting for Jethro to drive her. When a man arrives with the horse, he has the racing buggy with him. The Clampetts think it's a normal buggy without any sides or roof.

    Director: Joseph Depew

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Old Folks Home
    7.9/10(75)
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    #24 - The Old Folks Home

    Season 4 Episode 24

    Aired 3/2/1966

    A spring-fever epidemic hits the Clampett home.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Beautiful Maid
    7.9/10(95)
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    #25 - The Beautiful Maid

    Season 4 Episode 27

    Aired 3/30/1966

    Julie Newmar as an actress studying backwoods behavior for a movie role.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"That Old Black Magic" is the best rated episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" season 4. It scored 8.4/10 based on 85 votes. Directed by Joseph Depew and written by Ronny Pearlman, it aired on 9/22/1965. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Private Eye".