The Best Episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.4/10(108 votes)

   #1 - Admiral Jed Clampett

   S4:E19/15/1965

   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

   Writers:Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle

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   8.4/10(92 votes)

   #2 - That Old Black Magic

   S4:E29/22/1965

   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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   Director:Joseph Depew

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   7.7/10(91 votes)

   #3 - The Sheik

   S4:E39/29/1965

   After entering an oil deal with Jed and O.K. Oil, the Sheik befriends the Clampetts, giving Jed four of his dancing girls for wives and tries to get the beautiful Elly May as one of his wives. Jed tries to give the girls back, while Jethro tries to enjoy some of the Sheik's life, mainly the company of his beautiful dancing girls, after selling his cousin.

   Director:Joseph Depew

   Writers:Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle

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   Director:Joseph Depew

   Writers:Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
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   8.5/10(102 votes)

   #4 - The Private Eye

   S4:E410/6/1965

   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

   Writers:Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle

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   Director:Joseph Depew

   Writers:Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle
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   8.3/10(106 votes)

   #5 - Possum Day

   S4:E510/13/1965

   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

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   8.3/10(97 votes)

   #6 - The Possum Parade

   S4:E610/20/1965

   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:Unknown

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   7.9/10(99 votes)

   #7 - The Clampetts Play the Rams

   S4:E710/27/1965

   Drysdale's maid is spending too much time with Jethro.

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   8.1/10(88 votes)

   #8 - The Courtship of Elly

   S4:E811/3/1965

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

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   8.1/10(92 votes)

   #9 - A Real Nice Neighbor

   S4:E911/10/1965

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

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    7.7/10(91 votes)

    #10 - The Poor Farmer

    S4:E1011/17/1965

    Drysdale organizes a financial syndicate.

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    7.9/10(104 votes)

    #11 - Hoe Down a-Go-Go

    S4:E1111/24/1965

    Jethro has girl trouble—he can't get one! Jed and Granny decide throw a wing-ding where he and Elly Mae can meet nice young folks. The bank's Ms. Hathaway and Mr. Drysdale help in arranging the musical talent. They mention the Beatles, Byrds, Herman's Hermits, Freddie and the Dreamers and the Animals! There's a very funny extended discussion about the Beatles where Mr. Drysdale schemes a way to get them as depositors for his bank! Jethro and Ms. Hathaway go the Whisky-A-Go-Go and find the Enemys (featuring a very young Cory Wells—later of The Dog Night.) wailing on ""Mojo Woman"" and ""Oh Pretty Woman,"" and ""Turkey In The Straw."" The Enemys sound like the Yardbirds! Lengthy extended scenes featuring the Enemys and wild teens dancing the jerk, frug and boogaloo! Jethro ends up wearing a Beatle wig! There's also a groovy ""beat music"" square dance! Must see rock n roll TV!

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    8.3/10(100 votes)

    #12 - Mrs. Drysdale's Father

    S4:E1212/1/1965

    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.

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    8.4/10(94 votes)

    #13 - Mr. Farquhar Stays On

    S4:E1312/8/1965

    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.

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    7.6/10(92 votes)

    #14 - Military School

    S4:E1412/15/1965

    Jethro enters military school.

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    8.3/10(85 votes)

    #15 - The Common Cold

    S4:E1512/29/1965

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

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    8.1/10(107 votes)

    #16 - The Richest Woman

    S4:E161/5/1966

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

    Director:Joseph Depew

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    8.0/10(89 votes)

    #17 - The Trotting Horse

    S4:E171/12/1966

    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

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    8.5/10(85 votes)

    #18 - The Buggy

    S4:E181/19/1966

    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.

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    8.2/10(84 votes)

    #19 - The Cat Burglar

    S4:E191/26/1966

    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 !)

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    8.3/10(89 votes)

    #20 - The Big Chicken

    S4:E202/2/1966

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

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    7.8/10(88 votes)

    #21 - Sonny Drysdale Returns

    S4:E212/9/1966

    Perpetual student Sonny Drysdale returns home.

    Director:Joseph Depew

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    8.0/10(89 votes)

    #22 - Brewster's Baby

    S4:E222/16/1966

    Granny and Elly head for the Ozarks to help deliver a friend's baby.

    Director:Joseph Depew

    Writer:Paul Henning

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    Writer:Paul Henning
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    8.2/10(101 votes)

    #23 - The Great Jethro

    S4:E232/23/1966

    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.

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    8.1/10(81 votes)

    #24 - The Old Folks Home

    S4:E243/2/1966

    A spring-fever epidemic hits the Clampett home.

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    8.2/10(101 votes)

    #25 - Flatt and Scruggs Return

    S4:E253/16/1966

    Musicians Flatt and Scruggs pay a visit.

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