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The Best Episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7

Every episode of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 16 - Problem Bear
    8.2/10(78 votes)

    S7:E16

    Drysdale has the flu, and too many well-meaning visitors.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 25 - The Jogging Clampetts
    8.1/10(84 votes)

    S7:E25

    Jogging mania seizes the hillbillies and Drysdale.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 8 - The Great Cook-Off
    8.0/10(83 votes)

    S7:E8

    A temporary but tempting Italian cook stirs up a storm.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 7 - The Italian Cook
    7.9/10(89 votes)

    S7:E7

    While Granny's still in Hooterville, Jethro hires an Italian chef to do their cooking. Granny's @ Drucker's telling him about how she used her tonic on Steve & Betty Jo's baby after discovering that Boy (the Petticoat Junction dog) was in the baby crib, wearing a baby bonnet as well. Thinking that her tonic turned the dog into their baby. Granny sees the baby for the first time & thought it worked wonders! Sam Drucker arrives @ the Shady Rest with a telegram for Granny. The message was from Jethro saying the family's starving & misses her. So after riding on a horse, driving a motorcycle, getting on an airplane, parachuting down to Beverly Hills, she finds the Italian cook feeding the Clampetts. Granny chases after Jethro over that phony telegram!

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 15 - Drysdale and Friend
    7.9/10(88 votes)

    S7:E15

    Drysdale finds himself jailed and sharing a cell with a bear.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 9 - Bonnie, Flatt, and Scruggs
    7.8/10(73 votes)

    S7:E9

    Musicians Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs play themselves in a spoof of Bonnie and Clyde

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 19 - Jed Clampett Enterprises
    7.8/10(86 votes)

    S7:E19

    Drysdale evicts Jethro from the bank building.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 22 - The Happy Bank
    7.8/10(75 votes)

    S7:E22

    Business is booming — if confusing — at Clampett Enterprises.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 6 - Granny Goes to Hooterville
    7.7/10(80 votes)

    S7:E6

    Petticoat Junction citizens take Granny's potent potions.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 10 - The Thanksgiving Spirit
    7.7/10(97 votes)

    S7:E10

    Thanksgiving with the folks from Petticoat Junction and Green Acres.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 23 - Sam Drucker's Visit
    7.6/10(83 votes)

    S7:E23

    Sam Drucker (Frank Cady) foments family unrest when he visits the hillbillies.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 2 - Something for the Queen
    7.5/10(80 votes)

    S7:E2

    The Clampetts are flying to London to give the Queen the deed to Canada. Jethro smuggles Elly's buzzard on board in a bag & tells Mr Drysdale who wants to look at it. In the toilet Mr Drysdale opens the bag to have a look & the buzzard almost escapes. Mr Drysdale returns to his seat next to Jethro with feathers in his hair & flapping his arms like a bird. Granny sees this and thinks He has Goose Fever. When the Clampetts are driving through town,people are pointing at them. Granny says news has spread how they chickened out of the war of the roses last time they were in England. When they arrive at the castle Colonel Dumbarton next door fires off his sunset canon & lowers the Union Jack flag. Granny thinks he's startin'the war of the roses all over again.!

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 4 - Coming Through the Rye
    7.5/10(84 votes)

    S7:E4

    Jethro spies Col.Dumbarton's neice through his telescope.When he tells Jed to look through it Jed sees her brother & thinks it's her 'cause he (she) is wearing a dress.(scottish kilt) Jethro is in love,he wants to marry her. Granny doesn't want Jethro to marry a big ugly girl like that & eventually gets her wish.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 5 - Ghost of Clampett Castle
    7.5/10(86 votes)

    S7:E5

    Mr Drysdale wants to go home,but the Clampetts aren't ready to go yet. Faversham tells him about the Ghost of Clampett castle. Mr Drysdale thinks this will scare the Clampetts & they'll want to go home. Mr Drysdale tells them the story & Jethro wants to hold a seance to contact the ghost. Mr Drysdale dresses as a ghost & almost has them packing their bags until Granny shoots the 'ghost'with her shotgun & he goes howling down the hall. On the trip home Mr Drysdale has to stand all the way 'cause he can't sit down.!

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 11 - The Courtship of Homer Noodleman
    7.5/10(80 votes)

    S7:E11

    Drysdale casts Dash Riprock in a new role, that of Elly May's lover.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 12 - The Hot-Rod Truck
    7.5/10(85 votes)

    S7:E12

    Jethro wants to junk his ""old wreck,"" and Granny thinks he means her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 1 - A Bundle for Britain
    7.4/10(73 votes)

    S7:E1

    Mr Drysdale congratulates the Clampetts for reaching the sum of $80,000,000 in his bank. Jethro tells Jed he heard on the radio that the Queen Elizabeth was sold to Philadelphia. Jed rings Faversham in London & he confirms this. Says they sold both Queens to the U.S. (However he meant the Ocean Liners,Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth.Not the people.) Jed thinks that the Queen must be having money trouble & wants to help. He wants to withdraw his money & give it to the Queen. He's sure Mr Drysdale won't mind,it must be a worry for him looking after all that money. When Mr Drysdale hears about this he hires an actor to play the Queen's Minister of Finance to accept the money & give it back to Mr Drysdale. But things don't go the way Mr Drysdale planned, When the actor found out Jed was rich,he sold him Canada & gave him the deed to take to the Queen herself.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 3 - War of the Roses
    7.4/10(84 votes)

    S7:E3

    Jethro challengers next door to the war of the roses, Colonel Dumbarton accepts & they commence to joust. Jed wants to go to see the Queen & give her the deed to Canada. Mr Drysdale convinces him to stay & says he'll bring the Queen to Him. Mr Drysdale dresses Miss Jane as Queen Elizabeth the 1st & accepts the deed. Jethro is Knighted as well.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 13 - The Week Before Christmas
    7.4/10(91 votes)

    S7:E13

    The hustle and bustle increases as Christmas nears.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 18 - Cousin Roy in Movieland
    7.4/10(83 votes)

    S7:E18

    Roy arrives @ the Clampett house hoping to make it in show biz. Problem is, he doesn't have the money. So Jed decides to back up Roy. Meanwhile, Jethro faces eviction from his office @ the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills. Mr. Drysdale demands the $5,000 rent. Jed tries to have Jethro become Roy's agent, but Jethro doesn't want any country hick acts. So he changes Roy to being part of a group. When Roy's new act bombs, Jed & Mr. Drysdale advise Jethro to stick with country music after Roy's record becomes a hit! But Jethro tore the contract & starts begging for Roy to come back!

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 21 - The Hired Gun
    7.4/10(83 votes)

    S7:E21

    Drysdale schemes to evict the Clampetts.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 17 - Jethro the Flesh Peddler
    7.2/10(79 votes)

    S7:E17

    Jethro starts his own Hollywood talent agengy called JB Enterprises. His office, the entire 5th floor of The Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills. Meanwhile, Cousin Roy pays a visit when a record agent heard him play back in his hometown. The gang decides to pay a visit to JB, hoping he would sign Roy. Jethro doesn't want any hayseeds as clients. So Roy decided to pack for home until he saw Elly May in a nice dress. Roy was speechless (seeing Elly in a nice dress), he decides to pay a visit to that record company.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 20 - The Phantom Fifth Floor
    7.2/10(80 votes)

    S7:E20

    Chaos is rampant at Clampett Enterprises.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 26 - Collard Greens an' Fatback
    7.1/10(88 votes)

    S7:E26

    Pat Boone as a prospective buyer of the Drysdale home.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 7 Episode 14 - Christmas in Hooterville
    6.9/10(109 votes)

    S7:E14

    The hillbillies celebrate the Christmas holidays in Hooterville.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Problem Bear" is the best rated episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" season 7. It scored 8.2/10 based on 78 votes. Directed by Joseph Depew and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/8/1969. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Jogging Clampetts".