The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971): Season 1, Episode 1 - The Clampetts Strike Oil - full transcript
Jed Clampett is told by a representative of an oil company that the swamp behind his shack is full of oil. (The oil company employee has been hauled in by Jed's daughter Elly May who asks whether she can keep him.) Later, Mr. Brewster, the head of the oil company, does a deal with Jed. Jed tells Cousin Pearl that he'll receive 25 to 100 of "some new kind of dollar." Pearl, thinking Jed has been "slickered", asks what kind of dollar he's talking about. "Million dollars," Granny, Jed's mother-in-law, replies. "Jed, you're a millionaire," Pearl says. "Yeah, that's what that Brewster fella said." Pearl convinces Jed to move to Beverly Hills, California (she pronounces it "Cal-i-forn-ee") and volunteers her son, Jethro, to drive Jed, Elly May and Granny there. Upon arriving, Granny complains the hills aren't that high. Jed says at least there are hills and "we'll be among our own kind of people." The Clampett clan mistakes their new home for a prison and the groundskeepers for prisoners. The Clampetts end up in jail, but Milburn Drysdale, their new banker, gets them freed. But, as Drysdale tries to take the Clampetts to their new mansion, the foursome flee, fearing they're going to prison.
THIS 1S BEVERLY HILLS.
HERE DWELL THE RICH,
THE FAMOUS,
THE GLAMOROUS,
MOVIE STARS,
ROYALTY IN EXILE,
RETIRED MILLIONAIRES,
SPORTSMEN,
PLAYBOYS,
HILLBILLIES.
HILLBILLIES?
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
WHERE ARE THEY FROM?
AND WHY DID THEY
COME TO BEVERLY HILLS?
WE'LL DISCOVER THE
ANSWERS IN A MOMENT
AS WE BRING YOU
"THE HILLBILLIES."
WELL, COME ON,
LET'S FIND THAT
HOUSE WE BOUGHT.
HOUSE THEY BOUGHT?
IN BEVERLY HILLS?
WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE,
HOLD ITT.
HOW COULDA
BUNCH OF HILLBILLIES
POSSIBLY BUY A
MANSION LIKE THIS?
LET'S TAKE THEM BACK
TO THEIR HOME IN THE OZARKS
AND SEE HOW THIS
WHOLE THING STARTED.
JED, YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THE YOUNGIN OF YOURN.
HOW'D THAT HAPPEN?
FIGHTING WITH A BOBCAT.
GET HURT?
I RECKON SO.
IT WENT LIMPIN'
OFF ON THREE LEGS.
I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'M GONNA
DO ABOUT THAT GIRL.
WELL, THE FIRST THING TO DO
IS TO GET HER INTO A DRESS.
SHE'S GETTING TOO BIG
TO BE WEARIN' MEN'S DUDS.
LOOKIE HERE,
SHE'S DONE POP THE BUTTONS
OFF OF HER SHIRT AGAIN.
ELLY MAY
CARRIES HERSELF PROUD
WITH HER
SHOULDERS THROWD BACK.
IT AIN'T HER SHOULDERS
THAT'S POPPIN' THESE BUTTONS.
SHE'S A FULLY GROWN UP,
ROUNDED OUT FEMALE WOMAN.
TIME SHE STARTED
ACTING LIKE ONE.
WELL, ONE OF THESE DAYS
SOME BOY WILL COME ALONG
AND START COURTING HER AND...
THEY CAME COURTING
WHEN SHE WAS 12.
WHAT DID SHE DO?
SHE WHOOPED
THE TAR OUT OF 'EM.
WELL, IT AIN'T FIT.
GIRL RUNNIN' AROUND
AS WILD AS A COUGAR,
WRESTLING, FIGHTIN’,
AND HUNTIN'.
SHE OUGHT TO BE
DOING WOMAN'S WORK,
HELPING ME WITH THE STILL.
WELL, I'LL SPEAK TO HER.
OH, THAT REMINDS ME,
BETTER GO DOWN
AND STOMP OUT THE FIRE
UNDER THAT MASH.
NOW, HOLD ON NOW, GRANNY.
YOU AIN'T GONNA STOMP OUT
NO FIRE LIKE THAT, ARE YOU?
HUH?
OH, OF COURSE NOT.
DON'T WANNA BURN MY SHOES.
PA?
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
GRANNY?
SOMEBODY OPEN THE DOOR.
HOWDY, PA.
WHAT YOU GOT THERE?
A STRANGER.
WHERE'D YOU GET HIM?
I BEANED HIM WITH A ROCK.
WHAT FOR?
HE WAS SNOOPIN' AROUND
DOWN BY THE SLOUGH.
FIGURED HE MIGHT
BE A REVENUVER.
HE AIN'T NO REVENUER.
THEN CAN I KEEP HIM?
OF COURSE NOT.
WELL, I CAUGHT HIM.
THAT DON'T MATTER.
WELL HE WON'T BE NO TROUBLE.
I COULD KEEP HIM
OUT IN THE SMOKEHOUSE.
ELLY MAY,
YOU CAN'T KEEP PEOPLE
LIKE THEY WERE DOGS AND CATS.
OOH,
OOH, EE, OW, OOW.
WHO'S THAT?
SOME FELLER ELLY
FOUND NOSIN' AROUND.
I BEANED HIM WITH A ROCK
SO HE'D BE EASIER TO TOTE.
WHY, THAT THERE FELLA'S
FROM THE PETROLEUM COMPANY.
WHAT'S A PETROLEUM?
I DON'T KNOW.
HE ASKED ME IF
HE COULD DO SOME
WILD-CATTIN'
DOWN BY THE SLOUGH.
I SAID, HELP YOURSELF,
WE'RE GLAD TO GET
RID OF THE CRITTERS.
WHAT'D HE SAY?
HE JUST LAUGHED.
THE LAUGH'S ON HIM,
THERE AIN'T NO WILDCATS
DOWN THERE AT THAT SLOUGH.
HECK, NO.
IT'S TOO FULL OF OIL.
OH, WHAT HAPPENED?
WHERE AM I?
THIS HERE IS
THE CLAMPETT PLACE.
I'M JED CLAMPETT,
MY YOUNGIN ELLY MAY,
AND GRANNY.
GRANNY SAYS YOU'VE BEEN
DOING SOME WILD-CATTIN'.
LOOK, THERE'S NO NEED TO.
MR. CLAMPETT,
THAT SWAMP OF
YOURS IS FULL OF OIL.
I COULD'VE TOLD YOU THAT.
WELL, MY COMPANY
WOULD LIKE TO PUMP IT OUT.
YEAH, I'D LIKE THAT, TOO,
BUT I JUST CAN'T
AFFORD TO HAVE IT DONE.
OH, NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YOU SEE, YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
OH, I DON'T TAKE
FAVORS FROM STRANGERS.
NO, NO, NO, MR. CLAMPETT.
YOU SEE, UH,
YOU'RE A VERY RICH MAN.
HOW BIG A ROCK
DID YOU BEAN HIM WITH?
NO BIGGER THAN A HEDGE APPLE.
LISTEN, I'VE GOTTA
CALL MY OFFICE IN TULSA.
HAVE YOU GOT A TELEPHONE?
A WHAT?
A TELEPHONE.
WELL, MAYBE ONE OF
YOUR NEIGHBORS HAS ONE.
IT'S A, A...
WELL, DOWN IN THIS COUNTRY,
IT'S PROBABLY A BOX
ATTACHED TO THE WALL.
AND, UH, YOU TALK INTO IT
AND THEY CAN
HEAR YOU IN TULSA.
MAYBE YOU BETTER
SIT DOWN FOR A SPELL.
NO, I HAVEN'T TIME.
LISTEN, WHERE'S
THE NEAREST AIRFIELD?
AIRFIELD?
YOU KNOW, GRANNY,
THAT'S ONE OF THEM AIR FIELDS
SITS UP IN THE AIR.
OH, NEVER MIND,
I'LL FIND IT MYSELF.
LISTEN, NOW DON'T
YOU SELL THAT SWAMP
'TIL YOU HEAR FROM ME.
I'M FLYING TO TULSA.
NOW HE THINKS HE'S GOT WINGS.
(ROOSTER CROWING)
MORNING, GRANNY.
WATCH THEM BUTTONS, CHILD.
GRANNY!
THEM PIGS OF YOURS
GOT INTO THE CORN.
DID THEY DRINK MUCH?
I RECKON THEY DID.
THIS HERE LITTLE FELLOW
WAS KICKING BLUE
BLAZES OUTTA THE MULE.
THAT'S THE TROUBLE
WITH RAZORBACKS.
THEY SUCH A MEAN DRUNK.
(PIG SQUEAL)
THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN
IF YOU'D STAY IN THE HOUSE
WHERE YOU BELONG.
THERE IT IS, MR. BREWSTER.
FROM THE TESTS AND SURVEYS,
I SAY THAT'S GONNA BE
ONE OF THE RICHEST POOLS
SINCE EAST TEXAS.
NEWS LIKE THIS
IS BOUND TO GET OUT.
LET'S GO DOWN AND GET
CLAMPETT'S NAME ON A DEAL.
WHERE'S THE GUN?
WHERE IS IT?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
YOU OUGHTA SEE
WHAT JUST FLEW
OVER BLUEBERRY RIDGE.
WHAT?
THE DAG-BLAMEDEST,
BIGGEST BIRD
YOU EVER LAID EYES ON.
PROBABLY JUST AN
OVERGROWN CHICKEN HAWK.
CHICKEN HAWK, NOTHIN".
THAT THING COULD
MAKE OFF WITH A HOG.
HURRY UP,
PUT THAT GUN TOGETHER.
NO ROOM TO LAND NEAR
THE CABIN, MR. BREWSTER.
IT'S TOO ROCKY AND HILLY.
THEN LET'S GET THE
SLING READY TO BE LOWERED.
WELL, MR. BREWSTER,
THAT MIGHT BE DANGEROUS.
HANG THE DANGER.
WE'RE GONNA BE THE FIRST
OIL COMPANY DOWN THERE
IF IT KILLS YOU.
YES, SIR.
ME?
DON'T WORRY.
IF IT'S SAFE, I'LL FOLLOW YOU.
GRANNY, I SEE IT.
THERE IT IS.
LAND OF MERCY, LOOK AT THAT.
WHAT YOU DOING, GRANNY?
THAT THING'S
ONLY GOT ONE CLAW,
BUT DANGED IF IT
AIN'T GRABBED UP A MAN.
HURRY, PA.
IT'S MY STRANGER.
WHERE IS IT?
JUST FLEW OVER THE HOUSE,
PLL GET IT
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
(GUNSHOTS)
DID YOU KILL IT, GRANNY?
NO, BUT I MADE IT
DROP THAT STRANGER.
JETHRO, STOP THIS THING!
GRANNY!
GRANNY!
YES, JED?
GRANNY, GRAB A
HOLD OF SOMETHIN'
AND HANG ON.
COUSIN PEARL AND THAT
OVERGROWN SON OF HERS
IS HEADED RIGHT FOR THE
CABIN IN THAT OLD TRUCK.
HEAVEN PROTECT US.
OH, OH, JETHRO!
DID THEY HIT US, JED?
NO, BUT I THINK
THEY SURE WHOPPED
THE CHICKEN HOUSE.
OH, JED, I'M SURE SORRY
ABOUT THE CHICKEN HOUSE.
BUT NOBODY GOT HURT.
JETHRO, I TOLD YOU
TO GET RID OF THEM
WORN OUT BRAKES.
I DID, MA.
THAT'S HOW COME
WE AIN'T GOT NONE.
GET ON OUT AND LIFT
THE CHICKEN HOUSE
BACK ON ITS FOUNDATION.
JED.
YEAH?
JED, ELLY MAY CAME
RUNNING OVER TO MY PLACE
AND SHE SAID
YOU SOLD THE SWAMP
TO SOME OIL COMPANY.
WELL, YEAH, I GUESS I DID.
WHAT DID THEY PAY YOU FOR IT?
WELL, THEY AIN'T
PAID ME NOTHING YET.
THAT BREWSTER FELLOW SAID
HE'D BRING THE MONEY LATER.
WELL, HOW MUCH
THEY GONNA PAY YOU?
WELL, HE SAID IT
DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH OIL
THEY COULD PUMP OUT OF IT.
WELL, HE MUST HAVE
MENTIONED SOME FIGURE.
WHAT WAS IT?
WELL, NOW, PEARL,
YOU KNOW THAT OLD SWAMP
WASN'T WORTH SHUCKS.
JED CLAMPETT,
YOU GOT SLICKERED
AND YOU'RE
ASHAMED TO ADMIT IT.
THAT'S JUST WHAT I TOLD HIM.
GRANNY, HOW MUCH
THEY GONNA PAY HIM?
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TELL YOU.
HE SAID AROUND SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 25 AND 100.
25 AND 100?
I KNOW IT DON'T
SOUND LIKE MUCH,
BUT MR. BREWSTER
SEEMED TO SAY
A GREAT STORY BY THE FACT
THAT HE'S GONNA PAY ME
IN SOME NEW KIND OF DOLLAR.
THERE AIN'T NO
NEW KIND OF DOLLARS.
WELL, IT'S NEW TO ME.
I'VE HEARD OF GOLD DOLLARS,
SILVER DOLLARS,
PAPER DOLLARS,
BUT HE SAID HE'S
GONNA PAY ME IN, VH,
WHAT'D HE CALL 'EM, GRANNY?
MILLION DOLLARS.
YEAH, THAT'S IT.
MILLION DOLLARS?
HE WROTE THE WHOLE THING
OUT ON THIS PIECE OF PAPER.
HERE, YOU CAN
SEE FOR YOURSELF.
I DON'T KNOW SO MUCH
ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF.
LET'S SEE HERE NOW.
SAINTS IN HEAVEN.
(COUGHING)
GRANNY, GIVE ME THE JUG.
IT'S EMPTY,
BUT I'LL FETCH SOME.
I'LL GO, GRANNY.
JED,
JED,
YOU'RE A MILLIONAIRE.
A MILLIONAIRE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT
THE BREWSTER FELLA
KEPT CALLING ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW
JUST HOW TO TAKE IT.
HE MEANT YOU'RE RICH.
ME?
THE RICHEST MAN
IN THESE HILLS,
MAYBE IN THE WHOLE STATE.
JED, YOU CAN HAVE
ANYTHING YOU WANT,
DO ANYTHING YOU WANT,
GO ANY PLACE YOU WANT.
YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER
THING HE KEPT SAYING.
HE SAID HE RECKONED
I'D BE MOVING
AWAY FROM HERE SOON.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, PEARL?
YOU THINK I OUGHT TO MOVE?
JED, HOW CAN YOU EVEN ASK?
LOOK AROUND YOU.
YOU'RE EIGHT MILES FROM
YOUR NEAREST NEIGHBOR.
YOU'RE OVERRUN WITH SKUNKS,
POSSUMS,
COYOTES,
BOBCATS.
YOU USE KEROSENE
LAMPS FOR LIGHT,
YOU COOK ON A WOOD STOVE
SUMMER AND WINTER.
YOU'RE DRINKING
HOMEMADE MOONSHINE,
WASHING WITH
HOMEMADE LYE SOAP,
AND YOUR BATHROOM
IS 50 FEET FROM THE HOUSE
AND YOU ASK SHOULD YOU MOVE?
WELL, I RECKON YOU'RE RIGHT.
A MAN WOULD BE A DANGED
FOOL TO LEAVE ALL THIS.
OH, THERE YOU ARE, JED.
YOU MISUNDERSTOOD ME.
I MEANT YOU SHOULD MOVE AWAY.
AND YOU KNOW WHERE
I'D GO IF I WAS YOU?
WHERE?
CA-LI-FORNY.
CALIFORNY?
YES, SIR.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNY.
JED, REMEMBER THE TIME
THAT YOUR PA TOOK
US TO EUREKA SPRINGS
TO SEE THE MOVIE PICTURE?
YEAH.
WELL, THE ACTORS THAT
MAKE THEM MOVIE PICTURES
LIVE IN BEVERLY HILLS.
GO ON.
YES, SIR.
WELL, DOGGY.
WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING?
LIVING IN THE SAME
NECK OF THE WOODS
AS OLD TOM MIX.
IT SURE WOULD.
AND WE COULD COME VISIT YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE
THEY SAY ABOUT CALIFORNY?
WHAT?
YOU DON'T GET COLD OUT THERE.
WHAT DON'T GET COLD OUT THERE?
NOTHIN' DON'T GET
COLD OUT THERE.
THEY DON'T HAVE NO SNOW
OR NO ICE.
CAN'T THEY BRING SOME IN?
THEY DON'T WANT IT.
THAT'S WHY IT'D BE
SO GOOD FOR GRANNY.
REMEMBER LAST WINTER
WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON THE ICE
AND BROKE HER HIP?
YEAH.
POOR OLD WOMAN.
SHE WAS LIMPIN' FOR TWO DAYS.
WELL, THAT COULDN'T
HAPPEN IN CALIFORNY
BECAUSE THEY
DON'T HAVE NO ICE.
HOW COME?
I DON'T KNOW HOW COME.
BUT GRANNY'D SURE LIKE IT.
AND WE COULD VISIT YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE
THEY SAY ABOUT CALIFORNY?
MAYBE JETHRO WOULD KNOW
HOW COME THERE'S NO ICE.
HE'S GOIN' TO SCHOOL.
WE COULD ASK HIM.
JETHRO?
YEAH, MA?
COME ON OVER HERE.
SPEAKING OF SCHOOL,
ELLY MAY COULD GET HERSELF
A FINE EDUCATION OUT
THERE IN BEVERLY HILLS.
YEAH, MA?
YOUR RICH UNCLE'S
GOT A QUESTION
HE'D LIKE TO ASK YOU.
WHAT RICH UNCLE, MA?
YOUR RICH UNCLE JED.
JETHRO,
HOW COME THERE'S
NO ICE IN CALIFORNY?
DON'T LOOK AT ME,
I DIDN'T TAKE IT.
YOU BIG DUMB...
WELL, I DIDN'T, MA.
OH, GET OUTTA HERE.
AS I WAS SAYING, JED,
FOLKS CLAIM,
CALIFORNY'S GOT IT ALL BEAT.
WHY, THINGS GROW
TWICE AS BIG OUT THERE.
JETHRO WOULD BE A WHOPPER,
WOULDN'T HE?
SAY, HE COULD HELP YOU MOVE.
HE'S AWFUL HANDY
AT LIFTIN' AND TOTIN'.
AND HE COULD DRIVE
YOU OUT IN MY TRUCK.
WELL, NOW,
I COULDN'T LET YOU DO THAT.
JED, WE'RE KINFOLK.
WHAT'S MINE IS YOURS.
AND THEN I COULD
COME OUT LATER
AND RIDE BACK WITH HIM.
AND BRING HIS
UNMARRIED SISTER ALONG.
WE COULD VISIT FOR A WHILE.
JED, DID I EVER TELL YOU
ABOUT THEM ORANGES
THEY GROW OUT THERE?
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, PEARL,
I'M GONNA HAVE
TO STUDY ON THIS.
WHEN THAT BREWSTER
FELLOW COMES BACK,
I'LL ASK HIM WHAT HE THINKS.
WELL, YOUR COUSIN
IS RIGHT ABOUT THAT,
MR. CLAMPETT.
BEVERLY HILLS ISA
CHOICE RESIDENTIAL AREA
AND LOTS OF MILLIONAIRES
DO SETTLE THERE.
FOLKS LIKE ME, HUH?
WELL, UH, MILLIONAIRES.
AND MOVIE STARS, TOO.
OH, YES, YES.
IS TOM MIX THERE?
NO, I'M AFRAID
MR. MIX IS DEAD.
OH.
OH, YEAH.
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH ME?
REMEMBER, PEARL, HE GOT SHOT
AT THE END OF THAT PICTURE.
WELL, THERE ARE PLENTY
OF OTHER MOVIE STARS,
AND THAT'S WHERE
JED WANTS TO LIVE.
AIN'T IT, JED?
I DO LIKE THE NOTION
OF LIVING IN THE HILLS.
NEVER COULD STAND
FLAT COUNTRY.
MR. CLAMPETT,
I THINK IT ONLY FAIR...
THAT IS, WELL,
I THINK YOU MAY
HAVE A WRONG IDEA
ABOUT BEVERLY HILLS.
IS THAT WHERE YOU LIVE?
NO, MY HOME IS IN TULSA.
OH, SAY,
MAYBE YOU COULD
GET US A PLACE THERE
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?
MR. CLAMPETT,
LET'S NOT BEAT
AROUND THE BUSH.
YOU WILL LOVE BEVERLY HILLS.
THEN THAT'S IT.
CAN YOU STEER JED
ONTO A GOOD PLACE?
WELL, I CAN GET
THE BANK OUT THERE
TO HANDLE IT FOR HIM.
HE'D LIKE A NICE, BIG PLACE
WITH PLENTY OF ROOM
FOR HIS KINFOLK TO VISIT HIM.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE
A NICE, ROOMY PLACE
IF I COULD AFFORD IT.
OH, MR. CLAMPETT,
WITH YOUR MONEY,
YOU CAN AFFORD THE TAJ MAHAL.
OKAY, I'LL TAKE IT.
WELL, NO, YOU SEE,
I WAS JUST
MAKING A LITTLE JOKE.
OH, WELL, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
WELL, YOU SEE, VH,
THE TAJ MAHAL IS IN INDIA.
MR. BREWSTER,
YOU'RE A NICE FELLA,
BUT I'VE HEARD BETTER JOKES.
IS THE FOREIGNER
STAYING FOR SUPPER?
I'M ASHAMED TO SAY
I AIN'T ASKED HIM.
HOW ABOUT IT?
OH I, I DON'T THINK SO.
OH, NO TROUBLE.
WHAT YOU COOKING
TONIGHT, GRANNY?
MUSTARD GREENS
AND POSSUM INNARDS.
MM-MMM.
DO YOU HEAR THAT,
MR. BREWSTER?
VERY CLEARLY.
WILL IT CHANGE YOUR MIND?
UH, NOT THIS TIME.
WELL, IF YOU SHOULD HAPPEN
TO COME BACK TOMORROW,
WE'LL BE HAVING LEFTOVERS.
THAT'S THE THING
ABOUT POSSUM INNARDS.
THEY'S JUST AS
GOOD THE SECOND DAY.
ELLY, IF OLD DUKE
SITS THERE WITH YOU,
THERE AIN'T GONNA
BE ROOM FOR GRANNY.
OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, PA.
GRANNY AIN'T GOIN’.
WHO SAYS SHE AIN'T?
SHE SAYS SHE AIN'T.
THAT'S RIGHT, UNCLE JED.
SHE'S JUST SITTIN’ ON THE
BACK PORCH IN HER ROCKER
AND SHE SAYS THAT'S
AS CLOSE TO CALIFORNY
AS YOU'RE GONNA GET HER.
WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.
DANGED IF I AIN'T GOT ME
THE MULIEST WOMENFOLK.
WE AIN'T NEVER
GONNA GET THERE.
NOW, WHAT'S ALL THIS NONSENSE
ABOUT YOU AIN'T
GOING TO CALIFORNY?
AIN'T NO NONSENSE TOIT.
IF THE GOOD LORD HAD
A WANTED ME IN CALIFORNY,
HE'D A PUT ME IN CALIFORNY.
MAYBE HE'S JUST
GETTING AROUND TOIT.
THE BOOK SAYS HE
MOVES IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS.
WELL, IF HE MOVES ME, I'LL GO.
BUT YOU AND BIG JETHRO
AIN'T A BUDGIN' ME.
AH, GRANNY,
THIS HERE BEVERLY HILLS
SOUNDS LIKE THE KIND
OF PLACE YOU'D LIKE.
THAT BREWSTER FELLA SAYS
THEY GOT SMOGS OUT THERE.
WHAT'S A SMOG?
ME AND JETHRO FIGURED OUT
THAT'S A SMALL HOG.
AND YOU HEARD WHAT
PEARL SAID TODAY,
THEY AIN'T GOT
NO SNOW OUT THERE.
YOU COULD RUN
YOUR STILL YEAR-ROUND.
RUNS THE YEAR-ROUND HERE.
YEAH, BUT WALKING DOWN
THROUGH THE SNOW TO THE STILL
ALWAYS MAKES YOU
FEEL SO MISERABLE.
I MIGHT FEEL
MISERABLE WALKIN' DOWN,
BUT THE WAY I
FEELS COMIN' BACK,
MAKES UP FOR IT.
DAG-NABBIT GRANNY.
WE'VE BEEN
PLANNING AND TALKING
ABOUT THIS TRIP FOR DAYS.
YOU NEVER SAID
YOU WOULDN'T GO.
NEVER SAID I WOULD NEITHER.
BUT THAT BREWSTER FELLER
HAS BOUGHT US A HOUSE
IN THEM BEVERLY HILLS.
HE SENT OUR $25 MILLION
TO THE BANK OUT THERE.
WELL, YOU JUST
CHASE ON OUT AFTER IT.
I'M STAYING RIGHT HERE.
AND I AIN'T AFEARED NEITHER.
GRANNY, I AIN'T A
LEAVIN' YOU HERE ALONE.
AND I AIN'T A BUDGIN'
OUT OF THIS ROCKER.
JETHRO, WHAT DOES
THAT SIGN SAY?
IT SAYS "BEVERLY HILLS."
DID YOU HEAR THAT, GRANNY?
WE'RE THERE.
THEY CALL THEM "HILLS"?
WHY WE GOT MOLES
THAT CAN PUSH UP
HIGHER RIDGES THAN THAT.
WELL, AT LEAST
WAYS, THEY'S HILLS.
WE'LL BE AMONG
OUR KINDA FOLKS.
THIS DEPOSIT OF $25 MILLION
TO THE ACCOUNT
OF J.D. CLAMPETT.
IS THAT J.D.?
AS IN ROCKEFELLER.
ELEVATES US TO THIRD POSITION
IN CAPITAL ASSETS
AND ASSURES OUR BANK OF...
(KNOCK ON DOOR)
COME IN.
I'M SORRY TO
INTERRUPT, MR. DRYSDALE.
IT'S ALL RIGHT, TAYLOR.
WELL, WE ALL SET
TO GIVE THE CLAMPETTS
THEIR RED CARPET RECEPTION?
WELL, I'M AFRAID MRS. DRYSDALE
STILL ISN'T TOO HAPPY, SIR.
YES, I KNOW.
OH, MY WIFE IS VERY UPSET
THAT I GOT THE ESTATE
NEXT TO OURS
FOR THE CLAMPETTS.
SAYS I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE THEY ARE.
DO YOU?
I KNOW TO THE DOLLAR
WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE THEY ARE.
THEY'RE MY KIND OF PEOPLE,
LOADED.
TAYLOR, HAVE THE GARDENERS
GOT THE GROUNDS IN ORDER?
YES, SIR.
BUT I'M AFRAID
THAT'S ANOTHER THING
YOUR WIFE IS UPSET ABOUT.
OH.
WELL, YOU SEE, YOUR
GARDENERS HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THEIR
LAWN ALL WEEK.
WHY THEY'VE MOWED IT,
TRIMMED IT,
FED IT,
CLIPPED IT.
I DON'T CARE
IF THEY LATHER IT
AND SHAVE IT.
THIS IS THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL MANSION
IN BEVERLY HILLS.
I WANT EVERY SQUARE INCH
OF GROUND WITHIN THOSE WALLS
IN APPLE PIE...
(PHONE RINGING)
YES?
OH, HELLO, MARGARET.
NO, DEAR, I'M VERY B...
WHAT?
WELL, GOOD HEAVENS,
DID YOU CALL THE POLICE?
I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
THE CLAMPETT ESTATE IS BEING
INVADED BY A BAND OF OUTLAWS.
INVADED?
YES, THEY'RE HOLDING
THE GARDENERS AT GUNPOINT.
SURE IS LUCKY
WE COME ALONG WHEN WE DID.
THAT'S THE TRUTH.
THE WAY THEY WERE
SLIPPING THROUGH THAT GATE,
ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES
AND THAT WHOLE DARN PRISON
WOULD HAVE BEEN EMPTY.
JETHRO,
YOU SURE THAT'S A PRISON?
YEAH, UNCLE JED,
I SEEN PICTURES.
ONLY THING IS,
HOW COME THERE AIN'T
NO GUARDS ON THEM WALLS?
WELL, THEY
PROBABLY DONE 'EM IN
WITH THEM KNIVES AND THINGS.
THEY'S KILLERS,
IF I EVER DID SEE ANY.
FINE NEIGHBORHOOD
WE'S MOVING INTO.
(SIREN)
YOU HEAR THAT?
HOT DIGGITY,
THERE'S BOBCATS
IN THESE HILLS.
THEM'S SIRENS.
SOMEBODY'S CALLED THE LAW.
I RECKON THEY IS
GONNA BE MIGHTY GRATEFUL
FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE.
FOLKS OUT HERE HAS
GOT A STRANGE WAY
OF SHOWING THEY'S GRATEFUL.
YEAH, I WONDER WHAT THEY DONE
WITH GRANNY AND ELLY MAY?
I DON'T KNOW.
THEY SURE PUT UP THE SCRAP,
DIDN'T THEY?
YEAH.
ELLY MAY WHIPPED
HERSELF THREE POLICEMEN
AND TWO CONVICTS.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
YOU LOCKED UP ONE
OF THE RICHEST MEN
IN THE COUNTRY?
MR. CLAMPETT,
I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO APOLOGIZE.
I AM DEEPLY HUMILIATED.
WHAT HAVE YOU CUTTHROATS
DONE WITH J.D. CLAMPETT?
I'M JED CLAMPETT
AND I'D APPRECIATE IT
IF YOU'D LET GO
OF MY SUNDAY SHIRT.
YOU'RE J.D. CLAMPETT,
THE OIL MILLIONAIRE?
YEP, THIS HERE'S
MY NEPHEW JETHRO.
HOWDY.
QUICKLY, MAN,
UNLOCK THIS CELL.
MR. CLAMPETT,
ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE
CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS,
I EXTEND OUR DEEP
AND HUMBLE APOLOGIES
FOR THIS UNFORTUNATE
AND EMBARRASSING INCIDENT.
OH, I'M MILBURN DRYSDALE,
PRESIDENT OF
THE BEVERLY HILLS BANK,
MY CAR IS WAITING TO TAKE YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY
TO YOUR NEW HOME.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW
HOW HAPPY WE ARE
TO HAVE YOU,
YOUR HANDSOME NEPHEW,
YOUR LOVELY DAUGHTER,
AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL MONEY...
MOTHER.
WAIT A MINUTE.
STOP THIS CAR.
MR. DRYSDALE,
YOU TRICKED US.
YOU JUST TOOK US OUT OF JAIL
SO YOU COULD BRING US
BACK UP HERE TO PRISON.
HEAD FOR THE HILLS, EVERYBODY.
NO, WAIT.
COME BACK.
IT'S NOT A PRISON,
IT'S YOUR HOME.
WAIT, COME BACK.
WAIT, MR. CLAMPETT.
LISTEN TO ME.
NOW, WAIT.
MR. CLAMPETT, LISTEN TO ME.
WAIT.
COME BACK.
WELL, I FINALLY
ROUNDED THEM UP
AND CONVINCED THEM
THAT STONE WALLS
DO NOT A PRISON MAKE.
I SHALL NEVER
FORGET THE PICTURE
OF THOSE HILLBILLIES
DRIVING UP TO THEIR NEW HOME.
WELCOME.
WELCOME.
HOWDY.
WELL, NOW, AIN'T THAT HANDY?
WHAT'S THAT, PA?
THE WAY THE ROAD
TAKES A BEND IN HERE,
RUNS RIGHT BY THE FRONT DOOR.
NO, MR. CLAMPETT,
THIS IS YOUR DRIVEWAY,
IT GOES WITH THE HOUSE.
IS THIS THING A HOUSE?
OH, YES, INDEED.
IT WAS BUILT BY
JOHN BARRYMORE,
ONE OF OUR FINEST ACTORS.
PRETTY FAIR STONE MASON, TOO.
HEY, JED!
YEAH, GRANNY!
THIS HERE IS DANDY SOIL.
WE CAN GROW A GOOD
STAND OF CORN HERE.
FINE, GRANNY,
WE'LL COMMENCE
PLOWING TOMORROW.
YOU CAN'T GROW CORN THERE.
NOW, DON'T YOU WORRY.
IF GRANNY SAYS IT'S GOOD SOIL,
IT'S GOOD SOIL.
AIN'T NOBODY CAN
GROW CORN LIKE GRANNY.
BUT THIS IS BEVERLY HILLS.
DIRT IS DIRT.
I SUPPOSE THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN FAIR WARNING
AS TO WHAT I COULD EXPECT.
AT FIRST, I MUST ADMIT
I WAS MOSTLY AMUSED
AT THEIR REACTIONS.
GOOD FOUNDATION.
WELL, JETHRO,
WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF OUR NEW HOUSE?
WELL, UNCLE JED,
THIS HERE'S THE
BIGGEST BUNCH OF INDOORS
I EVER DID SEE.
IT'S A WHOPPER, ALL RIGHT.
GRANNY SAYS
THERE'S ONE WHOLE ROOM
JUST FOR COOKING.
OH, UNCLE JED,
WAIT 'TIL YOU SEE THAT.
WHY IT'S GOT AN ICE BOX INIT,
BIG ENOUGH FORA
WHOLE SIDE OF BEEF.
IS THAT A FACT?
YES, SIR.
AND GUESS WHAT
KEEPS THAT
GREAT BIG THING COLD.
WHAT?
THREE OR FOUR LITTLE
BITTY OL' PANS OF ICE
NO BIGGER THAN THAT.
ONLY THING IS
WHEN THAT ICE MELTS,
WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET MORE?
I GUESS WE'LL
JUST HAVE TO WAIT
FOR THAT POND TO FREEZE OVER.
DOES THIS PLACE GOT A POND?
HAS IT GOT A POND?
UNCLE JED,
IT'S THE FANCIEST THING
YOU EVER DID SEE.
ALL CEMENT.
HOW 'BOUT THAT, A CEMENT POND.
YES, SIR.
AND THEY HAVE STEPS
SO'S THE CATTLE CAN WALK
RIGHT DOWN INTO IT
AND GET A DRINK.
WELL, DOGGIES.
AND DOWN AT THE DEEP END,
THERE IS A BOARD
STICKING RIGHT OUT
OVER THE WATER.
ONLY THING IS
I CAN'T FIGURE OUT
WHAT THAT'S FOR.
JETHRO,
HOW CAN YOU BE SO DUMB?
THAT THERE'S TO
SET ON WHILE YOU FISH.
WHILE YOU FISH?
WHY, SURE, YEAH,
WHILE YOU FISH.
AND THEN THERE
WAS THE EVENING
I ARRANGED A
DATE FOR ELLY MAY
WITH A YOUNG
MAN FROM THE BANK.
I MUST ADMIT SHE WAS
A VISION OF BEAUTY
IN THAT DRESS
MY SECRETARY
PICKED OUT FOR HER.
OH, MISS CLAMPETT,
MAY I PRESENT BRAD JASON.
WHY IN HEAVEN'S
NAME DID YOU DO THAT?
THAT RASCAL WAS
FIXIN' TO BITE ME.
AND THEN, OF COURSE,
THERE WAS THAT DREADFUL DAY
WHEN I WAS LEAVING
AND FOUND THE GATE LOCKED.
HELLO.
HELLO.
MR. CLAMPETT, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU.
GOOD, GOOD.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE
INSIDE THE WALL.
I AM.
WOULD YOU LET ME OUT, PLEASE?
YOU BET I WILL.
YOU STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.
I'LL GET ME AN AX
AND HAVE YOU OUT
OF THERE IN NO TIME.
HE DEMOLISHED 30 FEET OF WALL
BEFORE I COULD STOP HIM.
BUT THE WORST
THING THAT HAPPENED...
I'M SORRY, MR. DRYSDALE,
YOUR HOUR IS UP.
AH, THANK YOU DOCTOR.
NEXT WEEK, SAME TIME?
YES, I'LL EXPECT YOU.
I'LL BE HERE.