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Drysdale's marriage is threatened when he looks to the Clampetts for a housekeeper while his wife is away.
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00:00Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed
00:02A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed
00:05And then one day he was shooting at some food
00:08And up through the ground come a bumbling crude
00:11Oil, that is, black gold, Texas tea
00:16Well, the first thing you know, old Jed's a millionaire
00:18The kinfolk said, Jed, move away from there
00:21Said, California is the place you ought to be
00:24So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
00:26Hills, that is, swimming pools, movie stars
00:31The Beverly Hillbillies
01:09You know something, Granny?
01:10I feel sorry for Mr. Drysdale
01:12Well, that poor man might as well be single with her wife gone all the time
01:15He's a lost soul, Jed
01:17I was glad you invited him over for supper last night
01:20But even my cooking didn't cheer him up
01:23Yeah, I noticed he hardly touched his plate of grits and possum belly
01:28Even when I spooned on some gopher gravy
01:32He didn't perk up till after supper and Pearl started playing and singing
01:36Don't tell me he liked Pearl's bellering
01:39It wasn't bellering, it was yodeling
01:41Well, it curdled the milk clean out to the kitchen
01:45Oh, I throwed shoes at Tomcats that made prettier music than Pearl
01:50I sure wish you two women to get along together
01:53We ain't gonna get along together till she learns to stay out of my kitchen
01:57I bet she's in there right now, sticking her long nose into my pots and pans
02:03Why, ding it!
02:05If she is!
02:07I'll bring you to just cool down
02:17I warned you to stay out of my kitchen
02:19Oh, Jethro, save you, Ma, protect me from that wild woman
02:23Hold her, Jethro, so I can handle it
02:25Granny, a thing like that could smart
02:26I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
02:28Put me down, big, overgrown put me down
02:31Hey, what's going on, Jethro, put your granny down
02:33She was fixing to womp Ma
02:35I'll womp her
02:36Here, Ma, now it's a fair fight
02:38I don't want to womp nobody
02:40Well, then you tell Pearl the next time she sticks her nose in one of my pots, I'm gonna cook
02:44it
02:45It is my bounding duty as a mother to supervise the vittles of my growing children
02:51Don't tell me they are still growing
02:54The clamped side of the family has always been big, strong, strapping folks
03:01It's your family that brought in the runts
03:04Who do you call a runt?
03:06I think she meant you, Granny
03:08He's about as helpful as a high wind in a prayer fire
03:11Come on, Pearl, you and me is gonna have a talk
03:13Jethro, you stay here and help your granny cool down
03:17Okay, Uncle Jed
03:20Granny, would you rather I held you under the faucet here to cool off
03:24Or took you out to the cement pond and ducked you?
03:27Try either one and I'll bash you flatter than a gander's arch
03:33Now, Pearl
03:34Cousin Jed, I know just what you're gonna say
03:36You're gonna say, Pearl, stay out of the kitchen
03:39You're gonna say, that's Grinny's kitchen and it's none of your business
03:42You're gonna say, stay in your room where you belong
03:47That's what you're gonna say, ain't it?
03:49Ain't nothing like it at all
03:50What I was gonna say was
03:52It seems to me that a handsome widow woman in a prime of life
03:55Ought not to be hiding herself in the back part of the house
03:58Working over steaming pots and pans
04:00And dipping her panty playing fingers into soapy water
04:04And horsing up her beautiful singing voice yelling at Granny
04:06That's what I was gonna say
04:09Praise be
04:10Why don't I keep my big mouth shut and just listen
04:12You know, Pearl
04:13You got the gift to making music
04:16And I reckon there ain't nothing these city fellas likes better than that
04:19Really, Jed?
04:21Yeah, remember last night Mr. Drysdale was here
04:23And you was playing and singing and yodeling for him?
04:25Yeah
04:25You brung that poor lonesome man a lot of happiness
04:29Jed, you ain't agreeing in me, are you?
04:31I'll give you my word
04:32Remember that song you sung, The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, Toronto?
04:36Yeah
04:36Well, you had Mr. Drysdale believing it was spring
04:38No
04:39Yeah
04:40While you were still singing
04:41He went and flung open the window
04:43Stuck his head out and started taking deep breaths
04:45Just like he was really smelling them flowers
04:47You reckon he liked my yodeling?
04:49Pearl, he liked it went wild
04:50I reckon them city fellas don't get a chance to hear much yodeling
04:53Cause when you throwed your head back and cut loose
04:56It really grabbed a hold of him
04:58It did?
04:59He gripped the arms of his chair till his knuckles turned white
05:02Then he commenced to rocking back and forth
05:05And moaning like he's under some kind of a spell
05:07And his eyes commenced to circling in his head
05:11And real tears run down his cheeks
05:13Before you got done, he was limp as a dish rag
05:16I had to help him to the door
05:18Uncle Jed, I can't seem to do nothing to cool Granny off
05:22You don't need to, Jethro
05:23Your pretty, young, panty-playing ma
05:25Has decided not to hide herself away out in the kitchen
05:29That's a good idea, Ma
05:30Cause Granny, she'd find you and whomp you
05:33Oh, we'll hear about that
05:35Well, Pearl, will you stay out here and practice playing and singing and yodeling?
05:39I'll take care of Granny
05:43I wonder if I should have told Uncle Jed
05:45That Granny's waiting behind the door with a skillet
05:47To whomp the first person that sets foot in her kitchen
05:51I reckon I should have
05:55Jed, I'm sorry
05:56I thought it was Pearl coming in
06:00Granny, you done shorting me
06:02I'll make a polis for your head right away now, kid
06:05Right away
06:09I'm telling you, Granny
06:10You don't have to worry no more about Pearl coming in your kitchen
06:13She's going to be spending her time
06:14Getting herself a husband with her singing and yodeling
06:16Jed, it ain't legal to torture a man into marrying you
06:20You just don't realize the power of Pearl's yodeling's got over men
06:23Last night, Mr. Drysdale liked it went wild
06:26Hey, Brittany drove me crazy, too
06:31He loved it, Granny
06:32I'll bet you he's got that yodeling ring in his ears right now
06:38I can still hear it
06:39An unearthly screeching
06:41Now, Chief, surely it wasn't that bad
06:43Well, I can best describe it as the sound a woman might make
06:46If she were having her appendix removed without an anesthetic
06:52Milbred, darling
06:54Margaret
06:55I'm so glad to have you back, dear
06:59What a cunning hat, dear
07:01Is it you?
07:02Oh
07:05Welcome home, Mrs. Drysdale
07:06Thank you
07:07Milbred, I have the most marvelous news
07:10I'm going to a health farm in Arizona
07:14What?
07:14Some women were talking about it on the plane
07:16It's terribly chic, quite expensive
07:19And you don't need any willpower
07:20They just force you to be healthy
07:22The doctors are all deliciously mean
07:26But, Margaret, you are healthy
07:28Every doctor in the United States says you're healthy
07:31But, dear, this is different
07:33They reduce you as well
07:36Margaret, if you want to lose weight
07:38Just stay home and we'll have dinner at the Clampetts every night
07:40Now, you can't eat the food
07:42But you won't leave hungry
07:45Because Cousin Pearl will utile your appetite away
07:49But, Milbred, it's so fashionable to go to a health farm
07:53Oh, Margaret, please stay home and run the place for a while
07:55You have plenty of servants
07:57Yes, but we have no one to manage the place
07:58And with both of us away most of the time
08:00The servants are asleep on the job
08:02Oh, just hire a good, efficient housekeeper
08:05Oh, yes, just try and find one
08:07Oh, Margaret, please stay home
08:11All right
08:13That's the way you feel
08:15Miss Hathaway
08:17I'll stay home, just as you wish
08:19That's my darling
08:21Yes, Mrs. Drawersdale
08:23I'll phone the pharmacy and have all my prescriptions refilled
08:26And call my psychiatrist, my neurologist
08:29My internist and my osteopath and have them come over
08:32Oh, and I'll need nurses around the park
08:35I just, no, servant problem's going to bring on a nervous breakdown
08:40All right, all right, go to the health farm
08:43No, no, my place is at home
08:47Please go to the health farm
08:50All right, if you're sure that's what you want
08:54Oh, I want it, I want it, I want it
08:57Milpen, I promise to come back a new woman
09:01Bye
09:02Just think, Milpen
09:04You'll have a young, glamorous wife
09:07Slim, trim, beautiful
09:12All right, start looking for a new housekeeper
09:14Won't do any good, Chief
09:15We've been through this a
09:19Mr. Drawersdale's office
09:21Just calling, please
09:23Tell him it's a surprise
09:26Surprise?
09:27That's what you said
09:29Milpen Drawersdale speaking
09:36What in the world is that?
09:37That is Pearl Bodine yodeling
09:39Now, when she comes up for air, tell her I was drafted
09:42Gee, she might be the answer to your housekeeping problem
09:44What?
09:45Be nice to her, I'll explain
09:46Hello?
09:47Hello?
09:48Hello, Mrs. Bodine
09:49How nice to hear your voice again
09:51Gee, hello
09:53What are you saying?
09:55Mr. Clabbit says that Pearl is such an industrious housekeeper
09:57That Granny is jealous
09:58She might take over your house and hers
10:00And solve both your problems
10:01What about that yodeling?
10:03I won't be there
10:04And I defy any service to sleep on the job with Pearl around
10:08Hello?
10:09Hello, Mrs. Bodine
10:10I wonder if I might come over and talk to you for a while
10:14Oh, what, talk to me?
10:16Well, what about?
10:17Well, I think you may be just the woman I've been looking for
10:21Yeah
10:22Will you take over the running of my house?
10:24Well, well, yes
10:26It could come right ahead
10:28It was eight
10:30Three o'clock?
10:31Let's eight, two
10:32Goodbye
10:34Oh, lilly, oh, lilly, oh, lilly, oh
10:39Will you stop that infernal caterwolling of yours?
10:43It might be infernal caterwolling to you
10:46But it's pure catnip to man
11:00Why, looky there
11:02I hit such a perfect note
11:04It busted the glass
11:06It wasn't your voice that busted the glass
11:09It was your face
11:10We'll see who gets the last laugh
11:13When my sweetie comes
11:17Sure is nice of you to share your soap
11:19With Ms. Drydale
11:20Well, with my lice soap
11:22She'll be happy to stay home and do her housework
11:27Ready?
11:28Most powerful batch of soap that you ever made
11:31Just a breeze blowing the back on me
11:33On the way over here has got me crying
11:35I make a big soap to do a big job
11:40Everybody gets you
11:41Au revoir
11:42Toot-o
11:46Hi there, Ms. Drydale
11:48Hello, hello
11:49Goodbye, goodbye
11:51Where are you going?
11:52Milford is sending me to a health farm
11:55Martin, I'll be loaded
11:57Yes, ma'am
11:58Well, let's fly, fly, fly
12:02Just a minute, Ms. Drydale
12:04Your granny and me bring you something
12:05Here, honey
12:06Take a good whiff of this
12:08How nice of you
12:10Tell the gardener to speed it in around the rose bushes
12:16Toot-a-loo
12:20Oh, just a minute, ma'am
12:22Granny and me would like to talk to you
12:23I have time
12:24The sooner I go
12:25The sooner Milburn will have his new wife
12:29Did you say new wife?
12:31Completely new
12:32Young, glamorous
12:34Slim, trim, and beautiful
12:36Oh, Martin
12:38Did we lack my medicine?
12:40Sixteen bottles, Mrs. Drydale
12:43Drive on
12:44Toot-a-loo
12:52How could a woman be so cheerful
12:54About her husband getting a younger wife?
12:57You aren't her
12:58She's loaded
12:59Yeah, both of them
13:00Sue to the gills
13:02Who do you reckon is the woman that busted them up?
13:04Hard to tell, Granny
13:05There's so many young, beautiful women out here
13:07Yeah
13:09Probably one of them glamorous movie stars
13:21Oh, Mrs. Bodine
13:23Why, Mr. Drydale
13:24You are anxious
13:34If I'd have had a little more notice
13:36I'd have baked your sweet potato pie
13:37It's one of my specials
13:38Oh
13:38One second
13:39Thank you
13:40Here, I'll take your hat
13:41Yes, sir
13:42I just love to cook
13:43And I love to sew
13:44And I love to keep house
13:45Yes, I've heard
13:47You're an exceptional housekeeper
13:48But I ain't one of them fussy ones
13:50No, sir, not me
13:50I say a man's home is his castle
13:52And it is the duty of a woman
13:54To make him comfortable
13:56No
13:57There we go
13:58Yes, sir
13:59A man works hard all day
14:01And when he gets home
14:02He has a right to enjoy himself
14:04Take off his shoes
14:07And relax
14:09And listen to some soothing music
14:12To calm his jangled nerve
14:18Please, Mrs. Bodine
14:19Not right
14:20Mr. Drydale
14:21I've got to ask you
14:22To keep a grip on yourself
14:23Huh?
14:24We're all alone in the house
14:27If you want me to keep a grip on myself
14:29I must ask you not to play
14:30Or sing
14:31Or yodel
14:33I understand
14:35Kind of makes you go all to pieces
14:38Yes, it does
14:39Well, you just come on back
14:40And you set down
14:42Why, Mr. Drydale
14:43You're perspiring
14:44Why, you've got to get relaxed
14:46What, please?
14:46A man can't say what's on his mind
14:50Unless he's resting easy
14:54Man's sakes
14:55And with that tie and collar
14:57A-choking, it's a wonder
14:58You can talk at all
15:00Oh, Mrs. Bodine
15:01I'll be all right
15:01Really, I will
15:02Mr. Drydale
15:04You've got a hole in your stocking
15:06Oh, it's nothing to be ashamed of
15:09When a man ain't got a woman around
15:12To care for him
15:13Them thinks he's bound to happen
15:15Oh, stop it
15:21I declare, Mr. Drydale
15:24Your ticklish
15:26Now, look
15:26I'm gonna let you sit easy
15:28And I'm gonna darn that up
15:30Before you know it
15:31Oh, Mrs. Bodine
15:32Oh, really, I can manage
15:33Now, now, now, now
15:34I ain't taking orders yet
15:36Now, please
15:36Give me back my sock
15:39Give me my sock
15:40Oh, I know how to handle you
15:42Oh, no, no, no, no
15:45That's not fair
15:47No, Mr. Bodine
15:48No, no, no
15:51No, no, please
15:52No, no, please
15:55No, no, Mr. Bodine
15:57No, no, no, no
15:59No, no, no, no
16:01Mr. Drydale
16:02I reckon Pearl is a young, beautiful woman
16:05That busted up his marriage
16:06Huh?
16:08It's been her singing and yodeling
16:09That drove him to it
16:12No, no, Mr. Drydale
16:14Oh, Mr. Bradford
16:18It was just, uh
16:19Your cousin and I were
16:21Oh, no, no, we weren't
16:26Petro, leave the room
16:28Leave the house
16:32Did you have to come back right now?
16:34We was just going great
16:36Pearl, what's the matter with you?
16:38Man crazy, always was
16:40Mr. Drydale
16:41Get yourself decent
16:43I'll be back to talk to you
16:49Shame on you
16:50You two, Pearl, you homewrecker
16:53I don't know what you're talking about
16:55You told me that Mr. Drydale
16:58Was crazy about my yodeling
16:59So I called him at the bank
17:01And I yodeled
17:02And he come a-running over here
17:03To see me
17:04You done yodeled your way
17:06Twixt Mr. Drydale and his wife
17:09Wife? I didn't know he had a wife
17:11Well, he has
17:12The sweetest, kindest, nicest
17:16Drunkenest woman you ever saw
17:19He done sent her to the farm
17:20Put her out to pasture
17:21So he can marry you
17:22He's seen her leave
17:23Oh, she knows about you, Pearl
17:26Said her husband was going to get a new wife
17:28Young, glamorous, slim, beautiful
17:33Shit
17:35That can't be Pearl
17:38You're forgetting what a powerful spell
17:40Her voice throws on a man
17:41Now, Pearl
17:42I'm going back in there
17:44And try to talk some sense to Mr. Drydale
17:45Whatever you do
17:48Don't yodel
17:56Oh, Mr. Clabbert
17:58I'm terribly embarrassed about the picture
18:00We must have presented when you came in
18:01But I assure you, I wasn't at fault
18:03Yes, your cousin Pearl
18:04That's one of the most
18:05Yeah, my cousin Pearl admitted
18:06That she called you on the telephone
18:08And stirred you up
18:08But she didn't know
18:09You were going to send your wife away
18:11To make room for her
18:12Oh, but I didn't
18:13In the first place, my wife is never home
18:15In the second place, if she does come home
18:17There's still plenty of room for both of them
18:21Mr. Drydale, I hear tell that
18:24You folks out here behave as much different
18:27Than we used to
18:28I know you're carrying a heavy load
18:30On the kind of your wife
18:32But I just can't let my cousin Pearl
18:34Get mixed up in any kind of
18:37Goings on like that
18:39Well, then, if I can't have Pearl
18:41Can I have Granny?
18:48Lord love you
18:49You're a desperate man
18:53That poor man out there
18:55Is so sick of his drinking wife
18:57He is wanting to marry
18:59Either one of you two
19:00Last one in is an old maid
19:04He's trying to save the marriage
19:05He's not busted up
19:06And I think I've got an idea that'll do it
19:07I want you two to wait in the kitchen
19:09And when I bring Mr. Drydale in
19:12I want you to
19:15Yes, sir, Mr. Drydale
19:16Both them fine, hard-working
19:18Good-cooking, housekeeping women
19:20Is in the kitchen there
19:21All you have to do
19:21Is go in there and take your pick
19:22Oh, this is marvelous of you
19:26Nobody knows
19:28Oh, no
19:30And they took the pledge
19:35Oh, howdy-ho
19:37Howdy-ho
19:38Howdy-ho
19:38Howdy-ho
19:38Howdy-ho
19:39Well, look who's here
19:42It's old Jen himself
19:44And they smell me, baby
19:47You fellas want to dance?
19:50Come on, have a little dance
19:51Come on, now
19:54You can't dance in there
19:56Why not?
19:58That's all downhill
20:00Hell
20:02What do you think you pick now, Mr. Drydale
20:05While I can still walk over to your house?
20:07Oh, he's gonna pick me
20:08Ain't you, sweetie, Milby?
20:11Oh, no, he ain't
20:12He's gonna take me, ain't you?
20:13Listen, he gets your banker
20:15Grabbing hands off of him
20:18Who you shoving, fella?
20:20Who you shoving, huh?
20:22I'll show you
20:23Shove it there
20:43How about taking both of them, Mr. Drydale?
20:45No, thanks
20:51You done it, girl
20:52Bless you both
20:54Pearl, you were just great
20:56So was you, Granny, darling
20:58Together you saved that man's home
21:00And you saved his marriage
21:01I don't want to give you a good feeling
21:03Yeah
21:04I'm kind of winded
21:05I think I'll go upstairs and rest
21:07Call me when lunch is ready, Granny
21:09Oh, now, just a minute, Pearl, honey
21:11We got a lot of mess to clean up here
21:15Granny, darling
21:16You give me strict orders
21:18To stay out of your kitchen
21:20Remember?
21:22Why, you lowdown?
21:24No
21:26Here we go again
21:46But now it's time to say goodbye
21:48To Jed and all his kin
21:50And they would like to thank you folks
21:52For kindly dropping in
21:53We're all invited back next week
21:55To this locality
21:57To have a heaping helping
21:58Of their hospitality
22:01Hillbilly, that is
22:02Set a spell
22:04Take your shoes off
22:05Y'all come back now
22:07Here?
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