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Pearl Bodine attempts to push the Clampetts into high society by investigating their ancestry. She discovers they may be descendants of early Mayflower settlers, leading to comedic chaos, though Jed ultimately prefers his simple, quiet life over being famous.
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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 shootin' at some food
00:07And up through the ground come a bubble and crude
00:11Oil, that is, black gold, Texas tea
00:15Well, 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
00:23So they loaded up a truck and they moved to Beverly
00:26Hills, that is, swimming pools, movie stars
00:31The Beverly Hillbilly
01:24Isn't this exciting, Mrs. Drysdale?
01:26Discovering that your next-door neighbors may be descendants of the very first settlers
01:30Well, if it's true, but I just can't believe it
01:34The clampets are so uncouth, so unrefined
01:38I prefer unspoiled
01:41Yes, Madam President
01:50Jethro
01:51Did you ask your teacher over to pot school about that music like I told you?
01:54Oh, yes, sir, Uncle Jed
01:56She's played it to me and I got it all wrote down
02:06First of all, that there music is what you call chimes
02:09Them's holler tubes that makes ringing sounds when struck by a plunger or striker
02:13Oh, yes, sir
02:15Now, there's a reason why them chimes only ring when somebody comes to the door
02:19Like as if there was a lookout up on the roof of watching
02:23That's right
02:24You see, there's a little button
02:26And pushing that button makes that plunger hit them chimes
02:30So whilst you go ahead and go to the door
02:32I'm going up on the roof and catch that rascal that's pushing that button
02:42Well, howdy, ladies, come in, come in
02:44Good morning, Mr. Clampett
02:46Have a chitlin'
02:47Oh, what a treat, of course
02:48Of course, thank you
02:50Thank you
02:53Where's Granny?
02:55Oh, she's out in the kitchen stone grinding some cornmeal
02:58Stone grinding cornmeal?
03:00Now, that's something we must see, Mrs. Drysdale, come along
03:03In a moment, Madam President
03:06Mr. Clampett, will you tell your cousin Pearl
03:09That my car and chauffeur are at her disposal?
03:11Sure will
03:12Pearl!
03:14You going to eat your chitlin'?
03:15Oh, yes, of course
03:20By the way, Mr. Clampett
03:22Just what is a chitlin'?
03:24Oh, these ain't ordinary chitlins
03:26These is Granny's specials
03:27They is possum inners deep-fried in boiling hog fat
03:35Jack?
03:41Pearl, how come you'd be using Mrs. Drysdale's car?
03:44Well, Jed, now that we's high society
03:46I can't be seen riding around in that old truck
03:49When did we high society?
03:51Since that historical lady found out
03:53That your ancestors come to this country for the Mayflower
03:57What's that got to do with me?
03:59That's the way society works, Jed
04:01The earlier your kinfolk got here
04:03Higher up that putschit
04:05I reckon the high society folks is the Indians
04:09No, I don't work that way
04:11How come?
04:12I don't know how come
04:13Well, they was here for anybody else
04:15No, no, no, Jed
04:15Let's not try to change the rules
04:18Let's just start enjoying the game
04:20Up to now, Mrs. Drysdale's treated us like
04:23Wet dogs at a wedding
04:26That's kind of warmed up
04:27Warmed up?
04:29She can't do enough
04:30While she's having her chauffeur
04:32Take me to all the fancy stores
04:34And then to her beauty saloon
04:49I'm certain there must be an easier way to grind corn
04:53Oh, there is
04:54Now back home, we took our turn of corn to the grist mill
04:58Down by Catfish Creek
04:59Here in Beverly Hills, they ain't got no creek
05:02Nor river to turn the mill wheel
05:04So we have to go back to grinding corn
05:06Like we learned from the Indians
05:08But surely any supermarket would
05:10Mrs. Drysdale, this is a priceless experience
05:13A direct contact with the past
05:15You can read about these things
05:17But to actually participate in activities
05:19Familiar to our ancestors is
05:21It's to hold history in our hands
05:23I don't think I could hold anything in mine
05:28Spartermite, do they?
05:29I'm afraid they do
05:30Isn't it shameful how soft we've gotten
05:32Well, you come all over here, Mrs. Drysdale
05:35There ain't nothing like hot, soapy water
05:38Good for sore hands
05:40Thank you
05:41And this here soap will take the sting out of the pain
05:44You're very kind
05:46And while you got your hands in the hot, soapy water
05:48Why, you might as well do a few of these diggings
05:50This is
05:51Well, you seem to set quite a store
05:54On handling all of these old, historical pewter pots and pans
05:57Oh, I do, I do
05:59But I have to meet my husband at his bank
06:01Immediately
06:02In fact, I'm late now
06:04But don't you worry, Mrs. Drysdale
06:06I'll save up a bunch of thrills for you
06:09Like churning and lye-making
06:11And corn husking and chicken plucking
06:14And goat milking
06:22My dinghy's
06:23She does enjoy it
06:25Did you see her run so she could hurry back?
06:31Now, whose idea was the two baby goats?
06:33Ellie Mays
06:35If I didn't know
06:36I declare, girl, you are the limit
06:39When it comes to dragging home critters
06:41All I sent you for was a couple of chickens
06:43And a milking goat for Granny
06:44I know, Pa
06:45But these little rascals cried something awful
06:48When we commenced to taking their ma away from them
06:52Oh, dear
06:53I forgot that Pearl has my car
06:55Oh, Mrs. Drysdale
06:56Is some place you got to go?
06:57Yes, to the bank
06:58To see Milbeth
06:59I'll call a cab
07:00Oh, no, no
07:00That'd be downright unnaverly
07:02If us let you do that
07:03With Jeff Roe and Ellie Mays
07:04And drive you down there
07:05Sure will
07:05In this truck?
07:07One good turn deserves another
07:08After all, you let Pearl take your car
07:10Oh, yeah
07:11You can have the back seat all to yourself, Mrs. Drysdale
07:13I'm in terrible hurry
07:14I better call a
07:15Ain't nobody can get you there faster than we can, Mrs. Drysdale
07:18Oh, don't worry, Mrs. Drysdale
07:19Is the hickory bench is tight on good and tight
07:21Yeah, but I
07:22Here, Mrs. Drysdale
07:24You can hold that little fella
07:25So he won't bother me when I drive
07:28Now, remember, she's in a hurry
07:30But, uh, drive careful, Jethro
07:32Well, I think I better
07:33I think I'm going to
07:34I
07:36Oh, no
07:37Oh, no
07:37Oh, no
07:42Oh, please
07:43Stop taking this, Drysdale
07:44Making noise like a siren
07:46Come on, move over
08:01Come on, grampet
08:02Christ
08:06Did you cut through the bank in this condition?
08:09Sheena
08:10How could you explain this?
08:11The grampet
08:13I don't want to hear any more complaints about the grampets
08:15Oh, they may be a bit unrefined
08:17But at least they don't run around the streets of Beverly Hills
08:19Smashed
08:20What happened to your beautiful spring hut?
08:23Oh
08:25Oh, boy
08:26Crying Jag
08:27Get some coffee, y'all
08:29I'll get her walking
08:30Margaret, I can't understand
08:32I
08:33I
08:33I can't understand this
08:35I have never seen you take a drink before the cocktail hour
08:38Shut up
08:38Let go of me
08:40Margaret, Margaret, Margaret, please, please lie down
08:41I will not
08:42Now, you're not going to be one of those kind of drunks, are you?
08:45I'm not intoxicated
08:47I'm mortified
08:48The word is ossified
08:51Will you listen to me?
08:53The clampets are to blame for this
08:55Of course, of course
08:57And I suppose Granny gave you some of her corn
08:59A huge ball like this
09:03Here we are, Mrs. Drysdale
09:05Have a sip of this
09:07Thank you, I shall
09:11Oh, that does help
09:13Tell me, confidentially
09:16What did happen to your hat?
09:19It was eaten by a goat
09:25Have some more coffee, Margaret
09:29Mrs. Drysdale
09:30You really must get a grip on yourself
09:32Now, if Mrs. Smith-Standish verifies that the clampets are indeed first family material
09:37Then you, too, will be in the spotlight
09:39I'll be in the hospital
09:41Oh, my
09:42So, help me
09:43If those uncouth hillbillies become my social peers
09:46Life will cease to be worth living
09:49Oh, Miss Hathaway, take me home
09:52Oh, of course
09:53Oh, Margaret, Margaret
09:56What happened to your car?
09:58Did it get smashed, too?
10:00Cousin Pearl has it
10:08Come in, whoever you are
10:21Bonjour, Jade
10:24Who are you?
10:26Pearl
10:26Cibouple
10:28Curl who?
10:30Your cousin
10:33Oh
10:34What did you do at that beauty saloon?
10:38That's Salon, Cibouple
10:40And they made me glamorous
10:43That ruins your hair
10:44You took out all the color and the curl, too
10:47This ain't my hair
10:48This is what you call a flatter wig
10:50All them high society women is wearing them now
10:53How come?
10:54Ain't they got no hair of their own?
10:56Of course they have
10:57But variety is the spice of life
10:59You see, you play
11:01I thought you'd never ask
11:05That's very French
11:07What does it mean?
11:09I don't know
11:10But all them society women in the beauty salon
11:13Kept a-saying it to the fellas that was fixing their hair
11:16I'll tell you, Jed
11:17We gotta learn us some French
11:19If we're gonna be in high society
11:23Oh, uh, Mr. Chauffeur
11:26You, you, you may go Cibouple
11:28Very good, madam
11:30Good day, sir
11:31Yes, sir
11:32Sure is
11:33With no rain
11:36See, that's the way to live
11:38A big limousine and a livered chauffeur
11:41And them folks just know you's high society
11:43All you gotta do is say a few of them French words
11:46And they go to bowin' and scrapin' all over the place
11:50What's all this stuff?
11:52Them surprises for everybody
11:53High society surprises
11:55You ain't getting me in one of them wigs
11:57Uncle Jed
11:58Uncle Jed, Granny wants
12:00Bonjour, Monsieur
12:03Who's she?
12:04I don't hear Ma
12:06Cibouple, that's Paul
12:08Ma?
12:09Where'd you learn how to speak Italian?
12:12Hey, Granny
12:13Tell me, Mike
12:14Come look at Ma
12:15She fell headfirst in a flower barrel
12:17She's got our work cut out for us
12:19Making high society out of that one
12:21You can see if we'll play that again
12:25Hey, Pearl
12:30Telling me, high society ladies
12:32Don't go around carryin' goats
12:34Well, Miss Drysdale held one on her lap
12:36All the way to the bank
12:37Didn't she just throw it?
12:39Oh, yeah, yeah
12:39What's all the commotion in here?
12:41Lookie yonder, glamorous cousin Pearl
12:49Would you kindly tell me
12:51What he's all so fired funny?
12:54You
12:56You wouldn't know a high society woman
12:58If you'd see one
12:59Well, I sure don't see one around here
13:02Hey, look at all the fine surprises here
13:04Cuttin' Pearl Brunk first
13:05What'd you bring for me, Ma?
13:07Now, now, you find out
13:09Now, I did a lot of check-in today
13:11And I found out that high society folks
13:14Especially rich ones like us
13:16They have what you call hobbies
13:19Hobbies and sports
13:21What's them?
13:22Them things to keep them busy
13:24Cause they don't do no work
13:26Well, that lets me out
13:27No, no, Granny
13:28It's all right to work
13:29Long as the other high society people
13:31Don't know your work
13:32You see, high society folk
13:35Is always bored
13:37How come?
13:38I ain't sure
13:40Probably cause they don't work
13:42Well, uh, why don't they just work
13:44And not bother with, uh
13:45Now, Jeff
13:46Let's not go to changing the rules again
13:49We're just getting into the game
13:51All right, Pearl
13:52Tell us what you want to do
13:53Well, Mrs. Smith's dandy said
13:56They might be wanting to take our picture
13:58For the high society page in the newspaper
14:00So, I figure
14:02We gotta look like high society
14:04Now, all of you go and put your clothes on
14:08And when Mrs. Smith's dandy sees us
14:11She won't have to be saved
14:13And I don't think I want to get mixed up in this nonsense
14:15Granny, please
14:17Oh, come on, Granny
14:19Since it plays with Pearl so much
14:20It can't hurt us none
14:21Besides, Pearl knows a lot more about high society than we do
14:25Thank you, Jeff
14:28Jack?
14:33Mrs. Smith's dandy, she gives me great pleasure to present
14:36My blood cousin, that international millionaire
14:39And high society sportsman
14:42Mr. J.D. Clampett
14:46Jack!
14:55Do something, Jack
14:56A polo first
14:58I don't know how you polo
15:00I feel like a named fool
15:02Look at this thing
15:03I don't know whether you snare them
15:05Or knock them off trees
15:08You can sit over there, Jen
15:10We'll be drinking tea and playing bridge directly
15:18Granny, you're next
15:20And now, it gives me great pleasure to present
15:23That famous high society dowager
15:26And international sportswoman
15:28Granny
15:28Whose favorite hobby is
15:30Big game hunting in darkest Africa
15:39It's a good thing for you
15:40This gun ain't loaded
15:43Granny, you go on over there
15:45And sit down
15:45And we're gonna have tea and bridge
15:51Now, those of us who is high society knows
15:55There just ain't nothing more cultured than ballet dancing
15:58And so, it gives me great pleasure to present them
16:01Wealthy, bored, international young'uns
16:05Whose favorite hobby is ballet dancing
16:07Ellie Mae and Jethro
16:11How beautiful
16:12That's only hair
16:13Come on out, Jethro
16:15I ain't gonna do it
16:17Jethro, come on out
16:18I don't want to, Ma
16:19You look fine
16:20You're just dripping cultured
16:28Mrs. Bodine
16:30Jethro shouldn't be wearing this tutu
16:33See, Ma
16:33I told you
16:35Well, I know it ain't big enough
16:36But it's fine for the pictures
16:39Now, wait a minute
16:40Wait, wait
16:41Wait, come back
16:42We ain't have tea and bridge here
16:55Pearl?
16:58Pearl?
16:59Pearl?
17:01Go away
17:02Oh, Pearl, come on out
17:04Don't sit in there and sulk
17:05Miss, Miss Standish wants us to show her how to do to Virginia Rio
17:08You show it to her
17:09Ain't no mood for dancing
17:11Oh, we can't dance it without you
17:13Come on, everybody's getting all dressed up
17:14I had you all dressed up and you run out on me
17:17Pearl, we just ain't ready for society that high
17:21Now, Miss Miss Standish wants us all to get dressed for reeling
17:24Come on out, you can wear your store-bought hair
17:26I can't neither
17:27Just go
17:29Did that old go-get-it?
17:31Crazy enough to eat anything
17:37Oh, you're doing beautifully, Mrs. Drysdale
17:40I'm proud of you
17:41She sure got the hands for any season
17:43Miss Drysdale, your husband's here
17:45He's going to dance with us
17:46Thank goodness
17:48Oh
17:49My hands
17:51My hands
17:53They'll never be the same again
17:55There's nothing like milking a goat to pretty the hands
17:59Come on, Granny
18:00You're getting ready for the Virginia Rio
18:02I'll fetch your lap organ in for you
18:04Oh, Mrs. Drysdale
18:06Have you seen this priceless antique lap organ?
18:09Oh, so that's what it is
18:10I mean, it's marvelous
18:12You like music, Mrs. Drysdale?
18:14I adore music
18:15Especially the authentic lap organ
18:18All right, Granny
18:18I'll let you have a turn, won't you, Granny?
18:20Why, sure
18:21Mrs. Drysdale, did you hear that?
18:23Oh, what a red-letter day this is for you
18:26Oh, yes, indeed it is, Madam President
18:30Well, come on
18:30Let's get in there
18:31And get at it
18:32Okay
18:37Go, sit down
18:42Woo-hoo
18:44Let's go
19:03Somebody's going to have to spell Miss Drysdale
19:05She's all plunked out
19:07Excuse me, Mrs. Smith-Standish
19:09You went with the telephone
19:10Long distance from Virginia
19:11Oh, that's headquarters
19:12Mr. Clampett
19:14If our genealogical records confirm those entries in your family Bible
19:18You will make headlines from coast to coast
19:21Your pictures will be in every newspaper
19:23Yee-hoo
19:24Woo-hoo
19:25As direct descendants of the first family to settle Jamestown
19:29You'll be celebrities
19:31All of you
19:31You'll be on radio, television
19:33Blown to New York for a ticker tape parade
19:36Then on to Washington to meet the President
19:39Address a joint session of Congress
19:42Statues will be erected of you
19:44Excuse me, the telephone
19:46Let her roll, Miss Hathaway
19:47Oh, she's right
19:49I've got to come down to earth long enough to get confirmation
19:52Excuse me
19:53Mrs. Smith-Standish speaking
19:56Yes
19:57Yes
19:58Oh, well, that was the entry in the old Bible
20:00I couldn't quite make out
20:02Oh, well, Mr. Clampett is right here
20:04I'm sure he'll be able to give us confirmation immediately
20:07Mr. Clampett
20:10If your great-grandfather's name was Ezekiel
20:13You are the Clampett the world is waiting to discover
20:24Well, now, I kind of hate to disappoint you, ma'am
20:27But, uh, his name was Jeremiah
20:32I could have told you that, Madam President
20:35Not for one moment was I, fools
20:38I'm sorry
20:38No, there seems to have been some kind of a mistake
20:41Jed
20:46What's ailing you?
20:48You know, doggone good and well
20:50Your great-grandpappy's name was Ezekiel
20:53Yeah, I know, Granny
20:55But what would an old mountain goat like me have to say to the President and Congress?
21:01Come on, everybody, let's have another Virginia reel
21:03Yeah!
21:05All right
21:08Salute, buddy
21:31Well, now it's time to say goodbye to Jed and all his kin
21:35They would like to thank you folks for kindly dropping in
21:38You're all invited back next week to this locality
21:41To have a heaping helping of their hospitality
21:46Hillbilly, that is
21:47Set a spell
21:48Take your shoes off
21:50Y'all come back now
21:52Here?
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