Episode List: |
Episode Name | Season | Disc | Side | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | IMDB |
Jethro Goes to School | 1 | 5 | A | 1 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning | Jed enrolls Jethro at an exclusive Beverly Hills elementary school. Millicent Schuyler-Potts, the proprietor of the school, is aghast when Jed and Jethro show up. | 7.9 |
Pygmalion and Elly | 1 | 5 | A | 2 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning | Sonny Drysdale decides he needs to be Pygmalion to Elly's Galatea and remake her from a hillbilly into a woman of society, while Granny uses love charms to heat up their relationship. | 8.0 |
Elly Races Jethrine | 1 | 5 | A | 3 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning | When Sonny Drysdale promises to give Elly May a ring, Granny thinks he's going to propose and becomes a matchmaker. | 7.7 |
The Great Feud | 1 | 5 | A | 4 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning Phil Shuken | Granny and the rest of the Clampetts start a feud with the Drysdales since Sonny courted Elly May and then stood her up when granny suggested marriage. | 8.1 |
Home for Christmas | 1 | 5 | A | 5 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning Phil Shuken | Jed, Ellie May, Jethro and Grannie take their first plane flight back home for Christmas to visit cousin Pearl, who is busy cooking up a feast to win Mr. Brewster's unwilling heart. | 8.1 |
No Place Like Home | 1 | 5 | B | 1 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning Phil Shuken | Back home for Christmas, Elly May bonds with her old animal friends, while Pearl plays the piano for the "new" movie in town (the silent version of Ben Hur) to impress Mr. Brewster. | 7.5 |
Jed Rescues Pearl | 1 | 5 | B | 2 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning Phil Shuken | Since Mr. Brewster doesn't want to get married, but since the whole county knows that Cousin Pearl had her hat set for him, Jed comes up with a plan for her to save face. | 7.5 |
Back to Californy | 1 | 5 | B | 3 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning Phil Shuken | The Clampetts pack up to return to Beverly Hills, so Jethrine tries to pack Jazzbo Depew. Elly says goodbye to her animals. | 7.4 |
Jed's Dilemma | 1 | 5 | B | 4 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning Phil Shuken | Grannie and Cousin Pearl are at each other's throats over who's going to take care of cooking and the house, so Jed has to find ways to keep them apart. | 7.9 |
Jed Saves Drysdale's Marriage | 1 | 5 | B | 5 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning Phil Shuken | Mrs Drysdale leaves for a health farm saying Mr. Drysdale is "going to have a new wife," while Mr. Drysdale tells Cousin Pearl he'd like her to keep his house. | 7.7 |
Episode Name | Season | Disc | Side | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | IMDB |
Elly's Animals | 1 | 6 | A | 1 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning Phil Shuken | Grannie sets Elly May's dogs and the police on Cousin Pearl to stop her yodeling, making everyone mad at her. She becomes contrite when she thinks she'll get kicked out of the clan for it. | 7.6 |
Jed Plays Solomon | 1 | 6 | A | 2 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning Phil Shuken | Granny can't stand Pearl's yodeling so she reports her to the police. When one of the officers takes Pearl out, Granny thinks she got Pearl in trouble and become sad and contrite. | 8.1 |
Duke Steals a Wife | 1 | 6 | A | 3 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning Phil Shuken | This is the only episode of The Beverly Hillbillies to mention Jed's late wife and Elly May's mother Rose Ellen. | 7.7 |
Jed Buys the Freeway | 1 | 6 | A | 4 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning | Henry Jones shows up at the Clampett's, pretends to be an old friend and tries to sell the family the Hollywood Bowl, Griffith Park, and the freeway. | 8.2 |
Jed Becomes a Banker | 1 | 6 | A | 5 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning | Drysdale hires Jed to be a banker when he needs a crack shot to help beat a rival banker in a skeet shooting competition, but his partner needs to be an employee. | 8.2 |
The Family Tree | 1 | 6 | B | 1 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning | Mrs. Drysdale wants to get rid of the Clampett's before the arrival of Mrs. Smith-Standish, the head of a 'first family' historical society. | 8.4 |
Jed Pays His Income Tax | 1 | 6 | B | 2 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning | When an IRS agent gets chased away by Grannie, Mr. Drysdale tell him the story of how the Clampetts came to be rich and move to Beverly Hills. | 7.9 |
The Clampetts and the Dodgers | 1 | 6 | B | 5 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning Dick Wesson | Jed and Jethro go golfing with Leo Durocher, coach of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who wants to recruit Jethro as a pitcher when he sees how well he can throw. | 8.1 |
The Clampetts Are Overdrawn | 2 | 6 | B | 3 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning Mark Tuttle | The Clampetts receive an overdraft from the bank intended for the deadbeat actor J.D. 'Jake' Clampett, while he gets their statement and starts to spend their money. | 7.5 |
The Giant Jackrabbit | 2 | 6 | B | 4 | Richard Whorf | Paul Henning Mark Tuttle | Granny takes on a kangaroo. | 8.7 |