1962

S1.E1 ∙ The Clampetts Strike Oil

Tue, Sep 25, 1962

A backstory presentation of how a dirt poor mountain family acquired millions in oil and moved to Beverly Hills, California.

8.3 /10

S1.E2 ∙ Getting Settled

Tue, Oct 02, 1962

The Clampett clan finds features of their new Beverly Hills mansion beyond their comprehension. Highly educated bank secretary Jane Hathaway finds them beyond hers.

8.1 /10

S1.E3 ∙ Meanwhile, Back at the Cabin

Tue, Oct 09, 1962

Without a pump anywhere on the premises, only the cement pond provides the Clampetts with wash water.

7.8 /10

S1.E4 ∙ The Clampetts Meet Mrs. Drysdale

Tue, Oct 16, 1962

Snooty Mrs. Drysdale zooms in from her Boston retreat to see for herself what kind of people are the Clampetts. Meanwhile, the Clampetts discover the telephone.

8 /10

S1.E5 ∙ Jed Buys Stock

Tue, Oct 23, 1962

As Mrs. Drysdale revives from her first encounter with the Clampetts, she thinks she's hallucinating due to Clampett efforts to help her, believing her a lush.

8 /10

S1.E6 ∙ Trick or Treat

Tue, Oct 30, 1962

Fired up over Beverly Hills unfriendliness, Granny aims to return to the hills. Jed talking her into visiting their neighbors themselves coincides with Halloween.

7.6 /10

S1.E7 ∙ The Servants

Tue, Nov 06, 1962

To give the Clampetts some polish, Mr. Drysdale has them take in his butler and maid, hoping they'll work wonders.

7.7 /10

S1.E8 ∙ Jethro Goes to School

Tue, Nov 13, 1962

A letter from Pearl reminds Jed to enroll Jethro in the 5th grade. A snooty Beverly Hills headmistress does not catch on that the Jethro they're enrolling is not a little boy.

7.7 /10

S1.E9 ∙ Elly's First Date

Tue, Nov 20, 1962

Mr. Drysdale convinces his self-absorbed stepson Sonny to date Elly May to Mrs. Drysdale's consternation, while Granny and Jed make preparations for Thanksgiving.

7.6 /10

S1.E10 ∙ Pygmalion and Elly

Tue, Nov 27, 1962

While Sonny Drysdale decides he needs to be Pygmalion to Elly's Galatea and remake her from a hillbilly into a woman of society, Granny uses love charms to heat up their relationship.

7.3 /10

S1.E11 ∙ Elly Races Jethrine

Tue, Dec 04, 1962

Pearl and Jethrine finally arrive. Granny and Pearl fall immediately into a competition on who they can get married first, Jethrine or Elly Mae.

7.4 /10

S1.E12 ∙ The Great Feud

Tue, Dec 11, 1962

Granny and the rest of the Clampetts start a feud with the Drysdales since Sonny courted Elly May then stood her up when Granny suggested marriage.

8.1 /10

S1.E13 ∙ Home for Christmas

Tue, Dec 18, 1962

Jed, Elly May, Jethro, and Granny take their first airplane flight back home for Christmas to visit cousin Pearl, who's busy cooking up a feast to win Mr. Brewster's unwilling heart.

7.9 /10

S1.E14 ∙ No Place Like Home

Tue, Dec 25, 1962

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.

7.2 /10

S1.E15 ∙ Jed Rescues Pearl

Tue, Jan 01, 1963

For man-hungry Pearl to save face, Jed has Mr. Brewster publicly propose, with Pearl to turn him down, but hamming it up makes things not go as planned.

7.4 /10

S1.E16 ∙ Back to Californy

Tue, Jan 08, 1963

Once returned to California, sparks fly between Granny and Pearl, two mountain women each of a mind to mind the mansion in their own ways.

7.5 /10

S1.E17 ∙ Jed's Dilemma

Tue, Jan 15, 1963

Granny 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.

7.8 /10

S1.E18 ∙ Jed Saves Drysdale's Marriage

Tue, Jan 22, 1963

A misunderstanding has Jed believing he has to save the Drysdale's marriage from Pearl's man-mesmerizing yodeling.

7.6 /10

S1.E19 ∙ Elly's Animals

Tue, Jan 29, 1963

When Pearl starts selling music lessons, Mrs. Drysdale complains about the noise to the police. Mrs. Drysdale also calls the dog catcher on Duke.

7.7 /10

S1.E20 ∙ Jed Throws a Wingding

Tue, Feb 05, 1963

Flatt and Scruggs and their wives come to visit their old sweetheart, but Pearl thinks they're there to propose. Jed throws a wingding for them and the duo play music for the Clampetts.

8.1 /10

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 becomes sad and contrite. Meanwhile, the police find her still, and new trouble results.

7.9 /10

S1.E22 ∙ Duke Steals a Wife

Tue, Feb 19, 1963

Jed and his dog Duke are both feeling down without a woman in their lives, until they see and pursue a French woman and her poodle that she brought to breed with Mrs. Drysdale's dog. Meanwhile, Mrs. Drysdale has arranged a "marriage" between the dogs, complete with a decorated bedroom.

8 /10

S1.E23 ∙ Jed Buys the Freeway

Tue, Feb 26, 1963

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.

7.9 /10

S1.E24 ∙ Jed Becomes a Banker

Tue, Mar 05, 1963

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.

8.6 /10

S1.E25 ∙ The Family Tree

Tue, Mar 12, 1963

Mrs. Drysdale wants to get rid of the Clampetts before the arrival of Mrs. Smith-Standish, the head of a 'first family' historical society. But Mrs. Smith-Standish goes to the Clampett's home first, and becomes enchanted with their antiques and way of life, even roping the horrified Mrs. Drysdale into helping do the chores the old-fashioned way.

8.3 /10

S1.E26 ∙ Jed Cuts the Family Tree

Tue, Mar 19, 1963

Mrs. Drysdale continues to be forced into doing "practices from the past" by Mrs. Smith-Standish, who discovers that Jed's family is possibly the first to come the country. If so they'd be famous worldwide, but does Jed want that?

7.8 /10

S1.E27 ∙ Granny's Spring Tonic

Tue, Mar 26, 1963

Miss Hathaway's brilliant-but-frumpy bank protegee Gloria is really a sultry gold-digger with eyes for Jed's $34 million, and Jed's just had double his annual dose of Granny's spring tonic.

7.9 /10

S1.E28 ∙ Jed Pays His Income Tax

Tue, Apr 02, 1963

When an IRS agent gets chased away by Granny, Mr. Drysdale tells him the story of how the Clampetts came to be rich and move to Beverly Hills.

7.6 /10

S1.E29 ∙ The Clampetts and the Dodgers

Tue, Apr 09, 1963

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.

8.3 /10

S1.E30 ∙ Duke Becomes a Father

Tue, Apr 16, 1963

Mlle. Denise comes back for the birth of her dog's puppies, and to see Jed. They do some "courtin' and sparkin'" Mrs. Drysdale isn't nearly so happy when she finds the puppies share more in common with Duke the bloodhound than Claude the poodle.

8.1 /10

S1.E31 ∙ The Clampetts Entertain

Tue, Apr 23, 1963

Jed arranges a party to get Grannie out of her doldrums and invites the Drysdale. But when Mr. Drysdale's boss comes and wants to meet them for dinner, he wonders if he's going to be sent to an Alaskan bank when his boss finds out he's been lying about Jed and his family being sophisticated.

8.3 /10

S1.E32 ∙ The Clampetts in Court

Tue, Apr 30, 1963

When a couple who ran into the Clampett's car discover that they're rich, they fake injuries and sue the Clampetts.

8.6 /10

S1.E33 ∙ The Clampetts Get Psychoanalyzed

Tue, May 07, 1963

Jethro needs a health certificate to graduate from the fifth grade, so he goes to the only doctor the Clampetts know about: Mrs. Drysdale's psychiatrist. He gets nowhere with Jethro, so Pearl comes, and she thinks he is testing her virtue when he invites her to lie on his couch.

8 /10

S1.E34 ∙ The Psychiatrist Gets Clampetted

Tue, May 14, 1963

Jethro finally gets his bill of health from Dr. Twombly so he can graduate the fifth grade, but Twombly really wants to talk to Granny again. Drysdale brings him to the Clampetts' just as Granny shows Pearl how to use a love potion, so everyone thinks Twombly's interest in Granny is love.

8 /10

S1.E35 ∙ Elly Becomes a Secretary

Tue, May 21, 1963

When Miss Hathaway gets sick and Mr. Drysdale has to speak at a conference, Jed helps out by running the bank and having Elly be his secretary, while Jethro finds a speech that Drysdale accidentally uses instead of his own. All the while a new teller sucks-up to the men and flirts with the women.

7.7 /10

S1.E36 ∙ Jethro's Friend

Tue, May 28, 1963

Jethro invites his 5th grade classmate to visit his home. Armstrong Dueser McHugh III arrives in a limo; he is coddled by a chauffeur who treats him as sickly and frail. The Clampetts know better and teach "Duesy" how to have a good time.

8.5 /10