What is “The Beverly Hillbillies”?
A: The Beverly Hillbillies is an American television
sitcom.
When was it broadcasted?
A: From 1962 to 1971.
On what network was it aired?
A: On CBS.
It had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene
Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as who?
A: The Clampetts, a poor, backwoods family from the hills of the Ozarks.
The Clampetts move to posh Beverly Hills,
California,
after what?
A: After striking oil on their land.
Who produced the show?
A: It was produced by Filmways and was created by Paul Henning.
It was followed by what two other Henning-inspired
"country cousin" series on CBS?
A: Petticoat Junction and its spin-off Green Acres.
The Beverly Hillbillies ranked among the top 20
most-watched programs on television for how many of its nine seasons?
A: Eight.
Where did it rank during its first two seasons?
A: As the No. 1 series of the year.
It accumulated how many Emmy nominations during its
run?
A: Seven.
The series starts with Jed Clampett, an impoverished
and widowed hillbilly with his daughter and mother-in-law living alongside a
what?
A: An oil-rich swamp.
The start of each episode shows what?
A: Jed discovering oil while shooting at a rabbit.
However, in the first episode the oil is discovered by
whom?
A: A surveyor for the OK Oil Company who realizes the size of the oil field,
and the company pays him a fortune for the right to drill on his land.
Patriarch Jed's cousin Pearl Bodine prods him to do
what?
A: To move to California after being told his modest property could yield
millions of dollars, and pressures him into taking her son Jethro along.
The family moves into a mansion in wealthy Beverly
Hills, California, next door to whom?
A: Jed's banker, Milburn Drysdale, and his wife, Margaret, who has zero
tolerance for hillbillies.
What is the core of the sitcom's humor?
A: Double entendres and cultural misconceptions.
Plots often involve Drysdale's outlandish efforts to do
what?
A: To keep the Clampetts' money in his bank, and his wife's efforts to rid
the neighborhood of "those hillbillies".
Who is Jed Clampett portrayed by?
A: Buddy Ebsen.
He is the widower of whom?
A: Granny's daughter, Rose Ellen.
He is the son of Luke Clampett and his wife, and has a
sister called what?
A: Myrtle.
In episode 13 it is revealed that his grandfather was
98 when he did what?
A: Married his grandmother who was 18.
In a very early episode Jed tells Elly May that she is
what?
A: The spitting image of her mother.
What is Jebs catchphrase?
A: Welllllll, doggies!
Jed was one of the three characters to appear in what?
A: All 274 episodes of the series.
Who played the part of Elly May?
A: Donna Douglas.
In addition to the family dog, Duke (an old
Bloodhound), a number of pets live on the Clampett estate thanks to what?
A: Animal-lover Elly.
In the 1981 TV movie, Elly May is the head of a what?
A: A zoo.