The Beverly Hillbillies — Season 7
Y'all come back now, ya hear?
About this season
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.
Episodes (26)
1. A Bundle for Britain
Aired 25 September 1968 • 25 min
Mr Drysdale congratulates the Clampetts for reaching the sum of $80,000,000 in his bank. Jethro tells Jed he heard on the radio that the Queen Elizabeth was sold to Philadelphia. Jed rings Faversham in London & he confirms this. Says they sold both Queens to the U.S. (However he meant the Ocean Liners,Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth.Not the people.) Jed thinks that the Queen must be having money trouble & wants to help. He wants to withdraw his money & give it to the Queen. He's sure Mr Drysdale won't mind,it must be a worry for him looking after all that money. When Mr Drysdale hears about this he hires an actor to play the Queen's Minister of Finance to accept the money & give it back to Mr Drysdale. But things don't go the way Mr Drysdale planned, When the actor found out Jed was rich,he sold him Canada & gave him the deed to take to the Queen herself.
2. Something for the Queen
Aired 2 October 1968 • 25 min
The Clampetts are flying to London to give the Queen the deed to Canada. Jethro smuggles Elly's buzzard on board in a bag & tells Mr Drysdale who wants to look at it. In the toilet Mr Drysdale opens the bag to have a look & the buzzard almost escapes. Mr Drysdale returns to his seat next to Jethro with feathers in his hair & flapping his arms like a bird. Granny sees this and thinks He has Goose Fever. When the Clampetts are driving through town,people are pointing at them. Granny says news has spread how they chickened out of the war of the roses last time they were in England. When they arrive at the castle Colonel Dumbarton next door fires off his sunset canon & lowers the Union Jack flag. Granny thinks he's startin'the war of the roses all over again.!
3. War of the Roses
Aired 9 October 1968 • 25 min
Jethro challengers next door to the war of the roses, Colonel Dumbarton accepts & they commence to joust. Jed wants to go to see the Queen & give her the deed to Canada. Mr Drysdale convinces him to stay & says he'll bring the Queen to Him. Mr Drysdale dresses Miss Jane as Queen Elizabeth the 1st & accepts the deed. Jethro is Knighted as well.
4. Coming Through the Rye
Aired 16 October 1968 • 25 min
Jethro spies Col.Dumbarton's neice through his telescope.When he tells Jed to look through it Jed sees her brother & thinks it's her 'cause he (she) is wearing a dress.(scottish kilt) Jethro is in love,he wants to marry her. Granny doesn't want Jethro to marry a big ugly girl like that & eventually gets her wish.
5. Ghost of Clampett Castle
Aired 23 October 1968 • 25 min
Mr Drysdale wants to go home,but the Clampetts aren't ready to go yet. Faversham tells him about the Ghost of Clampett castle. Mr Drysdale thinks this will scare the Clampetts & they'll want to go home. Mr Drysdale tells them the story & Jethro wants to hold a seance to contact the ghost. Mr Drysdale dresses as a ghost & almost has them packing their bags until Granny shoots the 'ghost'with her shotgun & he goes howling down the hall. On the trip home Mr Drysdale has to stand all the way 'cause he can't sit down.!
6. Granny Goes to Hooterville
Aired 30 October 1968 • 25 min
Petticoat Junction citizens take Granny's potent potions.
7. The Italian Cook
Aired 6 November 1968 • 25 min
While Granny's still in Hooterville, Jethro hires an Italian chef to do their cooking. Granny's @ Drucker's telling him about how she used her tonic on Steve & Betty Jo's baby after discovering that Boy (the Petticoat Junction dog) was in the baby crib, wearing a baby bonnet as well. Thinking that her tonic turned the dog into their baby. Granny sees the baby for the first time & thought it worked wonders! Sam Drucker arrives @ the Shady Rest with a telegram for Granny. The message was from Jethro saying the family's starving & misses her. So after riding on a horse, driving a motorcycle, getting on an airplane, parachuting down to Beverly Hills, she finds the Italian cook feeding the Clampetts. Granny chases after Jethro over that phony telegram!
8. The Great Cook-Off
Aired 13 November 1968 • 25 min
A temporary but tempting Italian cook stirs up a storm.
9. Bonnie, Flatt, and Scruggs
Aired 20 November 1968 • 25 min
Musicians Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs play themselves in a spoof of Bonnie and Clyde
10. The Thanksgiving Spirit
Aired 27 November 1968 • 25 min
Thanksgiving with the folks from Petticoat Junction and Green Acres.
11. The Courtship of Homer Noodleman
Aired 4 December 1968 • 25 min
Drysdale casts Dash Riprock in a new role, that of Elly May's lover.
12. The Hot-Rod Truck
Aired 11 December 1968 • 25 min
Jethro wants to junk his ""old wreck,"" and Granny thinks he means her.
13. The Week Before Christmas
Aired 18 December 1968 • 25 min
The hustle and bustle increases as Christmas nears.
14. Christmas in Hooterville
5.0Aired 25 December 1968 • 25 min
The hillbillies celebrate the Christmas holidays in Hooterville.
15. Drysdale and Friend
Aired 1 January 1969 • 25 min
Drysdale finds himself jailed and sharing a cell with a bear.
16. Problem Bear
Aired 8 January 1969 • 25 min
Drysdale has the flu, and too many well-meaning visitors.
17. Jethro the Flesh Peddler
Aired 22 January 1969 • 25 min
Jethro starts his own Hollywood talent agengy called JB Enterprises. His office, the entire 5th floor of The Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills. Meanwhile, Cousin Roy pays a visit when a record agent heard him play back in his hometown. The gang decides to pay a visit to JB, hoping he would sign Roy. Jethro doesn't want any hayseeds as clients. So Roy decided to pack for home until he saw Elly May in a nice dress. Roy was speechless (seeing Elly in a nice dress), he decides to pay a visit to that record company.
18. Cousin Roy in Movieland
Aired 29 January 1969 • 25 min
Roy arrives @ the Clampett house hoping to make it in show biz. Problem is, he doesn't have the money. So Jed decides to back up Roy. Meanwhile, Jethro faces eviction from his office @ the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills. Mr. Drysdale demands the $5,000 rent. Jed tries to have Jethro become Roy's agent, but Jethro doesn't want any country hick acts. So he changes Roy to being part of a group. When Roy's new act bombs, Jed & Mr. Drysdale advise Jethro to stick with country music after Roy's record becomes a hit! But Jethro tore the contract & starts begging for Roy to come back!
19. Jed Clampett Enterprises
Aired 5 February 1969 • 25 min
Drysdale evicts Jethro from the bank building.
20. The Phantom Fifth Floor
Aired 12 February 1969 • 25 min
Chaos is rampant at Clampett Enterprises.
21. The Hired Gun
Aired 19 February 1969 • 25 min
Drysdale schemes to evict the Clampetts.
22. The Happy Bank
Aired 26 February 1969 • 25 min
Business is booming — if confusing — at Clampett Enterprises.
23. Sam Drucker's Visit
Aired 5 March 1969 • 25 min
Sam Drucker (Frank Cady) foments family unrest when he visits the hillbillies.
24. The Guru
Aired 12 March 1969 • 25 min
The mansion becomes a mecca for a phony guru (William Mims).
25. The Jogging Clampetts
Aired 19 March 1969 • 25 min
Jogging mania seizes the hillbillies and Drysdale.
26. Collard Greens an' Fatback
Aired 26 March 1969 • 25 min
Pat Boone as a prospective buyer of the Drysdale home.