Episode
The Beverly Hillbillies: The Gloria Swanson Story
Overview
The Clampett's are shocked to hear Gloria Swanson's house is to be demolished to make way for a golf course. They offer to make a silent movie with her as the star to raise some money. The Movie ""Passions Plaything"" has it's world premiere at the Bijou theatre in Bugtussle.
Details
- Series
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1966-11-30
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Gloria Swanson Story is Episode 12 in Season 5 of The Beverly Hillbillies. It aired on 1966-11-30. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 11: Granny Lives It Up
Mr Drysdale's competitor John Cushing woo's Granny so she'll put her money in his bank. When Mr Drysdale hears of this he asks his father in law Mr Farquar to woo Granny to keep the money in his bank. Meanwhile Granny is running between the two when they come to call & is exhausted before to long.
Episode 13: The Woodchucks
Jethro wants to mail himself to Paris to meet girls. Miss Jane arrives with Biddle Bird Watchers. Jethro likes Athena & wants to join, Miss Jane says only girls can join. Mr Drysdale suggests Jethro join the Junior Woodchucks & the two groups can have a combined outing. While trying to earn a merit badge Jethro's ants escape from the ant farm & everyone jumps into the cement pond to avoid them.!
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Episode 10: Jed Joins the Board
Jed gets a job as a garbage man & Mr Drysdale is shocked, so he gets him a position as director on the board of O.K. Oil Company. The Clampetts turn the company plane into a cheap airline & sell tickets to anywhere for the same low price.
Episode 14: Foggy Mountain Soap
Lester & Earl return with the news they are making a commercial for Foggy Mountain Soap. Jed & Granny are invited by the owner to star in the commercial. Jethro wants to direct it.
Episode 9: Clampett Cha Cha Cha
Granny wins five free dance lessons from Marvin & Marita dance school & can't wait to start. The dance instructors arrive at the Clampett's & Granny starts dancing with Marvin. Later Granny wants the young uns to learn to dance & Jed learns Marvin & Marita have no students so He tries to find some for them.
Episode 15: The Christmas Present
It's Christmas & Granny has no Christmas spirit. Jed, Jethro & Elly remember the good ol' days back home & decide to help the people of Beverly Hills.
Jethro gets a job as Santa in a dept.store, Elly is his elf. Jed is working at the sporting goods counter & Granny is working in women's lingerie. Earlier Mr Drysdale asked Jethro to take some old clothes away & he thought the Drysdale's were short on cash so they had to sell some of their clothes. When Mrs Drysdale visited the Dept.store Granny slipped some nightgowns into her bag without her knowledge & as Mrs Drysdale left the store,the store detective arrested her.
When Mrs Drydsale returned from the police station the Clampetts had bought back her bag of old clothes as a Christmas present.
Episode 8: Jed in Politics
Granny's mixing up a batch of her soap,Mrs Drysdale complains to the smog commisioner. The smog commish. arrives & Granny chases him off with a shotgun. The commish.is up for re-election,so Mr Drysdale suggests Jed run for Smog Commisioner. Jethro invents a filter for car smog.(only problem is it's too big.!)
Episode 16: The Flying Saucer
Granny discovers Martians next door at the Drysdale mansion.
Episode 7: Come Back, Little Herbie
Mr Kelly (Herby) wants his money from Mr Drysdale. Mr Drysdale wants Herby to go back to the Clampetts to replace the real Gorilla. The Clampetts still think Herby's real & offer to buy him from Mr Kelly. Mr Drysdale arrives & has to wear the suit so Jed can meet Mr Kelly & offer him the money. When Mr Kelly gets the money he runs & Mr Drysdale chases after him.
Episode 17: The Mayor of Bug Tussle
The Mayor of Bugtussle arrives & the Clampett's roll out the red carpet to welcome him. The Mayor tells Mr Drysdale he needs money for the city funds & wanted to ask Jed but couldn't. Mr Drysdale asks how much he needs & the Mayor says $100,000 should cover it. Mr Drysdale refuses & The Mayor goes back to Jed. He wanted to ask Jed but Jethro interupted & Jed tells Granny He thinks the Mayor wants to ask her to marry. Later Mr Drysdale arrives with the cheque & the Mayor leaves in a hurry.
Episode 6: The Gorilla
Elly wants a Gorilla, Jethro wants it to do all his chores. Jed asks Mr Drysdale if he can send one over. Mr Drysdale hires a man in a Gorilla suit & asks him if he can scare the Clampetts enough that they'll forget the Gorilla Idea. When He arrives things don't go as planned & Granny climbs into the cage to make the Gorilla behave. Elly names him ""Herby"" & Jethro puts him to work. After chopping wood & various other chores Granny wants Herby to do the ironing.
When Mr Drysdale arrives Herby (Mr Kelly) takes off the suit & leaves & Mr Drysdale puts it on & drives back to the bank.
The Clampetts then go to the Zoo & bring back a real Gorilla.
Episode 18: Granny Retires
Granny wants to retire from Doctorin' & go home to the Hills. She wants to pass on her knowledge to Jethro & Elly but they aren't really interested. Mr Drysdale convinces Dr Clyburn to ask Granny for advice so she'll stay in Beverly Hills.