Episode
The Beverly Hillbillies: Jed Inherits a Castle
Overview
Jed gets a letter in the mail saying he has inherited a castle in England. Jethro reads up on England & Queen Elizabeth the first. He thinks that England hasn't changed in 400 years & Knights still fight dragons. The Clampetts go down to the passport office to apply for their passports & the Clerk thinks he's on 'Candid Camera' & they're actors trying to fool him.
Details
- Series
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1967-09-06
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Jed Inherits a Castle is Episode 1 in Season 6 of The Beverly Hillbillies. It aired on 1967-09-06. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 3: Clampett Castle
The Clampetts arrive at their Castle & meet John Faversham who introduces himself as major domo (major domocile) Faversham. The Clampetts think his name is Major Domo & when he tries to correct them saying Faversham, they think that faversham is an English greeting for howdy.! Jethro is keen to go hunt dragons & Granny wants to doctor Jed's cousin. Faversham tells her he's no longer with us,he was taken by major peritonitis. Granny doesn't trust army doctors.!
Jed's cousin's old english sheep dog is on the bed with the curtains drawn. Granny thinks he's shy, She doctors him through the closed curtains thinking the dog is Jed's cousin. Later Granny sees the dog on the bed eating a bone & thinks the dog 'et' Jed's cousin.!! Jed & Granny bury the bones in the backyard.
Episode 4: Robin Hood of Griffith Park
Mr Drysdale mourns a cheque for $10,000,000 Jed paid to Faversham for back taxes on the castle. Jethro starts the 'war of the roses' when he chased a dragon through the neighbours rose garden. Jethro thinks he's been robbed of his birth right when Jed won't fight with the neighbour. Jethro dresses as Robin Hood & the Clampetts leave for Beverly Hills. When they arrive back home, Jethro, Elly & Bessy the chimp move out to Griffith Park to rob from the rich & give to the poor.
A hippie & his girlfriend join Jethro's gang. Jed, Granny & Miss Jane go to Griffith Park to look for Jethro. The hippie wants to try some of Granny's smoked crawdads.
Episode 5: Robin Hood and the Sheriff
Miss Jane,Mr Drysdale,Jed & Granny go to Griffith Park looking for Jethro & Elly. Buddy the Hippie arrives back at the park with all his friends & they start partying. Buddy wants to smoke a crawdad, Jethro tells him to go down to the lake & find some.
Two cops arrive while the 'Gang' are down at the lake, When the Police ask Granny what she's doing, she tells them ""I'm smoking crawdads,but first I need a little pot."" When Buddy finds a crawdad it nips him on the finger. He & the other 'Cats' split & the police go after them rather than the Clampetts.
Episode 6: Greetings From the President
Jethro gets a letter from the President to enlist in the Army. Jed doesn't want the Government to pay for Jethro's training so he wants to pay all the expenses. Mr Drysdale isn't happy when Jed wants to withdraw $100,000 to buy Jethro a tank. He's even less happy when Jethro wants Mr Drysdale to be his tank crew dressed as a German Officer.
Jethro drives the tank to Griffith Park for target practice, Mr Drysdale escapes in a rowboat & rows to the middle of the lake. Jethro is about to fire at him when two cops arrive & Mr Drysdale thinks he's saved. Until the older cop recognises him from his days in the quartermaster corp & arrests him as payback. Jed has to bail out Mr Drysdale.
Episode 7: The Army Game
Jethro wants to be Inducted into the Army. Granny gives him a physical. Jethro arrives limping & hard of hearing. Col Stark is very impressed. The Psychiatrist tells the Colonel He thinks Jethro is the best draft dodger he's ever seen.! Jethro tells them about Granny's physical & the Colonel wants to meet the Clampetts. When they arrive the 'Shrink' thinks their behaviour is all an act & convinces the Colonel not to induct Jethro.
Episode 8: Mr. Universe Muscles In
Mr Drysdale gets Elly a date with Mr Universe, the Clampetts see him & think he's suffering from bar-bell bloat.
John Cushing from a rival bank wants Elly to date Troy Apollo but everytime he pulls up out the front of the Clampett Mansion he sees Miss Jane, Granny or Cousin Bessie the chimp & thinks they're Elly & drives away.
When Mr Universe sees Elly lift a bar-bell by herself, he decides to eat Hillbilly food to maintain his strength.
Episode 9: A Plot for Granny
Jed wants to find some land for Granny to raise some crops. Jethro tells him about some plots for sale at Happy Valley. Jed phones Happy Valley & a representative arrives thinking Jed wants to buy a cemetary plot. After Jed tells him he wants to buy a plot for Granny the rep. thinks Jed has killed Granny & has her in the backyard.
Episode 10: The Social Climbers
Granny gets a letter from Adeline Ashley who wants to visit. When Mrs Drysdale learns of this she wants Adeline to visit her so she can make the social pages. When Adeline arrives early, Granny tries to matchmake Adeline with Jed. Mrs Drysdale tries repeatedly to meet Adeline & finaly does after she falls into the cement pond.
Episode 11: Jethro's Military Career
Granny is mixing up a batch of her moonshine & Jethro is trying out his frogman outfit in the cement pond. When Granny walks by the pond she thinks Jethro is a sea monster. Later Jethro sets of a charge in the pond & blows himself out of the water.
Mr Drysdale gives Jethro some 'Money Man' comics & Jethro wants to meet the Moon maidens. Jed tells Mr Drysdale about the problem with Jethro & He suggests the Army Reserve. Jethro decides he wants to meet the moon maidens & fixes a rocket to his back & using granny's moonshine for fuel launches himself into the air. He lands in the ocean & is rescued by the coast guard.
Episode 12: The Reserve Program
Jethro joins the army reserve & Granny makes him wear her Grandpappy's uniform. When he arrives the sergeant thinks he's an extra in a civil war movie. The Colonel tells him to come back on Monday. Jethro overhears the Colonel talking to an actor dressed as General Grant. He thinks the Yankee's are fixin'to fight with the south again. Jethro tells Granny the news & Granny dresses as a southern belle to spy on Gen.Grant & get information on when the attack will be. Granny learns that Grant is going to attack the Culpepper plantation & hurries off to warn them.