Episode
The Beverly Hillbillies: The Soap Opera
Overview
Granny thinks her favourite T.V. soap opera is real. She invites the star to the Mansion because on the show he was sick & she wanted to Doctor him. When she thinks she's cured him off he goes back to work. Next day Granny sees him sick on T.V. again,so this time asks Jethro to take her to the T.V. studio because something there must be making him sick. When they arrive He's in the operating theatre & Granny takes him home so he'll get better under her care.
Details
- Series
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 26
- Air date
- 1968-03-06
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Soap Opera is Episode 26 in Season 6 of The Beverly Hillbillies. It aired on 1968-03-06. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 25: The Clampetts Fiddle Around
Miss Jane & Jethro attend a violin recital.(Jethro sleeps through most of it) Miss Jane suggests Jethro takes violin lessons.
Maestro Stromboli arrives to teach Jethro to play,but Jed & Granny think its he who should take lessons. Jethro buys a fiddle from a pawn shop & asks Stromboli how much he paid for his. Stromboli tells him the high priced amount & Jethro tells him he thinks he got taken. Stromboli's annoyed with Jethro "" This is a Stradavarious...Ignoramus."" Jed invites Fiddlin' Sam Dingle to teach Stromboli how to play 'turkey in the straw' & they have a Ho Down.
Episode 27: Dog Days
Granny threatens to leave unless Elly gets rid of her menagerie.
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Episode 24: Jethro Proposes
Granny wants Jed to propose marriage to Miss Jane. He says no, so she asks Jethro. Jethro is going to ask but meets Ilsa on the way & forgets all about it. Granny tells him to invite Miss Jane to dinner at a fancy restaurant where he can ask her then. Granny & Elly sit at the next booth where they can hear what's happening & coach Jethro when needed. Jethro asks, Miss Jane accepts & Jethro runs. Later Miss Jane reluctantly turns down his proposal.
Episode 28: The Crystal Gazers
Supernatural shenanigans spook the Clampetts.
Episode 23: The Great Tag-Team Match
Rebecca & her Manager come to the Clampett's place. The Manager wants a rematch between Granny & the Boston strong girl. Granny says no. Jed offers to pay Rebecca's parents mortgage & writes them a cheque. Rebecca & Manager want to cash cheque but instead bring Rebecca's parents to meet the Clampetts. Rebecca's Manager convinces Granny to fight with the Boston strong girls parents in a tag team match & Granny beats them all single handed.
Episode 29: From Rags to Riches
Mr Drysdale wants to make a commercial starring the Clampetts as lazy hillbillies wasting their lives at the beginning, to successful contributors to society at the end. He dresses as SuperBanker & they recite to the camera how worthless their existence was before SuperBanker changed things for them.
Episode 22: The Rass'lin' Clampetts
Granny & Mrs Drysdale have a 'scrap' & Jed's ashamed of Granny for fightin' with the neighbour. Jethro says that in Beverly Hills everyone rassles, he's seen it on T.V. The Clampett's gather around the T.V. to watch the Boston strong girl battle it out with sweet lil ol' Rebecca who only rassles to earn money so her parents won't be evicted from their farm. Granny wants Jethro to take her to the wrestling centre. They're standing at ringside when the Boston strong girl is beatin' up on sweet lil Rebecca. Granny can't take it any more & climbs in to the ring & beats up the Boston strong girl.
Episode 30: Cousin Roy
Cousin Roy arrives & wants to open a Hollywood branch of Mother Mabel's elixir. Granny doesn't want her old rival Mabel to be sucessful at her expense, so Granny & Jethro set up a stall on the sidewalk to sell Granny's elixir. That is until a cop arrests them for operating a stall without a permit. Mr Drysdale flys Mother Myrtle out to Beverly Hills & just as Jethro & Granny arrive home, she sees Myrtle & runs into the house for her gun.
Episode 21: The Great Snow
Granny is homesick for snow, she wants to go home to Bugtussle. Mr Drysdale doesn't want them to leave, He turns up the air-conditioning in the mansion & borrows a snow machine from the movie studio to make it snow (plastic snow)at the Clampett's place. He pretends there's a raging snowstorm & tells the Clampetts not to go outside, Miss Jane & He will bring them food. After making there way through the 'Blizzard' Elly goes out the back door & finds a stuffed wolf she thinks is 'plum froze'. Jethro wants to have some snow ice cream & goes outside with a bowl & spoon. Jed realises what's going on when he goes outside & it's warm. Mr Drysdale confesses and when Granny offers him some snow ice cream they leave in a hurry.
Episode 20: Topless Anyone?
The Happy Gizzard isn't doing so well. Jethro realises what's missing, 'topless' waitresses .! He hires Elly as his waitress & tells her to take off her hat because this place is topless.! Mr Drysdale is sweet talking a prospective new depositor, Mr & Mrs Vanderpont. Unfortunately for Mr Drysdale Jethro ruins his plans & the Vanderponts leave. Miss Jane tells the Clampetts what topless really means. The Vanderponts return & Jed gives them some of Granny's ""white lightnin'"". He then invites them to the Happy Gizzard & Mr Vanderpont likes it so much he buys it off them.
Episode 19: The Diner
Jed wants Jethro to open up a business. Jethro decides he wants to be a fry cook & open up a restaurant. Jed tells Mr Drysdale about Jethro's plan to be a fry cook and Mr Drysdale finds a run down old diner that he rents for $35 a week. Jethro fixes up the place & names it the Happy Gizzard. When Jethro's first customer comes in (a young woman)She leaves after Jethro couldn't cook her a hamburger. Granny arrives to save the day & agrees to cook for Jethro.
Episode 18: The Housekeeper
Jed feels guilty about Granny having to clean the mansion all by herself. He tells Mr Drysdale, who says he'll find him a housekeeper so Granny can rest. Jed told him he would have a hard time convincing Granny to let someone else do her chores. Mr Drysdale told him he'd convince her. Mr Drysdale found a 'cheap' housekeeper named Mrs Meek. when he managed to convince Granny to give her a try Mrs Meek turned into the ""housekeeper from hell."" Eventually Miss Jane found Mrs Meek a job as a prison guard & Granny was happy to go back to her chores.