Beverly Hillbillies Season 1 Episode 1 - The Clampetts Strike Oil

The first episode of The Beverly Hillbillies
Jed Clampett is told by a representative of an oil company that the swamp behind his shack is full of oil.

Original airdate: September 26, 1962

CAST:
Buddy Ebsen: Jed Clampett
Irene Ryan: Granny
Donna Douglas: Elly May Clampett
Max Baer Jr.: Jethro Bodine
Bea Benaderet: Cousin Pearl Bodine
Raymond Bailey: Milburn Drysdale
Nancy Kulp: Jane Hathaway
Frank Wilcox: John Brewster

Audio/Visual: sound, color

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[pappycab1]

Why did the music have to be redone for the opening?

[publicdomain101]

@pappycab1

The original music is copyrighted.

[taypar11]

Does it get any better than this? No way. When Aunt Pearl and Jed have a conversation about what all he has and he says he would be a darn fool to leave all this, well, that's classic writing. Paul Henning was a genius.