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Season 5 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 30
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

The Beverly Hillbillies Season 5 (1966-1967)

The Beverly Hillbillies The Party Line 5x01 The Party Line
Granny wants to get a party telephone line installed inside the Clampett mansion. Chaos ensues.
Sep. 14, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies The Soup Contest 5x02 The Soup Contest
Granny enters Elly Mae in a soup making contest in hopes of finding her a husband.
Sep. 21, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies Jethro Takes Love Lessons 5x03 Jethro Takes Love Lessons
Jethro goes to actor Dash Riprock and asks him for advice about women.
Sep. 28, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies The Badger Game 5x04 The Badger Game
Two schemers set out to bilk the Clampetts by taking compromising photographs of Jed.
Oct. 05, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies The Badgers Return 5x05 The Badgers Return
Colonel Foxhall and his co-hort, Emmaline Fetty, return. This time they try to blackmail banker Drysdale.
Oct. 12, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies The Gorilla 5x06 The Gorilla
When Elly Mae and Jethro decide they want a gorilla to help with their household chores, Drysdale hires an actor to dress in a gorilla costume.
Oct. 19, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies Come Back, Little Herby 5x07 Come Back, Little Herby
Herby the gorilla (actually an actor dressed in a costume) returns after the Clampetts begin missing him.
Oct. 26, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies Jed in Politics 5x08 Jed in Politics
Granny and Drysdale talk Jed into running for Beverly Hills Smog Commissioner.
Nov. 02, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies Clampett Cha Cha Cha 5x09 Clampett Cha Cha Cha
The Clampetts decide to help out a couple of dance instructors who are down on their luck.
Nov. 09, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies Jed Joins the Board 5x10 Jed Joins the Board
Looking for something to do, Jed joins the board of directors of the oil company that discovered the black gold on his land.
Nov. 16, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies Granny Lives It Up 5x11 Granny Lives It Up
When rival banker Cushing begins dating Granny in hopes of getting her money for his bank, Drysdale gets his father-in-law to woo her as well.
Nov. 23, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies The Gloria Swanson Story 5x12 The Gloria Swanson Story
The Clampetts set out to help silent movie queen Gloria Swanson after they mistakenly believe that she's fallen on hard times financially.
Nov. 30, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies The Woodchucks 5x13 The Woodchucks
Jethro joins the male equivalent of a female birdwatching society in order to get a date.
Dec. 07, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies Foggy Mountain Soap 5x14 Foggy Mountain Soap
Jed and Granny get hired to appear in a television commercial for a brand of soap.
Dec. 14, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies The Christmas Present 5x15 The Christmas Present
In the spirit of Christmas, the Clampetts decide to do something nice for Mrs. Drysdale.
Dec. 21, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies The Flying Saucer 5x16 The Flying Saucer
As part of a new advertising gimmick, Drysdale hires actors to dress up as Martians but the Clampetts believe they are the real thing.
Dec. 28, 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies The Mayor of Bug Tussle 5x17 The Mayor of Bug Tussle
The Clampetts are paid a visit by the mayor of their hometown of Bug Tussle but it turns out that he has an ulterior motive for his trip.
Jan. 04, 1967
The Beverly Hillbillies Granny Retires 5x18 Granny Retires
Granny decides to retire from her homespun practice of "medicine" and wants either Jethro or Elly Mae to takeover for her.
Jan. 11, 1967
The Beverly Hillbillies The Clampett Curse 5x19 The Clampett Curse
Deciding that their fortune has become a burden, Jed gives it all to three needy college girls.
Jan. 18, 1967
The Beverly Hillbillies The Indians Are Coming 5x20 The Indians Are Coming
The Clampetts get involved in a land boundary dispute with a Native American tribe back home in the hills and Granny mistakenly believes they are preparing to attack.
Feb. 01, 1967
The Beverly Hillbillies The Marriage Machine 5x21 The Marriage Machine
The Clampetts try their hands at computer dating.
Feb. 08, 1967
The Beverly Hillbillies Elly Comes Out 5x22 Elly Comes Out
Granny and Jed throw Elly Mae a coming out party but Mrs. Drysdale schemes to sabotage it.
Feb. 15, 1967
The Beverly Hillbillies The Matador 5x23 The Matador
In his latest career move, Jethro decides to try his hand at becoming a bullfighter.
Feb. 22, 1967
The Beverly Hillbillies The Gypsy's Warning 5x24 The Gypsy's Warning
Mrs. Drysdale hires two gypsies to scare the Clampetts out of Beverly Hills.
Mar. 01, 1967
The Beverly Hillbillies His Royal Highness 5x25 His Royal Highness
An exiled monarch, who is now penniless, begins dating Elly Mae.
Mar. 08, 1967
The Beverly Hillbillies Super Hawg 5x26 Super Hawg
The Clampetts mistake a hippopotamus for a giant hog.
Mar. 15, 1967
The Beverly Hillbillies The Doctors 5x27 The Doctors
Once again, Granny is selling her spring tonic and once again she gets into trouble because of it.
Mar. 22, 1967
The Beverly Hillbillies Delovely and Scruggs 5x28 Delovely and Scruggs
Flatt and Scruggs visit the Clampetts again this time for a screen test for Gladys Flatt.
Mar. 29, 1967
The Beverly Hillbillies The Little Monster 5x29 The Little Monster
Drysdale hires Elly Mae and Jethro to watch after his nasty nephew who immediately begins snookering the Clampetts.
Apr. 12, 1967
The Beverly Hillbillies The Dahlia Feud 5x30 The Dahlia Feud
After things begin disappearing from the Drysdale home, Granny finds herself as the prime suspect.
Apr. 19, 1967

Season 5 Characters

Jed Clampett played by Buddy Ebsen
Daisy Moses played by Irene Ryan
Elly May Clampett played by Donna Douglas
Jethro Bodine played by Max Baer Jr.
Jane Hathaway played by Nancy Kulp
Milburn Drysdale played by Raymond Bailey
Mrs. Margaret Drysdale played by Harriet E. MacGibbon
Lawrence Chapman played by Milton Frome
Himself played by Lester Flatt
Colonel Foxhall played by Leon Ames
Dr. Roy Clyburn played by Fred Clark
Harry Hogan played by Bobs Watson
Herbie the Gorilla - Tom Kelly played by George Barrows
Secretary played by Kay St. Germain Wells
Emaline Fetty played by Gayle Hunnicutt
Woman played by Lenore Kingston
Herself played by Gloria Swanson
King Alexander played by Jacques Bergerac
Lowell Redlings Farquhar played by Charles Ruggles
Mrs. De Longpre played by Barbara Morrison
Susie played by Carol Booth
Fran played by Toby Kaye
Gladys Peabody played by Lurene Tuttle

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Season 5 Videos

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Season 5 Quotes

05x09 - Clampett Cha Cha Cha Season 5 / Episode 9: - Clampett Cha Cha Cha

Daisy Moses: They ain't no Vilma and Buddy Ebsen.
Jed Clampett: [Jed frowns] Who?
05x20 - The Indians Are Coming Season 5 / Episode 20: - The Indians Are Coming

John Wayne: Give me a fifth of bourbon - that'll square it.
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Season 5 Trivia

  • Episode 16 - The prop used as the spaceship showed up in episodes of Batman, I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched.
  • Episode 07 - The title is based on the play/movie Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) by the American dramatist William Inge. Shirley Booth won both a Tony and Oscar for her role.
  • Episode 11 - Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Mr. Drysdale and Mr. Farquhar both refer to Irene Ryan's character as Granny Clampett instead of Granny Moses.
  • Episode 14 - The title refers to the The Foggy Mountain Boys, a influential bluegrass group popular during 1940s, 1950s, and 1960's that included Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, who played the show's theme song and were in this week's play.
  • Episode 20 - The only payment John Wayne asked show producers for his guest role was a bottle of bourbon.

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