Season 8 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 26
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

The Beverly Hillbillies Season 8 (1969-1970)

The Beverly Hillbillies Back to the Hills 8x01 Back to the Hills
Granny has had enough of the good life and wants to move back home in the hills. The deal is sealed when she learns that the daughter of Elverna Bradshaw from back home is set to be ...
Sep. 24, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies The Hills of Home 8x02 The Hills of Home
The Clampetts are headed home at the right time since the Silver Dollar Fair is in full swing, where Elly May can meet a young man to marry. Meanwhile, back in Beverly Hills, Jethro ...
Oct. 01, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies Silver Dollar City Fair 8x03 Silver Dollar City Fair
As the Clampetts head into the Silver Dollar City Fair, Granny has only one thing on her mind....getting Elly May a husband. While Elly May has her fun with the games, Granny points ...
Oct. 08, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies Jane Finds Elly a Man 8x04 Jane Finds Elly a Man
Elly May's chances of finding a husband is hampered when she enters the cake baking contest at the fair. Meanwhile back at Beverly Hills, Jethro grows weary of living alone in the mansion ...
Oct. 15, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies Wedding Plans 8x05 Wedding Plans
Now that Elly May has agreed to marry Mathew Templeton back in the Ozarks, Mr. Drysdale rushes to stop the wedding before he loses the biggest account in his bank. While in the hills, ...
Oct. 22, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies Jed Buys Central Park 8x06 Jed Buys Central Park
Elly May and Granny discover that not only is Mathew, Elly's fiance, married but is also a preacher and believed Granny had wanted him to preform the ceremony. While at the Silver Dollar ...
Oct. 29, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies The Clampetts in New York 8x07 The Clampetts in New York
Shifty Shafer, known as Honest John by the Clampetts, attempts to sell the family portions of New York City while showing them the sights. Mr. Drysdale and Miss Jane rush to aid the ...
Nov. 05, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies Manhattan Hillbillies 8x08 Manhattan Hillbillies
Now that Shifty Shafer/Honest John has been kicked out of New York City, the Clampetts decide to take up residence on their new property in Central Park, by building themselves a cabin. ...
Nov. 12, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies Home Again 8x09 Home Again
The Clampetts have returned to Beverly Hills and Granny begins her search for a man for Elly May again. When Elly sees a veterinarian see likes, Granny wants to help her out but is ...
Nov. 19, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies Shorty Kellems Moves West 8x10 Shorty Kellems Moves West
Mr. Drysdale wants to get his hands on Shorty Kellem's money when he comes to Beverly Hills for a visit. Mr. Drysdale mistakes a conversation he overheard, believing Shorty has more ...
Nov. 26, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies Midnight Shorty 8x11 Midnight Shorty
Shorty is living the high life now that Mr. Drysdale believes he has 200 million dollars, including dating four secretaries at once. But once Mr. Drysdale discovers that his fortune ...
Dec. 03, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies Shorty, Go Home 8x12 Shorty, Go Home
Granny wants to get rid of Shorty and send him back home, believing he is a bad influence on the family. When he withdraws all his money from the bank, Mr. Drysdale fears it is because ...
Dec. 10, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies The Hero 8x13 The Hero
The Drysdale's nephew, Lance Bradford has returned as a hero and is to be made a Vice President of the bank. But when Jethro mistakes the welcoming ceremony as being for himself after ...
Dec. 17, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies Our Hero, the Banker 8x14 Our Hero, the Banker
Lance Bradford may have been a hero in the Air Force, but in the field of banking he has much to learn. Mr. Drysdale earges Lance to get new accounts. Jethro says he will open a new ...
Dec. 24, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies Buzz Bodine, Boy General 8x15 Buzz Bodine, Boy General
The Clampetts head to Hooterville to visit Bobbie Jo and Steve's new baby. While there, Steve tells Jed that the town needs a crop dusting plane. Jed makes a call to Mr. Drysdale to ...
Dec. 31, 1969
The Beverly Hillbillies The Clampett-Hewes Empire 8x16 The Clampett-Hewes Empire
As Jed and Howard Hewes finalize plans for getting the new airport set up, Mr. Drysdale decides to come down and meet Mr. Hewes in person. He is elated to meet the billionaire until ...
Jan. 07, 1970
The Beverly Hillbillies What Happened to Shorty? 8x17 What Happened to Shorty?
Jed finds out that Shorty had never left Beverly Hills and is living in their cellar. When a friend from back home, Shad Heller arrives they decide that Shorty should marry Elverna ...
Jan. 14, 1970
The Beverly Hillbillies Marry Me, Shorty 8x18 Marry Me, Shorty
Jed has Mr. Drysdale arrange a bachelor party for Shorty, creating an old fashioned Oriental slave auction with Shorty acting as a sheik with a harem.
Jan. 21, 1970
The Beverly Hillbillies Shorty Spits the Hook 8x19 Shorty Spits the Hook
Shorty and Elverna's wedding day has arrived and he is in a panic. He will do anything to escape being married, including making Elverna believe he is a gambler since her family has ...
Jan. 28, 1970
The Beverly Hillbillies Three-Day Reprieve 8x20 Three-Day Reprieve
Shorty is still trying to prevent being a married man by sowing his wild oats at the bank with the secretaries. Miss Jane and Jed hope to make him remain interested in Elverna by pasting ...
Feb. 04, 1970
The Beverly Hillbillies The Wedding 8x21 The Wedding
Shorty can no longer be trusted and the Clampetts have built a cage to hold me until the ceremony. With Jethro as the guard, Shorty makes his escape and is found back at the bank with ...
Feb. 11, 1970
The Beverly Hillbillies Annul That Marriage 8x22 Annul That Marriage
The Clampetts scheme to give Gloria a glimpse of what her new life will be like now that she has married Shorty. Jed tells Granny to fix up the cabin for her while Shorty is put back ...
Feb. 18, 1970
The Beverly Hillbillies Hotel for Women 8x23 Hotel for Women
While the Clampetts join Granny in the cabin, Shorty uses the mansion as a hotel for women, inviting all the secretaries from the bank to spend the day. When Jethro hears about Shorty's ...
Feb. 25, 1970
The Beverly Hillbillies Simon Legree Drysdale 8x24 Simon Legree Drysdale
While the hotel for women is in full swing, Jean's brothers want Mr. Drysdale to explain why their sister is not at work and is living in the mansion. Mr. Drysdale tells them that he ...
Mar. 04, 1970
The Beverly Hillbillies Honest John Returns 8x25 Honest John Returns
Honest John returns with the prodding of his wife, to con the Clampetts out of their fortune. His scheme this time is to tell Jed he needs funding for his drilling of the San Bernardino ...
Mar. 11, 1970
The Beverly Hillbillies Honesty is the Best Policy 8x26 Honesty is the Best Policy
Mr. Drysdale gets involved in the scheme of removing the smog of California when he fears that Jed is being duped. Honest John and his wife, Flo work together, as she disguises herself ...
Mar. 18, 1970

Season 8 Characters

Jed Clampett played by Buddy Ebsen
Elly May Clampett played by Donna Douglas
Jethro Bodine played by Max Baer Jr.
Milburn Drysdale played by Raymond Bailey
Jane Hathaway played by Nancy Kulp
Daisy Moses played by Irene Ryan
Shorty Kellems played by Shug Fisher
Elverna Bradshaw played by Elvia Allman
Helen Thompson played by Danielle Mardi
Miss Gloria Buckles played by Bettina Brenna
Daisy Moses - Granny played by Irene Ryan
Shad played by Lloyd 'Shad' Heller
Patricia Switzer played by Judy Jordan
Sugar Jean Bell played by Jeannie Bell
Shifty Shafer aka Honest John played by Phil Silvers
Jeanne Leeds played by Judith McConnell
Janet Butterfield played by Devon Blaine
Slavegirl Secretary Joy Devine played by Diana Bartlett
Matthew Templeton played by Roger Torrey
Mrs. Margaret Drysdale played by Harriet E. MacGibbon
Himself played by Eck Bozeman
Lance Bradford played by Soupy Sales
Betty Jo Bradley Elliott played by Linda Henning

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Season 8 Videos

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Season 8 Quotes

08x17 - What Happened to Shorty? Season 8 / Episode 17: - What Happened to Shorty?

Jed Clampett: So, you called Elverna?
Shorty Kellems: Yep. I told her I heard about her fixin' up the hotel and I asked her if she'd sell the hotel to me.
Shad: What did she say?
Shorty Kellems: She said, no she wouldn't. She said business was good and the hotel was full of traveling salesmen. Then I asked her if it was true she had won a beauty contest. She said it was.
Jed Clampett: See?
Shorty Kellems: Then I offered her a $200 profit and she still said no. So, we got to dickering back and forth and forth to back and finally she said to me, "Shorty Kellams" she said, "The only way you'll ever get your hands on this hotel again is if you marry me."
Shad: What did you say Shorty?
Shorty Kellems: Shad, I thought it over for a minute. Then I hit her with them three little words: Kiss my foot!
Shorty Kellems: [to Jed and Shad] Let's play checkers.
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Season 8 Trivia

  • Episode 03 - The title refers to where the show was filmed and the fictitious town they visited, Silver Dollar City, a theme park in the state of Missouri that opened in 1960 near Branson.
  • Episode 16 - The title refers to a character named "Hewes" whom banker Drysdale thinks is billionaire Howard Hughes.
  • Episode 12 - Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Jed calls his daughter Elly May (Donna Douglas), Donna.
  • Episode 24 - The title refers to Simon Legree, a character from 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' and a cruel slave owner whose name has become synonymous with greed.

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