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The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1965 - 1966
Episode 1
Admiral Jed Clampett
Wed, Sep 15, 196530 mins
Mr. Drysdale tries to get Jed to buy a yacht and join the yacht club. As usual, a misunderstanding takes place, and the Navy gets involved.
Episode 2
That Old Black Magic
Wed, Sep 22, 196530 mins
Granny confuses Mrs. Drysdale's forays into astrology with the practice of black magic. An intended gift for Elly May from Mr. Drysdale only adds to the confusion.
Episode 3
The Sheik
Wed, Sep 29, 196530 mins
After an oil deal is brokered between a Middle-Eastern sheik, Mr. Brewster of OK Oil Company, and Jed Clampett, the sheik shows his gratitude by giving Jed a harem of four dancing girls. After being told that Jed can't accept, the sheik, having fallen for Elly May, tries to broker a trade for her.
Episode 4
The Private Eye
Wed, Oct 6, 196530 mins
Jethro, hearing that "Double-Naught Seven" is in the West Indies (a reference to the James Bond movie "Thunderball," though this isn't specifically mentioned), wants to drive there to meet his hero and become a spy. Jed, knowing that Jethro is going through another phase, suggests he set up a "Double Naught" office in Beverly Hills. Milburn Drysdale, anxious to keep the Clampetts happy, makes an office available in his bank. Jethro has some trouble with his "Double Naught" devices: a blade that is supposed to come out of his shoe is put in backwards; a one-way mirror is put in the wrong way; tear gas is injected inside his gas mask. Meanwhile, a bank robber, who previously arranged to rent the office to rob Drysdale's bank, sees a chance to take advantage of Jethro's enthusiasm for spying. The robber poses as the head of British Intelligence, says Jethro is doing a good job but the office needs an escape hatch. Given the office is above the bank's vault, such a hatch would make it easier to rob the bank. Jethro's clumsiness, however, proves the robber's undoing.
Episode 5
Possum Day
Wed, Oct 13, 196530 mins
The Clampetts can't understand why there's nothing in the news about Possum Day in Beverly Hills. When Mr. Drysdale finds out that they want to go back home because of this, he takes it upon himself to organize one. Granny wants to run for the title of Possum Queen and needs an opponent to run against, so Mr. Drysdale "volunteers" his wife as her challenger. Naturally, he can't tell his wife what he's doing.
Episode 6
The Possum Parade
Wed, Oct 20, 196530 mins
Granny wonders why Mrs. Drysdale hasn't started her campaign for Possum Queen. Unbeknownst to Mrs. Drysdale, Mr. Drysdale has plastered her limousine with "Margaret Drysdale for Possum Queen" posters. Will Mrs. Drysdale beat Granny?
Episode 7
The Clampetts Play the Rams
Wed, Oct 27, 196530 mins
Jethro falls in love with Mr. Drysdale's maid, who only loves to watch the Clampetts' big color television set, especially Los Angeles Rams football games. Figuring that she'd like Jethro more if he were a football player, Jed buys them all football uniforms, and hilarity ensues.
Episode 8
The Courtship of Elly
Wed, Nov 3, 196530 mins
The Clampetts are determined to find a man for Elly May, and Granny reaches into her bag of tricks to come up with a love potion. Mr. Drysdale offers to find a man for her, and he does--at a male-escort service. Calamity ensues when they converge on the Clampett mansion and Granny thinks that her spell has backfired.
Episode 9
A Real Nice Neighbor
Wed, Nov 10, 196530 mins
When the Clampetts hear that they have a new neighbor, they mistakenly take the rich woman's cleaning woman for her. Mr. Drysdale, not realizing the mistake, hopes that the woman will marry Jed; of course, Granny is always interested in getting Jed hitched.
Episode 10
The Poor Farmer
Wed, Nov 17, 196530 mins
Mr. Drysdale wants to land the account of Lucas Sebastian, an overweight billionaire who's on a strict diet. The banker introduces him to Jed, who misunderstands, believing that he's penniless and hasn't eaten in days. Meanwhile, Jethro experiments in the kitchen.
Episode 11
Hoe Down A-Go-Go
Wed, Nov 24, 196530 mins
Hoping that a party will help Jethro and Elly May meet people their own age, the Clampetts want to hold an old-fashioned hoedown. Ms. Hathaway offers to help with providing the music, but she hires a modern rock band instead of the expected country-music group. Confused at first, they manage to adapt.
Episode 12
Mrs. Drysdale's Father
Wed, Dec 1, 196530 mins
Mr. Farquar, Mrs. Drysdale's father, comes for a visit. When he's alone with Drysdale, he reveals that he's broke. It seems that on his way over, he passed through Las Vegas and lost his whole fortune and is asking Drysdale for a handout, which he denies him. He later learns of the Clampetts, he goes there hoping to get some of their money so he can go back to Las Vegas.
Episode 13
Mr. Farquhar Stays On
Wed, Dec 8, 196530 mins
Mrs. Drysdale is appalled that her father continues to spend time with Granny. He is hoping that Granny will stake him on his next gambling trip to Las Vegas. Granny mistakes his intentions and thinks that he's interested in proposing marriage to her.
Episode 14
Military School
Wed, Dec 15, 196530 mins
Jethro decides that he wants to be a Five-Star General in the Army. He wants to go to West Point, but Mr. Drysdale convinces him to apply to a local military school. The school normally only accepts boys, but the Commandant soon realizes that the Clampett estate is adjacent to the upcoming war-game site, which might give his cadets a decisive advantage.
Episode 15
The Common Cold
Wed, Dec 29, 196530 mins
When Mr. Drysdale is unhappy with Dr. Clyburn's treatment of his cold, the Clampetts hear about it. Granny decides it's time to set up practice and enlists the rest of her family to help. She also claims a cure for the common cold.
Episode 16
The Richest Woman
Wed, Jan 5, 196630 mins
The world's richest woman wants to buy the Clampett mansion and will stop at nothing to get it. Will Jed finally sell?
Episode 17
The Trotting Horse
Wed, Jan 12, 196630 mins
Granny wants to learn to drive the truck but can't get used to modern-day contraptions. A horse is more of what she wants, and Mr. Drysdale gets her one: a professional race horse.
Episode 18
The Buggy
Wed, Jan 19, 196630 mins
Granny buys a horse and buggy for Mrs. Drysdale so that they can have buggy races, but she gets her an old broken-down mare and names it Lightnin'. Jed tries to teach Granny a lesson by switching horses with Granny's champion harness racer, Ladybelle. Mrs. Drysdale agrees to race when Mr. Drysdale promises her that the Clampetts will leave Beverly Hills if she wins. Granny uses her tonic to put some life back into Lightnin' before the race.
Episode 19
The Cat Burglar
Wed, Jan 26, 196630 mins
There's a cat burglar in Beverly Hills and Elly Mae is determined to keep her kitties safe, so she sets traps for the thief while Jethro decides to play private eye. When the cat burglar shows up at the Clampett's residence posing as a detective, typical hi-jinks ensue.
Episode 20
The Big Chicken
Wed, Feb 2, 196630 mins
Granny encounters an ostrich at the Drysdales' and believes that it's a giant chicken. She decides that it got into her "medicinal tonic" and that's why it's so big--and tries to apply the idea to her vegetables.
Episode 21
Sonny Drysdale Returns
Wed, Feb 9, 196630 mins
Sonny, Mrs. Drysdale's no-good, spoiled offspring, comes home from college, where he's still a sophomore--in his 19th year. Mr. Drysdale decides that it's time for him to settle down and get a job, and he gets him one as a door-to-door cosmetics salesman where maybe he'll find a wife in Elly May Clampett.
Episode 22
Brewster's Baby
Wed, Feb 16, 196630 mins
Granny plans to go back home to deliver a baby. Mr. Drysdale, worried the Clampetts will go home and not come back, concocts a scheme that Granny must stay to help Mrs. Brewster with her pregnancy--however, Mrs. Brewster isn't pregnant. Meanwhile, Jethro decides to bring home some of the girls from the KitKat Club.
Episode 23
The Great Jethro
Wed, Feb 23, 196630 mins
A shady magician sells his wares to the gullible Jethro.
Episode 24
The Old Folks' Home
Wed, Mar 2, 196630 mins
Granny has decided that it's time for spring cleaning, which taxes her, as well as the rest of the family. Jed tells her that the mansion is too big for her to take care of, which to Granny is a subtle way of being told that she needs to go to the old folks' home. She decides to go back home to the hills, which also means taking her share of the money--something Mr. Drysdale will do anything to prevent.
Episode 25
Flatt and Scruggs Return
Wed, Mar 16, 196630 mins
Musicians Flatt and Scruggs, old friends of the Clampetts arrive, bringing Flatt's glamorous wife Gladys, who sings and tolerates cooking lessons from Granny; banjo music is performed; Jethro modifies the truck to avoid traffic jams.
Episode 26
The Folk Singers
Wed, Mar 23, 196630 mins
Jethro is bent on becoming an astronaut but gets sidetracked into becoming a folk singer and teaming up with Ms. Jane. He even invents a new musical device that he dubs the Bodine-O-Phone.
Episode 27
The Beautiful Maid
Wed, Mar 30, 196630 mins
Ulla Bergstrom, a Swedish actress who's under contract at the studio, hasn't done any work because there's no role for someone who is Swedish. Drysdale decides to send her back to Sweden--until he meets her when Chapman brings her to him. There's a role that requires her to speak as a backwoods character. Miss Hathaway suggests that they let her stay with the Clampetts so that she can pick it up. Meanwhile, Jethro appears to be running wild and not doing his chore, so Granny puts him on a leash. He plans to leave home--until he meets Ulla.
Episode 28
Jethro's Pad
Wed, Apr 6, 196630 mins
Jethro becomes a Hugh Hefner wannabe when he discovers some Playpen magazines in Mr. Drysdale's garage.
Episode 29
The Bird-Watchers
Wed, Apr 13, 196630 mins
Granny remains eager to get Elly to the altar and decides that Ms. Jane's friend Professor Biddle will do. Mr. Drysdale blackmails Dash into asking Elly May for a date. The meek birdwatcher and the handsome actor are soon at odds.
Episode 30
Jethro Gets Engaged
Wed, Apr 20, 196630 mins
Jethro is in love again and decides to get a job as an actor. After being named Dash Riprock's stunt double, he takes on the "tough" name Beef Jerky. His new girl, Debbie, wants only a screen test and plays up to studio-owner Jed.
Episode 31
Granny Tonics a Bird-Watcher
Wed, Apr 27, 196630 mins
Granny brews a batch of her tonic hoping it helps Elly get a husband. Jane with Mr. Biddle are trying to hatch a condor egg but a sip of the potion changes the birdwatcher's focus and the Clampetts need to get him out of a tree.
Episode 32
Jethro Goes to College
Wed, May 18, 196630 mins
Jethro decides it's time for him to go to college so that he can become a vice president at Mr. Drydale's bank. Only a desperate school would take a student with just a 6th grade education, and Jethro finds one. Elly May decides to go to one herself but has no idea what kind of school she's enrolled in.
