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Starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer, Jr.
Season 8 (CBS) (1969-70) (color)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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references:
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   ######### The Beverly Hillbillies ############
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CBS Wednesdays, 8:30 pm EST

8.01 [225] The Beverly Hillbillies: BACK TO THE HILLS
24Sep69
directed by Bob Leeds
The Hillbillies go back to the hills to find Elly May a husband,
much to the dismay of banker Drysdale.

8.02 [226] The Beverly Hillbillies: THE HILLS OF HOME
1Oct69
directed by Bob Leeds
The Clampetts arrive in the mountain town of Silver Dollar City,
where Granny starts a feud with an old rival, Elverna Bradshaw.

8.03 [227] The Beverly Hillbillies: SILVER DOLLAR CITY FAIR
8Oct69
directed by Bob Leeds
Granny continues her efforts to get Elly May married, extolling
the young girl's virtues to every bachelor she meets.

8.04 [228] The Beverly Hillbillies: JANE FINDS ELLY A MAN
15Oct69
directed by Bob Leeds
Birdwatcher Jane Hathaway hikes into the woods and finds a man
for Elly May.

8.05 [229] The Beverly Hillbillies: WEDDING PLANS
22Oct69
directed by Bob Leeds
The Clampetts rehearse for Elly May's wedding to backwoodsman
Matthew Templeton, unaware that banker Drysdale wants it stopped.

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8.06 [230] The Beverly Hillbillies: JED BUYS CENTRAL PARK (1/3)
29Oct69
directed by Bob Leeds
Elly May's wedding is called off, so Jed plans to buy Central
Park and move the family to New York to find another eligible
suitor.

8.07 [231] The Beverly Hillbillies: THE CLAMPETTS IN NEW YORK (2/3)
5Nov69
directed by Bob Leeds
Con man Shifty Shafer sells the Clampetts Central Park and then
unloads on them three other New York landmarks.

8.08 [232] The Beverly Hillbillies: MANHATTEN HILLBILLIES (3/3)
12Nov69
directed by Bob Leeds
Drysdale and Jane arrive in New York to persuade the
Hillbillies to abandon their half-built cabin in Central Park
and return home.
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8.09 [233] The Beverly Hillbillies: HOME AGAIN
19Nov69
directed by Bob Leeds
Granny insists she doesn't need glasses, although she carries
on a conversation with a pet seal, thinking it's Elly's new
boyfriend.

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8.10 [234] The Beverly Hillbillies: SHORTY KELLEM MOVES WEST (1/3)
26Nov69
directed by Bob Leeds
Shorty Kellems, proprietor of the hotel in Silver Dollar City,
sells out and leaves the hills to join the Clampetts in California.

8.11 [235] The Beverly Hillbillies: MIDNIGHT SHORTY (2/3)
3Dec69
directed by Bob Leeds
Drysdale, trying to get Shorty to deposit money in his bank,
plies the visiting mountaineer with girls and games.

8.12 [236] The Beverly Hillbillies: SHORTY GO HOME (3/3)
10Dec69
directed by Bob Leeds
Granny uses her shotgun as she punishes Jethro for leading too
wild a Hollywood life with Shorty Kellems.
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8.13 [237] The Beverly Hillbillies: THE HERO
17Dec69
directed by Bob Leeds
Mrs. Drysdale gives her nephew, who has just left the Air Force,
a hero's welcome and a job as vice president in her husband's bank.

8.14 [238] The Beverly Hillbillies: OUR HERO THE BANKER
24Dec69
directed by Bob Leeds
Mrs. Drysdale's nephew, who possesses a wealth of confidence
but no talent, takes over Drysdale's private office at his Beverly Hills Bank.

8.15 [239] The Beverly Hillbillies: BUZZ BODINE, BOY GENERAL
31Dec69
directed by Bob Leeds
The Clampetts visit Hooterville, and Jed arranges to go into
the airline business with pilot Steve Elliott.

8.16 [240] The Beverly Hillbillies: THE CLAMPETT-HEWES EMPIRE
7Jan70
directed by Bob Leeds
Banker Drysdale eagerly prepares to set up the deal for a new
airline formed by Jed and farmer Howard Hewes, mistaking him
for famous millionaire Howard Hughes from a phone conversation with Jed.

8.17 [241] The Beverly Hillbillies: WHAT HAPPENED TO SHORTY?
14Jan70
directed by Bob Leeds
Jed Clampett and Shad Heller conspire to line up Shorty
Kellems as a husband for the strong-minded widow, Elverna
Bradshaw.

8.18 [242] The Beverly Hillbillies: MARRY ME, SHORTY
Prod. no. 242
21Jan70
directed by Bob Leeds
The Hillbillies unsuccessfully conspire to get Shorty Kellems
married to Elverna Bradshaw.

8.19 [243] The Beverly Hillbillies: SHORTY SPITS THE HOOK
28Jan70
directed by Bob Leeds
Elusive Shorty Kellems gets off the marital hook by convincing
his eager bride-to-be that he is an inveterate gambler.

8.20 [244] The Beverly Hillbillies: THREE-DAY REPRIEVE
4Feb70
directed by Bob Leeds
Jed and Shad Heller discover it's a full-time job keeping Shorty
Kellems corralled until his marriage to the indomitable Elverna.

8.21 [245] The Beverly Hillbillies: THE WEDDING
11Feb70
directed by Bob Leeds
Shorty Kellems again short-circuits fiancée Elverna's wedding
plans, this time by marrying Mr. Drysdale's prettiest secretary.

8.22 [246] The Beverly Hillbillies: ANNUL THAT MARRIAGE
18Feb70
directed by Bob Leeds
The Clampetts set up a miniature farm so Shorty's bride Gloria
can sample farm life, and soon the exhausted girl is delighted
to hear that she's not really married.

8.23 [247] The Beverly Hillbillies: HOTEL FOR WOMEN
25Feb70
directed by Bob Leeds
The Hillbillies leave Shorty Kellems temporarily in charge of
the Clampett mansion, and he turns it into a hotel for single secretaries.

8.24 [248] The Beverly Hillbillies: SIMON LEGREE DRYSDALE
4Mar70
directed by Bob Leeds
The Clampett mansion is set up as a hotel for women, and banker
Drysdale decides to extort a few dollars from his secretary guests.

8.25 [249] The Beverly Hillbillies: HONEST JOHN RETURNS
11Mar70
directed by Bob Leeds
The Hillbillies again meet "Honest John," the confidence man
who had sold them half of Manhattan and then returned their money.

8.26 [250] The Beverly Hillbillies: HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY
18Mar70
directed by Bob Leeds
Jed prepares to underwrite con man Honest John's scheme to
drill a channel in the mountains to draw off Los Angeles's smog.

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