The Beverly Hillbillies


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Episodes: 274

Seasons: 9

Show dates: September 26, 1962 – March 23, 1971

Performers include: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr.

Description: The series starts with Jed Clampett, a poor, widowed hillbilly who lives with his daughter and mother-in-law near an oil-rich swamp in Silver Dollar City in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri. The opening sequence shows Jed discovering oil while shooting at a rabbit, although the first episode shows the oil being discovered by a surveyor for the OK Oil Company. The company pays Jed many millions of dollars for the right to drill on his land.
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