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The Beverly Hillbillies: The Official Second Season |  | Actors: Buddy Ebsen, Donna Douglas, Irene Ryan, Max Baer Jr., Raymond Bailey
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.98
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 15143
Format: Box set, Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 30 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: PARD892694D
UPC: 097368926943
EAN: 0097368926943
ASIN: B001BN4WHW
Release Date: October 7, 2008
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The Beverly Hillbillies's second season is "funnier than a hog on ice" as the Clampetts continue their adjustment to life in tony Beverly Hills. Not for nothing was the clan honored with Favorite Fish Out of Water at the TV Land Awards. They are shocked for example, that the community does not observe Possum Day, and it is up to their banker and next door neighbor, Mr. Drysdale, who will do anything to keep the Clampetts' $35 million in his bank, to convince the mayor to stage a parade. Wealth has not spoiled the Clampetts, who remain true to their mountain roots. They endeavor to plant crops in their front yard, and Granny (Emmy nominee Irene Ryan), "no bigger than a minute and scrappy as a bantam hen," continues to practice her spells, outraging the local medical community. And when critter-lovin' Elly Mae (Donna Douglas), simple-minded Jethro (Max Baer), and Granny do "go Hollywood" (Jethro's Brando-esque Wild One is a real hoot), it takes Jed (Buddy Ebsen) outfitted as a rhinestone cowboy to show them how ridiculous they look. Critics "mean-mouthed" The Beverly Hillbillies, but it was the ultimate "People's Choice." It was TV's top-rated show its first two years, and ran for nine seasons. At the heart of its success was that the Clampetts were not the objects of ridicule. As in classic Depression-era screwball comedies, it was the rich who were mostly made to look foolish and no match for the Clampetts' plain-spoken common sense and traditional mountain ways. In one episode, the Clampetts transform snobby Mrs. Drysdale's boring garden party into a wild success, thanks to some bluegrass music and spiked punch. This season does contain "The Giant Jackrabbit," which, if not the series' funniest half hour (Granny is bedevilled by a wayward kangaroo), was certainly its highest rated and is reportedly among the 20 top-rated TV episodes of all time. Memorable guest stars include Henry Gibson as Granny's favorite TV cowboy, who is revealed to be a faker, and bluegrass legends Flatt & Scruggs, who can be heard in each episode performing the TV theme song that even those who have never watched the show can probably recite. Peter Whitney is a welcome guest in a three episode arc as no-account mountain con man Lafe, who schemes to get his hands on some of the Clampett fortune. And that's the ill-fated Sharon Tate as Mrs. Drysdale's secretary in several episodes. This is The Beverly Hillbillies' first official DVD release (episodes from the first season are in the public domain), and they've done it up right proud with a heapin helpin' of extras, including Irene Ryan's screen test, network new show previews and promos, and an informal interview with series creator Paul Henning. Viewers have the option of watching each episode with the original Winston cigarette openings and episode tags. Mmm, doggies! --Donald Liebenson
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 All Time Favorite TV Show! November 14, 2009
Moose (Chicago Suburbs, IL)
Great DVD. Quality was alright. Loads of Laughs. I wish a complete season one would be released in its entirety.
 Hey Paramount and Henning Heirs! November 11, 2009
Doug Lester (Kentucky)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
To the dunderheads at Paramount and the Henning Heirs - there's money to be made if you'll sit down and agree to DVD sets of ALL episodes with EVERYTHING original-the episodes, the music, etc! Nothing half way either! The fans of this show will buy it now, but as the years go buy, the value of what you are sitting on will DECREASE. Why not give fans what they want? You'll make money off it!
Where is the FIRST official Season? June 25, 2009
Christopher Shorrock (Melbourne, Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have been a collector of the Beverley Hillbillies for many years and have so many various discs. It is good to see the OFFICIAL seasons, I see Two and THree but no FIRST season? Is it available?
"The Beverly Hillbillies" season2 April 9, 2009
Captain Kirk (Space the final fronteer)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Video is Razor sharp. Must see to appreciate it's quality.
The Audio fidelity is terriffic.
The laugh track is too loud. There always annoying anyway.
A delightfull must have program.
Perfect quality -- music is intact December 19, 2008
Larry J. Commons (Arlington, TX USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ignore the anxiety-inducing "Music has been changed..." warning on the package. Also ignore the "Some episodes may be edited..." disclaimer.
These are the real deal, 100% complete. Not one note of the classic opening or closing theme song has been altered. Every bit of Perry Botkin's classic background music is intact, too. And contrary to the review below, "Granny's Garden" is NOT edited -- it was simply filmed with fewer fade-outs to commercial breaks.
The option to play each episode with or without the original sponsor intros/outros is a great bonus. But the best part of this release is the episodes themselves -- every single one is laugh-out-loud funny, and shows just how wrong TV critics were back in the '60s when they lambasted The Beverly Hillbillies for being a mindless series. It's actually very, very clever (and, in episodes like "Elly Starts to School," remarkably sophisticated.)
Great job, Paramount.
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