The Beverly Hillbillies: The Official Third Season

5 disks with no Skips and the sound stays currentDisc 1:1; "Jed Becomes A Movie Mogul"Mr. Drysdale buys Mammoth Pictures, a movie studio, for Jed. Jed, Granny, Elly and Jethro try to "help" the studio, which is losing money, by working at the studio. Milton Frome appears as Lawrence Chapman, the head of the studio.2; "Clampett City"Jed comes to the studio to start shooting western movies. Mr. Drysdale tells the Clampetts that he wants to build a city on the location where Jed's movie studio is located. The Clampetts mistake a western prop town for the city.3; "Clampett City General Store"The Clampetts open their "general store" on their Western set, but can't understand why they don't have any customers. Meanwhile, Mr. Drysdale makes sure that Jethro, Elly May, and Granny are cast in a picture about Nero and Cleopatra. He hopes the movie will be a flop so he can tear down the studio.76 4 "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood"Famed Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper urges Jed not to allow the historic movie studio to be torn down. Granny initially thinks Hedda's interest in Jed is romantic. Hedda persuades Jed to make films in the tradition of old. She becomes special guest at a screening of the Clampetts' first masterpiece, a silent film called "Little Orphan Elly". She changes her mind about saving the studio when she sees the film.5; "Doctor Jed Clampett"Jed gets an honorary doctorate when he donates money to the college that Mr. Drysdale attended. The family thinks he can now practice medicine, which doesn't sit well with Granny. After finding out Jed owns a movie studio, a bunch of people come to audition. This includes a mother who brings her dancing daughter and a woman who dresses like a bird. Jed thinks they are all there for medical help.6; "Back to Marineland"After being turned down in his aspiration to be a "double naught spy", Jethro decides to enlist in one of the armed forces but he isn't sure which one. The Clampetts go to Marineland thinking that's where he would go to join the Marines.79 7 "Jed the Heartbreaker"Mrs. Drysdale decides to use her womanly charms on Jed, in an effort to scare the Clampetts back to the hills.80 8 "Teenage Idol"Johnny Poke, an old friend from back in the hills, is now an Elvis like singing idol. Johnny gets off his train dressed as a farm boy in order to avoid all the girl fans. The Clampetts misunderstand the situation and decide to help Johnny get on his feet. Meanwhile Granny thinks she changed Jethro into a puppy and Johnny into a skunk.81 9 "The Widow Poke Arrives"Granny tries to play matchmaker between Jed and the Widow Poke from back home. Jed and Emma Poke come up with a plan to discourage her.82 10 "The Ballet"Mrs. Drysdale needs Jed to donate $190,000 to save the Beverly Hills Ballet. Meanwhile, Jed has his hands full trying to keep Granny from heading back to the hills pushing all her stuff in a wheelbarrow.11; "The Boarder"The Clampetts decide to turn their spacious mansion into a boarding house. Mr. Drysdale's new butler Arthur Pinckney mistakenly winds up at the Clampett house. They confuse the butler as their first guest and Arthur mistakes them for the help. Mr. Drysdale talks the butler into staying on, posing as a boarder, so that he can teach the Clampetts how to be more civilized.12; "The Boarder Stays"The Clampetts still don't realize that Mr. Pinckney is their butler instead of their boarder. Pinckney continues to try to bring culture to the Clampetts, without much success. When he tries to leave them, Granny thinks he trying to skip without paying his rent. The Clampetts put Pinckney on trial for skipping out and he agrees to stay a week and help them around the house.85 13 "Start the New Year Right"Mrs. Drysdale checks into the hospital under "stress" caused by the Clampetts' antics, hoping to get away from them. She threatens Mr. Drysdale to stay there until he gets rid of them and even sends for Dr. Stuyvesant, a specialist from New York. But when the family gets word of their neighbor's troubles, they show up to offer their support and end up causing more trouble than ever.14; "Clampett General HospitalMrs. Drysdale wakes up to find she is no longer in the hospital. The Clampetts, unhappy with what they feel as the hospital's poor level of care, broke her out and set her up in their mansion. Both Mr. and Mrs. Drysdale wind up back at the hospital. With the help of Granny's tonic, the Clampetts sneak them both out again.15; "The Movie Starlet"A young actress named Kitty Devine becomes interested in Jethro when she finds out his uncle owns the movie studio. Once at the mansion, Kitty starts to chase after Jed. Jerry Best, Kitty's agent, sees Elly and wants to put her in a Surfer Movie.16; "Elly in the Movies"Elly May gets a role in a movie, as well as the admiration of co-star Dash Riprock, who doesn't realize who Elly is. Tom Kelly, of the studio, tells Dash to go and meet Elly at her dressing room. He also says to be nice to her because she is the owners daughter. But, when he gets to the dressing room, out comes Miss Jane. He now believes she is Elly May.17"Dash Riprock, You Cad"Elly is down in the dumps after believing that Dash Riprock jilted her. He mistakenly thought Miss Jane was Elly and he pursued her instead of Elly. Jed tries to cheer Elly up by getting her a date with another actor, Biff Steele. When Biff comes by the mansion he also mistakes Miss Jane for Elly. Jed decides that the only way Elly can get a man is if she dresses like Miss Jane.18; "Clampett A-Go-Go"Beatnik Sheldon Epps wrecks his car in front of the mansion when he is distracted by the sight of Elly May. The Clampetts take care of his apparent injuries. The family can't understand his peculiar hipster slang and think he's mentally impaired from the accident.19; "Granny's Romance"Mr. Drysdale orders an elderly playboy member of the bank's Board of Directors to court Granny, much to the chagrin of the old man's gold-digging girlfriend Phyllis, who is enlisted to accompany Jed on a double date — though the woman's attitude makes a sharp turn when she discovers the extent of Jed's bank account.20; "Jed's Temptation"When Granny finds out that Jed and the gold-digger Phyllis are attending horse races, she sets out to put a stop to their gambling. But it's Granny new found love of gambling they need to worry about. Don Rickles appears as Fred, the man that gets Granny into gambling. Iris Adrian appears as Marge, Fred's wife.21"Double Naught Jethro"Jethro decides to become a "double naught" spy and converts the family's truck into his idea of a Bond-mobile. But he becomes the unwitting pawn in rival banker John Cushing's scheme. Mr. Drysdale hires Ellie so she can compete in a Bankers Beauty contest against Cushing's entry, Mabel Slocum .22;"Clampett's Millions"After Ellie beats out Mabel Slocum to win the Bankers Beauty contest, John CushingGranny's anger at Mr. Drysdale continues when she wants to withdraw her eleven million dollars again. Mrs. Drydale's poodle Claude is to enter a dog show but gets sick right before. Granny offers to doctor the dog but Elly May is concerned he doesn't know any tricks so she decides to help out by substituting one of her own pets for Claude at the show. Grandon Rhodes appears as the Dog Show Judge. Steve Brodie appears as the armored carJohn Brewster, the oilman from Tulsa, is bringing his new bride Edythe (Lisa Seagram) to California for their honeymoon. Somehow the Clampetts get the idea that their backyard rustic cabin is the ideal place for the Brewsters to stay. The Brewsters don't want to insult the Clampetts, so they stay in the cabin. Every time they try to sneak out during the night they fall into the swimming pool.25; "Flatt, Clampett, and Scruggs"Flatt and Scruggs arrive just in time to cure Granny of her homesick blues by having her play with them at their club date.26: "Jed and the Countess"With the arrival of spring the Countess Maria returns for Granny's new batch of spring tonic. Granny thinks she's looking for a new husband and that Jed is her perfect match. However, the Countess' husband Humphrey (Burt Mustin), who was lost at their wedding reception, returns. And with the help of some tonic, takes the Countess away.27 "Big Daddy, Jed"Mr. Drysdale owns a building that houses beatnik Sheldon Epps' club. He hopes to get rid of them when they can't pay their rent but they find a new a sponsor: Jed Clampett. Also, Sheldon turns Jethro and Elly into fellow beatniks.28 "Cool School is Out"Jed soon regrets helping out the beatniks with their money problems when Jethro, Elly May (and even Granny!) decide to join them.29; "The Big Bank Battle"Mr. Drysdale is appalled to learn that Jed is going door-to-door peddling his services as a handyman to keep busy. He then tries to get Jed involved in a hobby. Mr. Drysdale becomes furious when he discovers that Jed has been hired by John Cushing's rival bank.30; "The Clampetts Versus Automation"Leroy Lester, a long time employee of the Commerce Bank is being forcibly retired to make way for a new computer system. A chance meeting with the Clampetts gives him an idea about dealing with Mr. Drysdale.31; "The Brewsters Return"Mr. and Mrs. Brewster purchase a lot in Beverly Hills to build a new home, and much to their dismay the Clampetts generously offer to help them "set up housekeeping."32; "Luke's Boy"Beauregard Short arrives in Beverly Hills from back home. Everyone assumes he's there to ask Elly to marry him, which she wants nothing to do with. So, Jethro decides to show him how to be like him, an international playboy.33; "Jed, the Bachelor"Granny is determined to go back home even if she has to walk back all by herself. Granny sets off for the hills with nothing but a wheelbarrow full of her possessions, but Jed decides to teach her a lesson and let her go. When she reaches Las Vegas she has second thoughts. Jethro tries again to pick up women in front of the Commerce Bank, but this time gets arrested as a masher.106 34 "The Art Center"Mrs. Drysdale thinks she has a new way of getting rid of the Clampetts: talk Jed into donating their mansion to the city for an art museum. They agree, on the assumption that they are supposed to provide the artworks and not move out.

This is a truly solid season for the show. In the third season, the Clampetts finally began to settle into their home in the Hills, so they were using telephones and whatnot without making a big deal about it. From this point on, the focus of the humor is on the clash of cultures and values that the Hillbillies are confronted with. This makes room for surreal, goofy material like Jethro's dreams of being a Double Naut Spy, Ellie's Hollywood romance with Dash Riprock, and flings with the Beatnik subculture (even as, in the real world, we were on the cusp of meeting the hippies of Haight Ashbury).Also not to be missed are the occasional commercials for Kelloggs at the ends of many of the shows, featuring cast members eating corn flakes with (usually) blank expressions on their faces. The oddest bit of all is a commercial (if you can call it that) of "Miss Jane" staring at the camera in full Hollywood love goddess mode, with wig and makeup. Why? Who knows? But it's all good stuff.

Funny enough, as much as I prefer the b/w episodes of The Andy Griffith Show to the color ones, I prefer the color episodes of the BH. Having said that, this is the best season of the b/w years. I enjoy it when the writers satirize people, places, and events... in the third season Mammoth Studios and Dash Riprock, for instance. You get those this season. The 3 or 4 episode story arc about Jed becoming a movie mogul completely tickles my funny bone. And a few episodes later, the writers satirize beatniks. I'm sure others have given details regarding each episode, so I shan't here. (Yes, I said "shan't".)One final thing I would like to comment on are the commercial tags and the final verse of the weekly theme song that promotes the weekly sponsor. I haven't seen those since the first run, and I really appreciate them. So, bottom line is if you are reading this, I figure you must be very familiar with the show. The episodes are complete, with proper theme song, and the picture quality is vey good. If you are on the borderline of purchasing season 3, I'd recommend you do it. So there.

My husband and I have been enjoying this DVD, recalling some of the episodes from our childhood! We laugh so hard at Granny's feistyattitude, Jed's sweet innocence of all things "modern," Jethro's boisterous enthusiasm, and Elly's "tomboy" ways! Of course, Elly May isalso quite beautiful, and my husband hasn't failed to notice that (something he wouldn't have noticed as a little boy!). We also enjoy Miss Jane with her sophisticated intelligence and her compassion for the Clampett family. Even Mr. Drysdale (as money-hungry as he is) willdrop anything to stop, listen to and assist this wonderful hillbilly family! Mrs. Drysdale, with her pompous attitude, can be hard to take, but, even she is quite comical, when you actually listen to her words. Bessie, the chimp, is adorable, as well! Love, love, love this classic series!!

I started collecting some of these dvd's of the Beverly Hillbillies produced by another company and they were incomplete. These newer versions have the full season I noticed and started acquiring them. No flaws in the transferring and they have the retro commercials of the time period. I grew up as a kid during this time period and remember all the cigarette commercials. My...have times changed!

All 34 episodes (14 and a half hours) from the 1964-1965 season. Episodes are in black and white, and range from a return visit to Marineland, to the introduction of Dash Riprock as Ellie's love interest, to Jethro's decision to give up being a brain surgeon and instead become a double naught spy. Flatt and Scruggs even make an appearance. The shows include the original introduction, commercials, and closing segments with each episode. I had purchased the official fourth season of this series and was so pleased with it that I went back for the third season. I'm now anxiously awaiting the release of the fifth and subsequent seasons.

Nice dvd , arrived in good time, do need to have all region dvd player but all good otherwise

I ordered the first five seasons of the Beverly Hillbillies. Timely delivery, what was ordered was what was delivered, and the picture/sound quality are impressive. If you are a fan you will be impressed. I laughed harder during the first episode of Season 1 than I have over many nights watching what I guess attempts to be comedy today on television. No wonder Bea was offered her own starring series as you can see right away she commands much more than a supporting role. This is a big thumbs up review folks.

Elly May looking very much like Miss Hathaway and following her courting success charges out of the parlour and greets four suitors with a "love" poem Jethro taught her:Roses are redViolets are blueSorghum is stickyAnd so is glueHad to stop the episode at the point because I was laughing so hard.Just a sample of the fun awaiting those who make the wise decision to visit Season 3 of the Beverly Hillbillies.

How I love that comedy ! It is so much fun to watch and the actors(who are really great) seem to really enjoy themselves. And what about the commercials they put on for our pure pleasure ! LOOOOVE IT !I find season 3 to be as good as season 2. I have so much fun watching this.I had no problem with any of the disks and I found the sound and picture surprisingly good.Now... all together :WE WANT SEASON 4 ! WE WANT SEASON 4 ! WE WANT SEASON 4 !

I remember when life was uncomplicated, when life was full of good things and when the Beverly Hillbillies were on tv. This also reminds me of Get Smart and The Odd Couple. Pure fun. No swearing, no sex and no violence (well maybe some violence in Get Smart) but over all just pure fun. I highly recommend this video to all the old timers and the young as well.