The Beverly Hillbillies Opening and Closing Theme 1962 - 1971 HD
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- The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on CBS from 1962 to 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr. The series is about a poor backwoods family transplanted to Beverly Hills, California, after striking oil on their land.
A Filmways production created by writer Paul Henning, it is the first in a genre of "fish out of water" themed television shows, and was followed by other Henning-inspired country-cousin series on CBS. In 1963, Henning introduced Petticoat Junction, and in 1965 he reversed the rags to riches model for Green Acres.
The show paved the way for later culture-conflict programs such as McCloud, The Nanny, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Doc. Panned by many entertainment critics of its time, it quickly became a huge ratings success for most of its nine-year run on CBS.
The Beverly Hillbillies ranked among the top twenty most watched programs on television for eight of its nine seasons, twice ranking as the number one series of the year, with a number of episodes that remain among the most watched television episodes of all time. - บันเทิง
Fun Fact: The opening credit scenes where Jed discovers oil/ his family’s cabin was filmed at Franklin Canyon Reservoir…in Beverly Hills.
That's probably due to the 30 mile zone (aka the TMZ) the unions said if you film on location within a 30mi radius of a particular Hollywood intersection you pay the crew standard wages. If you film outside the radius (e.g in Texas :) ) you have to pay travel, accommodation allowances etc.
There definitely used to be one or two rabbits in the scene where Jed's shot strikes oil. He missed the clearly visible rabbit[s] in the course of striking oil. The rabbit[s] have long since been deleted.
That fact was not very fun...not fun at all
@@drunkin12Many Not even remotely fun
Far from it
@@JohnSmith-su3ze Why?
Thanks Grandma for showing me this show 10 years ago.
This was a fun silly show with just enough heart to allow you to care about the characters and the ridiculous situations they got into, and some fine music to boot
Very entertaining.
Earl Scruggs' banjo picking on this is exactly why I learned play the instrument in the first place...the thrilling ringing tone he gets out of that old Gibson Mastertone is something to truly behold!!! It's no mystery why Earl was and continues to be a major 5 string banjo influence!
Ha ha I LOVE the way Ellie May says at the end "This has been a Filmways presentation!"
Definitely!!!
Listening to the theme song still makes me feel happy.
Happy childhood. Innocent times.
I used to watch re-runs of this show with my grandma. She watched this show when she came to America from Norway and she said it helped her learn English.
It was a massive hit here in Northern Ireland too, but we had to wait till 1969 before we got a TV to watch it, but it ran over and over again!
@Benj Smith Productions good
Irene Ryan must have been of part Irish extraction.
No TV in Ireland until 1969?
@@manfrummt He's clearly talking about his family.
We had a TV in the glens of Antrim in 61 why did you have to wait so long?
I remember watching this show on television.
I watched this with my grandma all the time miss those days
When i was a kid I had never heard anything as amazing as this wonderful driving banjo rhythm. I would lay awake after the end of the show Sunday nights listening to it over and over again in my mind. And it's still one of the most satisfying and finest pieces of music I have ever head even for my whole life!
I'm pretty sure that you could het a Flatt and Scruggs record and hear it over and over if you wanted to. I wore out "The Ballad Of Thunder Road" doing that when I was a young child. "Let me tell the story, I can tell it all....."
I miss the light hearted silliness that television brought into our homes and softened our world. I really believe too much stone cold reality is a headstone for the soul. ✌❤😊
Agreed!
One night, my little ones asked for a bedtime story. For whatever reason, my mind kind of drew a blank and the opening theme to The Beverly Hillbillies came to mind. So I told them to "listen to a story of a man named Jed ... " They didn't know any better and kids love practically any bedtime story.
HERE is The Savior
YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified for our sins, NOT jesus, and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
@@Praise___YaH I'm amazed that I have found Jesus in the TH-cam comments section
this show reminds me of my grandparents
Grandpa: 1939-2016
Grandma: 1942-2020
This is my dad's favorite show and we have never watched an episode together. I didn't like it as a kid but do as an adult. Watched the entire run. Nobody else I know has seen it but him and he doesn't want to talk about it.
Woo-doogie!! I just love this show!! Yee-haw!!
Only Seinfeld comes close.
When TV was FUN
"Who" did not Love those Hillbillies back then? Gawd I had a crush on Ellie Mae❤️❤️❤️
God that transition from the opening to closing was super smooth
nice
It was smooth, but with editing software today it's trivial to edit that smooth.
Probably the most iconic theme song in television history. (When I was growing up--EVERYBODY knew the lyrics to this tune--even if they never watched the show LOL!!)
The theme even made #44 on the pop charts. And on top ot that, it even reached the charts of WLS, one of the premier rockers! Flatt & Scruggs ' version, not this one.
I loved that banjo tune with Lester Flats and Earl Scruggs. My inspiration for taken up the banjo.
Wasn't that Jesse Pearson singing?
@@gbaker9295 no it was jerry scoggins
why is this in my head IN THE 8AM HOUR
cause its on metv around then
One of the most iconic TV theme songs of all time!!
The only reason I looked this up and am here watching this, is because it randomly came to mind and has been in my head for the past few hours. WTF 🤷🏾♂️
He is my great great, great, great grandpa, no joke
Extremely funny show - absolutely loved it; not to mention the fabulous soundtrack by Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt
Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed. A poor mountaineer who barely kept his family fed. Then one day, he was shootin' at some food when up from the ground came a bubbling crude..Oil that is. Black gold. Texas tea. Well, the next thing you know old Jed's a millionaire! The kin folk said.."Jed, move away from here!" They said, "Califori is the place you ought to be!" So they loaded up their truck and they moved to Beverly...Hills that is, swimming pools, movie stars! THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES! ✌❤😊
Not gonna lie, for years I’ve been singing the theme as “Oil that is. Texas tea, black gold.”
It wasn’t until recently that my family corrected my error. Well, that’s my Mandela Effect...
God this takes me back to my teenage years ..loved this program 👍💯
I have always wondered why the kin folk were so eager to get rid of them.
Never knew the real lyrics but have never forgotton the rude version that us kids used to sing in the playground at Primary school 50 years ago ............Sung it yesterday at home, my wife was quite shocked !!
@@monkeyboy4746 So they could go visit California ..
The Beverly Hillbillies. Brilliant programme back in the 60s brings back so meny memories . 🌹
Our family nickname was the Clampetts. My Pop called his mother "Granny Clampett."
My favorite TV Show..We don't get such shows this days😍
This show sucked big time
"This has been a FilmWays presentation" I always had to wait for that when I was a kid!
We can be grateful for television programs like this that preserve an accurate depiction of American country folk in the 1960s. Without these images, goodness knows what manner of misconceptions and outright falsehoods might take root in our minds when we think of people from that time and place.
frisco21 That is quite possibly the funniest thing I’ve ever read about stereotypes.
Definitely a classic voice. So many doors for him
Enjoyed watching it when i was growing up in the 60s. All are dead except Max Baer,Jr.
😢😢😢
The geologist’s actor from episode 1 is still kicking too last I saw, a handful of cast members are still alive
@@karlmarx592 main cast members. Jethro's the only one around still.
I will bet you the actors in this show never imagined it being watched 60 years later
You might be right. considering that if you go back another 60 years to the turn of the century, the movies there have largely been lost to time in part or in whole. I imagine even then, before streaming services or even home video, which had its' advent during this shows' run, the Clampetts had probably never seen a movie that was 60 years old.
This show sure did have good humor to it. I always admired how nice Donna Douglas looked during her portrayal as Ellie May.
A masterfully done intro displaying the collision of two worlds. Classic.
What a great concept for a TV show.
It might catch on....
Schitt's Creek is the opposite of this show! Lol
"Y'all come back now, hear?" Well-known phrase came from this song.
Max Baer(Jethro) is the son of Max Baer the heavyweight champion of the world who lost the title to Jim Braddock,the Cinderella man.
HERE is The Savior
YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified for our sins, NOT jesus, and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
Really?
This video is a gem 💎! Thanks for posting it! And, in color! Awesome! 👍🏼
An incredible and original concept for a TV show.
Jed's like, "what in the FUCK, IS THAT OIL??"
that's awesome!!
my nan still has all the VHS tapes of this show iv watched them all growing up
You don't wanna eat that
I'm from the UK, I watched this as a Kid in the 60's, I think it came after Dr. Who on a Saturday evening.
I never Knew it was filmed in Colour (Color), we didn't get a Colour TV until 1973 !! 😲
Very strange to see it in full colour.
It was filmed in B&W and colourised later.
@@ReasonableForseeability No it wasn't. The colour episodes were filmed in colour on 35mm.
@@sambda I don't remember writing that. I know nothing about such matters. Qas I temporarily possessed by some ghost? Anyway, thanks for the correction! What you say sounds right. I shan't Google it.
@@sambda I like the name "sambda". Is it a Greek letter between sigma and lambda? Is it a Brazilian song between samba and lambada?
@@ReasonableForseeability I thought quickly years ago, and it was the Greek letter lambda with the "s" (my initial) instead of the "l".
I love it, that's all I watch is the me channel, and mostly everything on TV is garbage.
Granny holdin on to that side by side double-barrel down Hollywood Boulevard was just genius.
From my perspective, this song has been around since all eternity
love to have them as neighbors. fun series.family friendly show not like some today shows.
Also because that means you'd be living in Beverly Hills.
These are the greatest songs ever!
Ye know, I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with the Beverly Hillbillies. In some ways, it portrays us hill folk as backwards and stereotyped, but in others it portrays our simple wisdom as a remedy to the ills of the modern industrial society.
It’s likely the most charitable portrayal of us in media that I’ve seen, honestly. But still, seein a lot of the portrayals of my people not knowin much about the modern world around em and bein ignorant does rub me the wrong way.
Now don’t get me wrong. At the end of the day, it’s a very entertainin show and I can watch for hours. I don’t get all riled up over it. This is just thinkin about things. This comments more for younger hillbillies on the internet I reckon. I spent a long long time bein real ashamed of who I was because of my schoolin and bein showed stereotypes of us in media.
To y’all young mountaineers: ye ain’t gotta be ashamed of who ye are. We got a proud, thrivin hist’ry that runs back to Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Britain, Denmark, and the Scandinavian countries. Our culture n accent is a hallmark of our ancestors and a living testament to whose who came before. Of course we all have things to learn, and some things are best discarded (homophobia, racism, etc), but our accent, values, kinship, and honor should be cherished.
I beg you young uns:
Don’t let our flame die out.
I always thought they did not look inbred enough to be true hill-billies, just saying.
First time I saw The Beverly Hillbillies was on MeTV and I love it.
I never met a hillbilly, but growing up and watching the Beverly Hillbillies, I learned that the hillbilllys were the honest, solid people, and the rich people around them were the crazy ones. Hillbiilles are part of American Culture. :)
I'm a hillbilly and proud. Words like homophobia and racism are just words used as weapons to attack us, shame on you for repeating the attacks of our Communist enemy that seeks to eradicate us.
I'm tired of the Commie hate directed toward ordinary working people. We are the backbone that built this country and made it what it is today. Mass murdering Communists are leeches and parasites who seek to steal the fruits of ordinary working peoples hard work.
Hillbillies deserve total respect in this country for all hard work and sacrifices we made to build this country.
One important thing to note is this was supposed to be hillbillies from decades ago also. Most of them likely weren’t nearly as educated as one would be today just considering how easily accessed information is now
The way the singer says "Black gold. Texas tea" 😎
I had a great great great grandmother named obedience hatfield and "by golly" she sure looked liked granny in this series....:)
By Hatfield, I take it she was related to THE Hatfields?
I just now found out that Buddy Epson who played Jed was the original Tin Man in the wizard of Oz
Yeah, he was supposed to be.
[Opening Theme:]
Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
And then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground come a bubblin crude.
Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.
Well the first thing you know ol Jed's a millionaire,
The kinfolk said "Jed move away from there"
Said "Californy is the place you ought to be"
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
Hills, that is. Swimmin pools, movie stars.
The Beverly Hillbillies
[Closing Theme:]
Well now it's time to say good bye to Jed and all his kin.
And they would like to thank you folks fer kindly droppin in.
You're all invited back next week to this locality
To have a heapin helpin of their hospitality
Hillbilly that is. Set a spell, Take your shoes off.
Y'all come back now, y'hear?
I used to love the Beverley Hillbillies TV series also enjoyed the Movie such a great cast💙
😂 I still remember the words, almost a personal accomplishment nowadays 🤣😂
I remember seeing every single episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas and Max Baer very much when I was much younger and boy did I enjoy watching it very much.
Please think positive daily. ©®
January 22, 2022@ 12:55 pm ©®
Donna Douglas died Jan 1st 2015 after being Diagnosed in Aug 2014 with Pancreatic Cancer
Her character was a little too worshiped on this show at the expense of other women like Sharon Tate (as secretary Janet Trego) whom they made less beautiful for this--though not entirely!
The good old days
Video starts at 0:32. You're welcome.
and the banjo solo at 1:06
Right down to the Ellie May-spoken end logo. Well done.
Hello April, how are you doing?
And now they are all moving from California to Texas.
I’m from Texas I wonder why????
It'll get worse when they have the big one!
Trumpers moving to red states
What ?
If you have a house in Beverly Hills and you give that up to live in the Austin suburbs, you're a fucking moron. You could live anywhere with that kind of money.
This happened to me
except it was a septic tank i hit
I loved that show
Hello Joanne, how are you doing?
Rick Sanchez sent me here lol 0:40
Nobody cares
@@zisi8745 Did why did you reply to him you moron
lol same
same😂😂😂
@@zisi8745 boooo
Amusing to stumble on this and find so many real life Jethros here.
Somewhere, locked away in a vault, is the complete opening with Kellogg's Corn Flakes written into the theme song. Perhaps one day, we'll be able to see it again. (Jed is pointing at a billboard ad for the cereal!)
Loved watching the series n the track is aweome ..🙂
i remember watching this before school in the morning, good show
my great great grandmother was obedience hatfield and she looked just like granny......:)
Reminds me of the 1960s TV Deputy Dawg cartoon. As a Londoner I had to strain my ears to listen, but it was a charming language. Another thing, the euphemism was unknown and plain talk reigned. Can't be bad. Just going off to read some Mark Twain.
I loved the Beverley Hillbillies I wish they would repeat this show🎉
@JakeLayman-md4fw I don't have The Disney Channel or Netflix😚
@JakeLayman-md4fw People are tired of that. Eventually it will have to hit them in the pocket book and that will take away their ability to do it. Hopefully, anyway.
The Zenith of television entertainment creativity, humor and humanity!
"Just saying"
Elly may is so fine she's like sunshine in the springtime. The perfect girl next door.
This was way before my time but i remember getting ready for school i use to watch this, I dream of genie, bewitched, M*a*s*h and The Andy griffin show!
Me too born 30 yeArs later but we didn’t have cable and these old shows were always on Network tv.
You mean " Before " your time .
what is rick and morty? lovefinderrzz app brought me here
Is that you Batuhan? I love you!
@@andrejohnson6731 OMG Andre I'll never leave you again!
That’s exactly what brought me here. You are a genius.
Beverly Hillbillies brought me here...
me too :')
This came to my remembrance because our house had a “bubbling crude” outside with an overflowing septic tank…
(NOW I understand now why the singer said “Oil that is”! LOL!!!)
😂
💯😂
The Beverly Hillbillies was the last time television realistically portrayed average, normal Americans.
Buddy Ebsen was originally going to play The Tin Man in The Wizard Of Oz.
That is true. He had to quit because the silver paint used on him made him allergic, and he ended up in hospital and almost died.
It starts at 0:32
Billy Connolly first picked up a banjo at the age of 21 because of this theme tune (just listened to him saying this on an BBC4 interview from 1977 called Desert Island Discs thats on Spotify).
After a few years, he formed a small bluegrass/folk duo called the Humblebums, where he would tell occassional jokes inbetween songs, and then eventually became a full stand-up comedian.
Go listen to him play banjo on their cover of Cripple Creek!
Always a classic appreciate your style way to go one of my favorites to watch really enjoy and appreciate you guys take care best wishes to everyone. Joe
One of my favorite shows as a kid.
Still love the theme as well
Qué grandes momentos me dio ésta serie cuando era un niño , esperaba con ansía el momento de la emisión , pues lo pasaba genial con ésta familia , y cómo me gustaba la música de presentación tan enormemente Country . Grandes años . Saludos desde España .
I remember my grandmother had the first 2 seasons on tape. I was like ew what’s this old show. Eventually I liked it. 😂😂😂
My most favorite tv show of all time.
Way way back in college, we'd all come back from studying about 11 pm. By 11:30, we were all in one of my buddy's dorm rooms, cracked open some beers, did a few bong hits and watched Green Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies.
This show sucked big time.Green Acres was way better then this show. Hands down!!!
After Jed Clampett became rich, he should have became a detective and changed his name to Barnaby Jones.
"This has been a filmways presentation." My favorite part
Dude singing got a nice voice, love when he hit the bass notes esp. in the outro, that shit sound tuff as shit, lol
I think it's Waylon Jennings singing.
Edit: Lester Flatt is the singer.
@@lizzieball3795 "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", was written by producer and writer Paul Henning and originally performed by bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs. The song is sung by Jerry Scoggins (backed by Flatt and Scruggs) over the opening and end credits of each episode
Watched this in the UK in the '60s. A good show
Love you
Jerry Scoggins who died in 2004 is who you are hearing singing the theme music
That's me (:58 second mark) going to the airport with my family.
"California is the place you outta be" that hasn't aged well.
I've always wondered which came first, the title or the concept! As of April 2024 season 1 is screening weekly in the UK on the Talking Pictures TV channel.
Damn they’ve been airing it in America (makes sense haha) since before I could remember in 97 haha such an iconic show here
Granny was my favorite she was so funny
Back when California what's a nice place to live
This was one of the funniest shows ever and the 1994 remake one of the funniest films ever.
What? 🤔
I will pray for the whole world to go to heaven
Go to heaven! I'm in heaven, life is heaven, after life there is nothing, enjoy this life and stop worrying about the after life and imaginary friends telling you what to do. DO IT ALL good & bad with love & a sense of humor.
This particular intro in color is slightly different from some of the black and white versions.In the black and white version,Jed comes down from a slightly different angle before he shoots his rifle; and the oil that's pouring out of the ground, looks (completely different) from how it's pouring out of from the ground from the color version; also, in the black and white version, right after he shoots and the oil starts pouring out of the ground, you will notice that there is a close up of Jed looking at the oil, whereas in the color version, it's also a close up of Jed, but the black and white version,has more of a tighter shot. In the black and white version, Jed runs into the cabin (without his dog) and quickly closes the door and rushes by the sink (without his rifle) and then he goes and grabs "Granny" and they run to the window from the side of the table that's closest to the (fireplace); and not! from the side that's closest to the (sink);and they (did not!) go out the door);(I know the real reason why? but it's takes way too long to explain; it's a clip that was used from an episode from when Jethro was driving his mother's truck) and then you see them all in the truck driving away leaving behind the little deer in front of the cabin. Whereas, in the color version, after Jed shoots his rifle, he runs into the cabin along with his "dog" and leaves the door (wide open) he then runs to the sink and lays down (his rifle).He then grabs Granny, and after he grabs Granny, they slightly turn, and "Granny" is now running out the door ahead of Jed; tagging Jed along;and not the other way around.(but if you pay very close attention,) while the music 🎶🎵🎵 is playing, the lyrics kind of suggests that, "Well the first thing you know is:Jed's a millionaire," (it was actually the "kinfolks",)(and notJed) that said,"Jed" move away from there, giving you the illusion that Jed was telling Granny "I'm a millionaire now" move away from there & that California is the place you oughta to be) (Not!,) that "Jed", actually told "Granny" that he was a millionaire and to move away from there; cuz California was a place to be. And then it was Granny (not Jed) that ran in front, running out the door while tagging along Jed while the door remained wide open. And then you see them all in the truck driving away, but this time it was no deer left behind. I also noticed when I was a kid, that the black and white version of the opening credits was slightly different from the color version. In some of the black and white versions, there was a white car driving along the passenger side; while in the color version, there was a large truck, a couple of cars, and a station wagon driving by on the driver's side. I also noticed when I was a kid, that the black and white version, the dog between granny,and Ellie May was seated more towards the middle; while in the color version, he was seated closer to Ellie May and was much more alert; sitting more upright, and not slouching. In some of the black and white versions,(though not all)(because there were several black and white that are rare ones; and some of them had different version of the hillbilly song),In some, Ellie may didn't have her hat on as much; whereas, in the color version she kept holding her hat for fear that it may blow away. In the black and white version, Jed had his rifle pointing upwards on his right side; whereas, in the color version, it was pointing up but over his right shoulder and his right arm wrapped around it. In some of the black and white version, Jed and Jethro would point to the left and into the right as if to say: look at here. And look over there. While in the color version, I believe they only did it once.
also, in the original black-and-white intro, Granny didn't wear glasses. In the color intro, she is. First thing I noticed that was different between the two.