Buddy Ebsen dances to Ballad of Jed Clampett
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- From a 1993 TV special "The Legend of The Beverly Hillbillies", 85-year old Buddy Ebsen dances to a live performance of the Ballad of Jed Clampett featuring original vocalist Jerry Scoggins, along with Earl Scruggs and Roy Clark filling in for the late Lester Flatt. This is his final appearance as Jed Clampett.
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Jed Clampett is one of the great characters from the golden age of television, and Buddy Ebsen was truly superb in the role. I am glad that I grew up during that time.
Me too.
Me 3
@@josiearcuri4871 me 4!
This show was one of the best cast shows in TV history. Irene Ryan as granny was the best casting of any actor for any part ever.
The good ole days for sure. Television is just not the same.
When asked who he missed and when he said Granny, his facial expression changed from Jed to Buddy. He truly missed Irene Ryan.
So sad she passed away just a few years after the show ended. She would be amazed at how popular the show still is today
He almost had a tear in his eye. Wish they still made shows this great
@@joeferree6817 today’s tv would never air tv sitcoms this clean and wholesome without it being reruns
I was around 10 at the shows heights but this is the standard of pure talent against shows decades later. I remember Donna Douglas was upset at Irene Ryan's death
Buddy could dance (really) and Irene had a beautiful voice. Two very talented actors.
Buddy Ebsen was an absolute joy and a treasure.
Remembed him dancing with Shirley Temple
He was the original Tin Man on the Wizard of Oz but collapsed due to breathing in the fine metal dust production used to coat him. Production had to continue, being put on oxygen, not waiting the six months for him to recover they fired him and used silver paint on the actor who was his hired replacement.
For 2 minutes and 35 seconds I forgot what decade I was in . . . thank you . . .
Back when TV was worth watching.
Yes it was even if it was Black and White.
Never watched the show!
None of todays constant democrat race conditioning.....
@@StevenTorrey Go back to sleep then! 😴
Right. The Fool Tube. Infantilizing.
Who else has tears in their eyes watching this; especially at the end?
me
Me
I agree. Such talent and true entertainment.
Me
I did I Loved that show.
Good, clean, unapologetic family entertainment with heart, wisdom and morality! Our world needs more Jed Clampetts!
GoDm. As a kid growing up.
I liked the fact that the Beverly Hillbillies we're so Humble even After they got Very Rich/Millionaires.
They still kept driv'n their Old Truck, wearing old Clothes.
Jed Clampet n Granny, Ellamae n Jethro still acted like the Same ole country Fam. with same ole country ways of liv'n. But Just in a mansion in Hollywood. It's like they Didn't even Know or Care that they Struck Oil & Became Billion or Millionaires. They didn't waste their $$$ 💰💰💰, Riches on Clothes, Expensive, Flashy New Cars, Gold Jewelry, Hair, Nails, etc...They even ate the same foods tht they did wen dirt poor in the County/in the back woods.
However, they cud've bought a New Car or @ least New used Cars, a SuV or Van, Better New Clothes for city, Hollywd liv'n, TCB with Banks, Biness, etc. 😀
+100,000,000
are you kidding me, I haven't been so vicariously uncomfortable since charles bronson turned a guy into hamburger in a mannequin shredding machine
@@hedgeenemy1587 But the guy had it coming, didn’t he? I was 17 when Luca Brasi bought the farm and felt like I had been an accomplice. Then I remembered his backstory from the book and just said, “Karma’s a bitch…” (or whatever the vernacular was in 1972).
Which has nothing to do with ol’ Jed of course. Except Ellie May is alive and well in my 13-year-old daughter who brings home corn snakes, baby skunks, abandoned baby birds, praying manti-you name it. And she’s never even seen the show!
@@kevinmcgovern5110 God bless the boy who tries to sneak an unwanted kiss and has to explain that black eye to his friends! 😁👍
The Beverly Hillbillies and The Andy Griffith show. Can't get better than that !!
👍🙏🏽🇺🇸
It's funny has always been two of my favorite shows. Andy Griffith is my go-to when things get unbearable in this 🌍 from Time 2Time you can always slip away and visit the town of Mayberry where everything is good. I believe that's why it's the longest-running television program in History.
Addition of Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.
Beverly Hillbillies were Americana, Andy Grifter was Communist, a notable disgusting person.
Never saw this before. This was great!
yes!!!! it was😃😃❤✌
Check out the very 1st episode. The 1st 5 really .
OMG BEST Show ever ! hollywood has forgotten how to make anything good .
AGREE 💯 MILLION PERCENT!!
True👌 I gave up Hollywood and I don't miss it one bit
@@chainedmindsasylum hello , were you a child star ?
@@taztaz728 No, I just meant that I stopped watching TV and going to movies 📺 🎥🍿
Not anything good but yes a lot of it is half hashed
For those who are asking, the plot of this 1993 TV special was a "many years later" kind of story that revolved around Mr. Drysdale embezzling Jed's money, then losing it all and going to prison. It was not part of the original series and was mainly to serve as a connecting story to an hours worth of vintage program clips. Most fans don't like the idea of Mr. Drysdale turning evil, myself included.
I agree, Mr. Drysdale, though a moneymonger, learned to really like and admire Jed Clampet, and although Mr. Drysdale was worse then a typical banker, we still liked him, and was a favorite character, along with Miss Jane.
I still watch the Beverly Hillbillies and it now only is more hilarious now, but it makes me feel young again. I'm 66 years old.
Really a great, great series, will never be matched.
@@matthias4450 bet you remember Mr Haney on Green Acres too
@@randyblackburn9765 Absolutely! My wife and I still watch Green Acres today. And I get a kick out of Dennis the Menace and Leave it to Beaver, series that had great morality themes. Times have changed. I knew something was wrong when cartoons like Beavis and Butthead came along.
@@matthias4450 👍
My theory is that his evil wife, Margaret, put him up to it.
Never saw anyone look as though they were having more fun playing an instrument than Roy. He always seemed sincere. God bless uncle Jed!
...and may they both rest in peace.❤️
Amen. 🙏🏼
Pickin & Grinnin!
Roy Clark was one of a kind. He sure could pick! I think these days, Billy Strings is channeling Roy.
Roy Clark was great ❤❤❤!!! He had so much joy in him when he played his instruments.😊
1:11 you can tell he misses Irene Ryan deeply. That poor woman deserved so much more success after Hillbillies ended.
Her career extended back to the 1920s. TBH series was a revitalization kinda like Madge Blake with "Batman" except Madge was almost 50 before she even started acting...
Not much success Irene could have had after the "Hillbillies" ended which was in 1971. Made a few appearances between "Password", "Hee-Haw" and "The Mike Douglas Show"....She passed in 1973.
@@Hoffas_beneficiary She was headlining in Pippin on Broadway. I would not call that a failure as it was one of the biggest shows of her time. She had a stroke on stage. Maybe she was not starring on film or television but some of us consider headlining on Broadway to be a great success, especially back then. She had a great career ahead of her singing and dancing, making millions. It really is too bad that she passed away so soon.
@@louisskulnik7390 Who said anything about "Failure"...I only stated "Not much success" after the Beverly hillbillies had ended because she passed shortly thereafter so even if she had became Edith Bunker it would have been short-lived...We've gone through this unfortunate saga before with Ward Bond and Bruce Lee.
Well she only lived like two more years so......
Irene Ryan passed in 1973. Rest well, good lady.
Buddy Ebsen was a trained dancer and danced in many Hollywood movies in the 40's & 50's.
He was fabulous! Wasn't he going to be the Tin Man in Somewhere Over the Rainbow but got allergic to the makeup?
He even danced with a very young Shirley Temple.
Buddy Ebsen was chosen to appear in The Wizard of Oz, originally as the Scarecrow, and before filming began, his role was changed to the Tin Man. He fell seriously ill during filming due to the aluminum dust in his makeup and was forced to drop out
@@kayekaye251 The Wizard of Oz. He was the original pick for the "tin man." They used, I heard, Aluminum dust for his make up. He got deathly ill and was in the hospital for quite awhile. Stay safe and GOD bless.
@@tonytrotta9322 sorry to step on your comment. Did not see this. Stay safe and GOD bless.
I can't believe as much as I have always loved the Beverly Hillbillies that I've never seen this clip before. Thank you so much for posting. It was a pure delight to watch! This show brings back so many fond memories.
It does eh, miss that old show.
I can’t believe I’ve never seen it either. Seeing Roy Clark on banjo was completely unexpected too. Really great to see this.
@@dbell582 No offense intended, but that's Earl Scruggs on the banjo. Roy Clark is playing the guitar in this clip.
Hey @Marcy King, I agree with everything U said. 👍🏾
I Wonder why they don't show repeats of The Beverly Hillbillies anymore. Very Good, funny & Relaxn show to watch daily. Day or 🌃. Nite.
Marcy King, it was good to see Roy Clark playing in that rendition of the theme song of the Beverly hillbillies!
I just loved Buddy Ebsen and the whole cast of The Beverly Hillbillies! This time-period was the end of a era where joy was genuine and expressive. Noone got offended when acting clueless. Everyone just laughed because it was them looking in the mirror and laughing at themselves. This is such a lost art today.
There is no way I could have said that any better
We finally get to see the guy that sang the ballad of jed clampett. Buddy dancing ,Earle Scruggs, Roy Clark, picking. Great piece.
Lester Flatt sang it on the hit record, but I like Jerry Scoggins version better.
Great honest moment
I do too
Although I believe he was original singer .
Yes!😀💯👍
A few years ago , I met Buddy at a small airport in Victoria , British Columbia , Canada. Recognized him. Shook his hand. I was in my number 1's ( Can. Coast Guard ) and also traveling. We chatted while we awaited flight. Buddy told me of his days on PT boats in the war and I talked about my SAR cutter I worked on . Great chat , great guy . Got his autograph on the back of my boarding pass , still have it. Hope he's dancing in heaven.
Those were the days
I could easily picture this
Frank Buddy Ebsen died in 2003
All you here about be I'm is what a great person he was.
@@zaddymaczaddi3762 Yeah really. A "few years" means different things to different people I suppose.
Jed was a humble man. Wish there was more men like him today.
Amen
The Beverly Hillbillies! When TV was actually worth watching.
wow, this is a true treasure. thanks for posting this.
In 1939, Ebsen got very sick and almost died from the aluminum powder makeup he wore for his Tin Man costume during the filming of Wizard of Oz. He was hospitalized in critical condition and was subsequently forced to leave the Wizard of Oz.
I totally agree with you. ❤✌😃
I didn’t know the end. Missed it somehow
I love how Jed Clampett went from the butt of jokes to the wise old country gentleman over the years. That later portrayal is much more how I know country folk.
He was always that way. Jethro was the joke.
Jed was never the butt of the show's joke--only of the high-falutin' characters on the show.
Charles Layton and Jethro.
@@potsdam28 I agree that Jethro and Jethrene were supposed to be the jokes, and he played both parts well. Definitely funny to me! They all had their moments bc it was a comedy with a wonderful cast of actors. :)
Buddy Ebsen wouldn't play the part of Jed Clampett unless the producers met his one demand, and that was that he be portrayed as being shrewd in a good way, and had brains without him being a know-it-all showoff. It was in his contract that nobody within the show's scripting was to make him out to be some sort of country bumpkin or a buffoon.
*Jed Clampett & Barnaby Jones, two wonderful TV characters skillfully played by Christian Ludolf Ebsen - aka Buddy Ebsen - who was the original Scarecrow in 1939's The Wizard of Oz and then switched to the role of the Tin Man and then left altogether due to illness from the Tin Man makeup used. One of the most likeable, long-lasting actors Hollywood ever knew.*
Wow, what a treat to see this. Clips like this make TH-cam a worthwhile endeavor. You could hear the heartbreak in his voice when he said "I miss Granny". You could tell he also meant he missed Irene.
Yes. I caught that too. A nod of love and respect to a fellow performer and human being. No doubt one of his best of times.
I still watch this classic, I loved then and still do I miss them all
Did anyone else notice that when he pushed his knife in the ground he struck oil yet again?
Uncle Jed struck oil everywhere he went. Even when tried to change his name and fought crime as Barnaby Jones. Like we wouldn't know 😁
Jed! Move away from there!
I did! And thought, “Well, here we go again!” 😁👍
YUP!!!!!
Sure did!!!
One of the best TV shows ever ,
Barnaby Jones? Yeah that was an awesome show
one of the episodes ("The Giant Jackrabbit) in season 2 remains to this day the highest rated half show of any kind in history (69% of all the US watched it the day it aired)--that record will never be approached again as in the 60s there were only 3 network channels to watch whereas today there literally 100s you can watch
@@bufnyfan1 What about Barnaby Jones?
Buddy Ebsen was an amazing talent. Still cuttin' a rug at that age. He had a full life.
Brings back a lot of nice memories. And good to see Roy Clark again too.😊
I don't have cable and don't watch anything out of today's holly weird. I watch all the old shows from 1960's thru 1990's 👍
Buddy Epsen is a national treasure....
God bless Buddy, like Betty White, he was a national treasure!
HERE! HERE!!
While Betty White was a sweet person, I and my family personally think there is no comparison in their work. Mr Buddy was way better and he wasn't dirty like Betty White was known for being in her work. He was clean, old fashioned, family wonderful! Never run across anything of his that had to be turned off.
@@glorygracek.1841
The original Tin Man..
@@RSTI191 yup! It is sad that he never got past the screen tests. But then again, if he had stayed, who knows what his career would have been like. He may not have done Davy Crockett and his career taken off from there. Loved him in that and the companion movie!
@@glorygracek.1841
Allergic reaction to the face paint..
This was my best friend's favorite tv show. He died in 2019 but we were friends for about 50 years. I miss you Chris.
My family never missed The Beverly Hillbillies when I was a kid. Buddy Ebsen was the perfect choice for Jed. Donna Douglas was so beautiful and Jethro was handsome. Irene Ryan played Granny to a T! We saw them at the Indiana State Fair back in the early 60s at the State Fair Coliseum. They came in riding in the old truck waving at all the people. I actually got Donna Douglas's autograph. She was absolutely gorgeous. One of the best memories of my childhood! Wish life was that much fun now.
That old truck is on display at the Ralph Foster Museum - College of the Ozarks in Branson Missouri.
@@paulc254 That is very cool.
Buddy Ebsen was chosen to appear in The Wizard of Oz, originally as the Scarecrow, and before filming began, his role was changed to the Tin Man. He fell seriously ill during filming due to the aluminum dust in his makeup and was forced to drop out
What a treat to see Roy Clark again!
Cousin Roy. He was great on the episodes he was on.
@@GoldAndSilver988
Some say Roy Clark was one of the most phenomenally gifted stringed instrument musicians...ever. And that includes any genre of music. If it had strings the man was an absolute virtuoso.
@@donarthiazi2443 Agreed!
Yep😃❣
I enjoyed* seeing him SMILING while performing, it was sooooo HEARTFELT...
for us both😊💚*💯
My brother was the spitting image of Roy Clark. Roy's cousin, Jobie, I think was his name, was my brother's father. When his kids were little, Hee Haw would come on, and they would point at the TV and say, "Daddy."
How did I miss this special? I love how he struck oil again. You could tell he, as himself, really cared about Irene Ryan. The interesting thing is, she played Jed’s mother-in-law but in reality, she was only three years older than Buddy.
Wow the look on his face when asked who he missed.. This was written for him and rehearsed how many times, but if that was acting it was damn fine. I made me feel he really miss ryan
It still amazes me that Betty White was a decade older than all the Golden Girls even Estelle Getty who played the oldest character.
Estelle herself was barely older than Bea Arthur who played her daughter but make-up can do wonders.
Buddy Ebsen is a national TREASURE! Truly heartwarming!
I watch this show daily. Love it. Buddy Ebsen was a great actor. He is sorely missed.
The country wisdom of Jed Clampett and the detective skills of Barnaby Jones...two reliable entertaining characters in the tv world.
Jed Clampett, the best moral example of a man in tv history. My favorite character.
I remember watching a cartoon once as a little girl. As I watched, a real man started dancing in the cartoon. I told my momma: "There is a man in my cartoon! Get that man out of my cartoon." Years later, we were at Disney World in Orlando, Fl. When we went thru the exhibit featuring the History of Disney, my eye caught the glimpse of a mini video showing a man tap dancing. I told my mom, "There is the man who was dancing in my cartoon." It was Buddy Ebsen.
First time I ever heard bluegrass music in my life when I was child watching the show. I was transfixed by it and been in love with it ever since.
When my youngest son saw the show in reruns he, too, was mesmerized. He asked me who was singing and playing. I said Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. He misunderstood and thought I said Mr. Flatt, and they were forever after known as Mr. Flatt and Earl Scruggs in our home.
Love Roy Clark too, excellent vocals and guitar playing
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And now HE'S gone from us too! * sigh *
Saturday meant Hew Haw and Lawrence Well at our house😊
How many ppl today at that age can still tear up a rug? He was apart of t.v royalty ❤
At 18 yaers old I worked at a restaurant that was located near the studios. We were accustomed to celebrities in the restaurant. Some were full of themselves and hit on young girls working at the restaurant. Buddy came in and was always a gentlemen. He wanted to be seated away from the crowd. He was always respectful. We all grew respect and affection for this wonderful man. He more than measured up to his lovable Hollywood reputation. He was just a really good man.
I watched this show everyday as a kid…loved it!
Me too. I particularly liked the scenes with Elly Mae and her critters. I've loved animals all my life, so perhaps Hillbillies was one of the reasons why.
@@lisica8458 np
I still watch episodes late at night when I can't sleep. Still enjoy the innocence of the Beverly hillbillies. They should have all won awards for this show. Still laugh after 50 yrs. Takes down the stress
Yes, but you could see the seedy side creeping into it... Mr Drysdale went from 'okay' to a selfish jerk.
I understand what you mean, I do the same with "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" and "Quincy ME" amongst others; I know it's no longer life as it is today but with the way things are today it's nice to be able to escape into the past for an hour or so.
I just found this little bit of television magic. It is wonderful and I love it. Listening to Jed talk about Granny in his heart and you could see the total enjoyment on the faces of Roy, Earl and Buddy as they played Ballad for the final time. Bravo to all of you. I miss you all!!!🥲🥲
Buddy Ebsen was a very famous dancer in the 30's. My father was a pro dancer in Hollywood and admired him very much. I met him once, and I saw them tap dancing together trading licks. He was a great stylist in dance.
Buddy Ebsen just seemed to be a good guy and a good actor. He lived to be 93 I think. He definitely was Jed Clampet.
I still have Mr. Ebsen's autograph from July of 1971, when I was a tiny tot.
He, Nancy Ebsen (wife) and Bonnie Ebsen (daughter) where in a nearby town to perform in the play _"Take her she's mine'_ .
It is a prized part of my collection of things.
World needs this today. True words.
Personal comment: The “interviewer” is Dakin Matthews, terrific character actor I had the honor of sitting next to on a flight from LA to NY a few years ago.
I Love it he can actually Dance real good You rock Jed Clampett.
I loved the Beverly hillbillies good honest and funny
Heck yeah he can dance! Dancing was a large part of his career before Beverly Hillbillies. Look for a video on TH-cam of Mr Ebsen dancing with Shirley Temple.
He was famous back in the 30's for his dancing
One of the best shows ever! To this day everytime we go out to dinner they ask us if we want cocktails. Our answer is heck no bring me the whole bird. Learned that from Jethro.
I loved it when Granny drank the moonshine and cart wheeled in the foyer🤣🤣
Wow, just having Buddy, Earl, Roy, and Jerry in this vid is worth the like alone! 👍 So freaking cool! 👍
Reminds me of an old man I once knew what bought a big old house in Beverly Hills and moved in with his daughter, nephew and mother, and a couple of good old hunting dogs.
Have always loved Buddy Ebsen...he is an amazing actor. I really enjoyed watching him in The Beverly Hillbillies when I was a child growing up in the 60s, as well as Barnaby Jones in the 70s! An overall wonderful human being who will never be forgotten!❤
Chridtian Buddy Ebsen. Played in 2 shows with a jedediah: "jed"
In barnaby Jones, his nephew was jedediah
Wow.. that's quite a band! The Great Earl Scruggs, Roy Clark, Jerry Scoggins on the vocal.. not sure who the other gentlemen are, but darned fine musicians. (Buddy Ebsen was a one-of-a-kind actor, and a class act. His performances will continue to entertain, long after we've all left the planet, and his star will always shine.)
Lester Flatt
@@jamesleasure8836 - Thanks, but I was referring to the group on the porch in this particular video. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs were partners in a band known as the 'Foggy Mountain Boys', which toured and recorded from 1948-1969. Flatt passed away in Nashville, in May of 1979. - This particular video is from 1993.
Buddy had a career long before the "Hillbillies".
@@Mark-pp7jy - He sure did!
Byron Berline on fiddle. He just passed last year (July 2021)
I loved Buddy Ebsen! Wonderful man! True to his roots!
Hello Rhonda
How are you doing today?
On the fly, 21 years after BHs final season, at 85 years old and without a script, Buddy nailed the character of Jed Clampett.
Hollywood isn't the same anymore by a longshot, and I don't think there's anything being put out today that can cause me to suspend disbelief and get emotionally invested in the characters or the story.
Even though he was 85 when this was filmed, Buddy lived 10 more years.
Hollywood was full of communists back then just like it is now. Buddy Ebson was one of the exceptions.
What was not to love ? I got to meet Buddy twice . He is totally genuine, the real deal . I miss seeing all of them , I'm from Tennessee and they were like family . Thank you .
I like this! Good ol' Jed.
I never knew this existed, what a real treat! I heard once that Roy Clark could play more instruments than anyone in the world
The one and only Buddy (Jed Clampett) Ebsen. Never forgotten.
Too bad Hollywood don't have actors like this anymore I always loved Buddy E ,. In any show he was on!!!!!
Brought tears to my eyes.
I remember another episode where Buddy was being interviewed, and he started tearing up about missing Granny. I'll never forget about that.
Seeing Buddy Epsen again brightens my heart and brought back childhood memories of me and my family. We all sat in our little 12 x 12 foot den, and watched a little Sony black and white TV. Memories that I will cherish for ever. Buddy Epson was a true performer during the Golden years of Hollywood.
From Appalachia to the tropics in the Pacific, good folks is good folks, and I love Jed and his kinfolk, thanks to them and the genius writers of this family story, fictional but real folks with good hearts. Love from Saipan!
Fantastic ! Brought tears to my eyes. What an all star line up, apickin' and agrinnin....
They don't make 'em like that anymore! What a timeless classic.
Buddy Ebsen, may he rip and may he know all the happiness and good cheer that he brought us all, as well as his Barnaby Jones detective drama. 👍😊
I married in the early 1990s….both my wife and I in our late 30s. I was a federal law enforcement officer, and my career required many moves. We found ourselves in Rhode Island….three children now, after three moves, in 1998. Television reception was iffy…and we went with the basic “over the air” channels-no cable-working hard to make ends meet. The Beverly Hillbillies was in syndication on some channel out of Providence….nightly. Our young children loved the series, as did my wife and I. All three glued to the set….laughing at the Hillbillies various antics, and again, as did my wife and I (now both old enough to “get” the innuendo!). I have never seen this clip. I’m retired now. All the kids have fledged….time marches on…..but clever is still clever. Talent is still talent. And memories are precious. Thank you for posting this! And…..Thank you, Mr. Ebsen …..the original Tin man in the Wizard of Oz.
Don’t know what clip this is from, but what an excellent clip it is… brought me back to my childhood, brought a tear to my eye… back when things seemed to make sense and there was an idea of good ole music and Americana
This is from a TV special where they went back to visit the Clampetts and find out what they were all doing. It was a great show! I think it was an hour long special.
@@treywest268 The entire show is not anywhere on TH-cam that I can find.
Sure right about that tear thing.
Implied that Drysdale embezzled Jed’s money and went to jail. I never saw this revisit
From a 1993 TV special "The Legend of The Beverly Hillbillies", 85-year old Buddy Ebsen dances to a live performance of the Ballad of Jed Clampett featuring original vocalist Jerry Scoggins, along with Earl Scruggs and Roy Clark filling in for the late Lester Flatt. This is his final appearance as Jed Clampett.
(in the video's comment section)
I could sit and listen to Uncle Jed talk about the simple things in life for the rest of my life easily. What a wonderful country gent he is, here on earth and now in Heaven. Love to Granny ❤️
One of the best shows ever made
God love him seems like a good man.Hes right what he's saying he got it down pat
Why am I crying like a dang baby watching this? Just makes me tear up thinking that all of the people who played on the shows I watched as a kid are basically all gone now 😢
He started out as a hoofer. and hasn't lost the steps. I was moved by his tribute to Irene Ryan. I miss her, too!
Oh boy I grew up as a kid in australian watching the beverly hill billies and this brings back a lot of good memories of the time, nostalgia :)
Best flatfoot dancing’ ever!! 👍🙏👏🎶🎵🪕🎻🎶Bravo Buddy!!👏
Loved it! What a tremendous dancer he was!
I was in elementary school. Every day after the show aired, i think on wednesday every kid in school talked about the show at every oppotunity. It was like a total rerun of the episode. The band was just great. Could listen to alot more of that😅
The old timers have something most of the new ones don’t. Hats off and love to them! 💕
Hello Dear
How are you doing today?
I grew up watching The Beverly Hillbillies. Good ol’ Jed Clampett. 😁
Wow. I never saw this clip, but I was transported back to my grandmother's house back in 1968 in her living room with my cousins watching this on a floor model Black and White Zenith television. This was a part of many of the childhoods of many of us who are now middle aged. This is a fitting coda to the saga of The Clampetts.
The old black and white....wish they would leave them as black and white...part of the classics. Stop colourizing them please!!
Shed a tear reading this
This was definitely part of my childhood seeing that my childhood took place in the 50's but I'm not middle aged I'm old.
IN MY VIEW
Buddy Ebsen was a calm, descent man. I can't imagine anyone not liking him.
Hello Carolyn
How are you doing today?
Beverly hillbillies reruns and Barnaby Jones, in the 1970s. Back then it was two doses of Buddy Ebsen almost every day.
CBS cancelled The Beverly Hillbillies to get rid of all of their country-related tv shows...and then brought back Buddy Ebsen as elderly Los Angeles private eye Barnaby Jones two years later.
What I always loved about that show was the theme song. It told a story and at the end they welcomed you into their home.
Of course, Roy Clark appeared on the Beverly Hillbillies as Cousin Roy. Flatt and Scruggs too .
When I was in the Navy, aboard my first ship, The USS Blandy, DD-943, a destroyer, in 1974+1975. I hung around with some guys, one of them, we called "red neck". Later on, after he had left the ship. I learned that he was Roy Clark Jr.
Ah, the good ole days! Wish we could go back!
Great walk down Memory Lane! Ebsen was a fine actor
I absolutely love that show. They got sickeningly rich, but they stayed just the way they were. No " putting on airs" as my grandma would say. Loved each and every one of the hillbillies 🥰🥰🥰💙💜💗✨⭐🌟
This is classic! Buddy lived another ten years! He was a class act!
Buddy Ebsen's Father was a Dance Instructor. He grew up around dancing. What a Treasure of talented People we can remember from this Video
I looked up on Wikipedia and found out that Buddy's voice can still be heard in the movie and sound track: Ebsen turned down Louis B. Mayer's offer of an exclusive MGM contract, and Mayer warned him that he would never work in Hollywood again. Nonetheless, MGM cast him as the Scarecrow in its 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Ebsen then swapped roles with actor Ray Bolger, who was originally cast as the Tin Man. Bolger wanted to play the Scarecrow, and Ebsen did not object to the change. Ebsen had recorded all of his songs as the Tin Man, attended all the rehearsals, and begun filming. However, he soon began experiencing body aches, muscle cramps, and shortness of breath, eventually leading to a lengthy hospitalization. Doctors determined that he was suffering a reaction to the aluminum dust used in the Tin Man makeup, and he was forced to leave the production.[9][10] Ebsen recalled in an interview included on the 2005 DVD release of The Wizard of Oz that the MGM studio heads did not believe that he was ill until he was ordered back to the set and was intercepted by an angry nurse. Ebsen was replaced by Jack Haley, with the makeup quickly changed to a safer aluminum paste. MGM did not publicize the true reason for Ebsen's departure; even Haley was not told until much later. Haley re-recorded most of Ebsen's vocals, although Ebsen's Midwestern accent can still be heard on the soundtrack during several reprises of "We're Off to See the Wizard", with the enunciated "r" in the word "wizard", as opposed to Haley's Boston accent. Ebsen's recording of the Tin Man's solo "If I Only Had a Heart" is included on the deluxe edition of the film's soundtrack, while a still photo recreation of the sequence featuring shots of Ebsen as the Tin Man was included as an extra with all VHS and DVD releases of the film since 1989. For the rest of his life, Ebsen complained of breathing problems from his involvement in "that damned movie" I always loved that movie and would have been great with Buddy in there. TAKE CARE!
I loved that show growing up.
@smart viewer I agree.
THIS is how the show should have ended. The Clampetts were rich waaaaay before Beverly Hills!!!
Consumate professional - Buddy Ebsen is a true legend !!!
Jed and crew lives on in many families across the world. Sure miss those days of television.