Even the theme song says Appalachia-all the way – Flatt and Scruggs, and by association Kentucky Bluegrass, Roy Clark, the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville and even Pat Boone-who all made appearances!

Like I said, this is even more than I need to remember.

http://www.answers.com/topic/the-beverly-hillbillies

Overview

At the beginning of The Beverly Hillbillies series, the OK Oil Company discovers oil in a swamp in the mountains of Tennessee owned by family patriarch Jed Clampett. Jed moves with his family to the wealthy Los Angeles County city of Beverly Hills, California, where he attempts to live a rural lifestyle despite his wealth. This sequence of events was recapitulated in the title credits for each show and was described in the lyrics of the theme song, so that new viewers would easily understand who the Hillbillies were and why they were in Beverly Hills (although the credits and song portray Jed finding the oil while hunting as opposed to knowing the oil was there but being unaware of the value). Lasting nine seasons and accumulating 7 Emmy nominations, it remains in syndication on several cable stations including TV Land.

Wow! Yep . . . when you’ve ridden that train all the way to Hooterville and Petticoat Junction, I’m thinking that is indeed a lot of sugar for the nickel. But now RIL has a definitive thread to point to should the topic of Clampett genealogy come to fore again. Good show! Too bad about that “unlearning” thing.

The ‘Missouri’ association had more to do with creator Paul Henning and his wife, Ruth and referenced in an equally popular, geographically mystifying, and fictitious series
entitled ‘Petticoat Junction’ which subsequently starred Bea Bernaderet a/k/a ‘Cousin Pearl’ Bodine’s sister, Kate Bradley.

After being cast as owner of the Shady Rest Motel, ‘Cousin Pearl’ and daughter Jethrine no longer reside at the Clampett mansion in Beverly Hills.

Also, Google Ralph Foster Museum, where ‘the Truck’ is featured
-and why…

wiki/Hooterville

Location

The location of Hooterville was never explicitly stated, but it was implied to be in or very near Illinois. In numerous episodes it was said that they were close to Chicago; in one Green Acres episode, Mr. Haney said Chicago was 300 miles (480 km) away. Another time it was said a nearby town was called Springfield, which is also the name of the capital city of Illinois as well as a city in southwest Missouri Springfield, Missouri. Hooterville may also have been in the Ozarks. One of the working titles for Petticoat Junction had been Ozark Widow (another had been Whistle Stop). The cast of another CBS show, The Beverly Hillbillies, had some connection with the characters in Petticoat Junction, when Cousin Pearl contacted Granny to assist with Betty Jo Bradley’s baby; the Clampetts hail from Bugtussle, Tennessee. The name “Hooterville” is actually first used in episode No. 6 of The Beverly Hillbillies by supporting character Jasper “Jazzbo” Depew (Phil Gordon). Sam Drucker, the grocer and postmaster, gives the Zip Code for Hooterville as 40516½. 40516 is the code for Lexington, KY, a city 375 miles from Chicago. Also, Lexington, KY is exactly 55 miles from Springfield, KY which further agrees with the theory of Hooterville being a rural suburb of Lexington (see above correlation regarding a town called Springfield). The name approximates Hooverville – a term used for shantytowns and camptowns that emerged during the Great Depression – but it is also the name of a bucolic town on railroad tracks in western Pennsylvania.[1]

According to “Dave Stein’s Official Petticoat Junction Site”, http://petticoat.topcities.com/page1.htm , the inspiration for Hooterville came from Paul Henning’s wife, Ruth. As a child, Ruth traveled by train to her grandparents’ hotel in Eldon, Missouri. Eldon, Missouri is right at 300 miles, as the crow files, from Chicago. Other than distance and a hotel near the railroad tracks, though, there is little resemblance between Hooterville and Eldon, Missouri.

Exteriors for the twin Hooterville series were shot by Filmways near Jamestown/Sonora, California, a decidedly rural area.

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Beverly HillBillies Episode 6:

imdb.com/title/tt0522680/plotsummary

Grannie wants to go home because folks is so unfriendly no one has come to call. Jed convinces her they should call on them, and they find that people welcome them and give them all manner of gifts when they show up on Halloween in their normal hillbilly clothes. Also, Jed works on getting Pearl to come visit while she’s trying to get hitched to the oilman and find a young man for Jethrine. Written by Anonymous

p.s. This is more than even I wanted to know

“While Granny frequently mentioned that she was from Tennessee, the series never specified the state from which the Clampetts moved to California. However, they often referred to nearby towns such as Joplin, Branson, and Silver Dollar City, all of which are in southwest Missouri. Early episodes also contained several references to Eureka Springs, which is in northwest Arkansas.”

You’ll be even more insulted to learn that the Beverly Hillbillies were from Missouri.

It’s very insulting, since we’re from Georgia, not Beverly Hills.

he is just aksing for some attention. He likes Buddha and MikeS and who wouldnt.

where have you been? No posts lately.