The Clampett Family

Jed - An honest but naive middle-aged to senior adult man.  (231 Lines)
 

 

Although he had received little formal education, Jed Clampett had practical common sense. A good-natured man, he was the ostensible head of the family. Jed was shown to be an expert marksman and was extremely loyal to his family and kinfolk. It was his missed rifle shot which led to the discovery of a huge oil pool in the swamp he owned. This was the beginning of his rags-to-riches journey to Beverly Hills. Although he longed for the old ways back in the Ozarks, he made the best of being in Beverly Hills. Whenever he had anything on his mind, he would sit on the curbstone of his mansion and whittle until he came up with the answer.

Granny - A spry and snippy senior adult woman. (153 Lines)

 

Shotgun-toting Granny had insights into human nature. She styled herself an "M.D." — "mountain doctor" — claiming to have a complete knowledge of herbs, potions and tonics. She was extremely scrappy and was an expert at wielding a double-barreled, 12-gauge shotgun. She was also able to tell the precise time, to the minute and even the second, by looking at the position of the sun. Paul Henning, the series' creator, clearly disposed of the idea of Granny being Jed's mother, which would have changed the show's dynamics, making Granny the matriarch and Jed subordinate to her. As Jed's mother-in-law, she could be feisty, but her ideas could also be overruled. Two of Granny's phobias were "injuns" {she actually bought wigs so the Clampetts wouldn't be "scalped"} and the "cement pond" {she thinks that anyone who swims in it will be turned into a frog!}.

Granny's full name, Daisy Moses, was a homage to the popular and dearly loved folk artist Anna Mary Robertson, known to the world as Grandma Moses. Grandma Moses died in 1961.

Elly May - A complete tomboy, she is completely unaware of her beauty. (69 Lines)

 

Elly May was a strong capable girl. She could throw a fastball as well as wrestle any man to a fall. She was as stunningly beautiful as she was naïve.

Elly May's name was a homage to the character of Ellie May Lester in the Erskine Caldwell rural life novel Tobacco Road.

Relatives of the Clampett Family

 

Jethro - A huge, muscular boy of about twenty, strong but not too bright. (136 Lines)

 

Jethro was incredibly ignorant and self centered. He was particularly proud of his ed-ja-ma-cation: he spent 12 years at school — before passing the sixth grade. After that, he decided to go to college. He managed to enroll late in the semester at a local secretarial school due to his financial backing, and earned his diploma by the end of the day because he didn't understand what was going on in class and was too disruptive.

Pearl - The most educated and "citified" of the Clampetts, but not too smart. (38 Lines)

 

Jed's cousin Pearl Bodine was Jethro's mother. Like Elly May, Pearl's name came from that of a character (Pearl Lester) in the popular rural-life novel, play, and film Tobacco Road.

 

Mr. Drysdale - He is a dignified, conservatively dressed, rather stuff man of middle-age. (108 Lines)

 

The Drysdales were the Clampetts' neighbors. Although Mrs. Drysdale had obvious disdain for their neighbors, Mr. Drysdale was willing to do anything to keep them next door so as to not lose control of their millions, which were on deposit in his bank. Between Mrs. Drysdale and Mr. Drysdale there existed a subtle social commentary on class issues, specifically whether "breeding" or actual wealth should be the determinants that entitle a person to join the privileged class.

Mr. Drysdale, unlike his wife, placed wealth above prestige. He clung to people with money and had respect for the Clampetts, despite their backwoods ways.

 

Mrs. Drysdale - She is a fussy, snobbish social matron. (47 Lines)

Mrs. Drysdale had aristocratic views on class, restricting her social contact to people who were born of pure blood. To her, the most desirable people were those whose ancestors had been among the first settlers of colonial America. She had a xenophobic dislike of immigrants and interlopers, of whom she saw the Clampetts as the worst example, and she continually led outlandish campaigns to rid her city of the uncouth hillbillies. Her position was undercut when it was revealed in one episode that, while Mrs. Drysdale was descended from Mayflower immigrants, the Clampett family had actually arrived earlier, at the founding of Jamestown. Mrs. Drysdale's worldview was turned upside down when she was told, "When your ancestors arrived on the Mayflower, Mr. Clampett's were there waiting for them."

Miss Hathaway - An old maid type of secretary, neatly if severely dressed. (51 Lines)

 

Jane Hathaway -- the Clampetts addressed her as "Miss Jane" -- was Drysdale's loyal, efficient assistant. Though she always carried out his wishes, she was inherently decent and was frequently put off by her boss' greed. Unlike Drysdale (who was merely interested in the Clampetts' wealth), Jane was genuinely fond of them, (to the Clampetts, she was considered family) and actually harbored something of a crush on Jethro.

 

George Turner - A young geologist. (10 Lines)

An employee of Midland Oil

Brewster- A stuffy executive, conservatively dressed. (22 Lines)

An employee of Midland Oil

Mrs. Pennyweather - A tweedy, imperious woman. (36 Lines)

From the Pennyweather Academy

Percy - A mousy young man, an English instructor at his mother's school. (10 Lines)

The son of Mrs. Pennyweather

Gloria Mundy - A pretty teenager, president of the student council at Pennyweather. (18 Lines)

A student at Pennyweather Academy

Frederika Collins - A student at Pennweather, she is attractive in an intellectual way. (15 Lines)

A student at Pennyweather Academy

Emaline Fetty - She is a hill girl. (92 Lines)

A country girl

Colonel Foxhall - He is a charming, elderly Southern gentleman, larcenous to the core. (54 Lines)

A Southern colonel

Mrs. Stokely-Smythe - An elegant Beverly Hills society lady, fashionably dressed. (5 Lines)

A Beverly Hills resident

Mr. Oglethorpe - An elegant gentleman. (1 Line)

A Beverly Hills resident

Mrs. Oglethorpe - An elegant lady. (3 Lines)

A Beverly Hills resident

Groovy Monahan - A very swingy chick. (6 Lines)

A student at Pennyweather Academy

Lt. Frank Richards - A nice looking young man, not too large physically. (27 Lines)

A police detective

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