The Beverly Hillbillies: Elly Needs a Maw

About The Beverly Hillbillies: Elly Needs a Maw

"Elly Needs a Maw" is episode 12 of season 2 of The Beverly Hillbillies, first broadcast on December 11, 1963 on CBS. It was directed by Joseph Depew and written by Keith Fowler, Phil Leslie, Paul Henning & Mark Tuttle.

Drysdale tells Miss Jane that Mrs. Fenwick is looking for investors for a real estate development project. Jed comes by and tells Drysdale and Miss Jane that he wants a plane ticket to go back to the hills. Elly is still too much of a tom-boy. That morning Elly was riding around on a motorcycle.

The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 1962-71) follows Jed Clampett (Buddy Ebsen), a mountaineer who strikes oil and moves his family, Granny (Irene Ryan), daughter Elly May (Donna Douglas) and nephew Jethro (Max Baer Jr.), to a mansion in Beverly Hills, next door to his banker, Milburn Drysdale. It was the top-rated show in America in its first two seasons.

Quick facts

• Year: 1963
• Runtime: 25 minutes
• Type: TV episode · Comedy
• Series: The Beverly Hillbillies
• Sound: Original soundtrack