The Beverly Hillbillies: Jed Gets the Misery

About The Beverly Hillbillies: Jed Gets the Misery

"Jed Gets the Misery" is episode 1 of season 2 of The Beverly Hillbillies, first broadcast on September 25, 1963 on CBS. It was directed by Richard Whorf and written by Paul Henning & Mark Tuttle.

Jed pretends to be sick so that Granny can get to doctoring and feel more at home. Jethro can't find any of Granny's mountain medicine ingredients, so she has to improvise. Elly is the only one that knows Jed is faking it. Elly tells Drysdale what Jed is up to. Drysdale pretends he isn't feeling well and asks Granny's advice.

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