The Beverly Hillbillies: The Clampetts Are Overdrawn

About The Beverly Hillbillies: The Clampetts Are Overdrawn

"The Clampetts Are Overdrawn" is episode 8 of season 2 of The Beverly Hillbillies, first broadcast on November 13, 1963 on CBS. It was directed by Richard Whorf.

Granny chases away the Pool Man (Gil Perkins) because she thinks he's poisoning the cement pond. Jethro reads a letter from the bank saying that Jed is overdrawn and all his money is gone. An unemployed actor named Jake "J.D." Clampett (King Donovan) and his wife Opal (Shirley Mitchell) benefit from a paperwork mixup at the bank becoming $36 million richer. Granny thinks that the family has been spending money foolishly. Jed calls the bank and finds out that Drysdale is going out of town.

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