The Beverly Hillbillies Opening and Closing Theme 1962 - 1971 HD
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- The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on CBS from 1962 to 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr. The series is about a poor backwoods family transplanted to Beverly Hills, California, after striking oil on their land.
A Filmways production created by writer Paul Henning, it is the first in a genre of "fish out of water" themed television shows, and was followed by other Henning-inspired country-cousin series on CBS. In 1963, Henning introduced Petticoat Junction, and in 1965 he reversed the rags to riches model for Green Acres.
The show paved the way for later culture-conflict programs such as McCloud, The Nanny, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Doc. Panned by many entertainment critics of its time, it quickly became a huge ratings success for most of its nine-year run on CBS.
The Beverly Hillbillies ranked among the top twenty most watched programs on television for eight of its nine seasons, twice ranking as the number one series of the year, with a number of episodes that remain among the most watched television episodes of all time. - Розваги
Fun Fact: The opening credit scenes where Jed discovers oil/ his family’s cabin was filmed at Franklin Canyon Reservoir…in Beverly Hills.
That's probably due to the 30 mile zone (aka the TMZ) the unions said if you film on location within a 30mi radius of a particular Hollywood intersection you pay the crew standard wages. If you film outside the radius (e.g in Texas :) ) you have to pay travel, accommodation allowances etc.
There definitely used to be one or two rabbits in the scene where Jed's shot strikes oil. He missed the clearly visible rabbit[s] in the course of striking oil. The rabbit[s] have long since been deleted.
That fact was not very fun...not fun at all
@@drunkin12Many Not even remotely fun
Far from it
@@JohnSmith-su3ze Why?
Thanks Grandma for showing me this show 10 years ago.
Earl Scruggs' banjo picking on this is exactly why I learned play the instrument in the first place...the thrilling ringing tone he gets out of that old Gibson Mastertone is something to truly behold!!! It's no mystery why Earl was and continues to be a major 5 string banjo influence!
Ha ha I LOVE the way Ellie May says at the end "This has been a Filmways presentation!"
Definitely!!!
Listening to the theme song still makes me feel happy.
Happy childhood. Innocent times.
This was a fun silly show with just enough heart to allow you to care about the characters and the ridiculous situations they got into, and some fine music to boot
Very entertaining.
and no agenda politics
I remember watching this show on television.
When TV was FUN
I used to watch re-runs of this show with my grandma. She watched this show when she came to America from Norway and she said it helped her learn English.
He is my great great, great, great grandpa, no joke
I watched this with my grandma all the time miss those days
Woo-doogie!! I just love this show!! Yee-haw!!
Only Seinfeld comes close.
It was a massive hit here in Northern Ireland too, but we had to wait till 1969 before we got a TV to watch it, but it ran over and over again!
@Benj Smith Productions good
Irene Ryan must have been of part Irish extraction.
No TV in Ireland until 1969?
@@manfrummt He's clearly talking about his family.
We had a TV in the glens of Antrim in 61 why did you have to wait so long?
One of the most iconic TV theme songs of all time!!
why is this in my head IN THE 8AM HOUR
cause its on metv around then
this show reminds me of my grandparents
Grandpa: 1939-2016
Grandma: 1942-2020
This is my dad's favorite show and we have never watched an episode together. I didn't like it as a kid but do as an adult. Watched the entire run. Nobody else I know has seen it but him and he doesn't want to talk about it.
I miss the light hearted silliness that television brought into our homes and softened our world. I really believe too much stone cold reality is a headstone for the soul. ✌❤😊
Agreed!
When i was a kid I had never heard anything as amazing as this wonderful driving banjo rhythm. I would lay awake after the end of the show Sunday nights listening to it over and over again in my mind. And it's still one of the most satisfying and finest pieces of music I have ever head even for my whole life!
I'm pretty sure that you could het a Flatt and Scruggs record and hear it over and over if you wanted to. I wore out "The Ballad Of Thunder Road" doing that when I was a young child. "Let me tell the story, I can tell it all....."
God that transition from the opening to closing was super smooth
nice
It was smooth, but with editing software today it's trivial to edit that smooth.
Probably the most iconic theme song in television history. (When I was growing up--EVERYBODY knew the lyrics to this tune--even if they never watched the show LOL!!)
The theme even made #44 on the pop charts. And on top ot that, it even reached the charts of WLS, one of the premier rockers! Flatt & Scruggs ' version, not this one.
I loved that banjo tune with Lester Flats and Earl Scruggs. My inspiration for taken up the banjo.
Wasn't that Jesse Pearson singing?
@@gbaker9295 no it was jerry scoggins
Definitely a classic voice. So many doors for him
Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed. A poor mountaineer who barely kept his family fed. Then one day, he was shootin' at some food when up from the ground came a bubbling crude..Oil that is. Black gold. Texas tea. Well, the next thing you know old Jed's a millionaire! The kin folk said.."Jed, move away from here!" They said, "Califori is the place you ought to be!" So they loaded up their truck and they moved to Beverly...Hills that is, swimming pools, movie stars! THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES! ✌❤😊
Not gonna lie, for years I’ve been singing the theme as “Oil that is. Texas tea, black gold.”
It wasn’t until recently that my family corrected my error. Well, that’s my Mandela Effect...
God this takes me back to my teenage years ..loved this program 👍💯
I have always wondered why the kin folk were so eager to get rid of them.
Never knew the real lyrics but have never forgotton the rude version that us kids used to sing in the playground at Primary school 50 years ago ............Sung it yesterday at home, my wife was quite shocked !!
@@monkeyboy4746 So they could go visit California ..
The Beverly Hillbillies. Brilliant programme back in the 60s brings back so meny memories . 🌹
"Who" did not Love those Hillbillies back then? Gawd I had a crush on Ellie Mae❤️❤️❤️
One night, my little ones asked for a bedtime story. For whatever reason, my mind kind of drew a blank and the opening theme to The Beverly Hillbillies came to mind. So I told them to "listen to a story of a man named Jed ... " They didn't know any better and kids love practically any bedtime story.
HERE is The Savior
YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified for our sins, NOT jesus, and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
@@Praise___YaH I'm amazed that I have found Jesus in the UA-cam comments section
My favorite TV Show..We don't get such shows this days😍
This show sucked big time
The only reason I looked this up and am here watching this, is because it randomly came to mind and has been in my head for the past few hours. WTF 🤷🏾♂️
What a great concept for a TV show.
It might catch on....
Schitt's Creek is the opposite of this show! Lol
"This has been a FilmWays presentation" I always had to wait for that when I was a kid!
Our family nickname was the Clampetts. My Pop called his mother "Granny Clampett."
Extremely funny show - absolutely loved it; not to mention the fabulous soundtrack by Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt
This show sure did have good humor to it. I always admired how nice Donna Douglas looked during her portrayal as Ellie May.
An incredible and original concept for a TV show.
These are the greatest songs ever!
A masterfully done intro displaying the collision of two worlds. Classic.
"Y'all come back now, hear?" Well-known phrase came from this song.
Jed's like, "what in the FUCK, IS THAT OIL??"
that's awesome!!
We can be grateful for television programs like this that preserve an accurate depiction of American country folk in the 1960s. Without these images, goodness knows what manner of misconceptions and outright falsehoods might take root in our minds when we think of people from that time and place.
frisco21 That is quite possibly the funniest thing I’ve ever read about stereotypes.
You don't wanna eat that
Enjoyed watching it when i was growing up in the 60s. All are dead except Max Baer,Jr.
😢😢😢
The geologist’s actor from episode 1 is still kicking too last I saw, a handful of cast members are still alive
@@karlmarx592 main cast members. Jethro's the only one around still.
I will bet you the actors in this show never imagined it being watched 60 years later
You might be right. considering that if you go back another 60 years to the turn of the century, the movies there have largely been lost to time in part or in whole. I imagine even then, before streaming services or even home video, which had its' advent during this shows' run, the Clampetts had probably never seen a movie that was 60 years old.
I used to love the Beverley Hillbillies TV series also enjoyed the Movie such a great cast💙
my nan still has all the VHS tapes of this show iv watched them all growing up
From my perspective, this song has been around since all eternity
Ye know, I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with the Beverly Hillbillies. In some ways, it portrays us hill folk as backwards and stereotyped, but in others it portrays our simple wisdom as a remedy to the ills of the modern industrial society.
It’s likely the most charitable portrayal of us in media that I’ve seen, honestly. But still, seein a lot of the portrayals of my people not knowin much about the modern world around em and bein ignorant does rub me the wrong way.
Now don’t get me wrong. At the end of the day, it’s a very entertainin show and I can watch for hours. I don’t get all riled up over it. This is just thinkin about things. This comments more for younger hillbillies on the internet I reckon. I spent a long long time bein real ashamed of who I was because of my schoolin and bein showed stereotypes of us in media.
To y’all young mountaineers: ye ain’t gotta be ashamed of who ye are. We got a proud, thrivin hist’ry that runs back to Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Britain, Denmark, and the Scandinavian countries. Our culture n accent is a hallmark of our ancestors and a living testament to whose who came before. Of course we all have things to learn, and some things are best discarded (homophobia, racism, etc), but our accent, values, kinship, and honor should be cherished.
I beg you young uns:
Don’t let our flame die out.
I always thought they did not look inbred enough to be true hill-billies, just saying.
First time I saw The Beverly Hillbillies was on MeTV and I love it.
I never met a hillbilly, but growing up and watching the Beverly Hillbillies, I learned that the hillbilllys were the honest, solid people, and the rich people around them were the crazy ones. Hillbiilles are part of American Culture. :)
I'm a hillbilly and proud. Words like homophobia and racism are just words used as weapons to attack us, shame on you for repeating the attacks of our Communist enemy that seeks to eradicate us.
I'm tired of the Commie hate directed toward ordinary working people. We are the backbone that built this country and made it what it is today. Mass murdering Communists are leeches and parasites who seek to steal the fruits of ordinary working peoples hard work.
Hillbillies deserve total respect in this country for all hard work and sacrifices we made to build this country.
One important thing to note is this was supposed to be hillbillies from decades ago also. Most of them likely weren’t nearly as educated as one would be today just considering how easily accessed information is now
Max Baer(Jethro) is the son of Max Baer the heavyweight champion of the world who lost the title to Jim Braddock,the Cinderella man.
HERE is The Savior
YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified for our sins, NOT jesus, and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
Really?
This video is a gem 💎! Thanks for posting it! And, in color! Awesome! 👍🏼
The good old days
Granny holdin on to that side by side double-barrel down Hollywood Boulevard was just genius.
I loved that show
Hello Joanne, how are you doing?
The way the singer says "Black gold. Texas tea" 😎
love to have them as neighbors. fun series.family friendly show not like some today shows.
Also because that means you'd be living in Beverly Hills.
i remember watching this before school in the morning, good show
😂 I still remember the words, almost a personal accomplishment nowadays 🤣😂
Rick Sanchez sent me here lol 0:40
Nobody cares
@@zisi8745 Did why did you reply to him you moron
lol same
same😂😂😂
@@zisi8745 boooo
I had a great great great grandmother named obedience hatfield and "by golly" she sure looked liked granny in this series....:)
By Hatfield, I take it she was related to THE Hatfields?
I love it, that's all I watch is the me channel, and mostly everything on TV is garbage.
I'm from the UK, I watched this as a Kid in the 60's, I think it came after Dr. Who on a Saturday evening.
I never Knew it was filmed in Colour (Color), we didn't get a Colour TV until 1973 !! 😲
Very strange to see it in full colour.
It was filmed in B&W and colourised later.
@@ReasonableForseeability No it wasn't. The colour episodes were filmed in colour on 35mm.
@@sambda I don't remember writing that. I know nothing about such matters. Qas I temporarily possessed by some ghost? Anyway, thanks for the correction! What you say sounds right. I shan't Google it.
@@sambda I like the name "sambda". Is it a Greek letter between sigma and lambda? Is it a Brazilian song between samba and lambada?
@@ReasonableForseeability I thought quickly years ago, and it was the Greek letter lambda with the "s" (my initial) instead of the "l".
I remember seeing every single episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas and Max Baer very much when I was much younger and boy did I enjoy watching it very much.
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Loved watching the series n the track is aweome ..🙂
My most favorite tv show of all time.
Way way back in college, we'd all come back from studying about 11 pm. By 11:30, we were all in one of my buddy's dorm rooms, cracked open some beers, did a few bong hits and watched Green Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies.
This show sucked big time.Green Acres was way better then this show. Hands down!!!
I love the Beverly hillbillies
Video starts at 0:32. You're welcome.
and the banjo solo at 1:06
Right down to the Ellie May-spoken end logo. Well done.
Hello April, how are you doing?
Qué grandes momentos me dio ésta serie cuando era un niño , esperaba con ansía el momento de la emisión , pues lo pasaba genial con ésta familia , y cómo me gustaba la música de presentación tan enormemente Country . Grandes años . Saludos desde España .
Watched this in the UK in the '60s. A good show
Love you
And now they are all moving from California to Texas.
I’m from Texas I wonder why????
It'll get worse when they have the big one!
Trumpers moving to red states
What ?
If you have a house in Beverly Hills and you give that up to live in the Austin suburbs, you're a fucking moron. You could live anywhere with that kind of money.
Gotta love their game.
I just now found out that Buddy Epson who played Jed was the original Tin Man in the wizard of Oz
Yeah, he was supposed to be.
One of my favorite shows as a kid.
Still love the theme as well
"This has been a filmways presentation." My favorite part
what is rick and morty? lovefinderrzz app brought me here
Is that you Batuhan? I love you!
@@andrejohnson6731 OMG Andre I'll never leave you again!
That’s exactly what brought me here. You are a genius.
Beverly Hillbillies brought me here...
me too :')
"Well I reckon' you'll be wantin' one of them there tips?!....Uhm, don't plant your corn too early!" One of the funniest shows that was on! Classic! 👍🏻🙏🏻🇺🇸🤣
Thrilling banjo 😅
Dude singing got a nice voice, love when he hit the bass notes esp. in the outro, that shit sound tuff as shit, lol
I think it's Waylon Jennings singing.
Edit: Lester Flatt is the singer.
@@lizzieball3795 "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", was written by producer and writer Paul Henning and originally performed by bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs. The song is sung by Jerry Scoggins (backed by Flatt and Scruggs) over the opening and end credits of each episode
Makes ya feel all warm in side
I used to love this show.
Amusing to stumble on this and find so many real life Jethros here.
Donna Douglas died Jan 1st 2015 after being Diagnosed in Aug 2014 with Pancreatic Cancer
Her character was a little too worshiped on this show at the expense of other women like Sharon Tate (as secretary Janet Trego) whom they made less beautiful for this--though not entirely!
Elly may is so fine she's like sunshine in the springtime. The perfect girl next door.
I loved the Beverley Hillbillies I wish they would repeat this show🎉
Don't say that until Disney is gone
@@JakeLayman-md4fw I don't have The Disney Channel or Netflix😚
Me either. If disney did Beverly hillbillies, it would be a WOKE disaster at this point in time, they seem to take over everything and ruin it. They gobble up most of the good stuff, and then apply WOKE politics to it. @@marinapeache7027
@@JakeLayman-md4fw People are tired of that. Eventually it will have to hit them in the pocket book and that will take away their ability to do it. Hopefully, anyway.
Amen@@FreedomTalkMedia
[Opening Theme:]
Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
And then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground come a bubblin crude.
Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.
Well the first thing you know ol Jed's a millionaire,
The kinfolk said "Jed move away from there"
Said "Californy is the place you ought to be"
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
Hills, that is. Swimmin pools, movie stars.
The Beverly Hillbillies
[Closing Theme:]
Well now it's time to say good bye to Jed and all his kin.
And they would like to thank you folks fer kindly droppin in.
You're all invited back next week to this locality
To have a heapin helpin of their hospitality
Hillbilly that is. Set a spell, Take your shoes off.
Y'all come back now, y'hear?
Reminds me of the 1960s TV Deputy Dawg cartoon. As a Londoner I had to strain my ears to listen, but it was a charming language. Another thing, the euphemism was unknown and plain talk reigned. Can't be bad. Just going off to read some Mark Twain.
RIP Tony. I wish he could live happily in his toilet heaven afterlife.
Used to sing this song round the campfire
we would switch up the lyrics a little, LOL
The Zenith of television entertainment creativity, humor and humanity!
"Just saying"
This was way before my time but i remember getting ready for school i use to watch this, I dream of genie, bewitched, M*a*s*h and The Andy griffin show!
Me too born 30 yeArs later but we didn’t have cable and these old shows were always on Network tv.
You mean " Before " your time .
The Beverly Hillbillies was the last time television realistically portrayed average, normal Americans.
This show was before my time but I love the banjo in the theme
This was one of the funniest shows ever and the 1994 remake one of the funniest films ever.
What? 🤔
I always liked this and I thought Donna Douglas was so beautiful
Hello Ruth, how are you doing?
This happened to me
except it was a septic tank i hit
This came to my remembrance because our house had a “bubbling crude” outside with an overflowing septic tank…
(NOW I understand now why the singer said “Oil that is”! LOL!!!)
😂
💯😂
Billy Connolly first picked up a banjo at the age of 21 because of this theme tune (just listened to him saying this on an BBC4 interview from 1977 called Desert Island Discs thats on Spotify).
After a few years, he formed a small bluegrass/folk duo called the Humblebums, where he would tell occassional jokes inbetween songs, and then eventually became a full stand-up comedian.
Go listen to him play banjo on their cover of Cripple Creek!
Somewhere, locked away in a vault, is the complete opening with Kellogg's Corn Flakes written into the theme song. Perhaps one day, we'll be able to see it again. (Jed is pointing at a billboard ad for the cereal!)
Buddy Ebsen was originally going to play The Tin Man in The Wizard Of Oz.
That is true. He had to quit because the silver paint used on him made him allergic, and he ended up in hospital and almost died.
"California is the place you outta be" that hasn't aged well.
Love This song and show one of the best
I remember my grandmother had the first 2 seasons on tape. I was like ew what’s this old show. Eventually I liked it. 😂😂😂