♪ Come and listen to my
story 'bout a man named Jed
♪ A poor mountaineer
barely kept his family fed
♪ And then one day he
was sh**ting at some food
♪ And up through the
ground come a-bubbling crude
♪ Oil, that is
♪ Black gold Texas tea
♪ Well, the first thing you
know old Jed's a millionaire
♪ The kinfolk said "Jed,
move away from there"
♪ Said "California's
the place you oughta be"
♪ So they loaded up the
truck and they moved to Beverly
♪ Hills, that is
♪ Swimming pools Movie stars ♪
The Beverly Hillbillies.
Granny? Elly? Jethro?
Where is everybody?
Well, Granny's checking
her company victuals
and Jethro's out front
hanging up the welcome sign.
Jed! Did he come?
Is the mayor here yet?
No, but it's purt near time.
Let's go out front and be ready.
Well, I got a special
surprise I'm working on.
You call me when
the mayor drives up.
Oh, Jed, I just can't
believe that the great man
will be right here
under our own roof.
I'm as nervous as a
grasshopper in a henhouse.
I'm a mite shaky myself.
It ain't everybody can say,
"The mayor of Bug
Tussle slept here."
Come on out where you can see
the banner I made. It's a dandy.
Who put this here?
I did. You said we ought to roll
out the red carpet for the mayor.
Where'd you get it?
I ripped it out of
the upstairs hallway.
- Why, that...
- The boy meant well.
Lookee. Yonder's my banner.
- Welcome hog?
- Yeah, that's his name, Mayor Hogg.
- It's spelt with two G.
- The most honored name in the hills.
OK, I'll change it.
Maybe it'd read better if you
put Mayor in front of Hogg.
- All right, I'll get right at it.
- Oh, there ain't time.
He's turning in the gate.
I sure would hate for
him to see that sign.
I got another one that's a
special welcome from me.
If I wave it, maybe he
won't notice the big 'un.
That needs fixing too. It reads
like you're welcoming yourself.
Why, it's Mr. Drysdale. We didn't
recognize you in your new car.
- Pretty snazzy, eh?
- Yeah.
Now, get it out of the way
so the mayor can drive up.
- Miss Hathaway, move the car.
- Right, chief.
I'm here to welcome your distinguished
guest, the mayor of Bugwhistle.
Uh, Bug Tussle.
Oh, yes, of course.
And I'm greatly honored.
You bet you are.
You're gonna be shaking hands
with the greatest Hogg in the hills.
Mr. Clampett, tell me more
about this Mayor... Hogg?
Amos Wentworth Hogg.
A born leader of men.
Greatest speechmaker
you ever did hear.
Oh, he's a spellbinder.
When he gets through talking, you
just beg to have your taxes raised.
Oh, wow.
Never lost an election.
Won 'em all by a landslide.
And he's a personal
friend of yours, eh?
Well, no, we
couldn't claim that.
I met him at a
Women for Hogg rally.
I shook hands with him a
couple of times after speeches,
but it'd be bragging to say
we was personal friends.
Hey, everybody, it's the
mayor. I see him a-coming.
Elly May!
- Come on down, boy.
- Does he have a motorcycle escort?
Wouldn't be surprised.
He's an important man.
He's coming in the gate.
That's the Bug
Tussle official car.
My friends, I bring you greetings
from the good people of Bug Tussle
from which I came.
Now, they was worried
about me making this trip,
but I said to them there's nothing
to be afraid of but being afraid itself.
I shall return.
And government of the people,
by the people and for the people
shall not perish
from Bug Tussle.
That man sure does
things with words, don't he?
Yes, he steals them.
Mr. Mayor, Your Honor, sir.
- I hope you remember Jed Clampett.
- Of course I do.
Good to see you
again, Mr. Clampett.
No, I'm... I'm Milburn
Drysdale. This is Mr. Clampett.
Oh, you see, the mayor
never seen much of me.
- I reckon it's Granny he remembers.
- That's right.
Good to see you, Granny.
No, no, no, no. I'm Jane
Hathaway. That's Granny.
Ah.
Nice to see you.
A great man like him meets
so many important people,
you can't expect him to remember
a bunch of sorghum lappers like us.
Mr. Mayor, Your Honor, sir,
can I have the privilege
of toting your bag upstairs?
Why, of course you can.
- By the way, you old enough to vote?
- Purt near.
Fine lad, and a credit
to your upbringing.
I once said in a speech,
"As the twig is bent,
so is the tree inclined."
Oh, Your Honor, you
do have a silver tongue.
Now, if you'll lead the way,
we'll all set down to victuals
at the fancy eating table.
Oh, well, let me go in first so as I
can get my special surprise ready.
- You'll stay to victuals?
- Of course.
It's not every day you can
sit at the table with A. Hogg.
Get it? Amos Hogg. A. Hogg.
Mr. Drysdale, I think
I'd best warn you.
The mayor is a mite
sensitive about his name.
After 12 campaigns full of name calling,
he can hardly stand the sight of bacon.
Paw said we was to roll
out the red carpet for you.
Sweet child. Is she
old enough to vote?
Not yet.
Come on, Luther.
Elly May Clampett, you know I
can't abide no hog in my house.
I reckon my victuals ain't as
good as you're used to, Mr. Mayor.
Why, that was one of the finest
chicken dinners I ever set tooth to.
Thank you.
It's what I had in mind when I first
coined my famous campaign slogan,
"A chicken in every pot
and a mule in every barn."
That has a familiar ring.
Oh, yeah, lots of things
he's said has become famous.
Well, Your Honor, I'm afraid Miss
Hathaway and I will have to be going.
Mr. Drysdale, as I
shake your hand,
I can truthfully repeat
what I have often said,
I never met a man I didn't like.
Meeting you has certainly been
one of the high points of my life.
And Mr. Drysdale has met
some mighty important folks.
True. Governors, senators.
I even shook the hand
of a president once.
But meeting your
distinguished guest tops them all.
Well, doggies. You
hear that, Mayor?
I only wish you
were staying longer
so that some of my famous friends
could share this thrill of meeting you.
I regret that I have but
one day to give Californy,
but a man cannot be
all things to all people.
Bug Tussle without a mayor
is like a ship without a rudder.
Eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty.
And as for me,
give me liberty
or give me death!
Words like that ought to
be wrote down and saved.
Don't worry.
Well, Your Honor, this has
been a unique experience,
but I must get back to my work.
Ah, yes.
As I once said,
"A man can toil from sun to sun,
but a woman's
work is never done."
Listen to that. No wonder they
call him the Poet of the Hills.
Yeah.
That reminds me of the slogan you
made up for your last campaign, Mayor,
"I talk low but
carry a big stick,
so don't change horses
in the middle of the crick."
Here, here, here.
What are you young 'uns doing
with the mayor's official car?
Well, he told us we
could drive it, Granny.
Yeah, said we could take her
down to the gas station and fill her up.
Sure was fun.
Oh, that Mayor Hogg,
always thinking of others.
With that one little act of kindness,
he filled their hearts with joy.
And his t*nk with gas.
Great man, Granny, great man.
I sure hope I can be a
mayor like him someday.
A worthy ambition, my boy.
Mayor Hogg is a born leader.
Come on, Granny, hop aboard.
Do you think the
mayor would mind?
A man who cares
about nothing but others?
Why, he'd be delighted.
Oh, my. I feel just like
the first lady of Bug Tussle.
You can crank
the sireen, Granny.
Ring the bell, Jethro.
Really, chief, it's bad enough
to let the Clampetts be deluded
by that phrase-stealing phony,
but to encourage Jethro to
emulate him, to make him a hero...
Now, listen, I believe in telling
people what they want to hear,
and Jed Clampett wants
to hear that Hogg is a hero.
But you must follow
your own principles.
I do.
My guiding light has always
been that ancient Spanish proverb,
vaya con dinero,
go with the money.
- But, chief...
- And here's another one.
No haga olas. Don't make waves.
All right, you young
'uns, wait here.
We'll be back quick as we
give Mr. Drysdale the good news.
Everything's all right, chief.
It isn't the police. The
bank isn't being robbed.
Oh, thank goodness.
What was that siren?
Just Mayor Hogg and the Clampetts
in the Bug Tussle official car.
Well, the old duffer's back
for another helping of Drysdale
charm before he leaves.
Chief, if I may suggest...
You may listen and learn.
That's what you may do.
Success is knowing
how to handle people,
and you are studying
under the old professor.
Yes, tell the senator we'll all get
together on the mayor's next trip out.
Yes, I'm sorry too.
Goodbye, Governor.
Oh, Mayor Hogg, I was just
giving the governor the bad news
that you have to return to
Bug Tussle without seeing him.
Well, call him right back and
give him some good news.
We just talked the
mayor into staying on.
- You did?
- Yeah.
Now you can do all them things
you talked about at the dinner table.
Having a party with the movie
stars and them political bigwigs.
Giving him the key to the city.
The parade down
Wilshire Boulevard.
- Putting him on the TV.
- Now, now, now.
I'm just a simple man,
a man of the people.
Just a little get-together
with the governor,
a few mayors and senators and
some movie stars is plenty for me.
Ain't that just
like a great man?
Yes. I wonder if I might
speak to the great man alone.
Sure thing.
- Excuse us, Miss Hathaway.
- Of course, old professor.
Mayor Hogg, I'm afraid I
have something to confess.
I always said an honest
confession is good for the soul.
Brilliant. I... I must
write that down.
Never mind. Um...
Let me hear it.
Well, what I said about being
close to the governor and the senator,
well, I'm afraid I was bragging a
little just to impress Mr. Clampett.
I always said, pride
goeth before a fall.
Such wisdom. If you don't mind,
I am going to make a few notes.
Mr. Drysdale, what
it all boils down to
is that you've made some
promises you can't keep.
Exactly. And I can't afford
to have Jed Clampett find out.
I understand, now.
I have a little saying.
You scratch my back
and I'll scratch yours?
It's a deal. Where's your itch?
In the pocketbook.
It seems that Bug Tussle's
in a little financial difficulty.
Oh?
Just this past Monday,
it come to light that
five high-placed officials
was guilty of mismanaging funds.
Shocking. And who were they?
Tax assessor, the treasurer,
fire chief, police chief,
justice of the peace.
The purpose of my coming
out here was to raise money
to cover those mistakes
and avoid a public scandal.
Oh, that's highly commendable.
But why don't you expose them?
I happen to hold
all five offices.
And then there was the year
that Fred Tyler run agin him,
and old Mayor Hogg
came up with a dandy:
"Tippecanoe and Tyler too."
Say, Jed, did anyone ever
figure out what that meant?
No, but it sure caught
on. Had a dandy ring to it.
And then there was the year...
Granny, we could go on
forever about the mayor,
but we've bent Miss
Jane's ear long enough.
Why, the things that
man's said would fill a book.
True, and I think he's got it.
That's what everybody
says. "Amos Hogg has got it."
I've tried to ask
Mr. Clampett for the money,
but I just can't
bring myself to do it.
How much money
are we talking about?
You see, to them I've
always been a hero.
- How much?
- A knight in shining armor.
- How much?
- About a hundred thousand.
You'll be a knight in rusty armor before
you get a hundred thousand out of me.
You can call it a
campaign contribution.
- Forget it.
- I'm a shoo-in winner with my new idea.
I'm declaring w*r on poverty.
Goodbye, Your Honor.
Suppose I give you a note signed
by the mayor and five top officials.
Out.
But I just can't ask
Mr. Clampett for the money.
- Now, what am I gonna do?
- You made your bed. Lie in it.
Say, that's a good one. Will
you write that down for me?
Well, you two get
your talking done?
- You bet.
- Well, not quite.
We'll talk some more at that big
party Mr. Drysdale's gonna give
with the governor
and senators and all.
Sure that ain't gonna be too
much trouble, Mr. Drysdale?
- Well...
- Of course not.
I say, he made the bed,
he ought to wanna lie in it.
Hear that? The mayor just
come up with another dandy.
Oh, Your Honor, I just can't
tell you what a thrill it was
a-setting up there beside
you on your official car.
Granny says it makes her feel
like the first lady of Bug Tussle.
Elly May, you'll embarrass
your granny, and the mayor too.
You dumb old girl.
Mr. Mayor, how about you and me going
inside and having some cold hog jowls?
I'm sorry, Your Honor.
To err is human,
to forgive divine.
Did you hear that, Jed?
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
You're a great man, Your Honor.
Please, call me Amos.
Oh, Your Honor. I mean Amos.
Come on inside and I'll
light the fire in the parlor.
I'll come in just as soon as I
have a talk with Mr. Clampett.
You wanna talk with me,
Mr. Mayor, Your Honor, sir?
Oh, please, let's just
make it Amos and Jud.
Jed.
Yes.
Sit down.
I reckon you're wondering
why I came out here.
Why, I said to myself, go
west, Amos Hogg, go west.
Granny and me kind of
figured that you had your eyes
on the big job
back in Washington.
Me? No. No, no. I do not
choose to run for president.
If nominated, I will not accept.
If elected, I will not serve.
Yeah, well, I'm glad to hear that
you're gonna stick with Bug Tussle,
but why'd you come
out to California?
Jed, I'm gonna have to ask you
for something and it comes hard.
Shucks, I'm honored to think
that you'd come to me. What is it?
As you know, I've devoted my whole
life to serving the people of my community,
not just as mayor, but
as tax assessor, treasurer,
police chief, fire chief
and justice of the peace.
Bug Tussle owes you a lot.
Yes.
And I owe a lot to Bug Tussle.
Seems to me that the
scales is tipped in your favor.
Why, you never even took time
out to have yourself a wife and family.
I'm a lonely old man
coming into the twilight years
of a life lived with malice
toward none and charity for all.
Well, just tell
me what I can do.
Jed, I've carried the burden
alone as long as I can.
Now I need a
helping hand. I need...
I need... Hey,
y'all, come on in.
Granny says she ain't
gonna serve victuals
till the mayor sits in
front of the fireplace
and has a glass of
her elderberry wine.
Well, you tell Granny
we'll be in directly.
The mayor's just on the
edge of asking me something.
Oh. All right, go ahead.
Jethro.
Perhaps a drop of Granny's elderberry
wine will give me the courage I need.
These are times
to try men's souls.
Hot dog! Let's eat!
- Chief, on your call to Sacramento...
- Shh, shh. I have city hall on the...
Hello, Mayor?
This is Milburn Drysdale, president
of the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills.
Yes. Look, we have a
visiting dignitary in town.
He's mayor of one of
our Midwestern cities.
Now, I was wondering if you could
present him with the keys to the...
No, no, not Chicago.
Well, if you could present
him with the keys to the cit...
No, not Kansas City.
No, not St. Louis.
It's called Bug Tussle.
Yes, and it's a nice...
Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello?
Where does he get off?
Chief, the mayor of Los
Angeles is a busy man.
That was the mayor
of Poison Well, Nevada.
- What?
- I've run out of California cities.
I'm not having much luck
with the governor either.
Have you reminded his office
of my campaign contribution?
Yes. They thought the 25
cents was for a bumper sticker.
See, maybe they haven't heard the
election results back in Bug Tussle.
See if you can get me the loser.
Send him a quarter too.
Can Elly and me go for a
ride on the fire engine now?
Yeah.
I want Elly to finish
clearing the table.
Jethro, you keep
the mayor company.
And listen to him. While he's
talking, you might learn something.
The greatest.
Them things that he said
about his w*r on poverty.
He was gonna make sure that every
man got more than 50 dollars a year.
And he just made up a
brand-new slogan: "54-40 or fight."
I wish this would have happened
when I was a young widder.
I might have had a chance of
being the first lady of Bug Tussle.
Granny, this may be
telling tales out of school,
but it wasn't politics that
brought the mayor out here.
What d'you mean?
He just tried to ask me something
and he couldn't find the words.
Amos Hogg?
Tongue-tied as a
lovesick schoolboy.
Lovesick?
Jed, you don't
mean... I sure do.
You're greening me.
He done everything but come
right out and ask for your hand.
Oh!
- Oh!
- Are you all right?
It's the dream of every
woman in the hills,
to be the first
lady of Bug Tussle.
Living in the big white cabin
at the end of Main Street.
Having my own official mule.
Getting free passes
to the Bijou Theatre.
Being the official hostess for
the Possum Day celebration.
Getting the first pick of
anything at the general store.
There's a lot of honors
going with being Mrs. Hogg.
Mrs. Hogg.
Mrs. A. Hogg.
Daisy Hogg?
Granny Hogg?
Mayor and Lady Hogg.
How many free passes
would I get at the Bijou?
We could buy two or three fire
trucks if Granny was first lady.
Hook and ladder, pumper, big
red convertible for the fire chief.
That'd be me.
Mayor Hogg?
- Mayor Hogg?
- Hmm?
I say, we could have a real fire
department with Granny's money.
Money?
- Granny has money?
- Well, yeah.
Not as much as Uncle Jed, but
it comes to better than 15 million.
- Dollars?
- Well, heck, yeah.
And it'd all be yours
if you marry her.
Marry her? How...
How much did you say?
- 15 million.
- 15 million.
Well. Why, with that kind of money,
I could build a whole new town.
Hogg City.
Can I be fire chief?
Oh, Mayor, about that talk we was
having. Maybe if you spoke to Granny...
I was on my way to the
kitchen for that very purpose.
Oh, Amos.
Let's go, Jethro.
But I wanna listen and
see if I'm gonna be fire chief.
- Move.
- But, Uncle Jed...
Sit down, Granny.
It's a long, long time
from May to December
And the days grow short
when you reach September
And the autumn weather
turns the leaves to flame
And I haven't got time
for the waiting game
You ain't got time?
- Oh, howdy, Mr. Drysdale.
- Jethro.
How's the mayor's
big party coming?
Instead of a party,
I'm giving him this.
- That looks like a check.
- Yes. Where is he?
Oh, he's in the parlor
proposing to Granny.
- What?
- Yeah.
Then we's all going to Bug
Tussle and I'm gonna be fire chief.
- Who was that at the door, Jethro?
- That was Mr. Drysdale.
He went in the parlor
to talk to the mayor.
Jethro, you
shouldn't have let...
Amos!
Goodbye, goodbye.
Parting is such sweet sorrow that I
would say goodbye till it be morrow.
Granny, he's getting away.
Bug Tussle needs
him more than I do, Jed.
Besides, did you hear what he
said as he was going out the door?
About parting being
such sweet sorrow?
Yeah. Poor fella.
The silver-tongued
orator finally run dry.
♪ Well, now it's time to say
goodbye to Jed and all his kin
♪ They would like to thank
you folks for kindly dropping in
♪ You're all invited back
next week to this locality
♪ To have a heaping
helping of their hospitality
♪ Hillbilly, that is
♪ Set a spell Take
your shoes off ♪
Y'all come back now, you hear?
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