The Beverly Hillbillies!!

ye olde fretmonkey · January 13th, 2007, 12:40 PM

I unearthed a DVD of 8 early Beverly Hillbillies episodes...I forgot I bought it awhile back. I still find that show hysterically funny.

My question, though...everybody knows Flatt & Scruggs did the theme song, of course. Did they play any of the other incidental music on the show? Or was it maybe Howard Roberts or Tommy Tedesco?

Because sometimes it sounds an awful lot like someone twanging away on a Telecaster.

jlrich · January 13th, 2007, 12:57 PM

I'm sure it was the studio cats.

RCinMempho · January 13th, 2007, 01:10 PM

I think Howard Roberts did a lot of those.

Pete Galati · January 13th, 2007, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RCinMempho

I think Howard Roberts did a lot of those.

Pretty impressive. Flatt & Scruggs opens the show, and Howard Roberts finishes it?

My brother gave me a Beverly Hillbillies double DVD. Good stuff. In the earlier shows, they were full of great expresions, like "lower than a snake in a wagon rut!".

ye olde fretmonkey · January 13th, 2007, 02:50 PM

Playing the laid-back version of the theme song is pretty good if there's a break in the action onstage.

thunderbyrd · January 14th, 2007, 01:58 AM

i've wanted to know how to play "ellie may's theme" forever - you, know, the purdy chordal passage that would play whenever the camera cuts down to ellie may and her critters at the ce-ment pond.

Pete Galati · January 14th, 2007, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by thunderbyrd

i've wanted to know how to play "ellie may's theme" forever - you, know, the purdy chordal passage that would play whenever the camera cuts down to ellie may and her critters at the ce-ment pond.

Now I'm going to have to pull out the DVD to remind me!

charlie chitlin · January 14th, 2007, 12:41 PM

I do remember "Uncle Lester and Uncle Earl" making at least one appearance.

Crotalus Atrox · January 14th, 2007, 02:06 PM

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I do remember "Uncle Lester and Uncle Earl" making at least one appearance.

Yep, Lester and Earl did appear, as did "Cousin Roy" Clark.

My favorite episode was Jethro pursuing a movie career under the stage name "Beef Jerky".

Soldano ROS · January 14th, 2007, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Crotalus Atrox

Yep, Lester and Earl did appear, as did "Cousin Roy" Clark.

My favorite episode was Jethro pursuing a movie career under the stage name "Beef Jerky".

Greatest show ever.

ye olde fretmonkey · January 14th, 2007, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by thunderbyrd

i've wanted to know how to play "ellie may's theme" forever - you, know, the purdy chordal passage that would play whenever the camera cuts down to ellie may and her critters at the ce-ment pond.

Is it the same thing that would play whenever Ellie would come down the stairs in an evening gown? I halfway figured out a way to play that years and years ago, then forgot it again.

fezz parka · January 14th, 2007, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete Galati

Pretty impressive. Flatt & Scruggs opens the show, and Howard Roberts finishes it?

HR taught Scruggs how to play the theme...on a guitar tuned like a banjo. He also played all on of the cues and jazzy stuff.

EMan · January 14th, 2007, 04:21 PM

Listen up...The church I used to attend (a very large, opulent variety) had Elley Mae (Donna Douglas?) as a guest one Sunday, and I got to talk to her!!!!! This was around 1985, but she still looked great.

No doubt, the Beverly Hillbillys was an all time classic. Loved Jethro's 'cyferin'.. LOL

Pete Galati · January 14th, 2007, 06:59 PM

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Listen up...The church I used to attend (a very large, opulent variety) had Elley Mae (Donna Douglas?) as a guest one Sunday, and I got to talk to her!!!!! This was around 1985, but she still looked great.

No doubt, the Beverly Hillbillys was an all time classic. Loved Jethro's 'cyferin'.. LOL

The one episode I watched yesterday, they were all going to the bank to help out, because Miss Jane had a bad case of "Sick Benefits". Uncle Jed was going to be the bank president while Mr. Drisedale gave a speach (so Jethro gave him a copy of Gettysburg Address to read) Elley Mae was going to be the secretary, And Jethro was gonna help count the money. Jethro had a system for multiplying 12x12, but he needed Elley Mae to hold up two fingers, while he held up ten. That's 12! 12 & 12 is 24.... Jethro was the one with all the schoolin'.

Granny had a medicine that wouldn't cure rumatiz, but it'd make having it a lot more fun.

Great show. It's right up there with Green Acres.

Pete

Stuco · January 14th, 2007, 07:10 PM

I'm in love with elle may.

Skully · January 14th, 2007, 08:24 PM

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Listen up...The church I used to attend (a very large, opulent variety) had Elley Mae (Donna Douglas?)

She's looney tunes, as is Max Baer Jr., to a lesser degree.

ralphie · January 14th, 2007, 08:32 PM

Lester and Earl appeared in an episode where they were competing for the heart of Aunt Pearl. They sang a very funny song called "Pearl, Pearl, Pearl," notable for being (I've heard) the only time that Scruggs ever sang lead on record.

You can get the song from iTunes. Definitely worth $.99!

Pete Galati · January 14th, 2007, 08:35 PM

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She's looney tunes, as is Max Baer Jr., to a lesser degree.

But nobody's as crazy as Al Lewis, who's even crazier than Grampa Munster.

I mean that in a good way.

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ye olde fretmonkey Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin Posts: 3,449	The Beverly Hillbillies!! I unearthed a DVD of 8 early Beverly Hillbillies episodes...I forgot I bought it awhile back. I still find that show hysterically funny. My question, though...everybody knows Flatt & Scruggs did the theme song, of course. Did they play any of the other incidental music on the show? Or was it maybe Howard Roberts or Tommy Tedesco? Because sometimes it sounds an awful lot like someone twanging away on a Telecaster. __________________ Just 'cause that's the way things are, that never did make it right.

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ye olde fretmonkey Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin Posts: 3,449	Playing the laid-back version of the theme song is pretty good if there's a break in the action onstage. __________________ Just 'cause that's the way things are, that never did make it right.

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EMan Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 939	Listen up...The church I used to attend (a very large, opulent variety) had Elley Mae (Donna Douglas?) as a guest one Sunday, and I got to talk to her!!!!! This was around 1985, but she still looked great. No doubt, the Beverly Hillbillys was an all time classic. Loved Jethro's 'cyferin'.. LOL

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Stuco Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA Posts: 3,247	I'm in love with elle may.

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ralphie Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: puddletown Posts: 247	Lester and Earl appeared in an episode where they were competing for the heart of Aunt Pearl. They sang a very funny song called "Pearl, Pearl, Pearl," notable for being (I've heard) the only time that Scruggs ever sang lead on record. You can get the song from iTunes. Definitely worth $.99!