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The Badger Returns

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Oct 11, 1966

Jethro decides to sophisticate Emaline, but she has bigger plans for blackmailing Mr. Drysdale with her cuckoo clock camera. The colonel continues to woo Granny. The two swindlers though haven't met someone as sharp as Jed.

Full Episodes

Season 5, 19 episodes

The Party Line,

Granny receives a box from Cousin Pearl in the hills. One of the items in the box is an old-fashioned crank telephone. Granny asks Jethro to hook it up to a party line on the pole, so she can listen in on the party line

25m Sep 13, 1966

The Soup Contest,

Granny despairs of Elly Mae ever finding a husband and decides to promote her non-existent cooking skills. She is entered into a TV show cook-off, but nothing she fixes is edible.

25m Sep 20, 1966

The Badger Game,

A con artist pretends to be someone from back home and stays with the Clampetts. She plans to get photos of Jed in a compromising position in order to blackmail him.

25m Oct 4, 1966

The Badger Returns,

Jethro decides to sophisticate Emaline, but she has bigger plans for blackmailing Mr. Drysdale with her cuckoo clock camera. The colonel continues to woo Granny. The two swindlers though haven't met someone as sharp as Jed.

25m Oct 11, 1966

Jethro is chopping wood while a chimpanzee named May Bell watches. He wishes that he could teach May Bell to chop wood. When Elly May comes by, she and Jethro talk and decide that they want a gorilla.

25m Oct 18, 1966

Come Back Little Herby,

The Clampetts miss Herbie and ask Mr. Drysdale to get the tame gorilla back. The banker promises to help, but actually hinders the effort.

25m Oct 25, 1966

Jed In Politics,

Granny's soap making sends noxious smoke into the air, which gets the attention of smog commissioner Tinsley. He shuts down the operation, and Jed decides to run against him when he misunderstands Mr. Drysdale's advice.

25m Nov 1, 1966

Jed Joins The Board,

Jed takes a job on the board of directors of O.K. Oil Company.

25m Nov 15, 1966

The Woodchucks,

Jethro is so desperate to meet a woman that when Miss Hathaway's bird watching group arrives, he goes out of his way to try to impress the women.

25m Dec 6, 1966

The Christmas Present,

In order to buy Mrs. Drysdale a special Christmas present, the Clampetts take seasonal jobs in a department store.

25m Dec 20, 1966

The Flying Saucer,

Granny discovers Martians next door at the Drysdale mansion.

25m Dec 27, 1966

Granny Retires,

Granny decides to take her share of the Clampett millions and move back home.

25m Jan 10, 1967

The Clampett Curse,

Jed and Granny decide to donate the burden of their millions to some college students and move back home.

25m Jan 24, 1967

The Indians Are Coming,

When Crowfoot Indians come to Beverly Hills to discuss a boundary dispute at the Clampett oil field, Granny prepares for war.

25m Jan 31, 1967

Elly Comes Out,

After reading the Society page, Granny decides the best way to get Elly a husband is to throw her a coming out party, complete with possum burgers and gopher gravy. Mrs. Drysdale, hoping to forever humiliate them, is all too happy to help.

25m Feb 14, 1967

The Gypsy's Warning,

The Clampketts come across Narda and Yerko, two gypsies, who decide to run a scam on the unsuspecting clan. Involving both a marriage prophecy and a curse, the crooks see the families' naivety to their advantage.

25m Feb 28, 1967

His Royal Highness,

The Clampetts are visited by a real king, Alexander, so Granny and Mrs. Drysdale start matchmaking. The broke royal needs a wealthy bride and courts Ellie. Drysdale niece Doreen is tricked by a costumed Jethro and ends up unimpressed.

25m Mar 7, 1967

The Clampetts acquire a hippopotamus when an advertising scheme originated by banker Drysdale backfires.

25m Mar 14, 1967

The Little Monster,

Banker Milburn 'Drysdale's precocious 11-year-old nephew swindles the hillbillies of all the valuable art objects in their mansion.

25m Apr 4, 1967