Hopefully everyone knows how to play....

Aged - Granny

B = Bodine, as in Jethro, Jethrene and Pearl.

C = Clampett as in Jed and Elly May

D = Duke, Jed's bloodhound

Ellie Mae

F = Foster (Phinney), Miss Hathaway's Landlord

Green - the Clampetts had loads of money!

H = Hathaway, as in Miss Jane.

I = Irene (Ryan) who played Daisy "Granny" Moses

J = Jed Clampett

K = Kulp as in Nancy who played Miss Jane Hathaway

L = Luxury, which the family had after striking oil!

M = Millions which Jed had plenty of

N = Nancy, as in Kulp. :lol:

O = Oil

P = Petticoat Junction, which Bea Benadaret (Pearl) left BH to star in.

Quick - Jethro was quick with a fork & spoon when it came to meal-time.

R = Rock star. Elly May once fell for one.

S = Sonny (Drysdale)

T = "Texas Tea" (oil, that is!)

U=underhanded=Mr Drysdale, sometimes

Violence - the Clampetts sometimes used violence to settle their disputes.

132681

Wash - Granny liked to wash with Lye Soap.

X- what was on Granny's moonshine jug

Y=yonder

Zoo - what the house became, after Eli May invited all her critters.

Animals - they had a bunch of them

Bodkins - the Clampett's feuding enemy.

Clampett - the familys last name

Drysdale, Mr.

Ellie Mae

Father - Mrs. Drysdale's father was on a couple of episodes

G=Granny

Hog jowls, one of the specialties of the house.

*** A Merry Christmas to all !!!! ***

Ill - if you're ill, don't tell granny. (lol!)

J=jackpot made from oil

Kin - "Honest John" tried to pass himself off as kin, to get in the Clampett's good graces.

Lye - Granny used lye soap

M=Muskrat stew for vittles

Navy - one of Elly's beau's was a Navy Frogman

Opossum Stew

P as in Pearl Bodine

Quack - what another doctor on the show called Granny.

R=Rustlin' up some vittles!

S-the Swamp, where Jed was "shootin' at some food; and up through th' ground come a bubblin' crude"

T=trapping varmints for vittles

Umbrella - Pearl liked to carry a frilly umbrella sometimes

V as in Vittles.

And, in response to the last post: Pearls "frilly umbrella" was called a parosol. Some woman used to carry them in the olden days, sometimes. (I mean the late 1800s/early 1900s) I think it was to keep the sun off of them.

W=What in the tarnation????

X - the sign for multiplication - Jethro impressed the family by reciting the "times" table.

Y-grannys lye soap has a Y in it. (that's the only Y I can think of!:lol: )

Z = they were supposedly from the Ozarks.

A-Elly knocked out someone in the pilot with a rock that was "no bigger than a hedge Apple".

B-Jeds money was in the Commerce Bank.

C-Jeds money was in the Commerce Bank.

Dumb - "dumb old country girl" what Jethro called that scam artist who pretended to be a girl from back home.

E-Elly May

F = Flatt and Scruggs who performed the theme song

Gizzards - what Granny would sometimes cook

Hog jowls

Indigestion - something you'd get when eating Elly's cooking

J=Jethro

Knitting, a craft that the BH ladies must have known well, given the antique spinning wheel.

Lazy - Duke was a lazy hound dog.

M-Milburn Drysdale

N=Nancy Kulp

Old Duke (the dog) becomes a father in one episode

P-the "cee-ment Pond"

Q=quarts of moonshine

Revenuers, hated by the Clampetts.

Soap - Granny was always making soap for the family

T-Tub-Elly was taking a bath in the kitchen in a tub in the 2nd episode; before they knew that they could go upstairs. (they thought someone else lived there:lol: )


Jethro: "Uncle Jed; they's a whole other house up here"!
Jed: "Jethro; c'mon down from there! Like as not, thet b'longs to someone else"!:lol:

U=Underhanded=Mr. Drysdale

Vittles - what they called their food

West=where the Clampetts went to live

X = sexy, what Elly was when she put on her glamorous outfits

Y'all come back now, you hear ?

Zany antic always going on @ the Clampetts

Alcohol - there was plenty of it in Granny's rheumatism medicine.

Bessie - the little chimp

C-Cheap

what Mr. Drysdale was.

D=Drysdale

Evening gowns - Elly had some beautiful ones.

F=Fixin's for the vittles

G = Gas, on an episode they used moonshine instead of gas in the truck

H=Hillbillies, Beverly

Interest - what Mr. Drysdale tried to get out of paying on Jed's millions

J=Jethro

Kittens - Elly hid the kittens in grannie's dresser drawers

Log Cabin - they used to live in a log cabin

M = Money in the bank

Neighbors, the Drysdales.

Out - Mrs. Drysdale's hospital bed mattress kept falling out of the hospital window.

Puppies - Old Duke fathers some puppies with Mrs. Drysdale's dog.

Quarrelsome=Granny, sometimes

Ravenswood-the Drysdales butler; that vanished into thin air after the 2nd season, along with Marie, the maid.

Spy - Jethro wanted to be a double aught spy

T=tarnation

Ukelele, the instrument that Jethrine's boyfriend played to impress Jethrine.

V=Varmnits

Whittlin' on the front stoop.

X = XXX on Granny's moonshine jugs

Y=Yeller liver-lillied varmits

Zeroes - Jed's bank account balance had lots of them.

A-Elly had All those "critters".

Bear - that crazy bear

Chicken rancher - When Jed is a banker, he helps out a chicken rancher, who turns out to be a plant to see who would lend out the money.

Drysdale

Earl Scruggs.

Farm - they lived on a farm back home

Grannie

Hungry - Jethro was always hungry

Irene Ryan

Jethrine, Jethro's sister

K=Killin varmints so Granny kin make vittles

Lending money, which Jed did when he took over the bank for a while.

Moonshine - what was in those jugs

Nerve tonic, one of Granny's concoctions.

Operator-Jed made a phone call once; and called the Operator "Miz operator".

Polecat - one of the critters

Quirt (Manley, the TV cowboy the Clampetts met)

Race-once; Mrs. Drysdale told Jed that Beverly Hills was going to have a beuty contest; and Jed thought they were going to determine the winner by "havin' all the girls run a foot Race".

Square dancing.

Trunks-once; granny saw Jethro in a pair of "swiming trunks" and said "Didn't thet ma o' yours teach ya enough sense then t' go aroun' in yore under pants"?

Uppity neighbors in Beverly Hills

Varmints

Whistle - Elly could whistle really loud.

X=Xmas Vittles

York, England-where the Clampetts went once.

Zealous--she's often zealous--granny that is

Atop - Elly was atop the English Castle wall hollering "Help Save Me"

Banister - Elly May slides down it in some early episodes

Crude Oil that made ol Jeb a millionaire

Dunce - Jethro had to wear a dunce cap on a episode

E-Elly

Elly sure was pu-u-urty!!!

Fancy vittles for the guestfolk!

Grits and jowls - they are food, not the butler and the maid !

Hi-falutin: I think it's an adjective Granny would apply, in refering to the showy elite of Beverly Hills.

I=Irene Ryan

Jackrabbit, a giant one

K - Klutz which Jethro could be at times

Lock Lips - what Jane wants to do with Jethro

Marry - Granny wants to marry off Ellie

Naval frogman - Granny thinks that they're frogs from the navel down !

Open - the cat burgular tried to open the wall safe

Park -- Honest John wants to sell New York's Central Park to Jed.

Quilt - Granny's rheumatism medicine was responsible for some mighty strange quilts !

Roy Clyburn, M.D. -- Medical doctor (and Granny was a Mountain Doctor!)

Swimming Pool

Turnip greens (go good with stewed squirrel.)

Up - Jethro went up in a rocket

Vacation - Mr. Drysdale would never let his employee's have a vacation.

Wellll, doggies!!! (One of Uncle Jed's favorite expressions)

lol!^


eXtra portions for Jethro

Yes Girl -- Elly was Jethro's "yes" girl at the movie studio: "Yes, J.B.!"

Zebra - one of the many animals that turned up at the Clampetts

Ass - Granny tries to get one to pull a plow when they make a garden, but it is stubborn and refuses to work.

Bread -- When Mr. Epps refers to money as bread or lettuce, the Clampetts think he means food.

Chickens - they had some chickens at the mansion

Doorbell, baffled the Clampetts.

Eggs -- The Clampetts think that golf balls are the eggs of a critter known as a golf...!

Flirts - Miss Jane flirts with Jethro

Granny

Hat - Jed wore an old hat

IQ -- Milburn Drysdale compared Jethro's IQ to that of a "******** mosquito." (LOL!)

Jed

Kellems -- Shorty's last name.

Lye soap-Made by Granny

Mountains - they were mountain folk.

Nye, Louis - who played Sonny Drysdale

Owing money - the Clampetts didn't leave Beverly Hills when they wanted to, because they thought that they owed money to the bank.

Possum Queen - Granny wanted to be one

Queen of the possums, yup, that's what she wanted to be !

Race for Queen--
Elly May enters a Beverly Hills beauty contest, Queen Of Beverly Hills, and the Drysdales and Miss Jane try to make sure that she'll win. Though, when they hear it is a race, Granny is set on entering. When she finds out what type of contest it is, Granny drops out. Elly makes the final two, but doesn't win when she makes her speech. Instead, the judges give the prize to one of their own, a hidden beauty, to represent the city of Beverly Hills

Silver Dollar City -- The Clampetts make a visit and find that the man they had in mind to become Elly's husband turns out to be a preacher! (At least Elly's cooking provides for a dandy new mill stone!)

Texas Tea-The Clampets strike oil.

Ukulele - what Jasper Depew played to impress Jethrine !

Vote Margaret Drysdale for Possum Queen - the sign that Milburn put on their car.

Westerns -- Among the Clampetts' favorite films are old westerns starring Hoot Gibson and Tom Mix.

X-mas - the Clampetts went to Hooterville for Christmas.

Yodel - what Pearl could do.

Zoo -- The Clampetts visited one, and Elly's critters pretty much comprised one!

Alligator - Granny shot a blow-up one in the pond.

Brain Surgeon, what Jethro wanted to be.

Crawdads -- When Buddy (Alan Reed, Jr.) learned that Granny smoked crawdads, he had the wrong kind of smoking in mind!

Dress that Pearl made for Eli was very frilly !

Epps, Sheldon -- The beatniks of The Parthenon West need money, so Mr. Epps looks to "Big Daddy" Jed for help.

Fish can't be stocked in the cement pond, since the pool man keeps putting chlorine in the water !

Grant - Granny thought a movie actor was the real General Grant.

Hair - Granny's poultice could make it grow !

Innards - a medical term used by Granny lol!

Jowls -- A favorite food of the Clampetts, they often ate hog jowls with grits.

Kiss - Dash Riprock taught Elly how to kiss

Lush, that drunken bear!

Milburn Drysdale

Nye, Louis -- Played Sonny Drysdale

Ostentatious behaviour by Mrs. Drysdale.

Polk salad - something the Clampetts would eat

Q=Quarts of possum stew for vittles

Rain at 3 o'clock - Granny predicted it.

Silent Films -- The Clampetts were fans of the old silent films and actors, and went as far as to produce new ones featuring themselves, Miss Jane, and Mr. Drysdale!

Turnips - something Granny would cook

U=underground=lots of oil underground...makes ol Jed a millionaire!

Vittles! (food) -- When Granny yelled "VITTLES!," she was stampeded by Elly's pets.

Wash - Granny did the wash out by the cement pond

X = extra large picnic basket for Jethro

Yellow shoes -- Fancied by the Clampetts, and worn by Roy Clark when he visits Beverly Hills.

Zero - instead of saying zero, Jethro called it naught or aught.

Antique - The old spinning wheel and other antiques were admired by Mrs. Smith-Standish.

Buzz Bodine -- The nickname Jethro wants to be known by, as an Air Force pilot (and extremely high ranking officer) -- yet he never joins!

Catfish--Granny says you fry 'em.

Doctor - Granny was one, although unlicensed.

Elverna Bradshaw -- Granny wants to get Elly May married before Elverna's daughter gets to the altar.

Flowers - Pearl wore flowers on her hat

G=Granny

Hippies mistake the Clampetts for their own.

International Playboy -- status Jethro aspired to.

Jam - Granny made some homemade jam

Kill the turkey - Jed couldn't bring himself to do it, after it wanted to shake hands !

Lafe Crick -- Granny can't stand this guy, and in fact doesn't want any Crick family member in the mansion! ("Lafe" is short for Lafayette.)

Milburn Drysdale

Night owls - the Clampetts definitely were not night owls.

Owl -- In her vast array of cooking, Granny was known to have recipes for owl (and parts thereof).

Pearl Bodine

Queasy, how you may feel after a swig of Granny's tonic.

Robin Hood -- Jethro went into the woods as Robin Hood (with Elly as Maid Marian and Cousin Bessie as Little John), encountering a group of hippies and so on.

Spring Cleaning, an enormous task in the mansion.

Truck - they drove around Beverly Hills in an ancient truck.

Uneducated - Jethro.

Vapors - Pearl had a fit of the vapors when she was around a handsome man.

Women's Liberation Episodes -- part of the final season, utilizing Miss Jane's apartment.

XXX - what was written on Granny's jug of "medicine"

Youngins.

Zoned - The area wasn't zoned for open fires when Granny was making her lye soap.

Alligator -- The Clampetts don't understand that "gator" accessories are valuable when Swedish actress Ulla Bergstrom arrives with alligator luggage, etc.

Beverly Hills

Critters

Dentist -- Granny accepts new patients as "Your Friendly Credit Dentist" when the Clampetts set up shop on the 5th floor of the Commerce Bank Building.

Earl Scruggs was a guest star on the show

Flatt (Lester) was Earl Scruggs' partner.

grub, vittles & fixin's

Hound dog -- old Duke

Illness - Granny's bottle of XXX moonshine would cure any illness.

Jalopy. the Clampett's truck.

Kitty Kat Showgirls -- Jethro becomes involved with the beautiful Kitty Kats.

Leo Durocher wants to sign Jethro to a baseball contract.

Monkey - Bessie was one

Naught -- Jethro always used the word "naught" to mean zero when ciphering or as a "double-naught" spy, like 007.

Old truck - what Jethro drove

Potts School (Millicent Schuyler-Potts) -- When Jethro enrolled in the The Potts School, Granny thought he'd be learning the trade of making cooking pots...!