How would the Beverly Hillbillies be different in 2025?

[TMC]

Since it’s been over 60 years since the show debuted in 1962, I thought it would be fun to imagine how The Beverly Hillbillies would be different in today’s modern times with socio-cultural differences.

[stevea]

Smart phones would be more of a challenge to the Clampetts than landlines were (there would have been no cell towers anywhere near their shack in the hills). Computers and Wi-Fi would be fodder for more gags.

Granny's alliance with the Civil War South would not be a part of the series.

Miss Jane would be totally revamped and would not carry the "Miss" title. She would probably be a co-president with Drysdale but she could still be good to balance his evil.

[TheLittleFaerie]

Originally Posted by stevea

Smart phones would be more of a challenge to the Clampetts than landlines were (there would have been no cell towers anywhere near their shack in the hills). Computers and Wi-Fi would be fodder for more gags.

Granny's alliance with the Civil War South would not be a part of the series.

Miss Jane would be totally revamped and would not carry the "Miss" title. She would probably be a co-president with Drysdale but she could still be good to balance his evil.

Honestly TODAY, I'm thinking it wouldn't be that odd for the Clampett's to have cellphone access even in the Hills. Even in the 60s, I THINK Pearl even had electricity and indoor plumbing it seemed. Whether the Clampetts would have had cell phones or not, I don't know.

But one thing that was different in the 1960s version was, the Clampetts didn't know what a TV was, nor a phone, when the moved to Beverly Hills, HOWEVER in the 1990s movie, they knew what all those things were, they just didn't understand the concept of talking on a phone with no cord, so I'm guessing in 2025 that trend would continue, they'd have an understanding of most modern things, it probably wouldn't work as well today since the world is so much more connected today than in the 1960s