what is beverly hillbilly about?
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The Beverly Hillbillies is one of the most beloved TV shows in American history. The CBS sitcom told the story of The Clampett family and their hilariously fast ascension from abject rural poverty to incredible wealth in Los Angeles, California thanks to the discovery of oil on their land.
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This biopic charts country singer Loretta Lynn's rise -- from her hardscrabble upbringing in Appalachia to stardom at the Grand Ole Opry.
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An incredible story of amnesia and family trauma hits Netflix, and the tale of Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn's friendship airs on Lifetime.
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Selling for $275,000, a custom truck from the "Beverly Hillbillies" was among the top sellers yesterday at the Barrett-Jackson auto auction going on this week in Scottsdale.
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Donna Douglas, who played the ditsy Elly May Clampett on “The Beverly Hillbillies,” died Friday at her home in Zachary, La., according to a report by CBS affiliate WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge, La. She was 81.
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The song has been described as being "all about American decadence and burnout, too much money, corruption, drugs and arrogance; too little humility and heart." It has also been interpreted as an allegory about hedonism, self-destruction, and greed in the music industry of the late 1970s.
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The show had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor backwoods family from the hills of the Ozark Mountains, who move to posh Beverly Hills, California after striking oil on their land.
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IT WAS BASED ON A TRUE STORY. According to writer/director Wes Craven, The Hills Have Eyes was inspired by the story of Sawney Bean, the head of a wild Scottish clan who murdered and cannibalized numerous people during the Middle Ages.
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The Beverly Hillbillies, American television show that was one of the most popular situation comedies of the 1960s. The Beverly Hillbillies debuted in 1962 on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and aired for nine seasons (1962–71), remaining at or near the top of the Nielsen ratings for its entire run.
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Cast. Buddy Ebsen as J. D. "Jed" Clampett, the widowed patriarch and head of the household. Irene Ryan as Daisy May ("Granny") Moses, Jed's mother-in-law and Elly May's Grandmother. Max Baer Jr.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies," has died. Douglas died Thursday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, near her hometown of Zachary. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer, said her niece, Charlene Smith.
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The story is based in part on his experiences at Montgomery Bell Academy, a prep school in Nashville, Tennessee. Most of the characters were modeled on people he knew from real life.
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Max Baer, Jr. is most commonly known as Jethro Bodine from The Beverly Hillbillies, but whatever happened to Max Baer, Jr. ... could not escape his association with character of Jethro which impeded him from landing further acting jobs. This resulted in the abrupt end of Baer's acting career in terms of major roles.
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Beverly Hills is a city in Los Angeles County, California.
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as the Clampetts, a poor backwoods family from the hills of the Ozark Mountains, who move to posh Beverly Hills, California after striking oil on their land.
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The film, divided into eight two-hour episodes, explores the origin and many dimensions the uniquely American genre. PBS Passport members can already stream the series on demand, and those who wish to own the docuseries can purchase the Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns DVD collection.
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The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was ten. Despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality, the novel is renowned for its warmth and humor.