The Week Before Christmas
- Episode aired Dec 18, 1968
- 30m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
80
YOUR RATING
The Clampetts prepare to go to Hooterville for Christmas.The Clampetts prepare to go to Hooterville for Christmas.The Clampetts prepare to go to Hooterville for Christmas.
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- TriviaThis takes place in December 1968.
- GoofsTowards the beginning of the episode, after Cousin Bessie, Elly's chimp, hands Granny her letter, a crew member's hands can be seen in the bottom left corner of the screen motioning to direct the chimp. Then shortly after that when Granny's sits down at the kitchen table to read the letter, the shadow of a crew member can be seen on the left side in the background, possibly cueing Elly Mae and the bear to enter the kitchen.
- Quotes
Daisy Moses: [reading Sam Drucker's letter] "I hope you like them, sugar." Bold rascal.
Jed Clampett: Called you "sugar", did he?
Daisy Moses: Read it for yourself.
Jed Clampett: I think that goes with the next line. "I hope you like them sugar-cured".
- ConnectionsReferences Petticoat Junction (1963)
- SoundtracksThe Ballad of Jed Clampett
Written by Paul Henning
Performed by Flatt & Scruggs
Courtesy of Columbia Records
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The weak episode before Christmas
Season 7 (1968-69) was loaded with "Petticoat Junction" crossover episodes intended to boost ratings. This is the 5th one (with three more to come). The Clampetts are invited to Hooterville for Christmas. During the previous Thanksgiving show, Jethro conned the Bradley sisters (Meredith MacRae, Lori Saunders) into believing he was a Hollywood producer who'd make them movie stars. Apparently he also proposed marriage -- to both of them. And the girls, not being terribly bright, are okay with that and eagerly await his arrival. Their foolish fawning over Jethro is totally unreal, but both shows are exercises in absurd fantasy where anything goes.
The crossover aspect is limited to two scenes in Sam Drucker's general store with Sam (Frank Cady) and the Bradleys and him talking to Granny over the phone. As usual, Granny misconstrues the situation and believes Sam wants to marry her. There's some nonsense concerning a pet bear eating Sam's letter to Granny, but otherwise nothing much happens. The story exists just to string-out the crossover appeal and set up the conflict to be played out in the next B.H. episode.
Also, this is loosely linked to the next Petticoat Junction episode "A Cake from Granny" (shown three days later on December 21, 1968) with cameos by Granny and Mrs. Hathaway.
The crossover aspect is limited to two scenes in Sam Drucker's general store with Sam (Frank Cady) and the Bradleys and him talking to Granny over the phone. As usual, Granny misconstrues the situation and believes Sam wants to marry her. There's some nonsense concerning a pet bear eating Sam's letter to Granny, but otherwise nothing much happens. The story exists just to string-out the crossover appeal and set up the conflict to be played out in the next B.H. episode.
Also, this is loosely linked to the next Petticoat Junction episode "A Cake from Granny" (shown three days later on December 21, 1968) with cameos by Granny and Mrs. Hathaway.
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