13 quotes
Cultural Differences in Greetings Explored
Jed Clampett
Jethro? Why do you think that fellow's pointing at us?
Jethro
I reckon that's the way they wave howdy in Californy!.
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Driving Etiquette Advice from Granny
Granny
Elly May, don't spit from a moving vehicle! Wait till it stops.
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Two Sets of Stairs Explained
Elly May
Why do you reckon why they got two sets of stairs?
Jethro
Shoot, that's easy! One's for going up, the other's for coming down!
Elly May
Oh!
[thinks]
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Brakes Fixed: A Family Conversation
Cousin Pearl
Jethro?
Jethro
Yes, Ma?
Cousin Pearl
Did you fix those old bare-as-bones brakes like I told you?
Jethro
Course. I pulled them off yesterday! The new are coming in the mail next week!
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Beverly Hills' Departure with New Neighbors
Taglines
The day they moved in... Beverly Hills moved out.
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Beverly Hills: A Place of Contrasts
Aunt Pearl
Paradise is someplace like... Beverly Hills, Californy.
Jethro
They got swimming pools and movie stars!
Elly May
And smog!
Granny
What's a smog?
Jethro
I reckon it's a small hog.
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A Dream of Presidential Aspirations
Mr. Drysdale
Son, what do you do?
Jethro
Don't know! What do you do?
Mr. Drysdale
I'm just president of a bank.
Jethro
Wow! Uncle Jed, can I be a president too?
Jed Clampett
Now Jethro. That's a mighty disrespectful thing to say to Mr. Drysdale.
Mr. Drysdale
No...
[dismissive]
Jed Clampett
Ask him if you can be vice president.
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Comment on Unkempt Footwear
Woodrow Tyler
She's got crap on her boots!
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Misunderstood Genius in a Slippery Game
Jethro
I finally figured this game out, Spanky. You take this ball and put it in this here gully. It rolls down yonder, then you hurl yourself down this slippery gully, and see how many of them there snake-bashin clubs you can knock down before the ball gets there.
Laura Jackson
What a stupid idiot.
[to herself]
Jed Clampett
Did you say something, ma'am?
Laura Jackson
What a stupendous... intellect!
[as Laurette Voleur]
Jethro
That's cause I graduated in the sixth grade, ma'am! Only took three years!
[holds up four fingers]
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Embracing Authenticity and Individuality
Elly May
I just wanna be who I am. And I ain't goin to no France!
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Contrasting Lifestyles in Beverly Hills
Taglines
Upscale neighborhood, Down-home heart.
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Children's Game in The Beverly Hillbillies Scene
Elly May
Look! They's a-playin Kick the Can'!
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Understanding Actions and Identity in Context
Jed Clampett
I reckon you done what you done because you didn't know we was who we was. And if we hadn't been who we was, we'd have still been much obliged for you to have done what you done.
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