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YMMV: The Beverly Hillbillies
  • Alternative Character Interpretation: Miss Hathaway is a lesbian. This is helped along, obviously, by the Real Life lesbianism of actress Nancy Kulp.
    • But how does that jibe with Miss Hathaway's obvious crush on Jethro? Unless...she's actually got a crush on Jethrine.
  • Deader than Disco: Almost no one would admit to liking this series, even when it was No. 1 in the ratings back in the 1960s.
    • Well, maybe it should be, but the show remains a staple of syndicated television to this day, and still brings in decent ratings.
  • Dude, Not Funny!: The family's belief that young, unmarried Elly Mae is practically an over-the-hill spinster merely plays on a long-founded history of humorous stereotypes of hillbillies. Still, the episode in which Granny makes Elly wear a little girl-ish dress and carry a doll so that she will appear of marriageable age to a potential suitor...well...
    • This isn't helped with one of the earlier episodes which had the Clampett's confuse a twenty something caterer for a widow with children. When Jed asks how many kids she has, she thinks he is talking about coworkers and replies "Eight". Jed's response? "Got started early, huh? Must be from our neck of the woods".
  • Ear Worm: The theme song. I dare you to deny it.
  • Idiot Plot: EVERY EPISODE.
  • Vindicated by History

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