The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series)

The Gorilla (1966)

Buddy Ebsen: Jed Clampett

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Quotes 

• Jed Clampett : Come on, Herb. Come on and show Granny how nice you look.

  [the gorilla enters wearing clothes] 

  Jed Clampett : What do you think, Granny?

  Daisy Moses : He looks like Lafe Crick.

  Jed Clampett : Them is Lafe's overalls he's wearin'. Good thing he left 'em behind.

• Jed Clampett : Granny, the way he's thumpin' hisself, I think he's got a touch of heartburn.

• Jane Hathaway : Why, that gorilla in the zoo has the strength of 12 full-grown men.

  Jed Clampett : Wellll doggies! He'd be handy to have around, wouldn't he, Granny?

• Jed Clampett : Miss Jane wasn't foolin' when she said this rascal was stronger than 12 men.

  Jethro Bodine : Man, if we ever get him calmed down, he's gonna be a wood-choppin', plow-pullin' son of a gun.

• Jed Clampett : Ain't a gorilla a critter?

  Jethro Bodine : Well, yeah. Except he's smarter than most. Purty near as smart as me.

  Jed Clampett : Do tell.

  Jethro Bodine : Pretty near as big as me too, and can work like me.

  Daisy Moses : Well, if he eats like you, forget it. I ain't cookin' for another table buzzard.

• Daisy Moses : I'll learn you to pick on a poor, weak, helpless ol' lady.

  [bends the steel bars on the cage and goes in after the gorilla] 

  Jethro Bodine : Lookit that.

  Jed Clampett : He hadn't ought to got Granny riled.

  Daisy Moses : You're goin' to the woodshed. And when I'm done with you, your heart won't be the only thing burnin'.