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Granny's Spring Tonic

Episode Number: 27    Season Num: 1    First Aired: March 27, 1963    Prod Code: n/a
It’s Spring Tonic time, and Granny hands it around to the family, giving Jed a double dose because he made a mean comment on it. Meanwhile, at the bank, the secretary Gloria Buckles, who has worked on the Clampett account, has said she can take the paper work to Jed. When she gets up there, she transforms herself from a plain secretary to a gorgeous one, with her sights set on Jed’s money. She flirts with Jed, telling him that she needs a mountain man to make her happy. The family is worried about this young gold digger, and the fact that Jed has had a double dose of tonic. They call Drysdale and he rushes over, not recognizing Gloria. She reveals that her and Jed have discussed marriage, and when questioned, Jed says it is true. Gloria asks when they should set the date, and Jed says a few years, because that is when Jethro will be of marrying age. Jethro runs off with Gloria, and Jane runs after them to get her man back. Elly asks her father why he doesn’t want to marry her, and he says you have to start worrying when the bait starts chasing you.

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Star: Donna Douglas (Elly May Clampett),  Buddy Ebsen (Jed Clampett),  Nancy Kulp (Jane Hathaway),  Irene Ryan (Daisy Moses "Granny"),  Raymond Bailey (Milburn Drysdale),  Max Baer Jr. (Jethro Bodine)
Recurring Role: Bea Benaderet (Pearl Bodine)
Guest Star: Lola Albright (Gloria Buckles)

Notes

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The Clampett account is now at $34,783,127.34. (edit)

Quotes

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(Granny tells the family to try her spring tonic)
Jed: Well Pearl, uh, go on ahead. Women and children first, that’s the rule.
Pearl: That’s the rule fer fire, flood, and disaster.
Jed: (to Pearl and Jethro) Well, seems to me Granny’s tonic oughtta fit in there somewhere. (edit)
(Granny says that her and Pearl found something out about Gloria while the two were gone to get Jed to stay away from her)
Jed: What cha find out?
Granny: She’s a spy.
Jed: A spy?!
Granny: From one of them fereign nations.
Jed: Which one?
Granny: Minneapolis, or Wisconsin. (edit)

Trivia

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Gloria Buckles is also the name of the secretary who would date and marry Shorty Kellems in season 8. (edit)

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Episode: Granny's Spring Tonic
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