{"id":4514,"date":"2015-04-23T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=4514"},"modified":"2015-04-23T16:00:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T21:00:19","slug":"the-beverly-hillbillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/04\/23\/the-beverly-hillbillies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beverly Hillbillies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flipping through the channels I stumbled upon a show called \u201cThe Beverly Hillbillies.\u201d Now I do not have cable so I usually find myself watching the black and white station more than in color. I know a 20-year-old college girl probably wasn\u2019t their ideal target but I\u2019ve been told that I\u2019m an old soul as \u201cBreakfast at Tiffany\u2019s\u201d is my absolute favorite movie. \u201cThe Beverly Hillbillies\u201d was right up my alley as it is filled with corny jokes, banjo instrumentals and all around good humor.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/uKNHKCizljg<\/p>\n<p>First aired in September of 1962, \u201cThe Beverley Hillbillies,\u201d initially deemed as unsophisticated by some critics, quickly rose to become a very popular show in America. Its episode \u201cThe Giant Jackrabbit\u201d is still to this day the most watched half hour episode of a sitcom. I think this is one of the funnier episodes that I have watched.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/04\/The_Beverly_Hillbillies.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-4515 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/04\/The_Beverly_Hillbillies-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The_Beverly_Hillbillies\" width=\"381\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/04\/The_Beverly_Hillbillies-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/04\/The_Beverly_Hillbillies.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/a>The Clampett family was (I\u2019m sure) a huge pull for audiences because they are amusing and likeable. While the show does give the image of simple-minded country folk it is all in good humor and doesn\u2019t aim to do harm to any class of people. The hillbillies are the ones that come out on top in both money and familial ties the end. Besides the actual visuals of the show the music, whether it be the introduction or in the background, is very vital. At the beginning of every episode their theme song, <em>The Ballad of Jed Clampett, <\/em>is performed. It is a very catchy bluegrass tune, which was performed by Flatt and Scruggs. I didn\u2019t know this at the time, but I watched an episode in which they were the guest stars.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Lester Flatt  &amp;  Earl Scruggs (Appearance on &quot;The Beverly Hillbillies Show&quot;)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/22UKBv4b4zo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video is only a snippet of the entire episode, but I feel that it highlights their talent. It shows the influence of country music on \u201cThe Beverly Hillbillies\u201d though there really is no other genre that would be suitable for this show. You can see in this episode that even the cast enjoys singing and dancing along with Flatt and Scruggs, as they are very gifted and charismatic. I invite all of you to sit and watch an episode of \u201cThe Beverly Hillbillies.\u201d I know that anything that is black and white is a deterrent for television viewers now a days, but I think it is nice to go back to a simpler time when good honest humor didn\u2019t have to have \u201cR-Rated\u201d references to be funny. Watch an episode and tell me what you think! Did it put you to sleep or did you enjoy the simple comedy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flipping through the channels I stumbled upon a show called \u201cThe Beverly Hillbillies.\u201d Now I do not have cable so I usually find myself watching the black and white station more than in color. I know a 20-year-old college girl &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/04\/23\/the-beverly-hillbillies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,62,14,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hillbilly","category-movies-tv","category-reflection","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4514"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4546,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514\/revisions\/4546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}