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The Beverly Hillbillies, 20 Episodes

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This is a 4 DVD box set from Platinum Disc Corp. There are (8) 25 min. episodes per DVD, all are from 1962-1964, with one unexplained exception: Ep. 8 on Vol. 3 is from 1974. Go figure.

Digital quality: Very good (3.5/5). I have a 162" front projection system, so I can observe absolutely every minute detail of any DVD. Resolution is very good (4/5) with good detail. Brightness is a little low and contrast is also somewhat lacking. These can be compensated for by adjusting your TV or projector. Still, overall very good for 1962-63. I haven't viewed all episodes yet, but some of them are of substantially lesser quality (e.g., excessive brightness/contrast).

Two complaints to get out of the way: First, the episodes have an annoying "Platinum Disc Corporation" logo in the lower right during the entire episode. (A trick in my Sony player is if I use slow, step or fastfwd for even an instant, the logo does not reappear once normal play is resumed. Very cool.) Second, apparently they were unable to or didn't ($$$?) license Paul Henning's original theme music for the intro/conclusion ("Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed ..."). So the intro/exit of each episode has a so-so generic performance of similar 'picked' mountain music WITHOUT any words! That stinks, everybody loves the original theme, it kind of "gets you in the mood".

Very, very good episode 'liner' notes. Excellent job on those.

Here is the complete episode list (Vol#/Ep#):

V1E1 - Hillbillies of Beverly Hills (Pilot) (aired Sep. 26, 1962)
V1E2 - Getting Settled (Oct. 3, 1962)
V1E3 - The Girl From Home (Jan. 15, 1964)
V1E4 - The Servants (Nov. 7, 1962)
V1E5 - The Giant Jackrabbit (Jan. 8, 1964)
V1E6 - Jethro Goes To School (Nov. 14, 1962)
V1E7 - Elly Starts To School (Oct. 16, 1963)
V1E8 - The Clampetts and The Dodgers (Apr. 10, 1963)

V2E1 - Jed's Dillema (Jan. 16, 1963)
V2E2 - The Great Feud (Dec. 10, 1962)
V2E3 - Jed Saves Drysdale's Marriage (Jan. 23, 1963)
V2E4 - The Clampetts Get Culture (Dec. 18, 1963)
V2E5 - The Clampetts Are Overdrawn (Nov. 13, 1963)
V2E6 - The Garden Party (Dec. 4, 1963)
V2E7 - Jed Cuts The Family Tree (Mar. 20, 1963)
V2E8 - Jethro's First Love (Oct. 30, 1963)

V3E1 - Elly Races Jetherine (Dec. 3, 1962)
V3E2 - Pygmalion and Elly (Nov. 28, 1962)
V3E3 - Elly's Animals (Jan. 30, 1963)
V3E4 - Back To Californy (Jan. 9, 1963)
V3E5 - The Clampett Look (Oct. 23, 1963)
V3E6 - Turkey Day (Nov. 27, 1963)
V3E7 - Lafe Lingers On (Jan. 22, 1964)
V3E8 - A Man For Elly (Jan. 1, 1974)

V4E1 - Jethro's Friend (May 29, 1963)
V4E2 - The Psychiatrist Gets Clampetted (May 15, 1963)
V4E3 - Duke Steals A Wife (Feb. 20, 1963)
V4E4 - The Family Tree (Mar. 13, 1963)
V4E5 - Granny's Garden (Oct. 9, 1963)
V4E6 - Elly Becomes A Secretary (May 22, 1963)
V4E7 - Jed Pays His Income Tax (Apr. 3, 1963)
V4E8 - Jed Buys The Freeway (Feb. 27, 1963)

"You're all invited back again to this locality,

To have a heapin' helpin' of their hospitality.
Y'all come back now, y'hear?"

The episodes are real good. Quality is good. I uses PowerDVD and can not create bookmarks. What's up with that?

Also there is no original theme music.

No complaints other than the above. Really should not complain at all I guess, only paid 5.50 for Episode 1 and 2.

A collection of 30 first and second season episodes. All have been stripped of the famous theme song. A tragedy as the annoying music they replaced it with got on my nerves.