'Hot Smoke and Sassafras!' TV Land Celebrates the New Year With 'The Beverly Hillbillies Best Dang New Year's Marathon' Beginning December 31

'Hot Smoke and Sassafras!' TV Land Celebrates the New Year With 'The Beverly Hillbillies Best Dang New Year's Marathon' Beginning December 31

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- TV Land rings in 2008 with 27 hours of non-stop Clampett wackiness and Granny's unforgettable colloquialisms during "The Beverly Hillbillies Best Dang New Year's Marathon" beginning Monday, December 31, at 6:00PM (all times ET/PT). Viewers will be "happier than a cat at a fish fry" with episodes like "Jethro Goes to School" in which Max Baer, Jr. (Jethro) also plays Jethro's twin sister, Jethrine, in drag, and an appearance by the late Sharon Tate in "Possum Day" as Miss Hathaway's dark- headed assistant at the Commerce Bank.

As part of this celebration, TVLand.com will stream full episodes starting December 31, with weekly updates. The website will feature character bios, a comprehensive episode guide, and photo gallery. TVLand.com visitors will also be able to test their 'hill-folk' knowledge with The Beverly Hillbillies trivia game.

The Beverly Hillbillies aired on CBS from 1962 - 1971. Accidentally discovering oil on their property, the newly rich Clampetts move to Beverly Hills where they find that their mountain lifestyle is quite different than that of their upper-class neighbors.

The Beverly Hillbillies 'Best Dang' New Year's Marathon schedule is as follows (all times ET/PT):

   Monday 12/31                           Tuesday 1/1    6p     Ep.  #1  Clampetts Strike Oil   6a     Ep. #33  Clampetts Get                                                          Psychoanalyzed   6:30p  Ep.  #2  Getting Settled        6:30a  Ep. #52  The Giant                                                          Jackrabbit   7p     Ep.  #8  Jethro Goes To         7a     Ep. #080 Teenage Idol                   School   7:30p  Ep.  #9  Elly's First Date      7:30a  Ep. #90  Clampetts A Go-Go   8p     Ep.  #10 Pygmalion & Elly       8a     Ep. #110 The Private Eye   8:30p  Ep.  #11 Elly Races Jethro      8:30a  Ep. #111 Possum Day   9p     Ep.  #12 The Great Feud         9a     Ep. #112 Possum Day                                                          Parade   9:30p  Ep.  #20 Jed Throws A Wing      9:30a  Ep. #127 Sonny Drysdale                   Ding                                   Returns   10p    Ep.  #21 Jed Plays Solomon      10a    Ep. #144 The Gorilla   10:30p Ep.  #25 The Family Tree        10:30a Ep. #176 Mr. University                                                          Muscles In   11p    Ep.  #27 Granny's Spring        11a    Ep. #177 A Plot for Granny   11:30p Ep.  #33 Clampetts Get          11:30a Ep. #217 Jed Clampett                   Psychoanalyzed                         Enterprises   12a    Ep.  #52 The Giant Jackrabbit   12p    Ep. #223 The Jogging                                                          Clampetts   12:30a Ep.  #1  Clampetts Strike Oil   12:30p Ep. #230 Jed Buys Central                                                          Park   1a     Ep.  #2  Getting Settled        1p     Ep. #232 Manhattan                                                          Hillbillies   1:30a  Ep.  #8  Jethro Goes To         1:30p  Ep. #274 Jethro Returns                   School   2a     Ep.  #9  Elly's First Date      2p     Ep. #080 Teenage Idol   2:30a  Ep.  #10 Pygmalion & Elly       2:30p  Ep. #90  Clampetts A Go-Go   3a     Ep.  #11 Elly Races Jethro      3p     Ep. #110 The Private Eye   3:30a  Ep.  #12 The Great Feud         3:30p  Ep. #111 Possum Day   4a     Ep.  #20 Jed Throws A Wing      4p     Ep. #112 Possum Day Parade                   Ding   4:30a  Ep.  #21 Jed Plays Solomon      4:30p  Ep. #127 Sonny Drysdale                                                          Returns   5a     Ep.  #25 The Family Tree        5p     Ep. #144 The Gorilla   5:30a  Ep.  #27 Granny's Spring        5:30p  Ep. #176 Mr. University                   Tonic                                  Muscles In                                          6p     Ep. #177 A Plot for Granny                                          6:30p  Ep. #217 Jed Clampett                                                          Enterprises                                          7p     Ep. #223 The Jogging                                                          Clampetts                                          7:30p  Ep. #230 Jed Buys Central                                                          Park                                          8p     Ep. #232 Manhattan                                                          Hillbillies                                          8:30p  Ep. #274 Jethro Returns    

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