BEVERLY Hillbillies

BEVERLY Hillbillies
Raymond Bailey was an actor, and comedian on the Broadway stage,

films, and television. If you've followed the show so far, you know Bailey
as banker Milburn Drysdale who manages Jed's account. He's a miser at
heart who will go through all kinds of contortions to keep Jed's money in
his bank.
When Bailey was a teenager he went to Hollywood to become a movie

star. But try as he might he could not break into show business. So he
became a merchant seaman and sailed to various parts of the world,
including China, Japan, the Philippines and the Mediterranean. While
docked in Hawaii, he worked on a pineapple plantation, acted at
the community theatre and sang on a local radio program.
In 1938, he decided to try Hollywood again. His luck changed for the better
when he began getting some bit parts in movies. During World War II he
served in the U. S. Merchant Marine. When the war was over he returned
to Hollywood and eventually began getting bigger character roles.
Before the HBs he had numerous TV roles from Gunsmoke to 77 Sunset
Strip, from Twilight Zone to Bonanza and on to The Many Loves Of Dobie
Gillis, to name a few.
Bailey also had roles in some very famous films like Sabrina (1954)
starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden, and
in Picnic (1955) starring William Holden and Kim Novak; in
Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) starring James Stewart and Novak; No Time for
Sergeants (1958) starring Andy Griffith.
This week’s HBs are Xmas themed spiced with love interests
1.13 "Home for Christmas"
The Clampetts take their first plane flight back home for Christmas to visit
cousin Pearl, who is busy cooking up a feast to win Mr. Brewster's unwilling
heart. Misunderstandings and accidental slights ensue.
1.14 "No Place Like Home"
Back home for Christmas, Elly May bonds with her old animal friends. Pearl
plays the piano for the "new" movie in town (the silent version of Ben Hur)
to impress Mr. Brewster.
1.15 "Jed Rescues Pearl"
Mr. Brewster doesn't want to get married, but the whole county knows that
Cousin Pearl had her heart set for him. Jed comes up with a plan for her to
save face by having Mr. Brewster propose in public and then have her turn
him down. But things don’t work out as planned.
One step beyond
I hope these episodes chill you just enough to cause you to wonder about
the possibility of psychic connections that can sense danger for one’s
spouse or reach across death's barrier, to save one’s child.
1.5 "Twelve Hours to Live"

After an argument with his wife, a man drives away in a storm. She
suddenly feels that his life is in danger which prompts her to action.
1.6 "Epilogue"
Helen and son Stevie visit a nearby silver mine when the mine collapses.
Helen dies and her ghost leads her husband and others to rescue Stevie.
Bonanza
Michael Landon was an American actor, singer, writer and filmmaker. He
is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza (1959–
1973), Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983), and
Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven (1984–1989).
During his childhood, Landon was constantly worrying about his
mother attempting suicide. On a family beach vacation, his mother tried to
drown herself, but Landon rescued her. Shortly after the attempt, his
mother acted as if nothing happened. He said that it was the worst
experience of his life. Stress from his mother's suicide attempt, her erratic
behavior, and the possibility of further attempts, caused Landon to
chronically wet the bed. His mother shamed him by putting his wet sheets
on display outside his window for all to see. He ran home every day and
tried to remove them before his classmates could see. These experiences
were incorporated into his semi-autobiographical television movie, The
Loneliest Runner, which he wrote, produced and directed.
In high school Landon was an excellent javelin thrower. In 1954 he had the
longest throw by a high schooler in the United States that year. This earned
him an athletic scholarship to the University of Southern California, but he
subsequently tore his shoulder ligaments, putting an end to his days as a
college athlete and as a student. Landon considered show business and
served as an attendant at a service gas station opposite the studios of
Warner Bros., hoping to get noticed. He was eventually noticed by Bob
Raison, a local agent. Following advice, Landon changed his given name,
Eugene Maurice Orowitz, to Michael Landon after consulting the
phonebook.
From 1956 to 1959 Landon played in movies like I Was A Teenage
Werewolf and God's Little Acre, and had bit parts in a number of TV shows
like The Rifleman and Cheyenne. Then came Bonanza.
More on Michael Landon next week
1.7 "The Saga of Annie O'Toole"
Annie O'Toole (Ida Lupino) arrives to Virginia with her old Dad and sets a
canteen in a silver mine with Adam's help. Alan Hale Jr. guest stars.
1.8 "The Philip Deidesheimer Story"
Pied Piper Philip Deidesheimer, with the help of Adam and Hoss, tries to
create a method for saving the silver mines of Virginia City from a cave-in.

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Raymond Bailey was an actor, and comedian on the Broadway stage,

When Bailey was a teenager he went to Hollywood to become a movie

1.5 "Twelve Hours to Live"

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