The Beverly Hillbillies

I think this movie is hilarious. It's very goofy and silly, so if you're expecting an incredibly thoughtful plot, prepare to be disappointed.

The guy who plays Jed, the father figure does an excellent job and I can watch that man paint a car green and not get bored. The other actors are a mixed bag.

Before All in the Family, Roseanne, Married with Children, and all the other TV shows about trashy families, there was The Beverly Hillbillies. Hollywood discovered that it could make money by putting family values upside down.

While Hollywood studios certainly aren't known for their originality in many years, every so often, they can be unorgininal and come up with something sweet and amusing. The story of the Clampetts of the back hills of Arkansas striking oil and moving to a Bel Air mansion was a major hit on TV for nearly a decade from the mid 1960's way into the 1970's, and the movie version of that series (much better than the TV movie follow-up from 1981) is a mixture of sweet and sour as far as the film as a whole is.

This is a family classic, and made me laugh all the way. I like it more than Ernest goes to School.

The late great George Carlin once said that there are basically two types of comedy, 1) where the comedy is derived from being a victim of society (i.e.

Please, don't get me wrong here. I don't hate The Beverly Hillbillies.

I've never seen the TV series, but I have always loved this movie. I thought it was cast very well and had just the right blend of hilarity and a nefarious plot happening.