The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series)
The Great Cook-Off (1968)
Donna Douglas: Elly May Clampett
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Quotes
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Jed Clampett : I'm way overdue for havin' a long talk with that boy.
Elly May Clampett : Why you keep puttin' it off?
Jed Clampett : I reckon it's cause the short ones are so distressin'.
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Jethro Bodine : Hi Elly, how do I look?
[Jethro is wearing a gladiator outfit]
Elly May Clampett : You look like a big dumb nut.
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Jed Clampett : I'm awful sorry, but I'm gonna have to let you go. Oh, I'll see to it you get a check for a month's salary.
Maria : Celery, si. Celery, you like?
Jed Clampett : Yes ma'am, but
[Maria starts cutting celery]
Jed Clampett : Miss Maria, ma'am, I'm just gonna have to come out and say this blunt. You're fired.
Maria : Fire, si.
[turns on the stove]
Maria : I cook good celery.
Jed Clampett : I'm afraid what we got here is a failure to communicate. I'll have my nephew talk to you. He claim to speak Italian.
Maria : Arrivederci.
Jed Clampett : No, Jethro.
Elly May Clampett : How did you do, Pa?
Jed Clampett : Outside a gettin' some celery to cookin', I done real poor.
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Elly May Clampett : I sure hope Maria gets to stay.
Jed Clampett : On thing's certain. We can't let her go home to Venice. Not right now.
Elly May Clampett : How come?
Jed Clampett : Look at that.
[shows Elly a postcard from Maria's family in Venice]
Jed Clampett : They is havin' one of the worst floods I ever seen.