Now I've done did it, I've just started binge-watching The Real McCoys. I've watched several episodes as a kid, of course, but mostly in syndication, and I didn't realize how much the Beverly Hillbillies was a recreation of the general theme. The Beverly Hillbillies began the year before The Real McCoys was canceled.
I watched the Real McCoys as a kid and liked it. Tried to watch in now but couldn't get into it, may try again after I finish watching The Donna Reed Show. I watch all these at bedtime to fall asleep.
We always watched The Real McCoys. Never cared as much for the Beverly Hillbillies. It seemed to get repetitive after a while.
Having been watching it for the past couple of days, I have to wonder why they felt it necessary to base the show on West Virginia hillbillies moving to California. They do play on the out-of-place theme somewhat but, since the part of California they moved to is very rural, where they are not the only people raising chickens or plowing a field, that dynamic is greatly reduced. For the most part, their neighbors would also be out-of-place in a city. I did find it interesting to learn that Walter Brennan, the actor, was a Catholic from Massachusetts, who didn't actually have a limp, which says much for his acting abilities. He was also a staunch conservative, and member of the John Birch Society, who opposed Richard Nixon because he was too moderate. A smart guy, in other words.
@Ken Anderson , I watched the episode that you posted. It occurs to me that they would never be allowed to make it nowadays. The MeToo crowd would have a hissy fit. Grandpa wanted Luke to marry a 13 year old girl. That is sexual molestation of a child. Grandpa wanted Luke to marry Elviry because she was strong and could do hard work. I'm not exactly sure what they would find wrong with that but I'm sure they would think of something. Luke married (Loved) Kate because she was pretty. That is seeing women as an object, not as a person.