premise: The Beverly Hillbillies is a clothing store.
hypothesis: The Beverly Hillbillies is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS for nine seasons , from September 26 , 1962 , to March 23 , 1971 . The Beverly Hillbillies ranked among the top 20 most-watched programs on television for eight of its nine seasons , twice ranking as the number one series of the year , with a number of episodes that remain among the most-watched television episodes in history . The Beverly Hillbillies is a 1993 American comedy film starring Jim Varney , Diedrich Bader , Erika Eleniak , Cloris Leachman , Lily Tomlin , Dabney Coleman , Lea Thompson , Rob Schneider and Penny Fuller . It is based on the 1962 -- 1971 TV series of the same name and features cameo appearances by Buddy Ebsen ( the original Jed Clampett , in his final motion picture appearance , playing his other classic character , Detective Barnaby Jones ) , Dolly Parton , and Zsa Zsa Gabor . The film was directed by Penelope Spheeris .