frank wilcox played mr. brewster on the beverly hillbillies.
frank wilcox played mr. brewster on the beverly hillbillies.
who played mr. brewster on the beverly hillbillies?
frank wilcox
in the late 1940s, benaderet befriended paul henning, a scriptwriter on the radio production of "burns & allen". she appeared on nineteen episodes of the show that he had written between 1947 and 1951, and became one of his regular television players with the first two seasons of "burns & allen", a two-episode guest appearance as blanche morton on "the bob cummings show" in 1956–57, and then her involvement in three of the most successful sitcoms of the 1960s. after reading the 1961 first script for "the beverly hillbillies", benaderet wanted to audition for the role of granny. despite considering her to be too buxom for his vision of the character as a small and wiry woman, henning allowed her to test anyway. irene ryan would win the part; according to henning, "bea took one look at the way irene did the part and said to me, 'there's your granny! he additionally took benaderet's suggestion of casting harriet macgibbon as granny's rival margaret drysdale. henning created for benaderet the supporting character of cousin pearl bodine, the middle-aged widowed mother of jethro bodine (max baer jr.) and cousin of main character jed clampett (buddy ebsen), whom she convinces to move from his humble home in the ozarks after he strikes oil on his property and becomes a millionaire. prior to shooting the pilot, benaderet enlisted a dialect coach to help her learn a hillbilly accent. impressed with her performance while screening the pilot to potential sponsors, henning made cousin pearl a recurring character in the 1962–63 first season as she moved into the clampetts' beverly hills mansion, feuded with granny, and pursued oil tycoon mr. brewster (frank wilcox) as a love interest. bluegrass duo flatt & scruggs, who performed the show's opening theme, recorded a comedic serenade in 1963 titled "pearl pearl pearl", and benaderet was pictured on the single's cover. benaderet described pearl's curly hair as "just my mental image of the character. ... pearl played the piano for the silent movies and she saw such high fashion and ridiculous hairdos. she could read and write, and the curled hair seemed to pearl the height of smartness." her performance as pearl was well received; author stephen cox wrote in his 1993 book "the beverly hillbillies: from the small screen to the big screen": "when "the beverly hillbillies" first aired, it started to become 'the bea benaderet show.' every scene that had cousin pearl in it was just about stolen by the actress."
bea benaderet
on december 20, 1988, yankovic recorded "money for nothing/beverly hillbillies". the song features the lyrics of "the beverly hillbillies" theme song altered slightly and set to the tune of "money for nothing". the song appears in its entirety within "uhf" as a computer-animated dream sequence, framed as if it were part of a music video. as part of his terms that allowed yankovic to record this parody, dire straits lead singer and guitarist and "money for nothing" songwriter mark knopfler insisted that he be allowed to play the guitar featured in the parody. as a result, both he and guy fletcher — dire straits' keyboardist — recorded their parts on guitar and synthesizer respectively. according to yankovic, his guitarist jim west had practiced the song for weeks, and, as a result could recreate the original; knopfler, on the other hand, had been playing the song for years and was much more relaxed with his playing. as a result, west's version sounded more like the original version, although knopfler's track was the one used. yankovic revealed in the dvd commentary for "uhf" that the concept "money for nothing/beverly hillbillies" was originally a parody of prince's 1984 hit "let's go crazy". prince, however, refused, and was unreceptive to any parody ideas yankovic ever presented him with. the fractured titled "money for nothing/beverly hillbillies" is a result of dire straits' lawyers insisting that "money for nothing" remain in the parody's title. yankovic was unhappy with the title and stated that he would rather have had the title be either "money for nothing for the beverly hillbillies" or "beverly hillbillies for nothing". the legal title for the song features an asterisk after the word "hillbillies", although it is often printed without the marking.
uhf – original motion picture soundtrack and other stuff