Return of the Beverly Hillbillies Max Baer Jr. (the original Jethro) who declined to participate. The film was produced and written by original series creator Paul Henning and was intended as a pilot for a proposed revival of the series, but this never materialized. "Return of the Beverly Hillbillies" premiered as "The CBS Tuesday Night Movie" on October 6, 1981. Following the death of Granny, Jed Clampett returned to his roots to live in a backwoods cabin in the town of Bug Tussle rather than living alone at his Beverly Hills mansion after having voluntarily divided his massive fortune between daughter Elly May and nephew
The Beverly Hillbillies (film) Bucket (who had a contributing song on the soundtrack of the 1992 Penelope Spheeris hit movie "Wayne's World"), the Dwight Yoakam Band (Skip Edwards), and Vern Monnett (Randy Meisner, Texas Tornados and Gary Allan). Parton's appearance reunited her with "9 to 5" co-stars Lily Tomlin and Dabney Coleman. In its first weekend, "The Beverly Hillbillies" grossed $9,525,375 at the box office. The film moved up to number one two weeks later. The total worldwide gross was $57,405,220, making it a moderate box office success. The film received Mixed reviews, with a 24% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert of