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 the pilot was written by David Rogers in 1968. "The Deadly Hillbillies," an interactive murder mystery, was written by John R. Logue using the core "Beverly Hillbillies" cast of characters as inspiration. This Gypsy Productions Murder Mystery Parody features characters such as "Jed Clumpett," "Daisy May Mostes," and "Jane Hatchaway." Dell Comics adapted the series into a comic book series in 1962. The art work was provided by Henry Scarpelli. In 1993, a movie version of "The Beverly Hillbillies" was released starring Jim Varney as Jed Clampett and featuring Buddy Ebsen in a cameo as Barnaby Jones, the lead character