Can you understand all this beatnik slang from The Beverly Hillbillies?

Are you hep or are you square, Daddy-O?

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In The Beverly Hillbillies episode "Clampett A-Go-Go," a hipster named Sheldon Epps ends up in the Clampett mansion after trying to sell his artwork to the Drysdales. With his dirty sweatshirt and facial hair, he resembled Maynard G. Krebs (Bob Denver) of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, the most well-known beatnik in classic TV.

Sheldon has goo-goo eyes for Elly May, while Jed and the rest of the Clampett clan struggle to understand a single word he says.

Do you think you can dig the slang that "Shelly" is spewing?

See if you can translate these actual bits of dialogue from the sitcom!

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  1. What does it mean to "split the scene"?
  2. What does Sheldon call "drumsticks"?
  3. What is a "horn"?
  4. What does he call "Sacktown"?
  5. What is the "big pad in the sky"?
  6. What does Sheldon mean when he says, "I creamed the machine"?
  7. What are "skins"?
  8. What are "gumballs"?
  9. Who does Sheldon call a "Moneybunny"?
  10. What does Sheldon refer to as a "moose"?
  11. What does Sheldon mean when he says, "I still read 'Tilt'"?
  12. What is a "Clyde"?
  13. Finally, Sheldon painted this. What is it supposed to be a picture of?

Can you understand all this beatnik slang from The Beverly Hillbillies?

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106 Comments

Poolboy13 17 days ago
11/13 Way out daddie-o,im on cload nine "snap" "snap"
Rickster1 2 months ago
Perfect score.....they were my favorite Beverly hillbillies.
I think there were 3 or 4 with the beatniks
Jon 2 months ago
Sheldon Epps was played by the son of the voice of Fred Flintstone, Alan Reed, Jr.
JERRY6 3 months ago
10 of 13 not enough drugs taken back in the day
JamesDean59 3 months ago
I probably shouldn't have taken this test-
sjbang88 4 months ago
9/13 I guess I'm a so-so beatnik
Fred_Clampett 8 months ago
10 of 13. One of my favorite storylines from Hillbillies.
gregwilson363 9 months ago
WOW 😮😳 I only got 6 out of 13 bad 😞 😔 😆
WGH 16 months ago
8/13

I am a total square man!
Coldnorth 39 months ago
10out of 13. Not too bad.I haven’t seen that episode in a long time
sputnik_57 39 months ago
9/13 I don't recall this episode. Appears to be a early B&W one. I do remember the hippie "smokin' crawdads" one and it was one of my favorites!
WGH sputnik_57 16 months ago
I have a great memory and I've watched them all multiple multiple times over the years. I don't think this one made it to syndication, for good reason it would seem.
Classicmodel59 43 months ago
7 of 13 I guess I didn't know al his slang
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