In the previous episode "The Girl from Home" Lafe first appears to The Beverly Hillbillies lineup after pulling up in his beaten down country car to the front step of the Clampett's mansion. Once inside he's cheerfully greeted by the family as a dear old friend from back home while Jethro is still at school in his attempts to finish the 6th grade.
Later, Lafe informs Jed in private that Jethro has been sending love letters to his daughter and promising to marry her. This comes as a surprise to Jed because Jethro has never mentioned to him or anyone that he was in love with Lafe's daughter. But, being an honorable country folk, Jed reassures Lafe that he will make sure that Jethro lives up to his promises.
Of coarse all of this was a lie concocted by Lafe in order for his daughter to marry into the Clampett's money. Lafe's con job was eventually discovered after his daughter dropped the dime on him to Jed. So, Jed and Lafe's daughter trick Lafe into calling off the wedding, and the episode ends with everyone dancing together in the mansions foyer.
However, unfortunately for Granny and the Clampett's that would not be the last time they would have to endure Lafe's presence and his scheming duplicitous ways. Why?
Glad you asked. Well, "The Girl from Home" was the first episode that had the good fortune of following The Beverly Hillbillies now classic episode "The Giant Jackrabbit", which became the highest rated show in TV history at the time, and is still the highest rated 30-minute sitcom to this day. And, millions of Americans returned the next week to watch "The Girl from Home" episode, which became the 4th highest rated TV show of the decade.
While "The Beverly Hillbillies" were the #1 rated show since it's debut a year and a half earlier and always enjoyed high ratings, averaging 57-million viewers an episode. They were now riding a tidal wave of unprecedented TV popularity halfway into the second season. And when you're riding a ratings tsunami like that, why change direction mid-stream. So, Peter Whitney immediately returned in "Lafe Lingers On" to play Lafeyette 'Lafe' Crick for the second time in a follow up episode to "The Girl from Home".
In this episode, Lafe's daughter has returned back home to the hills in his car, so Lafe finds Miss Hathaway and tells her that he is Jed's BFF from way back home, and immediately follows that load of malarkey up with a hard luck story. Always wanting to please the Clampett's, Miss Hathaway gives Lafe a lift back to the front step of the Clampette's mansion. Meanwhile, Granny is totally trashing Lafe in front of the entire family in the kitchen, yelling about what a no good lazy, shifty, lying, worthless person Lafe is. But, Granny says all this about Lafe in some really creative ways.
Too lazy to even knock on the door, Lafe is discovered resting on the Clampett's doorstep by Elly May and her chimp. When asked what he's doing there, Lafe claims to have walked all the way from his hotel to the Clampett's and is now broke, tired, hungry, thirsty and in need of help. But, doesn't want to be a burden to the Clampett's. Once inside, Lafe continues his hard luck story to the rest of the family and Jed, Jethro and Ally May decide to take him into their care, despite Granny's intense hatred for Lafe.
What started out as a small con job to get free room and board at the Clampett's mansion using a hard luck story, quickly turns into a possible bank robbery soon after convincing Mr Drysdale that he's an extremely hard worker and cons Mr. Drysdale into giving him a job as a night watchman at his bank.
Later, Lafe reports for duty at the bank to start his new career as a bank robber, but is informed that a large percentage of Clampett's money isn't actually kept at that bank and the little that is kept there is in the bank vault and can't be opened at night under any circumstance. Disappointed with this bit of new information Lafe decides to try and steal Jed's money by some other means.
This is a really funny episode of The Beverly Hillbillies mainly due to Irene Ryan and Peter Whitney as Lafayette 'Lafe' Crick. Peter's comedic performance is so incredibly layered that it's worth watching this episode just to watch his performance.
Example, when Mr. Drysdale ask Lafe when is the soonest he can start work as a night guard at his bank. Lafe answers with a big menacing grin on his face "How about tonight?". But, despite Lafe's very maniacal response it's also very funny at the same time, Both in the way he says it and because while we know what's really going on Lafe's mind, Mr. Drysdale has absolutely no clue and believes Lafe is as solidly honest as Jed Clampett.
I give this episode 9 out of 10 stars and I hope IMDB keeps it available for free viewing on their website so more people get a chance to see this episode and the two episodes that preceeded it. With, "The Giant Jackrabbit" being a must see.
Later, Lafe informs Jed in private that Jethro has been sending love letters to his daughter and promising to marry her. This comes as a surprise to Jed because Jethro has never mentioned to him or anyone that he was in love with Lafe's daughter. But, being an honorable country folk, Jed reassures Lafe that he will make sure that Jethro lives up to his promises.
Of coarse all of this was a lie concocted by Lafe in order for his daughter to marry into the Clampett's money. Lafe's con job was eventually discovered after his daughter dropped the dime on him to Jed. So, Jed and Lafe's daughter trick Lafe into calling off the wedding, and the episode ends with everyone dancing together in the mansions foyer.
However, unfortunately for Granny and the Clampett's that would not be the last time they would have to endure Lafe's presence and his scheming duplicitous ways. Why?
Glad you asked. Well, "The Girl from Home" was the first episode that had the good fortune of following The Beverly Hillbillies now classic episode "The Giant Jackrabbit", which became the highest rated show in TV history at the time, and is still the highest rated 30-minute sitcom to this day. And, millions of Americans returned the next week to watch "The Girl from Home" episode, which became the 4th highest rated TV show of the decade.
While "The Beverly Hillbillies" were the #1 rated show since it's debut a year and a half earlier and always enjoyed high ratings, averaging 57-million viewers an episode. They were now riding a tidal wave of unprecedented TV popularity halfway into the second season. And when you're riding a ratings tsunami like that, why change direction mid-stream. So, Peter Whitney immediately returned in "Lafe Lingers On" to play Lafeyette 'Lafe' Crick for the second time in a follow up episode to "The Girl from Home".
In this episode, Lafe's daughter has returned back home to the hills in his car, so Lafe finds Miss Hathaway and tells her that he is Jed's BFF from way back home, and immediately follows that load of malarkey up with a hard luck story. Always wanting to please the Clampett's, Miss Hathaway gives Lafe a lift back to the front step of the Clampette's mansion. Meanwhile, Granny is totally trashing Lafe in front of the entire family in the kitchen, yelling about what a no good lazy, shifty, lying, worthless person Lafe is. But, Granny says all this about Lafe in some really creative ways.
Too lazy to even knock on the door, Lafe is discovered resting on the Clampett's doorstep by Elly May and her chimp. When asked what he's doing there, Lafe claims to have walked all the way from his hotel to the Clampett's and is now broke, tired, hungry, thirsty and in need of help. But, doesn't want to be a burden to the Clampett's. Once inside, Lafe continues his hard luck story to the rest of the family and Jed, Jethro and Ally May decide to take him into their care, despite Granny's intense hatred for Lafe.
What started out as a small con job to get free room and board at the Clampett's mansion using a hard luck story, quickly turns into a possible bank robbery soon after convincing Mr Drysdale that he's an extremely hard worker and cons Mr. Drysdale into giving him a job as a night watchman at his bank.
Later, Lafe reports for duty at the bank to start his new career as a bank robber, but is informed that a large percentage of Clampett's money isn't actually kept at that bank and the little that is kept there is in the bank vault and can't be opened at night under any circumstance. Disappointed with this bit of new information Lafe decides to try and steal Jed's money by some other means.
This is a really funny episode of The Beverly Hillbillies mainly due to Irene Ryan and Peter Whitney as Lafayette 'Lafe' Crick. Peter's comedic performance is so incredibly layered that it's worth watching this episode just to watch his performance.
Example, when Mr. Drysdale ask Lafe when is the soonest he can start work as a night guard at his bank. Lafe answers with a big menacing grin on his face "How about tonight?". But, despite Lafe's very maniacal response it's also very funny at the same time, Both in the way he says it and because while we know what's really going on Lafe's mind, Mr. Drysdale has absolutely no clue and believes Lafe is as solidly honest as Jed Clampett.
I give this episode 9 out of 10 stars and I hope IMDB keeps it available for free viewing on their website so more people get a chance to see this episode and the two episodes that preceeded it. With, "The Giant Jackrabbit" being a must see.
