Making Bank
With any new show on television, you never know how well it’s going to do. In some cases, some shows only last a few episodes before things fall apart. Luckily for the hillbillies, though, things started to look pretty comfortable after a few years of airing. The Clampett family started out pretty modestly, but ended up walking about with $100 million by the end of the show. That is a heck of a lot of money, even today! We wonder what they did with it all?
Great Success
A Secret Poet
Buddy Ebsen wasn’t just an actor; he was a poet, too! No one knew it at the time, but years after the show aired, he began to open up about his literary knowledge and savvy for writing. Eventually, Ebsen released a collection of poems in a book called Kelly’s Quest. It followed the life of a young woman through heartache and life-lessons. The book made it to the third spot on the 2001 Los Angeles paperback best-seller list.
The Inner Poet
