The original show had the clampetts from Bugtussle, Tennessee not Arkansas --- it seems to me the only reason they changed it to Arkansas was that Bill Clinton was just elected president and they wanted to play off the "Cousin Bill" angle --- it was cool though ---
shareI agree, but there are ppl who even say that they are from Arkansas in the series since they mention places like Eureka Springs, and say that Granny was from TN, but moved to Arkansas to help out with Ellie Mae after Jed's wife died.
shareIn the TV series GRANNY was from Tennessee and the Clampetts were from somewhere in the Ozarks. Multiple towns in the Arkansas and Missouri Ozarks, including Oxford, Arkansas from this movie, were mentioned in the TV series.
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