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Why only Buddy Ebsen?

posted 10 years ago by racy1285
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I'm surprised Buddy Ebsen was the only one from the original tv series to make an appearance. There were at least three actors from main cast that were still alive. Max Baer Jr who played Jethro, Donna Douglas who played Elly May, and Louis Nye who played Sonny Drysdale. Seriously they couldn't give them all a cameo.

[–] toking65000 9 years ago

I know Max Baer wanted to distance himself from the Beverly Hillbillies. He thought he was typecast as the big dumb hillbilly boy and it hurt his career for other roles. This is why he didn't appear in the Return of the Beverly Hillbillies movie.

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