What was the first episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" called?

"The Clampetts Strike Oil" is the first episode of the first season of "The Beverly Hillbillies". In this episode, Jed Clampett sold his swamp to an oil company, gets paid 25 million dollars for it, and heads off to Beverly Hills. The original date that this show was aired was September 26, 1962.

The episode starts out with the Clampetts driving their truck through Beverly Hills. Jed Clampett says for them to go see the house they bought. The narrator asks how a bunch of hillbillies could afford a mansion in Beverly Hills. They decide to go back and see how the whole thing started.

"The Beverly Hillbillies" is an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. The show had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor backwoods family from the Ozarks region who move to posh Beverly Hills, California after striking oil on their land.