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| − | |Although silly, the show is powerful in illustrating how material possessions are not what define a person. Buddy Ebsen stars as Jed Clampett. | + | |Although silly, the show is powerful in illustrating how material possessions are not what define a person. Buddy Ebsen stars as Jed Clampett, patriarch of the Clampett family, who became a multi-millionaire virtually overnight after striking oil on his land in the Ozark Mountains and moved with his family to Beverly Hills, California, yet the Clampetts never let their newly obtained wealth affect who they are as people, maintaining moral and simplistic lifestyles throughout the show's run. Also stars Irene Ryan as Jed's mother-in-law Daisy May "Granny" Moses, Donna Douglas as his beautiful, tomboyish and animal-loving daughter Elly May Clampett, Max Baer as dimwitted yet good-natured Clampett cousin Jethro Bodine, Raymond Bailey as unscrupulous banker Milburn Drysdale and Nancy Kulp as Drysdale's secretary Jane Hathaway. Popular throughout its run, ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' fell victim in 1971 to CBS' Rural Purge, but has remained popular in syndicated reruns ever since and led to the 1981 reunion TV movie ''Return of the Beverly Hillbillies'', a 1993 TV special titled ''The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies'' and a feature film remake of the series that same year, starring Jim Varney as Jed, Erika Eleniak as Elly May, Cloris Leachman as Granny, Diedrich Bader as Jethro, Dabney Coleman as Mr. Drysdale and Lily Tomlin as Miss Hathaway, with a cameo by Buddy Ebsen (in his final acting role) as his other famous TV character, [[Barnaby Jones]]. |
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| − | |Despite cartoonish nature, shows the struggle of a hardworking, traditional American family against "alternative" modern cultural movements. | + | |Despite cartoonish nature, shows the struggle of a hardworking, traditional American family against "alternative" modern cultural movements and liberal [[political correctness]]. |
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| − | |The main character played by Richard Dean Anderson uses Yankee ingenuity to solve various problems and escape the clutches of his enemies; the series eschews violence until absolutely necessary. Although this element overall was conservative, the creator Vin Di Bona implied a few times that it was meant to promote the anti-gun agenda, which the anti-Communist site "Discover the Networks" uncovered with it being said "MacGyver producer Vin Di Bona noted that anti-gun messages were a recurring theme in that program. When asked what he thought of conservative critics who claimed that Hollywood was overwhelmingly liberal, Di Bona responded: 'I think it’s probably accurate, and I’m happy about it.'"<ref>http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1477</ref> A reboot of this series, with Lucas Till in the title role, debuted in 2016. | + | |The title character (played by Richard Dean Anderson) uses Yankee ingenuity to solve various problems and escape the clutches of his enemies; the series eschews violence until absolutely necessary. Although this element overall was conservative, the creator Vin Di Bona implied a few times that it was meant to promote the anti-gun agenda, which the anti-Communist site "Discover the Networks" uncovered with it being said "MacGyver producer Vin Di Bona noted that anti-gun messages were a recurring theme in that program. When asked what he thought of conservative critics who claimed that Hollywood was overwhelmingly liberal, Di Bona responded: 'I think it’s probably accurate, and I’m happy about it.'"<ref>http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1477</ref> A reboot of this series, with Lucas Till in the title role, debuted in 2016. |
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| − | |While some may say it was made to popularize the feminist movement, it still does treat law enforcement with respect. Also the episode Flowers of Evil did seem to anger liberals has it had a trio of lesbians who run a retirement home who rob and murder the elderly residents (an action that could never be shown to TV in this pc age). | + | |While some may say it was made to popularize the feminist movement, it still does treat law enforcement with respect. Also, the episode "Flowers of Evil" did seem to anger liberals as it had a trio of lesbians who run a retirement home who rob and murder the elderly residents (an action that could never be shown on TV in the current age of political correctness). |
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| | |''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' | | |''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' |
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| − | |Although it does teach kids conjugated thinking skills, most if the villains are businessmen which some could argue is an anti-capitalism statement. | + | |Although it does teach kids conjugated thinking skills, most of the villains are businessmen which some could argue is an anti-capitalism statement. |
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| | |''[[The Simpsons]]'' | | |''[[The Simpsons]]'' |