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...Beverly Hillbillies (ABC) are Yokums in Smogpatch, a family whose basic social status is reflected in this joke: "Them pigs got into the corn," says Granny. Says Pa: "Did they drink much?" Oil was found on the hillbillies' land, and they have now moved to a Beverly Hills mansion, where they keep the porcine humor squealing: "What's a smog?" "A smog's a small hog." CBS's hour-long Fair Exchange is about an American family that trades teen-aged daughters with an English family. It is no bargain on either side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The New Season | 10/12/1962 | See Source »

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