ALL OF THE CLAMPETTS ARE OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR MANSION.
JED
Come on Jethro. Let's get on over to the bank to see Mr. Drysdale.
I'm sure he has an explanation for the missing 50 million dollars.
JETHRO
GRANIE
Jed, if'n you don't come back here with our missing millions, I'm going
to pay old Drysdale a visit myself. Me and Harry here, that is.
(Grannie pats her shotgun.)
ELLIE MAY
Pa, can I take some of my critters with us?
JED
Ellie, neither you nor your critters are making this trip.
ELLIE MAY
Heck fire, Pa. How come Jethro gets to go?
I can accompany you better than he can!
JETHRO
No you can't, you dumb old girl!
ELLIE MAY
JETHRO
JED
Hush, both of you! Now come on Jethro. Let's go.
JETHRO
Hey Uncle Jed. You think I could get some double-naught spying
done while you and Mr. Drysdale find our money?
JED
We'll see, Jethro. But first, when we get there, we have to
catch Mr. Drysdale. You stay outside in case he tries to run away
when he learns we're there.
THE CLAMPETTS PULL UP IN THEIR TRUCK AND JED GOES INTO THE BANK AND JETHRO WAITS OUTSIDE.
MISS JANE
Why, Mr. Clampett. What a surprise! What brings you here today?
JED
Howdy, Miss Jane. I've come to get our missing 50 million dollars.
MISS JANE
Mi- mi- missing 50 million? What ever are you talking about?!
JED PERCEIVES THAT MISS JANE IS NERVOUS AT THE HEARING OF THEIR DEMAND. AND HE SEES HER PRESS A BUTTON UNDER THE EDGE OF HER DESK.
JED
Ah, Miss Jane? Where's Mr. Drysdale?
MISS JANE
I think he had another appointment. Yeah, that's it. Another
appointment. He won't be back for a few weeks. Why don't you
go back to your mansion and I'll call you when he gets back.
JUST THEN, JETHRO COMES IN CARRYING MR. DRYSDALE OVER HIS SHOULDER.
JED
Looks like he's back. Mr. Drysdale, where is our missing 50 million?
DRYSDALE
What? What missing 50 million?
JED
Look, Mr. Drysdale. Jethro ciphered that we are missing about 50
million dollars from one of our shell company pension plan's preferred
stock portfolios. Now we just want to find it.
DRYSDALE
Ah, well, ah, I, you see, ah, well, the money is still there! Yeah,
it's still there!
MISS JANE'S MOUTH DROPS OPEN.
DRYSDALE
You see Mr. Clampett, although Jethro here is a fine
economist/mathematician there are a few nuances of the investment world
that he -
JETHRO RAISES A SHOTGUN AND BLASTS A LAMP IN THE OFFICE.
MR. DRYSDALE DROPS BEHIND MISS JANE'S DESK.
JED
MR. DRYSDALE SLOWLY RISES, PEEPS OVER THE EDGE OF THE DESK, THEN STANDS UP.
JED
Either you come clean as to the whereabouts of our geeters or we'll have
you for dinner!
DRYSDALE
Quick, Miss Jane, call security!
JETHRO RAISES HIS SHOTGUN AGAIN AND FIRES ACROSS MISS JANE'S BOW.
DRYSDALE
Ok, ok Mr. Clampett. You win.
MR. DRYSDALE PULLS OUT A THICK STACK OF TEN-THOUSAND-DOLLAR BILLS FROM HIS COAT POCKET, HANDING THEM OVER TO JED.
JED
JETHRO HOLDS UP THE STACK, FANS THE BILLS NEAR HIS EAR, AND ANSWERS HIS UNCLE.
JETHRO
Nope. He's shorted us 40 thou.
JED
JETHRO RELOADS HIS SHOTGUN AND AIMS POINT BLANK AT MR. DRYSDALE.
JED
DRYSDALE
Honest, I don't have it! I spent it on a vacation! I mean, Jane Hathaway did!
JED
(turns to Miss Jane)
Where did you go, Miss Jane?
MISS JANE
Ah, I went to, ah, Cape Cod. Yeah, Cape Cod. The ocean? Fishing?
JED
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