by Linda Kay
Original Air Date: May 5, 1965
Starring: Orangey as Rusty
Directed by: Joseph Depew
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode!
Synopsis: Jed (Buddy Ebsen) peddles his services door-to-door, incurring the wrath of banker Mr. Drysdale (Raymond Bailey) who becomes even more infuriated when he learns that a rival banker wants to hire the hillbilly millionaire.
Kitty Cameo: At the end of the episode Jed decides not to work for either banker and has an idea what he can do. Mr. Drysdale is roused from his sleep by the Clampetts (Max Baer, Jr., Donna Douglas and Irene Ryan) pulling up to his mansion in their old truck with a sign attached to the side which reads, “Clampett Family Fixit Wagon.” Elly May explains that her cat Rusty does mousing while she offers critter training.
Rusty was played by a member of the Orangey team of cats trained by Frank Inn.
Final Mewsings: Rusty sure has Elly May trained well!
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