About a month ago we
reported about the extras on MPI's
February 28th release of
The Beverly Hillbillies - The Ultimate Collection Volume 2. Now we've gotten confirmation that there is an additional supplement which we did not know about at the time.
The original bonus material list we told you about consisted of a Vintage interview with Irene Ryan, a New interview with Max Baer Jr., Over two dozen cast commercials for Kellogg's and Winston, and Japanese footage. Now we're informed that there is a very special commentary track as well!
The episode which receives the commentary track is "The Giant Jack Rabbit," which the DVD's producers are touting as the "all-time sitcom episode ratings champ." The person who is giving their comments is none other than
Stephen Cox, who has authored a number of books related to classic TV, including guides to and lookbacks at
The Beverly Hillbillies, The Addams Family, The Munsters, Green Acres, I Dream of Jeannie and the late great Johnny Carson's run on
The Tonight Show. As a bona fide television historian, Cox ought to have some pretty interesting things to say!
Our thanks to one of our very regular readers, Pat, for helping with this report. Here's the cover art once more, for those who missed it:
