# What kind of hat did Granny ('Beverly Hillbillies') wear? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183 "2016-03-16T18:13:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/1 "2016-03-16T18:13:35Z")
[Some images](https://www.google.com/search?q=pancake+hat&safe=strict&biw=1422&bih=1043&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwit_Obs5sXLAhWCLyYKHfo9CxkQ_AUIBygC&dpr=0.9#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=granny+beverly+hillbillies+hat&imgrc=lV3Rv1oVZK17WM%3A). I asked this many years ago, and at the time I thought it might have been a ‘pancake hat,’ but I don’t think there was any consensus. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/2 "2016-03-16T18:21:42Z")
I’d call it a granny hat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/3 "2016-03-16T18:40:23Z")
It looks like what men would call a “driving cap” or hat, but only if it weren’t so obviously for a lady. I have a friend who’s a professional costumer for theaters. I sent him a pic and asked. Will let you know when he replies. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/4 "2016-03-16T22:09:05Z")
It looks like different hats. I’m seeing a straw hat and a Kangol (classic) hat. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/5 "2016-03-16T23:41:58Z")
More discussion of ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ hats on this somewhat obscure website from 2005. [Let’s talk hats](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335741) > [@](#): > > What is the difference between a fedora and a homburg? > > On the TV program, “The Beverly Hillbillies,” what kind of hat did Mr. Drysdale wear, fedora or homburg. (In a few eps, he wore a porkpie, but those were exceptions.) > > Does the kind of hat that Uncle Jed wore whenever he was dressed up have a name? I couldn’t find a picture of it, but it looked like a bowler, except that it had a flat top, instead of a domed top. Also, the top of the crown had a rounded edge, instead of a stove-pipe-like right angle. > > Did the name of the little hat that Granny wore have a name? I did find a picture of that? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/6 "2016-03-16T23:45:17Z")
> [@astro](#): > > More discussion of ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ hats on this somewhat obscure website from 2005. > > [Let’s talk hats](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335741) Jed wore a slouch hat most of the time. In his Sunday-go-t’-meetin’ clothes, it was a bowler. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/7 "2016-03-17T01:23:52Z")
> [@astro](#): > > More discussion of ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ hats on this somewhat obscure website from 2005. > > [Let’s talk hats](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335741) Wow. . . That OP was really an idiot to not know the difference between a porkpie and a trilby. Mr. Drysdale wore a hat, 90% of the time it was a Homburg. The other times, it was a trilby, not a porkpie. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/8 "2016-03-17T15:40:20Z")
Very reminiscent of a hat style favored by President Eisenhower’s wife. They were called Mamie hats in her honor(?) ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/9 "2016-03-17T15:54:26Z")
I’d call it a Watteau, like these: [https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2664M/lots/537](https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2664M/lots/537) It’s a wide catagory, though, that seems to encompass a lot of shapes. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/10 "2016-03-17T16:46:39Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Wow. . . That OP was really an idiot to not know the difference between a porkpie and a trilby. Mr. Drysdale wore a hat, 90% of the time it was a Homburg. The other times, it was a trilby, not a porkpie. Gosh… Give the kid a break not everyone’s a hat maven like you. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/11 "2016-03-17T17:57:01Z")
Didn’t Granny occasionally wear a Confederate soldier’s cap? Especially when she felt she was going to war with someone? This has been a Filmways presentation! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/12 "2016-03-17T18:39:30Z")
> [@MickNickMaggies](#): > > I’d call it a Watteau, like these: [https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2664M/lots/537](https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2664M/lots/537) > > It’s a wide catagory, though, that seems to encompass a lot of shapes. Well, that only took 11 years. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/13 "2016-03-17T20:11:44Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Well, that only took 11 years. And well worth it. I did not realize they were a thing. Now I’m all about Watteaus. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/14 "2016-03-17T23:44:24Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > This has been a Filmways presentation! …dahling! Oh, sorry, wrong show! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/15 "2016-03-18T00:10:03Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > …dahling! > > Oh, sorry, wrong show! Choose: Elly May Clampett or Lisa Douglas? :dubious: :o ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/16 "2016-03-18T01:41:18Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Choose: Elly May Clampett or Lisa Douglas? :dubious: :o Depends. Elly May wouldn’t be bringing along any of her critters, would she? ---
**Author:** ![txst16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@txst16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txst16)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/17 "2016-03-18T01:43:36Z")
Lol… idk, but she always knew how to great people… one finger and a crooked smile. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/18 "2016-03-18T01:52:11Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Depends. Elly May wouldn’t be bringing along any of her critters, would she? They’re all out by the ce-ment pond. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/19 "2016-03-18T01:53:18Z")
> [@txst16](#): > > Lol… idk, but she always knew how to **great** people… one finger and a crooked smile. Huh? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183/20 "2016-03-18T02:24:13Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Choose: Elly May Clampett or Lisa Douglas? :dubious: :o Lisa, because she can cook too. Hotcakes!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183.md?page=2)