Granny competes against Mrs. Drysdale as artists and tells Jed about her uncle the barn painter. Jed and Jethro go to an upscale gallery to buy a painting but are mistaken for gardeners. Bessie the chimp dabbles with a paintbrush.

Mr. Drysdale talks the Clampetts into hiring a housekeeper. Unfortunately, the housekeeper that is hired is uninterested in doing housework.