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COLLECTION · Series · 1965

Green Acres

Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was first broadcast on CBS, from September 15, 1965 to April 27, 1971. Receiving solid ratings during its six-year run, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of the "rural purge" by CBS. The sitcom has been in syndication and is available in DVD and VHS releases. In 1997, the two-part episode "A Star Named Arnold is Born" was ranked #59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.

Source: TMDB
* 7.2 (72)ComedyUnited States
Creators
Paul Henning · Jay Sommers
Countries
United States
Studios
CBS · Filmways Television · Orion Television · MGM Television · Filmways Pictures
Runtime
25–30 min/ep
Age rating
TV-G
Release
15/09/1965
Score
7.2 / 10 (72)

Awards and nominations

  • 4 nominations total.
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
32 episodes · 1965
Oliver Buys A Farm
Episode 1. Oliver Buys A Farm
1965-09-15

New York lawyer Oliver Douglas quits his job at the law firm of Felton, O'Connell, Clay, Blakely, Harmon, Dillion & Pasteur and buys a farm in Hooterville, sight unseen. The locals are astounded that Haney had managed to unload the place…

Lisa's First Day On the Farm
Episode 2. Lisa's First Day On the Farm
1965-09-22

Lisa gets her first look at their dilipidated--and empty--farmhouse and is horrified. Oily Mr. Haney, who previously owned the dump, took everything with him, including the bathroom fixtures, and tries to resell them to Oliver. Eb, one of…

The Decorator
Episode 3. The Decorator
1965-09-29

Oliver wants to start farming but Lisa demands he have their house redecorated first. Sam Drucker recommends a decorator from Pixley. Kate Bradley tries to tutor Lisa in the kitchen since she doesn't know the first thing about cooking.…

The Best Laid Plans
Episode 4. The Best Laid Plans
1965-10-06

While Oliver makes plans to get the farm in working order, Lisa travels to New York to pack up their furniture. The Hooterville locals begin gossiping, assuming Lisa left him for good. While she's in the city, Oliver's mother connects her…

My Husband, the Rooster Renter
Episode 5. My Husband, the Rooster Renter
1965-10-13 · 30 min

Mr. Haney rents Bertram the rooster to Oliver for fifty cents a day. Unfortunately, he's a "pecker", not a "crower", so he also gets a chicken named Alice. Oliver then sets about getting a phone installed in the kitchen (though the line…

Furniture, Furniture, Who's Got the Furniture?
Episode 6. Furniture, Furniture, Who's Got the Furniture?
1965-10-20 · 30 min

Oliver's mother sends the Douglases their furniture from New York, while she also rides down to visit them. While Oliver and Lisa wait for the furniture to arrive, Eunice is stuck with Uncle Joe on his handcar, getting to Hooterville.…

Neighborliness
Episode 7. Neighborliness
1965-10-27

Oliver is frustrated because, among other problems, his new plow won't arrive in time for planting season. Uncle Joe has a solution that, naturally, benefits him as well. He charges farmers one dollar each to enter a plowing contest,…

Lisa the Helpmate
Episode 8. Lisa the Helpmate
1965-11-03

Oliver has collected soil samples from his farm for the university to analyze. When the samples are accidentally spilled, Oliver's mother siezes the opportunity to get her son off the farm; she mixed the dirt with products from her…

You Can't Plug in a 2 with a 6
Episode 9. You Can't Plug in a 2 with a 6
1965-11-10 · 30 min

It's planting time in Hooterville and Oliver is shocked that the locals make their crop choices based on aches and pains. Back on the farm, Oliver assigns every electrical device a number from one to seven in an effort to keep their…

Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
Episode 10. Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
1965-11-17

With their phone still not connected, Oliver asks Mr. Kimball to put some pressure on his mother, who owns the telephone company. Kimball says he and his mother aren't speaking, but Oliver convinces him to make up with her. His mom is so…

Parity Begins at Home
Episode 11. Parity Begins at Home
1965-11-24

Oliver wants to plant wheat on all 160 of his acres, but the local agricultural committee says he can only do eight. Incensed, Oliver takes his complaints all the way to Washington. Surprisingly, Haney sides with Oliver and prepares to…

Lisa Has a Calf
Episode 12. Lisa Has a Calf
1965-12-08

Fearful that Mr. Haney will lay claim to Eleanor's calf, the Douglases decide to keep the cow's pregnancy a secret. The Hooterville gossips get part of the story right, except they think it's Lisa who's expecting.

The Wedding Anniversary
Episode 13. The Wedding Anniversary
1965-12-15

While Oliver tries to recall how long he's been married to Lisa, she flashes back to last year's anniversary which ended with them in jail. The trouble began when a panicked Oliver found corn bores in his terrace garden. His mother,…

What Happened in Scranton?
Episode 14. What Happened in Scranton?
1965-12-22

Lisa is shocked that Hooterville doesn't have a beauty salon. She calls her mother-in-law who ships out her hair dresser, Claude. (She blackmails him with one word: "Scranton".) Setting up shop on the Cannonball, he gives the Hooterville…

How to Enlarge a Bedroom
Episode 15. How to Enlarge a Bedroom
1965-12-29

After Lisa delivers an ultimatum, Oliver hires incompetent carpenters Alf and Ralph Monroe to enlarge the tiny bedroom. The Monroes have just begun moving the walls when the building inspector, the father of Eb's girlfriend, "disapproves"…

Give Me Land, Lots Of Land
Episode 16. Give Me Land, Lots Of Land
1966-01-05

Lisa is against buying neighboring property owned by the Watsons until she see their farmhouse. Thinking the house is part of the deal, Lisa sells the Watsons' furniture to Mr. Haney and has their things brought over. All of this happens…

I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman
Episode 17. I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman
1966-01-19 · 30 min

Oliver is allowed to join the Hooterville Volunteer Fire Department if he'll play an instrument in their marching band. As Chief Joe Carson explains, they have more parades than fires. Patriotic speeches follow as Oliver takes his new…

Lisa Bakes a Cake
Episode 18. Lisa Bakes a Cake
1966-01-26

Oliver's upset that Lisa listed him the new phone directory as an attorney. He fears he'll be flooded with calls wanting his legal advice. Instead, lawyer Douglas becomes cranky when his phone doesn't ring. Meanwhile, Lisa tackles a…

Sprained Ankle, Country Style
Episode 19. Sprained Ankle, Country Style
1966-02-02 · 30 min

While fixing the TV antenna, Oliver falls through the roof and sprains his ankle. A parade of Hooterville residents shows up to give their regards while he's off his feet, but instead of sharing the food they've made for him, they crowd…

The Price of Apples
Episode 20. The Price of Apples
1966-02-09 · 30 min

Oliver will make considerable more on his apple crop if he gets his to market first. He hires local highschoolers to pick the fruit and uses their old truck to haul them. As the rickety truck suffers numerous breakdowns, the apple prices…

What's In a Name?
Episode 21. What's In a Name?
1966-02-16 · 30 min

Ralph Monroe finds herself smitten with Hank Kimball, but discovers that he won't date a woman with a man's name. She asks Oliver to file court papers to have her name changed to something more feminine. While in court, Oliver learns that…

The Day of Decision
Episode 22. The Day of Decision
1966-02-23 · 30 min

Lisa agreed to try out Green Acres for six months. Today's the day she decides whether to stay in Hooterville or return to New York. Everyone anxiously awaits her decision. In the meantime, Oliver flashes back to their first days on the…

A Pig In a Poke
Episode 23. A Pig In a Poke
1966-03-09 · 30 min

Oliver is invited to New York to be the guest speaker at a Harvard alumni banquet but he arrives with an unexpected stowaway. Meanwhile, the Ziffels fear that they'll lose Arnold to Mr. Haney, who's trying to take the pig in lieu of a…

The Deputy
Episode 24. The Deputy
1966-03-16 · 30 min

Sam Drucker's off for a two-week vacation to visit his sister, leaving Oliver to take over his duties as deputy sheriff. Complications ensue when Oliver demonstrates how to use a pair of handcuffs to Lisa before discovering that he's lost…

Double Drick
Episode 25. Double Drick
1966-03-23 · 30 min

Tired of repairing the rickety generator that Haney sold him, Oliver checks on the status of his electricity. Learning that his application was never mailed, Oliver decides to deal with the power company in person. He finds that nothing…

The Ballad of Molly Turgis
Episode 26. The Ballad of Molly Turgis
1966-04-06

Oliver wants to write a folk song about local legend Molly Turgis, a woman so ugly she was run out of Hooterville. Facts are hard to come by, though, because the mere mention of her name causes bad to happen. Lisa feels sorry for Molly…

Never Look a Gift Tractor in the Mouth
Episode 27. Never Look a Gift Tractor in the Mouth
1966-04-27 · 30 min

Lisa wants to surprise Oliver with a new tractor for his birthday. To keep it out of sight, she has it delivered to the Ziffels' farm. The old couple mistakes it as a gift from Mrs. Douglas, leading Doris to think that Fred and Lisa are…

Send a Boy to College
Episode 28. Send a Boy to College
1966-05-04 · 30 min

Eb's talent for curing sick animals leads the Douglases to send him to veterinarian school. Unfortunately, his college career is short-lived due to one small oversite.

Horse? What Horse?
Episode 29. Horse? What Horse?
1966-05-11

Lisa belives that Oliver's beginning to crack under the pressure of running the farm. After Oliver claims to have seen a spotted horse and a zebra, she calls Doc Watson to give him a checkup. Lisa's attempt to slip Oliver a sedative…

The Rains Came
Episode 30. The Rains Came
1966-05-18

A drought in Hooterville has crops wilting in the fields. Oliver is so desperate, he agrees to pay Haney $350 if he can bring some relief. That's when Haney presents dancing Chief Thundercloud. When the rains eventually arrive, Oliver…

Culture
Episode 31. Culture
1966-05-25

The "Every Other Wednesday Afternoon Discussion Club" decides to bring culture to the valley by starting the Hooterville Symphony Orchestra. Oliver calls the women "nuts" for considering such a ridiculous idea. Undeterred, Lisa calls her…

Uncle Ollie
Episode 32. Uncle Ollie
1966-06-01

Oliver's groovy nephew arrives in Hooterville on his motorcycle with long hair, hip lingo and no interest in work. Chuck is excellent with motors, however, and proceeds to "soup up" all the vehicles in the valley. The easily influenced Eb…

Season 2
Season 2
30 episodes · 1966
Wings Over Hooterville
Episode 1. Wings Over Hooterville
1966-09-14

Lisa tells the story of how she and Oliver met. During WWII, Oliver's plane was shot down and he was stranded in a tree. Lisa rescues Oliver, but doesn't trust him because he ""spends more time talking than smooching"". After Lisa's…

Water, Water Everywhere
Episode 2. Water, Water Everywhere
1966-09-21

Mr. Haney has Willie the well-witcher to witch him a new well. But when Mr. Haney has plenty of water, Oliver loses his water. The same thing happens when Oliver has a new well witched, then the Ziffels run out of water. When they get a…

I Didn't Raise My Pig to Be a Soldier
Episode 3. I Didn't Raise My Pig to Be a Soldier
1966-09-28

When the Ziffels go on a second honeymoon at Niagra Falls, they leave Arnold with Oliver and Lisa. While there, Arnold is drafted by the U.S. Army.

How to See South America By Bus
Episode 4. How to See South America By Bus
1966-10-05

Oliver ends up with a new client named Collins, who turns out to be a very attractive woman, whose first name is Amy, who wants Oliver's legal help about her farm. Oliver has to make regular visits to Amy's farm to help her with her farm.…

The Ugly Duckling
Episode 5. The Ugly Duckling
1966-10-19

Ralph Monroe is devastated when Mr. Kimball turns her down again. Lisa decides to help Ralph out, by making her more feminine. Oliver is forced to sleep in the barn with Eb, while Lisa works day and night to doll up Ralph. Later, at a…

One of Our Assemblymen is Missing
Episode 6. One of Our Assemblymen is Missing
1966-10-26

Oliver's back on his soap box, delivering fiery patriotic speeches after getting a bill for the State Farm Unattached Duty Tax. No one in Hooterville seems to know what the tax is for, so Oliver tries to contact his assemblyman. That's…

The Good Old Days
Episode 7. The Good Old Days
1966-11-02

Lisa is homesick for the Park Avenue penthouse. So Oliver tells her the story of Gus and Etta, a farmer and his Hungarian wife who are broken and poor, but make the best of their new-found farm life. Unfortunately, the story ends with…

Eb Discovers the Birds and the Bees
Episode 8. Eb Discovers the Birds and the Bees
1966-11-09

Eb suddenly discovers he has feelings for Betty Jo Bradley. Eb wants nothing more than to date her, but the advice Oliver gives him, calls the date off, when Eb won't let Betty Jo choose where to go for an evening, and Eb discovers that…

The Hooterville Image
Episode 9. The Hooterville Image
1966-11-16

The Hooterville farmers have decided that Oliver is ruining the town's image by doing his farming chores in a suit. Oliver eventually gives in to their demand to wear overalls, but they weren't planning on the fur-covered pair that Lisa's…

You Ought to Be in Pictures
Episode 10. You Ought to Be in Pictures
1966-11-23

James Stuart from the agricultural department wants to do a film on the pitfalls of new farmers. The locals think "Jimmy Stewart" is coming to make a big Hollywood movie so they all enroll in Haney's acting school. In the meantime,…

A Home Isn't Built in a Day
Episode 11. A Home Isn't Built in a Day
1966-11-30

Tired of living in a dump, Lisa demands some serious home improvements. Oliver fires the Monroe brothers and hires an architect to draw up plans. Renovations come to a screeching halt thanks to the Monroes' picket line and famous…

A Square is Not Round
Episode 12. A Square is Not Round
1966-12-14

The Douglases try to determine which of their hens is laying square eggs. Once word gets out, Haney and a chicken breeder both want in on the action. Oddly, the cube-shaped eggs don't worry Oliver nearly as much as their toaster that…

An Old Fashioned Christmas
Episode 13. An Old Fashioned Christmas
1966-12-21 · 30 min

Oliver decides to have an old fashioned Christmas by chopping down a tree off his property. Mr. Haney warns him that it's against the law to chop down a tree on his own property. So Oilver goes to Drucker's & asks Sam if there's such a…

Never Trust a Little Old Lady
Episode 14. Never Trust a Little Old Lady
1966-12-28

It's tomato planting season and Oliver needs some useful weather information. Hooterville relies on WPIXL-TV's Mildred, a little old lady who prances out of her dollhouse, or Walter, the singing weatherman. Both are constantly wrong so…

School Days
Episode 15. School Days
1967-01-04

Oliver spends a lot of time in the principal's office when Lisa enrolls at Hooterville High. In school primarily for a cooking course, she also disrupts history class with her own version of Hungary's past, distroys the womens' showers…

His Honor
Episode 16. His Honor
1967-01-11

Oliver misunderstands when the Hooterville bigwigs ask him to be a judge. He thinks he's being appointed an appellate judge but they just want him to judge apples at the county fair. The Douglases travel to New York so Oliver can get some…

It's So Peaceful in the Country
Episode 17. It's So Peaceful in the Country
1967-01-18

Oliver's mother needs bed rest so what better place than her son's farm. All she has to do is ignore Alf and Ralph's drilling, Haney's tour group, a group of dancing Sioux Indians and their chief who think's she's a looker.

Exodus to Bleedswell
Episode 18. Exodus to Bleedswell
1967-01-25

The residents of Hooterville flock to nearby Bleedswell for jobs at the new defense plant. To keep people from leaving, Hooterville reopens its old airplane factory to fulfill its contract with the Army--signed during WWI.

It's Human to Be Humane
Episode 19. It's Human to Be Humane
1967-02-01

Bored and looking for a project, Lisa becomes the head of the "Hooterville Human Humane Committee". She takes her cause to the extreme, declaring everything from duck hunting to selling chicken eggs off limits. Soon, the Douglases house…

Never Take Your Wife to a Convention
Episode 20. Never Take Your Wife to a Convention
1967-02-08

The only thing Oliver learns at a farming convention is how to get a hangover. He and Lisa meet up with Charlie, a former gangster-turned-farmer, and Wanda, his floozy dancer wife. The more Charlie talks about his farm, the more Oliver's…

The Computer Age
Episode 21. The Computer Age
1967-02-15

A desperate Ralph Monroe joins a computer dating service to meet a husband. Oliver thinks it's a great idea since computers are always right. Lisa thinks they can't possibly take the place of romance, so she challenges Oliver to test…

Never Start Talking Unless Your Voice Comes Out
Episode 22. Never Start Talking Unless Your Voice Comes Out
1967-02-22

Oliver has to choose between being a farmer or lawyer when he gets an offer to practice in Washington, D. C. The official-looking letter, however, has the locals convinced that Oliver is hiding an juicy secret from them. After ruling out…

The Beverly Hillbillies
Episode 23. The Beverly Hillbillies
1967-03-01

When the cast takes ill, the Douglases take to the stage in a charity production of The Beverly Hillbillies. After Eb "punches up" a script from the series, Hank Kimball plays Jed Clampett, Oliver appears as Jethro and Lisa portrays…

Lisa's Vegetable Garden
Episode 24. Lisa's Vegetable Garden
1967-03-08

According to Oliver, every farm wife should be growing her own vegetables so Lisa starts her own garden. Armed with useless pamphlets from Mr. Kimball and a flask of perfume, Lisa begins work. It's hardly a money-saving proposition after…

The Saucer Season
Episode 25. The Saucer Season
1967-03-15

Once Eb's wild story about meeting space aliens hits the press, tourists descend on the Douglas farm to meet the new celebrity. Oliver's more concerned about the crowd trampling his crops, but the Air Force takes his claim seriously...at…

Getting Even With Haney
Episode 26. Getting Even With Haney
1967-03-22

Tired of Doris' nagging about having to beat their laundry on a rock in the creek, Fred buys a Grabwell washing machine from Mr. Haney. The boat motor in a barrel goes berzerk, spraying water and clothes everywhere before chasing the…

Kimball Gets Fired
Episode 27. Kimball Gets Fired
1967-03-29

Ralph is distraught when her beloved "Hankie" Kimball is fired as the county agricultural agent. His replacement is so rude and insulting that even Oliver is plotting to get Kimball rehired. His scheme is to scare the new guy away by…

The Vulgar Ring Story
Episode 28. The Vulgar Ring Story
1967-04-12

Lisa says that woman in her family must marry an American every fourth generation to keep the huge ring she now wears. She regales Hooterville with the story of her great, great grandmother, the Queen of the Gypsies, and her courtship of…

Who's Lisa?
Episode 29. Who's Lisa?
1967-04-19

While fixing the roof, Oliver accidentally drops a hammer on Lisa's head, giving her amnesia. Initially, he's upset because she doesn't even recognize him. He begins to suspect she's faking so he'll take her to New York for the opening of…

Music to Milk By
Episode 30. Music to Milk By
1967-04-26

Eb becomes obsessed with winning a contest on a Pixley radio station. To identify all the songs, he has to listen day and night. That becomes even harder after Elenaor the cow swallows the radio Oliver just bought Eb for his birthday.

Season 3
Season 3
30 episodes · 1967
The Man For the Job
Episode 1. The Man For the Job
1967-09-06

The committee to select a new state senator considers Oliver Douglas for the job.

Lisa's Jam Session
Episode 2. Lisa's Jam Session
1967-09-13

Oliver decides it would be a great idea for Lisa to make her own jam preserves.

Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel
Episode 3. Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel
1967-09-20

An unlikely but hilarious love affair between Arnold the pig and Cynthia the basset hound captivates the residents of Hooterville.

Oliver vs. the Phone Company
Episode 4. Oliver vs. the Phone Company
1967-09-27

Oliver starts a feud with the Hooterville Phone Company and launches a campaign to recall its management.

Oliver Takes Over the Phone Company
Episode 5. Oliver Takes Over the Phone Company
1967-10-04

Mr. Trendell turns over the keys of the Hooterville Phone Company to Oliver Douglas.

A Kind Word For the President
Episode 6. A Kind Word For the President
1967-10-11

Oliver sets out to accomplish to changes at the Hooterville Phone Company, now that he's president.

Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked
Episode 7. Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked
1967-10-18

Oliver sets out to harvest his tomato crops.

Eb Elopes
Episode 8. Eb Elopes
1967-10-25

Oliver and Lisa wake up one morning to find that their handyman has eloped.

The Thing
Episode 9. The Thing
1967-11-01

Oliver stops paying storage rates for an item that neither he nor Lisa can remember owning, and the unknown item is shipped to the farm.

Das Lumpen
Episode 10. Das Lumpen
1967-11-08

Lisa tells another war story - this one details how she saved Oliver from the Nazis during World War II and how their romance began.

Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel?
Episode 11. Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel?
1967-11-15

The residents of Hooterville are in an uproar when Arnold Ziffel the pig is missing.

Jealousy, English Style
Episode 12. Jealousy, English Style
1967-11-22

Oliver informs Lisa that he plans to attend a farm symposium without her.

Haney's New Image
Episode 13. Haney's New Image
1967-11-29

When Mr. Haney finds out first that the Douglas farm is the possible site for an interchange for a proposed new highway, he offers to buy back the farm.

Alf and Ralph Break Up
Episode 14. Alf and Ralph Break Up
1967-12-13

Ralph, the lady carpenter, runs away from home and stays with the Douglases after having a fight with her brother, Alf.

No Trespassing
Episode 15. No Trespassing
1967-12-20

Oliver shows symptoms of overwork, so Lisa talks him into going on a picnic.

Eb Returns
Episode 16. Eb Returns
1967-12-27

The Douglas' handyman returns home from his honeymoon and reveals that he did not get married.

Not Guilty
Episode 17. Not Guilty
1968-01-03

Eb is accused of taking $300 from Sam Drucker's safe when he shows up with a new car, which just happens to cost $300.

Home is Where You Run Away From
Episode 18. Home is Where You Run Away From
1968-01-10

A mysterious young boy shows up at the Douglas farm and claims to be from another world.

How to Suceed in Television Without Really Trying
Episode 19. How to Suceed in Television Without Really Trying
1968-01-24

Lisa invests $28 in a 10-year-old's "Electric Company;" to show his gratitude, the young wizard "electronificates" the Douglases' farm.

Arnold, Boy Hero
Episode 20. Arnold, Boy Hero
1968-01-31

Lisa and Oliver are taken hostage by two bank robbers who hide out in their farmhouse.

Flight to Nowhere
Episode 21. Flight to Nowhere
1968-02-07

As part of an agricultural exchange program, Oliver and other Hooterville farmers are offered a chance to join a chartered government flight to Europe.

My Mother, the Countess
Episode 22. My Mother, the Countess
1968-02-14

Lisa reveals that her mother, the Countess, is going to pay a visit to Green Acres.

The Spring Festival
Episode 23. The Spring Festival
1968-02-21

Spring fever sets in at Green Acres when Lisa sets out to produce a Spring festival celebration.

Our Son, the Barber
Episode 24. Our Son, the Barber
1968-02-28 · 30 min

Eb decides on a career as a barber and talks Oliver into putting him through a do-it-yourself mail-order barber college.

Oliver's Jaded Past
Episode 25. Oliver's Jaded Past
1968-03-06 · 30 min

Lisa reminds Oliver that he promised her a New York vacation if she stayed with him on the farm for two years.

The Hungarian Curse
Episode 26. The Hungarian Curse
1968-03-13 · 30 min

A fellow Hungarian, Lazlo Broslav, visits Lisa and becomes an unwanted house guest. It is revealed that Lazlo once saved the life of Lisa's uncle, and now her family must repay the debt.

The Rutabaga Story
Episode 27. The Rutabaga Story
1968-03-20 · 30 min

Oliver decides that all Hooterville farmers should plant rutabagas as their primary cash crop, and initiates a publicity campaign to make America more "rutabaga conscious."

Instant Family
Episode 28. Instant Family
1968-03-27

When an expectant mother goes into labor, Oliver takes her to the hospital, and Lisa takes her seven other children to live with the Douglases until she recovers.

A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 1)
Episode 29. A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 1)
1968-04-03 · 30 min

Arnold the pig appears in a play at the Hooterville Theater. Lisa arranges for an old friend to give him a chance in show business.

A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 2)
Episode 30. A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 2)
1968-04-10 · 30 min

Oliver and Lisa chaperone Arnold's trip to Hollywood, where he lands a starring role in a motion picture.

Season 4
Season 4
26 episodes · 1968
Guess Who's Not Going to the Luau?
Episode 1. Guess Who's Not Going to the Luau?
1968-09-25 · 30 min

Peterson's Poi Juice is giving away a trip to Hawaii and Arnold Ziffel is chosen as the winner. When the ad agency rep meets Arnold and discovers he's not a human, he tries to disqualify the swine. Famous pig lawyer Oliver Douglas is…

The Rummage Sale
Episode 2. The Rummage Sale
1968-10-02 · 30 min

The Douglases are asked to donate old clothing to a charity rummage sale. Lisa is glad to give away Oliver's entire wardrobe, but can't part with any of her dresses. Each has a memory attached, leading to flashbacks of Oliver asking…

Hail to the Fire Chief
Episode 3. Hail to the Fire Chief
1968-10-16 · 30 min

Scheming to get Oliver to pay his way to a convention, Fire Chief Joe Carson appoints him as his assistant. Instead, Oliver finds the Hooterville Fire Department to be inept and ill-prepared. Oliver's call for improvements results in…

Eb's Romance
Episode 4. Eb's Romance
1968-10-23 · 30 min

Eb announces his engagement to Loreli Appleby, a girl he met the day before. In an attempt to impress his future father-in-law, Eb succeeds in destroying the farmer's cabbage crop. To get back in the man's good graces, Eb pawns Oliver's…

The Candidate
Episode 5. The Candidate
1968-10-30 · 30 min

Fed up with the lousy condition of the Hooterville highway, Oliver launches an attack on their beloved state district representative, Ben Hanks. The folksy, duck-calling, guitar-playing politician proves too wily for Oliver, even when…

Handy Lessons
Episode 6. Handy Lessons
1968-11-06 · 30 min

Wanting to be a bigger help to Oliver, Lisa decides to learn carpentry. She buys overalls and begins to study the craft from the inept Monroe brothers. Lisa's talents result in destruction in Monroes' workshop and earns Oliver a punch in…

A Husband For Eleanor
Episode 7. A Husband For Eleanor
1968-11-13 · 30 min

Oliver plans to leave Eleanor with Mr. Cowan's bull Dudley so she'll birth a calf and start giving milk again. However, Lisa complicates matters when she wants to make sure Eleanor has a good "husband" with bright prospects. No bull Lisa…

Old Mail Day
Episode 8. Old Mail Day
1968-11-20 · 30 min

It's "Old Mail Day" and Sam Drucker hands out letters that have gotten misplaced in his post office. Having learned nothing from his previous letter-writing fiascos, an upset Oliver complains to the Postmaster General for delivery…

The Agricultural Student
Episode 9. The Agricultural Student
1968-11-27 · 30 min

The Agricultural Department is sending a student to learn the ropes from agent Hank Kimball. No one's too interested until Terry turns out to be an attractive blonde co-ed. All the men of Hooterville, eligible and otherwise, fall over…

How Hooterville was Floundered
Episode 10. How Hooterville was Floundered
1968-12-11 · 30 min

After Joe Carson quits as head of the Hooterville centennial celebration, Oliver gets the job. His idea is to stage a re-enactment of the town's founding starring he and Lisa as Horace and Doris Hooter. In the dramatization, saloon girl…

The Blue Feather
Episode 11. The Blue Feather
1968-12-18 · 30 min

Lisa's convinced that Hungarian gypsies have placed a curse on her when she receives a dreaded blue feather in the mail. To "de-hexify" her, Haney sells Lisa a ridiculous recipe that she mixes up, places in a green purse, and hangs…

How to Get from Hooterville to Pixley Without Moving
Episode 12. How to Get from Hooterville to Pixley Without Moving
1968-12-25

After Oliver orders the Monroe brothers to finish work on the bedroom, they confess that they never got a building permit. Oliver storms off to get one himself, only to discover his barn is in Hooterville but his house is in Pixley.…

The Birthday Gift
Episode 13. The Birthday Gift
1969-01-01

For Lisa's birthday gift, Oliver plans to gets her a horse. Mr Haney delivers one, and it's not your average nag. Its name is Mr. Fred, a talking horse who's also a has-been TV star. Meanwhile, the locals decide that Lisa has a drinking…

Everywhere a Chick Chick
Episode 14. Everywhere a Chick Chick
1969-01-08 · 30 min

Oliver has the bad idea of getting into the chicken raising business. Haney wants to sell him a ridiculous egg laying contraption, the Monroe brothers build a disastrous chicken coop, and Lisa wants to raise the chicks as human children.…

The Marital Vacation
Episode 15. The Marital Vacation
1969-01-15

Even though taking separate vacations was Lisa's idea, she misses Oliver before she even gets to the airport. Her constant phone calls and the goofy locals who think he tossed her out of the house irritate Oliver to no end. He gives up…

A Prize in Every Package
Episode 16. A Prize in Every Package
1969-01-22 · 30 min

Criminals rob a jewelry store in Chicago and stash their haul in a grain bin. The expensive gems end up packed in boxes of Crickly Wickly cereal shipped to Hooterville. Lisa knows real jewels when she sees them, but Oliver's sure they're…

Law Partners
Episode 17. Law Partners
1969-01-29 · 30 min

Recent law school graduate Brian Williams pitches Oliver on joining him in a new practice. After another of his patriotic speeches, this time about law, Oliver is ready to hang out his shingle. Meanwhile, Lisa is excited about becoming…

A Day in the Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Episode 18. A Day in the Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes
1969-02-05 · 30 min

The law office of Douglas and Williams is open for business, even though the sign has Oliver Mendell Douglas (later Oliver Wendell Wilkie Holmes) listed as a partner. Unqualified secretary Lisa destroys a office typewriter before having…

Economy Flight to Washington
Episode 19. Economy Flight to Washington
1969-02-12 · 30 min

The Hooterville Young People's Agricultural Society, comprised of Eb, Hank and Arnold, flies to Washington, D. C. for the national convention. When the stewardess tries to throw the pig off the DC-3, the Douglases come on board to smooth…

Retreat From Washington
Episode 20. Retreat From Washington
1969-02-19 · 30 min

With the Douglases in Washington, the "Haney Farm Mindin' Service" leases out their house (for $4 a day) to a couple with six children. Meanwhile in D.C., Lisa and Eb go to the White House to have unannounced lunch with the president,…

A Hunting We Won't Go
Episode 21. A Hunting We Won't Go
1969-02-26 · 30 min

After a friendly doe wanders onto the farm, Lisa starts a drive to ban deer hunting. When the governor arrives in Hooterville for the start of hunting season, Lisa presents him with her petition. He threatens Oliver and Lisa with jail…

Oh, Promise Me
Episode 22. Oh, Promise Me
1969-03-05

A check of their their marriage license revals that Oliver and Lisa aren't husband and wife. They'd been mistakenly given a license to practice dentistry. Refusing to stay in the house with a bachelor dentist, "Dr. Gronyitz" moves in with…

Eb Uses His Ingenuity
Episode 23. Eb Uses His Ingenuity
1969-03-12 · 30 min

Eb needs to raise $20 for his girlfriends birthday gift.

The Old Trunk
Episode 24. The Old Trunk
1969-03-19

From inside an old trunk Eb found in the barn, Lisa begins reading the diary of Lydia Plunkett who, in 1898, becomes a traveling saleswoman for a corset company. Lydia falls in love with rival salesman Harry Wright, whose career falters…

The Milk Maker
Episode 25. The Milk Maker
1969-03-26

Local inventor "Looney Luke" Needlinger has built a contraption that turns hay into milk. Convinced it will make them rich, Haney and Fred pitch Oliver on investing in the machine, but he thinks they're being conned. After seeing the milk…

The Reincarnation of Eb
Episode 26. The Reincarnation of Eb
1969-04-02

Oliver, Lisa and Eb talk about reincarnation after watching a movie about a grandfather who returns as a racehorse. Later, when Eb goes missing during a nasty thunderstorm, Lisa is worried sick that something bad has happened to him.…

Season 5
Season 5
26 episodes · 1969
Lisa's Mudder Comes for a Visit
Episode 1. Lisa's Mudder Comes for a Visit
1969-09-27

Lisa's 'mudder' (mother) pays a surprise visit to the Hooterville farm and promptly takes over as a three-week house guest.

Everybody Tries to Love a Countess
Episode 2. Everybody Tries to Love a Countess
1969-10-04

Oliver loses all hopes of getting rid of his mother-in-law when Mr Haney and Uncle Joe Carson vie to become his father-in-law.

Where There's a Will
Episode 3. Where There's a Will
1969-10-11 · 30 min

Fred Ziffel finds out that Arnold may in line for a inheritance. Arnold has the ability to predict the weather with his tail, supposedely making him a direct discendant of Herman, a spokespig who could also do the same. All of…

A Tale of a Tail
Episode 4. A Tale of a Tail
1969-10-18

Oliver takes Arnold the Pig Chicago to receive Arnold's inheritance of $20,000,000. Arnold is a direct discendant of Herman, a pig who could predict the weather with his tail. However, Oliver soon finds it difficult watching after a pig…

You and Your Big Shrunken Head
Episode 5. You and Your Big Shrunken Head
1969-10-25

When the Douglases, Eb, and Arnold return from Chicago, Arnold becomes a gift-bearing pig. He gives Mr. Kimball a wristwatch, Lisa an expensive braclet, and Oliver a shrunken head. Arnold soon finds himself the target of every seller from…

The Road
Episode 6. The Road
1969-11-01

Oliver's angry over Hooterville's dirt road, especially after learning the money to pave it was appropriated thirty years earlier. Never content to leave well enough alone, he descends on the state capitol demanding that something be…

Four of Spades
Episode 7. Four of Spades
1969-11-08

Lisa the fortune-teller predicts that a mysterious stranger will soon enter Oliver's life. That stranger is Tadpole Talbot, Eb's country music singing cousin. Tadpole hires Eb to go on the road and plug his music, but it's not nearly as…

The Youth Center
Episode 8. The Youth Center
1969-11-15

Alarmed by the dropping population of Hooterville, Oliver calls a town meeting to find a way to keep the young people from moving away. Lisa urges him not to become involved because his "goo dooding" always backfires, but he forges ahead…

The Special Delivery Letter
Episode 9. The Special Delivery Letter
1969-11-22

Oliver tries to pick up a special delivery letter that arrived for him at the Hooterville post office. He and Lisa end up traveling all over the valley because Drucker mistakenly gave it to Hank Kimball, who gave it to Fred Ziffel, who…

Oliver's Schoolgirl Crush
Episode 10. Oliver's Schoolgirl Crush
1969-11-29

The principal of Hootervile asks Oliver to address on of his classes, about job opportunities. While talking to the class a high school girl falls for Oliver. This makes Lisa jealous.

Ralph's Nuptials
Episode 11. Ralph's Nuptials
1969-12-13

Ralph finally squeezes a proposal out of a medicated Hank Kimball, sending a delighted Lisa into wedding planning mode. Even though the Haney-produced ceremony goes off without a hitch, the honeymoon with an absent-minded Hank doesn't.

Oliver and the Cornstalk
Episode 12. Oliver and the Cornstalk
1969-12-20

With minimal help from Eb, a stressed Oliver begins planting his corn crop. Lisa tries to be a useful farm wife by making dreadful lemonade which Oliver pours out onto the ground. The next morning at that spot, he finds a giant cornstalk…

Beauty is Skin Deep
Episode 13. Beauty is Skin Deep
1969-12-27

Sam Drucker stocks no "cosmeteticals" in his store, so Lisa offers to put together a display for him. When 395 cartons of Lady Love cosmetics are delivered, Lisa pushes Sam out the door and converts his business into a "beauty saloon".…

The Wish-Book
Episode 14. The Wish-Book
1970-01-03

The discovery of a Wish Book from 1898 leads Haney to tell the story of Calvin and Tessie Whittaker, who once owned the Douglases' house. When a magic lantern is mistakenly delivered by the catalog company, Calvin opens a Wall Picture…

Rest and Relaxation
Episode 15. Rest and Relaxation
1970-01-10

Oliver's old friend, reporter Mort Warner, comes to Hooterville to relax and soothe his rattled nerves. He's ready to flee in less than one day. Mort is frightened by Lisa's syrupy coffee, hosed down with oil by Oliver's rickety tractor,…

Trapped
Episode 16. Trapped
1970-01-17

Oliver and Lisa find a basement in their house. While exploring it, they find themselfs trapped. They send a sos up the kitchen sink drain for help.

Bundle of Joy
Episode 17. Bundle of Joy
1970-01-24

While Oliver's in New Yorkfinishing a casefor his old law firm, Lisa and Eb discover "Little Freddie" on the doorstep. Oliver panics when Lisa calls and tells him about the baby, but fails to mention it's a baby dog. Unable to talk Lina…

The Ex-Con
Episode 18. The Ex-Con
1970-01-31

Oliver gives another of his speeches, this one to the County Bar Association, encouraging the hiring of ex-convicts. This leads to his hiring of Willie Dunhill, a man who's spent so many years in prison, he can't adjust to life on the…

The Cow Killer
Episode 19. The Cow Killer
1970-02-07

Haney's latest attempt to cheat Oliver could land him in jail if he doesn't repay his $200 by six o'clock. He uses Oliver's irritation over Colby's renegade cow, the Douglases' cow Eleanor and a misplaced phony bovine to his advantage,…

The Confrontation
Episode 20. The Confrontation
1970-02-14

In just his first day as the School Board President, Oliver has started a grammar school protest. The kids are upset that their mascot, Arnold, has been thrown out for popping his teacher with a pea shooter. Fred asks Oliver to represent…

The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud
Episode 21. The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud
1970-02-28

Oliver unintentionally provides the motive for the residents of Hooterville to illegally receive more than $500,000 from the Internal Revenue Service. The locals think all they have to do is write in and state their losses--not…

The Picnic
Episode 22. The Picnic
1970-03-07

Oliver wants to have a simple, romantic Sunday picnic with Lisa. His afternoon for two turns into an irritating crowd when everyone invites themselves and tags along. Joining the couple are Eb, his girlfriend Linda and her accordion, her…

The Beeping Rock
Episode 23. The Beeping Rock
1970-03-21

A wild story told by an 11-year-old about his recent trip to the moon enthralls Eb and Lisa. Oliver believes none of it, especially when the kid sells Lisa a "moon rock" for $14. But once the rock starts beeping under the moonlight (and…

Uncle Fedor
Episode 24. Uncle Fedor
1970-03-28

Lisa's skittish Uncle Fedor uses the Douglases home to hide out--mostly under the bed and sofa. He claims he's on the run from the Secet Police who want him for smuggling a secret formula. When a man with a scar and another without an ear…

The Wealthy Landowner
Episode 25. The Wealthy Landowner
1970-04-11

In a personals ad, Eb advertises himself as a wealthy landowner. He begins communicating with a woman with a Park Avenue address, prompting him to exaggerate his worth even more. By the time she arrives for a visit, Eb is passing the…

Happy Birthday
Episode 26. Happy Birthday
1970-04-11

It's Oliver's birthday, and everyone but him wants to celebrate. It also (coincidentally) happens to be Arnold's birthday too. Everyone tries to persuade Oliver to get Arnold a birthday present, while he thinks he deserves one because…

Season 6
Season 6
26 episodes · 1970
The City Kids
Episode 1. The City Kids
1970-09-15

Four children from the city spend a week on the farm with the Douglases. While Oliver teaches them to plant seeds and milk a cow, Lisa falls in love with the little girl of the group, Lori. The two bond over a batch of banana jelly.

The Coming-Out Party
Episode 2. The Coming-Out Party
1970-09-22 · 30 min

Lori, the little girl who missed the train back to the city, is staying with the Douglases. Lisa's plan to introduce her to the local children by having a party and gets out of hand; the festivities grow to include an elephant and Haney…

Jealousy
Episode 3. Jealousy
1970-09-29

Eb won't stop badgering "Dad" to buy him a car, though an increasingly irritated Oliver keeps saying no. Meanwhile, Lisa is busy lavishing gifts on little Lori. Feeling he's been replaced in the Douglas family, a dejected Eb runs away to…

A Royal Love Story
Episode 4. A Royal Love Story
1970-10-06 · 30 min

Lisa tells Lori yet another version of how she and Oliver met. In this one, she was living in a Paris apartment with her father, the deposed King of Hungary. While he was plotting his return to power, Lisa was working as a waitress at a…

Oliver Goes Broke
Episode 5. Oliver Goes Broke
1970-10-20 · 30 min

After saying good-bye to Lori at the airport, a distraught Lisa seeks a job to fill her days. When Haney spots her applying at the County Welfare office, he assumes she's there for the free soup. Soon, Hooterville's convinced "dumb dumb"…

The Great Mayoralty Campaign
Episode 6. The Great Mayoralty Campaign
1970-10-27 · 30 min

Mayorial candidate Oliver Douglas faces an opponent when the Hooterville women nominate Lisa to run. While the men plot to improve Oliver's image, Ralph Monroe wages a campaign of dirty tricks against him that includes hotscake batter in…

Eb's Double Trouble
Episode 7. Eb's Double Trouble
1970-11-10 · 30 min

The new schoolteacher, Carol, arrives in Hooterville and Eb's heart is aflutter. Eb's current local girlfriend(Darlene) wants to go to the dance which Eb asked Carol to. After seeking advice from Oliver and Mr. Haney, Eb hatches a plan to…

Apple-Picking Time
Episode 8. Apple-Picking Time
1970-11-17 · 30 min

Oliver has his first good apple crop, but the valley has no pickers. He suggests the farmers take turns picking each others' crops, but by the time they get to him, they're worn out. Compounding his problems, Lisa's driving lessons…

Enterprising Eb
Episode 9. Enterprising Eb
1970-11-24 · 30 min

Eb learns that $538 is not enough to build a house on the two acres the Douglases gave to him and Darlene. His schemes to raise a down payment include turning the Douglas farm into a bed and breakfast, a dump, and a trailer camp.

Oliver's Double
Episode 10. Oliver's Double
1970-12-01 · 30 min

Confusion takes over Hooterville as a bank robber and his girlfriend hold up in Pixley. The main problem is that the bank robber looks, and sounds exactly like Oliver Wendall Douglas! The first one to get confused is Eb, when he sees what…

The High Cost of Loving
Episode 11. The High Cost of Loving
1970-12-08 · 30 min

Wanting a better paying career, Eb enters the accounting program of a correspondence school. When they mistakenly enroll him in their acting course, Eb believes it's destiny calling. Despite a disastrous attempt at makeup, he studies by…

The Liberation Movement
Episode 12. The Liberation Movement
1970-12-15

After Lisa hears a women's liberation speaker, she demands that Oliver share the household chores while she runs the farm. While he meets with nothing but red tape while trying to build a tool shed, Lisa gets the permit and completes the…

Charlie, Homer and Natasha
Episode 13. Charlie, Homer and Natasha
1970-12-22 · 30 min

Oliver won't take Lisa to New York for a big party, but the issue isn't over. She conspires with Eb to invent new invisible friends, hoping the scheme will end with a trip to the city to visit a psychiatrist.

The Engagement Ring
Episode 14. The Engagement Ring
1970-12-29 · 30 min

Eb is sent packing when Darlene's dad learns he proposed to is daughter with a watch fob instead of a ring. Lisa gives Eb the $2000 ring Oliver used to get engaged to her and everyone is happy--until the father has the ring appraised.

The Free Paint Job
Episode 15. The Free Paint Job
1971-01-05 · 30 min

Oliver's happy to let a paint company put a fresh coat on the house as an advertising stunt. But to everyone's surprise, the wood is so porous, it sucks up the paint as quickly as it's applied. In the kitchen, Lisa is taking three weeks…

Son of Drobny
Episode 16. Son of Drobny
1971-01-12 · 30 min

Hooterville throws a celebration for the son of a war hero who Lisa claims delivered secret messages during WWII. Oliver tries to tell them that Drobny is just a "dumb duck" sent to them by Lisa's father, but they think he's just being a…

The Wedding Deal
Episode 17. The Wedding Deal
1971-01-19 · 30 min

With just two weeks until their wedding, Eb and Darlene still don't have a location for the ceremony. Mr. Haney's first suggestion, to have it for free at a car wash, doesn't wash. His second scheme, which comes complete with a household…

Star Witness
Episode 18. Star Witness
1971-01-26 · 30 min

When the Ziffels come down with the flu, Arnold the pig stays with the Douglases for a few days, complete with his baggage & ukelele. On a trip into Pixley, Arnold waits in the car, while the Doulases run an errand. Arnold witnesses the…

The Spot Remover
Episode 19. The Spot Remover
1971-02-02 · 30 min

Lisa's Uncle Boris sends her a jar of his incredibly effective cleaning fluid. It removes stains from suit coats and rugs, not to mention green from toupees. Seeing dollar signs, Haney sneaks a sample and has it analyzed; the secret…

King Oliver I
Episode 20. King Oliver I
1971-02-09 · 30 min

The govenor announces ""Our state is bankrupt"" and that he is raising taxes 52%. Hooterville responds by blowing up the bridge over the swamp and forming their own kingdom, headed by King Oliver the I. King Oliver is wearing a crown…

A Girl for Drobny
Episode 21. A Girl for Drobny
1971-02-16 · 30 min

Drobny the pet duck, which Lisa received from her uncle in Hungary, is lonesome. He annoys Oliver by playing his phonograph and dancing while Oliver is trying to do his taxes. Lisa sets out to perk up Drobny's loneliness by inviting…

The Carpenter's Ball
Episode 22. The Carpenter's Ball
1971-02-23 · 30 min

Ralph wants Hank to ask her to the Carpenter's Ball, but he comes up with feeble excuses to avoid going. Planning to get the two together at the event, Lisa asks Hank to be her date to the party. In no time, Hooterville is convinced that…

The Hole in the Porch
Episode 23. The Hole in the Porch
1971-03-02

While fixing a leaky sink pipe, Oliver is reminded that he needs to fix other things around the place, like the loose floorboard on the front porch. After checking it out, he determines it is dryrotted and needs to be replaced. He places…

Lisa the Psychologist
Episode 24. Lisa the Psychologist
1971-03-09 · 30 min

Lisa & Oliver decide to take a college course together in Pixley. Oliver chooses a farming course meeting on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays and Lisa decides on a Psychology course, simply because it meets on Tuesdays & Thursdays. After a…

Hawaiian Honeymoon
Episode 25. Hawaiian Honeymoon
1971-03-16

Lisa cons Oliver into taking a 'fifth' honeymoon together, this time in Hawaii. When they check into the honeymoon suite, they are unaware that the hotel manager's daughter, has given her friends the suite for their honeymoon also. Since…

The Ex-Secretary
Episode 26. The Ex-Secretary
1971-04-27

Oliver is looking through his old Christmas Cards to find the return address of an ex-secretary of his who had moved to California. He wants to contract her because when his watch broke before, his secretary at the time found a repair…

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misubisu
★ 10.0 / 10
## **Green Acres (1965) Review: A Perfect, Surrealist Masterpiece - 10/10** *Green Acres* isn't just a television show; it's a state of mind. A perfect, surrealist comedy that holds up with breathtaking brilliance to this day, it remains the gold standard for situational absurdity and character-driven chaos. From its iconic, operatic theme song that lays out the entire premise, you know you're in for something special—a sophisticated New York couple, Oliver and Lisa Douglas, trading penthouses for pestilence on a dilapidated farm in Hooterville. The genius of *Green Acres* is its unwavering commitment to its own bizarre internal logic. Oliver Wendell Douglas (the magnificently stoic Eddie Albert) is the ultimate straight man, a lawyer who believes reason and hard work can conquer all, constantly baffled by a world where nothing operates as it should. His wife, Lisa (the incomparable Eva Gabor), is his glamorous, mink-clad foil, who views their new life through a lens of charming incomprehension, famously trying to cook in a wood-burning stove with her high heels and cocktail dresses. The supporting cast is a gallery of comedic legends. **Mr. Haney's** shenanigans, as he cons Oliver with every visit, are a masterclass in sly, countryfied grift. And then there's **Arnold the Pig**, a character of such refined tastes and intelligence (with a clear love of watching television) that you never question his presence at town meetings. The physical comedy is timeless, from the tractor that has a mind of its own to the Douglas's bedroom cupboard door that perpetually slides off and falls to the floor, exposing the backyard at the most inopportune moments. ### The Verdict **10/10 - A Timeless, Unmatched Classic** *Green Acres* is a perfect show. Its humor, derived from the collision of urban rationality with rural surrealism, is as sharp and funny now as it was nearly sixty years ago. It’s a testament to its quality that you can start watching it at ten years old for the slapstick and appreciate its sophisticated satire and flawless performances as an adult. It is, and will always be, a joyful, brilliant, and utterly unique classic.
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safeinsanity
★ 10.0 / 10
Weren't we so lucky to grow up having shows like **Green Acres** to watch everyday when we were kids? This show was truly funny and everytime I watch it now it gives me that warm feeling of being a kid sitting on the floor in front of the TV and laughing at these amazing character actors who we were also blessed to have like Eddie Albert as **Oliver Douglas** and Eva Gabor as **Lisa Douglas**. Nobody today could ever be as funny as they were together playing this role. The show itself was also amazingly written and a totally different kind of situation comedy for it's time. We never seen anything like it before and we absolutely loved it! I sure hope nobody ever tries to re-make the series but I doubt they will as this type of comedy is no longer appealing to the younger generation which to me also makes it a classic jem.
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drystyx
★ 8.0 / 10
Green Acres is a bit before its time in modern TV, so it holds up well over time. It's a comedy about a lawyer with an upscale wife who decides he wants to be a farmer. It doesn't exactly go over the "fourth wall", but it climbs to the top of the fourth wall. Much of the comedy involves speaking about the mood music or the music score that is playing during the show. Actor Eddie Albert is the main straight man, although he farms in a suit and tie. Yeah, that's the straight man. Frank Cady as a store clerk, and sometimes Bea Benaderet as the local hotel keeper are about the only other "straight men/women" on the show. The others are "hoots" in Hooterville. The comedy runs from slapstick to sometimes a bit dry, so there is something for everyone.
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GenerationofSwine
★ 10.0 / 10
Thanks to Nick at Nite I still have the theme song and the advertisement for this memorized. And, honestly, there is a reason for it, it was hysterical. The humor and the fish out of water comedy stay with you. It is brilliant and stands the test of time.
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