| Green Acres | |
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 Aerial photo featured in the opening sequence |
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| Format | Sitcom |
| Created by | Jay Sommers |
| Starring | Eddie Albert Eva Gabor Pat Buttram Tom Lester Frank Cady Alvy Moore |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. Jay Sommers was a producer director and comedy writer whose career spanned four decades Edward Albert Heimberger ( April 22, 1906 &ndash May 26, 2005) better known as Eddie Albert, was an American Actor Eva Gabor ( February 11 1919 &ndash July 4 1995) was a Hungarian -born actress best known as Lisa Douglas, the Emmett Maxwell "Pat" Buttram ( June 19, 1915 – January 8, 1994) was an American Actor, famous for playing the Thomas William "Tom" Lester (born September 23, 1938 in Jackson Mississippi) is an American Actor and purports to be an Frank Cady (born September 8, 1915) is an American Actor best known for his role as storekeeper Sam Drucker in the Jack Alvin "Alvy" Moore (December 5 1921 &ndash May 4 1997 was an American light comic Actor best known for his role as scatterbrained The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 170 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Paul Henning |
| Running time | Excluding credits, about 23 minutes per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | September 15, 1965 – April 27, 1971 |
Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a woman from the New York city to move to a farm in the country with her husband. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Edward Albert Heimberger ( April 22, 1906 &ndash May 26, 2005) better known as Eddie Albert, was an American Actor Eva Gabor ( February 11 1919 &ndash July 4 1995) was a Hungarian -born actress best known as Lisa Douglas, the Produced by Filmways, Inc. as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was originally broadcast on CBS from September 15, 1965 to April 27, 1971. Filmways Inc was a Television and Film production company founded by American film executive Martin Ransohoff in 1960 Sister shows are two or more Television shows which exist in the same Fictional universe and which may have crossovers. Petticoat Junction is an American Situation comedy produced by Filmways, which originally aired on the CBS network from 1963 CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.
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Background
After the success of The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction, CBS offered producer Paul Henning another half-hour on the schedule with no pilot required. The Beverly Hillbillies is an American Television series about a Hillbilly family transplanted to Beverly Hills California after finding Petticoat Junction is an American Situation comedy produced by Filmways, which originally aired on the CBS network from 1963 CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Paul Henning ( September 16, 1911 &ndash March 25, 2005) was an American producer and Writer, most famous for A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. Lacking the time to commit to another project himself, he encouraged colleague Jay Sommers to create the series. Jay Sommers was a producer director and comedy writer whose career spanned four decades Sommers used his 1950 radio series, Granby's Green Acres, as the basis for the new television series. Old-Time Radio (OTR and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of Radio programming lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until The 13-episode radio series had starred Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet (who also appeared in the TV version) as a big-city family who move to the country. Gale Gordon ( February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995) was an American character actor Bea Benaderet ( April 4, 1906 &ndash October 13, 1968) was an American actress born in New York City and raised in
The television series Green Acres was about Oliver Wendell Douglas (Eddie Albert), an accomplished and erudite New York attorney who was acting on his lifelong dream to be a farmer, and Lisa Douglas (Eva Gabor), his glamorously bejeweled Hungarian wife, dragged unwillingly from the privileged city life she adored to a bucolic life on a ramshackle farm. Oliver Wendell Douglas was the major character in the 1960s CBS Situation comedy Green Acres. Edward Albert Heimberger ( April 22, 1906 &ndash May 26, 2005) better known as Eddie Albert, was an American Actor New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous A farmer is a person who raises living organisms for food or raw materials Lisa Douglas ( Née Gronyitz was the leading female character in the 1960s CBS Situation comedy Green Acres. Eva Gabor ( February 11 1919 &ndash July 4 1995) was a Hungarian -born actress best known as Lisa Douglas, the Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic A farm is an area of land including various structures devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food ( Produce, Grains, or Livestock The debut episode was a mock documentary about this big-city attorney's decision to move to a rural area, narrated by CBS newscaster John Charles Daly. John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly,(generally known by John Charles Daly or simply John Daly, February 20, 1914 &ndash February 24
Ostensibly a reverse Beverly Hillbillies, after the first few episodes the series shifted from a run-of-the-mill rural comedy and developed an absurdist world of its own. Absurdism is a Philosophy stating that the efforts of humanity to find meaning in the Universe ultimately fail (and hence are absurd because no such Though there were still many episodes that were standard 1960s sitcom fare, the show became notable for its surreal aspects that frequently included satire. Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human They also had an appeal to children due to the slapstick, silliness and schtick, though adults were able to appreciate it on a different level. Slapstick is a type of Comedy involving exaggerated physical violence or activities which exceed the boundaries of common sense such as a character being hit in the face with A shtick ( Yiddish: שטיק) (or schtick) is a comic theme or Gimmick.
It was set in the same universe as Henning's other rural television comedy Petticoat Junction, featuring such picturesque towns as Hooterville (miscalled "Hootersville" by Lisa), Pixley, Crabwell Corners and Stankwell Falls. Rural areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as "the country" and/or "the countryside over the course of time Hooterville was a Fictional town that was the setting of the American Television sitcoms Petticoat Junction and Pixley was the name of a town located from Hooterville in the fictional world of the American 1960s Sitcoms Green Acres and The shows shared characters on occasion. Other crossovers included that The Beverly Hillbillies TV show is enjoyed in Hooterville, that in the episode "The Beverly Hillbillies", the Green Acres cast take roles as the Hillbillies in a local production, and that Stalag 13 of Hogan's Heroes is mentioned. Hogan's Heroes is a American Television Situation comedy that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4
Much of the humor of the series derived from the pragmatic yet short-fused Oliver attempting to make sense of the largely insane world around him. Traditionally insanity or madness is the behaviour whereby a person flouts societal norms and may become a danger to himself and others There seemed to be a dual perspective of reality: Oliver versus everyone else. The latter envelopes the Hootervillians - and inexplicably Lisa and Oliver's affluent mother (Eleanor Audley). Mother Douglas lampoons Oliver and mollifies Lisa. There were, however, times when it appeared that Oliver wasn't entirely sane either, such as renting a rooster.
The dishonest and oily salesman Mr. Haney (Pat Buttram), who sold Oliver the Green Acres farm, continues to con his easy "mark" in most episodes. Mr Haney (given name apparently either Eustace or Charleton) was a local Salesman and con man in the Rural Hooterville Emmett Maxwell "Pat" Buttram ( June 19, 1915 – January 8, 1994) was an American Actor, famous for playing the Haney, along with young, glib farmhand Eb Dawson (Tom Lester), scatterbrained county agent Hank Kimball (Alvy Moore), and grocer Sam Drucker (Frank Cady), make up the main supporting cast. Thomas William "Tom" Lester (born September 23, 1938 in Jackson Mississippi) is an American Actor and purports to be an Agricultural extension was once known as the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education Hank Kimball was the fictitious county agent of the 1965-71 American television comedy Green Acres. Jack Alvin "Alvy" Moore (December 5 1921 &ndash May 4 1997 was an American light comic Actor best known for his role as scatterbrained Sam Drucker (portrayed by Actor Frank Cady) was the operator of the General store in Hooterville in the fictional world of the 1960s Frank Cady (born September 8, 1915) is an American Actor best known for his role as storekeeper Sam Drucker in the Eb habitually addressed the Douglas' as "Dad" and "Mom", much to Oliver's irritation.
Sam Drucker was a regular on both series. Sometimes Petticoat Junction characters, such as Joe Carson, Newt Kiley and Floyd Smoot, are seen in "cross-over" episodes and vice versa. Petticoat Junction regular Betty-Jo Bradley appears in one episode in a short-lived romance with Eb Dawson. Bobbi-Jo appears in the same episode. Popular western film actor Smiley Burnette guested several times in the role of railway engineer Charley Pratt during the 1965 and 1966 seasons but Burnette's ill health ended the role. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Lester Alvin (Smiley Burnette ( March 18, 1911 &ndash February 16, 1967) an American singer-songwriter who could play as many as ([1]
While general store owner Sam Drucker is a reliable Dutch uncle in Petticoat Junction his character is bent a bit here (keeping plastic pickles in a barrel to appease city-folk). Dutch uncle is a term for a person who issues frank harsh and severe comments and criticism to educate encourage or admonish someone Drucker also serves as a newspaper printer/editor; volunteer fireman; constable; justice of the peace and a postmaster. A constable is a person holding a particular office most commonly in law enforcement. A Justice of the Peace ( JP) is a Puisne Judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace As editor of the Hooterville World Guardian, his headlines were often decades-old. He was a bit slow as postmaster - once delivering a lost 1917 "draft" notice to Fred Ziffel after 51 years-breaking his "old" record of delivering a "lost" 1942 WPA letter to Mr Haney for stealing a shovel-after 26 years! As justice of the peace, he once let his license lapse, unwittingly sending two supporting characters to a premature honeymoon (Ralph Monroe and Hank Kimball). The Selective Service System is the means by which the United States administers military Conscription. The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest New Deal agency employing millions of people
In a slap to government bureaucrats and civil service employees, Alvy Moore plays spacey agricultural agent Hank Kimball, who never really seems to know which end is up. Jack Alvin "Alvy" Moore (December 5 1921 &ndash May 4 1997 was an American light comic Actor best known for his role as scatterbrained Hank Kimball was the fictitious county agent of the 1965-71 American television comedy Green Acres. Kimball would draw people into inane conversations, then lose his train-of-thought.
The Douglas' childless elderly neighbors, Fred and Doris Ziffel, "adopted" a pig named Arnold Ziffel as their "son. Arnold Ziffel was a Fictional character featured in Green Acres, an American Situation comedy that " Arnold understands English, lives indoors, and is pampered by everyone. Like all 1960s children, Arnold is an avid TV watcher and a big Western fan. Only Oliver seems cognizant that Arnold is just livestock, although he frequently slips and begins treating him as a boy. Arnold makes regular appearances throughout the series, often visiting the Douglas farm to watch their TV.
A pair of recurring characters were two quarrelsome carpenters known as the Monroe Brothers, Alf and Ralph. Despite her name and her status as one of the brothers, Ralph was in fact a woman, played by Mary Grace Canfield. Mary Grace Canfield (b September 3 1926, Rochester New York) is an American actress who often played the role of a romance-starved spinster/wallflower Alf was played by Sid Melton of Make Room for Daddy. Sid Melton (b May 23 1920, Brooklyn New York is an American Actor probably best known for his roles as incompetent carpenter The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy during the first four seasons is a Sitcom which ran from 1953 to 1957 In general, only Oliver seems to notice or care about this bizarre contradiction. Nothing the Monroe brothers ever did was either finished (such as the Douglas's bedroom) or ever turned out right.
Lisa's domestic ignorance provides fertile ground for recurring gags -- her 'coffee' oozes from the pot in a thick, tar-like sludge; her hotscakes are inedible, and so tough that Oliver repaired his truck's head-gasket with them. In one episode, hotcake batter is used for fireplace mortar. Her sandwich include such epicurean combo delights as liverwurst and jelly. Instead of washing dishes, Lisa sometimes tosses them out the kitchen window. In the episode "Alf and Ralph Break Up", Lisa admits that she has no cooking abilities and says her only talent is her Zsa Zsa Gabor imitation. Zsa Zsa Gabor ( born February 6 1917) is a Hungarian -born American Actress and Socialite.
Gags used through the series include:
- Lisa's mangling of English words due to a Hungarian accent (or as her sly joke -- it's not always clear which).
- Patriotic music playing while Oliver makes a long-winded speech; everyone but him hearing it, and sometimes trying to find the source.
- Oliver and Lisa usually wearing metropolitan clothes unsuited for farm life: Oliver a three-piece suit, even while working, and Lisa jewelry, heels, and expensive dresses.
- Expensive furniture and a fancy Lincoln Continental four-door convertible, despite the house never being fixed up.
- Oliver and Lisa relating stories about one another where the facts can't always be distinguished from jokes.
- Characters breaking the fourth wall by seeing and reacting to words in the opening credits. The fourth wall is the imaginary wall at the front of the stage in a Proscenium Theater, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play
- Never having a working phone in the house, but having to climb a pole outside to use one.
- A Hoyt-Clagwell farm tractor that rarely works and whose wheels regularly fall off.
Although still reasonably popular, the show was canceled in 1971 as part of the "rural purge" when CBS decided to shift its schedule to more urban, contemporary-themed shows, which drew the younger audiences desired by advertisers. The " Rural Purge " of American television networks was a series of cancellations of still-popular rural-themed or senior citizen-skewing shows Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand (Nearly the entire Green Acres cast was middle-aged or older. ) (The Beverly Hillbillies and other shows with rural settings, including Hee Haw and Mayberry R.F.D., were also dropped. For the EP by The Birthday Party, see Hee Haw (EP Hee Haw was a Television Variety show co-hosted Mayberry RFD Mayberry RFD (RFD is a postal abbreviation for Rural Free Delivery was a Spin-off, or perhaps more accurately a direct continuation of )
An urban legend says that Arnold the pig was cooked and eaten by the cast after the show ended. An urban legend or urban myth is a form of modern Folklore consisting of stories thought to be factual by those circulating them In reality, several different pigs were used during the show's run, none of which was ever eaten by the cast. Trainer Frank Inn used a smaller, female pig in later seasons, giving Arnold some obvious mammary ducts. The pig actors were dissimilar in more ways than one (as with the two actresses who played Doris) — for example, one Arnold had tufts of grey hair behind his ears, giving him an aged look. Hair is a keratinised protein filament that grows through the epidermis from follicles deep within the Dermis. Yet another Arnold has spots that others lack. This may have been an intentional goof by producers for comedic effect. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and (Other sources point out that Arnold was actually played by a piglet, and because piglets grow quickly on the way to becoming adult pigs, many different piglets had to be used in the role of Arnold during the show's production run. )
Arnold, it is revealed in the 1990 reunion TV movie Return to Green Acres, survived his "parents", and subsequently bunks with his "cousin", the Ziffels' comely niece. The film was made and set two decades after the series (as Haney's latest product is a Russian miracle fertilizer called "Gorby Grow"). Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev ( Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov;; born 2 March 1931 in Privolnoye Stavropol Krai) is a Russian politician . . but in reality a pig life span averages 12–15 years, similar to a dog. Pigs, also called hogs or' swine', are Ungulates which have been domesticated as sources of food leather and similar products since ancient times The dog ( Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated Subspecies of the gray wolf, a Mammal of the Canidae family of the order In the reunion movie, Oliver and Lisa had moved back to New York but are miserable there and are implored by the Hootervillians to return and save the town from a scheme to destroy it which has been cooked up between Haney and a wealthy, dishonest developer (Henry Gibson). For the former United States congressman see Henry R Gibson; for the percussionist see Master Henry Gibson; for the dramatist see Henrik Ibsen
The Hooterville Handbook: A Viewer's Guide To Green Acres (ISBN 0-312-08811-6) has detailed show information. Seasons 1–3 of the show are released for Region 0 (suitable for all DVD players) via MGM Home Entertainment (whose sister company, MGM Television, now owns the rights to the show via its acquisition of Orion Television, successor-in-interest to Filmways). MGM Home Entertainment is the Home video and DVD distribution arm of MGM. Orion Pictures Corporation was an American company that produced movies from 1978 until 1998
Cast
- Oliver Wendell Douglas: Eddie Albert
- Lisa Douglas: Eva Gabor
- Mr. Edward Albert Heimberger ( April 22, 1906 &ndash May 26, 2005) better known as Eddie Albert, was an American Actor Eva Gabor ( February 11 1919 &ndash July 4 1995) was a Hungarian -born actress best known as Lisa Douglas, the [Eustace] Haney: Pat Buttram
- Eb Dawson: Tom Lester
- Fred Ziffel: Hank Patterson
- Doris Ziffel: Barbara Pepper (1965–69, left the series due to ill health)
- Doris Ziffel: Fran Ryan (1969–71)
- Hank Kimball: Alvy Moore
- Sam Drucker: Frank Cady (also a cast member on Petticoat Junction and guest-starred on Beverly Hillbillies)
- Mother Eunice Douglas: Eleanor Audley (1965–69)
- Alf Monroe: Sid Melton (1965–69)
- Ralph Monroe: Mary Grace Canfield
- Newt Kiley: Kay E. Kuter (1965–70)
- Ben Miller: Tom Fadden (1965)
- Roy Trendell: Robert Foulk (1966–68)
In addition, there were crossovers from Petticoat Junction cast members, most frequently:
- Kate Bradley: Bea Benaderet (1965–66)
- Uncle Joe Carson: Edgar Buchanan (1965–69)
- Charley Pratt: Smiley Burnette (1965–67)
- Floyd Smoot: Rufe Davis (1965–67)
Surreal Humor
The series was notable for its often surreal humor, and it was one of the first American TV series which transgressed the traditional diegetic or fourth wall 'borders' of TV presentation for deliberately humorous effect -- characters addressed the audience directly and were somehow able to perceive and react to post-production elements such as the music soundtrack and the superimposed program credits. Emmett Maxwell "Pat" Buttram ( June 19, 1915 – January 8, 1994) was an American Actor, famous for playing the Thomas William "Tom" Lester (born September 23, 1938 in Jackson Mississippi) is an American Actor and purports to be an Hank Patterson ( October 9, 1888 in Springville, Alabama – August 23, 1975, in Woodland Hills, California Barbara Pepper ( May 31 1915 – July 18 1969) was an American Actress. Fran Ryan ( November 29, 1916 &ndash January 15, 2000) was an American character actress featured in television and films Jack Alvin "Alvy" Moore (December 5 1921 &ndash May 4 1997 was an American light comic Actor best known for his role as scatterbrained Frank Cady (born September 8, 1915) is an American Actor best known for his role as storekeeper Sam Drucker in the Petticoat Junction is an American Situation comedy produced by Filmways, which originally aired on the CBS network from 1963 The Beverly Hillbillies is an American Television series about a Hillbilly family transplanted to Beverly Hills California after finding Eleanor Audley ( November 19 1905, in New York City, New York – November 25 1991 in North Hollywood] Californi] Sid Melton (b May 23 1920, Brooklyn New York is an American Actor probably best known for his roles as incompetent carpenter Mary Grace Canfield (b September 3 1926, Rochester New York) is an American actress who often played the role of a romance-starved spinster/wallflower Kay Edwin Emmert Kuter ( April 25, 1925 - November 12, 2003) was an American Actor who starred on television and in film Bea Benaderet ( April 4, 1906 &ndash October 13, 1968) was an American actress born in New York City and raised in Edgar Buchanan ( March 20, 1903 – April 4, 1979) was an American Actor with a long career in both Film Lester Alvin (Smiley Burnette ( March 18, 1911 &ndash February 16, 1967) an American singer-songwriter who could play as many as Diegesis is the (fictional world in which the situations and events narrated occur and telling recounting as opposed to showing enacting The fourth wall is the imaginary wall at the front of the stage in a Proscenium Theater, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play
Some of the more noteworthy surreal aspects of the show's humour included:
- The episode titled "A Square is Not Round" featured both a chicken that lays square eggs, which Oliver is desperate to locate, and a toaster that only works when you say "five" to it. In the end it is revealed that it has all been a dream of Oliver's, which he rushes back to bed to see how it finishes. At the very end, Lisa is muttering to herself, "Hmph, square eggs, talking to toasters. . . " and approaches the refrigerator and says clearly, "Mabel!" and the fridge opens by itself. In other episodes, Lisa is also evidently able to coax the chickens into laying on demand, simply by talking to them.
- Oliver has always dreamed of becoming a farmer, but he lives in complete denial of the fact that he is virtually incapable of growing anything. Lisa, who always longs to go back to New York, actually adjusts quite well and seems quite at home in Hooterville. Despite Lisa's blatantly urban, sophisticated socialite manner, the local people like her, yet find Oliver weird and make constant references to his supposed "drinking problem".
- Lisa claimed in one episode to be from New Jersey but went to boarding school in Hungary, thereby explaining both her accent and her lack of ability to speak Hungarian. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. A boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic In another episode, she claims her mother sent her to "Hungarian accent school". However, in some episodes, she is seen to converse with other Hungarians in fluent Hungarian. She also has a wide variety of stories involving how her father became the King of Hungary.
- The comic-book style sound effects are faintly visible to the characters. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative For example, in the episode "Double Drick" (season 1), when the generator sparks and sputters, the word "Drick!" appears on the screen, like in the fight scenes in Batman. Batman is a 1960s American Television series, based on the DC Comic book character of the same name. Lisa then asks Oliver what the word "Drick" means.
Trivia
- Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor are the only two actors to appear in every episode of the series. Tom Lester appeared in the second highest amount of episodes, having to appear in 148 of the 170 episodes.
- With the passing of Eddie Albert on May 26, 2005, Tom Lester, Frank Cady, Sid Melton & Mary Grace Canfield are the only surviving stars of Green Acres. Edward Albert Heimberger ( April 22, 1906 &ndash May 26, 2005) better known as Eddie Albert, was an American Actor
- While the series began with an episode explaining how Oliver and Lisa came to live on Green Acres, the series finale was anti-climatic, actually serving as a pilot for an unsuccessful TV series. Oliver contacts an old law secretary, Carol Rush (played by Elaine Joyce), who is now living with her sister and brother-in-law in Los Angeles and working as a secretary for Mr. Elaine Joyce (born December 19 1945) is an American stage and television actress Oglethorpe (played by Richard Deacon). Richard Deacon ( May 14, 1921 – August 8, 1984) born in Philadelphia, was an American television and motion picture actor The bulk of the episode takes place with this new set of characters. Besides Oliver and Lisa, no other Green Acres characters appeared on the series finale, and even they are not seen in the third act of the show. The next-to-last episode, "Hawaiian Honeymoon," was also a pilot for another series that did not sell.
References in Popular Culture
- Green Acres was mentioned on a show of Designing Women by Suzanne Sugarbaker. Designing Women was an American television Sitcom that centered around the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an Interior She mentioned she could be watching Green Acres instead of waiting for the team's customer.
- Green Acres is a favorite program of WNYX station manager Dave Nelson on News Radio. NewsRadio is an American sitcom, originally broadcast from 1995 to 1999 on NBC. Whilst trying to convince girlfriend Lisa to purchase her first television, Dave extols the genius of Arnold Ziffel.
- The minor underground 'hit' song "Green Haze" by the psychobilly band Elvis Hitler from Detroit, Michigan. Elvis Hitler was a Psychobilly band from Detroit, Michigan. The band was named after the moniker of their lead singer Jim Leedy Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. It consisted of the lyrics from the theme song of Green Acres sung to the tune of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Purple Haze is a song recorded in 1966 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released as a single in both the United Kingdom and the United States. "
- An episode of Pinky and the Brain, titled "Brain Acres", revolved around the mice moving to the country as part of Brain's plan in that episode (to make henchmen out of vegetables). Pinky and the Brain are Cartoon characters who have starred in the American Animated television series Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs At one point, the mice sing a parody of the Green Acres theme song.
Episode List
Revivals
The surviving members of the cast were reunited for a TV movie titled Return to Green Acres. See also Green Acres NOTE This article is still under construction Green Acres is an American Television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City It aired on CBS on May 18, 1990. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
On November 19, 2007, original series director Richard L. Bare announced that he is working on a revival of Green Acres. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Richard L Bare (born August 12, 1909) was an American director of Television shows and Short films. [1]
DVD Releases
MGM Home Entertainment released the first three seasons of Green Acres on Region 1 DVD. MGM Home Entertainment is the Home video and DVD distribution arm of MGM. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Due to poor sales, it is currently unknown whether the remaining three seasons will ever be released.
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 32 | January 13, 2004 | ISBN 0792859308 or ISBN 9780792859307 |
| Season 2 | 30 | March 8, 2005 | ISBN 0792865502 or ISBN 9780792865506 |
| Season 3 | 30 | December 6, 2005 | ISBN 1580674437 or ISBN 9781580674430 |
Special Broadcasts
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Reruns
Reruns of Green Acres have aired in the past in syndication and on Nick at Nite. Nick at Nite is the evening programming block broadcast over Nickelodeon Sunday &ndash Thursdays from 900 p Since April 2004, TV Land has aired episodes. TV Land (originally Nick at Nite's TV Land) is an American Cable television network launched April 29, 1996. Also from 2006 to 2007, ION Television had been airing episodes on weekday evenings. Ion Television is a broadcast television network first broadcast on August 31 1998
Cable networks
TV Land, currently Mon-Fri at 1pm ET, and weekends at 8:00am ET. TV Land (originally Nick at Nite's TV Land) is an American Cable television network launched April 29, 1996. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America
Local stations
WWME in Chicago, currently Mon-Fri at 3:30pm CT. WWME-CA is a class A station in Chicago Illinois. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting, which also owns sister stations WCIU-TV and Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving
Canada
DejaView, currently Mon-Fri at 11:30am ET. DejaView is a Canadian English language category 2 Digital cable Specialty channel owned by CanWest MediaWorks Inc The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America
Comparison with radio show
The Granby's Green Acres radio show was produced, directed and written by Jay Sommers, who wrote and produced a third of the Green Acres episodes. Jay Sommers was a producer director and comedy writer whose career spanned four decades In both, a businessman knowing little about farming moves to an impoverished farm. The characters are more conventionally odd, the wife stereotypically talkative and dim, the "Sam Drucker" character senile, the hired hand stoic about the incompetent management. Some humor is reminiscent of Green Acres:
Wife: "Sell the cow. "
Husband: "Well, I'm. . . kill the sow!? I mean sell the cow!?"
Daughter: "That's a good idea, Dad!"
Husband: "I'll do no such thing! Why selling that cow would be like selling your mother!"
Wife: "What!"
Husband: "Well, that is. . . well, what I meant, Martha, is that old cow means as much to me as you do. "
References
- Cox, Stephen (1993). The Hooterville Handbook : A Viewer's Guide To Green Acres. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-08811-6.
- ^ Green Acres: Original Series Director Wants to Continue Classic Sitcom, TV Series Finale, November 19, 2007
External links
- Green Acres at the Internet Movie Database
- Green Acres at TV.com
- Green Acres Home Page
- Green Acres on TV Land
- Green Acres on ION Television
- Return to Green Acres at the Internet Movie Database
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