"Green Acres" (1965) TV series 1965-1971

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Creator:

Jay Sommers

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

15 September 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

A New York attorney and his wife try to live as genteel farmers in the bizarre community of Hooterville.

Plot Keywords:

Farm | Beautiful Woman | Small Town | Multiple Actors For One Character | Breaking The Fourth Wall

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Eddie Albert	...	Oliver Wendell Douglas (170 episodes, 1965-1971)
Eva Gabor	...	Lisa Douglas (170 episodes, 1965-1971)
Tom Lester	...	Eb Dawson (148 episodes, 1965-1971)
Frank Cady	...	Sam Drucker (141 episodes, 1965-1971)
Pat Buttram	...	Eustace Charleton Haney / ... (75 episodes, 1965-1971)
Alvy Moore	...	Hank Kimball (70 episodes, 1965-1971)

Also Known As:

Country Cousins (USA) (working title)
The Eddie Albert Show (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min (170 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

General Service Studios - 6625 Romaine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

Lisa's maiden name was Granietz.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the opening song when Oliver sings "You are my wife," he reaches for Lisa with his left hand. As Lisa sings "Goodbye city life," Oliver reaches in and grabs her with his right hand.

Quotes:

Oliver Wendell Douglass: Gentlemen, I'm surprised at you. The American farmer didn't get where he is today by celebrating Christmas with phony trees and wax popcorn, plastic candy canes. Gentlemen, to the American farmer Christmas is real. He goes out with ax in hand, chops down his own tree...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Pulp Fiction (1994)

Soundtrack:

Green Acres

"Oli-va!"

Watching this as a child during the late 1960's I didn't like this show. I didn't find it funny because it frustrated me! With all of the locals frustrating Mr. Douglas endlessly, they frustrated me too. Stumbling upon the show years later, the frustration was gone and I could finally enjoy the humor of it all. This was light years ahead of the tame (and boring) "Pettycoat Junction." This was life with "The Three Stooges." I always loved the on-going home improvement projects with the closet doors opening to the outside, the telephone poll phone, the over-blown big chic New York City furniture stuffed into a little farmhouse, Lisa's pink appliances, her cooking, Arnold the pig and many more. When they say they don't make 'em like they used to, they don't, and that's a darn shame.