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

Creator:

Jay Sommers
(more)

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 / ... (76 episodes, 1965-1971)
Alvy Moore	...	Hank Kimball (71 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Directed by
Richard L. Bare		(166 episodes, 1965-1971)
Ralph Levy		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Writing credits
Dick Chevillat		(160 episodes, 1965-1971)
Jay Sommers		(160 episodes, 1965-1971)
Dan Beaumont		(14 episodes, 1967-1971)
Al Schwartz		(3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Elon Packard		(3 episodes, 1966)
John L. Greene		(3 episodes, 1969)
Elroy Schwartz		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Sam Locke		(2 episodes, 1967)
Joel Rapp		(2 episodes, 1967)
Larry Scott Anderson		(2 episodes, 1969-1970)

Series Produced by
Paul Henning	....	executive producer (76 episodes, 1965-1971)
Jay Sommers	....	producer (75 episodes, 1965-1971)
Guy Scarpitta	....	associate producer (52 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Original Music by
Vic Mizzy		(54 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Cinematography by
Bob Gough		(51 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Film Editing by
Robert Seiter		(19 episodes, 1965-1970)
James Ballas		(14 episodes, 1965-1966)
Michael Brown		(8 episodes, 1967-1970)
Robert M. Leeds		(2 episodes, 1966)

Series Casting by
Caro Jones		(6 episodes, 1970)

Series Art Direction by
Walter McKeegan		(49 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Set Decoration by
Dorcy Howard		(49 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Costume Design by
Jean Louis		(22 episodes, 1965-1967)

Series Makeup Department
Gene Hibbs	....	makeup artist (49 episodes, 1965-1971)
Peggy Shannon	....	hair stylist (49 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Production Management
George King	....	production supervisor (49 episodes, 1965-1970)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Andre	....	assistant director (51 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Art Department
Jerry Fuller	....	property master (53 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Sound Department
Bernard F. Pincus	....	sound editor (49 episodes, 1965-1971)
Larry Gannon	....	sound mixer (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
C.J. 'Mickey' Emerson	....	sound mixer (31 episodes, 1970-1971)
Stanley Cooley	....	sound mixer (8 episodes, 1967-1969)
Lodge Cunningham	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 1970-1971)

Series Special Effects by
Robert Cole	....	special effects (49 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Visual Effects by
Bill Hansard	....	background projection (7 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ralph Owen	....	chief electrician (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
Ted Hamilton	....	key grip (24 episodes, 1965-1966)
James Wilson	....	key grip (24 episodes, 1966-1971)
Gary R. Wostak	....	chief electrician (14 episodes, 1967-1971)
Larry Gilhooly	....	chief electrician (3 episodes, 1967)

Series Casting Department
Bill Tinsman	....	casting (39 episodes, 1965-1968)
Mercedes Manzanares	....	casting (26 episodes, 1965-1967)
Edward F. Rhine	....	casting (4 episodes, 1967-1968)
Caro Jones	....	casting (4 episodes, 1969-1971)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gwen Fitzer	....	costume supervisor (39 episodes, 1965-1968)
Bob Spencer	....	costume supervisor (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
W.T. Zacha	....	costume supervisor (15 episodes, 1967-1970)
Shirley Brewton	....	costume supervisor (10 episodes, 1969-1971)
Nolan Miller	....	wardrobe consultant: Eva Gabor (6 episodes, 1970)
Jean Louis	....	gowns: Miss Gabor / gowns: Eva Gabor (5 episodes, 1965-1968)
Robert Lawson	....	costume supervisor (2 episodes, 1970-1971)

Series Editorial Department
Robert Freedman	....	post-production coordinator (42 episodes, 1965-1971)
Michael Brown	....	film editor (3 episodes, 1967-1969)
Rusty Tinsley	....	post-production coordinator (3 episodes, 1970)

Series Music Department
Vic Mizzy	....	conductor (163 episodes, 1965-1971)
Tommy Tedesco	....	musician: lead guitar (163 episodes, 1965-1971)
Jimmy Bond	....	musician: bass (162 episodes, 1965-1971)
Billy Calkins	....	musician: woodwinds (162 episodes, 1965-1971)
Frank Capp	....	musician: percussion (162 episodes, 1965-1971)
Gene Garf	....	musician: organ (162 episodes, 1965-1971)
Tommy Morgan	....	musician: harmonica (162 episodes, 1965-1971)
Bill Pitman	....	musician: bass guitar (162 episodes, 1965-1971)
Lou Singer	....	musician: mallet (162 episodes, 1965-1971)
Dave Kahn	....	music supervisor (49 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (2 episodes, 1969)

Series Other crew
Frank Inn	....	animal trainer / animal furnisher (45 episodes, 1965-1970)
Stuart Lippman	....	script supervisor (36 episodes, 1965-1967)
Jack Bannon	....	dialogue coach (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
Dick Chevillat	....	story consultant (20 episodes, 1967-1971)
Robert Busch	....	dialogue coach (9 episodes, 1970-1971)
Phil Gordon	....	dialogue coach (8 episodes, 1967-1969)
Emilie Ehrlich	....	script supervisor (8 episodes, 1970-1971)
Ulla Bourne	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1968)
Ted Langwell	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 1970-1971)

Production Companies

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• Filmways Television

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1965) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• MGM Television (????) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• Orion Pictures Corporation

Other Companies

• General Service Studios  filming location
• Post Cereals of General Foods  original sponsor
• Todd-AO Studios  sound recording

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:

The Douglases' rooster was named Bertram and their hen was named Alice.

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:

Eustace Charleton Haney: [as he and Mr. Ziffel are going into Oliver's house] Make sure you wipe yer feet.
Fred Ziffel: You don't ever wipe YOUR feet!
Eustace Charleton Haney: That's 'cause I don't own a pig farm.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Beverly Hillbillies: The Week Before Christmas (#7.13)" (1968)

Soundtrack:

Green Acres

One of the Funniest

Many in my generation (too young to be a boomer and too old to be an "X"er) think this is one of the funniest shows ever. It doesn't have any deeper meanings or ramifications or redeeming social importance. It's funny, and for the sake of being funny. This show proves that humor rises from character. Too often a show gets by on a series of insults, or double entendres, or one-liners. "Green Acres" had characters who were rich and diverse, who might be funny by what they say, or by the fact that they're saying it, or just because they show up at a certain moment. "Hooterville" could, I suppose, be construed as a Kafkaesque construct where even the woman who doesn't want to live there understands what's going on there, and only the man who wants to live there can't comprehend what's going on, or understand what the pig is saying. But why bother with such interpretation? This show is funny, well-written, and performed by fine actors. Shot on a sound-stage, "Green Acres" nevertheless opens out where most shows seem claustrophobic -- there are fields, roads, houses, barns, cows, jeeps, tractors, and all the great outdoors. I'm a country boy myself, and I appreciate that, unlike most shows written by high-handed cityfolk that show country folk as either ignorant bumpkins whose foolishness is the basis of laughs, or makes them more sagely inscrutable than smugly-superior urbanites, "Green Acres" gives the people of Hooterville thier own mindset that is neither better nor worse, just different. And the show itself is different from anything else on television until the arrival of "Newhart" which, for all its humor, nevertheless remained stagey and claustrophobic. "Green Acres" is funny. Enjoy it.