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"Green Acres" (1965) More at IMDbPro »

Manhattan lawyer Douglas drags his protesting socialite wife and her finery to the rural backwash of a rundown farm outside Hooterville. They attempt to get the farm fixed up. Farmer Fred Ziffel's pig Arnold watches TV and is in many ways smarter than the Hootervillians. Written by Ed Stephan {stephan@cc.wwu.edu}

Oliver Wendell Douglas, a Manhattan attorney who has long desired to become a farmer, buys a rundown farm sight unseen from con man Eustice Haney. Upon his return to New York he packs up his things and drags his socialite Hungarian wife Lisa to Hooterville. There, along with his hired hand Eb he tries to build the farm into a useful venture. In the meantime, Lisa becomes acclimated to her surroundings and attempts to bring some form of civility to the backwoods neighbors and even strikes up a friendship with Arnold, the pet pig of Fred Ziffel, who treats Arnold like a son. Written by Brian Washington {Sargebri@att.net}

In what boils down to The Beverly Hillbillies in reverse, Oliver Douglas dreams of a life of fresh air, sunshine and chores down on the farm. His wife Lisa however doesn't want it because she is too comfortable in glow of Manhattan. Ironically, when they get to the country it's Lisa who has a better time adapting to the craziness of the locals. Written by Jerry Roberts

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