Green Acres
Green Acres
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Green Acres

THE PLACE TO BE

7.3 / 10
1965
6 seasons
170 episodes
Comedy

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.

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Cast

Seasons

  • Oliver Buys A Farm

    1.Oliver Buys A Farm

    10.0
    15-09-1965

    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...

  • Lisa's First Day On the Farm

    2.Lisa's First Day On the Farm

    10.0
    22-09-1965

    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 bathroo...

  • The Decorator

    3.The Decorator

    29-09-1965

    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 kitche...

  • The Best Laid Plans

    4.The Best Laid Plans

    06-10-1965

    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 g...

  • My Husband, the Rooster Renter

    5.My Husband, the Rooster Renter

    13-10-196530m

    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 g...

  • Furniture, Furniture, Who's Got the Furniture?

    6.Furniture, Furniture, Who's Got the Furniture?

    20-10-196530m

    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...

  • Neighborliness

    7.Neighborliness

    27-10-1965

    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 charge...

  • Lisa the Helpmate

    8.Lisa the Helpmate

    03-11-1965

    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...

  • You Can't Plug in a 2 with a 6

    9.You Can't Plug in a 2 with a 6

    10-11-196530m

    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...

  • Don't Call Us, We'll Call You

    10.Don't Call Us, We'll Call You

    17-11-1965

    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, bu...

  • Parity Begins at Home

    11.Parity Begins at Home

    24-11-1965

    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...

  • Lisa Has a Calf

    12.Lisa Has a Calf

    08-12-1965

    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...

  • The Wedding Anniversary

    13.The Wedding Anniversary

    15-12-1965

    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...

  • What Happened in Scranton?

    14.What Happened in Scranton?

    22-12-1965

    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".) Se...

  • How to Enlarge a Bedroom

    15.How to Enlarge a Bedroom

    29-12-1965

    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 buildi...

  • Give Me Land, Lots Of Land

    16.Give Me Land, Lots Of Land

    05-01-1966

    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. Han...

  • I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman

    17.I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman

    19-01-196630m

    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 fi...

  • Lisa Bakes a Cake

    18.Lisa Bakes a Cake

    26-01-1966

    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 wh...

  • Sprained Ankle, Country Style

    19.Sprained Ankle, Country Style

    02-02-196630m

    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 inst...

  • The Price of Apples

    20.The Price of Apples

    09-02-196630m

    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 ri...

  • What's In a Name?

    21.What's In a Name?

    16-02-196630m

    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 s...

  • The Day of Decision

    22.The Day of Decision

    23-02-196630m

    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...

  • A Pig In a Poke

    23.A Pig In a Poke

    09-03-196630m

    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 t...

  • The Deputy

    24.The Deputy

    16-03-196630m

    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 p...

  • Double Drick

    25.Double Drick

    23-03-196630m

    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...

  • The Ballad of Molly Turgis

    26.The Ballad of Molly Turgis

    06-04-1966

    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 he...

  • Never Look a Gift Tractor in the Mouth

    27.Never Look a Gift Tractor in the Mouth

    27-04-196630m

    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...

  • Send a Boy to College

    28.Send a Boy to College

    04-05-196630m

    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?

    29.Horse? What Horse?

    10.0
    11-05-1966

    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...

  • The Rains Came

    30.The Rains Came

    18-05-1966

    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...

  • Culture

    31.Culture

    25-05-1966

    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 consi...

  • Uncle Ollie

    32.Uncle Ollie

    01-06-1966

    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...

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