Green Acres

Green Acres Cast

Series Description

The Green Acres TV show was a 30 minute situation comedy series on CBS about a New York attorney who has always dreamed of being a farmer. He decides to make his dream come true and buys a small run-down farm. Unfortunately, his socialite wife absolutely loves her prim and proper life in their Manhattan penthouse apartment and considers her husband's decision to be a nightmare. His friends and family all think he's gone crazy!

Green Acres Cast

Eddie Albert .... Oliver Wendell Douglas
Eva Gabor .... Lisa Douglas
Pat Buttram .... Mr. Haney
Frank Cady .... Sam Drucker
Alvy Moore .... Hank Kimball
Mary Grace Canfield .... Ralph Monroe
Sid Melton .... Alf Monroe
Tom Lester .... Eb Dawson
Hank Patterson .... Fred Ziffel
Barbara Pepper .... Doris Ziffel
Bea Benaderet .... Kate Bradley

Green Acres Trivia

Two to Four pigs were used on the TV show each year for "Arnold the Pig". The first one was male and all the others were female.

Eva Gabor was married 5 times and once said, "Marriage is too interesting an experiment to be tried only once."

Bea Benaderet had starring roles in several other TV shows including "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", "The Beverly Hillbillies", and "Petticoat Junction". She also starred as Mrs. Atterbury on the, "My Favorite Husband Radio Show" starring Lucille Ball. Lucille Ball actually wanted Bea to play the role of Ethel Mertz on her series, "I Love Lucy" but Bea couldn't do it due to her contract with the "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show". Unfortunately, Bea died during Green Acres' time on the air. They explained her disappearance by saying that she went off to visit her sister. In her final "appearance" her character was actually played by a "stand-in" that was only shown from the back and had no lines.

Everyone who watched Green Acres remembers Arnold the pig but there were many other named animals on the show. At one point or another during the show's run the Douglases had a cown named Eleanor, a duck named Drobney, and a dog named Mignon. Mr. Haney also had a dog named Cynthia who just happened to be in love with Arnold the Pig!

Eddie Albert was a circus trapeze flier before becoming a stage and radio actor.

The idea for this TV show was conceived from the 1950s radio program, "Granby's Green Acres" but the TV show is considered a "spin-off" of the series, "Petticoat Junction". Several of the Green Acres characters had appeared on Petticoat Junction before Green Acres ever aired. Both series took place in and near the same town. Characters from both series often showed up on the other series. There was also an exchanging of characters between Green Acres and "The Beverly Hillbillies".

Theme Song

Title: Green Acres

Composed By: "Vic Mizzy"

Performed By: "Eddie Albert" and "Eva Gabor"

Green acres is the place for me.
Farm livin' is the life for me.
Land spreadin' out so far and wide.
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside.

New York is where I'd rather stay.
I get allergic smelling hay.
I just adore a penthouse view.
Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue.

The chores.
The stores.
Fresh air.
Times Square

You are my wife.
Good bye, city life.
Green Acres we are there.

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Season 1

1... Oliver Buys a Farm (9/15/1965)
2... Lisa's First Day on the Farm (9/29/1965)
3... The Decorator (9/29/1965)
4... The Best Laid Plans (10/6/1965)
5... My Husband, The Rooster Renter (10/13/1965)
6... Furniture, Furniture, Who's Got the Furniture? (10/20/1965)
7... Neighborliness (10/27/1965)
8... Lisa The Helpmate (11/3/1965)
9... You Can't Plug in a 2 with a 6 (11/10/1965)
10. Don't Call Us, We'll Call You (11/17/1965)
11. Parity Begins At Home (11/24/1965)
12. Lisa Has a Calf (12/8/1965)
13. The Wedding Anniversary (12/15/1965)
14. What Happened in Scranton? (12/22/1965)
15. How to Enlarge a Bedroom (12/29/1965)
16. Give me Land, Lots Of Land (1/5/1966)
17. I Didn't Raise My Husband to be a Fireman (1/19/1966)
18. Lisa Bakes a Cake (1/26/1966)
19. Sprained Ankle, Country Style (2/2/1966)
20. The Price of Apples (2/9/1966)
21. What's In a Name? (2/16/1966)
22. The Day of Decision (2/23/1966)
23. A Pig in a Poke (3/9/1966)
24. The Deputy (3/16/1966)
25. Double Drick (3/23/1966)
26. The Ballad of Molly Turgiss (4/6/1966)
27. Never Look A Gift Tractor in the Mouth (4/27/1966)
28. Send a Boy to College (5/4/1966)
29. Horse? What Horse? (5/11/1966)
30. The Rains Come (5/18/1966)
31. Culture (5/25/1966)
32. Uncle Ollie (6/1/1966)

Season 2

33. Wings Over Hooterville (9/14/1966)
34. Water, Water Everywhere (9/21/1966)
35. I Didn't Raise My Pig to be a Soldier (9/28/1966)
36. How to See South America By Bus (10/5/1966)
37. The Ugly Duckling (10/19/1966)
38. One of Our Assemblymen Is Missing (10/26/1966)
39. The Good Old Days (11/2/1966)
40. Eb Discovers the Birds and the Bees (11/9/1966)
41. The Hooterville Image (11/16/1966)
42. You Ought to be in Pictures (11/23/1966)
43. A Home Isn't Built in a Day (11/30/1966)
44. A Square in Not Round (12/14/1966)
45. An Old-Fashioned Christmas (12/21/1966)
46. Never Trust a Little Old Lady (12/28/1966)
47. School Days (1/4/1967)
48. His Honor (1/11/1967)
49. It's So Peaceful in the Country (1/18/1967)
50. Exodus to Bleedwell (1/25/1967)
51. It's Human to be Humane (2/1/1967)
52. Never Take Your Wife to a Convention (2/8/1967)
53. The Computer Age (2/15/1967)
54. Never Start Talking Unless Your Voice Comes Out (2/22/1967)
55. The Beverly Hillbillies (3/1/1967)
56. Lisa's Vegetable Garden (3/8/1967)
57. The Saucer Season (3/15/1967)
58. Getting Even with Haney (3/22/1967)
59. Kimball Gets Fired (3/29/1967)
60. The Vulgar Ring Story (4/12/1967)
61. Who's Lisa? (4/19/1967)
62. Music to Milk By (4/26/1967)

Season 3

63. The Man for the Job (9/9/1967)
64. Lisa's Jam Session (9/13/1967)
65. Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel (9/20/1967)
66. Oliver vs. The Phone Company (9/27/1967)
67. Oliver Takes Over the Phone Company (10/4/1967)
68. A Kind Word for the President (10/11/1967)
69. Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked (10/18/1967)
70. Eb Elopes (10/25/1967)
71. The Thing (11/1/1967)
72. Das Lumpen (11/8/1967)
73. Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel? (11/15/1967)
74. Jeaslously, English Style (11/22/1967)
75. Haney's New Image (11/29/1967)
76. Alf and Ralph Break Up (12/13/1967)
77. No Trespassing (12/20/1967)
78. Eb Returns (12/27/1967)
79. Not Guilty (1/3/1968)
80. Home is Where You Run Away From (1/10/1968)
81. How to Succeed in Television Without Really Trying (1/24/1968)
82. Arnold, Boy Hero (1/31/1968)
83. Flight to Nowhere (2/7/1968)
84. My Mother, The Countess (2/14/1968)
85. The Spring Festival (2/21/1968)
86. Our Son, The Barber (2/28/1968)
87. Oliver's Jaded Past (3/6/1968)
88. The Hungarian Curse (3/13/1968)
89. The Rutabaga Story (3/20/1968)
90. Instant Family (3/27/1968)
91. A Star Named Arnold is Born - Part 1 (4/3/1968)
92. A Star Named Arnold is Born - Part 2 (4/10/1968)

Season 4

93. Guess Who's Not Going to the Luau? (9/25/1968)
94. The Rummage Sale (10/2/1968)
95. Hail to the First Chief (10/16/1968)
96. Eb's Romance (10/23/1968)
97. The Candidate (10/30/1968)
98. Handy Lessons (11/6/1968)
99. A Husband For Eleanor (11/13/1968)
100. Old Mail Day (11/20/1968)
101. The Agricultural Student (11/27/1968)
102. How Hooterville was Floundered (12/11/1968)
103. The Blue Feather (12/18/1968)
104. How to get From Hooterville to Pixley without Moving (12/25/1968)
105. The Birthday Gift (1/1/1969)
106. Everywhere A Chick Chick (1/8/1969)
107. The Martial Vacation (1/15/1969)
108. A Prize in Every Package (1/22/1969)
109. Law Partners (1/29/1969)
110. A Day in the Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes (2/5/1969)
111. Economy Flight to Washington (2/12/1969)
112. Retreat From Washington (2/19/1969)
113. A Hunting We Won't Go (2/26/1969)
114. Oh, Promise Me (3/5/1969)
115. Eb Uses His Ingenuity (3/12/1969)
116. The Old Trunk (3/19/1969)
117. The Milk Maker (3/26/1969)
118. The Reincarnation of Eb (4/2/1969)

Season 5

119. Lisa's Mudder Comes for a Visit (9/27/1969)
120. Everybody Tried to Love a Countess (10/4/1969)
121. Where There's a Will (10/11/1969)
122. A Tale of a Tail (10/18/1969)
123. You and Your Big Shrunken Head (10/25/1969)
124. The Road (11/1/1969)
125. Four of Spades (11/8/1969)
126. The Youth Center (11/15/1969)
127. The Special Delivery Letter (11/22/1969)
128. Oliver's Schoolgirl Crush (11/29/1969)
129. Ralph's Nuptials (12/13/1969)
130. Oliver and the Cornstalk (12/20/1969)
131. Beauty is Skin Deep (12/27/1969)
132. The Wish-Book (1/3/1970)
133. Rest and Relaxation (1/10/1970)
134. Trapped (1/17/1970)
135. Bundle of Joy (1/24/1970)
136. The Ex-Con (1/31/1970)
137. The Cow Killer (2/7/1970)
138. The Confrontation (2/14/1970)
139. The Case of The Hooterville Refund Fraud (2/28/1970)
140. The Picnic (3/7/1970)
141. The Beeping Rock (3/21/1970)
142. Uncle Fedor (4/28/1970)
143. The Wealthy Landowner (4/11/1970)
144. Happy Birthday (4/11/1970)

Season 6

145. The City Kids (9/15/1970)
146. The Coming-Out Party (9/22/1970)
147. Jealousy (9/29/1970)
148. A Royal Love Story (10/6/1970)
149. Oliver Goes Broke (10/2/1970)
150. The Great Mayoralty Campaign (10/27/1970)
151. Eb's Double Trouble (11/10/1970)
152. Apple-Picking Time (11/17/1970)
153. Enterprising Eb (11/24/1970)
154. Oliver's Double (12/1/1970)
155. The High Cost of Loving (12/8/1970)
156. The Liberation Movement (12/15/1970)
157. Charlie, Homer, and Natasha (12/22/1970)
158. The Engagement Ring (12/29/1970)
159. The Free Pain Job (1/5/1971)
160. Son of Drobny (1/12/1971)
161. The Wedding Deal (1/19/1971)
162. Star Witness (1/26/1971)
163. The Spot Remover (2/2/1971)
164. King Oliver I (2/9/1971)
165. A Girl for Drobny (2/16/1971)
166. The Carpenter's Ball (2/23/1971)
167. The Hole in the Porch (3/2/1971)
168. Lisa the Psychologist (3/9/1971)
169. Hawaiian Honeymoon (3/16/1971)
170. The Ex-Secretary (4/27/1971)

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