My 30 Most Favorite Episodes of "Green Acres".
If the title didn't give it away - these are my 30 most favorite episodes of the TV Show, "Green Acres". Watch one per day for a full month of hilarity and smiles!
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- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramWhen the cast takes ill, the Douglases become stars in a charity production of "The Beverly Hillbillies." After Eb "punches up" a script from the series, Hank Kimball plays Jed Clampett, Oliver appears as Jethro, and Lisa portrays Granny with a combination Hungarian/southern accent.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramThe residents of Hooterville flock to nearby Bleedswell for jobs at the new defense plant. To keep people from leaving, Hooterville reopens its old airplane factory to fulfill its contract with the Army--signed during WWI.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramArnold is opening an account at the Pixley Bank when two robbers make off with a bundle of cash and the pig's five dollars. The pair hides out at the Douglas' farm, taking Lisa, Oliver and Eb hostage. Arnold runs off with their bag of loot and takes it to the authorities while the clueless criminals force Lisa to make hotcakes for them.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramArnold's performance as a British police dog in the Hooterville theater production of "Who"--the marquee wasn't big enough for "Who Killed Jock Robin?"--turns him into an overnight star. Lisa is so impressed, she arranges for an old friend to give him a Hollywood screen test. After the locals stage a telethon to raise money for the trip, the Douglases are soon escorting the hammy actor West for his big showbiz break.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborFrank CadyRalph Monroe is distraught when her beloved "Hankie" Kimball is fired as the county agricultural agent. His replacement is so rude and insulting that even Oliver is plotting to get Kimball rehired. His scheme is to scare the new guy away by fixing him up with Ralph.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborTom LesterA lovely young female farmer comes to Oliver for his professional help. He's glad to oblige, especially when he learns that she can cook. Lisa first becomes jealous of the time the two spend together. Then she becomes convinced they're having an affair, especially after overhearing Mrs. Ziffel describing the plot on her favorite soap opera.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramTired of Doris' nagging about having to beat their laundry on a rock in the creek, Fred buys a Grabwell washing machine from Mr. Haney. The boat motor in a barrel goes berserk, spraying water and clothes everywhere before chasing the Ziffels out their front door. Oliver is more than happy to take their case and stick it to Haney in the courtroom.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramIt's planting season in Hooterville, but Oliver doesn't know what to grow. After testing the soil, he discovers Hooterville is perfect for growing rutabagas. The locals are overcome with rutabaga fever, going so far as to plan a "Rutabaga Bowl." To spread the word, Lisa is sent up in a hot-air balloon to drop vegetables on people with the message "Eat Hooterville Rutabagas" written on them.
- 1965–197126mTV-G8.3 (97)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramOliver has to choose between being a farmer or lawyer when he gets an offer to practice in Washington, D.C. The official-looking letter, however, has the locals convinced that Oliver is hiding a juicy secret from them. After ruling out bootlegger and counterfeiter, that leaves only one choice: CIA agent.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramA mysterious young boy shows up at the Douglas farm and claims to be from another world.
- 1965–197130mTV-G8.0 (130)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborTom LesterLisa 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 for a gift from Mrs. Douglas, leading Doris to think that Fred and Lisa are having a torrid affair.
- 1965–197125mTV-G8.4 (114)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborTom LesterThe draft board sends Arnold Ziffel a conscription notice without realizing he is a pig.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramTired 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 with the power company in person. He finds that nothing in Hooterville is done simply--or correctly; he ends up with a meter that runs even when it's disconnected and another pole by the bedroom window.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramIn just his first day as School Board President, Oliver starts a grammar school protest. The kids are upset that their mascot, Arnold, has been thrown out for popping his teacher with a pea shooter. Fred Ziffel asks Oliver to represent his "son" on the grounds that he suffered discrimination, but all Oliver can do is badger the school's determined principal. The pig's ticket back into the education system comes when he wins the student art contest with his painting "Nude at a Filling Station."
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramOn learning that Lisa's mother is coming for a visit, the Hooterville residents go overboard in wanting to welcome the countess. Despite Oliver's protests that she's not royalty, they forge ahead anyway with plans for a parade and marching band.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramWith Doris away for a few days, Fred looks after Arnold by himself. When Arnold sees an advertisement for free movies and ice cream, he goes to Pixley. Lisa is convinced he's been pig-napped, so they all go on a search that leads them to a packing house. During a nightmare one morning she accidentally gives Oliver a bloody nose.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramLisa parlays her uncle's cabbage soup into a miracle cleaning fluid and immediately puts all her friends on the 'spot.'
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramAlf and Ralph announce that they are finally going to finish the Douglas' bedroom, but the project stalls when the "brothers" have a fight. Lisa hires Ralph as their maid and Oliver can't bring himself to fire her when he discovers she's a good cook.
- 1965–197130mTV-G8.3 (102)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramOliver's reign as "El Presidente" of the phone company crashes and burns when he hires a farm worker to be his operator. He pays Haney to take the nightmare off his hands, but soon Hooterville is up in arms over the price-gouging Haney Phone Company.
- 1965–197126mTV-G8.1 (106)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramThe only thing Oliver learns at a farming convention is how to get a hangover. He and Lisa meet up with Charlie, a former gangster-turned-farmer, and Wanda, his floozy dancer wife. The more Charlie talks about his farm, the more Oliver's convinced that his criminal days are not in the past.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramWhen the dreaded "bing bug" threatens all the crops in Hooterville, Oliver tries to rally the people to rid the town of the menace. He is then volunteered to be the one to fly the crop duster over the fields due to his experience as a pilot in World War II. It also gives him and Lisa a chance to reminisce about the first time they met after his engine failed during a mission.
- 1965–197130mTV-G8.3 (96)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramAfter Oliver orders the Monroe brothers to finish work on the bedroom, they confess that they never got a building permit. Oliver storms off to get one himself, only to discover his barn is in Hooterville, but his house is in Pixley. Haney, who sold them the farm, offers to hook a rope to the house and pull it to Hooterville with his truck. Meanwhile, the locals turn on Oliver for having "moved" to Pixley. Fed up, he has the farm re-surveyed and gets even worse news.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborFrank CadyCriminals rob a jewelry store in Chicago and stash their haul in a grain bin. The expensive gems end up packed in boxes of Crickly Wickly cereal shipped to Hooterville. Lisa knows real jewels when she sees them, but Oliver's sure they're just costume. After taking them to be appraised, the sheriff arrests Oliver for the jewelry store heist.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborFrank CadyEb becomes obsessed over winning a contest on a Pixley radio station. To win, he has to listen around the clock and identify all the groovy tunes. That becomes even harder after Eleanor the cow swallows the radio Oliver had just bought him for his birthday.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramOnce Eb's wild story about meeting space aliens hits the press, tourists descend on the Douglas farm to meet the new celebrity. Oliver's more concerned about the crowd trampling his crops, but the Air Force takes his claim seriously. At least at first.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramOliver finally gets a phone installed but it's placed on top of the telephone pole.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramSam Drucker calls the law when he finds $300 is missing from his safe. With the investigation pointing only to Frank Nitti, Eb is finally charged. He shows up in a car he paid $300 for, but can't recall who gave him the money to buy it.
- 1965–197130mTV-G8.4 (103)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramA 10 year old whiz makes a deal with Lisa to "electronificate" the Douglas home for 28 dollars. Havoc ensues as he attempts to automate the entire farm.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramA desperate Ralph Monroe joins a computer dating service to meet a husband. Oliver thinks it's a great idea since computers are always right. Lisa thinks they can't possibly take the place of romance, so she challenges Oliver to test their match-up on the electric brain.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsEddie AlbertEva GaborPat ButtramOliver plants crops using a bizarre country formula. Lisa can't grasp the principal of electricity.