Their hopes are pinned on Arnold Ziffle and a game of charades. Oliver panics when Lisa calls and tells him about the baby, but fails to mention it's a baby dog. Can you guess what other show the cast of Green Acres is on? View More. Is this Eva Gabor in Green Acres or something else?
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The locals are astounded that Haney had managed to unload the place on someone and try to talk him out of it. Laying her eyes on the dilapidated farmhouse for the first time, Lisa bursts into tears. Remind Me. Ep 2: Lisa's First Day on the Farm Lisa gets her first look at their dilapidated-and empty--farmhouse and is horrified. Oily Mr. Haney, who previously owned the dump, took everything with him, including the bathroom fixtures, and tries to resell them to Oliver.
Eb, one of Haney's workers, is hired on as their farm hand. Lisa goes out to meet the locals, most of whom have entered a pool wagering on how long the Douglases will stay.
Lisa is ready to immediately return to New York, but after a chat with Kate Bradley, she decides to give farm life a try. Ep 3: The Decorator 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 kitchen since she doesn't know the first thing about cooking.
Kate starts by showing her how to make something easy: hotcakes. Adding to the chaos is Oliver's mother, who arrives to rescue Lisa from her nightmarish country life. The Hooterville locals begin gossiping, assuming Lisa left him for good. While she's in the city, Oliver's mother connects her with an architect who designs an extravagant country club. 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 getting a phone installed in the kitchen though the line won't be connected for three months , the plumbing and roof fixed, and electricity via a rickety power generator. Douglas also meets his county farm agent, the absent-minded Hank Kimball, who takes some soil samples for analyzing. 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 with Uncle Joe on his handcar, getting to Hooterville. Things go bad to worse when Eunice finds herself the target of Newt Kiley's bull, and the Douglases' furniture is delivered to Mr.
Haney's instead. Ep 7: Neighborliness 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 charges farmers one dollar each to enter a plowing contest, promising them free lunch and big prizes. This is all news to Oliver as the neighbors on their tractors start descending on his farm. Ep 8: Lisa, the Helpmate 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 the farm; she mixed the dirt with products from her cosmetics bag. Ep 9: You Can't Plug In a 2 With a 6 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 number from one to seven in an effort to keep their creaky generator from blowing.
All gadgets up to a total of seven can be plugged in at the same time, but Lisa can't quite grasp the concept. Kimball to put some pressure on his mother, who owns the telephone company. Kimball says he and his mother aren't speaking, but Oliver convinces him to make up with her. His mom is so grateful, she promptly has a phone installed--on top of a pole outside their bedroom. Ep Parity Begins at Home Oliver wants to plant wheat on all of his acres, but the local agricultural committee says he can only do eight.
Incensed, Oliver takes his complaints all the way to Washington. 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 think it's Lisa who's expecting. Ep The Wedding Anniversary 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 found corn bores in his terrace garden. His mother, refusing to keep party guests waiting at the Waldorf while Oliver plays farmer, started tossing his "crop" off the balcony. Pots crashing onto the street below did not please the NYC cops. Ep What Happened in Scranton? 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". Setting up shop on the Cannonball, he gives the Hooterville women new hairdos. Now, they're too "beautiful" for farm work. The Monroes have just begun moving the walls when the building inspector, the father of Eb's girlfriend, "disapproves" the project and condemns the whole house.
Oliver is left with an open air bedroom without a roof. Thinking the house is part of the deal, Lisa sells the Watsons' furniture to Mr. Haney and has their things brought over. All of this happens while Oliver is in New York arranging the financing. As Chief Joe Carson explains, they have more parades than fires. Patiotic speeches follow as Oliver takes his new duties very seriously. He fears he'll be flooded with calls wanting his legal advice. Instead, lawyer Douglas becomes cranky when his phone doesn't ring.
Meanwhile, Lisa tackles a formidable task in the kitchen: baking a cake. When Oliver finally gets a potential client, the unlucky man encounters Ralph's plank, Lisa's pound pound cake and Haney's truck. A parade of Hooterville residents shows up to give their regards while he's off his feet, but instead of sharing the food they've made for him, they crowd him off his own bed to watch Frankenstein Meets Mary Poppins on television.
Ep The Price of Apples 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 rickety truck suffers numerous breakdowns, the apple prices begin to drop. Finally, Lisa's hotcakes come to the rescue. Ep What's in a Name? 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 something more feminine. While in court, Oliver learns that his license to practice law is not recognized by the state. This sends Oliver back to the books to study for the state's bar exam. Today's the day she decides whether to stay in Hooterville or return to New York.
Everyone anxiously awaits her decision. In the meantime, Oliver flashes back to their first days on the farm, his physical mishaps around the house, and Haney's lousy products. Ep A Pig in a Poke 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 to Mr. Haney, who's trying to take the pig in lieu of a debt that he claims the Ziffels owe him.
Ep The Deputy 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 pair of handcuffs to Lisa before discovering that he's lost the keys. Ep Double Drick 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 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. Facts are hard to come by, though, because the mere mention of her name causes bad to happen.
Lisa feels sorry for Molly and offers to give her a make-over. To keep it out of sight, she has it delivered to the Ziffels' farm. The old couple mistakes it as a gift from Mrs. Douglas, leading Doris to think that Fred and Lisa are having a torrid affair. Ep Send a Boy to College 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 oversight. Ep Horse? What Horse? 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 a checkup. Lisa's attempt to slip Oliver a sedative backfires, resulting in her taking a very long nap. That's when Haney presents dancing Chief Thundercloud.
When the rains eventually arrive, Oliver refuses to pay. He says the Chief's dancing is not what did the trick. Oliver calls the women "nuts" for considering such a ridiculous idea. Undeterred, Lisa calls her conductor friend Sir Geffory, aka "Poopsie", to come and conduct the orchestra. Ep Uncle Ollie 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" all the vehicles in the valley. The easily influenced Eb is quick to decide he wants to be a beatnick. Ep 1: Wings Over Hooterville When 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 planes. Haney contracts Willie the Well-Witcher to find a new spot to dig a well. But once Mr. Haney gets water, the Douglases lose theirs.
After Willie witches a new well for Oliver, the Ziffles' water dries up. After a few more rounds of this, Oliver suggests the valley get its water from a reservoir. That idea sounds great, until the switches are thrown.
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. Lisa's solution is make Ralph more feminine. While she works at the mammoth task, Oliver is forced to sleep in the barn with Eb.
Later, the "new" Ralph, complete with false eyelashes that stick together, is presented to the unsuspecting Mr. No one in Hooterville seems to know what the tax is for, so Oliver tries to contact his assemblyman. That's when he learns Hooterville hasn't held an election for one since He and Lisa travel to the state capital to meet the governor and remedy the situation. Ep 6: The Good Old Days Oliver describes to Lisa the book he's reading, hoping she'll have a greater appreciation of being a farm wife.
Set on the frontier in , poor farmer Gus Thompson and his mail-order bride Etta clear the land, start a farm from scratch, and have 25 children. Recalling how his first evening out with Lisa cost him a fortune, Oliver advises Eb to make all of their evening's plans. That's just what Eb does--incorrectly--causing Billy Jo to cancel their date.
Ep 8: The Hooterville Image The Hooterville farmers have decided that Oliver is ruining the town's image by doing his farming chores in a suit. Oliver eventually gives in to their demand to wear overalls, but they weren't planning on the fur-covered pair that Lisa's dressmaker has designed.
Ep 9: You Ought to Be in Pictures James Stuart from the agricultural department wants to do a film on the pitfalls of new farmers. The locals think "Jimmy Stewart" is coming to make a big Hollywood movie so they all enroll in Haney's acting school.
In the meantime, Oliver's farming practices prove especially embarrassing for the camera. Oliver fires the Monroe brothers and hires an architect to draw up plans. Renovations come to a screeching halt thanks to the Monroes' picket line and famous Hootervillian Rutherford B. Once word gets out, Haney and a chicken breeder both want in on the action. Oddly, the cube-shaped eggs don't worry Oliver nearly as much as their toaster that operates when you say the number "five".
Ep An Old Fashioned Christmas Sam Drucker is selling artificial Christmas trees that squirt "genuine spruce spray" from the top and ooze fake sap from the trunk.
Oliver is horrified; he wants an old fashioned Christmas with a real tree, but first he must get a permit from Mr. Kimball to chop one down. Regulars from 'Acres' and 'Junction' routinely crossed overeasy enough since both series were set in the town of Hooterville. There are no TV airings over the next 14 days.
Add it to your Watchlist to receive updates and availability notifications. He was Cady died Friday at his home in Wilsonville, Ore. A cause of death was not given. Remember other celebrities we lost this yearBorn and raised in California, Cady started acting in The veteran character actor died on Wednesday from pneumonia related to cancer. He was surrounded by friends and family in his Burbank, Calif. Question: Okey dokey, my dad and I have a bet riding on this one.
Poor Eddie Albert hasn't made a farmer's wife out of Eva Gabor yet. But he keeps trying. And trying. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Trivia Pat Buttram based his portrayal of Mr. Haney on Tom Parker -- aka "Col. Tom Parker", Elvis Presley 's manager--whom he met a decade or so earlier when Parker was a carnival barker. Goofs 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.
Crazy credits In some episodes, the opening credits appear in unusual locations e. In other episodes, the characters - particularly Lisa - react to the appearance of the credits superimposed over them or next to them. Connections Featured in Being There User reviews 61 Review. Top review. Vaudeville revisited. There's Oliver Wendell Douglas in his three-piece suit and Phi Beta Kappa key standing in front of an obviously painted backdrop with the most pathetic looking stalk of corn "growing" nearby.
Then comes onstage a series of the finest comedians doing their standup routine with Mr. Douglas as the straight man: Mr. I have a message for you. Love it. FAQ 4. One episode he tries to sell Oliver a "mechanical ". Was there ever an episode where someone was in an actual field on a farm?
My memory of the series is the the entire show happens on an obvious set, fake everything. Even when someone is on a tractor or digging or plowing, it's a stage. Has anybody else ever noticed that there is a very brief product placement, of sorts, in the opening credits? There is a sign for Camel cigarettes on Times Square.
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