Green Acres
Overview
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.
Episodes
Seasons 1
Lisa's First Day On the Farm
The Decorator
The Best Laid Plans
My Husband, the Rooster Renter
Furniture, Furniture, Who's Got the Furniture?
Neighborliness
Lisa the Helpmate
You Can't Plug in a 2 with a 6
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
Parity Begins at Home
Lisa Has a Calf
The Wedding Anniversary
What Happened in Scranton?
How to Enlarge a Bedroom
Give Me Land, Lots Of Land
I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman
Lisa Bakes a Cake
Sprained Ankle, Country Style
The Price of Apples
What's In a Name?
The Day of Decision
A Pig In a Poke
The Deputy
Double Drick
The Ballad of Molly Turgis
Never Look a Gift Tractor in the Mouth
Send a Boy to College
Horse? What Horse?
The Rains Came
Culture
Uncle Ollie
Cast
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Reviews
Weren't we so lucky to grow up having shows like **Green Acres** to watch everyday when we were kids? This show was truly funny and everytime I watch it now it gives me that warm feeling of being a kid sitting on the floor in front of the TV and laughing at these amazing charact...
Thanks to Nick at Nite I still have the theme song and the advertisement for this memorized. And, honestly, there is a reason for it, it was hysterical. The humor and the fish out of water comedy stay with you. It is brilliant and stands the test of time.
Green Acres is a bit before its time in modern TV, so it holds up well over time. It's a comedy about a lawyer with an upscale wife who decides he wants to be a farmer. It doesn't exactly go over the "fourth wall", but it climbs to the top of the fourth wall. Much of the comedy...