"Green Acres" (1965) TV series 1965-1971

Creator:

Jay Sommers
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

15 September 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

A New York attorney and his wife try to live as genteel farmers in the bizarre community of Hooterville.

Plot Keywords:

Farm | Famous Opening Theme | Pig Actor | 1960s | Multiple Actors For One Character

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Eddie Albert	...	Oliver Wendell Douglas / ... (170 episodes, 1965-1971)
Eva Gabor	...	Lisa Douglas / ... (170 episodes, 1965-1971)
Tom Lester	...	Eb Dawson / ... (150 episodes, 1965-1971)
Frank Cady	...	Sam Drucker / ... (142 episodes, 1965-1971)
Pat Buttram	...	Mr. Haney / ... (141 episodes, 1965-1971)
Alvy Moore	...	Hank Kimball / ... (135 episodes, 1965-1971)
Hank Patterson	...	Fred Ziffel (80 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Directed by
Richard L. Bare		(166 episodes, 1965-1971)
Ralph Levy		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Writing credits
Jay Sommers		(170 episodes, 1965-1971)
Dick Chevillat		(152 episodes, 1965-1971)
Dan Beaumont		(14 episodes, 1967-1971)
Al Schwartz		(3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Elon Packard		(3 episodes, 1966)
John L. Greene		(3 episodes, 1969)
Elroy Schwartz		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Sam Locke		(2 episodes, 1967)
Joel Rapp		(2 episodes, 1967)
Larry Scott Anderson		(2 episodes, 1969-1970)

Series Produced by
Paul Henning	....	executive producer (170 episodes, 1965-1971)
Guy Scarpitta	....	associate producer (170 episodes, 1965-1971)
Jay Sommers	....	producer (170 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Original Music by
Vic Mizzy		(170 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Cinematography by
Bob Gough		(155 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Film Editing by
Robert Seiter		(67 episodes, 1965-1970)
Michael Brown		(62 episodes, 1966-1970)
James Ballas		(14 episodes, 1965-1966)
Edward Haire		(12 episodes, 1970-1971)
Robert M. Leeds		(2 episodes, 1966)

Series Casting by
Bill Tinsman		(84 episodes, 1965-1968)
Caro Jones		(72 episodes, 1968-1971)
Mercedes Manzanares		(46 episodes, 1965-1968)
Edward F. Rhine		(28 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Art Direction by
Walter McKeegan		(157 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Set Decoration by
Dorcy Howard		(154 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Costume Design by
Jean Louis		(22 episodes, 1965-1967)

Series Makeup Department
Gene Hibbs	....	makeup artist (156 episodes, 1965-1971)
Peggy Shannon	....	hair stylist (156 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Production Management
George King	....	production supervisor / post-production supervisor (145 episodes, 1965-1970)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Andre	....	assistant director (157 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Art Department
Jerry Fuller	....	property master (155 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Sound Department
Bernard F. Pincus	....	sound editor (156 episodes, 1965-1971)
Stanley Cooley	....	sound mixer (83 episodes, 1966-1969)
Larry Gannon	....	sound mixer (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
C.J. 'Mickey' Emerson	....	sound mixer (29 episodes, 1969-1971)
Lodge Cunningham	....	sound mixer (21 episodes, 1970-1971)

Series Special Effects by
Robert Cole	....	special effects (155 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Visual Effects by
Bill Hansard	....	background projection (9 episodes, 1965-1969)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
James Wilson	....	key grip (130 episodes, 1966-1971)
Gary R. Wostak	....	chief electrician (101 episodes, 1967-1971)
Ralph Owen	....	chief electrician (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
Ted Hamilton	....	key grip (24 episodes, 1965-1966)
Larry Gilhooly	....	chief electrician (21 episodes, 1966-1968)

Series Casting Department
Caro Jones	....	casting (1 episode, 1970)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
W.T. Zacha	....	costume supervisor / wardrobe supervisor (104 episodes, 1966-1970)
Gwen Fitzer	....	costume supervisor (84 episodes, 1965-1968)
Shirley Brewton	....	costume supervisor (73 episodes, 1968-1971)
Nolan Miller	....	wardrobe consultant / wardrobe consultant: Miss Gabor / ... (71 episodes, 1968-1971)
Bob Spencer	....	costume supervisor (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
Robert Lawson	....	costume supervisor (21 episodes, 1970-1971)
Jean Louis	....	gowns: Miss Gabor / gowns: Eva Gabor (5 episodes, 1965-1968)

Series Editorial Department
Robert Freedman	....	post-production coordinator / post production supervisor (139 episodes, 1965-1971)
Russ Tinsley	....	post-production coordinator (16 episodes, 1966-1971)

Series Music Department
Tommy Tedesco	....	musician: lead guitar (154 episodes, 1965-1971)
Jimmy Bond	....	musician: bass (153 episodes, 1965-1971)
Billy Calkins	....	musician: woodwinds (153 episodes, 1965-1971)
Frank Capp	....	musician: percussion (153 episodes, 1965-1971)
Gene Garf	....	musician: organ (153 episodes, 1965-1971)
Dave Kahn	....	music supervisor (153 episodes, 1965-1971)
Tommy Morgan	....	musician: harmonica (153 episodes, 1965-1971)
Bill Pitman	....	musician: bass guitar (153 episodes, 1965-1971)
Lou Singer	....	musician: mallet (131 episodes, 1965-1971)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (2 episodes, 1969)

Series Other crew
Frank Inn	....	animals trained by / animal trainer / ... (148 episodes, 1965-1971)
Phil Gordon	....	dialogue coach / dialog coach (82 episodes, 1966-1969)
Stuart Lippman	....	script supervisor (76 episodes, 1965-1968)
Robert Busch	....	dialogue coach / dialect coach (40 episodes, 1969-1971)
Jack Bannon	....	dialogue coach (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
Emilie Ehrlich	....	script supervisor (28 episodes, 1970-1971)
Dick Chevillat	....	story consultant (20 episodes, 1966-1971)
Wandra Ramsey	....	script supervisor (20 episodes, 1968-1969)
Ted Langwell	....	production coordinator (12 episodes, 1970-1971)
Marie Messinger	....	script supervisor (11 episodes, 1969-1970)
Ulla Bourne	....	script supervisor / animals trained by (8 episodes, 1968-1971)
Pearl Leiter	....	script supervisor (7 episodes, 1969)
Dorothy Cumming	....	script supervisor (4 episodes, 1968)
Erika Wernher	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1968)

Production Companies

• Filmways Television

Distributors

• CBS Television Network (1965) (USA) (TV)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• MGM Television (????) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• Orion Pictures Corporation

Other Companies

• General Service Studios  filming location
• Philip Morris Cigarettes  original sponsor
• Post Cereals of General Foods  original sponsor
• Procter & Gamble Company, The  original sponsor
• Todd-AO Studios  sound recording

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min (170 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Filmways Television

Trivia:

In the episode "Green Acres: The Deputy (#1.24)" (1966), Mr. Haney's first name is said to be Charlton. A couple of episodes referred to his first name as Eustace.

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Quotes:

Lisa Douglas:Are you happy with the corns I strung for you?
Oliver Douglas:Lisa, you're supposed to take the kernels off the cob and string them.
Lisa Douglas:Well, don't blame me, I never did it before. In the old country, we used to string caviar.
Oliver Douglas:Caviar?
Lisa Douglas:We'd have caviar on one string and crackers on the other...
Oliver Douglas:Oh, for...
Lisa Douglas:And then we'd play the Hungarian Christmas game called 'Smear the crackers with caviar.'

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Matlock: The Assassination: Part 1 (#6.18)" (1992)

Soundtrack:

Green Acres

Worthy of a reappraisal

This programme was traditionally thought of as just another of the cornpone country comedies that CBS used to be noted for, like "Petticoat Junction" or "The Beverly Hillbillies". But with its button-down straight man, Eddie Albert, surrounded by a wild assortment of extraordinary oddballs, "Green Acres" looks both backwards to the screwball comedies of the '30s and ahead to the Bob Newhart series of shows which followed a similar premise.

I am a fan of the British absurdist tradition, as exemplified both by university humour, like "Monty Python" and "Fawlty Towers", with its basis in the antics of the Goons (and Alfred Jarry), and by John Lennon's disassociated imagery, with its basis, probably, in Edward Lear (and Hilaire Belloc), but I personally happen to believe that this particular show belongs to a distinct comedy continuum, one that's entirely American. But I do agree completely that where these two styles are concerned, fans of one are bound to appreciate the other.