Green Acres (Season 2) DVD
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: TV Series
Length: 754 minutes
Director: Various
Year: (1966)
Britt Gillette's Green Acres (Season 2) DVD Review
A spin-off of the CBS program Petticoat Junction (1963), Green Acres surpassed its predecessor in audience popularity - spending four of its six seasons as a Top 20 Nielsen-rated program. Its family-friendly humor puts Green Acres in the same nostalgic category as shows like The Andy Griffith Show, back when TV sitcoms were all about humor and not as serious as they would later become with the introduction of 1970s stalwarts MASH and All In The Family. The brainchild of creator Jay Sommers, writer for shows such as The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet and Petticoat Junction (where Green Acres characters Sam, Doris, Fred, and Arnold make their first appearances), Green Acres' unique brand of comedy lives on through a successful and ongoing syndication run, and its catchy theme song even captured the pop culture for a second time when Old Navy incorporated it into one of their trademark clothing commercials…
Green Acres centers around the life of a wealthy Manhattan attorney, Oliver Wendell Douglas (Eddie Albert), and his elite socialite wife Lisa (Eva Gabor). When Oliver gets a hankering to live out his childhood dream of operating a farm, conman Eustace Haney (Pat Buttram) offers him the deal of a lifetime. Only the deal of a lifetime turns out to be a 160-acre dump in the fictional town of Hooterville. Nevertheless, Oliver sets out to turn the farm into a rural gem, while Lisa is reluctant to leave her life of privilege in New York. Hired hand Eb Dawson (Tom Lester) helps out the Douglas family, and Sam Drucker (Frank Cady), a carryover from Petticoat Junction, runs the local general store. But the true life of the show emanates from neighbors Fred (Hank Patterson) and Doris Ziffel (Fran Ryan) and their adopted son - a prized pig named Arnold who displays many human-like traits. In time, Lisa learns to love the people of Hooterville, trying her best to bring sophistication to the backwoods region (and while still making use of her Manhattan wardrobe)…
The Green Acres (Season 2) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere "Wings Over Hooterville" in which Lisa recounts the story of her first meeting with Oliver to the people of Hooterville. She tells them it was during World War II, and Oliver's plane got shot down. With his parachute stuck in a tree, Lisa came to his rescue. Fast forward to the present day when the crops of Hooterville are suffering from the ill effects of the infamous "bing bug". The crops need to be dusted, and the town appoints Oliver to carry out the task. Unfortunately, Oliver hasn't flown a plane in years, and Eustace Haney's cheap bucket of bolts is the last thing Oliver wants to fly… Other notable episodes from Season 2 include "The Good Old Days" in which Lisa longs for the good old days of her Park Avenue penthouse with its many luxuries and extravagant view, and "An Old-Fashioned Christmas" in which Oliver learns that he must first secure a permit before chopping down a Christmas tree on his own property…!
Below is a list of episodes included on the Green Acres (Season 2) DVD:
Episode 33 (Wings Over Hooterville) Air Date: 09-14-1966
Episode 34 (Water, Water Everywhere) Air Date: 09-21-1966
Episode 35 (I Didn't Raise My Pig to be a Soldier) Air Date:
09-28-1966
Episode 36 (How to See South America by Bus) Air Date: 10-05-1966
Episode 37 (The Ugly Duckling) Air Date: 10-19-1966
Episode 38 (One of Our Assemblymen is Missing) Air Date:
10-26-1966
Episode 39 (The Good Old Days) Air Date: 11-02-1966
Episode 40 (Eb Discovers the Birds and the Bees) Air Date:
11-09-1966
Episode 41 (The Hooterville Image) Air Date: 11-16-1966
Episode 42 (You Ought to be in Pictures) Air Date: 11-23-1966
Episode 43 (A Home Isn't Built in a Day) Air Date: 11-30-1966
Episode 44 (A Square is Not Round) Air Date: 12-14-1966
Episode 45 (An Old Fashioned Christmas) Air Date: 12-21-1966
Episode 46 (Never Trust a Little Old Lady) Air Date: 12-28-1966
Episode 47 (School Days) Air Date: 01-04-1967
Episode 48 (His Honor) Air Date: 01-11-1967
Episode 49 (It's So Peaceful in the Country) Air Date: 01-18-1967
Episode 50 (Exodus to Bleedwell) Air Date: 01-25-1967
Episode 51 (It's Human to be Humane) Air Date: 02-01-1967
Episode 52 (Never Take Your Wife to a Convention) Air Date:
02-08-1967
Episode 53 (The Computer Age) Air Date: 02-15-1967
Episode 54 (Never Start Talking Unless Your Voice Comes Out) Air
Date: 02-22-1967
Episode 55 (The Beverly Hillbillies) Air Date: 03-01-1967
Episode 56 (Lisa's Vegetable Garden) Air Date: 03-08-1967
Episode 57 (The Saucer Season) Air Date: 03-15-1967
Episode 58 (Getting Even With Haney) Air Date: 03-22-1967
Episode 59 (Kimball Gets Fired) Air Date: 03-29-1967
Episode 60 (The Vulgar Ring Story) Air Date: 04-12-1967
Episode 61 (Who's Lisa?) Air Date: 04-19-1967
Episode 62 (Music to Milk By) Air Date: 04-26-1967
Britt Gillette
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Posted on 27 June 2005