List of Green Acres episodes
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. The series was first broadcast on CBS, from September 15, 1965 to April 27, 1971. All the episodes were filmed in color.
Series overview[]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 32 | September 15, 1965 | June 1, 1966 | ||
| 2 | 30 | September 14, 1966 | April 26, 1967 | ||
| 3 | 30 | September 6, 1967 | April 10, 1968 | ||
| 4 | 26 | September 25, 1968 | April 2, 1969 | ||
| 5 | 26 | September 27, 1969 | April 11, 1970 | ||
| 6 | 26 | September 15, 1970 | April 27, 1971 | ||
Episodes[]
Season 1 (1965–66)[]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "Oliver Buys a Farm" | Ralph Levy | Jay Sommers | September 15, 1965 | 1 |
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Oliver Wendell Douglas, a big city lawyer who longs for a farm, buys a spread near Hooterville. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson, Rufe Davis as Floyd Smoot, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker, Hank Patterson as Fred Ziffel. John Charles Daly (of What's My Line?) tells this story. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Lisa's First Day on the Farm" | Ralph Levy | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 22, 1965 | 2 |
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Oliver brings his wife Lisa to their new home, a ramshackle farm near Hooterville. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Bea Benaderet as Kate Bradley, Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson, Smiley Burnette as Charley Pratt, Rufe Davis as Floyd Smoot, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Decorator" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 29, 1965 | 3 |
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Oliver and Lisa call in a decorator to begin a major overhaul of their dilapidated farm. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Bea Benaderet as Kate Bradley, Lori Saunders as Bobbie Jo Bradley, Rufe Davis as Floyd Smoot, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Best Laid Plans" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 6, 1965 | 4 |
| The Hooterville rumor mill has it that Lisa packed up and left Oliver. Actually, she went back to New York to close up their penthouse apartment. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "My Husband, the Rooster Renter" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 13, 1965 | 5 |
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Oliver calls in a roofer, a plumber and an agricultural expert. All of them give the same appraisal of his farm: a disaster. Guest Star from Petticoat Junction: Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Furniture, Furniture, Who's Got the Furniture?" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 20, 1965 | 6 |
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The Douglases are awaiting the arrival of their furniture. When it is accidentally delivered to Mr. Haney, he tries to sell them their own possessions. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson, Smiley Burnette as Charley Pratt, Rufe Davis as Floyd Smoot, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Neighborliness" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 27, 1965 | 7 |
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It's plowing time and Oliver runs into trouble with equipment bought from Mr. Haney. The neighbors come to the rescue and plow the field in time for planting. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker, Hank Patterson as Fred Ziffel, Kay E. Kuter as Newt Kiley, Tom Fadden as Ben Miller | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Lisa the Helpmate" | Richard L. Bare | S : Al Schwartz and Lou Huston; T : Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 3, 1965 | 8 |
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When Oliver sends a sample of his soil to the State Scientific College, a report comes back that his farm contains ingredients never before found in soil. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Bea Benaderet as Kate Bradley, Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "You Can't Plug in a 2 with a 6" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 10, 1965 | 9 |
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Relying on statistics provided by the Department of Agriculture, Oliver plants wheat. His neighbors, using Mrs. Ziffel's lumbago to predict a crop, plant corn. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker, Hank Patterson as Fred Ziffel, Tom Fadden as Ben Miller | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 17, 1965 | 10 |
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Oliver finally has a phone installed, but the Hooterville Phone Company installs it directly outside his bedroom window--on top of the telephone pole. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson, Rufe Davis as Floyd Smoot, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Parity Begins at Home" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 24, 1965 | 11 |
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Oliver plants his entire 160 acres (0.65 km2) with wheat, only to hear from the Conservation of Stabilization Committee (a local farm organization) that he is not allowed to do so. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Frank Cady as Sam Drucker, Tom Fadden as Ben Miller, Kay E. Kuter as Newt Kiley, Walter Baldwin as Grandpappy Miller | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Lisa Has a Calf" | Richard L. Bare | T : Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat; S/T : Phil Leslie | December 8, 1965 | 12 |
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The cow Oliver bought from Mr. Haney is pregnant. Eb is afraid that if Mr. Haney finds out, he will claim that the calf belongs to him. But the pregnancy leaks and Haney thinks it's Lisa that's due, and this rumor spreads through Hooterville and right to Oliver's mother in New York! Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Bea Benaderet as Kate Bradley, Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Wedding Anniversary" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | December 15, 1965 | 13 |
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It's the Douglases' wedding anniversary. Oliver remembers the date but cannot recall the exact number of years he and Lisa have been married. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Bea Benaderet as Kate Bradley, Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "What Happened in Scranton?" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | December 22, 1965 | 14 |
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Lisa decides to bring a little culture and charm to Hooterville by means of a beauty parlor. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Smiley Burnette as Charley Pratt, Rufe Davis as Floyd Smoot, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "How to Enlarge a Bedroom" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | December 29, 1965 | 15 |
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After persistent pleas from Lisa, Oliver agrees to have the bedroom enlarged. But Alf and Ralph, the contractors, rip the room apart and cannot finish it because they're only licensed for hen houses and chicken coops. Guest Star from Petticoat Junction: Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Give Me Land, Lots of Land" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 5, 1966 | 16 |
| Oliver buys 140 acres (0.57 km2) of land adjoining his property, excluding the farmhouse on it. Lisa misunderstands and thinks the farmhouse is their new home. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 19, 1966 | 17 |
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Oliver discovers the only requirement to join the Hooterville Volunteer Fire Department is that he must play a musical instrument. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Bea Benaderet as Kate Bradley, Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Lisa Bakes a Cake" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 26, 1966 | 18 |
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Oliver is annoyed when Lisa puts a listing in the new phone book: "Oliver Douglas, Attorney at Law," but gets depressed when nobody calls for his services. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Smiley Burnette as Charley Pratt, Rufe Davis as Floyd Smoot, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Sprained Ankle, Country Style" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 2, 1966 | 19 |
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Oliver falls through the roof and sprains his ankle while putting up a TV antenna. While Lisa takes care of him, almost everyone in Hooterville stops by to unintentionally annoy him or hog control of his TV. Guest Star from Petticoat Junction: Lori Saunders as Bobbie Jo Bradley | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Price of Apples" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 9, 1966 | 20 |
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Oliver's apple crop is ready to be harvested, but he must harvest and ship them himself after Pixley farmers reserve all the delivery trucks. Guest Star from Petticoat Junction: Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "What's in a Name?" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 16, 1966 | 21 |
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Ralph, the lady carpenter, becomes enamored of Mr. Kimball, the county agent. However, he refuses to go out with a girl named Ralph. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "The Day of Decision" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 23, 1966 | 22 |
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Lisa must decide whether she and Oliver will remain on the farm or go back to New York. She decides on New York, and Oliver angrily prepares to leave. But Lisa reverses her decision after learning what happens to the animals after they're gone, so Oliver keeps his farm. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson, Smiley Burnette as Charley Pratt (archive footage), Rufe Davis as Floyd Smoot (archive footage), Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "A Pig in a Poke" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 9, 1966 | 23 |
| Oliver and Lisa leave for New York to attend a reunion of the Harvard Alumni. They are unaware that the Ziffels' pig, Arnold, is a stowaway in the trunk of their car. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "The Deputy" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 16, 1966 | 25 |
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Sam Drucker is leaving on vacation, and talks Oliver into assuming his duties as deputy sheriff. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson, Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "Double Drick" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 23, 1966 | 26 |
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Oliver's generator breaks down and he decides it's finally time for the electric company to run power lines into his house. Guest Star from Petticoat Junction: Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "The Ballad of Molly Turgis" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | April 6, 1966 | 24 |
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There is a local superstition in Hooterville concerning an old hag named Molly Turgiss, who died twenty years before the Douglases came to town. Guest Star from Petticoat Junction: Frank Cady as Sam Drucker | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "Never Look a Gift Tractor in the Mouth" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | April 27, 1966 | 28 |
| It's a few days before Oliver's birthday, and Lisa goes out and buys the biggest and fanciest tractor she can find. But confusion causes it to be shipped to the Ziffels, who think Mr. and Mrs. Douglas gave it to them as a gift. They are so thankful for it that it becomes impossible for Lisa to straighten things out and get the new tractor back. | ||||||
| 28 | 28 | "Send a Boy to College" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | May 4, 1966 | 27 |
| Oliver discovers that Eb has a way with sick animals and offers to put him through college. Eb is rejected because he never graduated from high school. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "Horse? What Horse?" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | May 11, 1966 | 29 |
| A horse follows Oliver home, but every time he tries to show it to his wife, the horse disappears. Lisa assumes that her husband is imagining things and calls a doctor. But Oliver soon thinks he's going mad too when he sees zebras, camels and a boxing kangaroo. Eventually it's revealed that they all escaped from a circus. | ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "The Rains Came" | Richard L. Bare | S : Howard Merrill and Stan Dreben; T : Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | May 18, 1966 | 31 |
| Mr. Haney sues Oliver for non-payment of a vital contract. He claims that his Native American friend caused the rain that helped Oliver's crops grow. Oliver goes to court to prove that it was his own act of washing his car that caused it to rain, since every time you wash a car it rains. | ||||||
| 31 | 31 | "Culture" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | May 25, 1966 | 30 |
| The Every-Other-Wednesday-Afternoon-Discussion-Club decides that Hooterville needs a little "culture" in the form of a symphony orchestra. Lisa brings in a New York conductor friend, but he runs into trouble with the town's only musicians: The Hooterville Volunteer Fire Department Band. | ||||||
| 32 | 32 | "Uncle Ollie" | Richard L. Bare | Dick Chevillat & Elon Packard | June 1, 1966 | 32 |
| Oliver's nephew arrives for a visit, and Oliver is shaken up when the boy turns out to be a beatnik. | ||||||
Season 2 (1966–67)[]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 33 | 1 | "Wings Over Hooterville" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 14, 1966 | 33 |
| The dreaded "Bing Bug" invades Hooterville's corn crop. To save his and other farmers' crops, Oliver pays Mr. Haney to use his crop duster, in hopes of using his airforce skills to spray every field. | ||||||
| 34 | 2 | "Water, Water Everywhere" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 21, 1966 | 35 |
| Mr. Haney has a new well dug on his farm, and it drains off all the water from Oliver and Lisa's farm. | ||||||
| 35 | 3 | "I Didn't Raise My Pig to Be a Soldier" | Richard L. Bare | S : Elon Packard and Norman Hudis; T : Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 28, 1966 | 37 |
| Oliver and Lisa agree to "pig sit" Arnold while the Ziffels enjoy a second honeymoon. | ||||||
| 36 | 4 | "How to See South America By Bus" | Richard L. Bare | S : Walter Black; T : Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 5, 1966 | 36 |
| Lisa misinterprets Oliver's interest in a lady farmer, and sets out to break up what she thinks is a "budding romance." (Similar to the plot of the 1947 film The Egg and I (Film))[1] | ||||||
| 37 | 5 | "The Ugly Duckling" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 19, 1966 | 34 |
| Lisa sends Oliver out to sleep in the barn while Ralph, the lady carpenter, moves in with her for a two-day beauty treatment. | ||||||
| 38 | 6 | "One of Our Assemblymen is Missing" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 26, 1966 | 38 |
| Oliver receives a tax bill for $12.03 from the State Farm Unattached Duty Tax Bureau. But in his quest to see why he's paying it, he gets himself and Hooterville in over their heads in politics. | ||||||
| 39 | 7 | "The Good Old Days" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 2, 1966 | 39 |
| To improve Lisa's understanding of the role of a "farm wife," Oliver tells her the story of a pioneer couple. | ||||||
| 40 | 8 | "Eb Discovers the Birds and the Bees" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 9, 1966 | 40 |
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Oliver takes the place of Eb's father when he explains the romantic facts of life to the hired hand. Guest Stars from Petticoat Junction: Linda Kaye as Betty Jo Bradley, Lori Saunders as Bobbie Jo Bradley | ||||||
| 41 | 9 | "The Hooterville Image" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 16, 1966 | 41 |
| The farmers of Hooterville Valley fear that Oliver is ruining their image by continuing to wear a suit and tie when he does his chores. | ||||||
| 42 | 10 | "You Ought to Be in Pictures" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 23, 1966 | 42 |
| The Chamber of Commerce votes to invite a Hollywood picture company to film a movie in the Hooterville Valley. | ||||||
| 43 | 11 | "A Home Isn't Built in a Day" | Richard L. Bare | Dick Chevillat & Elon Packard and Jay Sommers | November 30, 1966 | 43 |
| Lisa threatens to leave Oliver unless he completely renovates their farmhouse. | ||||||
| 44 | 12 | "A Square is Not Round" | Richard L. Bare | Elroy Schwartz | December 14, 1966 | 44 |
| A chicken mystery develops on the Douglas farm when Lisa reveals that one of the hens is laying square eggs. Amid that, Oliver can't figure out why the toaster now operates by the sound of saying "five". | ||||||
| 45 | 13 | "An Old-fashioned Christmas" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers and Buddy Atkinson | December 21, 1966 | 46 |
| Oliver is determined to have an old-fashioned Christmas, which includes decorating his own tree. But even in Hooterville, all they sell are gaudy aluminum ones, and chopping trees down is prohibited by the state agriculture department. | ||||||
| 46 | 14 | "Never Trust a Little Old Lady" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat & Al Schwartz | December 28, 1966 | 48 |
| Oliver cannot find an accurate means of predicting the weather in Hooterville. Most of the community relies on the TV newscast's little old lady who steps out of a tiny clock with or without an umbrella. | ||||||
| 47 | 15 | "School Days" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 4, 1967 | 49 |
| Oliver enrolls Lisa at the Hooterville High School to learn the art of homemaking. | ||||||
| 48 | 16 | "His Honor" | Richard L. Bare | Dick Chevillat & Al Schwartz | January 11, 1967 | 47 |
| When the Hooterville City Council selects Oliver to judge the apple competition at the annual fair, he gets the idea that he's been appointed to the appeals court. Lisa received the telephone message, and the confusion results in part from her accent. | ||||||
| 49 | 17 | "It's So Peaceful in the Country" | Richard L. Bare | David Braverman and Bob Marcus | January 18, 1967 | 45 |
| Oliver and Lisa invite Oliver's mother to visit them on the farm for a much-needed rest. | ||||||
| 50 | 18 | "Exodus to Bleedswell" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 25, 1967 | 50 |
| A rival town threatens to lure away the citizens of Hooterville Valley with an offer of lucrative defense jobs. | ||||||
| 51 | 19 | "It's Human to be Humane" | Richard L. Bare | Sam Locke and Joel Rapp | February 1, 1967 | 51 |
| Lisa becomes the Humane Officer in Hooterville and turns the Douglas farmhouse into an animal shelter. | ||||||
| 52 | 20 | "Never Take Your Wife to a Convention" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 8, 1967 | 52 |
| Oliver and Lisa attend a farm convention in the city, where they meet a not-so-ex-gangster and his wife. | ||||||
| 53 | 21 | "The Computer Age" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 15, 1967 | 54 |
| In planning the most efficient way to run a farm, Oliver champions the cause of computers. | ||||||
| 54 | 22 | "Never Start Talking Unless Your Voice Comes Out" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 22, 1967 | 53 |
| An official-looking letter from Washington comes to Oliver, and his secretive behavior leads his neighbors to speculate as to its content. | ||||||
| 55 | 23 | "The Beverly Hillbillies" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 1, 1967 | 55 |
| Hooterville gives its impression of The Beverly Hillbillies in a special charity show featuring Lisa as "Granny," Oliver as "Jethro," and Mr. Kimball as "Jed Clampett." | ||||||
| 56 | 24 | "Lisa's Vegetable Garden" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 8, 1967 | 56 |
| Lisa decides to plant her own vegetables and become a real farmer. | ||||||
| 57 | 25 | "The Saucer Season" | Richard L. Bare | T : Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat; S/T : Sam Locke & Joel Rapp | March 15, 1967 | 57 |
| When Eb claims he saw a flying saucer and little green men, the Douglas farm becomes an object of interest for curiosity seekers and the Air Force. | ||||||
| 58 | 26 | "Getting Even With Haney" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 22, 1967 | 59 |
| Oliver has his "day in court" with Mr. Haney, as he represents the Ziffels in a suit against his "washing machine" that destroyed their home. But first they have to find a judge that's not related to Haney! | ||||||
| 59 | 27 | "Kimball Gets Fired" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 29, 1967 | 60 |
| Oliver and Lisa have a romantic crisis on their hands when Mr. Kimball is replaced as the County Agent by a new member of the Agricultural Department. And his replacement doesn't help; he simply criticizes Oliver's and the rest of the farmers crops. | ||||||
| 60 | 28 | "The Vulgar Ring Story" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | April 12, 1967 | 58 |
| Lisa reveals the fascinating story of why women in her family had to marry American men every fourth generation. | ||||||
| 61 | 29 | "Who's Lisa?" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | April 19, 1967 | 61 |
| When Lisa gets a blow on the head and suffers a mysterious lapse of memory, Oliver finds himself living with a total stranger. | ||||||
| 62 | 30 | "Music to Milk By" | Richard L. Bare | Elroy Schwartz | April 26, 1967 | 63 |
| Oliver buys Eb a radio for his birthday. Unfortunately during a big radio contest, the cow eats it and Eb must listen to it in the cow's stomach, before its digested! | ||||||
Season 3 (1967–68)[]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 63 | 1 | "The Man For the Job" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 6, 1967 | 64 |
| The Committee to Select a New State Senator considers Oliver Douglas for the job. | ||||||
| 64 | 2 | "Lisa's Jam Session" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 13, 1967 | 66 |
| Oliver decides it would be a great idea for Lisa to make her own jam preserves. | ||||||
| 65 | 3 | "Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 20, 1967 | 65 |
| An unlikely but hilarious love affair between Arnold the pig and Cynthia the basset hound captivates the residents of Hooterville. | ||||||
| 66 | 4 | "Oliver vs. the Phone Company" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 27, 1967 | 67 |
| Fed up with the lousy service, Oliver starts a feud with the Hooterville Phone Company and launches a campaign to recall its management. After it fails in the State Government, Oliver confronts Mr. Trendell and ends up taking over! | ||||||
| 67 | 5 | "Oliver Takes Over the Phone Company" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 4, 1967 | 68 |
| Mr. Trendell turns over the keys of the Hooterville Phone Company to Oliver Douglas. But Oliver soon sees the madness and inefficiency that take place there, understanding why he left it. | ||||||
| 68 | 6 | "A Kind Word For the President" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 11, 1967 | 70 |
| Oliver sets out to accomplish changes at the Hooterville Phone Company, now that he's president. But when they still don't happen and complaints roll in, Oliver loses hope—until Mr. Drucker gets everyone to show their appreciation. | ||||||
| 69 | 7 | "Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 18, 1967 | 69 |
| Oliver sets out to harvest his tomato crops. But with the phone company taking up his time he gets Haney to take over the company. But Haney's outrageous prices lead the people of Hooterville to force Haney to give control back to Oliver—either that or be tarred and feathered! June Foray guest stars as a Mexican telephone operator. | ||||||
| 70 | 8 | "Eb Elopes" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 25, 1967 | 72 |
| Oliver and Lisa wake up one morning to find that their handyman has eloped. An ex-bartender serves as the Douglases new hired hand. | ||||||
| 71 | 9 | "The Thing" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 1, 1967 | 73 |
| Oliver stops paying storage rates for an item that neither he nor Lisa can remember owning, and the unknown item is shipped to the farm. | ||||||
| 72 | 10 | "Das Lumpen" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 8, 1967 | 74 |
| Lisa tells another war story--this one details how she saved Oliver from the Nazis during World War II and started their romance. | ||||||
| 73 | 11 | "Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel?" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 15, 1967 | 75 |
| The residents of Hooterville are in an uproar when Arnold Ziffel the pig is missing. | ||||||
| 74 | 12 | "Jealousy, English Style" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 22, 1967 | 76 |
| Oliver informs Lisa that he plans to attend a farm symposium without her. | ||||||
| 75 | 13 | "Haney's New Image" | Richard L. Bare | Bobby Bell and Bill Lee | November 29, 1967 | 77 |
| When Mr. Haney finds out first that the Douglas farm is the possible site for an interchange for a proposed new highway, he offers to buy back the farm. | ||||||
| 76 | 14 | "Alf and Ralph Break Up" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | December 13, 1967 | 79 |
| Ralph, the lady carpenter, runs away from home and stays with the Douglases after having a fight with her brother, Alf. | ||||||
| 77 | 15 | "No Trespassing" | Richard L. Bare | Dan Beaumont | December 20, 1967 | 78 |
| Oliver shows symptoms of overwork, so Lisa talks him into going on a picnic. | ||||||
| 78 | 16 | "Eb Returns" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | December 27, 1967 | 80 |
| The Douglases' handyman returns home from his honeymoon and reveals that he did not get married. | ||||||
| 79 | 17 | "Not Guilty" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 3, 1968 | 71 |
| Eb is accused of taking $300 from Sam Drucker's safe when he shows up with a new car (which just happens to cost $300). | ||||||
| 80 | 18 | "Home is Where You Run Away From" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 10, 1968 | 81 |
| A mysterious young boy shows up at the Douglas farm and claims to be from another world. | ||||||
| 81 | 19 | "How to Succeed in Television Without Really Trying" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 24, 1968 | 83 |
| Lisa invests $28 in a 10-year-old's "Electronic Company"; to show his gratitude, the young wizard "electronificates" the Douglases' farm. | ||||||
| 82 | 20 | "Arnold Ziffel, Boy Hero" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 31, 1968 | 84 |
| Arnold comes to the rescue when Lisa and Oliver are taken hostage by two bank robbers who hide out in their farmhouse. | ||||||
| 83 | 21 | "Flight to Nowhere" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 7, 1968 | 82 |
| As part of an agricultural exchange program, Oliver and other Hooterville farmers are offered a chance to join a chartered government flight to Europe. | ||||||
| 84 | 22 | "My Mother the Countess" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 14, 1968 | 62 |
| Lisa reveals that her mother, the Countess, is going to pay a visit to Green Acres. | ||||||
| 85 | 23 | "The Spring Festival" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 21, 1968 | 85 |
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Spring fever sets in at Green Acres when Lisa sets out to produce a spring festival celebration. Note: This is the final episode featuring Barbara Pepper as Doris Ziffel. Fran Ryan would resume the character role in the Season 4, Episode 20 episode, "Retreat from Washington". | ||||||
| 86 | 24 | "Our Son, the Barber" | Richard L. Bare | Dan Beaumont | February 28, 1968 | 86 |
| Eb decides on a career as a barber and talks Oliver into putting him through a do-it-yourself mail-order barber college. | ||||||
| 87 | 25 | "Oliver's Jaded Past" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 6, 1968 | 87 |
| Lisa reminds Oliver that he promised her a New York vacation if she stayed with him on the farm for two years. | ||||||
| 88 | 26 | "The Hungarian Curse" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 13, 1968 | 88 |
| A fellow Hungarian, Lazlo Broslav, visits Lisa and becomes an unwanted houseguest. It is revealed that Lazlo once saved the life of Lisa's uncle, and now her family must repay the debt. | ||||||
| 89 | 27 | "The Rutabaga Story" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 20, 1968 | 89 |
| Oliver decides that all Hooterville farmers should plant rutabagas as their primary cash crop, and initiates a publicity campaign to make America more "rutabaga conscious." | ||||||
| 90 | 28 | "Instant Family" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 27, 1968 | 90 |
| When an expectant mother goes into labor, Oliver takes her to the hospital, and Lisa takes her seven other children to live with the Douglases until she recovers. | ||||||
| 91 | 29 | "A Star Named Arnold is Born, Part 1" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | April 3, 1968 | 91 |
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Arnold the pig appears in a play at the Hooterville Theater. Lisa arranges for an old friend to give him a chance in show business. In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode (along with part two) #59 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.[2] | ||||||
| 92 | 30 | "A Star Named Arnold is Born, Part 2" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | April 10, 1968 | 92 |
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Oliver and Lisa chaperone Arnold's trip to Hollywood, where he lands a starring role in a motion picture. In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode (along with part one) #59 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.[2] | ||||||
Season 4 (1968–69)[]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 93 | 1 | "Guess Who's Not Going to the Luau?" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 25, 1968 | 93 |
| Lisa and Oliver and most of their Hooterville friends enter a contest that promises the winners a free trip to Hawaii. | ||||||
| 94 | 2 | "The Rummage Sale" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 2, 1968 | 94 |
| When Oliver and Lisa start looking for items in their wardrobe to donate to the rummage sale, they take a nostalgic look at the past. | ||||||
| 95 | 3 | "Hail to the Fire Chief" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 16, 1968 | 96 |
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Uncle Joe Carson is trying to raise funds to send the fire chief to the Annual Convention of Fire Chiefs, in Miami, Florida. Special Guest from Petticoat Junction: Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson | ||||||
| 96 | 4 | "Eb's Romance" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 23, 1968 | 95 |
| Oliver is cast in the unwilling role of "father of the potential groom" when his hired hand announces unexpected marriage plans. | ||||||
| 97 | 5 | "The Candidate" | Richard L. Bare | Dan Beaumont | October 30, 1968 | 97 |
| Oliver launches an attack on Hooterville's State District Representative, Ben Hanks, and winds up running against him for a political office. Skip Young guest stars. | ||||||
| 98 | 6 | "Handy Lessons" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 6, 1968 | 98 |
| Lisa sets out to surprise Oliver by becoming a lady carpenter. | ||||||
| 99 | 7 | "A Husband For Eleanor" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 13, 1968 | 99 |
| When Eleanor, the Douglases' cow, runs out of milk, Mr. Kimball diagnoses her ailment as a severe lack of romance. | ||||||
| 100 | 8 | "Old Mail Day" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 20, 1968 | 100 |
| "Old Mail Day" comes to Hooterville when Sam Drucker cleans up his general store, and delivers all the old mail he finds to their rightful owners. | ||||||
| 101 | 9 | "The Agricultural Student" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 27, 1968 | 101 |
| County Agent Hank Kimball receives word that the Agricultural Department is sending a student to observe his work. | ||||||
| 102 | 10 | "How Hooterville was Floundered" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | December 11, 1968 | 102 |
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Oliver is the unanimous choice to organize the Centennial pageant that celebrates the early days of the city of Hooterville. Special Guest from Petticoat Junction: Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson | ||||||
| 103 | 11 | "The Blue Feather" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | December 18, 1968 | 103 |
| Lisa receives a blue feather in the mail and immediately recognizes it as a token of a powerful curse. | ||||||
| 104 | 12 | "How to Get from Hooterville to Pixley Without Moving" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | December 25, 1968 | 106 |
| The Douglases' farm life turns upside-down when they discover that their farm is located in the town of Pixley instead of friendly ol' Hooterville. | ||||||
| 105 | 13 | "The Birthday Gift" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 1, 1969 | 104 |
| Lisa reveals her birthday gift list to Oliver. | ||||||
| 106 | 14 | "Everywhere a Chick Chick" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 8, 1969 | 105 |
| Oliver decides to become a chicken rancher and buys 1,000 baby chicks for the great experiment. | ||||||
| 107 | 15 | "The Marital Vacation" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 15, 1969 | 107 |
| To test whether or not "absence makes the heart grow fonder," Oliver sends Lisa off on a vacation by herself. | ||||||
| 108 | 16 | "A Prize in Every Package" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 22, 1969 | 108 |
| Oliver and Lisa make a startling discovery when they find some priceless jewelry in boxes of inexpensive cereal. | ||||||
| 109 | 17 | "Law Partners" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 29, 1969 | 109 |
| A young law school graduate approaches Oliver with a proposal to become partners in a Hooterville law practice. | ||||||
| 110 | 18 | "A Day in the Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 5, 1969 | 110 |
| Lisa offers her services as secretary for Oliver's new law firm. | ||||||
| 111 | 19 | "Economy Flight to Washington" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 12, 1969 | 111 |
| When Oliver and Lisa go to the airport to see Mr. Kimball and Eb off to Washington, DC, they unexpectedly wind up aboard the airliner. | ||||||
| 112 | 20 | "Retreat From Washington" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 19, 1969 | 112 |
| The Douglases and their friends are prepared to stay another week in Washington, DC, while Mr. Haney continues to look after the Douglas farm. | ||||||
| 113 | 21 | "A Hunting We Won't Go" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 26, 1969 | 113 |
| After she befriends a beautiful doe that visits the farm, Lisa launches an all-out drive to halt the hunting season. | ||||||
| 114 | 22 | "Oh, Promise Me" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 5, 1969 | 114 |
| When Lisa and Oliver discover an error in their marriage license, Lisa concludes that they have never been married. | ||||||
| 115 | 23 | "Eb Uses His Ingenuity" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 12, 1969 | 115 |
| Oliver and Lisa watch their farm become a unique assembly line for handling babies, as Eb, their hired hand, uses his ingenuity to raise needed cash. | ||||||
| 116 | 24 | "The Old Trunk" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 19, 1969 | 116 |
| While searching through an old trunk, Oliver and Lisa discover evidence of a unique 19th-century romance. | ||||||
| 117 | 25 | "The Milk Maker" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 26, 1969 | 117 |
| Oliver and Lisa are caught in a wild series of events when an eccentric Hooterville inventor produces the world's first "milk-making machine." | ||||||
| 118 | 26 | "The Reincarnation of Eb" | Richard L. Bare | Joel Kane | April 2, 1969 | 118 |
| When Eb is suddenly missing, Lisa's avid belief in reincarnation leads her to believe that he's come back as a friendly dog. | ||||||
Season 5 (1969–70)[]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 119 | 1 | "Lisa's Mudder Comes for a Visit" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 27, 1969 | 122 |
| Lisa's "mudder" (mother) pays a surprise visit to the Hooterville farm and promptly takes over as a three-week houseguest. | ||||||
| 120 | 2 | "Everybody Tries to Love a Countess" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 4, 1969 | 123 |
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Oliver loses all hopes of getting rid of his mother-in-law when Mr. Haney and Uncle Joe Carson vie to become his father-in-law. Guest from Petticoat Junction: Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson | ||||||
| 121 | 3 | "Where There's a Will" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 11, 1969 | 119 |
| Arnold the pig becomes the focus of attention in Hooterville when word gets out that he might be the heir to a $20,000,000 estate. | ||||||
| 122 | 4 | "A Tale of a Tail" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 18, 1969 | 120 |
| Oliver, Lisa and Eb travel to Chicago with Arnold the pig to prove that he is the rightful heir to a $20,000,000 estate. | ||||||
| 123 | 5 | "You and Your Big Shrunken Head" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 25, 1969 | 121 |
| When Lisa and Oliver return home with Arnold Ziffel, the townspeople hold a warm reception in honor of Hooterville's first "millionaire pig." | ||||||
| 124 | 6 | "The Road" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers and John L. Greene | November 1, 1969 | 128 |
| Hooterville's unpaved roads create a major dust problem that sends Oliver and Lisa to the State Capitol to seek remedial action. | ||||||
| 125 | 7 | "Four of Spades" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers and John L. Greene | November 8, 1969 | 127 |
| Lisa turns fortune teller and predicts that a mysterious stranger will soon enter Oliver's life. Tommy Roe guest stars. | ||||||
| 126 | 8 | "The Youth Center" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers and John L. Greene | November 15, 1969 | 129 |
| Oliver stands up in a town meeting and suggests they build a youth center as a way to keep the young people in Hooterville. | ||||||
| 127 | 9 | "The Special Delivery Letter" | Richard L. Bare | T : Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat; S/T : Scott Anderson | November 22, 1969 | 132 |
| A special delivery letter addressed to someone in the Douglas family excites the curiosity of the entire Hooterville Valley. | ||||||
| 128 | 10 | "Oliver's Schoolgirl Crush" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 29, 1969 | 126 |
| Oliver accepts an invitation to address a class in the Hooterville High School, and winds up as the object of a teenager's huge crush. | ||||||
| 129 | 11 | "Ralph's Nuptials" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | December 13, 1969 | 133 |
| Lisa is in her glory as she plans an open-air, farm-style wedding for Hank Kimball and Ralph, the lady carpenter. | ||||||
| 130 | 12 | "Oliver and the Cornstalk" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | December 20, 1969 | 124 |
| Oliver launches a merry, mixed-up corn-planting session which produces a stupendous crop that farmers only dream about. | ||||||
| 131 | 13 | "Beauty is Skin Deep" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | December 27, 1969 | 125 |
| Lisa launches a vigorous beauty campaign when she enlists Sam Drucker as her partner in a chic cosmetics business. | ||||||
| 132 | 14 | "The Wish-Book" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 3, 1970 | 131 |
| Oliver and Lisa discover an ancient mail order catalog in the wall of their farmhouse and recognize it as a wishbook. | ||||||
| 133 | 15 | "Rest and Relaxation" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 10, 1970 | 135 |
| An old friend of Oliver's pays the Douglases a visit to enjoy a little rest and relaxation. | ||||||
| 134 | 16 | "Trapped" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 17, 1970 | 136 |
| Oliver and Lisa realize that they've had a door they've never opened. Upon doing so they find a cave-like basement, with a secret entrance to a room where older generations of Mr. Haney's family used an illegal still. But a sneeze from Lisa collapses the entrance, and the two are trapped down there. The only way to call for help is through the sink in the kitchen, and Eb responds but bumps his head and forgets what he was doing. Now the Douglases only hope is...Arnold!? | ||||||
| 135 | 17 | "Bundle of Joy" | Richard L. Bare | T : Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat; S/T : Searle Kramer | January 24, 1970 | 134 |
| Oliver says good-bye to Lisa and hurries to New York to help his law firm in a difficult matter. | ||||||
| 136 | 18 | "The Ex-Con" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 31, 1970 | 130 |
| Oliver makes an impassioned speech before the County Bar Association on the virtues of hiring ex-convicts, and finds himself with an ex-con for a hired hand. | ||||||
| 137 | 19 | "The Cow Killer" | Richard L. Bare | T : Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat; S/T : Scott Anderson | February 7, 1970 | 137 |
| Lisa mistakenly labels her husband "The Cow Killer" when Oliver takes a drastic action to rid his farm of a cow that has been trampling his crops. | ||||||
| 138 | 20 | "The Confrontation" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 14, 1970 | 138 |
| Oliver is elected School Board President and immediately becomes the object of a protest movement to reinstate an expelled student--Arnold the pig. | ||||||
| 139 | 21 | "The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud" | Richard L. Bare | T : Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat; S/T : Arnold Horwitt | February 28, 1970 | 139 |
| Oliver unintentionally provides the motive for the residents of Hooterville to illegally receive more than $500,000 from the Internal Revenue Service. | ||||||
| 140 | 22 | "The Picnic" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 7, 1970 | 140 |
| Oliver's plans for an intimate family picnic with his wife are ruined when the entire Hooterville Valley turns out to celebrate the event. | ||||||
| 141 | 23 | "The Beeping Rock" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 21, 1970 | 141 |
| The Douglas farm succumbs to a bit of "lunar madness" when a precocious child inventor shows up to say he's been to the moon. | ||||||
| 142 | 24 | "Uncle Fedor" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | March 28, 1970 | 143 |
| Lisa's Uncle Fedor makes an unexpected appearance at the Douglas farm and quickly involves them in an old world intrigue of spies and counter-spies. | ||||||
| 143 | 25 | "The Wealthy Landowner" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | April 4, 1970 | 142 |
| Eb shows a strong "mail pull" when he represents himself as a wealthy landowner and advertises for a wife. | ||||||
| 144 | 26 | "Happy Birthday" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | April 11, 1970 | 144 |
| Oliver anticipates a surprise birthday party for himself--but it's Arnold the pig who winds up with the birthday celebration. | ||||||
Season 6 (1970–71)[]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 145 | 1 | "The City Kids" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 15, 1970 | 146 |
| Lisa and Oliver host four city children for a farm vacation as part of a "Kids for the Country" program initiated by a friend. | ||||||
| 146 | 2 | "The Coming-Out Party" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 22, 1970 | 147 |
| Lisa plans a "coming out party" for little Lori so she can meet all the other children of Hooterville. | ||||||
| 147 | 3 | "Jealousy" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | September 29, 1970 | 145 |
| Oliver and Lisa lavish attention on their little house guest, Lori, and Eb decides she's taking his rightful place in their affection. | ||||||
| 148 | 4 | "A Royal Love Story" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 6, 1970 | 149 |
| Lisa tells little Lori a fanciful story of her courtship with Oliver. | ||||||
| 149 | 5 | "Oliver Goes Broke" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 20, 1970 | 150 |
| Lisa's strange behavior leads friends and neighbors to believe Oliver has "gone broke." | ||||||
| 150 | 6 | "The Great Mayoralty Campaign" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | October 27, 1970 | 156 |
| Politics splits the Douglas family in two when Oliver and Lisa become candidates for mayor from opposing parties. | ||||||
| 151 | 7 | "Eb's Double Trouble" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 10, 1970 | 148 |
| Oliver and Lisa are called upon to solve the love problems of Eb and Arnold the pig. | ||||||
| 152 | 8 | "Apple-Picking Time" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 17, 1970 | 151 |
| Oliver is faced with two crises: Lisa is learning to drive, and his apple crop must be harvested before it spoils. | ||||||
| 153 | 9 | "Enterprising Eb" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | November 24, 1970 | 152 |
| The Douglases watch in disbelief as Eb turns the farm into a veritable dump in a feverish bid for romance. | ||||||
| 154 | 10 | "Oliver's Double" | Richard L. Bare | Dan Beaumont | December 1, 1970 | 153 |
| Oliver is suspected of x-rated rural behavior in this bizarre episode--as his exact "double" shows up in Hooterville with a sexy female partner in crime. | ||||||
| 155 | 11 | "The High Cost of Loving" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | December 8, 1970 | 154 |
| The Douglas farm becomes a stage when Eb mistakenly enrolls in a correspondence class in acting instead of accounting. | ||||||
| 156 | 12 | "The Liberation Movement" | Richard L. Bare | Dick Chevillat & Dan Beaumont | December 15, 1970 | 155 |
| Lisa discovers the Women's Lib Movement and decides to take over the male chores on the farm, reducing Oliver to the role of house-husband. | ||||||
| 157 | 13 | "Charlie, Homer and Natasha" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | December 22, 1970 | 157 |
| When Oliver refuses to take Lisa to the city for the anniversary party of a friend, Lisa launches into a plot that leads Oliver to believe he is in the world of little people. | ||||||
| 158 | 14 | "The Engagement Ring" | Richard L. Bare | Dick Chevillat & Dan Beaumont | December 29, 1970 | 158 |
| Lisa gives her engagement ring to Eb so that he can marry Darlene. | ||||||
| 159 | 15 | "The Free Paint Job" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | January 5, 1971 | 159 |
| Oliver and Lisa agree to have their farmhouse painted, free of charge, as part of a paint company's advertising campaign. | ||||||
| 160 | 16 | "Son of Drobny" | Richard L. Bare | Dan Beaumont | January 12, 1971 | 160 |
| Lisa entertains the son of a fellow war hero – Drobny the duck. | ||||||
| 161 | 17 | "The Wedding Deal" | Richard L. Bare | Dick Chevillat & Dan Beaumont | January 19, 1971 | 164 |
| Eb involves Oliver and Lisa in a "big wedding deal." | ||||||
| 162 | 18 | "Star Witness" | Richard L. Bare | Dick Chevillat & Dan Beaumont | January 26, 1971 | 163 |
| Arnold the pig is the key witness to a daring robbery, and just the pig to cook the crook's bacon. | ||||||
| 163 | 19 | "The Spot Remover" | Richard L. Bare | Dan Beaumont | February 2, 1971 | 166 |
| Lisa parlays her uncle's cabbage soup into a miracle cleaning fluid--and immediately puts all her friends on the "spot." | ||||||
| 164 | 20 | "King Oliver I" | Richard L. Bare | Jay Sommers & Dick Chevillat | February 9, 1971 | 170 |
| The town of Hooterville, incensed by an increased tax burden, secedes from the state and proclaims Oliver to be "King Oliver I." | ||||||
| 165 | 21 | "A Girl for Drobny" | Richard L. Bare | Dick Chevillat & Dan Beaumont | February 16, 1971 | 167 |
| The Douglases continue to entertain Drobny the duck, who is beginning to show signs of homesickness. | ||||||
| 166 | 22 | "The Carpenter's Ball" | Richard L. Bare | Dick Chevillat & Dan Beaumont | February 23, 1971 | 162 |
| Hooterville's annual Carpenter's Ball threatens the happy Douglas home when Oliver declines to take Lisa to this mad-cap event. | ||||||
| 167 | 23 | "The Hole in the Porch" | Richard L. Bare | Dick Chevillat & Dan Beaumont | March 2, 1971 | 168 |
| Oliver's plans to repair his rural farmhouse fall through when Mr. Kimball falls through the Douglases' porch and injures his foot. | ||||||
| 168 | 24 | "Lisa the Psychologist" | Richard L. Bare | Dick Chevillat & Dan Beaumont | March 9, 1971 | 161 |
| Lisa and Oliver go back to college, where Lisa takes up the improbable subject of psychology. | ||||||
| 169 | 25 | "Hawaiian Honeymoon" | Vincent Sherman | Jay Sommers | March 16, 1971 | 165 |
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Lisa employs her womanly wiles to maneuver Oliver into a fifth honeymoon visit to the Moana Rexford Hotel in Hawaii. | ||||||
| 170 | 26 | "The Ex-Secretary" | Bruce Bilson | Jay Sommers | April 27, 1971 | 169 |
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Oliver has difficulties with an heirloom watch and seeks the aid of his ex-secretary to find the only jeweler in New York capable of fixing the timepiece. | ||||||
TV movie (1990)[]
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| Return to Green Acres | William Asher | Craig Heller and Guy Shulman | May 18, 1990 | |
| Developers want to build an industrial area in Hooterville, and Haney tries to swindle the residents to sell out. | ||||
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "MacDonald, Betty (1908–1958)". HistoryLink. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ a b "Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time". TV Guide (June 28-July 4). 1997.
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