Green Acres: Season 5

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CBS | Season Premiere Date: September 27, 1969

Starring: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor

Summary: Successful New York lawyer Oliver Wendell Douglas gives up the rat race to fulfill his dream: living the life of the traditional American farmer. Fighting the move to rural life is his glamorous, boa-wearing, city-loving wife, Lisa. This quaint premise, however, doesn't begin to capture the screwball absurdity of Green Acres. After a fewSuccessful New York lawyer Oliver Wendell Douglas gives up the rat race to fulfill his dream: living the life of the traditional American farmer. Fighting the move to rural life is his glamorous, boa-wearing, city-loving wife, Lisa. This quaint premise, however, doesn't begin to capture the screwball absurdity of Green Acres. After a few episodes that were somewhat rooted in reality, the series' true oddness started to bloom. The characters see the opening credits as they appear on screen (or on chicken eggs); they talk with baseball-playing pigs who become movie stars; fife music accompanies Oliver's patriotic speeches and is heard by everyone but him; a full-sized Eiffel tower is built on the Douglases' lawn. Hooterville is clearly operating in its own bizarre universe where Oliver is the only normal, reasonable person--and that's questionable at times. The tiny town revolves around Sam Drucker's General Store, where Sam acts as shopkeeper, postmaster, justice of the peace and publisher of the "Hooterville World Guardian". He's one of the more level-headed residents of the valley, but that's relative. The other locals are considerable more bizarre and are a constant frustration to Oliver. Hank Kimball, the county agricultural agent, is a prime example. His short-term memory is so poor he regularly forgets what he's talking about mid-sentence. Fellow farmer Fred Ziffel is an elderly overalls-wearing man who, with his wife Doris, treats their pig Arnold like an actual child. Arnold attends school, reads, writes, skates, and speaks several languages (though they all sound like oinking). Con man Eustace Haney, who sold Oliver his dump of a farm, is always trying to fleece someone out of their cash. Apparently possessing ESP, he shows up outside of Oliver's door with whatever he and Lisa have just been discussing. The Douglases' farmhand, Eb, lives in their barn and considers Oliver and Lisa to be his parents. Lisa, a stylish Hungarian woman who Oliver met during the war, is hardly cut out for domestic life. Wearing ostrich feathers and diamonds around the farm, she can only cook "hotscakes" (badly) and her mangling of the English language is impressive. Matt Groening once accurately described Green Acres as "Oliver Douglas in hell". All he wants to do is farm, but the constant interruptions from the loony locals, the endless double-talk, the ambitious pig all conspire to make it impossible. Oliver earns his reputation as a "hothead" as his face turns red and he bellows about the latest aggravation. Green Acres began when CBS handed Paul Henning, the very successful producer of The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction… Expand

Creator: Jay Sommers

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 5 Episodes

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S5:E26. Happy Birthday
Air Date: April 11, 1970
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S5:E25. The Wealthy Landowner
Air Date: April 11, 1970
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S5:E24. Uncle Fedor
Air Date: March 28, 1970

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Series Overview
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: September 15, 1970
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 27, 1969
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  S5:E26. Happy Birthday
  Air Date: April 11, 1970
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  S5:E25. The Wealthy Landowner
  Air Date: April 11, 1970
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  S5:E24. Uncle Fedor
  Air Date: March 28, 1970
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  S5:E23. The Beeping Rock
  Air Date: March 21, 1970
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  S5:E22. The Picnic
  Air Date: March 7, 1970
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  S5:E21. The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud
  Air Date: February 28, 1970
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  S5:E20. The Confrontation
  Air Date: February 14, 1970
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  S5:E19. The Cow Killer
  Air Date: February 7, 1970
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  S5:E18. The Ex-Con
  Air Date: January 31, 1970
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  S5:E17. Bundle of Joy
  Air Date: January 24, 1970
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  S5:E16. Trapped
  Air Date: January 17, 1970
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  S5:E15. Rest and Relaxation
  Air Date: January 10, 1970
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  S5:E14. The Wish-Book
  Air Date: January 3, 1970
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  S5:E13. Beauty is Skin Deep
  Air Date: December 27, 1969
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  S5:E12. Oliver and the Cornstalk
  Air Date: December 20, 1969
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  S5:E11. Ralph's Nuptials
  Air Date: December 13, 1969
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  S5:E10. Oliver's Schoolgirl Crush
  Air Date: November 29, 1969
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  S5:E9. The Special Delivery Letter
  Air Date: November 22, 1969
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  S5:E8. The Youth Center
  Air Date: November 15, 1969
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  S5:E7. Four of Spades
  Air Date: November 8, 1969
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  S5:E6. The Road
  Air Date: November 1, 1969
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  S5:E5. You and Your Big Shrunken Head
  Air Date: October 25, 1969
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  S5:E4. A Tale of a Tail
  Air Date: October 18, 1969
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  S5:E3. Where There's a Will
  Air Date: October 11, 1969
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  S5:E2. Everybody Tries to Love a Countess
  Air Date: October 4, 1969
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  S5:E1. Lisa's Mudder Comes for a Visit
  Air Date: September 27, 1969
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 25, 1968
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 6, 1967
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 14, 1966
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 15, 1965