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Comedy 30 min episodes 6 seasons 170 episodes Ended TV-G
IMDb7.3
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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.
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## **Green Acres (1965) Review: A Perfect, Surrealist Masterpiece - 10/10** *Green Acres* isn't just a television show; it's a state of mind. A perfect, surrealist comedy that holds up with breathtaking brilliance to this day, it remains the gold standard for situational absurdity and character-driven chaos. From its iconic, operatic theme song that lays out the entire premise, you know you're in for something special—a sophisticated New York couple, Oliver and Lisa Douglas, trading penthouses for pestilence on a dilapidated farm in Hooterville. The genius of *Green Acres* is its unwavering commitment to its own bizarre internal logic. Oliver Wendell Douglas (the magnificently stoic Eddie Albert) is the ultimate straight man, a lawyer who believes reason and hard work can conquer all, constantly baffled by a world where nothing operates as it should. His wife, Lisa (the incomparable Eva Gabor), is his glamorous, mink-clad foil, who views their new life through a lens of charming incomprehension, famously trying to cook in a wood-burning stove with her high heels and cocktail dresses. The supporting cast is a gallery of comedic legends. **Mr. Haney's** shenanigans, as he cons Oliver
Read the whole review on TMDBWeren'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 character actors who we were also blessed to have like Eddie Albert as **Oliver Douglas** and Eva Gabor as **Lisa Douglas**. Nobody today could ever be as funny as they were together playing this role. The show itself was also amazingly written and a totally different kind of situation comedy for it's time. We never seen anything like it before and we absolutely loved it! I sure hope nobody ever tries to re-make the series but I doubt they will as this type of comedy is no longer appealing to the younger generation which to me also makes it a classic jem.
Read the whole review on TMDBGreen 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 involves speaking about the mood music or the music score that is playing during the show. Actor Eddie Albert is the main straight man, although he farms in a suit and tie. Yeah, that's the straight man. Frank Cady as a store clerk, and sometimes Bea Benaderet as the local hotel keeper are about the only other "straight men/women" on the show. The others are "hoots" in Hooterville. The comedy runs from slapstick to sometimes a bit dry, so there is something for everyone.
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