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Green Acres

Specials 1950 - 1990
TV-G

  • 1990-05-19T00:00:00Z on CBS
  • 25m
  • 4h 10m (10 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
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. Receiving solid ratings during its six-year run, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of the "rural purge" by CBS. The sitcom has been in syndication and is available in DVD and VHS releases. In 1997, the two-part episode "A Star Named Arnold is Born" was ranked #59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.

12 episodes

Special 1 Return to Green Acres

  • 1990-05-19T00:00:00Z25m

Tv movie that reunites most the show's cast members. The Douglases move back to New York. But when Haney tries to get everyone's property so that a developer can build on them, the residents go to New York to get Douglas to help them. But he's a little hesitant.

The first show of the series. Mr. Granby quits his bank job and is determined to grow his own food on his own farm. This is the Audition show, which aired at the end of March in 1950 three months before the summer series began. Mr Granby finally did it; he quit his job at the bank and bought a farm near the town of Dubdale.

"Granby Plants A Crop". What to plant? Corn? Wheat? It’s a funny thing about people; farm people work hard so they can save enough money to move to the city and city people work hard so they can make enough money to move to a farm. John Granby was a city fellow before he bought his farm in Dove Ville though he doesn’t know the first thing about farming and now he has to decide which crop to plant, wheat, corn or potato!

"Mr. Granby Discovers Electricity". Granby decides an electric milker is needed for his farm. The announcer (possibly Johnny Jacobs) almost gives the wrong system cue. John Granby is trying to listen to the ball game on the portable radio and his wife and daughter keep interrupting him until finally the battery runs out and he still hasn’t heard the score. Martha and Janice take the opportunity to convince John that they should get electricity.

"Mr. Granby Fights The Love Bug". Granby's corn is doing poorly, but he won't listen to the county agent's advice.

"Mr. Granby Lays An Egg". The farm need chickens, so Granby buys two hundred of them, all roosters! It’s early evening at Granby’s Green Acres on this July 31st and inside the weather-beaten farmhouse we find John Granby seating himself at the dining room table about to do his monthly bookkeeping. Swiftly he adds up the months profits makes a lightening calculation and says, “Martha where’s the red ink…”

"Mr. Granby Breaks Down". Granby becomes very sensitive to noise. The sequence makes excellent use of sound effects. The last show of the series. It’s early evening in Doveville the hour when the farm chores are done and farmers are relaxing a moment before sitting down to supper. This is the picture we see in the farmhouse of Granby’s Green Acres with one exception; Mr Granby is anything but relaxed…

This is a commercial for the Awake Orange Beverage. This Stars Carroll Channing, Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor.

A gallery of stills from the production of the show.

Reunion special featuring Marc Summers ("Double Dare") interviewing Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, and Sid Melton.

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