Green Acres

[EndlessWire]

As we head into the coming depression, I decided to learn how to garden. But, I became side tracked as I binge watch "Green Acres." I remember watching this when I was young, and surprisingly, it is still funny and fresh.

If you watch Green Acres, you'll notice that the new farmer is always dressed in his attorney outfits, which I think was clever of the writers. I think it adds to the "fish out of water" premise of the show. Eva Gabor was given some of the more subtle but funniest dialogue, and she was no dummy.

This show is low key and relaxing. Their run down farm house is a character unto itself. If you ever had to deal with something like this, you'll appreciate the couple's pluck and determination, and the love they have for one another. They simply don't quit, and they stick together.

[samnsara]

1. im thinking we are gonna end up like The Real McCoys

[AdamThePhantump]

3. What's real McCoys?

[thucythucy]

9. An ancient TV series:

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[AdamThePhantump]

14. Oh

That’s old!

[thucythucy]

18. This is my favorite episode:

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Interesting take on adult illiteracy.

I just wish these old shows didn't have such an obnoxious laugh track.

[AdamThePhantump]

20. Cool!

Thanks! Wish I had time to check it out.

[niyad]

19. More like the hatfields and mccoys.

[Zorro]

12. I gimp around like Grandpa McCoy first thing in the morning

Fun fact: Walter Brennan won three Oscars.

[mucholderthandirt]

21. We sure as heck aren't going to be The Beverly Hillbillies! Got no money for that high-falutin' nonsense. LOL

[John1956PA]

2. The episode with J. Pat O'Malley as the populist . . .

. . . corrupt politician pandering to the citizens in order to win votes is insightful.

[Xavier Breath]

4. I aways loved the way the other characters would interact with Arnold Ziffel, treating him like a human.

And their occasionally breaking the fourth wall to remark on the opening credits.

The whole cast was great, too.

[AdamThePhantump]

6. The pig?

[Xavier Breath]

8. That's him.

[Ponietz]

5. Didn't Ted Cruz play Mr. Haney?

[dem4decades]

7. No that was Senator Kennedy from Louisiana, can't you tell by the voice ?

[Xavier Breath]

10. Mr. Haney had more integrity than any Republican today.

[Zorro]

11. Green Acres is great absurdist comedy

It is hilarious.

[Ex Lurker]

13. Plot twist: Oliver was the crazy one

Everyone else was sane.

[Skittles]

15. I love that show

it's a HOOT

[superpatriotman]

16. Here's TSF and Megan Mullaly singing it on the Emmy's in 2005

Bleach your eyes. Tear off your ears:

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[EndlessWire]

17. OMG

I can't believe you found this. At the end, it looks like a Nazi salute.

Isn't that Ellen hosting? Didn't she and her wife leave the US for Scotland because of Trump's policies? Funny how things work out.