Green Acres

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:34 pm

Anyone old enough to remember 'Green Acres?

Two-time Oscar nominee Eddie Albert, best known for his Tv role as a big city attorney turned farmer on the popular CBS comedy series ''Green Acres'' has died at the ripe age of 99.He co-stared along with Eva Gabor. The show ran from 1965 until 1971.:-6

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Sat May 28, 2005 4:01 pm

REST IN PEACE, EDDIE ALBERT

Grren Acres Theme Song

Green acres is the place to be

Farm living is the life for me

Land spreading out,

so far and wide

Keep Manhattan

just give me that countryside.

New York

is where I'd rather stay

I get allergic smelling hay

I just adore a penthouse view

Darling, I love you,

but give me Park Avenue.

The Chores

The Stores

Fresh air

Times Square

You are my wife. Goodbye city life.

Green Acres, we are there!

Memories of my childhood - gotta love it.

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Sat May 28, 2005 4:04 pm

Those Farmers really live to great ages. Must be the fresh food and country air:D

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sat May 28, 2005 4:08 pm

Eva Gabor was a truly beautiful woman in that programme.

Not that i'm old enough to remember it!;)

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Sat May 28, 2005 5:15 pm

Actually farmers have a very rough life. Did you know that supper is the noon meal farmers eat? It is usually the big meal of the day. It is eaten about noon - 6 to 7 hours after breakfast. Dinner is the night meal and usually a little lighter. FYI

john8pies · Post by **john8pies** » Sun May 29, 2005 2:47 pm

Sure do remember `Green Acres` and the host of similar themed programmes it spawned!

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Sun May 29, 2005 2:52 pm

Does anyone remember what show Green Acres was spun off of?

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Sun May 29, 2005 6:04 pm

I used to love Dukes of Hazzard:D

Post by **spot** » Sun May 29, 2005 7:04 pm

Ninety Seven, perhaps. And I remember watching it at the time, yes. Eddie Albert played the prison governor in The Longest Yard too, which was a perfect part for him, akin to casting Henry Fonda in Once Upon A Time In The West, it was such a wild role reversal.

I had a quick look on IMDB and it's full of good stuff I never knew, like "A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Eddie Albert was a circus trapeze flier before becoming a stage and radio actor".

telaquapacky · Post by **telaquapacky** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:53 am

capt_buzzard wrote: I used to love Dukes of Hazzard:D The town of Pixley, mentioned often in Green Acres is about 20 miles from where I am. About 20 miles west of Pixley is Porterville, which may have inspired the name "Hooterville." There is a town called Green Acres just west of Bakersfield. The contractor who built our house talks just like Mr. Haney. When we moved here, my wife and I frequently sang the theme song to "Green Acres."

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:44 am

So long Eddie!

I liked the bumbling carpenters that were perenially fixing up the house.

(Jives sighs wistfully)

Ahhhh....Green Acres, Bewitched, Gilligan's Island, My Favorite martian.. where has all the good TV gone?