Eddie Albert Reveals Why Green Acres was Canceled
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Eddie Albert may be best known for his role of Oliver Douglas on TV's hit classic Green Acres, but his life is far more enthralling than his part in one hit show. He grew up in a time that saw societal change in ways that no other generation has ever seen before or since.
The great depression prompted his life to take a dramatic turn that would eventually propel him into stardom. A man who was once a business major would find himself desperately looking for work wherever he could just to pay the bills. This search would lead him to show business.
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He would find a modicum of success on the radio before taking it to the stage. From there he really embraced the career path that would be his perfect fit. He was naturally talented and scouts for Warner bros would take notice.
Soon he would be on the big screen starring in dozens of motion pictures for embracing a new form of technology that was taking the world by storm. Television
Even while his name was in lights and he was developing quite a reputation in show business he would find the time to serve his country in World War II as well as pursuing his personal hobbies by producing educational films.
When he landed his most famous role in 1965 on Green Acres he had already had an illustrious career with an impeccable portfolio that most actors would be jealous of. Even when the show came to an end, he didn't hang up the towel. Eddie Albert had a strong work ethic that would transform him into a legend that we would never forget.
Eddie Albert Reveals Why Green Acres was Canceled
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Videos like this is why I don't watch UA-cam much. Your title says why Eddie Albert says the show was cancelled, but you go off the map talking about everything else but that topic. I stopped the video in the middle and gave you a well-deserved thumbs down.
Met Mr. Albert in the late 80’s.
I was working in a hotel he was staying at. I was working in room service and he happened to open his door to get his newspaper and I was walking past his room delivering an order. He looked up at me as he was picking up his newspaper and smiled and said Good Morning Sir.
I was just a 20 year old kid and he addressed me as sir ?
A class act and gentleman.
Eddie Albert: legitimate WW2 hero. Thumbs up to show your love & respect for Eddie!
And he said hit actions at Tarawa was what he was most proud of in his whole life. GREAT GUY! AND the laughter he provided was also priceless...
living to 99 pretty awesome
I sure did - watched it ! Loved it
Eddie was the greatest ! And the cast was AWSOME too
@chris younts Yes at Tarawa. He (and the craft under his command) turned back into heavy fire to pull out the pinned-down marines (who didn't stand a chance otherwise) while simultaneously firing on the Japanese positions...
Oliver Wendell Douglas may be his most famous & iconic role, however I most remember him as corrupt Warden Hazen opposite Burt Reynold's former NFL QB & convicted felon Paul Crewe in the "Longest Yard".
I was very fortunate to hear Mr. Albert speak at the Farm and Ranch Congress in St. Louis in 1985. He was no public speaker, but his heartfelt words addressing the plight of the American family farmer brought many to tears. I will never forget his empathy for others on display that evening 35 years ago. What a wonderful man he was.
A lot of people don't know this, but Eddie was an environmentalist before it was trendy. He started Earth Day, which is held every year on his Birthday April 22nd.
@@lewis9702 if that's true, then it's a shame that the Wikipedia article (for Earth Day) doesn't even mention his name, much less having founded it.
That's interesting you would say he wasn't a public speaker; we all saw him giving long speeches at Drucker's store to the locals. But when he was finished they had all left. Maybe you are right.
When I was a kid, I loved both the Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres. Fast forward to 2020 and Green Acres is the one I still watch regularly. A pig that gets drafted into the Army. A chicken that lays square eggs and the Hooterville Airplane Company building Curtiss Jennys for the Air Force wins my heart. Green Acres is the place for me.
No kidding! I liked the passenger airplane with no windows myself and the painter who borrowed its boarding ladder. Remember the first episode ....when Lisa was actually a smart ass? That quickly changed the following and remaining espisodes. Wonder why they never figured out how to run a phone line inside?
Makes me laugh just reading your review.
Don't forget that charming Hungarian woman!
Square eggs? That's impossible! Oh, someone's playing a joke!
@@ColonelMarcellus I'm Hungarian and my grandmother sounded just like the lovely and talented Eva Gabor!
He was so animated and energetic on the show that you'd never know Eddie Albert turned 60 during the first season. He was a very principaled man, devoting time and money into land conservation and ecology long before it was better known. A really fine man and very much like the character he played. I consider "Green Acres" one of the very best-written and acted sitcoms of the era. Thanks for this informative video (coincidentally, I lived just across the street from his family home in Minneapolis for 25 years).
The more you learn about him, the more respect for him.
I was a kid in the 1960's and can tell you Green Acres was the one. Whoever decided to cancel it made a dumb decision to say the least.
Probably Peter, the meter reader.
The stupid & ridiculous law of course of 1967 I believe.
I watched this TV show a few times in 1965 when I was 14 years old
.. It was a dumb stupid show
.. The pig was the only reason I watched the show the few times I did watch it ..
@@FreedomFighter-cr5xg That was the idea for it to be dumb.
I loved it, stll do. I bought the complete series on DVD.
My Dad absolutely loves 'Green Acres' and we'll still catch an episode when I visit. One morning both of us were laughing hysterically at a classic Arnold the Pig moment where Mr. Douglas parks his car at Mr. Drucker's. A few minutes later Arnold comes in and won't stop squealing. Mr. Douglas asks "What's his problem?" Drucker replies "You took his parking spot" and they show a little red bicycle leaning up against Mr. Douglas' car! While never showing it, you could just imagine Arnold riding that little red bicycle.
He was an incredible actor. I remember him in the longest day dying on the beach. A legitimate WW2 decorated vet. I loved him in Green Acres. He was incredibly versatile as an actor. I miss actors like him and shows like Green Acres.
I thought that performance on D-Day was also great. A very prolific actor.
Could also play a real jerk when needed.
I've got to give the nod to the Hillbillies. Kimball's shtick got old fast and Eb was insufferable 80% of the time. Green Acres would win best in show in a NY minute if they'd have limited Kimball to every 2 to 3 episode and limit Eb to craft services.
Good in Roman Holiday as well!
Eddie Albert was a great war hero. A lot of marines owe their lives to him. RIP and SF.
Arnold Ziffel was a great role model for the youth of the 1960's. Faithful to his family, kind (he gave up a movie career so a horse could take his place and send his son to Stanford), hard working ( he delivered papers as a young pig) a pioneer in civil rights (he defied societal norms when fell in love with Cynthia the Basset Hound)He was a pig of many talents :abstract painting, weather prediction, a musician and aspiring novelist, and scholar. His tastes were simple, perhaps somewhat compulsive given the fact that when he was watching TV it was always the same cowboy show. He was a true renaissance pig, a pig for all seasons, a pig of his time and for the ages.
His kid was a schweinehund.
Ah, but Arnold wasn't able to communicate with Lisa's visiting duck Lazlo. While Oliver scoffed at the idea of different species understanding each other, Lisa got to the heart of the real problem -'Of course not! Arnold speaks English while Lazlo speaks Hungarian!' (because she knew that animals oink,quack,neigh,moo,bark,etc. in their respective own individual home nation's language)!LOL
My youngest brother proudly chose Arnold Ziffel as his CB handle. We still call him Zif.
@@edwardcairejr.3599 breaker breaker this is Arnold Ziifle. I love it. Nothing better than cruising the interstate in a big rig talking on the CB radio with Zif. God I miss the 20th century.
@@charliewartelle6720 I heard it's coming back
With all the stress in our country lately, a friend and I watch Green Acres on ME TV and get a laugh that is just what we need now!
Even well before the Deadly '20s, Sharon. G-- damn this time period is the shit pits! Ugghk!
Eddie Albert during WW2, was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for his actions during the invasion of Tarawa in November 1943, when, as the pilot of a Coast Guard landing craft, he rescued 47 Marines who were stranded offshore (and supervised the rescue of 30 others), while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire
I'm glad you posted that. A true Naval hero. My dad is 91 Korean War Vet USN stationed on the USS TARAWA
@@stacysatterfield2154 Thank your father for his service.
Green Acres was hilarious. I wouldn't call this show "low-brow" at all and put it into the same league as Get Smart where the writing was truly amazing and bordered on the surreal. Sight gags ruled and due to the lightning fast delivery of dialog, the audience had to really pay attention to pick up on the numerous truly funny lines. The cast was filled with quirky and memorable characters, who by playing everything straight made the jokes even funnier. Eva Gabor was wonderful as Lisa and Eddie Albert proved he was a great straight man.
I liked Mr. Haney, Ralph and Ralph and Ebb.
You have to admit, Lisa started getting more annoying in the last few seasons
@@asafaust6774 Arnold Ziffel the pig was my favorite. I mean, c'mon -- a talking pig that everyone seems to understand except Eddie Albert? That's inspired stuff.
@@Ibhenriksen She always was
Applied Arts... That's the best description of Green acres I've heard in my life. That shaped my personality . 😲
Hands down Green Acres. The writing and the characters were something we may never see again. I remember their first season. First season for color broadcasts on CBS!
Whoever came up with the idea of never letting Oliver finish a sentence was brilliant. Great comedic writing...today's shows have nothing compared to it.
Joel Chavez: So true! Albert and that cast worked like clockwork. The funny thing is that so many people take the show at face value (a talking pig?) and think it is stupid without understanding the clever wit in each script.
Eddie Albert had a photographic memory. He could read a script once and then be ready for his action. Additionally, he was the earliest actor to ever appear on television--experimental television! They were experimenting with a form of television and he happened to be near the studio and they just called in the first guy who appeared and it was Albert.
As a kid growing up in the 1970's, our family enjoyed watching Green Acres, and still to this day this program cracks me up! Growing up on the farm in the 1970's, my Granddad had a truck similar to Mr. Haney's that we'd use during the fall for loading up with potatoes in!
Paul Hennings widow referred to the cancellations of Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, & Petticoat Junction as CBS cancelling everything with a tree.
Those show are STILL funny AF & hold up real well.
CBS went downhill fast due to Norman Lear "social commentary" shows.
@@michaelcap9550 Lears shows were years later; 5 or 6.
@@susanfabian1521 All In The Family debuted in 1971
@@michaelcap9550 I loved Green Acres and watch whenever I can, but CBS had one of the great comedy lineups in the early-mid 70s: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, MASH and All in the Family all were brilliantly written and acted.
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AND DON'T FORGET "ALICE" AND THE "JEFFERSON'S" AND EVEN "ONE DAY AT A TIME",,, AMEN🙏🙏🙏!!!
Eddie Albert was a time war hero who at the risk of his own life saved several marines during his service.
When someone brought it up, he said, "I'm not a hero, the guys who didn't make it back are.
Growing up in the deep south, I can tell you that 60 years ago every small town had some of those characters. Not so much anymore. Almost every character reminds me of someone I once knew. For all of their quirkiness, they were endearing and nice people.
This was one of the best shows on TV at that time, it was very funny. And Eva Gabor was just drop dead gorgeous!
I agree Eva was drop dead gorgeous. She should of won Emmy's every year.
@@DrRish-wx3wf You're the Dr.!!
@@Mr.56Goldtop yes I am
I also liked him on The Outer Limits, as He pretty much played the same character as on Green...
Not just one of the best tv shows at that time. One of the best, if not the best, tv shows of all time.
Green Acres is the place to be! Hands down, the place!
That show probably started an interest among baby boomers that eventually lead to the Hippy back-to-nature, back-to-the country movement that emerged after 1967.
cancelled because it was stupid.
@@diddymuck Well that's your opinion -_-
What passes for comedy today is crap.
I was born in 65 so I didn't discover until years later but it is one of my favorites it can stand up to todays shows
"Green Acres" was one of my favorite shows during the late 1960s, late 1970s. It was so corny in a very FUNNY way. Btw, Tom Lester aka "Eb" was the last surviving cast member until he passed away this past April 2020. Rest in peace to him, and I thank him for all the laughs.
Like Hugh Beaumont "Ward" of Leave it to Beaver... Eb was also an ordained minister, a Baptist I believe.
@@Rev22-21 Thanks for the info. I didn't know that.
Green Acres was just so simply funny. There was just clean fun on the show. Editing was perfect. Had the best theme song EVER!
I like when they broke the fourth wall and mentioned the screen credits! Hilarious.
Albert was a SERIOUS organic gardener and lived next to the Bridges family (Sea Hunt) and was always bringing over veggies to the young kids (Jeff & Co).
Unlike many famous veterans, Eddie Albert joined the military after he had found success as an actor. His abilities coincided fortuitously with the needs of the military. Albert toured Mexico as a clown and high-wire artist, but was actually working for Army intelligence to take pictures of U-boats before World War II. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and was discharged a short year later so that he could accept an officer position in the Naval Reserve.
During the Battle of Tarawa, Albert earned a Bronze Star with Combat "V." He fought in the first wave of combat that lasted for three days. After most of the shooting was over, he was sent back to the site of the battle to salvage any equipment he could find. Because of coral reefs in the area, Marines couldn't land directly on the beach and had to get off their boats 500 yards from shore.
Enemy combatants started picking them off, and soon the waters were filled with more than 100 wounded and many more dead. Albert disregarded his mission to grab equipment and began pulling Marines to safety. He took 47 in total and oversaw the rescue of 30 more.
Years later, Albert would recollect the heroism displayed by his brothers in arms. In one instance, he found a small group of Marines who were unharmed but lost their weapons when trying to land. Albert offered to take them back to his boat, but they refused and asked to be given something to fight with. He returned later, only to discover that they had fallen under enemy fire.
Interesting, thanks for the info about Eddie! Which episode is the most memorable for you?
Mr. Haney rents Bertram the rooster to Oliver for fifty cents a day. Unfortunately, he's a "pecker", not a "crower", so he also gets a chicken named Alice. Oliver then sets about getting a phone installed in the kitchen (though the line won't be connected for three months), the plumbing and roof fixed, and electricity via a rickety power generator. Mr. Douglas also meets his county farm agent, the absent-minded Hank Kimball, who takes some soil samples for analyzing.@@FactsVerse
Loved the show. I remember the first episode too. Glad I had a chance to meet Tom Lester ( Eb ) and Alvey Moore
( Mr. Kimball ) at an autograph show. R.I.P.
My wife and I were both raised in small cities but now we live in the country. What I would say in defence of Green Acres is that, whenever either of us encounters some truly 'rural' nonsense we look at the other person and ask, 'Number 42?' The show was a classic.
I'm an intellectual and I loved the show. It was a show that the entire family could enjoy. During WWII, Eddie Albert piloted a landing craft bringing our soldiers to the invasion beaches. Today, to be a star all it seems you have to do is sell your soul to the Devil.
>I'm an intellectual
Stopped reading.
I agree. Look at the junk CBS has put out in 2000's and 10s: 2 and a Half Men, 2 Broke Girls, How I met Your Mother? Uggghk!
I always, and still like this Green Acres show, but I am extremely impressed how Eddie was such a great American and prolific multi-talented individual.
TITLE MISLEADING: Should be titled ""The Life of Eddie Albert". Whoever posted this wanted to get more views by making up a false title. The reason why Green Acres was canceled was literally 30 seconds of this whole video. Please don't patronize your viewers. Be true to the content when considering a title. "Green Acres was cancelled because CBS was more concerned with what big-wig execs thought, over the interest of the public.". Also, be careful with the stock footage/images of unrelated subjects. I love these videos, but be true to your audience.
That misuse of stock footage is very common in a lot of these videos, an Indian newspaper delivery boy indeed.
There seems to be a lot of clickbait in the titles on this channel. I'm not sure why it has so many subscribers, but it's possible that most are not from America.
Kept waiting for an interview clip of Eddie but it never came
I had swore off this channel after the last two bullshit episodes. But I KNOW why Green Acres was cancelled, and thought "let's see how long before the first wrong fact occurs". I didn't have to wait long. 0:43 "Petticoat Junction was a spinoff from The Beverly Hillbillies" WRONG! (although in later seasons since these shows had the same producers, they made them unto their own universe.) This clickbaity channel blows.
signforu I agree with you totally. 🙏
The writing on this show was brilliant. All of the characters except Oliver were consistently dim as burned out bulbs week in and week out. It seemed like in each episode there would be a running joke that everyone except Oliver was in on. I loved it.
Green Acres is one of my favorite shows. I have it on dvd. Eddie Albert was a great actor and I always watch movies that he is in.
I want to buy Green Acres on DVD too, Amy! Which source did you get yours from?
It was canceled because CBS got rid of all of the rural-theme shows and replaced them with "contemporary" situation comedies (All in the Family, Good Times, The Jeffersons, etc.)
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Great show and Great cast-I still watch reruns of the show and I appreciate it more now.It always makes me laugh which is a good thing in these bad times.
It’s a feel good show with plenty of laughs. Nothing like that today, which is why I watch the reruns.
GREEN ACERS
IS WAY FUNNIER THEN ANY OTHER.....
CRAZY CAST. LOL
One line by Eb, the fsrmhand flips my vote for "Green Acres." At one point, Eb tells Mr. Douglas thst he's going to Pixley for the drag races. "Man, Mr. Douglas," says Eb, "you've never seen anything til you've seen all those guys in dresses.."
Cutest thing is when Arnold is. Delivering papers in a little wagon to save for a t.v. ❤
I wish some day I could find the complete series it was a tremendous show ❤ very funny and entertaining
So true! What is your favorite episode of the show?
Green Acres was well written. Very clever and Eddie Albert put his all into his character. Probably my favorite comedic show ever.
We love Green Acres. We actually just got done watching it on Amazon prime. It a good classic clean show perfect for the whole family! Our kids loved it too! Wish we had more like it today.
The REAL reason why this show and MANY other great rural sitcom shows were canceled was due to CBS head programmer Fred Silverman being a douche and under pressure from his boss Robert Wood. The whole period was called the "Rural Purge". If you want more details then read this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge
Yep Silverman.
@ 2:38 he says Fred Sullivan
@@epen1898 Should be Fred Silverman, LOL.
@chris younts I don't think it was money related.
Green Acres is my favourite show. I'm a farmgirl myself and in some ways I can relate to the show as my life is going a similar way in some ways.
I absolutely loved Green Acres! It was the best rural show in that era by far. In my opinion.
I think I'm partial to that show because my parents and I moved from the city, and started a chicken ranch in the country. We all worked hard together.
God, I sure do miss those days gone by. I was a very lucky kid to have those experiences growing up.
The network axed all of the "country bumpkin" shows so they could push the progressive agenda and we see where that has gotten us. They cut successful programs that still had plenty of life left in them. As a kid I never realized just how beautiful Eva Gabor really was. Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbllies and The Andy Griffith Show were all fantastic and were a bit different in their own way. As a kid I probably enjoyed Andy Griffith the most just because Opie was included sometimes, lol. They are all great.
@chris younts
They're idiots, lol.
It was a matter of ad revenues just like today. The rural series skewed to an older democraphic and networks want to hook younger free spenders. They can charge more for adds to younger viewers than older ones. Lots of popular shows are cancelled for that reason. "Married with Children" comes to mind.
@@rogersmith7396
That sounds realistic but after looking further into it, a lot of these shows were making plenty of money. The networks just cut them out and put new, "progressive" shows that were not always family oriented. Some touched on social issues and others went into areas that ended up removing what most people thought were "normal". There has been talk that this was all done on purpose to change America and what Americans felt was acceptable, while beginning the slow upheaval of American values and morals.
In the 50's we had shows about wholesome, all American, patriotic and clean living life. In the 60's and 70's we saw shows about abortion, racial issues, some anti patriotic discussions, etc.. Some of it may have beed good but it led to today, a time when many American are anti American. It has led to a lot of self loathing and people putting foreigners above Americans. I'd rather have the older shows back, even though I did enjoy many of the newer shows of the 60's and 70's. The networks just took it too far and sometimes it really does seem like there was a political goal behind the changes..
@@notsosilentmajority1 Look at history. You are talking about Nixons silent majority. Meanwhile blacks were revolting and America was on fire. Viet Nam totally spit younger people from the WWII generation. Rock and roll went mainstream and younger people had money to spend. Watergate demonstrated the corruption of an already unpopular political establishment. Drug use was rampant. Sex was more open. Unions were powerful, the Mafia seemed unstopable. The depression era generation had been beat down into conformity and the youngers were rebelling against it. Officers in Nam were being fragged by their own troops. Lt. Calley blew open the myth of American exceptionalism at Mi Lai. TV brought burning children into everyones home. Economic growth was moving away from the WWII generation and toward youngers. The rural shows were fading out. I do not submit that what replaced them were any better. I will say jobs were moved overseas not because they did'nt make employers plenty of money but because employers and Wall Street wanted MORE money. Prohibitions against traitorism against the US fell and these greedy employers were free to outsource. No one at the time thought this would damage the country. The 1973 oil crisis blew apart the myth of American independence and showed people how vulnerable they and this country were to big lying corporations. Things were never the same. If anything politics today is about bringing back older stability and prestige and defeating the self serving interests of those who have caused our decline. Yes people are very much against the current status quo both left and right. And they come in all age groups.
@@rogersmith7396
So, your history is fairly accurate, I lived it as well. But, what does all of that have to do with networks taking off successful tv shows to put on shows that were no longer based on baseball, hot dogs and apple pie?
The topic was about country styled, all American, patriotic programs being removed, even while some were very successful. We know the state of the country at the time but what/WHO was able to make the major networks do a rapid about face? It was obviously done to push progressive ideas and culture and started turning America into a different America, one that began the decay that we are seeing today.
Eddie Albert was a wonderful actor.
he was always getting boned lol
Green Acres by a mile, I loved that show because it was so well written, and the characters were so endearing.
Greatest show ever. One of my favorite shows. Never missed an episode.
Part of the reason for the cancellation of "The Beverly Hillbillies," "Green Acres," and others was they showed rural people with common sense as smarter than urban elites. That irked a lot of the snobs in Los Angeles and New York.
@chris younts Ratings and revenue were related. If the shows had good ratings, companies would pay well to advertise on them. They still had good ratings when they were canceled.
Hank Kimball, County Agent, the screwiest, most literally-minded character on any sitcom ever. LOL. Can't imagine anyone more suited for that role than Alvy Moore.
Hank Kimball was the so funny, I really enjoyed his role in Green Acres!
Alvy Moore was a Marine who fought on Iwo Jima.
I loved the episode where he played a motorcycle cop. Lisa said "he talks like Mr. Kimball" and Alvy says, "Hank Kimball? Oh he's like a BROTHER to me....well not a brother...more like a cousin. No...not a cousin....." or words to that affect. I think he then asked Oliver why he stopped him...
@@georgemartin1436 LOL
Gotta agree. How he managed his lines was a testament to his true intelligence.
4:06-4:18- "In grade school, he would be on receiving end of taunts and name calling because of his German last name. World War 2 was going strong and being German American would often lead to discrimination." Actually, that would be World War I was going strong while he was in grade school. You left out the fact that Eddie Albert was also in one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific campaign- the island of Tarawa. In regards to his acting career, during the 1950s, he had a lead supporting role in one the iconic movies from that era, ROMAN HOLIDAY, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck that goes unmentioned. Overall, this is a good video, but some major events in his life were excluded from it.
thank you
I absolutely love Green Acres. It's been one of my favorites for decades, and my car's license plate reads 'GRNACRS'.
I bought the first 3 seasons on DVD when they came out, and loved them. I had wondered why they didn't create DVDs for seasons 4-6. Once those Season 4-6 episodes became available on iTunes, I bought 'em.
I don't know what went on between the end of Season 3 and the beginning of Season 4, but the season 4-6 shows became virtually unwatchable for me. I don't know if it was the writing, directing, or the cast forgot how to act... but for me, the shows just weren't the same; lacking humor, believability, etc. Seasons 1-3 are for me, and I'll keep on enjoying 'em. :-)
Green Acres was one of my favorite show ever. When it went into the surreal farce style in the second season and never looked back it had me. This was no more a "rural" show than Seinfeld was a "city" show. What drove each was the total ridiculous behavior of most of the characters which, in their own universes, still worked. I liked all the cast, but the fact Tom Lester as Eb never won an emmy is a crime in my book. Most of all, respect for Eddie driving that rescue boat at Tarawa. Dozens of families saw their son, husband, dad or brother come home from the war who would not have come back without Eddie.
Green Acres was the finest ! Still miss it today. They go from that to 3's company? That was when I unplugged my telly...
Green Acres was a personal favorite of mine. I found it humorous that everybody in Hooterville seemed to know the latest gossip about Mr. Douglas. I loved the episode where Mrs. Douglas showed the city kids how to make canned bananas.
One of the best straight men in comedy, rivaling even Bud Abbott.
Eddie Albert was not new to TV in the 1950s ; he was a regular performer on television starting in 1936.
@chris younts ... and yet Eddie Albert starred in 'The Love Nest', one of TV's first teleplays done live on TV on November 6, 1936, for RCA in association with NBC, in New York City. NYC was an early epicenter of television, with regularly scheduled programing as early as 1931.
@chris yountsTV has a fascinating history ... here's one for you : Polish inventor Jan Szczepanik applied for a patent for a color television system in 1897 ! Although researchers say his system could not have worked the way he claimed, the very idea for it's time is surprisingly advanced.
@chris younts Sadly, very little exists from television's early days that we can still see today. I've seen some mechanical TV, but usually it's still photos or re-creations. There are some disc records that actually have been found to contain early broadcasts (British Phonovision discs, by John Baird, late 20's and early 30's), they are very brief and silent.
Newhart had a similar premise to Green Acres. Both one of my father's and my favorite shows.
Striking similarities now that you mention it.
My dad loved this show. Me, as a little boy, found it scary, being trapped in this nowhere place with all these crazy people. Why don't they just leave???😰😰😰
All of these shows owe a huge debt to a much older series of movies that started with "The Egg and I" followed by a series about Ma and Pa Kettle. Interestingly, The Egg and I was a true book authored by the actual protagonist, about how he and his wife bought a run down farm in the hills above Seattle.
I loved every minute of it ! Never missed an episode .
I grew up with this. When I got older I realized that Oliver Douglas was the only sane one on the show. I catch an episode every now and then. I occasionally watch some of these classic shows of the 60s and 70s on the stations that show the old comedy shows of that era. Better than a lot of the garbage we see now. Long live the classics.
CatMan Green Acres used the classic comedy formula of having a sane central character surrounded by a universe of goofy characters. Seinfeld used the same formula. My wife and I love the show and watch it every day. Thank goodness for reruns, since there’s nothing worth watching on TV now.
Albert's son Edward while caring for his dying father was informed that he had lung cancer and he would die not long after his dad's death.
Green Acres was one of the best tv shows ever made. End of story.
I absolutely loved Green Acres and Petticoat Junction. I hate when snobs in suits think they know what is best for others.
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I loved this series as an 8 year old.😊
The Rural Purge wasn't just on one network 1971 and it's been said to be the year where every show with a tree on it died on TV which had been coming for quite some time. Just two years before men had walked on the moon and SciFi classics like Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, and even Star Trek that typified the era were already off the air even before Apollol 11 lifted off. Indeed Westerns like Bonanza once a staple became on the small screen were all but on their last legs and Rural Comedies along with fantasy series like Bewitched/I Dream of Jennie seemed just as much an anachronism too. Eddie Albert did have some success with TV series Switch with Robert Wagner afterwards and sadly his son/actor Eddie Albert Jr passed away not long after his dad who he'd been looking after doubling the families loss.
ABC also cancelled Lawrence Welk's program at this time.
Eddie Albert starred in and wrote the first television play ever broadcast. 1936 and it used 2 iconoscope cameras.
I think you meant WW1 . Albert couldn't have been in grade school during the second world war , unless he was as obtuse as some of his Green Acres neighbors .
You are right Peter, the moderator says WWII instead of WWI. If Albert was born in 1906 then he would have been in grade school during WWI.
Says he was born in 1906
@@joseclarkstonmichigan2573 Yes "Facts" Verse seldom gets their Facts right. Just ask Fred Sullivan, hmm must be Ed's brother '
I moved from the city to the country almost 40 years ago. I must say there was a lot of truth on both sides of the story.
Loved the Beverly Hillbillies but Green Acres had the One thing the Hillbillies didn't! Arnold the Pig!!! Plus pretty much Every episode was just complete Insanity!! Lol...Which is probably why I have all the Seasons of Green Acres on DVD! But both shows plus many others from that Great time period of Wacky Mostly Non-Political BS will always stand the test of time!!
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@ Well I wouldn't say the best... ;)
I specifically bought one of the seasons on DVD to help me decompress from work so I could sleep at night. It worked.
Hey JK and Donald Holcomb,
I was but a youngman when these Classics came out. True magic. Enjoyed Beverly Hillbillies and Pettycoat Junction.
The Green Acres episode when they decided to open a door they never had and discovered a basement bigger than the house. A cave in issued trapping Eva and Oliver. And it was Arnold who saved the day.
What happened to the True Writers of the day. Look up the episode if you've never seen it. We recently lost Donna Douglas in 2015, she was still as beautiful inside and out as the days she brought us Elly May.
"Green Acres We Are There! "
*Peace Out *
Arnold's conversation with Mister Haney's pet dog was a beauty. The writer of that scene must have been smoking something potent at the time.
This was a better one with less fake inserts like you have been doing keep up the better vids like this where the fake inserts are not necessary as the content you give is quite interesting and don’t need the inserts as it detracts from the quality of the actual information
Almost always enjoyed green acre's
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That was my husband favorite show?? He only watched that show!? Nothing else ever!?
Grew to love Green Acres. The characters were more fully developed than they were in Beverly Hill Billies.
I agree.
Green Acres was my dad’s favorite show. He was born in Colby Kansas in 1902, and moved to
Iowa as a lad. Lived his whole life on farms. He died in 1998 age 96. Beverly Hillbillies was his 2nd favorite show.
WOULDNT WE ALL LIKE TO BE IN THE COUNTRY!
Then it would be the city
We lived in Ocie, Mo. P0pulation 17. 36 miles to nearest stop light and only 3 stop signs between us and it. You have to love your family to live out like that or you'll go nuts. We were very happy. Neighbors always could be depended on cause official help was nonexistant.
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One should read about what Eddie Albert did during the Pacific campaign in world war II. It was every bit worthy of the bronze star, if not the medal of honor.
The man was in his late 30s. I believe he was at an age where he probably wouldn't have had to serve, at least not on the front lines, and yet he still did. Very much like Jimmy Stewart in the European theater of operations. The older generation was much tougher than we are, because they had to be!!!
Can you imagine today's stars doing that? To be fair to them, perhaps they would, but I doubt it.
Thanks for watching!
Lisa was one of my most favourite characters in the whole show. She was so beautiful but she made me laugh the most. Sad how there's still this stereotype that women aren't funny.
You are right about Eva Gabor's beauty, I cannot think of a single woman today who can match her. Not even a Kardashian or Angelina.
Thanks for the correction. Very poor examples. May i ask are there any modern day beauties? How about Kate Hudson or Charlie Theron?
Eva Gabor was definitely one of the most beautiful and glamorous women in all of Hollywood. In fact, Mr. Blackwell named her as one of the Ten Best Dressed Women of 1969. It was featured in the April, 1970 issue of Photoplay Magazine. She was photographed wearing this very sexy print strapless gown, a choker necklace, tiny droop earrings, a satin stole just below her bare shoulders, and white gloves (even though it was a black and white picture). Her beautiful blonde hair was styled so perfectly neat and chic. And her smile was just as sexy as her strapless gown. It is one of my very favorite pictures of her.
I think of Lisa as a Hungarian version of Gracie Allen.
@chris younts Do you know why Melania had a problem with Miss Gabor? These are two different generations. I'm trying to be careful about what I imply about our commander in chief. But, my guess is it had something to do with him.
Eddie Albert was a great actor, & I loved him in that movie with Audrey Hepburn where we was friends with Gregory Peck. He was so handsome, always. 💜
The movie was called, Roman holiday.
@@harperstacey9604 yep that’s it! Thank you. Great movie
There is so much wrong with this bio from getting his mother's name wrong (it was Julia Jones) to teasing from kids (it was during WWI not WWII). Even Wikipedia did a better job.
Fred Silverman and his fellow execs were nob snobs. Those shows were great. If any of today's shows were similar to them, I'd still be watching TV!
Thanks for the info! What is your most memorable Green Acres episode?
The one episode I remember was the one where they had to be careful about the electrical system and not blowing out the system.....
06:37 "Eddie Albert was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for his actions during the invasion of Tarawa in November 1943, when, as the pilot of a Coast Guard landing craft, he rescued 47 Marines who were stranded offshore (and supervised the rescue of 30 others), while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire." Wikipedia
Loved Green Acres. Oliver's continuous frustration with the absurdity around him, yet never leaving, was hilarious to me. Lisa was "High maintenance"?!?... she always rolled with the punches, and adapted much better that Oliver!
Such a shame they did not do more shows. Good clean humor. Wonderful cast.
You said Eddie Albert was taunted as a kid due to World War II going strong at the time. (4:12) Eddie was over 30 when WWII started.
Green Acres was magical. Thanks for this video. Btw I noticed your mention of WWII was incorrect . I think Eddie would have been picked on in school during WWI.
Green Acres was based on a radio series called Granby's Green Acres that starred Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet who played on Petticoat Junction.
Did Gale Gordon play on Petticoat Junction?
@@eloiseockert6561 no only Bea Benaderet. Sorry if that was confusing.
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Gale played Lucy's boss on her 60s show.
I felt the same between the two shows although I was just a child when they were on the air. My parent's being both Hungarian obviously preferred Green Acres because they loved Eva. Watching the re-runs over the years since I prefer Green Acres only because their episodes were funnier than the Hill Billies IMO.
Beverly Hillbillies was funny but no where as funny as Green Acres. MANY more belly laughs on the show. Went from funny to stupid funny. After all these years still love the show. There will NEVER be another show like this one. Too bad.
Everything unfortunately comes with a built-in expiration date . Green Acres was an example of a program that had run it's course
Pretty sure it was Fred SILVERMAN, not Sullivan,
who cancelled the show.
Fred Silverman cancelled many popular TV shows.
Green Acres is my favorite. Now that I'm older, I enjoy it even more
My favorite character on that show was the county agent Hank Kimball.
YES!! And Alf and Ralph Monroe! Sooo great!
My favorite person also.
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I have always liked Eddie Albert. He was always a natural guy. I have seen him in something all of my life. But I had no idea he had such a career in so many area's. He will always be a legend.
Was in my late teens when Green Acres first appeared. I loved it then and still do. Never bothered much with Beverley Hillbillies or Petticoat Junction. It was always Green Acres. Totally silly show, but great fun. and good viewing.
Absolutely. I knew someone who was on his ship. Mr. Albert saved the lives of many men by delaying them getting off the ship. There was heavy fire from the enemy.
Green Acres was my favorite.
Mine too, Linda! All the characters, played by great actors, with snappy fun dialog, it was and IS my favorite. Everyone forgets about Alf and Ralph Monroe. They aded a lot to the episodes they were in, which were fewer than (say) Mr. Haney and Mr. Kimbell and get overlooked unfortunately--but we know and love them!