Green Acres (1965)
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Pat Buttram as Mr. Haney
Episodes 11
Lisa Has a Calf
Fearful that Mr. Haney will lay claim to Eleanor's calf, the Douglases decide to keep the cow's pregnancy a secret. The Hooterville gossips get part of the story right, except they think it's Lisa who's expecting.
Read MoreThe Wedding Anniversary
While Oliver tries to recall how long he's been married to Lisa, she flashes back to last year's anniversary which ended with them in jail. The trouble began when a panicked Oliver found corn bores in his terrace garden. His mother, refusing to keep party guests waiting at the Waldorf while Oliver plays farmer, started tossing his "crop" off the balcony. Pots crashing onto the street below did not please the NYC cops.
Read MoreI Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman
Oliver is allowed to join the Hooterville Volunteer Fire Department if he'll play an instrument in their marching band. As Chief Joe Carson explains, they have more parades than fires. Patriotic speeches follow as Oliver takes his new duties very seriously.
Read MoreOne of Our Assemblymen is Missing
Oliver's back on his soap box, delivering fiery patriotic speeches after getting a bill for the State Farm Unattached Duty Tax. No one in Hooterville seems to know what the tax is for, so Oliver tries to contact his assemblyman. That's when he learns Hooterville hasn't held an election for one since 1922. He and Lisa travel to the state capital to meet the governor and remedy the situation.
Read MoreExodus to Bleedswell
The residents of Hooterville flock to nearby Bleedswell for jobs at the new defense plant. To keep people from leaving, Hooterville reopens its old airplane factory to fulfill its contract with the Army--signed during WWI.
Read MoreThe Man For the Job
The committee to select a new state senator considers Oliver Douglas for the job.
Read MoreNot Guilty
Eb is accused of taking $300 from Sam Drucker's safe when he shows up with a new car, which just happens to cost $300.
Read MoreArnold, Boy Hero
Lisa and Oliver are taken hostage by two bank robbers who hide out in their farmhouse.
Read MoreFlight to Nowhere
As part of an agricultural exchange program, Oliver and other Hooterville farmers are offered a chance to join a chartered government flight to Europe.
Read MoreOur Son, the Barber
Eb decides on a career as a barber and talks Oliver into putting him through a do-it-yourself mail-order barber college.
Read MoreThe Marital Vacation
Even though taking separate vacations was Lisa's idea, she misses Oliver before she even gets to the airport. Her constant phone calls and the goofy locals who think he tossed her out of the house irritate Oliver to no end. He gives up and hops a plane tojoin her; the layover in Cuba was an added surprise.
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