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Starring Eddie Albert & Eva Gabor
Season 1 (CBS) (1965-66)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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 ############### Green Acres ##################
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CBS Wednesdays 9:00 pm EST (32 Episodes)

 1.1 [--] Green Acres: OLIVER BUYS A FARM
15Sep65
Guest Cast:
John Daly ..................... Narrator
Eleanor Audley ................ Mother
Willis Bouchey ................ Mr. Felton
Jackie J. Jones ............... Young Oliver
and:
Edgar Buchanan ................ Uncle Joe (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Rufe Davis .................... Floyd Smoot (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Oliver Wendell Douglas, a big city lawyer who longs for a farm, buys a spread near Hooterville.

1.2 [--] Green Acres: LISA'S FIRST DAY ON THE FARM
22Sep65
Guest Cast:
Lyle Talbot ................... Mr. Bennett
Iris Adrian ................... Mrs. Bennett
Chet Stratton ................. Mr. Peters
and:
Bea Benaderet ................. Kate Bradley (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Edgar Buchanan ................ Uncle Joe (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Smiley Burnette ............... Charley Pratt (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Rufe Davis .................... Floyd Smoot (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Oliver brings his wife Lisa to their new home, a ramshackle farm near Hooterville.

1.3 [--] Green Acres: THE DECORATOR
29Sep65
Guest Cast:
Eleanor Audley ................ Mother
Robert Jellison ............... Roland Wilson
Marjorie Garretson ............ Maid
and:
Bea Benaderet ................. Kate Bradley (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Lori Saunders ................. Bobbie Jo Bradley (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Rufe Davis .................... Floyd Smoot (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Oliver and Lisa call in a decorator to begin a major overhaul of their dilapidated farm.

1.4 [--] Green Acres: THE BEST LAID PLANS
06Oct65
Guest Cast:
Eleanor Audley ................ Mother
Gavin Gordon .................. Roland Weatherby
Guy Wilkerson ................. Ben
The Hooterville rumor mill has it that Lisa packed up and left Oliver. Actually, she went back to New York to
close up their penthouse apartment.

1.5 [--] Green Acres: MY HUSBAND, THE ROOSTER RENTER
13Oct65
Guest Cast:
Phil Gordon ................... Carl Flint
John Harmon ................... Jack Parker
Sid Melton .................... Ed Ferguson, the Plumber
Oliver calls in a roofer, a plumber and an agricultural expert. All of them give the same appraisal of his farm:
a disaster.

1.6 [--] Green Acres: FURNITURE, FURNITURE, WHO'S GOT THE FURNITURE?
20Oct65
Guest Cast:
Eleanor Audley ................ Mother
Peter Leeds ................... Moving man
and:
Edgar Buchanan ................ Uncle Joe (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Smiley Burnette ............... Charley Pratt (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Rufe Davis .................... Floyd Smoot (from 'Petticoat Junction')
The Douglases are awaiting the arrival of their furniture. When it is accidentally delivered to Mr. Haney, he tries
to sell them their own possessions.

1.7 [--] Green Acres: NEIGHBORLINESS
27Oct65
Guest Cast:
Eleanor Audley ................ Mother
Gail Bonney ................... Mrs. Miller
Barbara Pepper ................ Mrs. Ziffel
Jeffrey Hutten ................ Child
Edgar Buchanan ................ Uncle Joe (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Kay E. Kuter .................. Newt Kiley
Tom Fadden .................... Ben Miller
It's plowing time and Oliver runs into trouble with equipment bought from Mr. Haney. The neighbors come to the
rescue and plow the field in time for planting.

1.8 [--] Green Acres: LISA, THE HELPMATE
03Nov65
Guest Cast:
Eleanor Audley ................ Mother
Parley Baer ................... Mr. Webster
Jack Bannon ................... Student
Terry Phillips ................ Duke
and:
Bea Benaderet ................. Kate Bradley (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Edgar Buchanan ................ Uncle Joe (from 'Petticoat Junction')
When Oliver sends a sample of his soil to the State Scientific College, a report comes back that his farm contains
ingredients never before found in soil.

1.9 [--] Green Acres: YOU CAN'T PLUG IN A 2 WITH A 6
10Nov65
Guest Cast:
Tom Fadden .................... Ben Miller
and:
Edgar Buchanan ................ Uncle Joe (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Relying on statistics provided by the Department of Agriculture, Oliver plants wheat. His neighbors, using
Mrs. Ziffel's lumbago to predict a crop, plant corn.

1.10 [--] Green Acres: DON'T CALL US, WE'LL CALL YOU
17Nov65
Guest Cast:
Jerry Hausner ................. Ed Ferguson
William Neff .................. Mr. Wilson
Barbara Drew .................. Secretary
Roland Winters ................ Judson Carter Felton
and:
Edgar Buchanan ................ Uncle Joe (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Rufe Davis .................... Floyd Smoot (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Oliver finally has a phone installed, but the Hooterville Phone Company installs it directly outside his bedroom
window--on top of the telephone pole.

1.11 [--] Green Acres: PARITY BEGINS AT HOME
24Nov65
Guest Cast:
Howard Wendell ................ Bennington
Sam Edwards ................... Wally Wilkins
Henry Scott ................... Riley
Tom Fadden .................... Ben Miller
Kay E. Kuter .................. Newt Kiley
Walter Baldwin ................ Grandpappy Miller
Jesse White ................... George Jenkins
Oliver plants his entire 160 acres with wheat, only to hear from the Conservation of Stabilization Committee
(a local farm organization) that he is not allowed to do so.

1.12 [--] Green Acres: LISA HAS A CALF
08Dec65
Guest Cast:
Eleanor Audley ................ Mother
Stanley Farrar ................ Dr. Fillmore
and:
Bea Benaderet ................. Kate Bradley (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Edgar Buchanan ................ Uncle Joe (from 'Petticoat Junction')
The cow Oliver bought from Mr. Haney is pregnant. Eb is afraid that if Mr. Haney finds out, he will claim that
the calf belongs to him.

1.13 [--] Green Acres: THE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
15Dec65
Guest Cast:
Eleanor Audley ................ Mother
Dave Willock .................. Bennington
Vinton Hayworth ............... Dr. Faber
Harold Ayer ................... Sheriff
and:
Bea Benaderet ................. Kate Bradley (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Edgar Buchanan ................ Uncle Joe (from 'Petticoat Junction')
It's the Douglases' wedding anniversary. Oliver remembers the date but cannot recall the exact number of years he
and Lisa have been married.

1.14 [--] Green Acres: WHAT HAPPENED IN SCRANTON?
22Dec65
Guest Cast:
Eleanor Audley ................ Mother
Elvia Allman .................. Cora Watson
Guy Wilkerson ................. Lud Watson
Kay Wells ..................... Sadie Prentiss
James Millhollin .............. Claude
Daniel White .................. Man
and:
Smiley Burnette ............... Charley Pratt (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Rufe Davis .................... Floyd Smoot (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Lisa decides to bring a little culture and charm to Hooterville by means of a beauty parlor.

1.15 [--] Green Acres: HOW TO ENLARGE A BEDROOM
29Dec65
Guest Cast:
Norman Leavitt ................ Telephone man
After persistent pleas from Lisa, Oliver agrees to have the bedroom
enlarged.

1.16 [--] Green Acres: GIVE ME LAND, LOTS OF LAND
05Jan66
Guest Cast:
Eleanor Audley ................ Mother
Guy Wilkerson ................. Lud Watson
Oliver buys 140 acres of land adjoining his property, excluding the farmhouse on it. Lisa misunderstands and thinks
the farmhouse is their new home.

1.17 [--] Green Acres: I DIDN'T RAISE MY HUSBAND TO BE A FIREMAN
19Jan66
Guest Cast:
Bea Benaderet ................. Kate Bradley (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Edgar Buchanan ................ Uncle Joe (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Oliver discovers the only requirement to join the Hooterville Valley Fire Department is that he must play a musical
instrument.

1.18 [--] Green Acres: LISA BAKES A CAKE
26Jan66
Guest Cast:
Hal Smith ..................... Harry Bleedwell
and:
Smiley Burnette ............... Charley Pratt (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Rufe Davis .................... Floyd Smoot (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Oliver is annoyed when Lisa puts a listing in the new phone book: "Oliver Douglas, Attorney at Law." Unfortunately,
nobody calls for his services.

1.19 [--] Green Acres: SPRAINED ANKLE, COUNTRY STYLE
02Feb66
Guest Cast:
Regis Toomey .................. Doc Stuart
Donald Curtis ................. Curly Robins
and:
Lori Saunders ................. Bobbie Jo Bradley (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Oliver falls through the roof and sprains his ankle while putting up a TV antenna.

1.20 [--] Green Acres: THE PRICE OF APPLES
09Feb66
Guest Cast:
Kay E. Kuter .................. Newt Kiley
Jack Bannon ................... Officer
Vince Barnett ................. Gus
Oliver's apple crop is ready to be harvested, and he decides to market them himself.

1.21 [--] Green Acres: WHAT'S IN A NAME
16Feb66
Guest Cast:
Howard Smith .................. Judge Murdock
Richard Hale .................. Carl Hinkley
and:
Edgar Buchanan ................ Uncle Joe (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Ralph, the lady carpenter, becomes enamored of Mr. Kimball, the county agent. However, he refuses to go out
with a girl named Ralph.

1.22 [--] Green Acres: THE DAY OF DECISION
23Feb66
Guest Cast:
Eleanor Audley ................ Mother
and:
Edgar Buchanan ................ Uncle Joe (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Smiley Burnette ............... Charley Pratt (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Rufe Davis .................... Floyd Smoot (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Lisa must decide whether she and Oliver will remain on the farm or go back to New York.

1.23 [--] Green Acres: A PIG IN A POKE
09Mar66
Guest Cast:
Emory Parnell ................. Sheriff Blake
Terry Phillips ................ Bellboy
Harry (Dean) Stanton .......... Mr. Smead
Oliver and Lisa leave for New York to attend a reunion of the Harvard Alumni. They are unaware that the Ziffels'
pig, Arnold, is a stowaway in the trunk of their car.

1.24 [--] Green Acres: THE DEPUTY
16Mar66
Guest Cast:
Kay E. Kuter .................. Newt Kiley
Joe Conley .................... Policeman
and:
Edgar Buchanan ................ Uncle Joe (from 'Petticoat Junction')
Sam Drucker is leaving on vacation, and talks Oliver into assuming his duties as deputy sheriff.

1.25 [--] Green Acres: DOUBLE DRICK
23Mar66
Guest Cast:
Dave Willock .................. Larry Lawlor
Jonathan Hole ................. Mr. Powers
Bill McLean ................... Lineman
Oliver's generator breaks down and he decides it's finally time for the electric company to run power lines
into his house.

1.26 [--] Green Acres: THE BALLAD OF MOLLY TURGISS
06Apr66
Guest Cast:
Renie Riano ................... Molly Turgiss
There is a local superstition in Hooterville concerning an old hag named Molly Turgiss, who died twenty years
before the Douglases came to town.

1.27 [--] Green Acres: NEVER LOOK A GIFT TRACTOR IN THE MOUTH
27Apr66
Guest Cast:
Stuart Erwin .................. Mr. Johnson
It's a few days before Oliver's birthday, and Lisa goes out and buys the biggest and fanciest tractor she can find.

1.28 [--] Green Acres: SEND A BOY TO COLLEGE
04May66
(no guest cast details)
Oliver discovers that Eb has a way with sick animals and offers to put him through college. Eb is rejected because
he never graduated from high school.

1.29 [--] Green Acres: HORSE? WHAT HORSE?
11May66
Guest Cast:
Jerry Hausner ................. Mr. Sanders
George Chandler ............... Doc Stuart
A horse follows Oliver home, but every time he tries to show it to his wife, the horse disappears. Lisa assumes
that her husband is imagining things.

1.30 [--] Green Acres: THE RAINS CAME
18May66
Guest Cast:
J. Pat O'Malley ............... Diller Fangworth
Howard Smith .................. Judge Clemens
Ray Kellogg ................... Bailiff
Robert Strauss ................ Indian
Mr. Haney sues Oliver for non-payment of a vital contract.

1.31 [--] Green Acres: CULTURE
25May66
Guest Cast:
Virginia Sale ................. Selma Plout
Buddy Foster .................. Emory Duckin
Tony Fraser ................... Horace Milford
Reginald Gardiner ............. Sir Geoffrey
The Every-Other-Wednesday-Afternoon-Discussion-Club decides that Hooterville needs a little "culture."

1.32 [--] Green Acres: UNCLE OLLIE
01Jun66
Guest Cast:
Don Edmonds ................... Chuck
Marshall Bradford ............. Judge
Jack Perkins .................. Officer
Oliver's nephew arrives for a visit, and Oliver is shaken up when the boy turns out to be a beatnik.

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