Absolutely one of the greatest satirical TV shows ever. Sublime and yet still on point and they were able to do it in a way that did not piss too many people off. Ms. Gabor was a rare combination of beauty, class and self-deprecation. And a wicked sense of humor to boot. I watch the reruns on MeTV and still laugh my ass off. The show was inspired lunacy. "Where's the factory? Japan???"
Outwardly G A 's a hay seed show- outwardly one of the most brilliant satires in tv history. Tv critics missed the boat on this great original. Such a delight to watch.
Those critics were just hacks tbh lol Eddie Albert got into it with a t.v. guide numbskull who hated on it and Hogan's Heroes. Another classic and hilarious show. Eddie handed him his ass verbally lol.
This was an amazingly funny episode of the CBS/Filmways series, as the "comic book" words were clearly a wink at ABC's "BATMAN" series, in good old-fashioned, Hooterville style!
So funny. They can't make comedies like this anymore. The fellow in the electricity department office was so typical of a lot of comedy characters back in the 60's.
That's what happened. Mr. Douglas plunged the the entire Northeast into darkness when he plugged his house into the Hooterville power grid without disconnecting the toaster first, that was on because he said the word "five."
The origin of this blackout was actually in Queenston, Ontario near Niagara Falls. This massive electrical grid flows in a loop through New York state and the province of Ontario. A relic from the early days of electrical transmission and now so complex it is impossible to separate them. If Toronto goes black then so does NYC and vice versa. Electrical grids throughout the U.S. and Canada are vulnerable to disaster. The finest most secure and most modern electrical grid is in Quebec. Their grid was destroyed during the Great Ice Storm of 98. They rebuilt it to the highest standards and made sure they could isolate in seconds from neighbouring grids in both countries in case of trouble. In the event of another ice storm, the weight of ice on the lines will cause them to release and drop to the ground before the towers themselves collapse. Quebec exports large amounts of electricity to the U.S. and other parts of Canada.
I'm not sure your info is "current" pardon the pun. They began untangling grid issues around 2012, running new lines through communities so that sub-sections could be disconnected more easily to avoid cascade effects. The grid still has some vulnerabilities from over-demand and solar effects, but hopefully, we wont see the domino effect like has happened in the past.
No. Mr. Douglas caused the Northeast blackout because he connected his home to the Hooterville powergrid without disconnecting his toaster, that was on because he said the word "five."
I was different when it comes to tastes in shows when this show was on. I was 10 years old and preferred shows like this. At that time my 15 year old brother was going over to idiotic shows like batman and crap Olla like that but I preferred shows like Green acres and the Munsters. I never followed the crowd meaning other kids like my brother who later started taking drugs. lol now I'm getting up there in age and time will eventually kill me but I had a mind of my own and lived my own life and never followed a mindless crowd.
Imagine having to climb a pole to use a phone!! The phone Oliver uses looks like those tester phones linemen used during the 1970s and before. I was in first grade when this episode was made. This show and Bewitched were the 2 funniest sitcoms during the 1960s, and part of the 1970s.
Was it in Hooterville, a building that size, the state capital maybe? Some palm trees can grow in non-tropical environments. My hometown in Australia is a thousand miles from the Tropic of Capricorn and one of the boulevardes there is lined with palm trees.
Nobody knows where The Valley (Hooterville) is. Like Springfield there are contradictory hints. The C&FW RR wanted to scrap the Cannonball and disconnected track to install new rail to make a shortcut to Chicago. Petticoat Junction 1st episodes. It looks like the Midwest in the GreenAcres titles. They fly easily to DC and NYC on Trans Pixley. The great NE blackout was caused by Oliver All this puts them Illinois to Western Penn...maybe Iowa, but the power thing indicates Penn or Ohio. Then in 1968, on Petticoat Junction a resident had a land grant to the whole valley....except it was granted in 1863...you guessed it a Confederate Governor...so now it is Tennessee?, Arkansas? The capitol photos kept changing. The courthouse has palm trees. The Grange is mentioned putting it Trans Mississippi. Fun shows.
One of my favs growing up. "The only sane man in a world of idiots theme." Still the same now. :( BTW... still looking for the "running electric meter skit" on GA. The meter runs though it's not connected to anything.
The only sane man in a world of idiots... until you realize that he farms the fields in a suit and therefore is probably the most insane of all. Actually, the only one that can lay claim to the sane title is Sam Drucker.
Thank you for uploading this classic segment! I love this show! If Douglas wanted to be a farmer so bad, he would have done better to emigrate to Canada and move to Manitoba or New Brunswick and then he could have had a REAL farm!---- as opposed to moving to some godforsaken place like Hooterville and Green Acres.
I live in a blue state, but I can see good and bad things about both. I think the Southern folks are polite and giving, and have a country charm. And you can't beat the country-style natural living. But some still have a set standard of behavior, patterned after their ancestors, that is cruel in ways. The northern states have their own problems with racism, unemployment, and class differences, but may be generally higher up on the scale, technically. So overall higher standard of living.
The Rural Electric Cooperative wired my Grampa's farm in the late 1940s. The crew wanted to set poles diagonal across a pasture and a field. Grandpa demanded the poles follow property lines which was his right per Iowa law at the time. They compromised and had the poles follow field borders. This was very hilly land along the Mississippi River. After the dispute, the crew foreman said they should just give the land back to the "Native Americans." (He used the "I" word I'm sure) Fifty years later Grandpa still was mad about that comment. After his death the family sold the land to the state for an expanded "Yellow River State Park" and the power lines has been moved and does run diagonal across a field no longer there. At Grandad's grave one can hear him rolling over that the power company got their way in the end.
Most Indians I know are ok 👍🏻 with the name. It’s an American standard from before the USA 🇺🇸 was formed. The BIA hasn’t had any complaints about their name.
At Last! The truth is in Hooterville. All it takes is one city slicker plugging in his cream separator to take out 9 states, 3 provinces and his milking machine. Sounds like Texas.
So exactly where is Hooterville that anything in the power grid there would affect the NE U.S.? This town must be America's only mobile city. Mr. Douglas once said he had to go to the state capital in Springfield (IL?) And Granny Clampet spoke of Joplin (MO?)
That show u can watch for hrs and only up crying cause laughing to much and (Lisa douglas) eva gabor was once one the most beautiful woman in her time p.s she doesnt hit copppers with her handbag lol
Absolutely one of the greatest satirical TV shows ever. Sublime and yet still on point and they were able to do it in a way that did not piss too many people off. Ms. Gabor was a rare combination of beauty, class and self-deprecation. And a wicked sense of humor to boot. I watch the reruns on MeTV and still laugh my ass off. The show was inspired lunacy. "Where's the factory? Japan???"
The most underrated tv show of all time.
No way it was super popular when it aired. The most underrated would be Night Court.
@@kendallrivers1119 ... you do realize that Night Court and Green Acres are 15 years apart, right?
Yeah, I heard that the only reason it was canceled despite good ratings was because of the networks “rural purge”.
Underrated ? It was the game of thrones of our times .. how old are you , young man ?
@@ericfleming2842 Pat Buttram ( Mr. Haney ) once said in an interview, "They cancelled everything with a dog or a tree!"
Classic, pure classic. They can't make stuff this funny today
YOU RIGHT
Since 1975, the sitcoms had become more of political correctness. It's had lost the humor . Green acres still the best. Sitcoms then and now.
@@cindyrogers5802 You have no idea what you're talking about. Every half wit loves to come online and complain about political corrections.
One of the funniest shows ever made! My favorite episode is the one where the farm is automated and the barn door is moo activated.
Outwardly G A 's a hay seed show- outwardly one of the most brilliant satires in tv history. Tv critics missed the boat on this great original. Such a delight to watch.
Sorry inwardly. Lol
Those critics were just hacks tbh lol Eddie Albert got into it with a t.v. guide numbskull who hated on it and Hogan's Heroes. Another classic and hilarious show. Eddie handed him his ass verbally lol.
This was an amazingly funny episode of the CBS/Filmways series, as the "comic book" words were clearly a wink at ABC's "BATMAN" series, in good old-fashioned, Hooterville style!
The old Double Drick will get you every time
This episode originally aired in March of '66; four months after the big blackout.
I've been in a place, where they asked me to take a number, and there was no one else there !!!
Was your number ever called?
Lol. Bet it wasn't the dmv
Peter Maxwell
What were you doing in Hooterville
Not much as changed in
55 years
Mr Powers (haha) is the same clerk who was the desk clerk at the hotel in Hollywood when Arnold Ziffel became a movie star
So funny. They can't make comedies like this anymore. The fellow in the electricity department office was so typical of a lot of comedy characters back in the 60's.
... he was actually the stereotype of a salesman... car, furniture, TV sets, appliances.... a fast talking shiester (sp?)
That's what happened. Mr. Douglas plunged the the entire Northeast into darkness when he plugged his house into the Hooterville power grid without disconnecting the toaster first, that was on because he said the word "five."
The origin of this blackout was actually in Queenston, Ontario near Niagara Falls. This massive electrical grid flows in a loop through New York state and the province of Ontario. A relic from the early days of electrical transmission and now so complex it is impossible to separate them. If Toronto goes black then so does NYC and vice versa. Electrical grids throughout the U.S. and Canada are vulnerable to disaster. The finest most secure and most modern electrical grid is in Quebec. Their grid was destroyed during the Great Ice Storm of 98. They rebuilt it to the highest standards and made sure they could isolate in seconds from neighbouring grids in both countries in case of trouble. In the event of another ice storm, the weight of ice on the lines will cause them to release and drop to the ground before the towers themselves collapse. Quebec exports large amounts of electricity to the U.S. and other parts of Canada.
I'm not sure your info is "current" pardon the pun. They began untangling grid issues around 2012, running new lines through communities so that sub-sections could be disconnected more easily to avoid cascade effects. The grid still has some vulnerabilities from over-demand and solar effects, but hopefully, we wont see the domino effect like has happened in the past.
That's what you say...
@@Nash1a Current. nyuk nyuk. sheesh🤡
No. Mr. Douglas caused the Northeast blackout because he connected his home to the Hooterville powergrid without disconnecting his toaster, that was on because he said the word "five."
Are there many palm trees in the NYC/Toronto region?
You know why they whispered "Japan"? In 1965 there was still a LOT of animosity toward Japan for their actions in WWII.
That’s right. When I was a kid, if it said Made in Japan it was considered cheaply made and of inferior quality. Funny how things have changed.
It also took, at best, a very long transpacific flight to reach it!
That scene between Arnold the pig and Cynthia the dog is
the ultimate. My heart is filled with warmth after seeing that. Absolutely awesome!!!
The Arizona Motor Vehicle department calling numbers reminds me of the clerk…😂!
Have a great day!
I was different when it comes to tastes in shows when this show was on. I was 10 years old and preferred shows like this. At that time my 15 year old brother was going over to idiotic shows like batman and crap Olla like that but I preferred shows like Green acres and the Munsters. I never followed the crowd meaning other kids like my brother who later started taking drugs. lol now I'm getting up there in age and time will eventually kill me but I had a mind of my own and lived my own life and never followed a mindless crowd.
I remember this lol. Wish they full episode.
Its great to see that SOME things NEVER change! Hey, WAIT!😮 🤓😎✌🏼
Eva gabor was stunning!!
My favorite episode right after the one when they tried to get the house painted.
Imagine having to climb a pole to use a phone!! The phone Oliver uses looks like those tester phones linemen used during the 1970s and before. I was in first grade when this episode was made. This show and Bewitched were the 2 funniest sitcoms during the 1960s, and part of the 1970s.
I think Mr. Douglas had to keep climbing the pole because the Hooterville telephone company ran out of wire. Stuff happens.
LOL..notice..they refer to things being made in 'Japan'..like we later did to things being made in Taiwan..then China...
BEWITCHED did an episode that implied it was Aunt Clara who caused that blackout due to her screwing up her magic again.
Anyone notice the palm tree outside the courthouse? Guess Hooterville was in FL 😂
Was it in Hooterville, a building that size, the state capital maybe? Some palm trees can grow in non-tropical environments. My hometown in Australia is a thousand miles from the Tropic of Capricorn and one of the boulevardes there is lined with palm trees.
Good catch
This was filmed in southern California, so it must have been from the nearby town (Culver City?)
Nobody knows where The Valley (Hooterville) is. Like Springfield there are contradictory hints.
The C&FW RR wanted to scrap the Cannonball and disconnected track to install new rail to make a shortcut to Chicago. Petticoat Junction 1st episodes.
It looks like the Midwest in the GreenAcres titles.
They fly easily to DC and NYC on Trans Pixley.
The great NE blackout was caused by Oliver
All this puts them Illinois to Western Penn...maybe Iowa, but the power thing indicates Penn or Ohio.
Then in 1968, on Petticoat Junction a resident had a land grant to the whole valley....except it was granted in 1863...you guessed it a Confederate Governor...so now it is Tennessee?, Arkansas?
The capitol photos kept changing. The courthouse has palm trees.
The Grange is mentioned putting it Trans Mississippi.
Fun shows.
I would love to have that car!!!
Classic
And it's brand new here. Still has the new car smell.
1965 Lincoln Continental convertible. Expensive car. But Oliver could easily afford one being attorney.
The guy who works for the power company is named Mr Powers
How's bout the guy behind the counter? Was he the guy who was always saying .....Yeeeeeeesss?
@@rotunda57 I think so
@@TheBennie102103 Frank Nelson was his name then! You would see him popping up on many shows with the same long yeeeeeeesss.
@@rotunda57 oh yeeeeeeesss, I remember him now, he was in a few episodes
One of my favs growing up.
"The only sane man in a world of idiots theme."
Still the same now. :(
BTW... still looking for the "running electric meter skit" on GA. The meter runs though it's not connected to anything.
Classic!!!
The only sane man in a world of idiots... until you realize that he farms the fields in a suit and therefore is probably the most insane of all. Actually, the only one that can lay claim to the sane title is Sam Drucker.
They took it away... it was a detective! It couldn't read the electricicle.
That darned electricical grid!
Don't laugh we all run off that same grid lol.
Thank you for uploading this classic segment! I love this show! If Douglas wanted to be a farmer so bad, he would have done better to emigrate to Canada and move to Manitoba or New Brunswick and then he could have had a REAL farm!---- as opposed to moving to some godforsaken place like Hooterville and Green Acres.
I can imagine they would have people even worse than Mr. Haney & the Monroe Brothers...
really Vladimir? and just where do you live that is so much better than a red state???? some ghetto-ridden trash heap is my guess.. you horse's ASS!
I live in a blue state, but I can see good and bad things about both. I think the Southern folks are polite and giving, and have a country charm. And you can't beat the country-style natural living. But some still have a set standard of behavior, patterned after their ancestors, that is cruel in ways. The northern states have their own problems with racism, unemployment, and class differences, but may be generally higher up on the scale, technically. So overall higher standard of living.
Climbing that telephone pole to make a call--Absolutely hysterical!
This episode make onomotapeia respectable.
GREEN ACRES WAS ONE OF THE BEST COMEDIES EVER!
The Rural Electric Cooperative wired my Grampa's farm in the late 1940s. The crew wanted to set poles diagonal across a pasture and a field. Grandpa demanded the poles follow property lines which was his right per Iowa law at the time. They compromised and had the poles follow field borders. This was very hilly land along the Mississippi River. After the dispute, the crew foreman said they should just give the land back to the "Native Americans." (He used the "I" word I'm sure) Fifty years later Grandpa still was mad about that comment. After his death the family sold the land to the state for an expanded "Yellow River State Park" and the power lines has been moved and does run diagonal across a field no longer there. At Grandad's grave one can hear him rolling over that the power company got their way in the end.
Most Indians I know are ok 👍🏻 with the name. It’s an American standard from before the USA 🇺🇸 was formed.
The BIA hasn’t had any complaints about their name.
@@robinhood480 First Nation in Canada and Aboriginal in Australia. It is so easy to offend.
Lol Nobody can make hilarious shows like Green Acres
I thought it was young David Addison leaving lights on in his bedroom, locking himself out and pressing the doorbell. It went ding, but no dong.
Mr. Powers was the guys name. Love it.
DOUBLE DRICK!
beepboop That sums up the Trump Administration in 2 words.
My favorite sound effect
They were taking a good-natured swipe at the brand new Batman show. Very witty.
@@luisreyes1963 More like the Obummer administration.
That's Fred Sanford's TV repairman
reminds me of the phone company I work for....
So it wasn’t Aunt Clara after all!
To think a small very funny community was the cause of the Great Northeastern Blackout. Wow live and learn.
Holy power outage Batman!
Dont call me a MALLETHEAD either♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
Pure comic genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hooverville has palm trees?
I, too, have been in small town businesses where I had to take a number and hold onto it until called, but I was the only customer there.
*Bewitched's Aunt Clara caused the big blackout also.*
They all mess with Mr Douglas Haney to kimball
It's impossible for a meter to run not hooked to anything. They need power to run themselves.
One funny film show,
At Last! The truth is in Hooterville. All it takes is one city slicker plugging in his cream separator to take out 9 states, 3 provinces and his milking machine. Sounds like Texas.
DRICK!!!!!!!!!!
Keith Bradley DOUBLE DRICK!!!
The meter is detective. Ah Ah Ah.
Must have been a Taiwanese model.
I thought this was a desilu production
Nope. Produced by FILMWAYS (now owned by MGM-TV).
this show is hilarious
HaHa. Mr Powers at the electric company!!
Hi
ahahahah 30 million lose power in 9 states including new york city and 3 canadian provinces ahahaha
So exactly where is Hooterville that anything in the power grid there would affect the NE U.S.? This town must be America's only mobile city. Mr. Douglas once said he had to go to the state capital in Springfield (IL?) And Granny Clampet spoke of Joplin (MO?)
World war 2 electrical grid, we are all still using it so dont laugh.
@@anonymoussources8803 it never claimed to be anywhere. I always thought the mountains since they were surrounded by them.
Oliver's hair is purple!
Old ladies used hair dye that was called blue being a blue Grey. Perhaps the studio used it on Oliver's hair.
Oh no, not the double drick!? ROFL
3-prong outlets back then? Hmmmm
Like dmv every where 🤔
Almost as bad as the clown show at our cell phone provider.
That chick was a total smoke show.
Wigs, makeup jewelry and clothing still can not disguise
That show u can watch for hrs and only up crying cause laughing to much and (Lisa douglas) eva gabor was once one the most beautiful woman in her time p.s she doesnt hit copppers with her handbag lol
🤣🤪
Odd that look like trump and Melania
Maybe they knew something back then that we didn't.
Written by and for stoners.
You're thinking of "That 70's Show".
Black out is too racist, so is lights out, can't we call it power out instead ?
This was a great show! Loved watching it!
classic comedy at the fun of government and the system.