Eddie Albert Reveals Why Green Acres was Canceled
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2020
- 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 RUclips 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.
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 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 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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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".
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
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.
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!
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).
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!
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
@@katazack
AND DON'T FORGET "ALICE" AND THE "JEFFERSON'S" AND EVEN "ONE DAY AT A TIME",,, AMEN🙏🙏🙏!!!
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 . 😲
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Eddie Albert was a wonderful actor.
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.
Green Acres was well written. Very clever and Eddie Albert put his all into his character. Probably my favorite comedic show ever.
Cutest thing is when Arnold is. Delivering papers in a little wagon to save for a t.v. ❤
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’s a feel good show with plenty of laughs. Nothing like that today, which is why I watch the reruns.
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. 🙏
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.."
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.
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 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.
Green Acres by a mile, I loved that show because it was so well written, and the characters were so endearing.
Green Acres was the finest ! Still miss it today. They go from that to 3's company? That was when I unplugged my telly...
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. :-)
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.
Greatest show ever. One of my favorite shows. Never missed an episode.
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.
GREEN ACERS
IS WAY FUNNIER THEN ANY OTHER.....
CRAZY CAST. LOL
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.
Almost always enjoyed green acre's
Ye's?
One of the best straight men in comedy, rivaling even Bud Abbott.
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.
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.
Eddie Albert starred in and wrote the first television play ever broadcast. 1936 and it used 2 iconoscope cameras.
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.
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.
The one episode I remember was the one where they had to be careful about the electrical system and not blowing out the system.....
Green Acres was one of the best tv shows ever made. End of story.
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.
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.
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.
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.
My favorite character on that show was the county agent Hank Kimball.
YES!! And Alf and Ralph Monroe! Sooo great!
My favorite person also.
Eb
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.
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!
Green acres was my favorite show in the 60s
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.
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!
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
Green Acres is my favorite. Now that I'm older, I enjoy it even more
I loved every minute of it ! Never missed an episode .
Pretty sure it was Fred SILVERMAN, not Sullivan,
who cancelled the show.
Fred Silverman cancelled many popular TV shows.
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.
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
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???😰😰😰
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.
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.
@@eloiseockert6561
Gale played Lucy's boss on her 60s show.
Always loved Eddie Albert. Love Green Acres
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.
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!!
@Donald Holcomb yes he was ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
@Donald Holcomb 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.
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 '
Solid!
Top KEK!
Peace be with you.
Such a shame they did not do more shows. Good clean humor. Wonderful cast.
The greatest sitcom of all time. There will never be another like it.
Green acres all the way just loved it . Even loved that thiefing mr Haney. Poor Oliver just wanted a farm.
This is still my all time favorite comedy of all time. Eddie and Eva was the best couple ever. The network wanted to change direction in their broadcasting and in my opinion a big mistake.
A couple of Christmases ago, I binged this whole damn series. It was hilarious and Eva was sweet and very easy on the eye
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.
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
Green Acres is a surrealist masterpiece.
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.
Green Acres vs. Beverly Hillbillies. Liked them both but Green Acres especially funny when the whole town brings up something said in a supposedly private conversation.
Or when the whole town believes something that's definitely not true. Like Mr. Douglas has a drinking problem, or that he beats his wife.
Granny, though, at times, left one in stitches laughing.
Green Acres was the best. I watch reruns all the time.
Green Acres was hands down funnier then the Beverly Hillbillies. It was stupid funny. Eva Gabor was just marvelous. Most of us never experience life on the farm. GA gave us a glimpse into that kind of life. Thanks for the video. I never knew why it was canceled.
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.
It was Fred Silverman, not “Fred Sullivan,” whoever he is, who canceled the show. And by no stretch of the imagination would I call Oliver and Lisa a “bunch” of Douglases.
Facts Verse is quite often not particularly factual!
Fact verse doesn't get their fact straight much of the time. I've tried to help them on a few occasions but have gotten nothing but nastygrams in return. So I'm done.
I unsubscribed awhile back also, I need to completely stop watching them.
CBS did the purge because Norman Lear was coming in with his shows like All In The Family.
Grew to love Green Acres. The characters were more fully developed than they were in Beverly Hill Billies.
I agree.
Just started watching Green Acres recently ... great show!
As much as I loved Green Acres (it remains one of my favorite television shows to this day), I have to be honest and say that when they did cancel it, the show had pretty much run its course at that time. The final season, season 6, really wasn't that good. They were recycling at a lot of the same gags that they had used for the previous 5 seasons at that point. It was probably time. It had run for 6 seasons, when most TV sitcoms don't make it beyond 3 seasons, let alone 5.
I do have to say the 6th season is probably my least favorite.
It is still my all-time favorite show anyways tho
Agreed, and wholeheartedly....
I wouldn't know how to begin to choose between Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction or Green Acres they each was unique and funny. I grew up watching these show back in the 60's and early 70's. They all made me laugh and feel good while being fully entertained. It was sad they quit making the shows but I watched them over and over in rerun syndication. So to choose guess I just have choose all of them and throw a couple more into my Childhood viewing. Gilligans Island and I Dream of Jeanie also had great appeal and full of laughs.
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.
I find the whole Petticoat Junction Beverly Hillbillies and Greenacres world a slice of Americana. I really love the crossover episodes.