Why Did Oliver And Lisa Still Wear City Clothes in Hooterville?? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

NAN ELIZABETH · 07-07-2001, 10:31 AM

Even though "GREEN ACRES" is my all-time favorite show, I would like to know why Oliver and Lisa still wore their fancy city clothes in Hooterville? For some reason, Oliver always wore a white shirt, tie, and a vest while doing his farm chores, and Lisa always wore fancy hats, white gloves, jewelry, fashionable suits, dresses, and glamorous, but very sexy gowns. Please read the sample below and you'll see what I'm talking about.

In the two-part episode in which Arnold goes to Hollywood (THE FIRST PART ORIGINALLY AIRED THE NIGHT BEFORE MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS KILLED), Oliver and Lisa attended the opening night of a play inside a barn dressed as though they were attending the opening night of a play in New York. While the other people who attended the play wearing normal nice casual country clothes, Oliver wore a tuxedo and Lisa wore a very sexy yellow strapless gown, a huge choker necklace, and a huge feathery shawl to match. If they still wanted to wear city clothes, they should have still stayed in the city.

In real life, two of my very favorite pictures of Eva Gabor were taken when she was wearing a lightly-colored strapless gown, a choker necklace, tiny droop earrings, and a beautiful satin stole wrapped around her, just below her bare shoulders. Her beautiful blonde hair was styled so perfectly neat and chic, and she had that beautiful, bright, sunny, and very sexy smile. In this particular episode, as well as in real life, Eva Gabor looked absolutely sexy in strapless evening gowns.

I have only the first part of this episode, the part where Oliver and Lisa were attending the play, on tape with the other various pop/rock music infomercials, movies, documentaries, and specials that I also taped.

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tdr · 07-11-2001, 12:13 AM

Because the sources of humor in this farce were idiosyncracies and incongruities. In many ways GA was a converse of The Beverly Hillbillies, Henning's first hick comedy. In BH it was country folks who moved to the big city but still dressed and acted 'country.' In GA it was the big city folks who moved to the country but still dressed and acted 'city.'

Oliver Douglas and Jed Clampett were the 'straight men' who were out of place-- but both had the strange idiosyncracy of WANTING to remain where they knew they were out of place. They did not deny their displcement, but the whole series depended on their entrenched idea of "where they ought to be," and there they remained to create the comedy of incongruity.

sar · 08-27-2001, 12:29 PM

You gotta have the straight man for the comedy to work best. Mr. Douglas was the ultimate straight man.

I don't think Jed Clampett was so much the straight man as just the smartest/most normal of the hillbillies. I think Mr. Drysdale was the main straight man and Miss hathaway a second straight wo(man)

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07-07-2001, 10:31 AM	#1
NAN ELIZABETH Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 06, 2001 Location: Upper Darby, PA USA Posts: 43	Why Did Oliver And Lisa Still Wear City Clothes in Hooterville?? Even though "GREEN ACRES" is my all-time favorite show, I would like to know why Oliver and Lisa still wore their fancy city clothes in Hooterville? For some reason, Oliver always wore a white shirt, tie, and a vest while doing his farm chores, and Lisa always wore fancy hats, white gloves, jewelry, fashionable suits, dresses, and glamorous, but very sexy gowns. Please read the sample below and you'll see what I'm talking about. In the two-part episode in which Arnold goes to Hollywood (THE FIRST PART ORIGINALLY AIRED THE NIGHT BEFORE MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS KILLED), Oliver and Lisa attended the opening night of a play inside a barn dressed as though they were attending the opening night of a play in New York. While the other people who attended the play wearing normal nice casual country clothes, Oliver wore a tuxedo and Lisa wore a very sexy yellow strapless gown, a huge choker necklace, and a huge feathery shawl to match. If they still wanted to wear city clothes, they should have still stayed in the city. In real life, two of my very favorite pictures of Eva Gabor were taken when she was wearing a lightly-colored strapless gown, a choker necklace, tiny droop earrings, and a beautiful satin stole wrapped around her, just below her bare shoulders. Her beautiful blonde hair was styled so perfectly neat and chic, and she had that beautiful, bright, sunny, and very sexy smile. In this particular episode, as well as in real life, Eva Gabor looked absolutely sexy in strapless evening gowns. I have only the first part of this episode, the part where Oliver and Lisa were attending the play, on tape with the other various pop/rock music infomercials, movies, documentaries, and specials that I also taped. [This message has been edited by NAN ELIZABETH (edited 07-07-2001).] [This message has been edited by NAN ELIZABETH (edited 07-11-2001).] [This message has been edited by NAN ELIZABETH (edited 07-11-2001).] [This message has been edited by NAN ELIZABETH (edited 07-11-2001).] [This message has been edited by NAN ELIZABETH (edited 07-11-2001).]

07-11-2001, 12:13 AM	#2
tdr Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Posts: 1,454	Because the sources of humor in this farce were idiosyncracies and incongruities. In many ways GA was a converse of The Beverly Hillbillies, Henning's first hick comedy. In BH it was country folks who moved to the big city but still dressed and acted 'country.' In GA it was the big city folks who moved to the country but still dressed and acted 'city.' Oliver Douglas and Jed Clampett were the 'straight men' who were out of place-- but both had the strange idiosyncracy of WANTING to remain where they knew they were out of place. They did not deny their displcement, but the whole series depended on their entrenched idea of "where they ought to be," and there they remained to create the comedy of incongruity.

08-27-2001, 12:29 PM	#3
sar Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 08, 2001 Location: South Florida Posts: 391	You gotta have the straight man for the comedy to work best. Mr. Douglas was the ultimate straight man. I don't think Jed Clampett was so much the straight man as just the smartest/most normal of the hillbillies. I think Mr. Drysdale was the main straight man and Miss hathaway a second straight wo(man) [This message has been edited by sar (edited 08-28-2001).]