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gilligan fanatic · 06-02-2006, 01:01 PM

farm?

The first episode is the only time the house is called Green Acres. It's either the Hanney Place or the Douglass's farm. I think the name of the show should have had Hooterville in the name or refered to Green Acres more. Anybody else think so?

Mikado · 06-02-2006, 01:11 PM

Green Acres was a perfect name, it made the fact that the farm was a total failure that much more ironic

gilligan fanatic · 06-02-2006, 01:13 PM

I think they name is fine, but they should have used it more on the show.

grnacrsfan · 06-02-2006, 11:02 PM

As I recall, they do refer to the farm as Green Acres more than once in the entire series, but not until the later episodes.

Tim Lones · 06-07-2006, 02:26 AM

The original concept of Green Acres was based on a CBS Radio Series.."Granby's Green Acres" which was a 1950 summer replacement series starring Gale Gordon and Bea Benederet as the city to the country couple (here called the Granbys)..Some differences-Eb was played as an older man, Kimball was the General Store proprietor..The County agent (unnamed) was much smarter than Alvy Moore's TV counterpart..And the Granbys had a teen age daughter named Janice. The One major difference is that the TV version was set in Hooterville.

Below is a link to listen to four episodes

http://www.maggiore.net/greenacres/garadio.asp

kooky12 · 06-07-2006, 01:04 PM

In the episode where Oliver protests the wheat penalties, Mr. Haney drives up to Oliver's farm with a load of wheat seed, dressed in military gear, armed, and says he is ready to fight "the siege of Green Acres" (for a fee, of course !)

06-02-2006, 01:01 PM	#1
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06-02-2006, 11:02 PM	#4
grnacrsfan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 07, 2004 Location: South Texas Posts: 104	As I recall, they do refer to the farm as Green Acres more than once in the entire series, but not until the later episodes.
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06-02-2006, 01:11 PM	#2
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,880	Green Acres was a perfect name, it made the fact that the farm was a total failure that much more ironic

06-02-2006, 01:13 PM	#3
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	I think they name is fine, but they should have used it more on the show.

06-07-2006, 02:26 AM	#5
Tim Lones Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 6	The original concept of Green Acres was based on a CBS Radio Series.."Granby's Green Acres" which was a 1950 summer replacement series starring Gale Gordon and Bea Benederet as the city to the country couple (here called the Granbys)..Some differences-Eb was played as an older man, Kimball was the General Store proprietor..The County agent (unnamed) was much smarter than Alvy Moore's TV counterpart..And the Granbys had a teen age daughter named Janice. The One major difference is that the TV version was set in Hooterville. Below is a link to listen to four episodes http://www.maggiore.net/greenacres/garadio.asp

06-07-2006, 01:04 PM	#6
kooky12 Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 06, 2005 Posts: 2,022	In the episode where Oliver protests the wheat penalties, Mr. Haney drives up to Oliver's farm with a load of wheat seed, dressed in military gear, armed, and says he is ready to fight "the siege of Green Acres" (for a fee, of course !)