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Frump · 10-21-2010, 02:55 PM

Do you think JUST Hooterville was a surreal, weird place or do you think it was their whole world/universe?

I used to think it was just Hootervill but it it seems like their whole world was slightly off, even when they went to Ney York and Washington and places. There was an Eiffel Tower in Washington, and people in NY acted just as strange.

Rezny@gmail.com · 10-21-2010, 06:35 PM

Good pointAnd one thing that we should remember.The show (as well as "Petticoat Junction","The Addams Family","Bewitched","F Troop","I Dream of Jeannie","The Beverly Hillbillies","The Flying Nun")was a product of the 1960's,were ESCAPISM.And we needed it during that time.

Rezny@gmail.com · 10-21-2010, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by rrezny@usnetizen

Good pointAnd one thing that we should remember.The show (as well as "Petticoat Junction","The Addams Family","Bewitched","F Troop","I Dream of Jeannie","The Beverly Hillbillies","The Flying Nun")was a product of the 1960's,were ESCAPISM.And we needed it during that time.

In other words,it was a nice place to visit.Their world may have been a bit off,but,as I said before,with all that was going on in the 1960's,(Vietnam,the riots,etc.)we needed a place like Hooterville to go to every week,(and that goes for the rest of the comedies I mentioned),to have fun and have a good laugh.

Frump · 10-21-2010, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by rrezny@usnetizen

In other words,it was a nice place to visit.Their world may have been a bit off,but,as I said before,with all that was going on in the 1960's,(Vietnam,the riots,etc.)we needed a place like Hooterville to go to every week,(and that goes for the rest of the comedies I mentioned),to have fun and have a good laugh.

I think Green Acres was kinda a forshadowing of movies like Naked Gun, Airplane, and things like that. That's what I mean by SURREAL wrold.

I mean things happened like Lisa Changed clothes in 2 seconds, Eb lays on an invisible bed, Oliver is talking to Ed in the living room then he walks out onto the fromt portch and Eb is out there, etc

The Beverlly Hillbillies was NOT like that, they were crazy, but still it was like REALITY.

old grouch · 10-22-2010, 02:01 PM

Maybe their was something in the water. Is that why those Bradley girls were always swimming in the water tower???

10-21-2010, 02:55 PM	#1
Frump Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 06, 2003 Location: McMinnville Posts: 1,206	Their whole world or just Hootervill a bit off? Do you think JUST Hooterville was a surreal, weird place or do you think it was their whole world/universe? I used to think it was just Hootervill but it it seems like their whole world was slightly off, even when they went to Ney York and Washington and places. There was an Eiffel Tower in Washington, and people in NY acted just as strange.
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10-21-2010, 06:35 PM	#2
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	Good pointAnd one thing that we should remember.The show (as well as "Petticoat Junction","The Addams Family","Bewitched","F Troop","I Dream of Jeannie","The Beverly Hillbillies","The Flying Nun")was a product of the 1960's,were ESCAPISM.And we needed it during that time.

10-22-2010, 02:01 PM	#5
old grouch Member Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2010 Location: montana Posts: 1,877	Maybe their was something in the water. Is that why those Bradley girls were always swimming in the water tower???