{"id":51078,"date":"2017-10-16T13:19:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T17:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=51078"},"modified":"2017-10-16T13:20:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T17:20:03","slug":"green-acres-is-still-the-place-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=51078","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Green Acres&#8221; Is Still the Place to Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/umS3XM3xAPk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ready? Sing along with us!:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Green Acres is the place to be<br \/>\nFarm living is the life for me<br \/>\nLand spreading out so far and wide<br \/>\nKeep Manhattan &#8211;  just give me that countryside<\/p>\n<p>No, New York is where I&#8217;d rather stay<br \/>\nI get allergic smelling hay<br \/>\nI just adore a penthouse view<br \/>\nDarling, I love you but give me Park Avenue<\/p>\n<p>The chores!<br \/>\nThe stores!<br \/>\nFresh air!<br \/>\nTimes Square!<\/p>\n<p>You are my wife<br \/>\nGood bye&#8230;city life<br \/>\nGreen Acres&#8230;.we are there!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, the theme song to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/green-acres-the-complete-series\/826663179545\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Green Acres<\/a><\/em> is an amazing earworm that will lodge itself in your head for days. (Which is no surprise, given how it was written by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=vic+mizzy&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vic Mizzy<\/a> &#8212; the musical master who also gave us the theme to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=the+addams+family&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Addams Family<\/a><\/em>). And the show itself is pretty fantastic itself! Airing on CBS from 1965-71 as a sort of companion show to the rural comedies <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=the+beverly+hillbillies&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Beverly Hillbillies<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=the+beverly+hillbillies&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Petticoat Junction<\/a><\/em>, <em>Green Acres<\/em> starred <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Eddie%20Albert%7C599788&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Eddie Albert<\/a> as Oliver Douglas, a New York City lawyer who moves the country for a slower-paced life &#8212; much to the eternal dismay of socialite wife Lisa (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Eva%20Gabor%7C201460&#038;mod=AP\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Eva Gabor<\/a>) who longs to return to the Big Apple. In their new home, they encounter a variety of odd and endearing small town folk. Who can forget Arnold the pig? The series ran for a whopping 170 episodes before it was cancelled by CBS in their so-called &#8220;rural purge&#8221; in order to focus on more city-based programs in 1971. That footnote aside, the series is as charming and homespun as ever, and a new complete series set is being released tomorrow so that you can revisit Green Acres whenever you wish! Bonus features include:<\/p>\n<p>   &#8211; Pilot Episode Commentary By Pop Culture Historian Russell Dyball<br \/>\n   &#8211; Interview With Eddie Albert From The Dick Cavett Show (Audio Only)<br \/>\n   &#8211; Interview With Eddie Albert From The Danny Kaye Show<br \/>\n   &#8211; Select &#8220;Granby&#8217;s Green Acres&#8221; Original Radio Shows<\/p>\n<p>Green Acres, we are there! Will you be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready? Sing along with us!: &#8220;Green Acres is the place to be Farm living is the life for me Land spreading out so far and wide Keep Manhattan &#8211; just give me that countryside No, New York is where I&#8217;d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9744,"featured_media":51079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5527],"tags":[7173,7174,7172,6077],"coauthors":[5618],"class_list":["post-51078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv-articles","tag-eddie-albert","tag-eva-gabor","tag-green-acres","tag-sitcoms"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Green Acres&quot; Is Still the Place to Be - MovieFanFare<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Farm living will be the live for you when Green Acres: The Complete Series hits DVD this week!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=51078\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Green Acres&quot; 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