Les Arpents verts
4.6/5
Année : 1965
Nombre de saisons : 6
Durée moyenne d'un épisode : 25 minutes
Genre(s) : Comédie, Famille
Le célèbre et réputé avocat Oliver Douglas en a ras-le-bol de la ville. Pour prendre le bon air de la campagne, quoi de mieux qu’une petite bâtisse à retaper ? Ni une, ni deux, ce citadin pur souche achète une ferme dans la bourgade de Hooterville. Et son épouse ? Elle n’a pas le choix ! Et pourtant, cette femme de la ville n’a rien de commun avec le monde paysan, plus habituée aux soirées mondaines de Park avenue... Entre deux activités de plein air et la traite en talons aiguilles, Lisa Douglas ne tardera pas à mettre les habitants de la localité à l’heure de New York. Le contraire vire souvent à la catastrophe.
Saisons
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Saison 2
Saison 3
Saison 4
Saison 5
Saison 6
Épisodes
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Épisode 1 - Oliver Buys A Farm
15 septembre 1965 - 3.8/5
New York lawyer Oliver Douglas quits his job at the law firm of Felton, O'Connell, Clay, Blakely, Harmon, Dillion & Pasteur and buys a farm in Hooterville, sight unseen. The locals are astounded that Haney had managed to unload the place on someone and try to talk him out of it. Laying her eyes on the dilapidated farmhouse for the first time, Lisa bursts into tears.
Épisode 2 - Lisa's First Day on the Farm
22 septembre 1965 - 4/5
Lisa gets her first look at their dilipidated--and empty--farmhouse and is horrified. Oily Mr. Haney, who previously owned the dump, took everything with him, including the bathroom fixtures, and tries to resell them to Oliver. Eb, one of Haney's workers, is hired on as their farm hand. Lisa goes out to meet the locals, most of whom have entered a pool wagering on how long the Douglases will stay. Lisa is ready to immediately return to New York, but after a chat with Kate Bradley, she decides to give farm life a try.
Épisode 3 - The Decorator
29 septembre 1965 - 3/5
Oliver wants to start farming but Lisa demands he have their house redecorated first. Sam Drucker recommends a decorator from Pixley. Kate Bradley tries to tutor Lisa in the kitchen since she doesn't know the first thing about cooking. Kate starts by showing her how to make something easy: hotscakes. Adding to the chaos is Oliver's mother, who arrives to rescue Lisa from her nightmarish country life.
Épisode 4 - The Best Laid Plans
6 octobre 1965 - 3.5/5
Lisa consulte un architecte pour rénover la ferme. Oliver jugeant cette initiative inopportune, elle abandonne son projet et décide de célébrer le premier mois à la ferme.
Épisode 5 - My Husband, the Rooster Renter
13 octobre 1965 - 3/5
Oliver fait appel aux services d’un couvreur, d’un plombier et d’un spécialiste agricole pour expertiser son bien. Ils sont unanimes : la ferme et la terre des Douglas sont dans un état désastreux
Épisode 6 - Furniture, Furniture, Who's Got the Furniture?
20 octobre 1965 - 3/5
Les Douglas attendent avec impatience l’arrivée de leurs meubles qui se retrouvent par erreur chez M. Haney, l'ancien propriétaire de la ferme. Ce dernier essaie de faire croire à Oliver que ce sont ses meubles et tente de les lui revendre.
Épisode 7 - Neighborliness
27 octobre 1965 - 3/5
C’est la période des labours. Oliver a toutes les misères du monde avec le matériel désuet que lui a vendu M. Haney. Heureusement, des voisins viennent à son secours.
Épisode 8 - Lisa the Helpmate
3 novembre 1965 - 3/5
Oliver envoie au Collège Scientifique un échantillon de sa terre pour la faire analyser. Surprise : celle-ci comporte un élément qui n’existe nulle part ailleurs.
Épisode 9 - You Can't Plug in a 2 with a 6
10 novembre 1965 - 3/5
C'est l'heure des semis à Hooterville et Oliver est choqué que les habitants fassent leurs choix de cultures en fonction des maux et des douleurs. De retour à la ferme, Oliver attribue à chaque appareil électrique un numéro de un à sept dans le but d'empêcher leur générateur grinçant de souffler. Tous les gadgets jusqu'à un total de sept peuvent être branchés en même temps, mais Lisa ne peut pas tout à fait saisir le concept.
Épisode 10 - Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
17 novembre 1965 - 3/5
Leur téléphone n'étant toujours pas connecté, Oliver demande à M. Kimball de faire pression sur sa mère, propriétaire de la compagnie de téléphone. Kimball dit que lui et sa mère ne se parlent pas, mais Oliver le convainc de se réconcilier avec elle. Sa mère est si reconnaissante qu'elle a rapidement installé un téléphone au sommet d'un poteau à l'extérieur de leur chambre.
Épisode 11 - Parity Begins at Home
24 novembre 1965 - 3/5
Oliver veut planter du blé sur ses 160 acres, mais le comité agricole local dit qu'il ne peut en faire que huit. Furieux, Oliver porte ses plaintes jusqu'à Washington. Étonnamment, Haney se range du côté d'Oliver et se prépare à combattre la Garde nationale dans "Le siège de Green Acres".
Épisode 12 - Lisa Has a Calf
8 décembre 1965 - 3/5
Craignant que M. Haney revendique le veau d'Eleanor, les Douglas décident de garder secrète la grossesse de la vache. Les commeres de Hooterville comprennent bien une partie de l'histoire, sauf qu'ils pensent que c'est Lisa qui est enceinte
Épisode 13 - The Wedding Anniversary
15 décembre 1965 - 4/5
Alors qu'Oliver essaie de se rappeler depuis combien de temps il est marié à Lisa, elle revient sur l'anniversaire de l'année dernière qui s'est terminé avec eux en prison. Les ennuis ont commencé lorsqu'un Oliver paniqué a découvert des pyrales du maïs dans son jardin en terrasse. Sa mère, refusant de faire attendre les invités à la fête au Waldorf pendant qu'Oliver joue le fermier, a commencé à jeter sa "récolte" du balcon. Les pots s'écrasant dans la rue en contrebas ne plaisaient pas aux flics de New York.
Épisode 14 - What Happened in Scranton?
22 décembre 1965 - 4/5
Lisa est choquée que Hooterville n'ait pas de salon de beauté. Elle appelle sa belle-mère qui lui envoie son coiffeur, Claude. (Elle le fait chanter d'un mot : " Scranton ".) Installé sur le Cannonball, il donne aux femmes de Hooterville de nouvelles coiffures. Maintenant, ils sont trop « belles » pour les travaux agricoles.
Épisode 15 - How to Enlarge a Bedroom
29 décembre 1965 - 3/5
Après que Lisa ait lancé un ultimatum, Oliver engage les menuisiers incompétents Alf et Ralph Monroe pour agrandir la petite chambre. Les Monroe viennent de commencer à déplacer les murs lorsque l'inspecteur en bâtiment, le père de la petite amie d'Eb, "désapprouve" le projet et condamne toute la maison. Oliver se retrouve avec une chambre en plein air sans toit.
Épisode 16 - Give Me Land, Lots of Land
5 janvier 1966 - 4/5
Lisa est contre l'achat d'une propriété voisine appartenant aux Watson jusqu'à ce qu'elle voie leur ferme. Pensant que la maison fait partie de l'affaire, Lisa vend les meubles des Watson à M. Haney et se fait apporter leurs affaires. Tout cela se passe pendant qu'Oliver est à New York pour organiser le financement.
Épisode 17 - I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman
19 janvier 1966
Oliver est autorisé à rejoindre les pompiers volontaire de Hooterville s'il veut jouer d'un instrument dans leur fanfare. Comme l'explique le chef Joe Carson, il y a plus de parades que de feux. Des discours patriotiques suivent alors qu'Oliver prend ses nouvelles fonctions très au sérieux.
Épisode 18 - Lisa Bakes a Cake
26 janvier 1966
Oliver est contrarié que Lisa l'ait inscrit dans le nouvel annuaire téléphonique en tant qu'avocat. Il craint d'être inondé d'appels demandant son avis juridique. Au lieu de cela, l'avocat Douglas devient grincheux lorsque son téléphone ne sonne pas. Pendant ce temps, Lisa s'attaque à une tâche redoutable en cuisine : préparer un gâteau. Quand Oliver obtient enfin un client potentiel, l'homme malchanceux rencontre la planche de Ralph, le gâteau de 20 livres de Lisa et le camion de Haney.
Épisode 19 - Sprained Ankle, Country Style
2 février 1966
En réparant l'antenne TV, Oliver tombe du toit et se fait une entorse à la cheville. Un défilé d'habitants de Hooterville se présente pour lui rendre hommage pendant qu'il est debout, mais au lieu de partager la nourriture qu'ils ont préparée pour lui, ils le poussent hors de son propre lit pour regarder Frankenstein rencontre Mary Poppins à la télévision.
Épisode 20 - The Price of Apples
9 février 1966
Oliver gagnera considérablement plus sur sa récolte de pommes s'il met la sienne sur le marché en premier. Il engage des lycéens locaux pour cueillir les fruits et utilise leur vieux camion pour les transporter. Alors que le camion branlant subit de nombreuses pannes, les prix des pommes commencent à baisser. Enfin, les gaeaux de Lisa viennent à la rescousse.
Épisode 21 - What's in a Name?
16 février 1966
Ralph Monroe se retrouve amoureux de Hank Kimball, mais découvre qu'il ne sortira pas avec une femme avec un nom d'homme. Elle demande à Oliver de déposer des documents judiciaires pour que son nom soit changé en quelque chose de plus féminin. Au tribunal, Oliver apprend que son permis d'exercer le droit n'est pas reconnu par l'État. Cela renvoie Oliver aux livres pour étudier pour l'examen du barreau de l'État.
Épisode 22 - The Day of Decision
23 février 1966
Lisa a accepté d'essayer Green Acres pendant six mois. C'est aujourd'hui qu'elle décide de rester à Hooterville ou de retourner à New York. Tout le monde attend avec impatience sa décision. Pendant ce temps, Oliver revient sur leurs premiers jours à la ferme, ses mésaventures physiques à la maison et les produits moche de Haney.
Épisode 23 - A Pig in a Poke
9 mars 1966
Oliver est invité à New York pour être le conférencier invité lors d'un banquet d'anciens élèves de Harvard, mais il arrive avec un passager clandestin inattendu. Pendant ce temps, les Ziffel craignent de perdre Arnold au profit de M. Haney, qui essaie de prendre le cochon au lieu d'une dette qu'il prétend que les Ziffel lui doivent.
Épisode 24 - The Deputy
16 mars 1966
Sam Drucker part en vacances de deux semaines pour rendre visite à sa sœur, laissant Oliver assumer ses fonctions de shérif adjoint. Des complications s'ensuivent lorsqu'Oliver montre comment utiliser une paire de menottes à Lisa avant de découvrir qu'il a perdu les clés.
Épisode 25 - Double Drick
23 mars 1966
Fatigué de réparer le groupe électrogène branlant que lui a vendu Haney, Oliver vérifie l'état de son électricité. Apprenant que sa demande n'a jamais été postée, Oliver décide de traiter en personne avec la compagnie d'électricité. Il constate que rien dans Hooterville n'est fait simplement--ou correctement ; il se retrouve avec un compteur qui fonctionne même lorsqu'il est débranché et un autre poteau près de la fenêtre de la chambre.
Épisode 26 - The Ballad of Molly Turgis
6 avril 1966
Oliver veut écrire une chanson folklorique sur la légende locale Molly Turgis, une femme si laide qu'elle a été chassée de Hooterville. Les faits sont difficiles à obtenir, cependant, car la simple mention de son nom provoque le mal. Lisa a pitié de Molly et lui propose de la relooker.
Épisode 27 - Never Look a Gift Tractor in the Mouth
27 avril 1966
Lisa veut surprendre Oliver avec un nouveau tracteur pour son anniversaire. Pour le garder hors de vue, elle le fait livrer à la ferme des Ziffel. Le vieux couple le confond avec un cadeau de Mme Douglas, ce qui amène Doris à penser que Fred et Lisa ont une liaison torride.
Épisode 28 - Send a Boy to College
4 mai 1966
Le talent d'Eb pour soigner les animaux malades conduit les Douglas à l'envoyer dans une école vétérinaire. Malheureusement, sa carrière universitaire est de courte durée en raison d'un petit oversite.
Épisode 29 - Horse? What Horse?
11 mai 1966
Lisa croit qu'Oliver commence à craquer sous la pression de la gestion de la ferme. Après qu'Oliver prétend avoir vu un cheval tacheté et un zèbre, elle appelle Doc Watson pour lui faire un bilan de santé. La tentative de Lisa de donner à Oliver un sédatif se retourne contre elle, ce qui l'oblige à faire une très longue sieste.
Épisode 30 - The Rains Came
18 mai 1966
Une sécheresse à Hooterville fait flétrir les cultures dans les champs. Oliver est tellement désespéré qu'il accepte de payer 350 $ à Haney s'il peut apporter un soulagement. C'est alors que Haney présente le chef dansant Thundercloud. Lorsque les pluies arrivent enfin, Oliver refuse de payer. Il dit que la danse du chef n'est pas ce qui a fait le tour.
Épisode 31 - Culture
25 mai 1966
Le « Every Other Wednesday Afternoon Discussion Club » décide d'amener la culture dans la vallée en créant l'Orchestre symphonique de Hooterville. Oliver traite les femmes de « folles » pour avoir envisagé une idée aussi ridicule. Sans se laisser décourager, Lisa appelle son ami chef d'orchestre Sir Geffory, alias "Poopsie", à venir diriger l'orchestre. Ce qu'il rencontre, c'est la fanfare des pompiers volontaires de Hooterville qui joue la seule chanson qu'ils connaissent.
Épisode 32 - Uncle Ollie
1 juin 1966
Le neveu groovy d'Oliver arrive à Hooterville sur sa moto avec les cheveux longs, le jargon branché et aucun intérêt pour le travail. Cependant, Chuck est excellent avec les moteurs et procède à la "soupe" de tous les véhicules de la vallée. Le Eb facilement influençable décide rapidement qu'il veut être un beatnick.
Épisode 1 - Wings Over Hooterville
14 septembre 1966
Lisa raconte comment elle et Oliver se sont rencontrés. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, l'avion d'Oliver a été abattu et il s'est échoué dans un arbre. Lisa sauve Oliver, mais ne lui fait pas confiance car il "passe plus de temps à parler qu'à se bécoter". Après l'histoire de Lisa, les fermiers de Hooterville découvrent que leurs récoltes sont détruites par un insecte inconnu. M. Kimball l'identifie comme le "Bing Bug". Les agriculteurs nomment Oliver pour épousseter toutes les récoltes, mais ne pas être dans le cockpit pendant des années cause des problèmes à Oliver dans l'avion bon marché de M. Haney.
Épisode 2 - Water, Water Everywhere
21 septembre 1966
M. Haney demande à Willie le sorceleur de lui créer un nouveau puits. Mais quand M. Haney a beaucoup d'eau, Oliver perd son eau. La même chose se produit quand Oliver a un nouveau puits aux sorcières, puis les Ziffel manquent d'eau. Lorsqu'ils obtiennent un nouveau puits, M. Drucker n'a plus d'eau. Oliver décide que Hooterville devrait ouvrir un réservoir. Peu de temps après, tout le monde a assez d'eau, mais quand tout le monde ouvre ses robinets, ils perdent leur électricité.
Épisode 3 - I Didn't Raise My Pig to Be a Soldier
28 septembre 1966
Lorsque les Ziffel partent pour une deuxième lune de miel aux chutes du Niagara, ils laissent Arnold avec Oliver et Lisa. Là-bas, Arnold est enrôlé par l'armée américaine.
Épisode 4 - How to See South America By Bus
5 octobre 1966
Oliver se retrouve avec un nouveau client nommé Collins, qui s'avère être une femme très attirante, dont le prénom est Amy, qui veut l'aide juridique d'Oliver pour sa ferme. Oliver doit se rendre régulièrement à la ferme d'Amy pour l'aider dans sa ferme. Lisa commence à penser qu'Oliver la trompe, et après avoir entendu Doris Ziffel parler, croit qu'Oliver va la tuer et s'enfuit en Amérique du Sud pour s'enfuir avec Amy. Lisa ne connaît pas les faits et Mme Ziffel parlait vraiment du récent épisode de son émission préférée.
Épisode 5 - The Ugly Duckling
19 octobre 1966
Ralph Monroe est dévasté lorsque M. Kimball la refuse à nouveau. Lisa décide d'aider Ralph, en la rendant plus féminine. Oliver est obligé de dormir dans la grange avec Eb, tandis que Lisa travaille jour et nuit pour coiffer Ralph. Plus tard, lors d'un dîner, le nouveau Ralph est présenté à M. Kimball sans méfiance, qui aime encore moins Ralph maintenant, car Lisa prétend qu'elle n'a pas eu assez de temps pour rendre Ralph pleinement féminin.
Épisode 6 - One of Our Assemblymen is Missing
26 octobre 1966
Oliver est de retour sur sa boîte à savon, prononçant des discours patriotiques enflammés après avoir reçu une facture pour la taxe sur les droits de douane non attachés à la ferme d'État. Personne à Hooterville ne semble savoir à quoi sert la taxe, alors Oliver essaie de contacter son député. C'est alors qu'il apprend que Hooterville n'a pas organisé d'élection depuis 1922. Lui et Lisa se rendent dans la capitale de l'État pour rencontrer le gouverneur et remédier à la situation.
Épisode 7 - The Good Old Days
2 novembre 1966
Lisa a le mal du pays pour le penthouse de Park Avenue. Oliver lui raconte donc l'histoire de Gus et Etta, un fermier et sa femme hongroise qui sont brisés et pauvres, mais tirent le meilleur parti de leur nouvelle vie à la ferme. Malheureusement, l'histoire se termine par la destruction de leur ferme par une inondation anormale, et Lisa aspire encore plus à Park Avenue.
Épisode 8 - Eb Discovers the Birds and the Bees
9 novembre 1966
Eb découvre soudain qu'il a des sentiments pour Betty Jo Bradley. Eb ne veut rien de plus que sortir avec elle, mais le conseil qu'Oliver lui donne, annule le rendez-vous, quand Eb ne laisse pas Betty Jo choisir où aller pour une soirée, et Eb découvre qu'elle est allergique aux roses.
Épisode 9 - The Hooterville Image
16 novembre 1966
Les agriculteurs de Hooterville ont décidé qu'Oliver ruinait l'image de la ville en faisant ses tâches agricoles en costume. Oliver finit par céder à leur demande de porter une salopette, mais ils ne prévoyaient pas la paire recouverte de fourrure que la couturière de Lisa a conçue.
Épisode 10 - You Ought to Be in Pictures
23 novembre 1966
James Stuart du département agricole veut faire un film sur les pièges des nouveaux agriculteurs. Les habitants pensent que "Jimmy Stewart" vient faire un grand film hollywoodien, alors ils s'inscrivent tous à l'école de théâtre de Haney. En attendant, les pratiques agricoles d'Oliver s'avèrent particulièrement embarrassantes pour la caméra.
Épisode 11 - A Home Isn't Built in a Day
30 novembre 1966
Fatiguée de vivre dans une décharge, Lisa exige de sérieux travaux de rénovation. Oliver congédie les frères Monroe et engage un architecte pour dresser des plans. Les rénovations s'arrêtent brutalement grâce à la ligne de piquetage de Monroes et au célèbre Hootervillian Rutherford B. Skrug.
Épisode 12 - A Square is Not Round
14 décembre 1966
Les Douglas essaient de déterminer laquelle de leurs poules pond des œufs carrés. Une fois que le mot est sorti, Haney et un éleveur de poulet veulent tous les deux participer à l'action. Curieusement, les œufs en forme de cube n'inquiètent pas autant Oliver que leur grille-pain qui fonctionne lorsque vous dites le chiffre "cinq".
Épisode 13 - An Old Fashioned Christmas
21 décembre 1966
Oliver décide d'avoir un Noël à l'ancienne en abattant un arbre de sa propriété. M. Haney l'avertit qu'il est illégal d'abattre un arbre sur sa propre propriété. Alors Oilver se rend chez Drucker et demande à Sam s'il existe une telle loi. M. Drucker essaie de lui vendre un arbre artificiel avec un gicleur pour faire jaillir le suintement de pin ainsi que des cannes de bonbon artificielles et de la ficelle de maïs soufflé. M. Drucker lui conseille d'obtenir un permis de Hank Kimball, agent du comté. Après avoir obtenu le permis, il peut enfin décorer son arbre. Sur @ les Ziffel, Doris est contrariée qu'Arnold ait un arbre artificiel et dit à Fred que M. Douglas a eu la bonne idée. Le gang se rend à la maison des Douglas pour admirer le sapin de Noël. Mais ils sont chassés lorsque Lisa sort les gâteaux aux fruits à base de petits pains !
Épisode 14 - Never Trust a Little Old Lady
28 décembre 1966
C'est la saison de plantation des tomates et Oliver a besoin d'informations météorologiques utiles. Hooterville s'appuie sur Mildred de WPIXL-TV, une petite vieille dame qui saute hors de sa maison de poupée, ou Walter, le météorologue chanteur. Les deux se trompent constamment, alors Oliver contacte le Weather Bureau qui prédit des jours et des nuits chauds. Avec les plantes en terre, Hooterville subit la nuit la plus froide de l'année. Incroyablement, ce sont les suzettes en crêpe de Lisa qui sauvent la récolte du froid.
Épisode 15 - School Days
4 janvier 1967
Oliver passe beaucoup de temps dans le bureau du directeur lorsque Lisa s'inscrit à Hooterville High. À l'école principalement pour un cours de cuisine, elle perturbe également les cours d'histoire avec sa propre version du passé de la Hongrie, détruit les douches des femmes et fait exploser un laboratoire de chimie.
Épisode 16 - His Honor
11 janvier 1967
Oliver comprend mal quand les gros bonnets de Hooterville lui demandent d'être juge. Il pense qu'il est nommé juge d'appel, mais ils veulent juste qu'il juge les pommes à la foire du comté. Les Douglas se rendent à New York pour qu'Oliver puisse obtenir des conseils de jugement pendant que Lisa achète une robe et une perruque pour Son Honneur.
Épisode 17 - It's So Peaceful in the Country
18 janvier 1967
La mère d'Oliver a besoin de repos au lit, alors quel meilleur endroit que la ferme de son fils. Tout ce qu'elle a à faire est d'ignorer le forage d'Alf et Ralph, le groupe de tournée de Haney, un groupe d'Indiens Sioux dansants et leur chef qui pense qu'elle est une spectatrice.
Épisode 18 - Exodus to Bleedswell
25 janvier 1967
Les résidents de Hooterville affluent vers Bleedswell, à proximité, pour trouver des emplois dans la nouvelle usine de défense. Pour empêcher les gens de partir, Hooterville rouvre son ancienne usine d'avions pour remplir son contrat avec l'armée - signé pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.
Épisode 19 - It's Human to Be Humane
1 février 1967
Lassé et à la recherche d'un projet, Lisa prend la tête du « Hooterville Human Humane Committee ». Elle pousse sa cause à l'extrême, déclarant tout interdit, de la chasse au canard à la vente d'œufs de poule. Bientôt, la maison Douglases est un zoo et les habitants sont prêts à la chasser de la ville.
Épisode 20 - Never Take Your Wife to a Convention
8 février 1967
La seule chose qu'Oliver apprend lors d'une convention agricole, c'est comment avoir la gueule de bois. Lui et Lisa rencontrent Charlie, un ancien gangster devenu agriculteur, et Wanda, sa femme danseuse floozy. Plus Charlie parle de sa ferme, plus Oliver est convaincu que ses jours sombres ne sont pas du passé.
Épisode 21 - The Computer Age
15 février 1967
Un Ralph Monroe désespéré rejoint un service de rencontres informatiques pour rencontrer un mari. Oliver pense que c'est une excellente idée car les ordinateurs ont toujours raison. Lisa pense qu'ils ne peuvent pas remplacer la romance, alors elle défie Oliver de tester leur correspondance sur le cerveau électrique.
Épisode 22 - Never Start Talking Unless Your Voice Comes Out
22 février 1967
Oliver doit choisir entre être agriculteur ou avocat lorsqu'il reçoit une offre pour exercer à Washington, DC La lettre d'apparence officielle, cependant, a convaincu les habitants qu'Oliver leur cache un secret juteux. Après avoir écarté la fraude fiscale et la contrefaçon, cela ne laisse qu'un seul choix : l'agent de la CIA.
Épisode 23 - The Beverly Hillbillies
1 mars 1967
Lorsque le casting tombe malade, les Douglas montent sur scène dans une production caritative de The Beverly Hillbillies. Après qu'Eb ait "coupé" un script de la série, Hank Kimball joue Jed Clampett, Oliver apparaît comme Jethro et Lisa dépeint Granny avec une combinaison d'accent hongrois/sud.
Épisode 24 - Lisa's Vegetable Garden
8 mars 1967
Selon Oliver, chaque femme de ferme devrait cultiver ses propres légumes, alors Lisa commence son propre jardin. Armée de brochures inutiles de M. Kimball et d'un flacon de parfum, Lisa commence le travail. Ce n'est guère une proposition d'économie d'argent après avoir acheté un tracteur, des fournitures agricoles et embauché Alf et Ralph comme femmes de ménage.
Épisode 25 - The Saucer Season
15 mars 1967
Une fois que l'histoire folle d'Eb sur la rencontre avec des extraterrestres a été publiée dans la presse, les touristes descendent à la ferme Douglas pour rencontrer la nouvelle célébrité. Oliver est plus préoccupé par la foule qui piétine ses récoltes, mais l'Air Force prend sa réclamation au sérieux... au début.
Épisode 26 - Getting Even With Haney
22 mars 1967
Fatigué des ennuis de Doris d'avoir à battre leur linge sur un rocher dans le ruisseau, Fred achète une machine à laver Grabwell à M. Haney. Le moteur du bateau dans un baril devient fou, pulvérisant de l'eau et des vêtements partout avant de chasser les Ziffel par leur porte d'entrée. Oliver est plus qu'heureux de prendre leur affaire et de la confier à Haney dans la salle d'audience.
Épisode 27 - Kimball Gets Fired
29 mars 1967
Ralph est bouleversé lorsque son bien-aimé « Hankie » Kimball est licencié en tant qu'agent agricole du comté. Son remplaçant est si grossier et insultant que même Oliver complote pour faire réembaucher Kimball. Son plan est d'effrayer le nouveau gars en le fixant avec Ralph.
Épisode 28 - The Vulgar Ring Story
12 avril 1967
Lisa dit que la femme de sa famille doit épouser un Américain toutes les quatre générations pour garder l'énorme bague qu'elle porte maintenant. Elle régale Hooterville de l'histoire de son arrière-arrière-grand-mère, la reine des gitans, et de sa cour avec un artiste américain, Cornelius. Beaucoup de vol et de danse sont impliqués.
Épisode 29 - Who's Lisa?
19 avril 1967
En réparant le toit, Oliver laisse tomber accidentellement un marteau sur la tête de Lisa, lui causant une amnésie. Au début, il est contrarié parce qu'elle ne le reconnaît même pas. Il commence à soupçonner qu'elle fait semblant alors il l'emmènera à New York pour l'ouverture de la saison d'opéra.
Épisode 30 - Music to Milk By
26 avril 1967
Eb devient obsédé par le fait de gagner un concours sur une station de radio Pixley. Pour identifier toutes les chansons, il doit les écouter jour et nuit. Cela devient encore plus difficile après qu'Elenaor la vache ait avalé la radio qu'Oliver vient d'acheter Eb pour son anniversaire.
Épisode 1 - The Man For the Job
6 septembre 1967
The state committee to nominate a new senator considers Oliver as their candidate. Upon hearing about his credentials (he can read and write), they send representatives to Hooterville to meet the man and learn what his neighbors think of him.
Épisode 2 - Lisa's Jam Session
13 septembre 1967
Drucker's store doesn't stock jam since all the Hooterville women make their own. Oliver encourages Lisa to learn how to make preserves from Doris Ziffel since hers are the best in the valley. Lisa learns her trick, but it doesn't stay secret for long.
Épisode 3 - Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel
20 septembre 1967
Fred Ziffel objects to Arnold's love affair with Haney's "basket" hound Cynthia. Realizing that their relationship can never work, Arnold breaks things off. When Cynthia performs miserably at the county field trials, Haney wants to sue over his heartbroken hound.
Épisode 4 - Oliver vs. the Phone Company
27 septembre 1967
It all begins when the driveshaft comes apart on Oliver's tractor. He decides to phone the company (his phone sits atop a telephone pole) to have a replacement part shipped to him, but can't get through because the operator is not available - she's at home cooking a rump roast. Eb mans the antiquated switchboard, but is only able to play recordings explaining the operator's absence. At Drucker's General Store, Oliver discovers that everyone has come to tolerate the operator's frequent absences. Oliver's blood pressure rises a few more notches when he can't use Drucker's two-piece telephone, which sits below the counter (whose very short cord is too long, per the phone company's constitution). The final straw comes when Mr. Trendell, the phone company CEO, refuses to reason with Oliver, viewing his grievances as mere complaints from an unhappy subscriber. Frustrated with the outdated equipment, frequently absent operator and the phone company's notoriously poor customer service, Oliver
Épisode 5 - Oliver Takes Over the Phone Company
4 octobre 1967
Oliver's without an operator on his first day as president of the Hooterville Phone Company. As he wrestles with an exploding switchboard, the locals gossip about how he stole the company from Roy Trendell in a rigged card game. Lisa figures out how to put calls through, but had rather flirt with the president than work the switchboard all night.
Épisode 6 - A Kind Word For the President
11 octobre 1967
Irritated by complaints and about how much money he's losing, Oliver raises the rates at the Hooterville Phone Company. His top priority, however, is getting the Monroe brothers to connect his own phone inside the house. Meanwhile, Lisa discovers the magic of cooking dehydrated food.
Épisode 7 - Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked
18 octobre 1967
Oliver's reign as "El Presidente" of the phone company hits bottom when he hires a farm worker to be his operator. He pays Haney to take the business off his hands, but soon Hooterville is up in arms over the price-gouging Haney Phone Company.
Épisode 8 - Eb Elopes
25 octobre 1967
The Douglases find a note from Eb saying he's eloped. While he's on his honeymoon, his cousin Walter will cover his duties. Unfortunately, Walter's experience is limited to bartening at the old Stankwell Falls Lounge. This leads to more destruction than usual on the farm and everyone thinking Oliver's opening a cocktail lounge.
Épisode 9 - The Thing
1 novembre 1967
Oliver is tired of paying storage for something neither he or Lisa can recall, so he has it shipped to Hooterville. Inside a giant crate is a genuine Stavinski birdbath that Lisa had bought years earlier for Oliver's birthday. The hideous collection of pipes and faucets leads Oliver to plot "the thing's" demise.
Épisode 10 - Das Lumpin
8 novembre 1967
Lisa tells another version of how she and Oliver met during World War II. As a member of the Hungarian underground, she saved him from Nazis by hiding him in a barn and earned him a Purple Heart by poking him in the rump with a pitchfork. They saw each other again after the war when Lisa was a professional cello player.
Épisode 11 - Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel?
15 novembre 1967
With Doris out of town, Fred has to look after Arnold all by him self, but when Arnold sees an advertisement for free movies, ice cream, he goes to Pixley, and Lisa comes to the conclusion that he has been kidnapped, so Mr. Kimball, Sam Drucker, and the rest go search for Arnold.
Épisode 12 - Jealousy, English Style
22 novembre 1967
Over Lisa's objections, Oliver plans on attending a farm symposium alone. To watch over her, he hires a charming young British man as a temporary farm hand. Determined to go along, Lisa plots to make Oliver so jealous of the handsome help that he wouldn't dare leave her behind.
Épisode 13 - Haney's New Image
29 novembre 1967
Oliver gets the usual runaround from Haney when he complains about the ancient tractor he'd bought. But suddenly, it's a new, honest Haney who offers to buy back the tractor and the "dump" of a farm he sold Oliver. Coincidently, he's just learned that the Douglas farm is in the path of a proposed new highway. Oliver's soon onto his scheme and decides to make the charlatan squirm.
Épisode 14 - Alf and Ralph Break Up
13 décembre 1967
Alf and Ralph announce that they are FINALLY going to finish the bedroom for Lisa and Oliver, but when a fight breaks out between brother and sister, Ralph comes to stay with the Douglas's and since Ralph refuses to work on the bedroom because it reminds her of Alf, Lisa hires her as the maid, but when Oliver realizes she's a good cook he has trouble letting go of her, Alf eventually comes and apologizes and the two go home, Oliver then realizes that Lisa is a good plasterer and goes into the bedroom with Oliver.
Épisode 15 - No Trespassing
20 décembre 1967
Oliver's crabby attitude leads everyone think he's about to snap from overwork. To help him relax, Lisa takes him on a picnic by the lake. That's where he runs into gun-totin' Ira Hatch, who hassles him about trespassing on his property. When he tells the locals about the old man, they declare Haney the winner of the "Oliver Douglas crack-up pool" because Ira had died 20 years earlier.
Épisode 16 - Eb Returns
27 décembre 1967
Eb is embarassed to tell the Douglases that he was stood up at the altar and took his honeymoon trip alone. He begs an old girlfriend, Cynthia, to pose as his new bride just long enough to meet his "parents". She agrees if it won't take long since she has a big date to get ready for.
Épisode 17 - Not Guilty
3 janvier 1968
Sam Drucker calls the law when he discover $300 is missing from his safe. With the investigation pointing only to Frank Nitti, Eb is finally charged when he shows up in a car he paid $300 for and can't recall who gave him the money to buy it.
Épisode 18 - Home is Where You Run Away From
10 janvier 1968
Eb finds a runaway boy in the barn. When Oliver askes for his name, the boy tells everything but. Claiming such names as "Paul Frankcann", "Carlos Hot Pepers", "Pretty Boy Floyd", and "Al Hamilton" he tries to hide from police when Oliver reports him. The boy then runs away to the Ziffel's claiming to be "Oliver Wendall Douglas Jr." when the Douglases come to pick him up, he disappears and reappears at Drucker's claiming to be "Fred Ziffel Jr.", when Oliver drives over to Drucker's, the boy hitches a ride with Hank Kimball claiming to be "Sam Drucker Jr.". On their way to the airport, they're pulled over when the officer identifies the little boy as Gilbert Henshaw, who in return, claims to be "Hank Kimball Jr." The next day, Gilbert is home, but Eb discovers four more run away boys in the barn,
Épisode 19 - How to Succeed in Television Without Really Trying
24 janvier 1968
Boy genius Dilly Watkins improves farm life for Douglases with his new electronic inventions. Besides the barn door opener that works when Eleanor moos at it, there's the television camera that sends pictures of the cow to the bedroom set. Oliver doesn't realize the camera is transmitting to all the sets in the valley, turning him into an overnight Nielsen sensation.
Épisode 20 - Arnold Ziffel, Boy Hero
31 janvier 1968
Arnold tries to open a bank account, so he can save enough money for a new color TV set. While at the Pixley Bank, two robbers come in and rob it, and Arnold's $5. While the two flee, they decide to hold up in the Douglas' place. Once inside, Lisa finds their picture on the newspaper, and she is taken hostage. Oliver comes home, and he is held hostage. Arnold steals their bag, and takes it to the police, while the crooks force Lisa to make hotcakes. Eb is later captured, and as the robbers leave to take Oliver's car, the police arrive and arrest them.
Épisode 21 - Flight to Nowhere
7 février 1968
The farmers of Hooterville are offered a good deal on a government chartered trip to Europe as part of an agriculture exchange program. Everyone except Oliver misunderstands the cost of the trip. Of course, the wives want to go on the trip, too.
Épisode 22 - My Mother the Countess
14 février 1968
On learning that Lisa's mother is coming for a visit, the Hooterville residents go overboard in wanting to welcome the countess. Despite Oliver's protests that she's not royalty, they forge ahead anyway with plans for a parade and marching band.
Épisode 23 - The Spring Festival
21 février 1968
Everyone in Hooterville, except Oliver, is overcome with spring fever; even Sam Drucker is wearing his spring toupee. Deciding to revive the Hooterville spring festival, Lisa visits the neighbors to drum up support. Meanwhile, Oliver tries to do his planting with Eb who can't understand how to work the automatic planter.
Épisode 24 - Our Son, the Barber
28 février 1968
Eb's latest career choice is that of a barber. He talks Oliver into paying his tuition to MIT, a mail-order barber college. Eb's sent a dummy head and hair to practice on and receives his grades by mailing the trimmed toupees back to the school. Lisa is excited about Eb's education while Oliver is irratated by all the hidden costs he keeps being asked to pay.
Épisode 25 - Oliver's Jaded Past
6 mars 1968
Lisa's long-awaited vacation to New York is not what she'd hoped for. She's none to thrilled hearing about Oliver's womanizing playboy days or all the wild parties they're invited to. When Oliver's offered a job with his old law firm, he's the Douglas who's tempted by the excitement of city life.
Épisode 26 - The Hungarian Curse
13 mars 1968
The man who saved the life of Lisa's uncle moves in on the Douglases seeking repayment for his good deed. Lisa feels an obligation to help Lazlo, but Oliver is simply irritated by his constant money-grubbing. Oliver's also unfazed by Lazlo's threats to cast a Hungarian curse on him.
Épisode 27 - The Rutabaga Story
20 mars 1968
It's planting season in Hooterville, but Oliver doesn't know what to plant...the other farmers aren't in the mood for planting this year because they lost so much money from their crops last year. After many thoughts...Oliver discovers that the land in Hooterville is perfect to plant rutabagas. With that, Lisa gets everyone into the spirit of the new "Rutabaga Bowl". She even is sent up in a hot air balloon, to send out rutabagas across the country that says "Eat Hooterville Rutabagas."
Épisode 28 - Instant Family
27 mars 1968
At Sam Drucker's store, Oliver and Lisa meet their new neighbor, who is also expecting. She decides it's time, so Oliver offers to drive her to the hospital. Once back home, Lisa had already offered to "sit" with her other 4 children...and Eb. Oliver doesn't mind at first, but quickly changes his mind after the kids break dishes, run amuk in the house, and when he is forced to sleep in living with the boys, while Lisa, Ralph, and the other girls sleep in the bedroom. Things are even worse when Oliver finds himself drive each kid to school at a different time, then having to turn right around and pick them up a different times. Later that night, it's a wild goose chase at the drive in as each kid ends up getting lost. The day they finally have to go home, they end up staying longer after one of them catches the measels from Ralph.
Épisode 29 - A Star Named Arnold is Born (1)
3 avril 1968
Arnold's performance as a British police dog in the Hooterville theater production of Who--the marquee wasn't big enough for Who Killed Jock Robin?--turns him into an overnight star. Lisa is so impressed, she arranges for an old friend to give him a Hollywood screen test. The Douglases are soon Tinseltown bound, escorting the hammy actor west for his big showbiz break.
Épisode 30 - A Star Named Arnold is Born (2)
10 avril 1968
Oliver and Lisa chaperone Arnold to Hollywood for his screen test. Producer Boris Fedor isn't interested in the pig; he's just using him to pressure a greedy horse to come back to work. When the horse's agent balks, the publicity machine starts promoting Arnold as the studio's next big star. A stunned Oliver, who came along for laughs, can't believe what he's witnessing.
Épisode 1 - Guess Who's Not Going to the Luau?
25 septembre 1968
Peterson's Poi Juice is giving away a trip to Hawaii and Arnold Ziffel is chosen as the winner. When the ad agency rep meets Arnold and discovers he's not a human, he tries to disqualify the swine. Famous pig lawyer Oliver Douglas is retained to fight for Arnold's winnings.
Épisode 2 - The Rummage Sale
2 octobre 1968
The Douglases are asked to donate old clothing to a charity rummage sale. Lisa is glad to give away Oliver's entire wardrobe, but can't part with any of her dresses. Each has a memory attached, leading to flashbacks of Oliver asking Lisa's father for her hand in marriage, the Douglases' honeymoon in Switzerland and their first party in their new Park Avenue apartment.
Épisode 3 - Hail to the Fire Chief
16 octobre 1968
Scheming to get Oliver to pay his way to a convention, Fire Chief Joe Carson appoints him as his assistant. Instead, Oliver finds the Hooterville Fire Department to be inept and ill-prepared. Oliver's call for improvements results in Uncle Joe being voted out and him being named the new chief.
Épisode 4 - Eb's Romance
23 octobre 1968
Eb announces his engagement to Loreli Appleby, a girl he met the day before. In an attempt to impress his future father-in-law, Eb succeeds in destroying the farmer's cabbage crop. To get back in the man's good graces, Eb pawns Oliver's cow Eleanor so he can make the Appleby's mortgage payment.
Épisode 5 - The Candidate
30 octobre 1968
Fed up with the lousy condition of the Hooterville highway, Oliver launches an attack on their beloved state district representative, Ben Hanks. The folksy, duck-calling, guitar-playing politician proves too wily for Oliver, even when caught padding the state payroll with relatives.
Épisode 6 - Handy Lessons
6 novembre 1968
Wanting to be a bigger help to Oliver, Lisa decides to learn carpentry. She buys overalls and begins to study the craft from the inept Monroe brothers. Lisa's talents result in destruction in Monroes' workshop and earns Oliver a punch in the nose.
Épisode 7 - A Husband For Eleanor
13 novembre 1968
Oliver plans to leave Eleanor with Mr. Cowan's bull Dudley so she'll birth a calf and start giving milk again. However, Lisa complicates matters when she wants to make sure Eleanor has a good "husband" with bright prospects. No bull Lisa meets seems good enough to marry her "daughter".
Épisode 8 - Old Mail Day
20 novembre 1968
It's "Old Mail Day" and Sam Drucker hands out letters that have gotten misplaced in his post office. Having learned nothing from his previous letter-writing fiascos, an upset Oliver complains to the Postmaster General for delivery service. The locals soon turn on Oliver because Drucker's General Store is never open; he's always on his bicycle delivering mail.
Épisode 9 - The Agricultural Student
27 novembre 1968
The Agricultural Department is sending a student to learn the ropes from agent Hank Kimball. No one's too interested until Terry turns out to be an attractive blonde co-ed. All the men of Hooterville, eligible and otherwise, fall over themselves flirting and fawning. On the night of the big barn dance, the Douglas living room is packed full of maneuvering men, each thinking they're her date for the evening. Terry's choice turns out to be none of the above.
Épisode 10 - How Hooterville was Floundered
11 décembre 1968
After Joe Carson quits as head of the Hooterville centennial celebration, Oliver gets the job. His idea is to stage a re-enactment of the town's founding starring he and Lisa as Horace and Doris Hooter. In the dramatization, saloon girl Doris fleeces Horace out of the money he'd hoped to buy a farm with. Eventually, he gets his money back, thanks to her skills as a card shark, and they marry and settle Hooterville.
Épisode 11 - The Blue Feather
18 décembre 1968
Lisa's convinced that Hungarian gypsies have placed a curse on her when she receives a dreaded blue feather in the mail. To "de-hexify" her, Haney sells Lisa a ridiculous recipe that she mixes up, places in a green purse, and hangs outside the front door. Eb gets a look at it and panics because the "green purse hex" will bring a drought. He counteracts it with his own concoction in a yellow purse. Oliver takes action to put a stop to all this foolishness.
Épisode 12 - How to Get from Hooterville to Pixley Without Moving
25 décembre 1968
After Oliver orders the Monroe brothers to finish work on the bedroom, they confess that they never got a building permit. Oliver storms off to get one himself, only to discover his barn is in Hooterville but his house is in Pixley. Haney, who sold them the farm, offers to hook a rope to the house and pull it to Hooterville with his truck.
Épisode 13 - The Birthday Gift
1 janvier 1969
For Lisa's birthday gift, Oliver plans to gets her a horse. Mr Haney delivers one, and it's not your average nag. Its name is Mr. Fred, a talking horse who's also a has-been TV star. Meanwhile, the locals decide that Lisa has a drinking habit and attempt an intervention.
Épisode 14 - Everywhere a Chick Chick
8 janvier 1969
Oliver has the bad idea of getting into the chicken raising business. Haney wants to sell him a ridiculous egg laying contraption, the Monroe brothers build a disastrous chicken coop, and Lisa wants to raise the chicks as human children. The serious trouble begins when the 1000 baby chicks arrive. The brooder stops working and the babies have to stay warm. Lisa's motherly instincts save the day.
Épisode 15 - The Marital Vacation
15 janvier 1969
Even though taking separate vacations was Lisa's idea, she misses Oliver before she even gets to the airport. Her constant phone calls and the goofy locals who think he tossed her out of the house irritate Oliver to no end. He gives up and hops a plane tojoin her; the layover in Cuba was an added surprise.
Épisode 16 - A Prize in Each and Every Package
22 janvier 1969
Criminals rob a jewelry store in Chicago and stash their haul in a grain bin. The expensive gems end up packed in boxes of Crickly Wickly cereal shipped to Hooterville. Lisa knows real jewels when she sees them, but Oliver's sure they're just costume. After taking them to be appraised, the sheriff arrests Oliver for the jewelry store heist.
Épisode 17 - Law Partners
29 janvier 1969
Recent law school graduate Brian Williams pitches Oliver on joining him in a new practice. After another of his patriotic speeches, this time about law, Oliver is ready to hang out his shingle. Meanwhile, Lisa is excited about becoming their secretary and Eb is ready to run the farm.
Épisode 18 - A Day in the Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes
5 février 1969
The law office of Douglas and Williams is open for business, even though the sign has Oliver Mendell Douglas (later Oliver Wendell Wilkie Holmes) listed as a partner. Unqualified secretary Lisa destroys a office typewriter before having the new phone connected to a fire alarm "clanger". Later, to boost business, she advertises a grand opening special with free prizes and discount law services.
Épisode 19 - Economy Flight to Washington
12 février 1969
The Hooterville Young People's Agricultural Society, comprised of Eb, Hank and Arnold, flies to Washington, D. C. for the national convention. When the stewardess tries to throw the pig off the DC-3, the Douglases come on board to smooth over the problem. With Arnold hiding in "the occupied", the plane takes off with the whole Hooterville crowd aboard.
Épisode 20 - Retreat From Washington
19 février 1969
With the Douglases in Washington, the "Haney Farm Mindin' Service" leases out their house (for $4 a day) to a couple with six children. Meanwhile in D.C., Lisa and Eb go to the White House to have unannounced lunch with the president, Kimball causes chaos for the Secretary of Agriculture, and Arnold causes problems in a laundromat. Oliver calls an early end to their trip, forcing Haney to quickly dispose of his new tenants.
Épisode 21 - A Hunting We Won't Go
26 février 1969
After a friendly doe wanders onto the farm, Lisa starts a drive to ban deer hunting. When the governor arrives in Hooterville for the start of hunting season, Lisa presents him with her petition. He threatens Oliver and Lisa with jail time because her petition promises everyone who signed it a one-hundred dollar payment.
Épisode 22 - Oh, Promise Me
5 mars 1969
A check of their their marriage license revals that Oliver and Lisa aren't husband and wife. They'd been mistakenly given a license to practice dentistry. Refusing to stay in the house with a bachelor dentist, "Dr. Gronyitz" moves in with the Monroe brothers until they can re-tie the knot. Their church wedding goes fairly smoothly considering Hank Kimball is the best man and Ralph Monroe is the maid of honor.
Épisode 23 - Eb Uses His Ingenuity
12 mars 1969 - 4/5
All of Hooterville is excited about the upcoming big dance. Eb, however, is obsessed with raising $20 to buy his girlfriend a birthday present. Oliver tells him to be ingenious, so he begins leasing out the Douglases' wardrobe, telling people they're strapped for cash. Eb's big brainstorm: sit for ten babies while their parents go to the dance.
Épisode 24 - The Old Trunk
19 mars 1969
From inside an old trunk Eb found in the barn, Lisa begins reading the diary of Lydia Plunkett who, in 1898, becomes a traveling saleswoman for a corset company. Lydia falls in love with rival salesman Harry Wright, whose career falters as a result of her success. The two marry, she becomes president of the corset company, and unhappily tends house. He eventually tires of being a housewife and leaves her. As Lisa continues reading, Eb is entranced by the story, but Oliver scoffs at the soppy romance.
Épisode 25 - The Milk Maker
26 mars 1969
Local inventor "Looney Luke" Needlinger has built a contraption that turns hay into milk. Convinced it will make them rich, Haney and Fred pitch Oliver on investing in the machine, but he thinks they're being conned. After seeing the milk maker in action, Oliver convinces a chemist to give the devise a once-over. What he discovers insures that cows will always have work.
Épisode 26 - The Reincarnation of Eb
2 avril 1969
Oliver, Lisa and Eb talk about reincarnation after watching a movie about a grandfather who returns as a racehorse. Later, when Eb goes missing during a nasty thunderstorm, Lisa is worried sick that something bad has happened to him. She's greatly relieved when he returns home safely--"reincarcerated" as a dog.
Épisode 1 - Lisa's Mudder Comes for a Visit
27 septembre 1969
Lisa's 'mudder' (mother) pays a surprise visit to the Hooterville farm and promptly takes over as a three-week house guest.
Épisode 2 - Everybody Tries to Love a Countess
4 octobre 1969
Oliver loses all hopes of getting rid of his mother-in-law when Mr Haney and Uncle Joe Carson vie to become his father-in-law.
Épisode 3 - Where There's a Will
11 octobre 1969
Fred Ziffel finds out that Arnold may in line for a inheritance. Arnold has the ability to predict the weather with his tail, supposedely making him a direct discendant of Herman, a spokespig who could also do the same. All of Hooterville, including Lisa tries to get Oliver to take Arnold to Chicago to receive the pig's $20,000,000 inheritance.
Épisode 4 - A Tale of a Tail
18 octobre 1969
Oliver takes Arnold the Pig Chicago to receive Arnold's inheritance of $20,000,000. Arnold is a direct discendant of Herman, a pig who could predict the weather with his tail. However, Oliver soon finds it difficult watching after a pig in the hotel.
Épisode 5 - You and Your Big Shrunken Head
25 octobre 1969
When the Douglases, Eb, and Arnold return from Chicago, Arnold becomes a gift-bearing pig. He gives Mr. Kimball a wristwatch, Lisa an expensive braclet, and Oliver a shrunken head. Arnold soon finds himself the target of every seller from Hooterville, Pixley, and Crabwell Corners, who want their hands on Arnold's inheritance.
Épisode 6 - The Road
1 novembre 1969
Oliver's angry over Hooterville's dirt road, especially after learning the money to pave it was appropriated thirty years earlier. Never content to leave well enough alone, he descends on the state capitol demanding that something be done. He makes little headway until Lisa mentions the name of powerful hot dog vendor Big Joe Haney.
Épisode 7 - Four of Spades
8 novembre 1969
Lisa the fortune-teller predicts that a mysterious stranger will soon enter Oliver's life. That stranger is Tadpole Talbot, Eb's country music singing cousin. Tadpole hires Eb to go on the road and plug his music, but it's not nearly as glamourous as Eb imagined.
Épisode 8 - The Youth Center
15 novembre 1969
Alarmed by the dropping population of Hooterville, Oliver calls a town meeting to find a way to keep the young people from moving away. Lisa urges him not to become involved because his "goo dooding" always backfires, but he forges ahead anyway. Soon, he's involuntarily volunteered his barn to be the valley's new youth center.
Épisode 9 - The Special Delivery Letter
22 novembre 1969
Oliver tries to pick up a special delivery letter that arrived for him at the Hooterville post office. He and Lisa end up traveling all over the valley because Drucker mistakenly gave it to Hank Kimball, who gave it to Fred Ziffel, who gave it to Arnold. Arnold dropped it in the mail, sending the Douglases to the Pixley post office where two sets of identical twins are working at the windows.
Épisode 10 - Oliver's Schoolgirl Crush
29 novembre 1969
The principal of Hootervile asks Oliver to address on of his classes, about job opportunities. While talking to the class a high school girl falls for Oliver. This makes Lisa jealous.
Épisode 11 - Ralph's Nuptials
13 décembre 1969
Ralph finally squeezes a proposal out of a medicated Hank Kimball, sending a delighted Lisa into wedding planning mode. Even though the Haney-produced ceremony goes off without a hitch, the honeymoon with an absent-minded Hank doesn't.
Épisode 12 - Oliver and the Cornstalk
20 décembre 1969
With minimal help from Eb, a stressed Oliver begins planting his corn crop. Lisa tries to be a useful farm wife by making dreadful lemonade which Oliver pours out onto the ground. The next morning at that spot, he finds a giant cornstalk that reaches into the clouds. At the top of the stalk there's a Jolly Green Giant who bellows "Ho, Ho, Ho" and drops down creamed corn, both in the can and by the bucketful.
Épisode 13 - Beauty is Skin Deep
27 décembre 1969
Sam Drucker stocks no "cosmeteticals" in his store, so Lisa offers to put together a display for him. When 395 cartons of Lady Love cosmetics are delivered, Lisa pushes Sam out the door and converts his business into a "beauty saloon". After Oliver tells her she must move her business somewhere else, she sets up shop in their living room
Épisode 14 - The Wishbook
3 janvier 1970
The discovery of a Wish Book from 1898 leads Haney to tell the story of Calvin and Tessie Whittaker, who once owned the Douglases' house. When a magic lantern is mistakenly delivered by the catalog company, Calvin opens a Wall Picture Theater in Pixley, thrilling audiences with a slide of Abraham Lincoln standing on his head. Eventually he goes to Hollywood to pitch his ideas, but they call him a nut. They even scoff at his idea to put a mouse named Dickey into films. They love Tessie, however, and she becomes a silent film star.
Épisode 15 - Rest and Relaxation
10 janvier 1970
Oliver's old friend, reporter Mort Warner, comes to Hooterville to relax and soothe his rattled nerves. He's ready to flee in less than one day. Mort is frightened by Lisa's syrupy coffee, hosed down with oil by Oliver's rickety tractor, and has his bed invaded by a TV-watching pig. Fred Ziffel peers at him naked in the outdoor shower, Mr. Haney gouges him with his phony Auto Club, the sheriff arrests him for stealing the Douglas' car, and quail-hunting Hank Kimball fills his behind with buckshot.
Épisode 16 - Trapped
17 janvier 1970
Oliver and Lisa find a basement in their house. While exploring it, they find themselfs trapped. They send a sos up the kitchen sink drain for help.
Épisode 17 - Bundle of Joy
24 janvier 1970
While Oliver's in New Yorkfinishing a casefor his old law firm, Lisa and Eb discover "Little Freddie" on the doorstep. Oliver panics when Lisa calls and tells him about the baby, but fails to mention it's a baby dog. Unable to talk Lina into contacting the sheriff, he abandons his case and races back to Hooterville to take charge.
Épisode 18 - The Ex-Con
31 janvier 1970
Oliver gives another of his speeches, this one to the County Bar Association, encouraging the hiring of ex-convicts. This leads to his hiring of Willie Dunhill, a man who's spent so many years in prison, he can't adjust to life on the outside; he keeps calling Oliver "warden".
Épisode 19 - The Cow Killer
7 février 1970
Haney's latest attempt to cheat Oliver could land him in jail if he doesn't repay his $200 by six o'clock. He uses Oliver's irritation over Colby's renegade cow, the Douglases' cow Eleanor and a misplaced phony bovine to his advantage, selling and reselling all three cattle to make money. Along the way, Lisa and Eb become convinced that Oliver is a cold blooded "cow shooster"
Épisode 20 - The Confrontation
14 février 1970
In just his first day as the School Board President, Oliver has started a grammar school protest. The kids are upset that their mascot, Arnold, has been thrown out for popping his teacher with a pea shooter. Fred asks Oliver to represent his "son" on grounds that he was discriminated against, but all Oliver can do is talk to the school's determined principal.
Épisode 21 - The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud
28 février 1970
Oliver unintentionally provides the motive for the residents of Hooterville to illegally receive more than $500,000 from the Internal Revenue Service. The locals think all they have to do is write in and state their losses--not understanding that they actually have to file taxes first. Eventually, to get its cash back, the IRS invests in Haney's monkey racing track.
Épisode 22 - The Picnic
7 mars 1970
Oliver wants to have a simple, romantic Sunday picnic with Lisa. His afternoon for two turns into an irritating crowd when everyone invites themselves and tags along. Joining the couple are Eb, his girlfriend Linda and her accordion, her parents, Sam Drucker, his date and her sousaphone, Hank Kimball, Linda's Grandpa and some old lady he hit on at the gas station. That night, Oliver and Lisa take refuge in the barn when the crowd shows up at their house.
Épisode 23 - The Beeping Rock
21 mars 1970
A wild story told by an 11-year-old about his recent trip to the moon enthralls Eb and Lisa. Oliver believes none of it, especially when the kid sells Lisa a "moon rock" for $14. But once the rock starts beeping under the moonlight (and when Arnold snorts at it), he suspects he's the subject of a practical joke. Oliver ships it off to NASA for their scientists to examine.
Épisode 24 - Uncle Fedor
28 mars 1970
Lisa's skittish Uncle Fedor uses the Douglases home to hide out--mostly under the bed and sofa. He claims he's on the run from the Secet Police who want him for smuggling a secret formula. When a man with a scar and another without an ear are spotted in Hooterville, his wild tale starts to seem believable.
Épisode 25 - The Wealthy Landowner
11 avril 1970
n a personals ad, Eb advertises himself as a wealthy landowner. He begins communicating with a woman with a Park Avenue address, prompting him to exaggerate his worth even more. By the time she arrives for a visit, Eb is passing the Douglases off as sharecroppers who work for him.
Épisode 26 - Happy Birthday
11 avril 1970
It's Oliver's birthday, and everyone but him wants to celebrate. It also (coincidentally) happens to be Arnold's birthday too. Everyone tries to persuade Oliver to get Arnold a birthday present, while he thinks he deserves one because he's human, while Arnold isn't. It turns out Arnold, and Lisa are the only one's who get Oliver a gift, and when he and Lisa go over to the Ziffel's house for his party, only to find that there wasn't one, they return to find all of their furniture stolen.
Épisode 1 - The City Kids
15 septembre 1970
Four children from the city spend a week on the farm the Douglases. While Oliver teaches them to plant seeds and milk a cow, Lisa falls in love with the little girl of the group, Lori. The two bond over a batch of banana jelly.
Épisode 2 - The Coming-Out Party
22 septembre 1970
Lori, the little girl who missed the train back to the city, is staying with the Douglases. Lisa's plan to introduce her to the local children by having a party and gets out of hand; the festivities grow to include an elephant and Haney giving biplane rides. While Oliver fights to downsize her event, he searches for a replacement part for his ancient Hoyt-Clagwell tractor so he can begin planting.
Épisode 3 - Jealousy
29 septembre 1970
Eb won't stop badgering "Dad" to buy him a car, though an increasingly irritated Oliver keeps saying no. Meanwhile, Lisa is busy lavishing gifts on little Lori. Feeling he's been replaced in the Douglas family, a dejected Eb runs away to find a new job. He stops by Drucker's store just long enough to tell Sam how Oliver keeps him locked in leg irons and lost his $4000 on a drunken gambling spree in Las Vegas. Eb quickly returns home to discover Oliver isn't the monster he's been claiming.
Épisode 4 - A Royal Love Story
6 octobre 1970
Lisa tells Lori yet another version of how she and Oliver met. In this one, she was living in a Paris apartment with her father, the deposed King of Hungary. While he was plotting his return to power, Lisa was working as a waitress at a sidewalk cafe when Oliver stopped by for six bottles of champagne. The King wants her to marry a baron who will bankroll his army, but Lisa loves poor American Oliver Douglas.
Épisode 5 - Oliver Goes Broke
20 octobre 1970
After saying good-bye to Lori at the airport, a distraught Lisa seeks a job to fill her days. When Haney spots her applying at the County Welfare office, he assumes she's there for the free soup. Soon, Hooterville's convinced "dumb dumb" Oliver has lost his money and sent his wife out to find a job.
Épisode 6 - The Great Mayoralty Campaign
27 octobre 1970
Mayorial candidate Oliver Douglas faces an opponent when the Hooterville women nominate Lisa to run. While the men plot to improve Oliver's image, Ralph Monroe wages a campaign of dirty tricks against him that includes hotscake batter in his hat and an appearance by Lady Godiva.
Épisode 7 - Eb's Double Trouble
10 novembre 1970
The new schoolteacher, Carol, arrives in Hooterville and Eb's heart is aflutter. Eb's current local girlfriend(Darlene) wants to go to the dance which Eb asked Carol to. After seeking advice from Oliver and Mr. Haney, Eb hatches a plan to do double duty and take both girls. Oliver feels the wrath of Darlene's daddy, when Eb lies that he has a wife in Racine, Wisconsin. All works out, when Carol's out-of-town boyfriend arrives to take her to the dance and Eb gets to escort Darlene.
Épisode 8 - Apple-Picking Time
17 novembre 1970
Oliver has his first good apple crop, but the valley has no pickers. He suggests the farmers take turns picking each others' crops, but by the time they get to him, they're worn out. Compounding his problems, Lisa's driving lessons include an unplanned wreck with a sheriff's car.
Épisode 9 - Enterprising Eb
24 novembre 1970
Eb learns that $538 is not enough to build a house on the two acres the Douglases gave to him and Darlene. His schemes to raise a down payment include turning the Douglas farm into a bed and breakfast, a dump, and a trailer camp.
Épisode 10 - Oliver's Double
1 décembre 1970
Confusion takes over Hooterville as a bank robber and his girlfriend hold up in Pixley. The main problem is that the bank robber looks, and sounds exactly like Oliver Wendall Douglas! The first one to get confused is Eb, when he sees what looks like Oliver cheating on Lisa by kissing another girl. The look alike also causes confusions for Mr. Drucker and Mr. Kimbell when he makes a visit to Sam's store. On suspision, Oliver is arrested, while Mr. Drucker and Mr. Kimbell hold up the bank robber and send him to jail. Oliver and the robber are in jail, and the police can't tell who is the real Oliver, but they have Lisa come in to identify the real Mr. Douglas. She picks the robber, but Oliver comes up with an idea to reveal who is the real Oliver, when he has himself, and the robber write down where they believe Lisa has a mole.
Épisode 11 - The High Cost of Loving
8 décembre 1970
Wanting a better paying career, Eb enters the accounting program of a correspondence school. When they mistakenly enroll him in their acting course, Eb believes it's destiny calling. Despite a disastrous attempt at makeup, he studies by dramatizing everyday events; a boring meal becomes dinner with King Louis XIV with Lisa as his serving "wrench".
Épisode 12 - The Liberation Movement
15 décembre 1970
After Lisa hears a women's liberation speaker, she demands that Oliver share the household chores while she runs the farm. While he meets with nothing but red tape while trying to build a tool shed, Lisa gets the permit and completes the building with ease. A skeptical Oliver is in disbelief that his wife is so successful at "men's work".
Épisode 13 - Charlie, Homer and Natasha
22 décembre 1970
Oliver won't take Lisa to New York for a big party, but the issue isn't over. She conspires with Eb to invent new invisible friends, hoping the scheme will end with a trip to the city to visit a psychiatrist.
Épisode 14 - The Engagement Ring
29 décembre 1970
Eb is sent packing when Darlene's dad learns he proposed to is daughter with a watch fob instead of a ring. Lisa gives Eb the $2000 ring Oliver used to get engaged to her and everyone is happy--until the father has the ring appraised.
Épisode 15 - The Free Paint Job
5 janvier 1971
Oliver's happy to let a paint company put a fresh coat on the house as an advertising stunt. But to everyone's surprise, the wood is so porous, it sucks up the paint as quickly as it's applied. In the kitchen, Lisa is taking three weeks to practice cooking spaghetti and meatballs for Oliver's birthday.
Épisode 16 - Son of Drobny
12 janvier 1971
Hooterville throws a celebration for the son of a war hero who Lisa claims delivered secret messages during WWII. Oliver tries to tell them that Drobny is just a "dumb duck" sent to them by Lisa's father, but they think he's just being a sorehead.
Épisode 17 - The Wedding Deal
19 janvier 1971
With just two weeks until their wedding, Eb and Darlene still don't have a location for the ceremony. Mr. Haney's first suggestion, to have it for free at a car wash, doesn't wash. His second scheme, which comes complete with a household of furniture, gets Eb's signature on the dotted line. Darlene's father, however, refuses to let her get married on television in a furniture emporium's front window.
Épisode 18 - Star Witness
26 janvier 1971
When the Ziffels come down with the flu, Arnold the pig stays with the Douglases for a few days, complete with his baggage & ukelele. On a trip into Pixley, Arnold waits in the car, while the Doulases run an errand. Arnold witnesses the Pixley Bank being robbed and notices the robbers description. But with all his squealing he loses his voice, and cannot tell the sheriff what he saw. Mr. Haney tries to sell Mr. Douglas a witness protection service for Arnold. Mr. Kimball tries to track the robbers and ends up giving the real robbers info about where Arnold can be found. The robbers take Eb hostage, thinking he is Arnold. Arnold saves the day by leading the Douglases to the robbers hideout and helping capture them, by pushing a ladder over their heads. Arnold thus collects the $2500 reward.
Épisode 19 - The Spot Remover
2 février 1971
Lisa's Uncle Boris sends her a jar of his incredibly effective cleaning fluid. It removes stains from suit coats and rugs, not to mention green from toupees. Seeing dollar signs, Haney sneaks a sample and has it analyzed; the secret formula ends up being a magical recipe for cabbage soup.
Épisode 20 - King Oliver I
9 février 1971
The govenor announces "Our state is bankrupt" and that he is raising taxes 52%. Hooterville responds by blowing up the bridge over the swamp and forming their own kingdom, headed by King Oliver the I. King Oliver is wearing a crown because he ate the oleo margerine.
Épisode 21 - A Girl for Drobny
16 février 1971
Drobny the pet duck, which Lisa received from her uncle in Hungary, is lonesome. He annoys Oliver by playing his phonograph and dancing while Oliver is trying to do his taxes. Lisa sets out to perk up Drobny's loneliness by inviting Arnold the pig over to play. But alas the language barrier is to great to overcome. Drobny speaks only Hungarian, while Arnold speaks English, French, Spanish, and a little Japanese. Lisa decides Drobny needs a girlfriend and they set out to secure one for him. Mr. Haney tries to sell Gertrude the female duck, to the Douglases for $600. When that fails, he accepts the $20 that Oliver offers. Drobny & Gertrude hit it off so well, they are expectant parents soon. But of their 3 offspring, 2 are ducklings and 1 is a baby chick.
Épisode 22 - The Carpenter's Ball
23 février 1971
Ralph wants Hank to ask her to the Carpenter's Ball, but he comes up with feeble excuses to avoid going. Planning to get the two together at the event, Lisa asks Hank to be her date to the party. In no time, Hooterville is convinced that the Douglases' marriage is on the rocks and that Lisa and Hank are running off to Acapulco.
Épisode 23 - The Hole in the Porch
2 mars 1971
While fixing a leaky sink pipe, Oliver is reminded that he needs to fix other things around the place, like the loose floorboard on the front porch. After checking it out, he determines it is dryrotted and needs to be replaced. He places a sturdier board on top of it, so no one will get hurt, until he can repair it. Mr. Kimball arrives and removes the sturdy board, sighting it as a tripping danger. He immediately walks on the dry rotted board and falls into a hole up to his knee. With his injury, he needs to recuperate at the Douglases. Lisa bandages his foot and Hank's admirer Ralph arrives to play nurse for her "Hankie-poo". The annoying patient makes matters worse by blowing his kazoo when he needs Oliver or Lisa. Mr. Haney tries to get Mr. Douglas to sign an out of court settlement in Mr. Kimball's (now his client) favor for $50,000; refusing Mr. Douglas throws Mr. Haney out. Since the patient has taken over Oliver's bed, the Douglases sleep in the barn.
Épisode 24 - Lisa the Psychologist
9 mars 1971
Lisa & Oliver decide to take a college course together in Pixley. Oliver chooses a farming course meeting on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays and Lisa decides on a Psychology course, simply because it meets on Tuesdays & Thursdays. After a few lessons, the zany members of Hooterville become enthralled with "Doctor Lisa", who helps solve Eb's, Mr. Kimball's and Arnold's problems with logical reasoning. Mr. Haney tries to sell Oliver a pyschiatrist's couch once used by Dr.Sigmund Frood. An exasperated Oliver has to make an appointment with "the doctor" when he intrudes on Mr. Drucker's psychiatric visit. Lisa gives up her practice to be Oliver's wife again.
Épisode 25 - Hawaiian Honeymoon
16 mars 1971 - 4/5
Lisa cons Oliver into taking a 'fifth' honeymoon together, this time in Hawaii. When they check into the honeymoon suite, they are unaware that the hotel manager's daughter, has given her friends the suite for their honeymoon also. Since the suite has two bedrooms it's just a case of both couples avoiding each other while on their honeymoon(s), for a while anyway.
Épisode 26 - The Ex-Secretary
27 avril 1971
Oliver is looking through his old Christmas Cards to find the return address of an ex-secretary of his who had moved to California. He wants to contract her because when his watch broke before, his secretary at the time found a repair shop that was able to fix it. The secretary, Carol now works for a Realtor who she ends up saving from being coned out of $10,000 from a con man that her former boss, Mr. Douglas had tried to indite back in New York. By episode end, Carol remembers the name of the watch repair shop on Madison Avenue.
Épisode 27 - Return to Green Acres
18 mai 1990
Tv movie that reunites most the show's cast members. The Douglases move back to New York. But when Haney tries to get everyone's property so that a developer can build on them, the residents go to New York to get Douglas to help them. But he's a little hesitant.
Épisode 27 - Green Acres, We Are There: Nick at Nite's TV Talk Show
5 novembre 1989
Reunion special featuring Marc Summers ("Double Dare") interviewing Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Pat Buttram, Alvy Moore, and Sid Melton.
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