Get the best answer by briefly describing the irony of Lisa and Oliver Douglas' move from New York to Hooterville.....
2007-04-11 07:10:22 · 15 answers · asked by N of C, b. '53 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Was it irony really? I think it was just plain comedy. Looking too deeply into that show might be bad for your health.
2007-04-11 07:14:25 · answer #1 · answered by DeborahDel 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They were absolutely CLUELESS as to what they had gotten themselves into! All that money & very little common sense made them such a blast to watch! Mr. Hehney was a pretty smart farm boy, too! Imagine my surprise when we were traveling through California & we stopped for gas in a town named Pixley, that was off old route 99 by Bakersfield California! On the way back home to Los Angeles, we saw a town by the name of Greenacres! Perhaps it was the inspiration for the writers of the show. The Greyhound bus station actually WAS outside of the Post Office in a dirt parking lot! I kid you not!
2007-04-11 14:17:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, Im not old (only 24) and I remember that show (and the whole God-forsaken theme song).
Hmm, the irony I think would probably be that Oliver wanted to leave Manhattan to be more carefree and have less troubles. However, I think he had more worries after moving to the Boondocks.
2007-04-11 14:15:57 · answer #3 · answered by ksmarriedcouple 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He (Eddie Albert) was tired of the rat race of the city, wanted to move to the country. She (Eva Gabor) as a NY trophy wife could not cook, but faithfully followed her man and learned to cook pancakes.
Mr Hainey was proabably shagging Mrs Douglas to get her to stay there. It may have qualified as the dumbest show ever, but has been so eclipsed in the decades since, that there is no discussion necessary. And who can resist loving a pig.
The show was a spin off of the Petticoat Junction sitcom, starring Bea Benardette, and there are ties to Beverly Hillbillies there too.
2007-04-11 14:17:33 · answer #4 · answered by Alf W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I loved Green Acres! That talking horse was better than what I remember of Mr. Ed. I'm only in my 30's but I could always appreciate the country mouse/city mouse difference in lifestyles. It was like the ultimate opposited attract show. Lisa was a classic diva!!Oh and can I share with you, our campground's pavillion roof has our name on it like "Green Acres" was on their barn.
2007-04-11 14:17:04 · answer #5 · answered by little lu-lu 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A friend bought this DVD of the show once for 99 cents and we couldn't believe how racist it was.
I know this has nothing to do with the irony of the destination name, but I guess that just means it was sexist as well.
2007-04-11 14:15:18 · answer #6 · answered by peapod fontaine 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mr Haney, Arnold the Pig, Mr. Drucker great show, loved climbing up the pole to use the phone and of course my favorite was Mr. Kimball
2007-04-11 14:16:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't remember it a whole lot... but i saw the opening song enough to kinda know (hopefully)... lisa wanted to be in the city and liked the comfy, cozy lifestyle, and oliver wanted to work the land and be in an atmsphere of wide open spaces...
2007-04-11 14:42:05 · answer #8 · answered by jenn w 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to watch the reruns on nick at night when I was a little girl, I used to like the theme song.
2007-04-11 14:13:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The irony for me is, their money never seemed to run out.
2007-04-11 14:19:20 · answer #10 · answered by marie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋