Classic Hank Kimball

[@brandue4523]

Who in their right mind would thumb down Hank Kimball. Hanks a hoot..

[@michaelfeyrnand6065]

Is that a wart on his nose, or a nose on his wart?

[@nm202]

Damn right anyone that thumbs down Hank Kimball doesn't know real comedy

[@bobmalack481]

They are in their 'right mind', you have to be in their 'wrong' mind to not like Hank Kimball,..uh...you have to be in their right county Kimball to be in their wrong Hank agent, uhh..what was the question again?..

[@freedomfrom6827]

Exactly god was he funny

[@jeffallen5871]

Probably those that think Jimmy Kimmel is a riot..

[@leopardqueen8274]

Hank Kimball was definitely one of my favorite characters in Green Acres. Like the time when he said "Good morning, well it's not a good morning, well it's not a bad morning either." He makes the show a lot more better, (in my opinion).

[@stevenvox6549]

He corrects everything he says. He had a personality.

[@thegonz9]

Well not a lot more better, well not a lot less better either. What were we commenting about?

[@DavidA.Johnson]

He has to insure that you understand what he telling you is true and let there be no misunderstanding about it. Now if he knows what the subject of why it all started in the first, we'll not, oh but it could, no don't think it was, we'll is,is what Mr. Douglas, what did I ask,we'll I wouldn't say a, but I did, did you hear me I said did did what's a, oh you wouldn't, maybe yea just maybe, I'm beginning to think you, why should I be thanking you, oh well thank you for what you did, least I heard you did ,no I didn't either huh either, you'd think I did something else, see I said else, what else you do Mr, oh that's probably none of mine, you know I should have something for my, I don't know about, maybe I do do you?that means you do two, don't question that proves you done, Mr Douglass I'm beginning to, well not begun cause oh I didn't say begun, oops I did but that ain't what you told us Mr Douglass, I'm starting, not try to start something are you? Well just like Nr Dug, well not just but we all know it was you, now what was it was asking if you don't mind me asking. I told you to begin with, huh better make a note of it hum, write on my hand ,now what's your name Mr Douglass? HaaaanK KimBBBle. You go by that to Mr Hank Kimble? Who'd a thunk it? See I put it right, no on my left, it would have to be on my left, couldn't be right handed and write on your right we'll I could your right guess its on my left, now is that right? Noooo, it's your ,I mean mine at least I think,oh I did thank you Mr, idont think I'm going to, what was you gonna do, if your planning, oh listen to me trying to get you to break your plans just to take me to the, oh no Mr Douglass you got me red the wrong way or was that the right way gone wrong, aaaha. Thought you was gonna fool me now I wrote something about this on my right, no I wrote it left hand, no I can't write left handed, I can scribble what's this scribble on my left ah Now I see we'll I didn't see but why did you write that on my left hand for furthermore don't write on my skin or bones for that. Had to be you cause I'm right handed , that makes since you wrote it on wrong hand anyway m are you right, course you are, huh you wouldn't see a lawyer that couldn't use both hands I guess he could if nobody, well even nobody could tell on you, I don't know why you get yourself, course I wouldn't know we'll I do know, we'll not for sure are you sure you are really needing to know, you don't have to, it's not a requirement, we'll not here maybe somewhere but not here right here or no pun intended right here we need nothing but thr truth so help you, Mr Douglas you don't have to take an oath but I guess you have the right there you go trying to get Ole Hank Kimble off tracking season hey I could right you up f I r doing wrong ,now let's see you can have the rest Mr Douglass, I'm stuffed that remind me of a taxidermy joke, huh you ever seen one ? It's the first number in the alphabet, no don't guess it is 0 is, no zero is nothing we'll it something see look on my , where'd it go there it is right ,no I mean lest, told Mr Douglass I'm right handed but I can diddle can you? Bet I know where your fingers diddle, huh probably use you thumb too. Does it embarroce you Mrs Douglass, you shouldn't let him or maybe you help him, why do you have to put all that in. Sound like you're just asking for, more like begging no taken charge is what your doing, let get it right or what we got left is don't matter you're allowed to I guess you have my approval and I can do anything I want bur I don't we'll really I do want you to do what I interrupted I won't do it again cause I didn't do it the first time but I'd do it to you Mrs Douglass, just don't tell you know who,pssst, m r. D o u g l a ss. Hope he didn't hear that don't matter that don't mean nothing, less somebody seen or heard it then they would have some word to add still might get hung up. I could buy , Mr Sajaxk I'd like to buy a Vowell and give me a handle f I r it here's a nother dollar don't know if it's another dollar think I've only got one so here's my only dollar, unless I get change. Can you bust a Hamilton, don't think you can, you as a lawyer and studying, you should know that. Didn't teach that at Harvard. C'mon man that school of excellence teaches that for sure, you probably played hokkie that Friday, oh didn't say Friday oh so now you saying you dibmdnt say and I sat right, what's left here is there's nothing else to say, what else were we ,we'll I mean me your turn Mr Douglass unless Mrs Douglass, no giggling now you'll give it away I'd like to have some of what Mr Dougless gets no don't think I would, if he wasn't watching, oh that's OK let him watch if he wants as long as you get in just push him to the side your strong side the left the left now hold her with my strongest arm, which one is that. I'm right handed so I'd be strong armor on the left, hey why did you put your name on my hand, my left anyway, I know you did that cause I'm right handed. Gotta get up early, maybe close to 11:00 or a bit before to pull one over me, don't waste your time trying to make it fit . I ware a size 34 32 in pants,sorry don't recall my shit, I mean shirt size but I was tempted to come find you ahhh, it was just yesterday if you'd seen my big bomber turd it was this bigger round and this long, longer then I can get my arms help me take your hand and make it longer, little more, little more no but 2 inches knocked off don't knock it off that end that's the bigger end put that back and take it off the smaller end, you know you like it bigger bit you don't tell her ,oh she tells you. What does she say when she's got it ,I mean you spread out like that. Remember I won't look they'd think I'm funny, now I like me a joke or two I like three to be exact. Let have a threescore but act like you are tired so I can do you, well not you dut what you think is yours, she can do any and every body she wants or not because she's the boss of that so you have nothing to say about it get out of my Ole big Ole **** didn't I tell you to close your mouth there's ****S LUNGING ROUND IN HERE. BETTER CLOSE YOUR MOUTH, NO not you Mrs Douglass I said that to Ole hairy legs, you mean you forgot to shave too, Mrs Duglass.

[@notanothershrubbery]

Well, he doesn't actually make the show. Other people do that.

[@michaelconrad7301]

Couple of serious war heroes in this short clip. Alvy Moore (Hank Kimball) was a Marine who fought at Iwo Jima. (His best friend was Lee Marvin, another Marine who was wounded by a sniper at Saipan. Moore played a biker with Marvin in "The Wild One."). He later partnered with the actor L.Q. Jones to adapt the Harlan Ellison novella "A Boy and His Dog". Eddie Albert, (Oliver Douglas) who already had some movies under his belt and a Hollywood contract and was too old to be drafted, enlisted at age 34 in the Navy during WWII. He could have worked safely in the USO, but instead volunteered to command a landing craft at the invasion of Tarawa. As Japanese gunfire decimated the Marine attackers he dropped off on the shore, which left nearly a hundred wounded in the waist-deep water, he repeatedly returned under heavy fire to pull wounded Marines to safety, saving more than 40 Marines from certain death. He earned the Bronze Star. Before the war, and before his film career, Albert had toured Mexico as a clown and high-wire artist with the Escalante Brothers Circus, but secretly worked for U.S. Army intelligence, photographing German U-boats in Mexican harbors.

[@tonib.3016]

Wow if this is all true thanks for sharing! Im going to do some research on that, very cool!!!

[@douglaskirk2543]

SUPERCOOL, I didn't know that. Thanks for this Info. Their Generation brought their portrayals to LIFE, and made them believable to us. TRUE PROFICENCY. Miss them ALL . . .

[@steveg8322]

Michael Conrad I guess EA lacked bone spurs,he certainly didn't lack genuine courage.

[@cheyennemauritz9911]

Marvin's captain was Captain Kangaroo true story

[@dhart8451]

@@cheyennemauritz9911 Not a true story. Bob Keeshan {Captain Kangaroo} never saw combat in WW2. This story was made up many years ago and apparently keeps going because of people like you. Do some research before you post stories like this and say they are real.

[@Romans219]

Best show ever! Love Hank Kimball! Way better than anything today

[@toddwarren4025]

the whole show was a hoot !

[@markgerard5585]

You mean Hoot-erville.🤪😁🙃

[@oldschoolsinger]

One of the funniest, most absolutely hilarious characters in the history of television.

[@jerrryzep]

no doubt !!! at least someone knows talent thank u !!!

[@oldschoolsinger]

jerrryzep And one of the funniest TV shows ever written, in my opinion. You're welcome, sir!

[@gerardreggiori3762]

He is actually Richard Kimball's brother

[@brianalejandro5746]

He was funny without trying to be!!!!

[@robertrutherford2307]

you got that right. MR K

[@TheChuck624]

I swear I worked for a company who had a project manager and an operations manager who both looked and acted like Mr. Drucker and Mr. Kimball. We called them Sam and Hank behind their backs. It was hilarious. The place totally sucked but just working for those two clowns made it worthwhile.

[@elfowl2592]

Mr. Kimball!!!!!!!!! The best.!!!

[@2laughandlaugh]

Eddie Albert was one hell of a Marine in real life. He piloted a Higgens boat at the battle of Tarawa. He only had to make 25 trips from the Liberty ship to the shore to drop off men and supplies and when they told him he could stop he said no and made 18 more trips for a total of 43 trips to the beach head. He was under fire the whole time but just kept going. This man is what being a US Marine is all about. SEMPER FI to you Sir.

[@BegoneJonah]

From wikipedia: Prior to World War II, and before his film career, Albert had toured Mexico as a clown and high-wire artist with the Escalante Brothers Circus, but secretly worked for U.S. Army intelligence, photographing German U-boats in Mexican harbors. On September 9, 1942, Albert enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and was discharged in 1943 to accept an appointment as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for his actions during the invasion of Tarawa in November 1943, when, as the pilot of a Coast Guard landing craft, he rescued 47 Marines who were stranded offshore (and supervised the rescue of 30 others), while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire.

[@bobmalack481]

Same bravery level and action during WW2 with William Hopper in Japan as what amounted to a then navy seal role (as detective Paul Drake in Perry Mason) Robert at 67.

[@williamkinney427]

Alvy Moore, in this Character, was truly hilarious.......as he qualified most of his statements! What a terrific actor; I can hardly stop laughing. Thanks so much for the talent and the memories.

[@HOTTIUSMAXIMUS]

I have to wonder how much of the schtick of Mr. Kimball came from the writers and how much Alvy Moore himself brought to the character.

[@bobmalack481]

It was a little of both.

[@otiscampbell2194]

Douglas, Oliver Wendel Douglas and Hank County Kimbal Agent were great. They had some really good writers. Hard to keep a straight face ,I'll bet!!! Oh those were the days!!! THANKS !!!!!

[@barbaramurch6883]

I'm surprised Eddie Albert who played Mr. Douglas did not have a nervous breakdown on the show. I loved it when he always says "For The Love Of -----"!😂😂😂

[@Bigstooler0]

This scene is tied for greatness with the scene when Kimball gets a two way radio for the jeep. His speaker is blown so all you hear is rumbling in answer to his calls to headquarters.....

[@NickDalzell]

Wasn't a jeep, but a first-generation Ford Bronco

[@vashon100]

0:16 Math on the board pi^r^2 instead of pi*r^2 LOL. It's interesting to watch Hank in his first couple appearances how un-dumb he was. He really developed the Hank character. I never got tired of his comments and the cast's reactions.

[@eduardosm6500]

He was one of my favorite characters on green acres my sides would hurt from laughing so much when I would watch him.

[@bwarner5312]

I'm a County Extension Agent too, I feel like hank all the time 😂🥺

[@rotunda57]

I've been wondering about that; here in Michigan I didn't think we had them anymore. What state are you from?

[@bwarner5312]

@@rotunda57 yes Michigan has a great extension through MSU. I'm with Ohio state university

[@ermthewerm]

Hank Kimball -the original speed freak -Without the powder !!!! Luv this nut !!!!

[@walldoo99]

I knew this guy and he was really pretty smart in real life. He has never ridden a motorcycle regardless of what you see him do in The Wild Ones movie. He was terrified of them.

[@toscodav]

Of course he was smart. The way he played Hank was genius.

[@leannbridwell1853]

Green acres : all time great show!

[@neverjethot]

A friend and I had a Green Acres vs. Beverly Hillbillies disagreement last night. I like both but Green Acres is more fun because the actors seem to enjoy it more. It started because some of her power outlets quit working when she was vacuuming earlier, and I said it was because the computer, lamp, and vacuum added up to more than 7. She knew what I meant right away.

[@lpdog82]

scatter brained mister kimball hahahahaha, he sure made that show

[@russs7574]

Hank Kimball was the funniest character on the show, and one of the best supporting characters in TV history.

[@DesertGOP]

Absolutely fabulous! Enjoy this classic Hank Kimball clip from "Green Acres" and then tell me if you've never had to deal with someone just like this (or even worse). Yikes!

[@mrvantagepro]

Honestly, I am that person you have had to deal with. Believe me. Or at least believe my wife. Or my friends.

[@jimcoleman598]

Yeah, 45 in the White House

[@stephenbarrucci3578]

He was at a comic convention in Tampa Fl ,I got his autograph about 20 yrs back.

[@kurtb8474]

Hank Kimball for President! Oh... wait a minute.

[@michaelmurphy7177]

I grew up in area that had a Maybury our farm was " Green Acres" at edge of farm was a small store that was like Duckers.

[@carlpen850]

The funniest TV show ever... the poor excuse we call sit-coms today don't come close to this level of humor... Seinfeld was good except their out takes were actually funnier than the shows they aired. The sit coms they air today even Stevie Wonder can see the so called jokes coming.

[@toddwarren4025]

u got it !

[@shantelmcreavy527]

Hi Carl very well said!!!! Those days t v shows were actually funny!!!

[@kendallrivers1119]

I love Seinfeld but yeah I agree sitcoms today are usually corny, painfully dull, cringey or just vulgar and unintelligent by replacing clever euphemisms with blatant vulgarity. The Middle was the only sitcom from this era that could hang with the classics

[@January.]

*outtakes

[@bcgrittner]

Good morning. Well, it’s not a good morning. It’s not a bad morning, either.

[@rubedogg6969]

Green Acres way before Airplane and The Naked Gun.

[@lindamerchant4431]

I like when Oliver goes into history lessons and farming and with a fife playing in background

[@harrymills2770]

Didn't usually like Eddie Albert's politics, but he acquitted himself with honor as a corpsman in the navy, assuming I got the term right.

[@smallcreep22]

alvy moore. priceless

[@elvicare35]

He's hilarious!!!! Huh, huh, huh, huh???

[@Fersomling]

Hahahahahaha! Just like I remember.

[@bornyesterday21]

1:59 .. LMAO

[@bobmalack481]

Lets start the slides..the idiocy grows from there, LOL!!

[@marcdewey1242]

That baby wasn't two years old lol.

[@corymeadows2594]

love this

[@Kirke182]

I love that show!

[@lunettegrojean1060]

Hank Kimball was a hoot. Is he still alive?

[@Sam53148]

Lunette Grojean No, he died May 4, '1997 of heart failure

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Hank Kimball was the funniest

[@cindywestlake6278]

Omg hilarious Hahaha!

[@duanelohr1869]

My favorite was , Oliver, now Ed is beeping and the rock is oingking

[@tommyhaynes9157]

I love this !!! LOL

[@Gumpdog10]

Farther mother or uncle lol

[@schmidt9746]

the dude has a memory like a flea.he was in a movie one time when all he was asking for,a cup of coffee would be nice,it was histerical,I think the movie was Witchmaker

[@kendallrivers1119]

Did Hank own any other clothes? Lol he literally wore the same thing every episode.

[@ssppeellll]

"When it rubs its antennae together, we hear a tiny 'Bing!' Except during the mating season, when we don't hear anything at all ... Not OUR mating season. I mean the bing bug's mating season."

[@tilesetter1953]

..... and they deleted the other Hank Kimball clips, what's going on, Randolph?

[@byronsilas4236]

He's your true blue demoduh

[@melakon1]

Jeers to Metro Goldwyn Mayer for yanking green acres!

[@agentfungus9742]

melakon1: It was the era of the "Rural Purge," when the big poobahs in Hollywood decided that shows like "Green Acres," "Petticoat Junction," and "The Beverly Hillbillies" weren't sophisticated and "hip" enough.

[@johnmac91]

What made it really dumb is that these shows were still kicking ass in the ratings but they yanked them anyway. Idiots.

[@keithpate4586]

That's when American television and society went into the toilet! The beginning of the end!

[@ajn1717]

C. B. S. was primarily behind the "Rural Purge" although the other 2 networks did cancel shows that did skew to an older audience, Bonanza on N. B. C. & The Lawrence Welk Show on A. B. C. are a couple of examples.

[@pegbars]

MGM? How did you come up with MGM? They had nothing to do with this show. Filmways produced it, and CBS cancelled it.

[@orlandoburgos3663]

Mr. Haney and Ted Cruz are twins they were. Green Acres separated at birth the resemblance is identicalv

[@djhutcherson6761]

Let's have a poll - Who was your favorite character on Green Acres?

[@djhutcherson6761]

I'll go first : Hank Kimball 😁

[@johnnytheg]

@@djhutcherson6761 For me it's a tie between Hank and Arnold. Fred Ziffel coming in a close 2nd.

[@5HlNOBI]

LOL

[@jimcoleman598]

Sounds like a Trump Covid briefing w/o the injecting disinfectant suggestion. Even Kimball wasn't that stupid

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

:) QC

[@PixiePal2454]

I'm not even going to ask where you find this stuff, Charlie, lol.

[@joannesmith5621]

......well not exactly. ..

[@douglaskirk2543]

As Always . . .

[@mr_snrub]

Before i leave a comment let me get right to the point..... .....

[@orlandoburgos3663]

Mr. Haney and Ted Cruz are twins they were separated at birth the resemblance is identical

[@kid-karti385]

My grandpa told me to watch this and I didn't like it

[@burtis77]

Sounds like Hillary Clintons old man.Bill and Hillary are cousins!

[@burtis77]

Lol

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

Have you ever noticed that Mr. Kimball has some of the same mannerisms as Ronald Reagan?

[@Telstar62a]

You never saw them in the same place at the same time, either, did you? Hmmm.....B^D

[@toddwarren4025]

that was the brothers

[@krisscanlon4051]

A show about nothing

[@walkergillette3918]

HANK KIMBALL WAS BY FAR THE WORSE ON THE SHOW

[@morgan8757]

CRAVEN MOREHEAD yes he was so were mr haney and that farmhand of eddie alberts

[@walkergillette3918]

morgan8757 I thought Fred Ziffel was the best

[@cindywestlake6278]

Then why watch it dummy?

[@bobmalack481]

Your the worst and boorish..

[@tagoldich]

I've always felt that Green Acres was all about punishing Mr. Douglas for being rational. Lisa, being totally irrational, fits in perfectly. But poor Mr. Douglas stubbornly clings to rationality and "Hootersville" puts him through hell for it! :)

[@gregorymiller2505]

Exactly-the irony of the only rational person in town being made to feel like the only fool is just brilliant.

[@orlandoburgos3663]

Mr. Haney and Ted Cruz are twins they were separated at birth the resemblance is identical

[@tilesetter1953]

How many freaking times are you going to write it??????

[@brandue4523]

@@tilesetter1953 hahaha but, true!!

[@KATTALNUVA3]

Take note modern comedians, it is perfectly possible to make people laugh without innuendos.

[@redbarchetta8782]

lol

[@hoitoider]

Classic Hank Kimball. Well, not really classic. More like vintage. No, that's wine. Did you know wine comes from grapes? My mother grew grapes. Blue ones. Actually she grew blueberries. Well, they were'nt blue. More like indigo. (Had a client who talked like that - drove me up the wall until I learned to see the humor in it)

[@carlpen850]

Funniest sit com ever, well not the funniest.... no it was the funniest, I loved it more than anything, well not more than anything. I sure miss that show, I have the 1st 3 seasons on DVD, wish I had them all.

[@HOTTIUSMAXIMUS]

I like Hank Kimball; he's my idol. Well, he's not really my idol; idols are made out of wood. He's my Hero! Well no, he's not really my hero either; heroes jump tall buildings in a single bound. He's my mentor. Well no, he can't be my mentor; men don't tour Hooterville... they tour Hooters.

[@HOTTIUSMAXIMUS]

***** Glad you enjoyed it. Alvy Moore MADE that character! I have to wonder how much of Hank Kimball's quirkiness came from the writers, or did Alvy Moore inject much of that himself, since the true absent-mindedness of Hank Kimball really didn't come out until the second season.

[@RMB42]

+Dessert Tray Yeah, HK was pretty normal early in the series, as was Lisa in the first season or so. It didn't start out that Oliver was the only consistently sane one in the bunch, but it certainly ended up that way (Sam Drucker was mostly sane, too). Like many sitcoms, the show gelled as it went on and the characters developed their own schtick. Also like many other sitcoms, the middle years of GA tended to have the best episodes, when the show found its surrealistic identity but hadn't yet started to run out of gas. Even the rhythm of the banter between characters was different in the early episodes. It wasn't as sharp and quirky as it would become in later seasons. For example, it took a while to develop the running gag of other characters frequently interrupting Oliver as he was speaking, sometimes just before he was apparently about to swear ("Why you miserable.....!").

[@fordmavericksosx3569]

LOL!! That's funny!!!

[@fordmavericksosx3569]

I always loved Hank Kimball. He was hilarious!

[@mrvantagepro]

Hysterical!! I use to watch Green Acres with my father back in the mid to late 60’s on CBS. My father would laugh so hard! The funny thing is, watching Geen Acres as an adult, I see how much Mr. Douglas’s reactions of puzzlement and frustration remind me a great deal of my father, while I have been compared to Mr. Kimball by the way I sometimes, or many times, or is it most times, over explain something. Or over explain myself. Or is it the way I don’t get to the point? Or is it the way I can’t make up my mind?

[@jonlate4581]

The look on Oliver's face whenever things get really idiotic.😆

[@fizixx]

"Oh for the love of..." Lol, that's all he ever got out....so funny!

[@mr.c1563]

It's the same look Americans have after listening to the biden administration.

[@james_fisch]

@@mr.c1563 if a comment section exists, gotta stick politics in somewhere...

[@loge10]

​@@mr.c1563Yes, it's more subdued than the response sane people have to Donald Trump.

[@67GTV]

I love Hank Kimball. Well I don't really "love" Hank Kimball. Rather I like him a lot. Well, not really "a lot". I guess I could say, "I like Hank Kimball."

[@jerichothedrifter60]

EVERYBODY GO HOME AND BURN YOUR CROPS!!!

[@jadenunez1075]

Jerry Renshaw hahaha

[@johnnytheg]

Best line in the whole scene.

[@davidsigalow7349]

"Green Acres" was absolutely hilarious and one of the funniest shows in television history. Paul Henning had an uncanny knack for casting great character actors in both "Green Acres" and "Beverly Hillbillies" - Alf & Ralph Monroe, Miss Jane, Mr. Haney, Mr. and Mrs. Drysdale, Doris and Fred Ziffle, Eb....all brilliant.

[@johnnytheg]

Agreed.

[@rotunda57]

Hear, hear David. And they are all gone now. Eb was the last to check out 3 years ago.

[@docadams7099]

They're not all gone. Max Baer, Jr. (Jethro) is still alive, and so are some from Petticoat Junction. (LInda Henning, Jeannine Riley, Gunilla Hutton, Jonathan Daly, and Lori Saunders).@@rotunda57

[@NondescriptMammal]

I love how Fred Ziffel ropes Mr. Douglas in and everybody follows suit... the townspeople act dumb but they're secretly pretty smart

[@toscodav]

Yes. I loved how they bailed after Mr. Douglass was roped into accepting.

[@agentfungus9742]

The mannerisms of this character remind me on Tim Conway. Funny, funny show!

[@jonnaking3054]

Mr Kimball always made me think of Mr Peanut for some reason, I dunno why

[@rhondahancock96]

I grew up watching this show on prime time and there was nobody like hank kimball the best part of the show

[@rick2112rkrk]

Looking st him here it's hard to believe Alvy Moore was a marine who saw action on Iwo Jima.

[@BegoneJonah]

Well... he seemed to excel in portraying a doofus in the movies. Check him out as an outlaw biker in "The Wild One." He was also in a heist film...

[@scottpasch4861]

Where would this show be without Hank Kimball

[@RossL1946]

I love this show. This episode, Mrs. Douglas's 'Hot Water Soup', and when Mr. Kimball gets on an airplane.

[@davidloughlin2238]

I first watched this in late 1960s in ireland on our black and white TV. It was hilarious then and it still is now.

[@66kprdwd]

Hank Agent your County Kimball. :)

[@robertrutherford2307]

my Dad used to love watching Green acres Mr Kimble is a Nut

[@nm202]

I couldn't stop🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bobmalack481]

"I'm your county Kimball Hank agent." See?!..he's having an affect on you already...LOL!!

[@OliviaAnciso]

@@bobmalack481 Agreed! Hahahahaha! :)

[@ryankopp9302]

THUMBS UP ALL THE WAY...! GOD BLESS MR. ALBERT AND MR. MOORE FOR THERE ACTING AND COMIDEC GUNINESS ... AND FOR THERE HERIOC ACTIONS SERVING IN WORLD WAR TWO. THANK YOU FOR GRACING OUR LIVES, MAKING US LAUGH AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT OURSELVES. MAY BOTH YOUR LOVING, WONDERFUL, TALENTED, KIND SOULS FOREVER REST IN ETERNAL PEACE IN GOD'S ETERNAL KINGDOM.

[@urbanurchin5930]

.........for THEIR acting......for THEIR heroic......illiteracy and idiotic capitalization of entire comment.....that is TRUE stupidity ! !

[@fizixx]

I went through a Hank Kimble stage where I'd talk like him. It was so much fun. I got a few laughs, but I irritated a lot of people too....well, not a LOT of people, and maybe not irritated, more like annoyed... :)

[@Glornt]

Good thing you got over that stage... well, not got over, exactly, more like... uh... when were you on the stage, again?

[@bobmalack481]

"Thats me in my early stages"...LOL!!

[@thomaspiccirillo6820]

KIMBALL STOLE EVERY SCENE HE WAS IN HE COULD HAVE DONE A WHOLE EPISODE BY HIMSELF TY HILARIOUS

[@bobmalack481]

"Im your county Kimball Hank agent." AND "Is there any other way?!" "No, there's only 1 way I know how to burn your crops, get a match and some kerosene." LOL!!

[@bobmalack481]

Guess Mr. Douglas's WW2 flying 'expertise' wasn't enough to flip the farmers confidence..LOL!!

[@lemmybon3100]

Absolutely bonkers. Love the whole thing and Hank is my fave character. 🤣🤣

[@thomaspiccirillo6820]

Thank You John I can't stop laughing at 6 am! Kimball Rocks!

[@dlsofsetx]

Hank Kimball was made into the scatterbrain character originally through Alvy Moore's ad-libbing.

[@versacegang4140]

0 0 I never knew it. He was brilliant!

[@pegbars]

I suspected that, since his appearances in the early episodes reveal a somewhat different character.

[@christopherdunne7848]

Alvy said that Kimball was not meant to be a permanent character; but the staff watched as he said something like "it's a nice farm---well, not a NICE farm, more of a---well---...." and they said "We gotta keep this guy!"

[@kendallrivers1119]

That's actually common with some of the greatest characters of all time. Great example would be Dan Fielding from Night Court, watch the first season and he's unrecognizable but the writers keyed off John and developed Dan into the iconic character he became. Also Kramer from Seinfeld and Alex P. Keaton. The character wasn't that different but the way Michael J. Fox played Alex changed big time in the second year when Fox got more comfortable in the role.

[@lavalampluva55401]

From what I've heard the writers, and producers allowed absolutely NO ad-libbing on the show. What was written, was spoken.

[@stevedyches4635]

The funniest sitcom ever, well maybe not the funniest, but it was good, or maybe more like good enough.

[@tonyajohnson7948]

Hank always has me rolling!

[@regg32457]

This is truly classic comedy. I lived this show as a kid and even now.

[@Dqalex]

They should have asked Arnold Ziffel

[@RRaquello]

There's an early episode of Burke's Law. It opens with a scene with the chauffeur of a rich guy flirting with the maid. The chauffeur is kind of a dumb guy and it's played for comedy, and he's played by Alvy Moore, very much in the Hank Kimball mode. Very similar, so you know where the Hank Kimball characterization came from. Guess who plays the maid? Zsa Zsa Gabor (yes, Zsa Zsa, not Eva), It's enough to make your mouth drop open, as it was several years before Green Acres.

[@CarlDuke]

Great show and wonderful characters. Oliver Wendell Douglas, Hank Kimball, Mr. Haney. What a crew.

[@alanrosenberg8770]

Hank was a bit disconnected. Great great Character!

[@rayjr62]

Awesome. R.I.P. Mary Grace Canfield. She played "Ralph" the construction /maintenance worker in Hooterville.

[@johnmac91]

Yep, Ebb is the only one left.

[@toscodav]

@@johnmac91 Update. He is gone now.

[@bobmalack481]

Oh gawd, Ralph was a distraction from the other characters and annoying, and her Jewish/nebbish New York sidekick 'Alf Monroe' was out of place in rural central California.

[@TheSpiralnotebook]

She was great.

[@BegoneJonah]

I guess I'm going to have to get that complete set of Green Acres episodes. I still find this stuff hilarious. That guy who played Mr. Ziffle was unbelievably good. What a collection of zanies.

[@Glornt]

And what about the guy who played Arnold? It can't have been easy playing a pig that realistically, and yet having everyone (or almost everyone -- Ollie could be slow at times) understand him.

[@bobmalack481]

Mr. Ziffle was almost completely deaf and had to act on cue and remember his lines,, he's from Alabama, forgot his real name. Robwrt at 68.