Eddie Albert Reveals Why Green Acres was Canceled

[@FactsVerse]

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[@roachtoasties]

Videos like this is why I don't watch KZbin much. Your title says why Eddie Albert says the show was cancelled, but you go off the map talking about everything else but that topic. I stopped the video in the middle and gave you a well-deserved thumbs down.

[@grantchow13]

Met Mr. Albert in the late 80’s. I was working in a hotel he was staying at. I was working in room service and he happened to open his door to get his newspaper and I was walking past his room delivering an order. He looked up at me as he was picking up his newspaper and smiled and said Good Morning Sir. I was just a 20 year old kid and he addressed me as sir ? A class act and gentleman.

[@danielbixel8633]

When I was a kid, I loved both the Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres. Fast forward to 2020 and Green Acres is the one I still watch regularly. A pig that gets drafted into the Army. A chicken that lays square eggs and the Hooterville Airplane Company building Curtiss Jennys for the Air Force wins my heart. Green Acres is the place for me.

[@Rev22-21]

No kidding! I liked the passenger airplane with no windows myself and the painter who borrowed its boarding ladder. Remember the first episode ....when Lisa was actually a smart ass? That quickly changed the following and remaining espisodes. Wonder why they never figured out how to run a phone line inside?

[@patrickryan1515]

Makes me laugh just reading your review.

[@ColonelMarcellus]

Don't forget that charming Hungarian woman!

[@HurairahHomestead]

Square eggs? That's impossible! Oh, someone's playing a joke!

[@jchavez53]

Whoever came up with the idea of never letting Oliver finish a sentence was brilliant. Great comedic writing...today's shows have nothing compared to it.

[@katazack]

Joel Chavez: So true! Albert and that cast worked like clockwork. The funny thing is that so many people take the show at face value (a talking pig?) and think it is stupid without understanding the clever wit in each script.

[@765kvline]

Eddie Albert had a photographic memory. He could read a script once and then be ready for his action. Additionally, he was the earliest actor to ever appear on television--experimental television! They were experimenting with a form of television and he happened to be near the studio and they just called in the first guy who appeared and it was Albert.

[@kevindaniels8007]

I was born in 65 so I didn't discover until years later but it is one of my favorites it can stand up to todays shows

[@georgerobbins3198]

Growing up in the deep south, I can tell you that 60 years ago every small town had some of those characters. Not so much anymore. Almost every character reminds me of someone I once knew. For all of their quirkiness, they were endearing and nice people.

[@dwightstjohn6927]

Albert was a SERIOUS organic gardener and lived next to the Bridges family (Sea Hunt) and was always bringing over veggies to the young kids (Jeff & Co).

[@signforu]

TITLE MISLEADING: Should be titled ""The Life of Eddie Albert". Whoever posted this wanted to get more views by making up a false title. The reason why Green Acres was canceled was literally 30 seconds of this whole video. Please don't patronize your viewers. Be true to the content when considering a title. "Green Acres was cancelled because CBS was more concerned with what big-wig execs thought, over the interest of the public.". Also, be careful with the stock footage/images of unrelated subjects. I love these videos, but be true to your audience.

[@terrythekittieful]

That misuse of stock footage is very common in a lot of these videos, an Indian newspaper delivery boy indeed.

[@jacklow9611]

There seems to be a lot of clickbait in the titles on this channel. I'm not sure why it has so many subscribers, but it's possible that most are not from America.

[@impassable]

Kept waiting for an interview clip of Eddie but it never came

[@DocDoccus]

I had swore off this channel after the last two bullshit episodes. But I KNOW why Green Acres was cancelled, and thought "let's see how long before the first wrong fact occurs". I didn't have to wait long. 0:43 "Petticoat Junction was a spinoff from The Beverly Hillbillies" WRONG! (although in later seasons since these shows had the same producers, they made them unto their own universe.) This clickbaity channel blows.

[@rickhinojosa5455]

signforu I agree with you totally. 🙏

[@wbell539]

My wife and I were both raised in small cities but now we live in the country. What I would say in defence of Green Acres is that, whenever either of us encounters some truly 'rural' nonsense we look at the other person and ask, 'Number 42?' The show was a classic.

[@dbeaulieu9730]

I was a kid in the 1960's and can tell you Green Acres was the one. Whoever decided to cancel it made a dumb decision to say the least.

[@lorettatayor5840]

Probably Peter, the meter reader.

[@lorettatayor5840]

The stupid & ridiculous law of course of 1967 I believe.

[@FreedomFighter-cr5xg]

I watched this TV show a few times in 1965 when I was 14 years old .. It was a dumb stupid show .. The pig was the only reason I watched the show the few times I did watch it ..

[@shellyblanchard5788]

@@FreedomFighter-cr5xg That was the idea for it to be dumb.

[@randygates1619]

I loved it, stll do. I bought the complete series on DVD.

[@kenkemzura903]

Loved the show. I remember the first episode too. Glad I had a chance to meet Tom Lester ( Eb ) and Alvey Moore ( Mr. Kimball ) at an autograph show. R.I.P.

[@craigjones1115]

Green Acres was well written. Very clever and Eddie Albert put his all into his character. Probably my favorite comedic show ever.

[@kmafdlmagotg8328]

It’s a feel good show with plenty of laughs. Nothing like that today, which is why I watch the reruns.

[@cottonballable]

Great show and Great cast-I still watch reruns of the show and I appreciate it more now.It always makes me laugh which is a good thing in these bad times.

[@johnskiba1318]

Greatest show ever. One of my favorite shows. Never missed an episode.

[@JimPigMuseumOfSound]

Eddie Albert was not new to TV in the 1950s ; he was a regular performer on television starting in 1936.

[@JimPigMuseumOfSound]

@chris younts ... and yet Eddie Albert starred in 'The Love Nest', one of TV's first teleplays done live on TV on November 6, 1936, for RCA in association with NBC, in New York City. NYC was an early epicenter of television, with regularly scheduled programing as early as 1931.

[@JimPigMuseumOfSound]

@chris yountsTV has a fascinating history ... here's one for you : Polish inventor Jan Szczepanik applied for a patent for a color television system in 1897 ! Although researchers say his system could not have worked the way he claimed, the very idea for it's time is surprisingly advanced.

[@JimPigMuseumOfSound]

@chris younts Sadly, very little exists from television's early days that we can still see today. I've seen some mechanical TV, but usually it's still photos or re-creations. There are some disc records that actually have been found to contain early broadcasts (British Phonovision discs, by John Baird, late 20's and early 30's), they are very brief and silent.

[@williambilyeu9801]

Newhart had a similar premise to Green Acres. Both one of my father's and my favorite shows.

[@EmilyTienne]

Striking similarities now that you mention it.

[@VernCrisler]

One of the best straight men in comedy, rivaling even Bud Abbott.

[@patbrennan6572]

Green acres was my favorite show in the 60s

[@belasco2]

Pretty sure it was Fred SILVERMAN, not Sullivan, who cancelled the show.

[@harperstacey9604]

Fred Silverman cancelled many popular TV shows.

[@pharaohneptune5032]

My favorite character on that show was the county agent Hank Kimball.

[@bobpierce115]

YES!! And Alf and Ralph Monroe! Sooo great!

[@frsantariga]

My favorite person also.

[@brainsmasher6617]

Eb

[@chrishorwege1433]

Green Acres is my favorite. Now that I'm older, I enjoy it even more

[@seinsmeld13]

Green Acres was one of the best tv shows ever made. End of story.

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

I felt the same between the two shows although I was just a child when they were on the air. My parent's being both Hungarian obviously preferred Green Acres because they loved Eva. Watching the re-runs over the years since I prefer Green Acres only because their episodes were funnier than the Hill Billies IMO.

[@rudolphrios1601]

Beverly Hillbillies was funny but no where as funny as Green Acres. MANY more belly laughs on the show. Went from funny to stupid funny. After all these years still love the show. There will NEVER be another show like this one. Too bad.

[@thomasswafford250]

Green Acres was based on a radio series called Granby's Green Acres that starred Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet who played on Petticoat Junction.

[@eloiseockert6561]

Did Gale Gordon play on Petticoat Junction?

[@thomasswafford250]

@@eloiseockert6561 no only Bea Benaderet. Sorry if that was confusing.

[@kathleennorton6108]

@@eloiseockert6561 Gale played Lucy's boss on her 60s show.

[@lindahardee6628]

Green Acres was my favorite.

[@bobpierce115]

Mine too, Linda! All the characters, played by great actors, with snappy fun dialog, it was and IS my favorite. Everyone forgets about Alf and Ralph Monroe. They aded a lot to the episodes they were in, which were fewer than (say) Mr. Haney and Mr. Kimbell and get overlooked unfortunately--but we know and love them!

[@stacysatterfield2154]

Always loved Eddie Albert. Love Green Acres

[@littleDanB]

This was a better one with less fake inserts like you have been doing keep up the better vids like this where the fake inserts are not necessary as the content you give is quite interesting and don’t need the inserts as it detracts from the quality of the actual information

[@williambilyeu9801]

Part of the reason for the cancellation of "The Beverly Hillbillies," "Green Acres," and others was they showed rural people with common sense as smarter than urban elites. That irked a lot of the snobs in Los Angeles and New York.

[@williambilyeu9801]

@chris younts Ratings and revenue were related. If the shows had good ratings, companies would pay well to advertise on them. They still had good ratings when they were canceled.

[@cpcva724]

Albert's son Edward while caring for his dying father was informed that he had lung cancer and he would die not long after his dad's death.

[@BrotherApexx]

A couple of Christmases ago, I binged this whole damn series. It was hilarious and Eva was sweet and very easy on the eye

[@TomBarrister]

It was canceled because CBS got rid of all of the rural-theme shows and replaced them with "contemporary" situation comedies (All in the Family, Good Times, The Jeffersons, etc.)

[@FactsVerse]

Thanks for the tip! What other types of video would you like to see on our channel?

[@SRV2013]

Green Acres is a surrealist masterpiece.

[@elmerwilliamson1970]

Green Acres was my dad’s favorite show. He was born in Colby Kansas in 1902, and moved to Iowa as a lad. Lived his whole life on farms. He died in 1998 age 96. Beverly Hillbillies was his 2nd favorite show.

[@kevinhealey6540]

Eddie Albert was a time war hero who at the risk of his own life saved several marines during his service. When someone brought it up, he said, "I'm not a hero, the guys who didn't make it back are.

[@loveistruth5713]

I find the whole Petticoat Junction Beverly Hillbillies and Greenacres world a slice of Americana. I really love the crossover episodes.

[@toddmccreary4579]

Green Acres vs. Beverly Hillbillies. Liked them both but Green Acres especially funny when the whole town brings up something said in a supposedly private conversation.

[@BrianRIngram]

Or when the whole town believes something that's definitely not true. Like Mr. Douglas has a drinking problem, or that he beats his wife.

[@kathleennorton6108]

Granny, though, at times, left one in stitches laughing.

[@deryckmcleod4608]

Green Acres was the best. I watch reruns all the time.

[@stevejarrettnc]

Born in 1906 and WWII didn't involve Americans until 1940, he would have been well past his school days for a name change.

[@julian1744]

I love the show I use to watch it when I was young I do miss it when it cancel.

[@stacymyers2181]

Green acres all the way just loved it . Even loved that thiefing mr Haney. Poor Oliver just wanted a farm.

[@GrugBug-f7j]

Solid! Top KEK! Peace be with you.

[@terrymurphy8685]

This was truly a great entertaining tv show. To bad they took it off the air. I liked this show better than the Beverly Hillbillies but they were both very interesting even though they were not like real life but sort of made fun of real life. I was glad to hear Eddie Albert lived such a long life.

[@alanosterman7130]

Loved all 3 of these shows. Originally Bea Benaderet was going to play "Granny" on "The Beverley Hillbillies", but she suggested that Irene Ryan would make the perfect "Granny". So, then they made up the character "Cousin Pearl" for Bea to play. Bea was only on there one year, then they gave her "Petticoat Junction". As "Kate Bradley" to play. Mother of three daughters, and who ran the Shady Rest Hotel in Hooterville. Named because of the hooting the cannonball express train did.

[@RegenerativeHomes]

Green Acres was a direct spin off of Petticoat Junction and shared some of the same characters and sets, most notably Sam Drucker and his General Store, as well as Joe Carson and Kate Bradley both of the Shady Rest Hotel and lead stars of Junction. In fact, first season shows listed these actors in the Green Acres credits as stars from Petticoat Junction. The setting for both shows was Hooterville.

[@illuminatedcrosshairs7865]

Absolutely right! Great job explaining the show. Do you remember the dog’s name on PJ? He had two names... on the show. The girls called him one name and uncle Joe called him another name.

[@williamrooth]

Green Acres was a great, well written comedy everyone enjoyed with the characters being weird, yet they still had a strong grounding in their own world. There will never be another one like it with all of the chemistry of the cast members. I have missed them for 50 years now.

[@bostonblackie9503]

Green Acres comes from the radio show 'Granby's Green Acres' that starred Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet. Bea was in Beverly Hillbillies as cousin Pearl, was suppose to play the part of Granny but when the producer saw Irene Ryan (often on the Bod Hope radio show as Miss Ryan and was probably one of the writers) they cast her instead and promised Bea they would get a show for her a la 'Petticoat Junction.'

[@OsbornTramain]

WWI Was going strong when Albert was in Grade school, not WWII, he was born in 1906, WWII was 35 years later

[@katarinakrnjevic8183]

Green acres was so Emmy worthy . Eddie and Eva had a very good chemistry and Mr Haney and Mr Kimball were good characters too.

[@akrenwinkle]

In Debbie Reynolds' as-told-to auto bio, she said that her pal Eva introduced her to "my sweetie." Eva invited Debbie into the bathroom, and in the tub was a man (unnamed in the book) in a bathtub with water but no bubbles. Cut forward several decades, Judy Garland's agent/assistant wrote a book, and revealed that Eddie Albert called her to come into his bathroom, and there he was, in a tub filled with water, no bubbles.

[@lee17111]

Loved Green acres.

[@heavenboundfarm2159]

Loved and still love green acres ..still watch it. That show is why we have and run a no kill farm ..I'm like Lisa he is like Oliver .

[@Filmation77]

Oliver Douglas was a War Hero? DOPE!!!

[@Filmation77]

And and P.S. it was Fred SILVERMAN who created the "Rural Purge"

[@_CAT-lg4sr]

"Mr. Douglas, have I got a deal for you!". That Mr. haney! He taught me, as a kid, to be skeptical of "deals" that seem to good to be true. With that in mind, I guess everyone has some redeeming qualities! He was a riot!

[@steve2474]

As much as I loved Green Acres (it remains one of my favorite television shows to this day), I have to be honest and say that when they did cancel it, the show had pretty much run its course at that time. The final season, season 6, really wasn't that good. They were recycling at a lot of the same gags that they had used for the previous 5 seasons at that point. It was probably time. It had run for 6 seasons, when most TV sitcoms don't make it beyond 3 seasons, let alone 5.

[@ohdaddy2029]

I do have to say the 6th season is probably my least favorite. It is still my all-time favorite show anyways tho

[@AMStationEngineer]

Agreed, and wholeheartedly....

[@sf.9731]

My heart gets happy when l see this

[@jamesmulligan6282]

I never liked the show until a few years into the series .the more I watched the better I liked it . I got familiar with the cast and their character portrails and I really started to like it . The story lines were so outrageous that watching them you could not help but laugh. The actors in the show were best collection of comedic performers on any show. When it left the air I had to buy all the episodes on dvd. 8

[@terrythekittieful]

In a strange way, Green Acres was almost like a rural American Monty Python. A pig that played the ukulele, the farm house that was never completed, the village idiot A.K.A. Mr. Kimball etc.

[@christineporter7562]

Absolutely. I knew someone who was on his ship. Mr. Albert saved the lives of many men by delaying them getting off the ship. There was heavy fire from the enemy.

[@dachille1]

The narrator meant when Eddie was growing up World War I was going strong not World War II. Eddie Albert was a hero in World War II.

[@kenjett2434]

I wouldn't know how to begin to choose between Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction or Green Acres they each was unique and funny. I grew up watching these show back in the 60's and early 70's. They all made me laugh and feel good while being fully entertained. It was sad they quit making the shows but I watched them over and over in rerun syndication. So to choose guess I just have choose all of them and throw a couple more into my Childhood viewing. Gilligans Island and I Dream of Jeanie also had great appeal and full of laughs.

[@kevindondrea144]

I love all 3. I wouldn't pick a favorite "Green Acres", "Beverly Hillbillies" and "Petty Coat Junction". I also would love when they would do cross over specials for Christmas and other Holidays.

[@AS-zk6hz]

What a dumb move cancelling this great show.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

CBS cancelled all of its rural shows because they wanted a more urbanized audience. (Petticoat Junction was cancelled in 1970.) That's the TV industry for you. All they care about are the ratings, the demographics, and the advertising dollars.

[@bobpierce115]

@@Lisa-di1wi 100% correct, Nan! If it's any consolation (to AS1313) they made A LOT of shows in a single season then; like 26! Basically EVERY week from mid-Sept. to mid-March were all new shows. Green Acres had 170 episodes! Nowadays (not that it matters) but they might, might make 14 episodes. They also keep moving them around, pre-empting them all the time and more. Green Acres might have had a season or two more, but probably that's about it.

[@johnmatzye6633]

He had the type of career most actors would kill for. Never a major star - but worked steady decade after decade.

[@Skidoodle555]

As a youngster in the 60's, we always watched Green Acres. When we got our first color TV, I had to watch all the Green Acres episodes again...in COLOR! Wow, just like the Wizard of Oz going from black and white to color. Did the same thing with Star Trek. Did not get our first color TV until 1972. We didn't have a pig living in the house like Oliver, just no color TV.

[@SweptAway529]

Fred SILVERMAN (not Sullivan) was the programming lead that purged all the CBS rural comedies.

[@macsnafu]

Growing up in the 70s, I knew Eddie not only from Green Acres re-runs, but also from Escape to Witch Mountain, his appearance on Columbo, and on the TV show Switch with Robert Wagner. Also, Facts Verse gets it wrong again: I wouldn't say that his character in Green Acres was gullible--far from it. He was the straight man reacting to the weirdness of the supporting characters and situations.

[@jimstanga6390]

Green Acres was one of the casualties of the ‘Rural Purge’ from the early 1970s. It includes shows like The Beverly Hillbillies, Gomer Pyle, Andy Griffith, Mayberry RFD, and Petticoat Junction. The Wild, Wild West was next when that weasel senator from Rhode Island axed it as ‘too violent’.

[@SouthBaySteelers]

I saw Eddie Albert say he was a driver of a Higgins boat going to Tarawa and helping to remove wounded from Tarawa to bring them back to the main vessels.

[@patrickperalta59]

I loved all the country shows

[@FactsVerse]

Good to know! Which country show is the most appealing to you though?

[@jettrink7510]

Green Acres IS my favorite TV show

[@ladbeethoven9]

Arnold Ziffel was my favourtie Green Acres character....

[@Dentropolis]

This is the funniest joke ever. Eddie comes home and sees his wife Ava stirring a pot on the stove. He asking what she is cooking. “Hot water soup” she says. He looks down to see a pot of hot water. As he chides her for being crazy in comes the goofball hired help. As soon as he opens the door he dramatically sniffs the air and explains, “Hot water soup, my favourite! “ to Eddie’s consternation. Hahahahaha....

[@philosopher1a]

The description of the show and characters in the beginning did not do it justice ,, it really intelligently written and eva was fantastic

[@walnutcreekwoodworksofjack3520]

I have the complete series. It's inspiring me to finish a book I'm writing "The Christers" A little more serious version of Green Acres.

[@lilyrosell9992]

Where can I still see these shows, the green acres, petticoat junction, the Beverly hills hillbillies

[@MichaelSHartman]

KZbin, there is even a channel devoted to it.

[@lilyrosell9992]

Thank you! I LOVE these nice, clean and wholesome shows, so different from what we see or hear today.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

It was based on a short lived radio show by the same name.

[@gispel7058]

You kidding? Arnold Ziffel was the best. Always watching westerns on TV. Hanj Kimball the county clerk, apparently suffering from Alzheimer disease. The Monroe bros. One of which was a woman! And every incidental character that drove poor Oliver crazy! Also everyonr on the show would seem to know incorrectly what Oliver was trying so hard to correct. Brilliant!

[@tuckgraph]

My grandpa went to high school with Pat Buttram, the actor who played Mr. Haney. They forgot to include that.

[@vernabryant2894]

I watch Green Acres every night on T.V.Its a channel that shows old series.

[@candiceperry7916]

Eddie Albert is my favorite actor

[@davidshockey914]

Eddie Albert was born in 1906 and was taunted in grade school while WWII was going on? He must have been the worlds oldest grade schooler since WWII began in 1939

[@davidshockey914]

@Burns me up. Clean out your ears and listen to what they said. They said he was in grade school while WWII was going on.💩

[@craiglightner1204]

Loved the show very 😂 Eddie Albert was the best

[@walterfechter8080]

"Green Acres" reminds me of a radio comedy show from the late 1930s.

[@harperstacey9604]

Lum and Abner were like Green acres. Lum and Abner was a popular show on the radio in the thirties.

[@thisisme3238]

That's a tough choice to make between "Green Acres" or "Beverly Hillbillies." Both those shows were equally funny and well presented by the actors/actresses. I would have to vote for both of them!

[@steeden54]

Green Acres was a spin-off from Petticoat Junction, which was a spin-off from The Beverley Hillbillies.

[@patrickryan1515]

Nothing AT ALL lowbrow about "Green Acres". In fact the level of surreal comedy achieved has yet to be surpassed. Incredible writers and performers.

[@TheVrguy198]

This is wise why are less people commenting?

[@AS-zk6hz]

Eddie Albert was a hero. Coast guard landing craft in charge. He resumed many wounded from Tarawa. Not sure of the island. But he was the real deal. Bronze star. I think. Correct mevifvi am wrong. Great performance as cowardly captain Cooney in Attack

[@michaelgoldberg7127]

Add to that Fred. Doris, and Arnold Ziffel puts it over the top!

[@debbiemetke5938]

I lost a relationship once because it was too egregious that I liked "low-brow" Green Acres. I loved both it and the Beverly Hillbillies. Nowadays do we even have shows about the "lower classes" anymore?

[@EmilyTienne]

The Douglases were definitely not low class.

[@kathleenjones8896]

I liked both.

[@davidjames666]

i hope Eddie Albert is part of a Green Acres reboot

[@andyman8630]

you could have mentions Zsa Zsa's passing - Green Acres would never have worked without both of them

[@runderbaby5045]

Green acres is one of the funniest best written shows ever no competition

[@peterhauer3960]

Eddie Albert was a hero at the Battle of Tarawa.

[@reginaargentin2864]

Your information is interesting but your images are redundant out of sync and not in chronological order

[@lylelay]

I suspect the reason he was taunted in grade school during ww2 was he was in his thirties (4:10)

[@CarlosGuzman-bq8fr]

I never saw this show, The Beverly Hillbillies I saw more of. But Now I see Green Acres on other channels.

[@joehinman1026]

You really should mention Roman Holiday. That was his most prestigious film role. Green Acres was brilliant and initiative. The American answer to Monty Python.