Green Acres - Hot Water Soup

[@valerieellison2483]

I love how even though Lisa never wanted to move to the countryside, she is the one who fits in with the locals.

[@locutus1126]

Recently I was eating at this diner and I would always ask them to have soup on the menu. I told the waitress, about 25, it would be nice to have some soup, heck, even a bowl of hot water soup. She just started laughing, you mean like on Green Acres. I was blown away she knew the reference but then said how her grand parents always watched the re-runs and she loved them.

[@whiterain2546]

That is phenomenal. As a 17 year old, I’ll be sure to pass on this green acres excellence. 😆

[@98armstead]

that never happened

[@locutus1126]

@@98armstead never doubt the memories of kids who spend an inordinate amount of time with grand parents. My parents watched my kids every day. Entrenched in their minds are episodes of All in the Family, Mash, Everyone loves raymond or 2 and half men. They still remember stuff from 15 years ago and what made grandparents laugh.

[@qt6327]

There's an episode where Lisa puts a plate on the table in front of Oliver and on one side of the plate is a whole stick of butter on the other side of the plate are peanuts still in the shell. Oliver asks her what it is and Lisa states that it's "Peanuts Butters".....Eb walks in and says "Oh boy, homemade peanuts butters!" This show had immense charm and was absolutely brilliant! They just can't make them like this anymore. :(

[@feliciah.2945]

that made me laugh out loud, thanks for the chuckle! I love this show, I don't find today's shows half as funny.

[@loge10]

AMEN!

[@SashGirl34]

Eb for the most part was the one that enjoyed her cooking...except early on in season 1. I love how her attempt to make spaghetti was to just put the try pasta on a plate. And Eb started eating it with his hands. So funny. And Oliver had to explain to her that you have cook it in boiled water....

[@toddlongo7066]

RIP Eb. Thank you for all the laughs.

[@michellepost5232]

I was lucky to be able to watch this new. It was so hilarious, and should have been on longer than 5 years. It is on MeTV, twice in a row. I wish You Tube would show full eps of it...they used to. The humor of this is timeless.

[@catlovermarty]

I liked Lisa's "hots cakes" that bubbled on the stove and coffee she would cut with scissors. Good stuff!

[@MrAitraining]

Always funny when Ebb recognizes screwy things and gets excited about it like it's normal. lol

[@r.french4415]

I explain this to my wife all the time I love the show and have watched it since the first episode came on TV everyone else in Hooterville is normal including Lisa as soon as she move there she fit right in Mr. Douglas is the weird one he is the outsider that does not fit in with everyone else that’s normal such a great premise I also really enjoyed Paul Hennings other two shows petticoat Junction and Beverly hillbillies

[@tboda2621]

Ava not only played what the writers and directors gave her to play, but she played it like a pro. Btw, she wasnt only beautiful, but, that little over bite made her adorable as well. What a combination! I remember her staring in many of my adolescent dream sequences. "Oh Ava, you always make my hot water soup hotter!!!❤💥⚡

[@tboda2621]

Sorry, that was, starring in my dreams. Not, staring!👀

[@douglaskirk2543]

Never knew what to expect next. That was one of the many reasons I watched

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Eva Gabor was so underrated on this show.

[@j9andphoenix]

+VIDEOHEREBOB Eva Gabor was genius - the whole show was genius - Mr Ziffel one of my faves - just a fabulously well written well casted show that you can't stop smiling through - still trying to find the episode with the chocolate chip pizza though...

[@blutoblutarsky6529]

She was sexy as hell

[@johnk2495]

and she was a hoot!

[@Lisa-di1wi]

This was the period where Eva was at her most glamorous. She was the idol of my youth. And she still is today; 24 years after she went off to TV Heaven. I have loads of pictures of her right here on my cellphone. But they're only from the Green Acres days; both on and off the set; and from when she was going out with Merv Griffin.

[@theotherwalt]

@@j9andphoenix Did you know Hank Patterson (Mr Ziffel) was deaf during the production of Green Acres? One of the crew laid on the ground and tapped his leg when it was his turn to speak. Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Patterson#Green_Acres

[@jeffcolorado]

Brilliant absurdity. I remember the episode Mrs. D saw a "shoosting" star. Oliver corrects her, in his crabby, condescending way, and then Mr. Drucker asks him if he saw the shoosting star last night. Great stuff!

[@eileencanady3272]

Good one!

[@CarringtonHollister]

The way Lisa says "Oliver" is sooooo cute 😘😍💜😚 R.I.P. Lisa

[@bunnicula38]

Lisa is damn stupid!

[@MikeEchoNovember]

This show was the funniest show ever on TV. The two other scenes I liked the most was when Mr Douglas taught Mrs Douglas how to drive and when Mr Douglas was taking his apples to market and Mr Haney's truck blew a head gasket. Mr Douglas then made a new head gasket out of Mrs Douglas's blooper pancakes.

[@agentfungus9742]

Lisa always made "hotscakes."

[@shantyirish7564]

Hotscakes, Mike ! I loved the episode about the curse of that woman It had humor , a little spooky and a lot of Lisa sweetness.

[@michellepost1016]

This show was hilarious, a true comedy classic.Lisa can't even heat up a can of soup? Eb always says her food is like his mom's.The writer (s) of the show sure had imagination! They created such comical conversations and scenes never existing before or since that show.

[@walkergillette3918]

In one episode, when a puppy was left at her doorstep, Lisa said to Eb, what should I feed it? and Eb said, give it what my mother fed us Lisa said, what was that? Eb said, dog food

[@lunarmodule9915]

LOL! How many times did Eb come in and love whatever Lisa cooked? Classic Green acres.

[@frankieclayton9303]

Love this tv show

[@Vanced-tc2df]

Was pretty funny when Oliver had to retake his Bar exam & Mr Haney tried to sell him an actual bar & cocktail waitress

[@craigpalmer8258]

Love HANK KIMBALL...What a Talent

[@shantyirish7564]

Well, no... not a talent...but a good way to do things...well, not good way but the right way...well not....Here's to Hank! .

[@Lewis9709]

I don't think Oliver had a single decent meal during the entire series

[@mirandawyatt77]

Lewis 970 there was that one that Ralph cooked...

[@shantyirish7564]

They must have had " real " food when the city kids came up...otherwise...poor guy.

[@Sector_07]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 right

[@Lisa-di1wi]

And the one that Amy Collins had. Pot roast, new potatoes, homemade buscuits, and apple pie. Thank God he didn't eat Lisa's hotscakes hash. In the episode where Lisa went to New York by herself, Oliver went to the Pixley Diner to eat instead of eating the hotscakes that she told Eb to make.

[@christopherdunne7848]

When Oliver was recuperating from some injury or illness, almost everyone in Hooterville brought food to him, and all looked good. Unfortunately the movie he was watching on TV got all the guests watching, and eating the food meant for him.

[@jettrink7510]

Yea for sure.... The funnest show ever on television.

[@Youngstown529]

Pretty much the best 1960s sitcom ever! Bewitched is a close second.

[@bornyesterday21]

"Oh boy.. Hot water soup!" ..... lol

[@qt6327]

That's the one that got me laughing the most!

[@loge10]

Every character on the show was brilliant - so well cast!

[@mcfrdmn]

Excellent show !

[@mcfrdmn]

Excellent show !

[@alanroberts5366]

I wonder what people a hundred years from now will think when they research the past and come across this show.....???

[@shedjammer87]

This is my style of humor perfectly!

[@dasboot6935]

It's seems to me as if there was one episode where Lisa made bread sandwiches for lunch as well. When asked what are these by Mr. Douglas, Lisa replied, "Bread Sandwiches, two slices of bread with one slice of bread in the middle" but then again it could just be wishful thinking on my part.

[@jazzmanchgo]

There was one episode where she made her notorious hotcakes, and Oliver ended up using the dough as a manifold cover for his tractor engine.

[@georgemarischen8717]

A classic scene, what a funny show!

[@chrisarseneault5617]

"who the?"...... that's a switch...he normally says "what the?"….......I frigging love this show.

[@michellepost3098]

I watched every ep of Green Acres when new. I wish you tube would show every episode in full. It is only a half hour sitcom. This show is still hilarious.

[@paulmiller5228]

Sorta reminds me of a former girlfriend whose idea of a gourmet meal was preparing real Kraft Macaroni and cheese rather than the economy store brand.

[@paulmiller5228]

+Paul Miller I meant to say "Cheese".

[@paulmiller5228]

+Paul Miller At least she was smart enough to jump out of the pot before the water reached 212 F.

[@JL-bv4wg]

I still watch Green Acres today. Love the show alot. 😊

[@kraftpr]

I've always wondered how they stayed looking so healthy if all Lisa could "cook" were those inedible hotcakes, hot water soup and some of the other concoctions she came up with? Did they "shneek" over to the Pixley Diner between episodes? :-)

[@daveheel]

at least, lisa can boil water. lol

[@Lisa-di1wi]

April 6 marks my 50th anniversary as a Green Acres fan.

[@blutoblutarsky6529]

are you related to Donald Fagan

[@JloveLamar]

How can you remember the exact date???

[@shantyirish7564]

Nan...We are the same age and same 50th anniversary. Great show.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

No. I'm not related to Donald Fagan.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

I have a photographic memory.

[@mirandawyatt77]

I wish this went on a bit further. the name of the guy at the door was Mr. Who The, which was the funniest part.

[@displayfireworks1]

I always remembered this scene over the years. LOL

[@lunarmodule9915]

The zaniest American comedy show in history.

[@dasboot6935]

Wasn't there an episode of Mrs Douglas where she made some bread sandwiches and Oliver ask "what are these" Lisa replies "These are bread sandwiches, a bread on top and another on the bottom with one in the middle" and Oliver says "could use a cold cut of meat and a slice of cheese"

[@brittanybrown484]

Yep

[@uveni3429]

I love the way she says "Soup made from houte wotaah"

[@thomashumphrey7395]

One of the greatest shows ever to watch stoned. lol

[@terrygood8391]

I remember I got stoned one morning, turned on the tv and it was Green Acres marathon. Watched it all day ...haven't been the same since

[@windstorm1000]

Poor Oliver Douglas. The lunatics are running the asylum. Therein lies the comedy of this funny satire.

[@SuperDetroit9]

@windstorm1000;lunatics running the asylum;very astute summary of the show!!

[@brentluckhart6238]

I gotta give Lisa credit: she truly is a fool.

[@brucegordon7248]

Hot water soup, Ebb knew what it was immediately.

[@brittanybrown484]

Oh, boy!!! Hot water soup!!!!

[@brucegordon7248]

@@brittanybrown484 lol

[@davidmcgee6258]

Eb was absolutely awesome and totally terrific.

[@HansDelbruck53]

Thank you, Lisa Douglas. I've been making hot water soup all wrong.

[@rotunda57]

At the beginning at 0:02 - In the upper left of the picture, the stage curtain has slipped a bit showing some of the indoor sound stage. The house is a building within a building.

[@djhutcherson6761]

Great catch, I didn't notice that!

[@radiocameron]

RIP Tom Lester.

[@peterleeson1750]

Brilliant scene,predates Python, but certainly in that league, very funny.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Eva didn't know how to cook in real life either. She once made a hamburger for her husband at the time, Richard Brown. She put an egg in it, and it turned out terrible. I hope he didn't eat it. He would have got food poisoning right there.

[@165Dash]

For some reason this show never gets old. I think the writers were smoking a huge amount of weed at the time. Every performer really managed to shine. How Eva Gabor managed to keep a straight face is totally beyond me. It’s almost as though she considered it to be straight acting.

[@jazzmanchgo]

The show that raised the non sequitur to the level of fine art.

[@rahkinrah1963]

I'm laughing so hard!

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

Eb eatin'/drinkin' all the hot water soup he can handle in Heaven now...

[@brittanybrown484]

Oh, boy! Hot water soup!!

[@oliverharris7366]

Hootersville needed cell phones badly.

[@Bobsworld76]

I used to like this movie when I was a kid. It's still funny and crazy

[@JustAZillennial]

"It's finger-lickin' good!"

[@FAD1953]

Later on in the episode they stopped at a diner and their soup of the day was hot water soup.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

I wish that KZbin and MGM could work out a deal where we can see full episodes of the show. Every time somebody uploads full episodes, they get blocked for copyright reasons.

[@christopherdunne7848]

Only (as of March 2017) the first three seasons are out on DVD. Travesty.

[@phishfearme2]

hot water soup with hots cakes - i order this out all the time

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

Hahahaha! Ebb throws the wash water on the floor!

[@Lisa-di1wi]

This episode was shown on Antenna TV just now.

[@TheBundychick82]

This show is funny because Lisa try's to cook she not very good at it but I love that she tries I think the only person who eats her cooking is ebb green acres is funny this was made before I was born but still love it:)

[@stomp919]

The Three Stooges was around before I was born and I love it too. They blow the doors off of any comedians since, although there are still greats. I haven't seen anything on TV I'd sit and watch since Beavis and Butthead and the newer Ghost Adventures show.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

I saw this episode this afternoon on Light TV.

[@timothymensik4494]

My favorite meal.

[@Phill75051]

Sometimes I wish Oliver would finish his sentences. I always wondered what he was going to say after "Who the," or "What the."

[@decoy2636]

Ain't these old re-runs a hoot

[@johngibbons7494]

What a cook LOL

[@carrieneubauer1259]

Hot water soup!!!!!

[@deanevangelista6359]

My cousin married a Hungarian woman. She made the best hot water soup I never tasted!

[@bluestarlighting29]

Hey forgot the tea. Hot water soup that funny show.

[@TheGeoDaddy]

Little did I realize that my 1st girlfriend would make me “carrot soup” literally raw carrots cut into boiling water… but she was PRETTY! (Luckily my Hungarian Mother taught me how to cook after seeing the “quality” of the American girls😏)

[@peterpiper831]

My Hungarian parents loved this show, and thought the hot water soup was hilarious.

[@rgrhan]

What happened to the other Green Acre videos on here?

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Just boil some plain water on the stove, and then voila! You have hot water soup!

[@Nonconformistwilderbeastman]

I love hot water soup , good stuff Maynard 😋

[@RHBZ_and_chill]

I looove it's actors :D

[@vuanitahaslam5803]

thr chickens didnt have noodles on them wow

[@josephwarthen3877]

Vuanita Haslam i know

[@nativeflutterbynails3016]

That cracked me up

[@gootoob8757]

New York is where they'd rather stay

[@jeffcolorado]

+goo toob cuz she gets allergic, smelling hay!

[@dooleyhiggins3674]

Nothing like a tall stack of Hal's Hotscakes to ruin your day.

[@Smile23201]

RIP Zsa Zsa Gabor

[@youbidoubidou]

That's Eva Gabor in Green Acres.

[@Smile23201]

duh Really

[@rotunda57]

Yes really. Zsa Zsa was never on this show.

[@tostentwo]

There are a lot of characters that came back a little more serious on Northern Exposure. Ed is Eb and a number of others that are strangely familiar from this show. Just noticed...

[@ADRHYN]

Hahaha she was dead ass serious !

[@davidpar2]

I'll bet Eva was a good cook in real life. Her sister was

[@jfarrfarrisfirst3094]

thats not ZsaZsa. thats her sister eva.

[@RasMajnouni]

I was young when this was a NEW TV Show and thought she was an "Old Lady"...now I am so old that if I tried to talk to her they would call me a "Dirty Old Man"

[@peterpiper831]

I wonder what they ate back in New York ? Restaurants for every meal ?

[@lelandlee5008]

SHE WAS SO DAMN CUTE SHE REMINDED ME OF MY MOM AND HOW SHE TALKED RIP MOM

[@LindaClements]

I'm looking for a clip of Lisa pouring tar, I mean coffee :-) do you have that somewhere in your archives?

[@SteveSturgis]

Is it the one where Oliver's journalist friend comes to visit?

[@brentluckhart6238]

We'll put some in a bowser bag so you can drink it whilst at the switchboard. Oliver"was" the show.

[@remolitoarcega4565]

Drink your soup while the water it's hot

[@brentluckhart6238]

There's your proof! If you call that living. That Olivah is a card!

[@JennieLovedoll]

🧖‍♀️I wish and want to wear Lisa Douglas's dress!!🧖‍♀️

[@huggybear2000hug]

She almost did get the part because of her accent, but Eddie Albert would not do the show without her.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Ditto for the Dee Dee' s Dehydroficated Dinner sets.

[@markchoma9822]

RIP Eb

[@ThatGreenSpy]

That boy ought to get a girl named Flo, Then we could call 'em Ebb & Flo.

[@BobSmith-fx9sz]

For such a hot wife it's only fairs she's a bad cook

[@aleksinfroid4644]

Her main duties were in the bedroom.

[@CarringtonHollister]

Oliver: Who the fuck knocking on my door Eb: I guess he meant what the fuck Lisa: I guess he is a who the fuck person right now

[@jivesublime]

Well, chop sue of episodes. When they told you to clip the episodes, they meant in parts, like part1, part2, and so on. YOUR , method is clip every thing and run it. Chop sue.

[@zz449944]

I prefer stone soup. Then, at least, you get some dirt to flavor the water.

[@MrGotropic]

thats why he stays so slim,.... hot water soup

[@GeorgeAndexler]

Darlin. I love you...