"Green Acres" Opening and Closing Theme Song

[@briangriffin4937]

If you listen closely the catchy Green Acres theme is constructed exactly like the theme from “The Addams Family.” Both were written by Vic Mizzy. Two of the best theme songs in Classic TV history.

[@zebdawson3687]

If you listen closely to Harry Potter, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and more, they’re constructed exactly like each other. All were written by John Williams, some of the best music in the film industry.

[@selenawilliams2219]

❤️ this song🎼🎵🎶

[@sydneymerrifield2176]

That definitely explains why they're both my go to song to sing to myself lol

[@vinnyrussomanno5357]

Top 5 best opening theme songs in the TV prpgraming

[@swivel_lock]

Yea that because greats are great!👍

[@samson3000]

This theme song was written by Vic Mizzy and Irving Taylor. Vic wrote it "backwards" because he knew he wanted to end with the pitchfork scene on the last two notes. He told the producer to shoot the opening from a helicopter, showing "Green Acres" on the barn's roof -- then to illustrate each action described in the lyrics. Eddie Albert learned the words and music easily but Eva Gabor struggled. So Vic told her to speak the words, rather than sing them -- except the last four notes, which she performed on the first take. The guitarist on the recording is Tommy Tedesco, using the new "fuzz box" effect for the first time in a film score.

[@michaeldavis9077]

There was always a debate on who played bass on Stevie Wonders I Was Made To Love Her. If you listen closely to the fuzz guitar on that ? I'm saying that was Tommy T. Now Carroll Kaye played bass with a pic. It's never been credited but Motown contracted out occasionally to get different moods on some recordings.

[@facebookcom-ej7dm]

Vic Mizzy also wrote all the music for “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” movie starring Don Knotts.

[@Tmanaz480]

I love the bass harmonica.

[@robertspencer703]

Amazing this show was the reverse version and 3rd spinoff of the Beverly hillbillies

[@Adsleeze]

U ARE SMART BOI

[@sparkymahoney4343]

"Darling, I love you, but give me Park Avenue." I always say to this people as a random. It's always so much fun when they get it.

[@RedroomStudios]

the whoe song is just full of fantastic random one liners!

[@esmeephillips5888]

Eva wouldn't have been reminiscing so fondly about Times Sq. not many years later when it was stuffed with junkies, muggers and porn theater patrons...

[@Los150]

Love it! Never change. 😂

[@dennis1345]

I would rather bone ZSA ZSA

[@SuperWolsey]

I sometimes thought it was "forgive me, Park Avenue"

[@179cpv]

“This has been a Filmways presentation, dahling.” Always loved Eva’s accent. My mom was Hungarian too.

[@normturner4849]

Dahlink. Gotta do the K at the end. My wife’s family are Hungarian as well. 🙃

[@Americanshortz7]

Her name is Lisa not Eva

[@marshamariner7897]

@@Americanshortz7 Eva Gabor played Lisa Douglas 🌹💖

[@douglasgriffiths3534]

@@marshamariner7897 Younger sister to ZsaZsa Gabor. (Jan Griffiths).

[@alkholos]

She was the classiest of the three Gabor sisters. Ever notice how nobody talked about the Gabor brothers?

[@lexi2681]

I remember hearing this play in my house all the time when I was little. This and Golden Girls, Unsolved Mysteries, MASH, Happy Days, and Laverne & Shirley just to name a few. This song popped in my head today and was driving me crazy. So glad I found it.

[@Lightguardian_HOH]

Same!

[@kaykorzenowski3562]

I've had this song going round in my head for a few days ... not sure why...maybe nostalgia got caught up with me

[@dennis1345]

I'm so glad that you found it too you little BITCH. !!!!!!!!!!

[@loubarrios4207]

Me too beautiful.

[@Lulusvideos1]

Me too!! The good old days! Wish I was there now!

[@joeykonyha2414]

You may be cool, but you’ll never be Eddie Albert plowing the back 40 in a waistcoat and slacks cool.

[@esmeephillips5888]

Yeah, why's he wearing a business suit to farm? Because he's a businessman turned farmer, that's why. Geddit, morons? Let us not sentimentalize the green and other-colored acres of condescending crap during TV's 'vast wasteland' days. The Bilkos and Lucys were the exception.

[@kendallrivers1119]

@Esmee Phililps You sir are an idiot. Go get a life STAT.

[@Zeldarw104]

Okay! Now that's stomped, down, sharp, cool, with a little hay as an accessory! 😂😁

[@Zeldarw104]

@@esmeephillips5888 my goodness what is your damage?!🤨

[@OriPrior66]

Legit there was an episode on last night, he was showering and had to go under the house to fix the problem. He got DRESSED in a SUIT after showering to just crawl in dirt! WTF?

[@AldenRDavis]

“This has been a Filmways Presentation, darling.”

[@rossrussell2277]

Alden R. Davis I still say that at the end I take it you do too

[@dennis1345]

This has been a butt plug up yours presentation , darling

[@Cowboy1959]

One of the all-time greatest theme songs for a TV show.

[@nanlisa]

I'm 56 and Green Acres is still my favorite show.

[@arethawhite3712]

I agree 💯 percent with you on that one, I'm 55 years old and I still love this show!!! So funny 😂!!! I always watched it on TV Land channel, along with The Monkees, The Wild,Wild West etc. Great memories of the good old days 😂!!!!!! From Aretha White from Bunn NC Peace out ok✌✌✌!!!! Holla ok?!!!!

[@jimboramba]

Now you are 61

[@charleshansen9502]

I also love Get Smart.

[@emilylombardo2113]

Im 22 but i remember loving this show many years ago! And the old fashioned lost in space

[@alexramos1435]

I've never seen this show but it is in my bucket list now.

[@amyfisher6380]

Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor recorded the theme song in a single take. 👏

[@Uhohlisa]

You can tell.

[@apocalypseplough8089]

She didn't wash the dirty dishes ... she just threw them out the window. Wish I could do that.

[@johngault3388]

That fancy Park Avenue lifestyle!

[@ladyalfhildrforestofvioletmist]

We just visited NYC for the first time the other day, and we saw a dumpster covered in rats on Park Avenue, and I couldn't help thinking of this song and laughing. Fancy Park Avenue lifestyle :) I suppose the rats were fond of all the food scraps on the plates she threw to them.... ;)

[@KingHenryVR4]

Yeah she either threw them out the window or just tossed the tablecloth with everything in it into the dishwasher :)

[@sonofizzy]

Apocalypse Plough: You can. You can do most anything you wish. There are just consequences. :)

[@daleva187goligo]

what dishes were u talking about? I don't see any in this video

[@paxromano7264]

The line that Eva / Lisa sing's "I just adore a penthouse view, darling I love you but give me Park Avenue" is pure genius!

[@Music81rock]

You know, I never knew she was saying penthouse! I thought she was saying fantage!! And now it's over 30 years of me saying that and I've finally been corrected. Thank you so much lol!

[@kendallrivers1119]

This has got to be one of the most unique, original, quirky and genuinely funny shows ever made! I mean, the breaking of the fourth wall to the extreme to where the characters acknowledged the credits has yet to be topped even to this day. I always wondered why this show was such a hit and thanks to METV now I know :).

[@AvitalShtap]

LOL I had no idea it was so irreverent, I love shows like that! Seems I should give it a watch!

[@daviddave7392]

@@AvitalShtap Oh yes, they got pretty inventive with sneaking in the credits :)

[@80srockman53]

I see you also watch better mtv-i mean metv

[@66kprdwd]

Green Acres has to unique things about it. 1. It never had a pilot episode. 2. It was the first TV show to have it's theme song sung by the cast (beating the Monkees by 6 months).

[@johngault3388]

Zsa Zsa has a really good singing voice.

[@66kprdwd]

It was Eva, not Zsa Zsa. ;)

[@johngault3388]

John Greene Thanks for the clarification!

[@66kprdwd]

No prob. ;)

[@palletbitch]

and for me how did they meet a farmer and a rich woman from the city

[@SaxonC]

This was the reversal of the Beverly Hillbillies plot! lol

[@travis7310]

Pretty much!

[@bttrflygal]

Yah ..never thought of that

[@hab9609]

Good call

[@hab9609]

It’s also nothing like Batman

[@Theeartofme_]

Oh my it was. I love both of them

[@pacerguy01]

Not only is the theme song a total classic, the American Gothic pose by Eddie and Eva at the end is iconic! 😁

[@chuckdabney1443]

In the game Masterpiece, we nicknamed the painting”The Cornhuskers”

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Like on the. Over of Saturday evening post

[@sharondhixson]

I absolutely loved watching this show when I was little.

[@uncleken7955]

It still plays on metv every weekday. channel 55-1 8:30 central time.

[@jamesslick4790]

Hell yeah! My favorite as a kid too!👍☺️👍 STILL holds up!

[@stevediverniero4190]

A very STUPID Show but I loved it

[@EyeLean5280]

The musical opening to this show scared me as a little girl. I thought it was possible for a random man to just walk up to a woman and say "you are my wife" and yank her away from everything she loves. 😬

[@jodybrai]

I have vivid memories of my Dad on a riding lawn mower singing this song when we moved out of the big city into a little town with big yards.

[@AshKetchum442]

i passed by a cemetery called Green Acres the other day. i guess you could say the people there "bought the farm"

[@JerryAdams0044]

You stupid. lol

[@allenbooth7033]

AshKetchum442 People are always dying to get into places like that.

[@therealwrestlinggenius6390]

AshKetchum442 hillarious

[@DeadRaymanWalking]

Somewhere in Amherst, NY, there's an Animal Hospital called "Green Acres Animal Hospital". Weird, isn't it?

[@jsmedbond]

I see what you did there.

[@viperaputakeyteaparyou8237]

I remember watching this as a kid with my dad in the early 2000s on a rerun here in my country. Looking back I see how this show was way ahead of its time. It had smart gags, breaking the fourth wall, some nonsense humor, and even though it repeated the same formula again and again it was never repetitive or tiresome. Seeing Arnold the pig communicating and doing human stuff always cracked me up! This show was a gem.

[@aaronposteraro1986]

Same here, my late father would always watch this show. Hearing this theme brings back so many memories

[@marinareal8452]

I am from Portugal and I remember these episodes when I was maybe 5/6 years old and the song has been the knocking on the door sound for the whole family ever since . Now my children follow the tradition and I was showing them the origin of the music they never wondered ! Eternal actors ! ❤

[@patriciaecampbell372]

Haha!! What a great family tradition!!!

[@simplemann101]

Green acres is my go to comfort show, it's far from current but still relatable to some people. Epic in my mind.

[@skovner]

Arnold the Pig was the smartest one on the show. He really hammed it up

[@oreo3740]

Rest In Peace Eb, I hope you’re in a better place

[@apolloniaaskew9487]

Eddie Albert was the man in Hooterville. He was a lawyer turned farmer, a dumb but good looking wife, a big shiny Lincoln car and a raggedy farm. Can you beat that?

[@lawrencegenereux8567]

Well, I've got a big, shiny wife and a raggedy car. Does that count?

[@timkelly7911]

LoL

[@llarmstrong783]

Yes manage the Shadyrest

[@markreimer3852]

One of the most recognizable guitar "riffs" of that time period.

[@Kaizerzydeco1]

Little-known fact: Hooterville was based on the real town of Porterville, CA. If you ever go there you'll see why. There's even a Pixley next town over. However, the world's best citrus fruit is grown in Porterville.

[@DP-hy4vh]

RIP Tom Lester (Eb) - 1938 - 2020 All of the cast members are now gone.

[@musiccollector]

So sad.

[@brian-td2um]

Tom was a great guy Did radio guest spots up here in Boston all the time.

[@denisemayosky1955]

I remember getting a kick out of seeing Pat Buttram (Mr. Haney) as one of the "old regulars" in the saloon in "Back to the Future 3". He still had that distinct voice even then.

[@brianhenson8083]

My friend's uncle owned the building upon which the title is on. It was in Paso Robles, California.

[@bmaiceman]

Really??? Does it still stand???

[@shadowdabber2759]

Is it still standing?

[@carolevans823]

Really?? I just love the soaring opening view. I figured the words were superimposed onto a blank roof somewhere. Thanks for sharing!

[@musiccollector]

WOW!!! I hope it is still there. I LOVE the scenery in the show, including the house.

[@azznbad1]

@@carolevans823 they didnt do alot of green screen for TV back then. lol

[@kyleshiflet7932]

Im 21 years old and by god it's still on my top 10 shows

[@dr.jonesmurphy5743]

Let’s marriage

[@henry12397]

Kyle great shows are hard to let go....I'm 70 so I never missed one of their shows!!!

[@bitmaxim]

I've seen enough reality tv ... I wish these corny types of sitcoms would come back!

[@kendallrivers1119]

@Mehrunes Dagon I don't think you can compare crap like Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory with classics like Green Acres. By the way instead of that Brookklyn nine nine thing I recommend you check out Barney Miller. That's one of the greatest comedies every produced and one of the most intelligent. Either on Antenna tv or here on youtube the full episodes are here to enjoy.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Corny? How about brilliantly and absurdly funny. These type of sitcoms were actually funny with high caliber casts. I mean you had Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor on a sitcom for god sake! You wouldn't get that type of talent doing a network sitcom today.

[@musiccollector]

WOW! I have been saying the same thing for years. I HATE reality TV. Despise it.

[@azznbad1]

@@kendallrivers1119 I. believe Charlie Sheen was quite an accomplished film star who people could not believe was taking a TV role I cant think of a more accomplished film star than sheen taking a t. role. Lucy's film time was passed. Andy Griffith made a movie or two but pretty average .. Carol O'connor was better on TV If not the biggest movie star to go to TV he is in the conversation. Look the tastes people have and what they find entertaining changes with time. Kids of today say Lynyrd Skynyrd and Led Zepplin are bands for the old and they are right. They will always be heard in my home but are fading from sight, kind of like when I would see Jimmy Durante sing on a variety show. As a kid that stuff sucked. For my grandmother if was the best of the best.. Entertainment is in the eye of the beholder and what is popular at the time.

[@azznbad1]

@El Qone'ars and he doesnt appear to agree with his former self either

[@frankieclayton9303]

I hope people choose to do TV shows like this again.

[@SeekingHisWill]

Me too ❤ I loved this show when I was a kid.

[@peteyp123]

Them days are long bud

[@peteyp123]

Gone*

[@tnawcwvictoria]

I remember this in reruns very well I use to watch it on SuperStation WTBS Atlanta, Pat Robertson's CBN (now Freeform), Nick @ Nite, TV Land, thistv and now on Me-TV and Antenna TV R.I.P. Eddie Albert & Eva Gabor, God Bless You and Thanks for makin' this an AWESOME 60's Sitcom

[@SaxonC]

Growing up in the 1970’s, more people knew all the words to the theme song from Green Acres than the National Anthem! lol

[@daniellescott477]

Still do. 51

[@lesaboo4740]

I never sang the song. Worst show ever . Incredibly stupid

[@Dobiegal]

When I was 8 years old, I had a very Starstruck father and he took me and my brother and sister to audition for The Music Man in the st. Louis Municipal opera house which was equivalent to Summer theater. Me and my brother or cast as the town children an Eddie Albert was the star and we had such a blast working with him back in 1966. He was at the height of his career, and we were just a couple of city kids that loved Green Acres. Well my father is gone these days, but had it not been for his determination that one of his children become a star, I never would have had those glorious 3 weeks. I did grow up to be in the show world, I'm just showing dogs instead, LOL

[@jettcarlburg356]

Eva was always known as "the nice Gabor". True that. She had a wicked sense of humor and a personality that never hesitated to poke fun at herself. She was a treasure!

[@AllenMQuinn]

I miss shows like this on TV. Shows that were fun and didn't take themselves so seriously.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

This theme song/opening used to make me laugh as a kid in the 1990’s. I guess it was just seeing that high shot over the fields. Vic Mizzy went to work on the ending theme. When I was in elementary school I recited the theme and a few teachers were impressed I knew the show. 😆😆

[@dxfan18]

I've got some weed and.... I don't know what's going on

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

Thy about sums up your life.

[@garynarborough]

Enjoyed this, brings back memories from my childhood 60 years ago. Nothing like a bit of nostalgia to lighten ones day! Thanks for posting this.

[@logansmith9231]

I grew up watching this show and loved it! What was the funniest part about this show, is that all of Oliver's fellow "Farmers" and citizens of "Hooterville", all made fun of him because he THOUGHT he was a great "farmer", but they all thought he STANK. Conversely, they ALL LOVED Mrs. Douglas and thought Mr. Douglas was NUTS for taking her out of NYC. :)

[@adamsandbag]

Shows like this had a secret meaning. No matter how rich you were you should ALWAYS work hard.

[@koalar8tion]

I watched this show all the time as a kid. The theme song gets in my head to this day! I'm just realising - why is he shoveling hey in a suit?

[@emiddlebrooks7183]

Loved watching this on Nick at night as a kid

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

The guitarist on the recording is Tommy Tedesco, using the new "fuzz box" effect for the first time in a film score.Green Acres has to unique things about it. 1. It never had a pilot episode. 2. It was the first TV show to have it's theme song sung by the cast (beating the Monkees by 6 months).

[@jamespollman6616]

I don't know why... but I have a great appreciation for Eddie Albert! He was talented. This show made me laugh so hard I cried at times. The silliness is "classic"!

[@albundy6008]

You should, he was a war hero.

[@josepharcidiacono7256]

James Pollman Eddie Albert was a genuine much decorated US Navy hero in the Pacific during WW II.

[@sdacj]

He was a man who did much to be admired - he was a very talented singer and actor, a war hero, a conservationist (Earth Day is celebrated on his birthday, April 22), a world traveler, speaker, and a dedicated husband and father

[@pattyjackson9215]

This was one of the great Classics in Television shows.

[@sethcarlow8363]

this was a funny show. i miss show like this and cartoons as well. why can't we have show like this any more ?

[@ravensnflies8167]

S.J.W. MOVEMENT...

[@johnnydenham1586]

Seth Carlow I feel the same way!✌️

[@glowinggold9488]

@@ravensnflies8167EXACLY! I was going to say it has to o about politics but this is better.

[@russell5078084]

Because Hollywood is bankrupt of imagination and ideas. As well as good taste.

[@vincentsartain3061]

Green Acres and numerous other "rural-themed" television shows and TV Westerns were suddenly and unceremoniously given the axe by then-honcho of CBS, Fred Silverman; this was due to Silverman's belief that the era of television for the benefit of viewers 34 and older was now dead and over, and that it was time to make way for "all-new," "all- mod," "socially relevant" programs. Gunsmoke BARELY survived what became known as "the Great Rural Purge" by nearly five years, ending its 20 seasons run in production in 1975. Admittedly, many of the older "rural" shows had long "jumped the shark" and were on their last legs, anyway, but numerous others that were still viable for several more seasons of production were simply given the equivalent of taking one's dogs, "sick" and "healthy" alike, to the woods and putting down each of them with a bullet to the brain. Silverman and his hatchet men did usher in quite a few great shows (All in the Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H, etc.); but they also threw out a lot of babies with the bathwater.

[@stevenelson379]

Zsa Zsa, the last of the Gabor sisters passed away today. I use to confuse Eva and Zsa Zsa because they looked so much alike and had the identical accents.

[@garcemac]

And I am old enough to remember when the Gabor sisters were beautiful enough to make a young boy cry. Me being the young boy.

[@funch357]

I had little trouble: Eva's eyes were rounder and wider. I thought she was the prettier of the two.

[@Robot-vv1yg]

Eva and Zsa Zsa were really talented. It’s kind of wrong that they just get remembered as “socialites”

[@vincentsartain3061]

Between Zsa Zsa and Eva, Eva was the more likeable of the two. And Eva didn't pull shameless publicity stunts or get herself arrested for slapping cops.

[@odessafile75]

@@vincentsartain3061 I agree. Eva was both more beautiful and apparently a much kinder person than Zsa Zsa. I don't remember much about Magda.

[@mimiloberg338]

I saw a few episodes on Antenna TV today and I already love this show. It's so cute and sweet!

[@funch357]

I loved it when I was a kid. 50 years later I still do.

[@Sal.Manila]

This is one of the best sitcoms ever made. Each character (and there are a lot) has likable, comedic qualities. The theme music is so good. The story writing is excellent. I can’t think of one thing that makes the show bad. “Greeeen Acres is the show for me!”

[@okrajoe]

The greatest theme song ever!

[@josepiancas]

+okrajoe i always enjoy My mother the car...

[@outbackeddie]

Gilligan's Island, Hogan's Heroes, and Batman were better. But I sure liked the show.

[@henryjacobs1715]

Yep. IT sure is

[@robchrist230]

okrajoe a

[@anniefannycharles9951]

Written by Vic Mizzy.

[@danmccormick8592]

116 people get allergic smelling hay.

[@emihahn]

make that 300

[@alora3304]

Make that 313

[@esmeephillips5888]

You don't 'get allergic' smelling it. The allergy is with you before you do it. Farmers don't paint the names of their spreads on the roof for TV credit-filmers either. And even a dude farmer does not wear a three-piece suit to pitch hay.

[@carnation_cat]

@@esmeephillips5888 You're no fun! :/

[@MayorOfFunkytown42]

Lol. Well done.

[@homer4635]

1:26 That is Harry Shearer, the voice of Principal Seymour Skinner from "The Simpsons".

[@travis7310]

You are correct, sir!

[@JosephineMiller]

u have good ears.

[@candpconnection9581]

SKIIIIIIINEEEER??!!?

[@TeamForwood]

He does more voices than Skinner.

[@KnightmareUSA]

Shearer's real name is Derek Smalls. He's in a rock band

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Ah,yes, brings back memories of when I was six, and my brother was four going on five, when this would come on(reruns, of course),and no sooner would we hear "Green Acres is the place to be.."than we'd go SCAMPERING to the TV set to hear the song, simply because we liked it so much. I still am ever tickled pink by the song,to this day,with its triumphant ending-Oliver:"You are my wife," *(pulls Lisa towards him),Lisa,"Goodbye, city life!" both together:"Green Acres, WE ARE THERE!" BUMBUM!!! Absolutely FUN song!

[@LKR0722]

Almost the exact thing with my brother when I was four or 5 and he was 7. We'd beg to stay up to watch the reruns because we loved the song and the show, especially Arnold.

[@donnaphelan1]

Zsa Zsa's little sister, Eva Gabor was the actress in Green Acres. Zsa Zsa wasn't in Green Acres. I too immediately thought of this show when I got the news this morning, but with little research realized all my life I thought Zsa Zsa was Eva. Eva died in the '90s.

[@Emberfireflow]

WHY DOES THIS SONG GET ME SO HYPED

[@richarddeleon8601]

I had a Party with my mix of songs and I had this on the playlist. The whole party starting singing this. Must've been over 20 people singing out loud.

[@heidisierra1250]

That reminds me of a time I was in a bar that wasn't in the best of neighboods and someone put on "Jesse's Girl" by Rick Springfield and EVERYONE black, white, mexican... gang members, drug dealers, prostitutes: we all knew and sang along! 😄✌️🤗

[@agenttheater5]

Every evening after my homework was done, followed by 'The Lucy Show'.

[@jamesogrady6612]

agenttheater I did the oppiside I met a girl in North Dakota & brought her to a big City 2000 miles away from her family. I think I helped her ND is nothing but farmland. They don't talk like that movie FARGO

[@716GuysChannel]

My grandpa passed away recently. He watched this show every night before he went to bed. I get choked up hearing this now lol. This song reminds me so much of him

[@TheOnlyOneStanding8079]

Im 53yrs old now and I loved this theme song since I was a boy in the 70s

[@iowaguy6470]

Anyone catch the 2 mistakes? The first one is the tractor has rubber tires but in the series it had steel wheels. The second one is when Oliver extends his left hand to grab Lisa but when he grabs her hand it's his right hand.

[@Babys-Interior]

Husband moves his city girl wife to the country against her will. Beginning plot for every modern horror movie ever.

[@azznbad1]

Or perhaps the John Melloncamp story lol

[@amandakmadden9312]

Videos songs and I love your TV shows shows are so cool I love y'all and y'all are the best keep up with y'all

[@richardmendez9422]

Oliver always tried hard & things never went his way. Lisa just went with her instincts & it always worked out.

[@Tmanaz480]

Such a good "straight man", wasn't he.

[@mrobillard7553]

I used to love watching as a youngster. Then in 1968 my father moved our family from the city to the countryside, a new house he built himself. This new country neighborhood, unknown, just developing and named "Green Acres", the street we were to live on was called "Sunset Boulevard"! Nothing like this well loved TV show. We were out in the middle of nowhere. This is a real life story, absolutely. Lol!

[@SharlieTapia]

I went to show my fiancé this show because Paris Hilton referenced it when mentioning her home remodeling plans and now I’m about to cry because I miss cuddling up with my grandparents and watching this together 😭❤️ R.I.P. Grandma.

[@MujahbarrukaHunter]

This show is definitely the business. Love the song! :)

[@misi3180]

Good golly, this sure brings back some very good memories! Thanks for sharing and bringing back memories of the good ole days!

[@ronleon62]

Compare a hilarious classic like this to the crap on tv today.

[@ravensnflies8167]

lol you cant...

[@uhclem]

@@ravensnflies8167 You bet your bippy!

[@GG1Productions]

Like Community, Scrubs, The Office, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel or Robot Chicken

[@kendallrivers1119]

@Colin George-Babb but Community, Scrubs and The Office aren't on today LOL and second, none of these are classics. I like Scrubs a lot though but it isn't a classic and was never a giant hit tbh.

[@azznbad1]

just like with classic rock, we forget the stuff they dint rerun these days. As a kid I remember one season sitcoms that vanished from history. Plus these shows weren't written for 70 year old adults and that wasnt who watched them. The Big Bang theory wasnt written for older people either. There are quality shows on today they just werent made to your specs.

[@anthonyrobertson7062]

In the summers of the late 70s my grandma would always watch this. It was on weekdays around 4 pm. I'd think "Good, those soaps are finally done for the day."

[@michaelhegyan7464]

And now look what is on t.v...corrupt housewives of Beverly Hills..

[@musiccollector]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this theme, LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this show! Love that dog she is holding. May the cast R.I.P., never to be forgotten. Got many seasons on DVD. A few hundred episodes.

[@lourenescamilla8677]

My dad recently passed away last year, me and him would bond together watching the show on MeTV in good old rural Michigan. I love you, dad thank you for turning me on to the show.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Since discovering this gem and Hogan's Heroes the past two years on METV I can't imagine how I lived my life without them! Now they're my nightly ritual. Green Acres was very much the precursor to Night Court, Newsradio, Community, Scrubs and other shows like that, that utilize absurdist, surreal and wacky humor and deserves the praise for it.

[@MrChuckdavey]

I had purchased seasons 1-3 a number of years ago. Back in December, I went into my local Sunrise music/dvd store here in Toronto and came across the complete series; all six seasons. I gave seasons 1-3 to a friend and kept seasons 3-6 for myself.

[@Mmyers1177]

A true classic as a kid I accidentally fell through a basement plain glass window screwing around and seriously cut my left wrist. As my friend and I ran inside to get help I will always remember the theme song to Green Acres. My dad took me to the hospital 🏥 where I received 25 stitches

[@jacklinross3861]

I read most of the comments on here and I am impressed and amazed by all the writings cause it is written with the upmost respect for everyone involved. It’s with great pride and gratitude to read these magnificent comments instead of, you know what, it’s no comparison at all… just so refreshing 🙏🏻

[@philldholes]

Such a classic. I love it.

[@izzo2998]

The way she deadpans: "Darling I love you but give me Park Avenue." LMAO!!!

[@davidmehnert9641]

"Darling, I love you but give me Park Avenue!!" I SO related to this when I saw seven or eight years old, growing up in Kansas. Why today, one of my drag names is "Zsa-Zsa LAHORE. . . ."

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

Cool, ‘cept that’s Eva...

[@AndrewWarrenPatriotsfan]

Fun Fact: The theme composer to this show was named Vic Mizzy. Who also was the theme composer to the 1960's sitcom The Addams Family.

[@frankieclayton9303]

They don't make good TV shows like this anymore I love and miss.

[@TheDunestrider]

Trivia fact: this TV show was loosely based on the 1950 radio show, "Granby's Green Acres", starring Bea Benaderet (who eventually played Kate Bradley on "Petticoat Junction", also based in Hooterville). "Granby's Green Acres" was about a former banker "who knew little about farming and proved it every week."

[@Simeautomatic100]

Lmao I remember back in the late 90s when I was a kid, my parents TV stayed on TV Land and I would watch this very rarely when nothing was on Nickelodeon or cartoon network. We even had a green acres cookie jar that was in the shape of a barn and when you open up the jar, this theme played lmao. Memories

[@andthepoetliftshispen5752]

What a life Eddie Albert had. A US spy in Mexico, spotting U-boats while undercover as a traveling circus performer, prior to WWII. As a coxswain of a landing craft, he saved 47 stranded marines, supervised the rescue of 30 more, and was awarded the bronze star!

[@ltj2126]

Best theme song ever. I was not even born when this show cane out but I still love the song.

[@francespuff381]

This song has been stuck in my head for over a year, I had no idea what it was till today, how did this happen

[@beabelieverinlove8287]

Loved it! "The chores!...The stores!" ~_~.🌷

[@johntabler349]

Growing up on a real farm I used to love to "accidentally" toss away the pitchfork while moving hay, and I loved the old tractor that was extremely outdated even when the show was in first run

[@mcoo465]

…and the fact that he was doing farm work in a three piece suit! 😉

[@ianafranks457]

one of the best shows on TV Land

[@90sfanforever]

I don't think I ever watched an episode of this show, but rememberd the theme well. It would get stuck in my head all of the time.

[@jim6820]

R.I.P. 2 some of the cast members who have sinced passed away. Eva Gabor deceased 7/4/95 age 76, Eddie Albert deceased 5/26/2005 age 99, Pat Buttram deceased 6/8/94 age 78, Frank Cady deceased 6/8/12 age 96, Alvy Moore deceased 5/4/97 age 75, Mary Grace Canfield deceased 2/15/2014 age 89, Hank Patterson deceased 8/23/75 age 86, Sid Melton deceased 11/2/2011 age 94, Barbara Pepper deceased 7/18/69 age 54, Fran Ryan deceased 1/15/2000 age 83, Eleanor Audley deceased 11/25/91 age 86, and Kay E. Kuter deceased 11/12/2003 age 78. Only Tom Lester(Eb Dawson) age 79 is the only living cast member left.

[@Thor_Odinson]

What about Arnold?

[@jasonjohnson8123]

*update Tom Lester deceased 4/20/20 age 81

[@Cra2ysnowcake]

Who wears a suit while farming?

[@thethrashpanda]

Some crazy guy, that's for sure.

[@Rando_Shyte]

lol

[@vincentsartain3061]

You'd be surprised at what people used to wear just 50, 60 and more years ago. Nobody would go out in public wearing just a tee shirt. Every man and boy whether wealthy or pauper wore button shirts. Even working poor had their "Sunday best" wardrobe for church and formal occasions like weddings or making court appearances. And lots of men wore dress shirts and ties even when doing outside chores in the heat of the day. I knew an old preacher who, story goes, would wear coveralls while mowing his lawn, and guess what? He was wearing dress pants, shirt, and tie underneath! There was practically NO occasion in which he'd ever be caught not wearing dress clothes and tie!

[@phycogsmithomniscience309]

vincent sartain Honestly anyone looks good in a suit.

[@teksal13]

@CRParadox Yeah, he could've stayed in the city craphole.

[@cdybft9050]

This was a high stress/anxiety show for me (like my favorite Martian). It was funny, but the situations were so surreal but real. Thing is I still love watching it.

[@stevericks1540]

Without a doubt, one of the funniest shows on television ever

[@shannonwilson4098]

GREAT SHOW

[@goodnewsgeek42]

This show seems like it has a lot of Tegridy...

[@ApexJAV]

Thought I would have been the only one to get the reference due to the show's age.

[@goodnewsgeek42]

ApexJAV Classics are classics

[@hoonilee3697]

* sniffs * ahhh tegridy

[@travis7310]

One of the best theme songs ever! Thanks for your comment! :D

[@IloveRA74]

I watched this show on Nick at Nite with my parents, they had fond memories of it and I remember liking it too. Suddenly in 2021 this pops into my head about how the decision was made with "you are my wife" and that's that.