Interview with Eva Gabor & Eddie Albert of Green Acres - 12/09/1966 - The Merv Griffin Show

[@yooperlooper]

The script of Green Acres was Perfect. My husband and I can't sit through a show without falling off our chairs laughing. In a stressful, crazy world today it is our nightly therapy😄

[@jazzmanchgo]

Some of the funniest quick-take back-and-forth dialogue since the glory days of Abbott and Costello.

[@lancedukel3436]

I always thought Eva was the most beautiful of the Gabors. So feminine and gracious.

[@ChristopherJTV]

I agree

[@darreylhenderson702]

And according to most, she was also the nicest.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

AGREE. And while the others mostly lived to nearly 100 (I think their Mother lived to be over 100) she was just about 74 when she died. Much too early. She was the greatest Gabor (in all respects, in my opinion).

[@gerrymcguire2648]

All amazing.

[@johnpick8336]

Most everyone says that she had a good heart too. R.I.P. MS AVA.

[@Dan-nt2yb]

I love how Eva pushed the ashtray away. “Oh darling”….lol.😄👍🏾

[@DaxShaw]

Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor were so great together.

[@remaguire]

Real class acts.

[@jacksagrafsky4936]

Loved the show and really loved the Chemistry between Eva and Eddie. Can't make situation comedies like that anymore.

[@picklerix6162]

Every show had a running joke and Eddie was the straight man. I loved the episode where Lisa showed the visiting city kids how to can bananas.

[@PikesvilleAl]

@@picklerix6162 and Merv was the gay man. Eva was his beard. Ryan Seacrest his boytoy protegee

[@jazzmanchgo]

Yeah, their dialogues together were masterpieces of comic timing. But then, almost all the dialogue on that show could match that description.

[@MrRonskiman]

Well, its not that they "can't"...its that they won't. But, I agree with you...their chemistry was magical.

[@MrMalibu84]

@@PikesvilleAl Actually Seacrest would have been 5 at the time. His interest was Denny Tario of Dance Fever. It was a Griffin production

[@donzimo2133]

My ringtone is the green acres theme song. My all time favorite show!

[@DebbieW1965]

Don Zimo - it's also my all time favorite sit-com. I subscribed to Amazon Prime so I could watch this show! I love all the wacky people of Hooterville, and you cannot forget about Arnold Ziffel! Lol

[@bubbagintz3550]

Great show

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@DebbieW1965 it's also a METV staple and I love watching it Monday thru Friday at 9:30.

[@kryptonianpowers]

I love Eva's voice.

[@artsuplou]

Eva and Eddie handled that misguided TV Guide critic with such elegance.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Who was that TV Guide critic?

[@kendallrivers1119]

Great interview with two stars with fabulous chemistry and who genuinely loved their show and defended it against that pompous critic with class to boot. No show like Green Acres now.

[@bornyesterday21]

I'm 60 plus years old and still lmao watching Green Acres.

[@blakeb.8734]

I am 36 doing the same.

[@GROOVYJOJO]

Im 60 n love it!

[@LakewoodDallas]

I’m 62 and still watching. I think it holds up. Hilarious on a different level from when I was a kid.

[@jerrya7912]

Eva was a Gem! She & Eddie Albert had great chemistry. 🥰 Such a sad day when she passed. 💔 The classiest Gabor!!! 💜

[@danheilman7729]

Eva Gabor was a boss. She and Albert realized that the value of 'Green Acres' was in how silly it was.

I now aspire to be "as frivolous as a Mack truck"! :-)

[@maverickblah]

And it takes a lot of talent to play silly this great!

[@jimalexander687]

They were both perfect for their roles, and Albert one of the greatest straight-men ever. While comedians get all the attention, it's much harder to be a good straight man. His reactions as the only normal person in Hooterville to all of the craziness around him made an otherwise good show great.

[@byronharkey9166]

Over the long years since Green Acres was on t.v. which by the way was an incredibly popular show, just ask anyone who is old enough to remember the show, Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor had only wonderful things to say about each other ...... You can tell how much they thought of each other! How sweet!!

[@shantyirish7564]

Byron....I was around for the original GA and I still think it's hystericaly funny. It was on Logo for awhile a few months ago. Eddie and Miss Gabor were a class act and you can tell that they really liked and respected each other . I love the simmering ,barely disguised some like it hot direction the show took. Nothing kids would pick up on , buy it made the grown ups smile . Very silly and unique show ! God bless

[@kevinhealey6540]

Eddie Albert during WW2, 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.

[@kevinhealey6540]

@Georg Andexler Andexler He was an all time American. If you watch interviews of him on you tube you can see that he was a real nice guy.

[@kevinhealey6540]

@Georg Andexler Andexler Out of curiosity, you're not a relation or something like that?

[@kevinhealey6540]

@Georg Andexler Andexler Eddie Albert

[@kevinhealey6540]

If you hav'nt seen it you might want to watch "The heartbreak kid." Eddie Albert was nominated for an acadamy award.

[@kevinhealey6540]

@Georg Andexler Andexler You can see the heartbreak kid on you tube if you want for free

[@geoffdearth7360]

Eddie Albert (Heimberger) got the Bronze start for rescuing about 100 marines during the battle of Tarawa. That should be mentioned since we are in the vicinity of Memorial Day.

[@hategreed1]

Wow! I did not know that. I admire him greatly as a real professional. Another Minnesotan who made it big. Thanks for sharing this information about him. Everything he's done, he's done it with integrity. I didn't really get Green Acres when I was a kid. Thought it was boring. Seeing it as an adult though, I consider it art, by all involved. Eddie was GREAT in Roman Holiday (pretty tough to get an Oscar nomination when you're starring with Greg Peck and Audrey Hepburn!).

[@geoffdearth7360]

@@hategreed1 Green Acres really wasn't for kids anyway. Only adults could get its humor.

[@hategreed1]

@geoff dearth, well I was an old soul when I was a little kid. We didn't get to be children in my family, we had to work like a lot of Boomer kids did. Come to think of it, the only one I remember making me laugh was Barney Fife! We could relate to being scared and nervous wrecks.

[@carlyoung8657]

yes i could tell he was made of the right stuff

[@tghaney3633]

Merv Griffin was awful as a host this time. Eva Gabor's face looked gaunt in black and white television. Eddie Albert handled the TV Guide critic with grace. My name is Mr. Haney.

[@trevormiles5852]

She is every inch the lady I thought she would be. What a sweet spirit about her. Love the respect they show her and it comes so naturally.. And love how they support each other and defend those who are not there to defend themselves. lol "maybe you were drinking".. lol Nothing could sound catty coming out of that pretty face and accent.

[@danno8322]

Eddie Albert lived until 99 years old !!!! Amazing!

[@Guitarzzzzzzz173]

They seemed like such an unlikely match, but it definitely worked. I watched Green Acres first run as a kid and still enjoy the reruns. 😄

[@jimlegge2012]

Green acres is one of the few shows from that time that is still funny today.

[@loge10]

Don't agree-Addams Family and Get Smart immediately come to mind without even trying; much funnier than anything in the past 30 years.

[@obbor4]

@@loge10 Add in The Munsters, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Andy Griffith Show, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Leave it to Beaver, Hogan's Heroes, My Favorite Martian, Mr. Ed, That Girl, Batman, The Flintstones...and I'm not even trying!

[@johnprovince5304]

Fortunately we dont have to choose. We get to enjoy them all!

[@debbutcher9087]

Hey guys, all those other sitcoms don't have a pig in it to talk to. Lol!

[@richardsmagala9584]

Yes, it’s still a funny show and Ava Gabor is beautiful!

[@leobrussel9471]

The casual viewers of Green Acres, or those that we're only somewhat aware of its existence, thought the program frivolous and perhaps "cute" at best, no doubt. Those of us who watched weekly and obsessively knew better. It was a consistently well-written satire that poked fun at stuffed-shirts and institutions of all stripes. As it went along, it became the first surrealistic comedy ever on television. Ahead of its time by leaps and bounds.

[@colinbutler2552]

Im 57, and I watch it evey week night. It makes modern day television look like the garbage it is.

[@johnnypunish]

Eva is such a pro and handles those "60s men" well, with grace and class

[@lady.cora13]

Thank you for posting this! I just love Eva and think she and Eddie were perfectly cast together on Green Acres! I’m a 90s kid but I love seeing videos like this, just makes me smile 😊 so cool to see interviews like this to show what their personalities were like, both Eva and Eddie seemed like lovely and down to earth people, wish I could’ve met them!!

[@georgettecarlini8313]

Timeless. That will always be, just as you mentioned. Green Acres best contribution. Even this 60's Merv Griffin episode similar to 8k UHD sharpness puts 1980s media standard to shame.

[@pattymiller9040]

As a teenager, I loved watching Gr Acres back in the day; and have been revisiting it lately! It still makes me smile!

[@thegonz9]

When civility and class was the norm

[@Pfsif]

She was a gold digger you know?

[@williehawaii9967]

Pfsif so she’s a modern woman

[@railfaninpf]

My favorite line of Eddie's on Green Acres was " Oh for the love of" ..... lol

[@01sapphireGTS]

Eva had such a wonderful speaking voice outside of her character. I could listen to her read a phone book.

[@surearrow]

>> Eva is 47 here. WOW! She's beautiful!

[@Guitarzzzzzzz173]

She looked great up until she passed away.

[@wh4193]

Really? She looks very young!

[@patriciadonofrio8822]

En estos tiempos era una burl manoseaban las mujetes ahora van preso....

[@surearrow]

@@patriciadonofrio8822

[@ohdaddy2029]

She looks 30

[@thephoenix2176]

Ahhh breathe of classy era from yesteryear nowhere to be found today in Hollyweird!

[@davidbrown8303]

I was eleven years old when this was on. Sad how time slips away.

[@gino9256]

I was 2 when this was aired and Green acres was TV gold and will always be adored and Eva is wonderful.

[@joeambrose3260]

Please post positive proof pronto

[@MrMalibu84]

Eva was the ONLY Gabor sister with talent. She had great comic timing. And her natural accent made it even better. Albert was the sane one. In a world of oddities, including Arnold.

[@joeambrose3260]

Ham hocks !

[@67GTV]

I used to think the same when I watched as a kid. Now I know that Sam Drucker was the only sane, normal character. Oliver was off his own rocker. 😻

[@markellis879]

I love how they spoke well of each other and took up for the show. If they ran reruns of it today is watch it b4 the stuff they have today it was very funny.

[@o2bnparadise]

It's on METV if you get that channel. It's also on Amazon Prime.

[@wh4193]

It's also on MeTV, it's goes on at 8:30 I believe

[@rickhinojosa5455]

I wish they'd have had the whole show here. Love the way Eva put the critic in his place maybe you had something to drink...." Wow, she belted him GOOD! And Eddie Albert went to bat superbly for write Kay sommers. And he was right, impeccable writing!! Eva was very beautiful and her personality too! I'm glad we still have these shows to watch. I watch nothing of the new shows. Everything from fifties and sixties is so much better. Not to say it didn't have its decadence too-it did. Bit at least there were many shows we could watch and not feel soiled. Like green acres, Andy Griffith, make room for daddy, father knows best, leave it to beaver, and other kind's like naked city, the untouchables, and many more. 🙏

[@winnon992]

Hollywood can’t make nothing but Trash these days it seems ! It’s from Top to Bottom, Trash !

[@MichaelSHartman]

Thank you for such an enjoyable clip.

[@ShatnerMethod]

You're most welcome, Michael.

[@bubbagintz3550]

I loved that Oliver was the only one with sense and by the end of the show he would be toast.lol Or Hotz Cakes. Even used them to make a head gasket for his Lincoln.lol

[@fameparadise5083]

Back when the world had class!

[@myfonk6961]

Binge watching this show and it reminded of my childhood and loving seeing eva in those nightgowns. The color on the show is as beautiful Eva.

[@rosewallace8460]

Eva Gabor looks so Beautiful

[@janets9179]

They were both pretty old when this show was on, but they looked great. She was in her 50's and he in his 60's.

[@hategreed1]

And both beautiful specimens. I NEVER see men who look that good, now that I'm in my 60s!

[@spoonstir8675]

She was born in 1919 so she was 46 when show started and he was born 1906 so 59 when started

[@ohdaddy2029]

@@spoonstir8675 yes

[@HartAngel5]

They are so Class. Eddie Albert is wonderfully humble and kind, and Eva is perfectly charming and beautiful.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

The wonderfully unpredictable nature of '60s talk shows is lost forever.

[@oveidasinclair982]

Eva was a sweet dear woman and Eddie was a true to life brave war hero, he was picking up wounded Marines from a beach head in WWII under constant Japanese machine gun fire, he was a Coast Guardsman who was a coxswain of a landing craft. Shows like Merv Griffin look like they were vary entertaining, no foul mouth rappers, psychotic LBGT-XYZ loonies, or militant demented social worriers. Green Acres was the best sit-com ever produced, clean and extremely funny, something that you don't see today, 15 years ago, or according to my dad even longer than that.

[@steverudder3321]

AMEN! I totally agree with you! NOTHING today even comes close to the brilliant writing of this and many other shows of the 60's.

[@oveidasinclair982]

@Corona Joe Hey Corona Joe, Eva's mother and father were Hungarian Jews and according to genetic lore, if your mother is a Jew then you're a Jew too. Pull your head out of your rectal cavity, she was no Nazi.

[@bubbagintz3550]

@Corona Joe Hungarian. Was in America long before Hitler took over

[@bubbagintz3550]

@Corona Joe get back on the short bus and go to the group home And take your meds like a big boy and quit hallucinating.lol.get your box of crayons and pretend you know how to draw

[@michaelklein5242]

She was the total opposite of Zsa Zsa (i.e, very likeable!)

[@picklerix6162]

Yeah, I loved Eva.

[@jazzmanchgo]

Yes -- Ava could act, she was a legitimately funny comedienne, and she actually had a brain.

[@antoniog9814]

@@jazzmanchgo *Eva

[@greghemlock6679]

Eddie alberts was a war hero saving many lives

[@njpete987]

This is the only talk show I've ever seen where the guest sits behind the desk with the host: 3:08

[@josephwilliamson99]

Notice the men stand each time she gets up.

[@MichaelSHartman]

Joseph Williamson That's life 51 years ago. I wonder what it will be like in 2068.

[@josephwilliamson99]

Michael Hartman there will not be male and female then. Gender will be blended.

[@Link-Drako]

Is that all you noticed?

[@mikejordan971]

The still wanted to doink her!

[@lindagyurcsanszky6129]

Truly was brilliantly written with wonderful actors that delivered it beautifully.

[@mightylonesome9426]

Green Acres will never grow old. It's as funny and fresh now as it was when it first aired.

[@lisahargreaves3938]

My mother loved the show so much she named me after eva,s character Lisa.

[@walterbright1396]

Thanks for sharing this. As a kid I watched the show and loved it. Today I still get a kick out of it and look up some of the guest stars to see their past acting careers before they appeared on the show. Even today in 2023 there are still plenty of references to this show in commercials and other pop culture events. Again, thanks for sharing.

[@cyberessa]

She was absolutely fabulous and she was taken away too soon.

[@nancystone6044]

HERE WE SEE CLASS, MANNERS, CHARM AND GRACE INSTEAD OF CURSE WORDS, SHOWING BODY PARTS WITH PIERCING AND TATTOOS! FYI: MERV AND EVA LATER WERE A COUPLE IN THEIR LATTER YEARS. WISHED WE COULD RECAPTURE THIS AMERICA!

[@Frank-zs1wk]

yeah and we also see a ton of smoking and making a sex object out of Ms Gabor...*cringe*

[@tombstone5860]

didn't that guy grabbed Eva's Dress and made coy yet suggestive jokes?

[@BrotherApexx]

YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

[@ebbydebby8130]

yeet thart shit outta here

[@obbor4]

@@BrotherApexx Wow, how original! Do you write our own material?

[@20252529]

What a beautiful woman she was.

[@lamarcusbrown5337]

The best show ever.

[@joeambrose3260]

Respectfully, hogwash

[@tomhoehler3284]

@@joeambrose3260 Yep, "best show" comments are purely subjective, but I would count GA among the top ten shows of all time.

[@ibalon58]

Que Caballerosidad de los hombres de aquellos tiempos,pararse cuando una dama se para,hubiese querido vivir aquellos tiempos,como se ve el respeto y carino hacia sus Companeros. Eva hermosa siempre.

[@stevefowler2112]

She was a smoke show for sure...stunning beauty and grace and so playful

[@fintan3563]

These men would be off in a heartbeat these days!

[@freedomfrom6827]

Very lovely she played her part so well no one could imitate her

[@mjp96]

Nothing beats TV comedy shows from the '60's and the '70's. What a great couple those two made on that show!

[@guymanges3628]

I believe right now Green Acres is the closest show we have to reality. True story.

[@philosopher1a]

The show although silly is really intelligently written very funny... way beyond what we get today

[@jerrythompson5967]

Ava seemed like such a sweetheart!

[@joeambrose3260]

T hats not Ava

[@Guitarzzzzzzz173]

Eva was still beautiful when she passed away in the early 90s.

[@darreylhenderson8979]

Watching this on July 4, the anniversary of Eva's death. Gone wayy too soon. (February 11, 1919 - July 4, 1995)

[@Paladin1873]

class, style, and wit

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

LOVE GREEN ACRES WITH ALL MY HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@billbrimmer1739]

Back when talk shows were genuinely entertaining. Eva was always a beauty and the youngest Gabor sister.Eddie had a great reputation, and had done a lot of Broadway. Merv was a down to earth host.

[@scottmiller6495]

You'll Never Ever See Anything Like This Again Ever Period!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@youtubehatesus2651]

she should have shoosted the TV guide critic. That show rocked!!!!!!!!

[@daskritterhaus5491]

Eddie Albert. veteran of Iwo Jima. remember that.

[@TWayneD1020]

Thank you !!!

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Eva and Merv were lifelong friends

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

My goodness, she was SOOOO beautiful! I think she was the (Female) love of Merv's life. When she became ill down in Mexico he desperately tried to save her, but sadly it was too late. 😢

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

@@January. A typo.

[@lasuvidaboy]

20 years later Merv and the lovely Eva had a very public platonic relationship.

[@ozvoyager]

Well, they were friends and she was happy to be his beard.

[@michaelklein5242]

Incidentally, Eva was extremely popular with talk show hosts, from Merv and Johnny to Arsenio Hall and David Letterman. She was one of the few that didn't need scripted answers or questions. What you saw is what you got!

[@angelthman1659]

The critic was Cleveland Amory, who was known for hating everything.

[@mariocisneros911]

I didnt know there were so many talk shows in the 1960's . I had to go to bed by 9 and didnt notice them till the early1970's and afternoon talk shows.

[@daskritterhaus5491]

Merv's legacy still with us.

[@2007KB]

Love both of them.

[@Lampshade51]

In the days when smoking on TV was common. Seems like a million years ago.

[@garyhinchey4086]

My favorite show still watch it everyday along with twilight zone

[@January.]

*every day

[@vanlifeonthego6684]

For co-stars you could tell Eddie and Eva enjoyed and loved one another. Off stage he always, without fail, greeted her with a hug and kiss, as if they were a couple. The look on her face was always joy around him. Think they had a great deal of "electricrisical" between them. My wife always said she thought it was too silly but we just finished up watching the entire series and she enjoyed watching their loving silliness.

[@MacChand14]

Eva: Will you get your eyes off wherever you looking to😆😆

[@ryankopp9302]

Best of Merv Geriffon eposoids ever...

[@lisahair2love]

Aww 🥰 I was 3months old when this was filmed camera 🎥

[@HerrEllsworth]

According to the late Melody Patterson, who had guested on Green Acres, both Eva and Eddie were wonderful people but she was surprised by how often they had to use cue cards.

[@edmundkemp2280]

I love how Eddie Albert, a guest, is sitting behind the dest with the host. What the hell? Ha ha! Too funny and original.

[@edwardestes8038]

have two black and white autographed 8 x 10's of Eddie alone and one with Tom Lester milking Elinor the cow......out of the three shows...Green Acres is by far the BEST..!!

[@Linda-in9ns]

The Best. 👍

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Surprised that Merv was still in black and white in late 1966.

[@joeambrose3260]

No respect !

[@raxxtango]

legs. whoa

[@joeambrose3260]

OMG, Arthur Treacher. I loved his fish and chips

[@tomhoehler3284]

We called his place "Awful Treacherous" Ha ha ha ha just kidding!

[@joefranks4235]

So much talent years ago compared to now. Today's actors, if you want to call them that are talent-less hacks. I watch a lot of the older programs on KZbin. There is nothing but garbage on today's t.v.

[@mrmjb1960]

Treacher Founded The Fish and Chips Chain with His name.

[@DrRish-wx3wf]

Eva should of won an emmy every year.

[@January.]

*should have

[@maydom04]

Would love to see the full 30 minutes show

[@joeambrose3260]

Please locate and post, eagerly await

[@January.]

*30-minute show

[@ryetim32]

She really was gorgeous wasn't she

[@terryannmaes5538]

Love Merv and Eva and Eddie ❤

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

"I think you ought to hit him!" FDHSDHJFDFJSKGFKD

[@sf.9731]

Eddie was so handsome. I could take a bite out of him

[@zz424]

she was the number one babe in all the world! wow! what a babe!