Green Acres (Season 2) DVD Review

A spin-off of the CBS program Petticoat Junction09-21-1966
(1963), Green Acres surpassed its predecessor inEpisode 35 (I Didn't Raise My Pig to be a Soldier) Air
audience popularity - spending four of its six seasonsDate: 09-28-1966
as a Top 20 Nielsen-rated program. Its family-friendlyEpisode 36 (How to See South America by Bus) Air
humor puts Green Acres in the same nostalgicDate: 10-05-1966
category as shows like The Andy Griffith Show, backEpisode 37 (The Ugly Duckling) Air Date: 10-19-1966
when TV sitcoms were all about humor and not asEpisode 38 (One of Our Assemblymen is Missing) Air
serious as they would later become with theDate: 10-26-1966
introduction of 1970s stalwarts MASH and All In TheEpisode 39 (The Good Old Days) Air Date: 11-02-1966
Family. The brainchild of creator Jay Sommers, writerEpisode 40 (Eb Discovers the Birds and the Bees) Air
for shows such as The Adventures Of Ozzie &Date: 11-09-1966
Harriet and Petticoat Junction (where Green AcresEpisode 41 (The Hooterville Image) Air Date: 11-16-1966
characters Sam, Doris, Fred, and Arnold make theirEpisode 42 (You Ought to be in Pictures) Air Date:
first appearances), Green Acres' unique brand of11-23-1966
comedy lives on through a successful and ongoingEpisode 43 (A Home Isn't Built in a Day) Air Date:
syndication run, and its catchy theme song even11-30-1966
captured the pop culture for a second time when OldEpisode 44 (A Square is Not Round) Air Date:
Navy incorporated it into one of their trademark12-14-1966
clothing commercials...Episode 45 (An Old Fashioned Christmas) Air Date:
The Green Acres (Season 2) DVD features a number12-21-1966
of hilarious episodes including the season premiereEpisode 46 (Never Trust a Little Old Lady) Air Date:
"Wings Over Hooterville" in which Lisa recounts the12-28-1966
story of her first meeting with Oliver to the people ofEpisode 47 (School Days) Air Date: 01-04-1967
Hooterville. She tells them it was during World War II,Episode 48 (His Honor) Air Date: 01-11-1967
and Oliver's plane got shot down. With his parachuteEpisode 49 (It's So Peaceful in the Country) Air Date:
stuck in a tree, Lisa came to his rescue. Fast forward01-18-1967
to the present day when the crops of Hooterville areEpisode 50 (Exodus to Bleedwell) Air Date: 01-25-1967
suffering from the ill effects of the infamous "bing bug".Episode 51 (It's Human to be Humane) Air Date:
The crops need to be dusted, and the town appoints02-01-1967
Oliver to carry out the task. Unfortunately, Oliver hasn'tEpisode 52 (Never Take Your Wife to a Convention)
flown a plane in years, and Eustace Haney's cheapAir Date: 02-08-1967
bucket of bolts is the last thing Oliver wants to fly...Episode 53 (The Computer Age) Air Date: 02-15-1967
Other notable episodes from Season 2 include "TheEpisode 54 (Never Start Talking Unless Your Voice
Good Old Days" in which Lisa longs for the good oldComes Out) Air Date: 02-22-1967
days of her Park Avenue penthouse with its manyEpisode 55 (The Beverly Hillbillies) Air Date: 03-01-1967
luxuries and extravagant view, and "An Old-FashionedEpisode 56 (Lisa's Vegetable Garden) Air Date:
Christmas" in which Oliver learns that he must first03-08-1967
secure a permit before chopping down a ChristmasEpisode 57 (The Saucer Season) Air Date: 03-15-1967
tree on his own property...!Episode 58 (Getting Even With Haney) Air Date:
Below is a list of episodes included on the Green03-22-1967
Acres (Season 2) DVD:Episode 59 (Kimball Gets Fired) Air Date: 03-29-1967
Episode 33 (Wings Over Hooterville) Air Date:Episode 60 (The Vulgar Ring Story) Air Date:
09-14-196604-12-1967
Episode 34 (Water, Water Everywhere) Air Date:Episode 61 (Who's Lisa?