I was so tickled to see this that I thought everyone would also enjoy watching Episode One of Green Acres.

Now I could say, "they don't make television like this anymore", but it's more than that to me. This was a unique time in America and television reflected none of it.

60's TV was all about un-reality. Entertainment was an escape from the real world, and all its troubles. The closest Green Acres ever got to reality was the 1965 Lincoln Continental Convertible Sedan.

Every scene is a stitch.

From Lisa's reaction when she finds out about the farm to Oliver's little vegetable garden on his penthouse home balcony.

The idea behind the show is so simple, Reverse Beverly Hillbillies.

When CBS approached Paul Henning and Jay Sommers for another TV series, reverse Beverly Hillbillies was a natural. The Clampetts in Beverly Hills was one of the most popular shows since 1962, but reversing the situation yeilded unexpected results.

Henning's other series,"The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Petticoat Junction", share common groundings with the town of Hooterville and it's residents, but "Green Acres" introduced the element of 'city slickers', trying to make a go of rural life, as the basis of comedy.

The result was "Green Acres" quickly went from funny to unreal by Season 2!

The characters, Lisa and Oliver made perfect targets for some of the funniest comedy arrows I've ever seen in a regularly scheduled television comedy. The first episode only hints at what the show would morph into by 1967. It ony got crazier with the characters from the other two shows making cameo appearances on Green Acres.

From episode to episode, you never knew when the cast from Petticoat Junction would take over Green Acres.