Product Details

• Actors: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Pat Buttram, Tom Lester, Alvy Moore
• Format: Box set, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: MGM/United Artists
• DVD Release Date: March 8, 2005
• Run Time: 754 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006TPE1U
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,775 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Green Acres: The Complete Second Season" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

When it comes to classic TV, "Green Acres" is the place to be! Head back to Hooterville for the complete second season of this riotous rural frolic. Eddie Albert stars as Oliver Wendell Douglas, the esteemed attorney who trades the rat race of Times Square for farm livin' and fresh air. In turn, his elegant Park Avenue wife Lisa (Eva Gabor) must give up Manhattan's fashion stores for Hooterville's barn chores…all in the name of love! Together they bring a hilarious touch of class to America's most lovable country comedy. So say goodbye to city life, and hello to the simple life…"Green Acres," we are there!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Green Acres: The Best Yet March 5, 2005

By John Cronce

Format:DVD

"Green Acres: Season One" was a little disappointing. Not because of the quality of the DVDs or anything like that. No, it's just that the first season of the sitcom wasn't very funny--or at least not in the sense that later seasons were funny.

The first season was heavily restricted to the sitcom's original premise: a reverse of "The Beverly Hillbillies" (created by Green Acres executive producer Paul Henning and also aired on CBS). The humor was supposed to be generated by the fish-out-of-water city-slicker who lands in Hooterville with delusions about his agricultural aptitude. Comedy was to accrue from the city slickers' attempts to fit into their bucolic setting.

Initially, eccentric Oliver Douglas was supposed to be the comic, and Lisa, his sophisticated wife, the "straight man" reacting to his abberant behavior and farcical farming. Oh, sure, it quickly became evident that she was a terrible cook whose gastronomic repertoir was limited to those horrible "hotscakes." But she had a one-joke routine: she made poor pancakes. (It wasn't until later that she concocted amusing variations on the theme, such as "hotscakes hash").

Gradually, the premise began to change--and the show became a lot funnier. The new humor derived from the surreal goings-on in Hooterville, to which Lisa adopted and Oliver did not, resulting in complete role reversal: Oliver was the straight man, not only for his wife but for the entire psychotic populace of Hooterville. His big stupid grin (seen almost nonstop in the pilot) was replaced by screaming, scowling and sputtering as he struggled with situations that seemed like something right out of the Twilight Zone.

The change evolved through the first season--and was complete by the second season. So the second season DVD set is VERY funny.

Consider the following contents of the Season Two DVD set:

*Lisa nonchalantly observes that one of the chickens is laying cube-shaped eggs--and it's total insanity from that point on as Oliver tries to come to grips with the square-egg phenomenon.

*Arnold the pig is drafted. No one in Hooterville seems to recognize that the porker is ineligible, and no one in the military bureaucracy seems capable of conceiving that the draftee is really a pig. "Noted pig lawyer" Oliver Douglas is the only voice of reason in the sea of ensuing insanity.

So if you were even modestly disappointed by "Green Acres: Season One," you really must own "Green Acres: Season Two."

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Improved Character Development In The Second Season May 4, 2005

By Sir George Martini

Format:DVD

Hooterville Corn Crop Threatened by the dreaded Bing bug.

Hank Kimble: Quiet. Quiet please, quiet. As you all know, I'm your County Kimble Hank Agent. I believe I am. I'm Hank Kimble, your County Agent. I guess that sounds better. Well not better. As you know, we have a serious problem on our hands; well not on our hands, but on our corn.

Oliver: Could you put crop dusting equipment on that?

Mr. Haney: Certainly.

Oliver: How much would it cost?

Mr. Haney: Mr. Douglas, the farmers of the valley are in trouble ain't they?

Oliver: Yes they are.

Mr. Haney: When my friends are standing there with their hand out askin' for help, I'm there...

Lisa: With your hand out.

Mr. Haney: Ooh that stung, like a cheap aftershave lotion on a nicked chin.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than I remember from the origial airing on TV .... September 15, 2005

By John R. Chambers

Format:DVD

Was around when these episodes of "Green Acres" originally aired on CBS. I liked the show back then with all the wacky characters. But seeing them again, I have enjoyed the writing and editing that you didn't notice or appreciate as a kid. The picture is fine - sharp enough to notice the back-drops where the set ends - which I really didn't notice as much on TV. And the price is reasonable. I have gotten the first and second seasons for under $30 apeice (and that's with shipping). All in all, a fun and affordable watch.