The Hooterville Handbook: A Viewer's Guide To Green Acres [Paperback]

Stephen Cox (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 1993

Say good-bye to city life, fire up the jalopy, and return to the pastoral pastures of Hooterville and the wacky world of Lisa and Oliver Wendell Douglas, where everything makes, er, its own sort of sense. Actually, it doesn't make any sense, and The Hooterville Handbook brings it all to life with:

-A foreward by Hank Kimball, your county agent.
-Revealing interviews with the men and women responsible for this timeless television treat.
-Behind-the-scenes peeks into the farmhouse, the Olivers' bedroom and the private life of Arnold Ziffel, the popular porcine star of the show.
-A complete guide to all 170 episodes.

Hooterville is still the one place in the world where the grass is always greener, and this delightful book will surely turn anyone who doesn't own it green with envy.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Green Acres' is a guilty pleasure. It is nice to watch it as a grown-up because the show was a as weird as I thought it was. It is a very peculiar show." --Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons"

"Oh fer the love of...'Green Acres.' This show is now a part of Americana and this book should certainly be a part of your library." --Eddie Albert

About the Author

Stephen Cox currently lives in Burbank California.

Other books by Cox include The Beverly Hillbillies, The Munsters, The Munchkins Remember the Wizard of Oz and Beyond, The Official Abbott & Costello Scrapbook (with John Lofflin), The Addams Chronicles, and Here's Johnny!

Cox has written for TV Guide, US, Good Housekeeping, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, among many other Midwestern newspapers. He professes not to watch as much television as you might think, and he feels it was fortuitous that he was born on the day episode #18 ("Lisa Bakes a Cake") first aired.

Product Details

• Paperback: 205 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition (March 15, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312088116
• ISBN-13: 978-0312088118
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,188,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Viva Hooterville!, May 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Hooterville Handbook: A Viewer's Guide To Green Acres (Paperback)

I saw Eddie Albert signing a copy of this book at a nostalgia event in Los Angeles in 1998 and I had to go out and buy this book. It's fantastic. You will need no other book to find out about this surreal and wonderful TV classic. Author Steve Cox has done a great job covering the bizarre characters and the exquisite cast of actors who made up this neat show. The photos are rare and presented in the book with a nice design and the Foreword by my favorite character, Hank Kimball, is hilarious. If you want a book about a Sixties TV show and you like Paul Henning's programs ( The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction) then you'll love this book. Don't pass it up.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must For The True "Green Acres" Fan., August 21, 1999

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This review is from: The Hooterville Handbook: A Viewer's Guide To Green Acres (Paperback)

I have had this book in my possession for a long time. It is a necessary tool for any one that wants to know all there is to know about "Green Acres". All of the episode descriptions, guest star information and original dates of airing are listed. There are also interviews with the cast members. Again this is a must have item.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding record of one television's finest programs, January 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Hooterville Handbook: A Viewer's Guide To Green Acres (Paperback)

Chocked full of detail, great pictures, well-written and highly informative. If you are fan of Hooterville, this book is for you. Best Christmas present I received this year.