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S3 E23 Our Son, The Barber

Comedy

G

25m

Feb 27, 1968

It's a hair-raising episode as Eb (Tom Lester) enrolls in a correspondence course to become a barber. Lisa (Eva Gabor) and Oliver (Eddie Albert) give him the money to learn the trade but learning how to cut hair by mail has its glitches.

Season 3, 25 Episodes

Green Acres - The Man For The Job

The Man For The Job,

It's a very official third season premiere for Green Acres when the retirement of a state senator leaves Hooterville considering its best candidate for the job. Of course, they turn to their beloved lawyer-come-farmer Oliver Douglas (Eddie Albert).

Green Acres - Lisa's Jam Session

Lisa's Jam Session,

Oliver finds himself in a jam after asking Lisa to make him homemade fruit preserves. An episode deliciously devoted to Lisa's culinary escapades, Lisa musters all of her Hungarian might to make Oliver the best peach jam he's ever tasted.

Green Acres - Oliver Vs The Phone Company

Oliver Vs The Phone Company,

After years of substandard service, Oliver is hellbent on throwing the book at the Hooterville Phone Company. When it becomes clear that the local utility oversight board can't do much about it, he decides to handle matters directly.

Green Acres - Oliver Takes Over The Phone Company

Oliver Takes Over The Phone Company,

Mr. Trendell, the president of the Hooterville Phone Company, hands the company over to a delighted Oliver. But after a day of crossed wires and a switchboard repairman with some loose connections of his own, Oliver is ready to call it quits.

Green Acres - Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked

Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked,

For the first time, Oliver has a successful crop that needs picking. His tomatoes have grown beautifully. But matters at the phone company continue to divide his precious time, so Oliver looks for an interested buyer to take the company off his hands.

Green Acres - A Kind Word For The President

A Kind Word For The President,

Being president of the Hooterville Phone Company has been a rude awakening for Oliver. The switchboard operator is now calling him at five in the morning! After a bevy of new complaints from unhappy customers, Oliver has just about had enough.

Green Acres - Eb Elopes

One might think that when Eb takes a vacation, things around the farm might go more smoothly. But when Eb elopes, leaving his cousin Walter to take his place, it turns out to be a horrible idea. Walter barely knows a weed from a hole in the ground!

Green Acres - The Thing

Lisa is reminded that she stored a birthday present for Oliver years ago: a genuine Stavinsky. But what is it? It's a modern art sculpture that is two parts plumbing pipes, one part tire chains, and one part birdbath. Oliver calls it The Thing.

Green Acres - Das Lumpen

The continually evolving story of how Lisa (Eva Gabor) and Oliver (Oliver) fell in love gets yet another version in this delightful episode. But one thing is for sure: Lisa and Oliver are just as in love today as the day when he fell out of the sky.

Green Acres - Jealousy, English Stlye

Jealousy, English Stlye,

Green Acres is greener than ever…with jealousy. When Oliver (Eddie Albert) hires a handsome, young, intelligent Brit to take over his farm work while he is away, it doesn't take long for the newcomer to make a strong impression on Lisa (Eva Gabor).

Green Acres - Haney's New Image

Haney's New Image,

Mr. Haney is up to his money-making schemes again. When a government representative tells Mr. Haney that the state is looking to purchase the Douglas farm for a new highway, Mr. Haney arranges to buy back the farm from the Douglases at a steal.

Green Acres - Alf And Ralph Break Up

Alf And Ralph Break Up,

Ralph, the lady carpenter, runs away from home and stays with the Douglases after having a fight with her brother, Alf. While Oliver may never get his bedroom finished, he gains a maid as Ralph takes over as the Douglases' live-in housekeeper.

Green Acres - No Trespassing

No Trespassing,

Picking apples while on a picnic, Oliver runs into the feisty Ira Hatch, the owner of the apple orchard. However, once back in town, Mr. Drucker tells Oliver that Hatch has been dead for years. An incredulous Oliver agrees to see a psychologist.

Green Acres - Eb Returns

After his elopement and cross-country honeymoon, Eb returns to Hooterville. But his new wife is nowhere to be found! After sending postcards from all across the country, Eb has to confess that his fiancé stood him up at the alter on their big day.

Green Acres - Not Guilty

Someone has stolen $300 from Mr. Drucker's general store, and it looks like Eb is the culprit. How else could he have bought himself a new car that cost, you guessed it, exactly $300? But that is just the first twist of the many turns of this story.

Green Acres - Home Is Where You Run Away From

Home Is Where You Run Away From,

Lisa's dreams come true, and so do Oliver's nightmares, when Eb discovers a runaway boy sleeping in the hay in their barn. Lisa is only too excited about the idea of having the sounds of platters of little feet around the house.

Green Acres - Arnold, Boy Hero

Arnold, Boy Hero,

Arnold, the Ziffels' television-loving pig, has taken on a paper route to save enough money for a new color set. But when bank robbers show up and threaten his dreams, and Lisa and Oliver are held captive in their own home, Arnold has to fight back.

Green Acres - Flight To Nowhere

Flight To Nowhere,

The farmers of Hooterville are headed to France! Or at least they are if they can get organized. As part of an agricultural exchange program, the farmers are offered a chance to join a chartered government flight to Europe.

Green Acres - The Spring Festival

The Spring Festival,

Love is in the air as the first day of spring arrives in Hooterville. And who better to lead the town in celebrating it than Lisa. She is resolved to show Oliver just what spring is all about and sets out to produce a Spring festival celebration.

Green Acres - Our Son, The Barber

Our Son, The Barber,

It's a hair-raising episode as Eb (Tom Lester) enrolls in a correspondence course to become a barber. Lisa (Eva Gabor) and Oliver (Eddie Albert) give him the money to learn the trade but learning how to cut hair by mail has its glitches.

Green Acres - Oliver's Jaded Past

Oliver's Jaded Past,

For a lawyer, Oliver should be more careful about what he signs. Lisa reminds him that two years ago Oliver made her a promise to take her back to New York for a two-week vacation. And she has it in writing… on the bottom of the kitchen drawer.

Green Acres - The Hungarian Curse

The Hungarian Curse,

It's hard to know who has a curse over Oliver, but he sure has his hands full with Lisa and her fellow Hungarian Lazlo Broslav. Lazlo appears with a letter claiming he once saved the life of Lisa's uncle, and now her family must repay the debt.

Green Acres - The Rutabaga Story

The Rutabaga Story,

There's a problem in Hooterville: no farmer seems able to grow a cash crop on account of the quality of the soil. But as it turns out from Oliver's (Eddie Albert) soil and mineral research, the oft-misunderstood rutabaga is an ideal choice.

Green Acres - A Star Named Arnold Is Born - Part 1

A Star Named Arnold Is Born - Part 1,

Green Acres goes Hollywood in this first installment of a two-part season finale. When Arnold the pig appears in a play at the Hooterville Theater, Lisa (Eva Gabor) arranges for an old friend to give Arnold a chance on the big screen.

Green Acres - A Star Named Arnold Is Born - Part 2

A Star Named Arnold Is Born - Part 2,

It's a swine-sational third season finale for Green Acres, as Oliver and Lisa chaperone Arnold, the Ziffel's talented pig, to Hollywood for his big-screen test. There's only one problem, Lisa failed to mention that Arnold is not your normal actor.

Details

Green Acres

Comedy

TV-G

6 Seasons

24m

Oliver Douglas (Eddie Albert) is a New York lawyer who has had enough of the hustle and bustle; so he pulls up stakes to settle down in a more pastoral setting...much to the dismay of his glamorous wife, Lisa (Eva Gabor)!

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