Beverly Hillbillies or Green Acres--which is your favorite?

[WI_DEM]

Both created by Paul Henning. One show had poor hillbillies moving to swanky Beverly Hills and the other show had rich New Yorkers moving to the hicks (Hooterville!!) and trying to fit in. Which is your favorite?

[azmouse]

1. Both shows were funny for their time but

I think The Hillbillies has held up better. I still watch reruns when they're available.
The show was well cast and some great writing. Just pure silliness. I wish they made shows that funny today but good quality humor writing is a thing of the past. Most shows are so nasty now.

[cobalt1999]

13. Bev Hillbillies has held up well.

Who doesn't remember Possum Day, the Cee-ment Pond, pickled crawdads, the fancy-eat'n table, or their truck with the rocking chair on top?

Early episodes were great.

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Green Acres

It was sillier — sometimes to the point of being Pythonic.

[Crazy Dave]

3. I liked Granny who liked her "rheumatism medicine"

Probably 200 proof white lighting

[Ivan Sputnik]

4. Green Acres is the place to be

It was Theater of the Absurd disguised as a TV sitcom. I enjoyed all three Henning shows, though. (Don't forget Petticoat Junction.)

[Misunderestimator]

5. Green Acres is the place to be!!

Farm living is the life for me!



Though I liked both. I especially liked the closet lesbian, Jane Hathaway, in The Beverly Hillbillies.

[Fenris]

8. Closet? LOL.

Did that closet have a transparent door?:D:P

[LeftyMom]

6. Green Acres- because spoiled Hungarian chicks should stick together. nt

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. You Hungarian?

Ever make "hotscakes"?

Is your phone on top of a pole?

Ever drop rutabagas out of a hot-air balloon?

:rofl:

Oops... okay, scratch those last two...

[Beaverhausen]

7. Don't forget Petticoat Junction!

I loved all those shows when I was young!

[Alleycat]

9. The Hillbillies for me

For some reason I never got into Green Acres. I was very young at the time and I think the silliness of the Hillbillies was more a draw to a little kid.

[peekaloo]

10. Although I love Mr. Drysdale, Green Acres had a better supporting cast.

Oliver did the best slow burn when the rubes got the better of him.

[mitchum]

11. I have a friend who wrote for both shows...

he said that the entire cast of "Beverly Hillbillies", with the exception of Donna Douglas, were serious drunks. Their lines were written all over the set. Notice how often they lean over, open a cabinet, are holding an object, etc... They are checking their lines.

[In_The_Wind]

12. I took a picture of my favorite one of those two about three weeks ago.

[Hugin]

14. Aaaannnd... A tie breaker for the Hillbillies.

They remind me of my family, whereas, The Green Acres is my sweetheart and me.

[hyphenate]

15. I had a small crush on Eddie Albert

for a very long time. So I watched Green Acres. I hated Beverly Hillbillies. It definitely rubbed me the wrong way.

[yellowdogintexas]

16. Green Acres, definitely.. "hotcakes, anyone?"

the running gags on that show were fantastic.

Almost like a Britcom farce.

[Spirochete]

17. Green Acres

Arnold was smarter than Jethro. Drysdale was funny, but Kimball and Haney were funnier.

[mykpart]

18. I picked Green Acres.

I thought that Green Acres took itself less seriously than the Hillbillies. In other words, the actors all seemed to have a private joke with the audience that said, "isn't this silly?" Beverly Hillbillies seemed to think they were believable!

But you didn't even mention Petticoat Junction, which starred Henning's daughter as Betty Jo.

[saltpoint]

19. A proud vote for THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES. Loved Jed's easy manner

with rich folks and of course Ellie May and her critters.

Top-drawer stuff.

[Hissyspit]

20. Petticoat Junction

I don't know about beaverhausen, but I sure wanted to go skinny-dipping in the railroad water tower with all the young ladies.

[sandnsea]

21. Love-Hate relationship

I absolutely hate the cornball jokes, I don't usually watch the reruns. But I couldn't say I hate the shows, because the characters are so loveable. Who could say they hate a show that produced Granny and Lisa? So I don't know. :shrug:

[regnaD kciN]

23. When I was a kid, I loved the Beverly Hillbillies, but...

...back when Nick-at-Nite was running Green Acres, I started watching it again, and caught all the inside humor I had missed when younger. The folks at Nickelodeon had it right in their advertisments when they said, "Remember, it's not dopey...it's surreal." There was a delight in making absolutely no sense in that show that makes it my favorite now.