Green Acres
Rural comedy series
Green Acres is an American television sitcom (1965–1971) about a Manhattan lawyer who moves with his glamorous wife to a dilapidated farm.
The show's fish-out-of-water premise and absurdist humor made it a cultural touchstone.
The title now evokes rural simplicity, often ironically: They bought a place out in the country—their own Green Acres.
Of countryside or clergy care
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- barnyardFarm's animal enclosure
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
farmhouse · general store · small town · country living · chickens · pigs · crops · hay bales
Major television and radio network
- theme songProgram's recurring musical opener
- opening creditsFilm's introductory name display
- fish out of waterOne in alien circumstances
- city slickersUrban dwellers, countryside-naive
Park Avenue · farm life · syndication · TV Land · Nick at Nite · reruns
Mockery exposing vice
- fish out of waterOne in alien circumstances
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- absurdistBeliever in cosmic meaninglessness
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
screwball · parody · sight gags · running jokes · comedic timing · social commentary · wit · banter
Television's highest-viewership period
- network televisionMajor channel broadcasting
- black-and-whiteWithout color gradations
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- Nielsen ratingsTelevision viewership statistics
seasons · episodes · viewership · situation comedy · cultural icon · laugh track · studio audience · anthology
Period of peak prosperity
- retroEvoking recent past
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
- bygone eraPeriod no longer current
- baby boomers1946-1964 birth cohort
cultural memory · reruns · throwback · sentimentality · old-fashioned · simpler times
pastoral
Of countryside or clergy care
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- barnyardFarm's animal enclosure
livestock · farmhouse · general store · small town · country living · chickens · pigs · crops · hay bales · overalls
CBS
Major television and radio network
- theme songProgram's recurring musical opener
- opening creditsFilm's introductory name display
- fish out of waterOne in alien circumstances
city slickers · Park Avenue · farm life · syndication · TV Land · Nick at Nite · reruns
satire
Mockery exposing vice
- fish out of waterOne in alien circumstances
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- absurdistBeliever in cosmic meaninglessness
farce · screwball · parody · sight gags · running jokes · comedic timing · social commentary · wit · banter · deadpan
primetime
Television's highest-viewership period
- network televisionMajor channel broadcasting
- black-and-whiteWithout color gradations
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
Nielsen ratings · seasons · episodes · viewership · situation comedy · cultural icon · laugh track · studio audience · anthology
golden age
Period of peak prosperity
- retroEvoking recent past
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
- bygone eraPeriod no longer current
baby boomers · cultural memory · reruns · throwback · sentimentality · old-fashioned · simpler times
- Farm NamesHappy Valley, Rolling Hills, Homestead, Heritage, Meadowbrook
- Retro TVI Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, Leave It to Beaver, The Andy Griffith Show, The Twilight Zone
- Detroit NeighborhoodsGreektown, Woodbridge, Sherwood Forest, West Village, Bagley
Green AcresThe Jeffersons
Sex and the City · Seinfeld · Friends · Manhattan · Park Avenue
Green AcresThe West Wing
Presidential office section
gritty realism · Law & Order · The Wire · documentary · social realism
Green AcresDynasty
Hereditary ruling succession
Gossip Girl · Dallas · high society · urban elite · The Gilded Age
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