Green Acres (TV)

[2premo]

on the 60's TV show Green Acres, Eddie Albert (http://www.tv.com/eddie-albert/person/7742/summary.html?tag=overview;cast;star;6) plays Oliver Wendell Douglas, as a reasonably wealthy man wearing a wristwatch
anybody know what watch it was???

[katmando]

Sorry, I was watching Billie Jo and Bobby Jo, not his watch.:-)

[Saxon007]

I saw the title of the post and now that stupid song is stuck in my head and won't go away.

Da dum da dum dum - dink dink...o|

[katmando]

I saw the title of the post and now that stupid song is stuck in my head and won't go away.

Da dum da dum dum - dink dink...o|

Green acres is the place for me.
Farm livin' is the life for me.
Land spreadin' out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside.

New York is where I'd rather stay.
I get allergic smelling hay.
I just adore a penthouse view.
Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue.

...The chores.
...The stores.
...Fresh air.
...Times Square

You are my wife.
Good bye, city life.
Green Acres we are there.

[2premo]

that was petticoat junction, and yes staring was OK!!


Sorry, I was watching Billie Jo and Bobby Jo, not his watch.:-)

[joe band]

petticoat junction; isn't that where the hotties are swimmin' in the water tank sans suits?

mmmm good :-!

[bczolone]

yes, and if you live in N. California you may have been to the State Railroad park where the opening scene was filmed!

[2premo]

OK, where is that??

[joe band]

yes, and if you live in N. California you may have been to the State Railroad park where the opening scene was filmed!
hey learn something new everyday! though i think it would be a let down with out the swimmin hotties:
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The Cannonball was definitely an important part of the show. In the real world, the Cannonball is engine number three of the Historic Sierra Railroad, located in the heart of California's Gold Country, Railtown 1897 of Jamestown, CA. The engine is referred to as a 4-6-0 because of is wheel configuration. It was built in 1891 by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works in Paterson, New Jersey. Originally used in freight service on the Prescott and Arizona Central Railroad, the Sierra No. 3 eventually made its way to Jamestown when the Prescott and Arizona went out of business.

Since 1929, the No. 3 has been cosmetically customized for many Hollywood productions with new paint schemes, changes to the smoke stack and headlight. Appearing in more than 100 Hollywood productions, the Sierra No. 3 is known as the "most photographed locomotive in Hollywood history." The No. 3's film and television credits include, "High Noon," "The Virginian," "Back to the Future, III" (as No.131), "Unforgiven," "Bad Girls," "The Wild, Wild West," and "Little House on the Prairie."

You can visit Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Fifth and Reservoir, Jamestown, CA and even ride a real steam engine on weekends April 5 through October 26. If a trip to California is out of reach, the park is just a click away on the internet at: Railtown 1897

Although the Cannonball was ever-present on Petticoat Junction, there was really very little film shot each season. Most of Petticoat Junction was filmed indoors with a full size wood model of the Cannonball that the studio had made for the 1950 Western, "Ticket to Tomahawk" with Dan Dailey and Rory Calhoun. To make the steps to Shady Rest Hotel appear on the correct side of the tracks, a mirror image was used, look for the "3" on the front of the engine to be backwards in scenes where this trick was employed.

http://mortystv.com/feat1-2.shtml

[mrsnak]

Green Acres was part of three shows (GA, Petticoat Junction and Beverly Hillbillies that were all connected. Petticoat Junction, if my boomer mind serves me, was the first, and the others were spinoffs.

[bczolone]

Jamestown, near Sonora.

[katmando]

Come ride the little train that is rolling down the tracks to the junction.
(Petticoat Junction)
Forget about your cares, it is time to relax at the junction.
(Petticoat Junction)

Lotsa curves, you bet. Even more when you get
To the junction, Petticoat Junction.

There's a little hotel called the Shady Rest at the junction.
(Petticoat Junction)
It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the junction.
(Petticaor Junction)
And that's Uncle Joe, he's a movin' kind of slow at the junction,
Petticoat Junction.


Question: Why was Uncle Joe moving so slow (at the junction)???:-s