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A Pig In a Poke

Episode Number: 23    Season Num: 1    First Aired: March 9, 1966    Prod Code: 023
Oliver is invited to New York to be the guest speaker at a Harvard alumni banquet but he arrives with an unexpected stowaway. Meanwhile, the Ziffels fear that they'll lose Arnold to Mr. Haney, who's trying to take the pig in lieu of a debt that he claims the Ziffels owe him.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Dick Chevillat, Jay Sommers
Director: Richard L. Bare
Star: Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas),  Eva Gabor (Lisa Douglas)
Recurring Role: Alvy Moore (Hank Kimball),  Barbara Pepper (Doris Ziffel),  Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel),  Pat Buttram (Mr. Eustace Haney),  Tom Lester (Eb Dawson),  Arnold the Pig (Arnold Ziffel)
Guest Star: Harry Stanton (Mr. Smead),  Terry Phillips (Bellboy),  Emory Parnell (Sheriff Blake)

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A box outside Haney's antique shop is from the "OK Oil Co" of Tulsa, Oklahoma. That is the company who bought Jed Clampett's swamp before he moved to Beverly Hills. An inside joke as both shows are from Paul Henning. (edit)

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(the arms come off of a chair Haney claims belonged to Whistler's Mother)
Oliver: They were loose!
Haney: They didn't come off when Whistler's Mother stood up! (edit)
(the Ziffels discuss their son, Arnold)
Fred: He's got good manners and he's clean.
Doris: (tearfully) He's such a comfort to us. (edit)
Oliver:(talking to Mr. Smead on the phone) Arnold turn off that TV! Arnold loves to turn on the TV. Yes, he's a pig. Who's stoned?!? If you feel that way about it, we'll bring him along with me. (edit)

Trivia

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Arnold picks up a female pig in the bar. Lisa says they were introduced by the "girl's" mother. (edit)
The Ziffles bought a sofa from Mr. Haney for $122. They refuse to pay since it fell apart when Doris sat on it. (edit)
Oliver is invited to New York to be keynote speaker at the Harvard Legal Alumni Society. (edit)

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