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Parity Begins at Home

Episode Number: 11    Season Num: 1    First Aired: November 24, 1965    Prod Code: 011
Oliver wants to plant wheat on all 160 of his acres, but the local agricultural committee says he can only do eight. Incensed, Oliver takes his complaints all the way to Washington. Surprisingly, Haney sides with Oliver and prepares to fight the National Guard in "The Siege of Green Acres".

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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: Pat Buttram (Mr . Eustace Haney),  Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley),  Frank Cady (Sam Drucker),  Alvy Moore (Hank Kimball)
Guest Star: Jesse White (I) (George Jenkins),  Walter Baldwin (Grandpappy Miller),  Tom Fadden (Ben Miller),  Henry Scott (Riley),  Sam Edwards (Wally Wilkins),  Howard Wendell (Bennington)

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Quotes

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Oliver:(to Lisa) You've learned to cook. Sort of. You've learned to make the bed. Sort of. Now, you're doing laundry!

(edit)
(Lisa pours Kimball a cup of dry coffee grounds)
Lisa: Oh, I forgot to put in the water.
Hank: Uh...
Lisa: Why don't you eat it. It's hot.
(edit)

Trivia

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Oliver's projected profit on their first year's crop of wheat is $7730. (edit)
Lisa does her first ever load of laundry by washing the sheets and pillowcases--with the pillows still in them. (edit)
During the 1958-1959 season, Mr. Haney planted eight acres of wheat on the property. (edit)
Oliver's photo makes the cover of the "Hooterville World Guardian" with the headline "New Resident Starts Trouble". (edit)

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Newt Kiley tells Oliver that his protest meeting is causing him to miss Gomer Pyle on television. Several other characters also mention missing Gomer Pyle. The sitcom Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. also aired on CBS. (edit)
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