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Sprained Ankle, Country Style

Episode Number: 19    Season Num: 1    First Aired: February 2, 1966    Prod Code: 019
While fixing the TV antenna, Oliver falls through the roof and sprains his ankle. A parade of Hooterville residents shows up to give their regards while he's off his feet, but instead of sharing the food they've made for him, they crowd him off his own bed to watch Frankenstein Meets Mary Poppins on television.

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: Sid Melton (Alf Monroe),  Alvy Moore (Hank Kimball),  Mary Grace Canfield (Ralph Monroe),  Tom Lester (Eb Dawson),  Barbara Pepper (Doris Ziffel)
Guest Star: Lori Saunders (Bobbie Jo Bradley),  Donald Curtis (Curly Robins),  Regis Toomey (Doc Stuart)

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Quotes

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Lisa: Don't cry, Ralph, everything's going to be hinky dinky. (edit)
Lisa: (during the bedroom dedication ceremony) You should let Ralph play her boggle. (edit)
Kimball: (looking at the television) Is that Ed Sullivan?
Oliver: That's a test pattern.
Kimball: Boy, it sure looked like Ed Sullivan. (edit)
Ralph:(looking at the television) Is that Ed Sullivan?
Oliver: No, that's a test pattern. (edit)

Trivia

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The partially finished bedroom is celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony conducted by Alf and Ralph. (edit)
The Pixley Diner's special, advertised on the "Multi-Million Dollar Movie Matinee" is a Porterhouse steak, baked potato, corn on the cob, and for dessert, chocolate cake. The price for all this: 49 cents. (edit)
The running gag with the door to the bedroom closet entrance constantly falling off is introduced in this episode. (edit)
The movie airing on the "Multi-Million Dollar Movie Matinee" is Frankenstein Meets Mary Poppins. (edit)

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Oliver says the new cement floor in the bedroom looks like Grauman's Chinese Theatre. That's the famous movie theatre in Hollywood where the movie stars have left imprints of their hands and feet in cement. (edit)
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