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Green Acres

Culture

Season 1, Episode 31, Aired May 25, 1966

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The "Every Other Wednesday Afternoon Discussion Club" decides to bring culture to the valley by starting the Hooterville Symphony Orchestra. Oliver calls the women "nuts" for considering such a ridiculous idea. Undeterred, Lisa calls her conductor friend Sir Geffory, aka "Poopsie", to come and conduct the orchestra. What he encounters is the Hooterville Volunteer Fire Department Marching Band playing the only song they know.moreless

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Virginia Sale

Selma Plout
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Tony Fraser

Horace Milford
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Reginald Gardiner

Sir Geoffrey

Eddie Albert

Oliver Wendell Douglas
Eva Gabor

Lisa Douglas

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TRIVIA (4)
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- Ralph Monroe reads sheet music.
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- Lisa says that she and Oliver honeymooned in Monte Carlo.
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- When a shot of New York appears on-screen, graphics appear asking, "What city is this?". After a few seconds, it reads, "If you said New York, you are correct."
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- Eb tells the local kids that Mr. Douglas beats him with a baseball bat and an axe handle..
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QUOTES (5)
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- Sir Geoffrey: (to the Hooterville Fire Department band) We're going to start with a simple little piece, Brahms' Lullaby.
  Haney: Who wrote it?
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- Haney: (trying to sell Sir Geoffrey a new baton) How ya fixed for wavin' sticks? Still usin' the old wooden shaft. Ain't that horrible, Mr. Douglas?
  Oliver: (mimicking Haney's squeaky voice) Deplorable!
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- Doris: (to Poopsie, after he sees Arnold in the baby stroller) Don't say it. He's very sensitive.
  Lisa: Yes, he thinks he's the Ziffel's son.
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- Ralph: (to Oliver) Would you believe I've never heard Beethoven's Fifth symphony..by Tchaikovsky?
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- Oliver:(holding his nose) I just walked into a door. Doris: My friend's always doing that when he's stoned.
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- Hooterville resident Selma Plout is a member of Lisa's culture club. Selma is a recurring character on Petticoat Junction and was initially portrayed by Virginia Sale. (Elvia Allman assumed the role after the character's first few appearances on Petticoat.) Sale plays her here in the character's only Green Acres appearance. Selma Plout is not identified by name in this episode, only in the end credits.
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- Mr. Haney tries to sell Sir Geoffrey a Shep Fields baton set. Fields was a big band leader during the 1930s, performing as "Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm".
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