Oliver vs. the Phone Company

1The Man For the Job

Sep 6, 1967

The committee to select a new state senator considers Oliver Douglas for the job.

2Lisa's Jam Session

Sep 13, 1967

Oliver decides it would be a great idea for Lisa to make her own jam preserves.

3Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel

Sep 20, 1967

An unlikely but hilarious love affair between Arnold the pig and Cynthia the basset hound captivates the residents of Hooterville.

4Oliver vs. the Phone Company

Sep 27, 1967Now viewing

Oliver starts a feud with the Hooterville Phone Company and launches a campaign to recall its management.

5Oliver Takes Over the Phone Company

Oct 4, 1967

Mr. Trendell turns over the keys of the Hooterville Phone Company to Oliver Douglas.

6A Kind Word For the President

Oct 11, 1967

Oliver sets out to accomplish to changes at the Hooterville Phone Company, now that he's president.

7Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked

Oct 18, 1967

Oliver sets out to harvest his tomato crops.

8Eb Elopes

Oct 25, 1967

Oliver and Lisa wake up one morning to find that their handyman has eloped.

9The Thing

Nov 1, 1967

Oliver stops paying storage rates for an item that neither he nor Lisa can remember owning, and the unknown item is shipped to the farm.

10Das Lumpen

Nov 8, 1967

Lisa tells another war story - this one details how she saved Oliver from the Nazis during World War II and how their romance began.

11Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel?

Nov 15, 1967

The residents of Hooterville are in an uproar when Arnold Ziffel the pig is missing.

12Jealousy, English Style

Nov 22, 1967

Oliver informs Lisa that he plans to attend a farm symposium without her.

13Haney's New Image

Nov 29, 1967

When Mr. Haney finds out first that the Douglas farm is the possible site for an interchange for a proposed new highway, he offers to buy back the farm.

14Alf and Ralph Break Up

Dec 13, 1967

Ralph, the lady carpenter, runs away from home and stays with the Douglases after having a fight with her brother, Alf.

15No Trespassing

Dec 20, 1967

Oliver shows symptoms of overwork, so Lisa talks him into going on a picnic.

16Eb Returns

Dec 27, 1967

The Douglas' handyman returns home from his honeymoon and reveals that he did not get married.

17Not Guilty

Jan 3, 1968

Eb is accused of taking $300 from Sam Drucker's safe when he shows up with a new car, which just happens to cost $300.

18Home is Where You Run Away From

Jan 10, 1968

A mysterious young boy shows up at the Douglas farm and claims to be from another world.

19How to Suceed in Television Without Really Trying

Jan 24, 1968

Lisa invests $28 in a 10-year-old's "Electric Company;" to show his gratitude, the young wizard "electronificates" the Douglases' farm.

20Arnold, Boy Hero

Jan 31, 1968

Lisa and Oliver are taken hostage by two bank robbers who hide out in their farmhouse.

21Flight to Nowhere

Feb 7, 1968

As part of an agricultural exchange program, Oliver and other Hooterville farmers are offered a chance to join a chartered government flight to Europe.

22My Mother, the Countess

Feb 14, 1968

Lisa reveals that her mother, the Countess, is going to pay a visit to Green Acres.

23The Spring Festival

Feb 21, 1968

Spring fever sets in at Green Acres when Lisa sets out to produce a Spring festival celebration.

24Our Son, the Barber

30 minFeb 28, 1968

Eb decides on a career as a barber and talks Oliver into putting him through a do-it-yourself mail-order barber college.

25Oliver's Jaded Past

30 minMar 6, 1968

Lisa reminds Oliver that he promised her a New York vacation if she stayed with him on the farm for two years.

26The Hungarian Curse

30 minMar 13, 1968

A fellow Hungarian, Lazlo Broslav, visits Lisa and becomes an unwanted house guest. It is revealed that Lazlo once saved the life of Lisa's uncle, and now her family must repay the debt.

27The Rutabaga Story

30 minMar 20, 1968

Oliver decides that all Hooterville farmers should plant rutabagas as their primary cash crop, and initiates a publicity campaign to make America more "rutabaga conscious."

28Instant Family

Mar 27, 1968

When an expectant mother goes into labor, Oliver takes her to the hospital, and Lisa takes her seven other children to live with the Douglases until she recovers.

29A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 1)

30 minApr 3, 1968

Arnold the pig appears in a play at the Hooterville Theater. Lisa arranges for an old friend to give him a chance in show business.

30A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 2)

30 minApr 10, 1968

Oliver and Lisa chaperone Arnold's trip to Hollywood, where he lands a starring role in a motion picture.