Green Acres — Season 1, Episode 5: My Husband, the Rooster Renter

Episode synopsis

Mr. Haney rents Bertram the rooster to Oliver for fifty cents a day. Unfortunately, he's a "pecker", not a "crower", so he also gets a chicken named Alice. Oliver then sets about getting a phone installed in the kitchen (though the line won't be connected for three months), the plumbing and roof fixed, and electricity via a rickety power generator. Mr. Douglas also meets his county farm agent, the absent-minded Hank Kimball, who takes some soil samples for analyzing.

About Green Acres

Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was first broadcast on CBS, from September 15, 1965 to April 27, 1971. Receiving solid ratings during its six-year run, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of the "rural purge" by CBS. The sitcom has been in syndication and is available in DVD and VHS releases. In 1997, the two-part episode "A Star Named Arnold is Born" was ranked #59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Oliver Buys A Farm
• E2Lisa's First Day On the Farm
• E3The Decorator
• E4The Best Laid Plans
• E6Furniture, Furniture, Who's Got the Furniture?
• E7Neighborliness
• E8Lisa the Helpmate
• E9You Can't Plug in a 2 with a 6
• E10Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
• E11Parity Begins at Home
• E12Lisa Has a Calf
• E13The Wedding Anniversary