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45-446: Gordy is a 1995 American family comedy-drama film. Gordy or Gordie may also refer to: Gordy The film features the song "Pig Power in the House" by Tag Team . A music video was produced for the song, featuring clips from the film. A piglet named Gordy lives a happy life on Meadow Brook Farm somewhere near Hope, Arkansas . However, after the farmer goes bankrupt, he

90-407: A cameo as himself. In 1970–1971, during the series' sixth season, Green Acres placed 34th out of 96 shows. Despite the respectable ratings and winning its timeslot, the network cancelled the show in the spring of 1971 after 170 episodes. CBS at the time was under mounting pressure from sponsors to have more urban-themed programs on its schedule. To make room for the newer shows, nearly all of

135-538: A budget of $ 6–7 million. The film was released on two screens in Tucson, Arizona on November 4, 1994 and was released nationwide on May 12, 1995. The film was released on VHS on November 8, 1995 by Walt Disney Home Video . It was released on DVD on June 4, 2002 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment , along with a simultaneous VHS re-release on the same day. It was re-released on DVD on April 12, 2011 by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment . A second re-release by Lionsgate

180-469: A couple who move from New York City to a 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. Although it received 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 on DVD and VHS releases. A reunion movie aired in 1990. In 1997,

225-560: A different surname) on Lucille Ball's My Favorite Husband . The Granby's premise was that a big-city banker fulfills a lifelong dream by moving his family to a rundown farm, despite knowing nothing about farming. The nearby feed store is operated by the absent-minded Mr. Kimball, and the Granbys hire an older hand named Eb (voiced by Parley Baer , who guest-starred in several episodes of the television series), who often comments on incompetent management. Benaderet later played Kate Bradley,

270-726: A heart attack. The McAllisters return Hanky and Gordy to the Royce building in St. Louis, Missouri where an attorney reveals Henry has left his company to Gordy and Hanky. Cousin Jake, upon learning Gordy's family is missing, organizes a giant countrywide search to locate them and also a country music concert in Branson, Missouri in Gordy's name. Jim Stafford , Moe Bandy , Boxcar Willie , Cristy Lane , Buck Trent , and Mickey Gilley perform, as well as

315-515: A main character in Petticoat Junction , which was in the same fictional universe as Green Acres . Following the success of The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction , CBS offered producer Paul Henning another half-hour slot on the schedule, without requiring a pilot episode . Faced with running three shows, Henning encouraged Sommers to create a series for the time slot. Sommers later wrote and produced about one-third of

360-599: A play in homage to "famous television show" The Beverly Hillbillies . Oliver plays Jethro opposite Lisa as Granny Clampett. Starting in 1968, The Beverly Hillbillies aired episodes with the Clampetts in Hooterville visiting distant cousins the Bradley family. This brought the world of all three shows into the same reality. "The Thanksgiving Story" includes a split-second insert of Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor at

405-507: A surprise speech from President Bill Clinton (voiced by Jim Meskimen ), who unveils a new stamp of Gordy. Gilbert sends Dietz and Krugman to kidnap Gordy, tie him in a sack, and toss him in a river, but Gordy is saved by Cousin Jake, who returns him to Hanky and Jinnie Sue. Everyone learns from someone who calls into the telethon that Gordy's family is going to be slaughtered at an unidentified slaughterhouse in Nebraska. Gilbert tries to hide

450-421: A talking pig's mission to find his family has a few fun elements -- some lively country music, a brush with fortune and fame, a bit of suspense, and lots of comically dodged mishaps. Kids will no doubt be entertained by the talking animals, cute pigs, and loads of adventure. Parents, however, should note the parent and child separation and the death of a grandparent as key concerns, as well as the scariness factor of

495-558: A trip to Hawaii. Most of the episode focuses on hotel owner Bob Carter ( Don Porter ) and his daughter Pam ( Pamela Franklin ), thus the proposed title for the new series was simply Pam . The final episode of season six (and ultimately the Green Acres series) heavily featured Oliver's former secretary in Manhattan, Carol Rush ( Elaine Joyce ), with proposed spinoff titles said to be Carol or The Blonde . The surviving members of

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540-487: Is determined to remove Gordy and then take control of the company. Gilbert sends his henchmen, Dietz and Krugman, to kidnap Gordy, but Gordy and Hanky escape by boarding a school bus, which Dietz and Krugman pursue. Gordy and Hanky escape onto a feeding truck and soon unexpectedly meet up with the McAllisters, who learn from the radio that Hanky has apparently run away. Another bulletin follows, revealing Henry has died of

585-478: Is forced to sell everything, starting with Gordy's family. Two men arrive in a truck to take Gordy's father, but Gordy is alerted of this by Richard, the farm's rooster. Gordy tries to stop his father from leaving by following the truck taking him, but he tells Gordy to go home and look after the family. Upon returning to the farm, Gordy finds that his mother and siblings were taken in another truck while he pursued his father. Determined to locate his family and return to

630-432: Is notable as an unusual example of a TV theme song in which the lyrics are sung by the stars of the show (Albert and Gabor), rather than by anonymous session vocalists. Oliver and Lisa are both depicted as fish out of water. While Oliver instigated the move from Manhattan to Hooterville over Lisa's objections, he is typically uncomprehending of and impatient with his new situation. Lisa, on the other hand, somehow understands

675-481: Is seen at times playing checkers, loafing, or mooching fruit at Drucker's Store with Petticoat Junction regulars Newt Kiley (portrayed by Kay E. Kuter ) and train conductor Floyd Smoot (portrayed by Rufe Davis ) while also developing a romantic interest in Eunice Douglas. Betty Jo Bradley appears in one episode as Eb Dawson's date. Her sister Bobbie Jo appears in the same episode. Blonde-haired Billie Jo

720-486: Is shut down just in time. To Gordy's happiness, his family has survived, and he is reunited with his father, who was also about to be killed at the slaughterhouse. The pigs are moved back to the farm, which Luke and Jessica decide to buy with most of the Royce Company profits; they marry and Hanky, Jinnie Sue, and Cousin Jake move in too. Gordy and his family are finally reunited. The script for Gordy started under

765-458: Is the only Bradley sister never to appear in Green Acres . Western film actor Smiley Burnette guest-stars several times as railway engineer Charley Pratt in 1965 and 1966. Burnette and Pat Buttram (Mr. Haney) were both comic sidekicks of singing cowboy Gene Autry in his 1950s Westerns. In the March 1967, episode "The Beverly Hillbillies" (season 2, episode 23), the Hooterville theater puts on

810-645: Is the piglet's determination to reunite with his family, and that part of the convoluted plot develops into a folksy comic effort as Jinnie Sue, her dad, Hanky and Gordy race to save the family of pigs from becoming sausages. One would think the pork industry would be livid about this film as it portrays pig slaughter as an outrageous evil. The highlight comes when Gordy jumps into a backyard swimming pool—piglets really are cutest when they put their little trotters together and dive—and saves Hanky from drowning. Generally speaking, time would be better spent with Charlotte's Web than this forgettable hogwash." Chris Hicks of

855-545: The Deseret News reviewed the film saying that "This may have sounded like a cute idea on paper, but as kids pictures go this is the worst to come along in memory. Charmless, humorless and dull as drying paint, Gordy is the kind of movie parents should save for video punishment. But if they take their kids to a theater, they'll be punishing themselves." Dave Kehr of the New York Daily News described

900-553: The Washington Post called the film a "peculiar, seemingly pro-vegan tale". She later went on to say that "It's fairly obvious that Gordy's performance was inspired by Arnold Ziffel's precedent-setting work on the old TV series Green Acres . But then so was the movie, which was penned by series alumni Jay Sommers and Dick Chevillat. Their screenplay is as bland as an afternoon in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood , though

945-506: The Ziffels' comely niece. With a nod to the times, Haney's latest product is a Russian miracle fertilizer called " Gorby Grow". The film was distributed by Orion Television Entertainment, the successor to Filmways. Until his death in March 2015, Bare was working on a film version of the TV series, and he teamed with Phillip Goldfine and his Hollywood Media Bridge to produce it. A Broadway version

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990-472: The cast (except for Eleanor Audley, who had retired from acting 20 years earlier) were reunited for a TV movie titled Return to Green Acres . It aired on CBS on May 18, 1990. Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor also recreated their Green Acres characters for the 1993 CBS special The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies . On November 19, 2007, original series director Richard L. Bare announced that he

1035-559: The dinner table with the casts of all three series. There is a subplot with Eb Dawson falling in love with Elly May Clampett that continues in the following episode, "The Courtship of Homer Noodleman". The Clampetts return to the Shady Rest Hotel in "Christmas in Hooterville" with Eb still fawning over a reluctant Elly May. In addition, the crossovers from Petticoat Junction cast members, most frequently, were: During its six-season run, many familiar actors guest-starred on

1080-416: The director, Australian animal-mockumentary-maker Mark Lewis, adds a touch of menace by using extreme close-ups, bizarre angles and other stylish camera work. One thing's for sure, Gordy will put little pea-pickers off their pork." Walter V. Addiego of The Examiner Staff stated that "The film tosses a few mild, satirical darts at public relations and advertising , but otherwise it's strictly hokum from

1125-511: The episodes. In pre-production, proposed titles were Country Cousins and The Eddie Albert Show . Green Acres is about Oliver Wendell Douglas (Eddie Albert), a prominent and wealthy New York City attorney, fulfilling his dream to be a farmer, and Lisa Douglas (Eva Gabor), his glamorous Hungarian wife, uprooted unwillingly from an upscale Manhattan penthouse apartment to a dilapidated farm in Hooterville that Oliver purchases from

1170-597: The ever-hustling Mr. Haney, to the disbelief of the residents. The debut episode is a mockumentary about their decision to move to a rural area, anchored by former ABC newscaster John Charles Daly . Daly was the host of the CBS game show What's My Line , and a few weeks after the show's debut Albert and Gabor returned the favor by appearing on What's My Line as that episode's Mystery Guests, and publicly thanked Daly for helping to launch their series. Although many Green Acres episodes were still standard 1960s sitcom fare,

1215-417: The fact that it is owned by the Royce family. However, a battle ensues between Gilbert and Luke, with Jessica and Luke knocking him out with the suitcase of Brinks, the family attorney. Gordy, Hanky, Jinnie Sue, Jessica, Luke, Cousin Jake, and Brinks race to stop the slaughterhouse from killing Gordy's family, but a train slows them down. Hanky successfully rings the love-struck supervisor, and the slaughterhouse

1260-565: The farm, Gordy sets out alone to find them. He eventually ends up in the care of Jinnie Sue McAllister, a young country singer who lives in a camper van with her father, Luke, and their "manager", Cousin Jake. Not knowing Gordy's name, Jinnie Sue calls him Pinky. They travel to a dinner party, where Luke performs for the governor of Arkansas. Also attending are rich businessman Henry Royce, his daughter Jessica, her scheming fiancé Gilbert Sipes, and her lonely young son Hanky. Hanky wanders off on his own and meets Gordy and Jinnie Sue. Hanky falls into

1305-547: The film 2 out of 4 stars, writing: "This is not the kind of film that rewards deep analysis. I rate it at two stars, but I'd recommend it for kids. I can't recommend it for people like me, but there are many other kinds of people in the world, some of them children who believe that pigs can talk, and for them, Gordy is likely to be very entertaining. You know who you are." Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle claimed that " Gordy ' s strongest suit

1350-411: The film as "a particularly dull and inept family film". Caryn James of The New York Times opined that "It is possible that some children will be tickled at the very idea of a talking pig, even one as bland as Gordy. They will probably be children who have never seen any movie, ever. Gordy is the film that asks, How you gonna keep them down on the farm after they've seen Simba ?" Rita Kempley of

1395-542: The film is filled with minor characters who nicely round things out; my young companion watched the film from beginning to end, loving it. This is not a date movie." In its opening week in Tucson, the film grossed $ 19,000. It went on to gross $ 3.9 million in the United States and Canada. Green Acres Green Acres is an American television absurdist sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as

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1440-596: The film premiered on a limited release in Tucson in November 1994 and had its nationwide release a few months before Babe , Gordy was far less successful critically and commercially. Meanwhile, Babe was both a critical and commercial success, won several awards (including an Academy Award for Visual Effects ) and spawned a sequel titled Babe: Pig in the City . Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave

1485-521: The heartland. The director, I'm sorry to say, is Mark Lewis, the Australian responsible for the strange and funny documentary Cane Toads: An Unnatural History , which enlivened the S.F. Film Festival in 1988. Gordy will not enhance his résumé. It's surprisingly amateurish, due in no small part to clumsy scripting by Leslie Stevens." Tracy Moore of Common Sense Media gave the film two out of five stars, saying that "This fast-moving adventure about

1530-479: The impending violence of the slaughterhouse, which is teased throughout the movie. If the audience is old enough to handle that potentially squeamish subject, Gordy is otherwise a passable 90 minutes of animal-talking antics." TV Guide gave the film 1½ stars out of four. However, Louis Black of The Austin Chronicle wrote a favorable review of the film concluding that "A lot happens, it moves quickly, and

1575-538: The rights to release future seasons of the show. It subsequently released Green Acres – The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 on October 17, 2017. Shout! Factory released season 4 on November 28, 2017. They released season 5 on February 27, 2018, followed by season 6 on July 10, 2018. A DVD & Blu-ray released on Studio Distribution Services its 35th anniversary. In the 1990 reunion TV movie Return to Green Acres , made and set two decades after

1620-442: The rural-themed shows were cancelled, later known as the " rural purge ," of which Pat Buttram said, "CBS cancelled everything with a tree – including Lassie ." As a result of the sudden cancellation, there was no series finale. The final two episodes of Green Acres were backdoor pilots for two shows that were never picked up by a network. In the penultimate episode of season 6 ("Hawaiian Honeymoon"), Oliver and Lisa take

1665-476: The series, Oliver and Lisa have moved back to New York but are miserable there. The Hootervillians implore the couple to return and save the town from a scheme to destroy it, cooked up between Mr. Haney and a wealthy, underhanded developer ( Henry Gibson ). The Monroe brothers still have not finished the Douglases' bedroom, while a 20-something Arnold survived his "parents" and subsequently bunks with his "cousin",

1710-673: The show developed a regular undercurrent of surrealism and satire. The writers soon developed a suite of running jokes and visual gags, and characters often broke the fourth wall , such as looking around to try and figure out where the fife music is coming from when Oliver launches into one of his frequent "American dream" monologues. The show is set in the same television universe as Henning's Petticoat Junction , featuring such towns as Hooterville , Pixley , Crabwell Corners, and Stankwell Falls, as well as sharing characters such as Joe Carson, Fred and Doris Ziffel, Sam Drucker, Newt Kiley, and Floyd Smoot. The main theme, composed by Vic Mizzy ,

1755-585: The show, along with other lesser-known performers who later achieved stardom, among them John Daly , Elaine Joyce , Gary Dubin , Herbert Anderson , June Foray , Bob Cummings , Sam Edwards , Jerry Van Dyke , J. Pat O'Malley , Johnny Whitaker , Jesse White , Al Lewis , Gordon Jump , Bernie Kopell , Len Lesser , Bob Hastings , Don Keefer , Don Porter , Alan Hale Jr. , Melody Patterson , Rusty Hamer , Regis Toomey , Heather North , Allan Melvin , Parley Baer , Jack Bannon , Reginald Gardiner , Rick Lenz , Al Molinaro , Pat Morita , and Rich Little in

1800-486: The sometimes surreal world of their neighbors, and they in turn are accepting of her own bizarre notions. Shady Rest Hotel owner Kate Bradley (portrayed by Bea Benaderet ) appears in a few early episodes. She tries to help Lisa adapt to country living, most notably giving her the recipe for her hotcakes, which Lisa ends up botching, resulting in Lisa's infamous "hotscakes". Uncle Joe Carson (portrayed by Edgar Buchanan )

1845-443: The swimming pool, but cannot swim. Just as Jinnie Sue rushes off to get help, Gordy dives into the pool with an inflatable tube, and saves Hanky. Due to Gordy's bravery, he is given to Hanky as a pet, and also becomes suddenly famous. Henry and Gilbert have alternate decisions on who the new mascot of the Royce Company should be: Gordy or Jessica. In the end, Gordy wins, due to a switched camera lens used on Jessica's promotion. Gilbert

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1890-593: The title of Waldo and was written by veteran TV comedy writers Jay Sommers and Dick Chevillat with Arnold the Pig from Green Acres in mind for Waldo, but remained unproduced for several years. In January 1993, it was announced Sybil Robson's newly formed Robson Entertainment had acquired the Waldo script which was re-written by Leslie Stevens with the new title Gordy . Pre-production took place in Atlanta on

1935-472: The two-part episode "A Star Named Arnold Is Born" was ranked No. 59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time . Green Acres derives from Granby's Green Acres , a comedy show aired on the CBS radio network from July 3 to August 21, 1950. The eight-episode summer series was created by Jay Sommers , who also wrote, produced, and directed. The principal characters, a married couple played by Bea Benaderet and Gale Gordon , originated (although under

1980-480: Was released on October 7, 2014, which includes a digital copy. A third re-release by Miramax was released on February 23, 2021. Along with generally negative reviews, Gordy was eclipsed by Babe , another family film about a talking piglet who becomes famous while avoiding being slaughtered for food. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film received a 21% approval rating with an average rating of 4.1/10 based on 19 reviews. Although

2025-516: Was working on a revival of Green Acres . Variety announced on July 22, 2012, that a Broadway-aimed musical was in development, with an initial draft of the book written by Bare. No composer, lyricist, or director was attached. Bare died in 2015. MGM Home Entertainment released the first three seasons of Green Acres on Region 1 DVD. The entire six-season run of the series is available for purchase via Amazon's video-on-demand service. On July 7, 2017, Shout! Factory announced it had acquired

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