Color video of the intro to the 1960's TV show "Green Acres."
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@djhutcherson67615 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with Green Acres when I was 14 years old in 1998. (When it came on every night on TV Land) In 1999 I asked my mom if we could go to Los Angeles to see if we could find Eddie Albert's house. She knew how much I loved Green Acres, so she said that would be our vacation that summer. We wound up flying out there from Nashville, Tennessee, and on our second day there, we were able to find his house by using a Hollywood Star map. (a map that shows where the stars live) When we found his house, we stopped out in front on the side of the road to take some video and pictures. Eddie just happened to be sitting at his dining room table and saw us out the front window. We could see him get up and head towards the front door. The door opened and he came out on his front porch and waved for us to come up, so of course we did! I told him how much I loved Green Acres and Mr. Douglas, and had my picture made with him. I was in shock...I couldn't believe it was happening. It was so nice of him to do that for us. It was an amazing experience, and I will remember that day for the rest of my life. :)
@HunterWoodlawn4 жыл бұрын
DJ Hutcherson that’s amazing, thanks for sharing.
@willbill50864 жыл бұрын
Yeah wow i wish that would happen to me thanks for telling this story
@jamesbarnes58084 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@TheUltimateTroll93 жыл бұрын
I would've said Don't shoost us!
@texasrebel77543 жыл бұрын
How awesome too that your Mom did that for you.
@robarnum71806 жыл бұрын
The actual reason that Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor sang the theme was to save money on the pilot film! They were pushed into doing it.VERY reluctantly! But the end result was one of the most memorable TV themes ever!
@HOHNancy5 жыл бұрын
I love the song! :)
@Yummicookie19798 ай бұрын
Absolutely! This is actually set as my ringtone.😂❤
@Accam5708 ай бұрын
It's one of my favourites.
@XcaptainXobliviousX4 ай бұрын
thats crazy, it totally sets the mood for the main characters to sing the theme here. its iconic. cant even imagine if it hadnt turned out that way.
@zendonrey1228 жыл бұрын
This song plays over and over in my head every time I do yard work.
@fromthesidelines5 жыл бұрын
Words and music by VIC MIZZY.
@JonesNate Жыл бұрын
Dodoot dodooodoot...The chores!
@agentfungus97429 жыл бұрын
I love this show more now as an adult than when I was a kid. The plotlines and characters are so bizarre.
@darlenebartz37054 жыл бұрын
I like aronld ziffe heis the ust funnyiest
@Lisa-di1wi2 жыл бұрын
I am 64, and I have been a Green Acres fan for 55 years.
@danielgolus46005 жыл бұрын
What's so interesting is that although it was Oliver who wanted to swap city life for farm life, he had a difficult time accepting it, especially the people. Unlike wife Lisa who didn't want to leave New York, yet got right into the rural life with ease.
@sossma4 жыл бұрын
Well, I always thought that was the whole point of the show? Still funny when I think about it now, lol!
@jacqulinemccarthey-ohmer8615 Жыл бұрын
I'm 24 years old and this song gets stuck in my head so bad! I'll be laying in bed and all a sudden "grrEEN ACRES IS THE PLACE TO BE"
@exstock10 ай бұрын
Hit me that way, too. I swear the thing just floats around in the atmosphere looking for victims. (I'm pretty sure I've never seen more than 2 episodes, if that.) But hey, there are much worse songs to have firmly wedged.
@Gracee7103 ай бұрын
I'm 15 and when I'm at my dad's house once in a while this show is on, and it gets stuck in my head all the time too lol even when I am at my mom's house, who doesn't watch it!
@adamcartwright72815 ай бұрын
One of the best tv intros ever.
@Youngstown5296 ай бұрын
Definitely in the Top 10 greatest TV themes of all time!
@robl17696 жыл бұрын
In the early 2000s, this show came on at 6am on Canadian TV. My 12 year old self would wake up everyday to watch this and The Munsters, which followed.
@kenrickbautista61415 жыл бұрын
In the late 2000s, I was 11 years old when I first watched this show. Along with: 'The Munsters', 'The Addams Family' and 'I Love Lucy'. Man, do I love the classics.
@TheCarnivalguy3 жыл бұрын
Ah-lee-vuh…. I love it when Lisa Douglas (Eva Gabor) says Oliver’s name. What a wacky, absurdly funny concept for a show, and it was great. Our family always watched it growing up. Hotscakes are ready! 😂😂
@jd-if2fe Жыл бұрын
or the one about apple judge
@johnyzero20006 жыл бұрын
One thing I had a hard time grasping is that Oliver worked on a farm in an expensive three piece suit.
@Capcoor5 жыл бұрын
John Hintergardt #suspensionofdisbelief
@fromthesidelines5 жыл бұрын
Oliver never really quite "fit in" with the rest of Hooterville, while Lisa DID. He preferred working in his own "comfortable" clothes, while Lisa preferred lounging in her Jean Louis outfits. One 1967 episode, "The Hooterville Image", showed what happened when Oliver tried wearing "farm clothing".
@arthurcurrier93074 жыл бұрын
The show was like a backwards Beverly Hillbillies. The Clampetts wore their country clothes in the city and so Oliver wears his city clothes in the country. His clothes are addressed in one show where the other residents all wear suits hoping to show him how silly he looks, like Fred Ziffell wearing a suit to slop the hogs.
@louf71784 жыл бұрын
@@arthurcurrier9307 I never consciously realized that. LOL
@nathanortiz36714 жыл бұрын
He's just practical like that 😂
@KnightingMikai8 жыл бұрын
"You are my wife!" "Good-bye city life!" Well... that was easy.
@Capcoor5 жыл бұрын
TheSmithersy You’re not going to win friends and influence people talking like that. (Thinking the reverse way isn’t cool either.)
@justanormalweeb2045 жыл бұрын
TheSmithersy wow!! that pretty sexist
@kimjongun56764 жыл бұрын
Its because lisa is pretty gullable, in one episode she falls for mr. Haneys con and buys hamster milk
@MissCracker4 жыл бұрын
TheSmithersy women can do and be what they please
@justanormalweeb2044 жыл бұрын
Derrick Thomas Lewis what does that mean
@ryangreen24694 жыл бұрын
"Darling I love you, but give me Park Avenue". Thank you for uploading this gem of a show opening theme, just what I needed in these " Strange" times. I have the series on DVD packed away ( upcoming move) ,just wanted to hear the song. Love the show, so funny how Oliver was determined to live life in the country- yet, surprised and dismayed over the locals and there " Hick " daily lives, Oliver, what did you expect ? Too funny !
@frankarago70047 жыл бұрын
My wife is American -HUNGARIAN born in Hollywood Ca..Her parents both Hungarians born came here during the 1956 Russian revolution.Her mother raised her old school and she's best wife in the world.I would do anything for her. Love this show.
@noone37782 жыл бұрын
2022 and green acres is sill one of the greatest show ever
@jrimundo7875 жыл бұрын
Every morning in 8th grade my history teacher would start the day off with this song and it brings back so many memories of him and his class and it's been 10 years now. Thank you Mr. Santiago for all the amazing memories in my favorite class even if I was a bit lazy at times
@Carstuff111 Жыл бұрын
And my childhood just came flooding back. It was an "old" show when I was a kid, but I loved it then, and I think I love this show more even more now as an adult.
@Deadpool_645 жыл бұрын
Just randomly realized after looking at American Gothic, that the last scene of this is a reference to that. I haven't even seen this show in years, but that randomly popped into my head.
@aqueenwaits7 жыл бұрын
I SOOOOOO LOVE THIS THEME SONG AND SHOW!When I hear this song or when I sing it on my own, I remember when life was simpler and more creative. I miss "genuine and witty" shows such as this one.Eddie Albert was a magnificent actor. And so was the rest of the cast.
@DanteDAnthony Жыл бұрын
still hilarious and brilliant 50 years later.
@Obsidian316 Жыл бұрын
when ever I went to my grandmas house we would always watch this, good memories
@detah1 Жыл бұрын
I love that tip of the hat to Wood's American Gothic at the end. Good stuff.
@kenrickbautista61415 жыл бұрын
I was 11 years old when I first saw this show. And now more than a decade later, I watched it again and still enjoy this show. Boy, does time fly.
@kimjongun56764 жыл бұрын
I was in 5th grade, now im working as an accountant
@siddharthsen70353 жыл бұрын
@@kimjongun5676 cpa?
@ms30258 жыл бұрын
There was something special about the 60s in the US. This show reminds me of what I thought and felt then. VERY DIFFERENT from today.
@VNeto947 жыл бұрын
"Member the 60s?" "Member the Beatles?" "Member Flower Power?" "Member Vietnam?"
@GameyRaccoon5 ай бұрын
@@VNeto94Member segregation? Member no no fault divorce?
@VNeto945 ай бұрын
@@GameyRaccoon ooooh, I member!
@thomaspaull25944 ай бұрын
@@GameyRaccoon What is so bad about proving grounds for divorce?
@tenshi08337 ай бұрын
When I first got my license and was doing driving lessons with my Mum out the back of town where it was just farms and meadows this used to be the song I sung whenever I was stressed or anxious or bored and to this day (8 years later) whenever I'm feeling that way I find myself singing or humming this song, I absolutely love it, it reminds me of times when I was younger and things were so much easier ❤️
@Thakidhtx8323 ай бұрын
This just brought back memories from 2 grade watching this with my pops smh im 28 now time really flies
@aeternal.mp35 жыл бұрын
I started watching this show recently. Already know the whole intro.
@anorak6416 жыл бұрын
Earlier episodes of GA were in black and white as we know. If I remember correctly most if not all episodes were shown by Channel 4 (UK) after it first opened in Nov 1982. It had been on RTE (Ireland) in the 1960s, how it takes me back!
@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz7 жыл бұрын
I love Green Acres please tv land bring it back.
@puccaperson6 жыл бұрын
I learned that Me TV is showing this on September 8th!
@ShoshieAndren4 жыл бұрын
MeTV at 9PM
@veryfungamesawesome3 жыл бұрын
It’s on metv weeknights at 9:30pm
@patrickbrowder68575 ай бұрын
Just got done watching the Lisa has amnesia episode. @@veryfungamesawesome
@exodia98172 жыл бұрын
My parents picked up a barn in North Carolina that plays the first lyrics of this song.
@SimchaWaldman6 жыл бұрын
He-he he-he-he, he he... He-he he-he-he, he he... He-he he-he-he... He-he he-he-he... He-he he-he-he... squeeze squeeze.
@davephantom51504 жыл бұрын
Family Guy
@dswagjr88023 жыл бұрын
@@davephantom5150 family of the guy
@sexysagi16 жыл бұрын
They were rich enough. If he loved the farm so much, he could have stayed there and I would have stayed in the penthouse on Park Avenue!!!
@justincarter5938 Жыл бұрын
I'd always loved The Green Acres Theme Song
@jonathanfunnell41673 жыл бұрын
I LOVE BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY
@GTNLN784 жыл бұрын
This show was broadcast in Italy between the 70's and the 80's, life at that time was simpler and happier, I was a child, my father put me in front of the TV and I used to have some much fun watching Green Acres...
@heysupisaidhey12652 жыл бұрын
Yes, for white straight males.
@GTNLN782 жыл бұрын
@@heysupisaidhey1265 Yes, I am
@heysupisaidhey12652 жыл бұрын
@@GTNLN78 exactly. Selfish, very selfish mate
@sarah-ss7ky7 жыл бұрын
ah memories of "Olivah!" and "Dahling!" and "Don't shoosht the deer!"
@mobetta20925 жыл бұрын
This song meant nap time in the early afternoon after kindergarten in the 1981.
@glennbahia3 жыл бұрын
The 60s were a goldmine for innovative comedy: Beverly Hillbillies, Hogan's Heroes, Get Smart, Addam's Family etc. Couldn't make much of it today in the PC, Cancel Culture era.
@pacatrue16 жыл бұрын
FYI, I believe the Gabors themselves were actually Hungarian, or somewhere close.
@MelissaDAaron-tv5io4 жыл бұрын
They were.
@SirThomas_II3 ай бұрын
This theme song just randomly popped up in my head and I had to scratch that itch lol. This takes me back 😭
@user-qz9zu1fq9k10 жыл бұрын
I've never watched this series, but the tune is so damn catchy XD
@kaylasummerlin47528 жыл бұрын
I agree but ive watched this
@DeadRaymanWalking2 жыл бұрын
Reruns of the show airing on MeTV inspired me to name my island on Animal Crossing: New Horizons after this show. Hell, the island tune is the first seven notes (well, six) of the theme.
@explosionsfun10 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this without color years and years ago in my Aunt's house. Good times.
@hotelmario51012 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the "I" at 0:36 is sampled in Deee-Lite's 1991 hit single, "Groove is in the Heart".
@HunterWoodlawn4 жыл бұрын
hotelmario510 yes!
@DingoYabuki3 жыл бұрын
It sounds so good. lol
@wheelinthesky3009 жыл бұрын
Starring Eddie Albert and Ivana Trump.
@Charliecomet828 жыл бұрын
+wheelinthesky300 I was gonna say Melania!
@SpiralEyeZombie7 жыл бұрын
wheelinthesky300
@jackcounting43308 жыл бұрын
i remember watching this with my mom lol i cant get this song outta my head today though ugh its stuck!
@Technibility3 жыл бұрын
My mom and I would watch this together on Nick at Nite when I was a kid.
@nathanjaki90748 жыл бұрын
Surprisingly for the time, this actually aged pretty well. Although that may be due to the color.
@kaishutup3 ай бұрын
im a kid (under 15) and i was raised watching this stuff, im so sad more parents dont make their kids watch older stuff that series was so funny i love it
@regeice4 жыл бұрын
It's almost bizarre how much I loved a show that was decades old before I was even born. But man I guess a good show is good show no matter how old it is.
@homercat100011 жыл бұрын
i love this video this song of green acres when i was a kid at 6 years old in 1965 and i did the song at the bowling alley lounge and the audience love it the way i have performance 2013 i am 54 years old
@mikeh1788 жыл бұрын
Some shows dont hold up over time, but not green acres. I still get a laugh watching it
@gTimber19307 ай бұрын
Out of all the old comedies and revisiting them decades later, I find this much more clever and funny.
@RodrigoBahamonde3 жыл бұрын
The endind when they're both standing and Oliver is holding a Pitchfork is a reference to "American gothic", a 1930 painting by Grant Wood.
@animerlon Жыл бұрын
OK! That was GREAT! For some mysterious reason, this song has been popping into my head, for the past 3-4 days. I'm pretty sure i haven't given the song or show even a passing thought in decades. Obviously, decided to give it a listen, so here i am. Had a fun time. 🎉 Started dancing in my chair at the first boom, boom. Sang along, out loud & remembered every word. The funny thing is, during the past few days, i'd only sing snatches of it cause i was missing words. So i was surprised & impressed with myself for remembering all of it. I kinda want to watch an episode, but i'm afraid i'll be disappointed. Maybe it's better to just remember it nostalgically. 😄 EDIT: Sorry, forgot to say thanks muchly for posting the actual intro & not just the audio. 👍☮️
@exstock10 ай бұрын
Hee, same thing happened to me yesterday! I swear, I can't have seen more than 2 episodes of the show ever, if that. Yet somehow that theme song got so deeply embedded in my brain that it refuses to budge. I've been singing/whistling it off and on ever since. Had to come here to listen to it yet again today!
@animerlon10 ай бұрын
@@exstock Bet you weren't disappointed. 😄
@parkman3516 жыл бұрын
Oliver pitches the freakin pitch fork! Classic..
@leapingluchalarry Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this at home while you were at school.
@csxtrain8666 Жыл бұрын
Ah me and my grandfather watching this together while my grandmother cooked dinner god I miss being 5 years old
@ZedanB4 жыл бұрын
When people ask me what it was like moving from L.A. to Oklahoma I direct them here.
@Its_Renee_4 жыл бұрын
Who's watching this in 2020? And...you remember all the words!?
@DeadRaymanWalking3 жыл бұрын
YEEEEEEEEEEP!
@eliascrookshank9 ай бұрын
One of the greatest shows to ever grace the small screen.
@josephpacheco76444 жыл бұрын
Great. now I have this song stuck in my head
@pnvgordinho7 жыл бұрын
Great show.
@kylekeller3398 Жыл бұрын
Eva Gabor was the voice of Duchess from The Aristocats and Miss Bianca from The Rescuers!
@evanhalsey1844 Жыл бұрын
I had this song stuck in my head on a Boy Scout camping trip to Johnson Shut-Ins when I was 11 years old.
@jeff121019749 ай бұрын
One of Mom's favorite shows.
@heehokuzunoha7757 Жыл бұрын
My dad loved this show
@brownsugah6616 жыл бұрын
I loved watching this show back in the day
@mmarysmith714 жыл бұрын
Idk care what anybody else is saying in the comments this is the best & older shows like where the best as a kid growing up I loved watching shows like this along with cartoons of course. For those who didn't watch shows like this here's some good ones; Gilligan's island, I Dream of Jeanie, Bewitched, Mash, Little House on the Prairie, Gun Smoke, Annie Oakey, Grizzly Adams, Batman, Bonanza, The Andy Griffin Show, and much more, you get the point.
@gordonsnell673510 ай бұрын
Green acres is back on MeTv, still is a good show 😊😊
@Idiotic_B_Purcell4 жыл бұрын
there's actually a company in Peoria, IL called "Victory Acres", and their jingle's a parody of this song, and I only found that out just now! HA!
@ir100319819 жыл бұрын
Tuesday September 15, 2015 9/15/15 TODAY marks the 50th anniversary of the premiere of "GREEN ACRES". It began Wednesday September 15, 1965.
@ir100319819 жыл бұрын
"Green Acres" premiered 50 years ago on CBS. "Gidget" premiered 50 years ago on ABC.
@bigbubba298 жыл бұрын
I hope Tom Lester celebrated the memory as the only living cast member.
@AD-yi3qz8 жыл бұрын
+ir10031981 Damn. 50 years? Great TV will never die
@Fersomling8 жыл бұрын
+ir10031981 Just as funny as it was 50 years ago!
@luvmyflowers1234 ай бұрын
I loved watching this program when I was a kid ❤❤❤
@kevinrichards32883 жыл бұрын
I love the music. I'd imagine that was a very popular tv show back in the day.
@andymceachern96684 жыл бұрын
Notice the Mondrian art piece on her wall? Same as the Partridge family bus.
@robertjohnson28393 жыл бұрын
Eddie Albert grew up in Minneapolis Minnesota… Many times I would see him walk the streets of downtown Minneapolis in the 1980s every time he came in town to visit… Very down to earth and pose for pictures with everybody
@AllThatAmar2 ай бұрын
Lots of love for Eva Gabor, who was sampled in this intro for the Deee-Lite song "Groove is in the heart."
@arlenetanalgo62547 ай бұрын
Oh I miss this show. Zsa zsa was the spice but her husband sealed the show. The simple life is priceless just like natural resources.
@Sigma4k_ Жыл бұрын
My grandma would sing this when we were younger and I plan on doing the same to my kids
@larrypurtell16 жыл бұрын
It was one of the funniest TV shows of the 1960's.
@erinwoempner1228 Жыл бұрын
I grew up on a farm my grandparents farm their house didn’t look anything like that. It was very nice. My grandpa built it for my grandma took two years but the farm was a real farm and we’re not sure would come on and I was a little kid sitting in their living room with the checkered curtains blown in the kitchen window and you could smell my grandma cooking and I could hear that Greenacres that takes me back to priceless memories that I would never trade. I actually found a red barn cookie jar so the jar it’s actually plastic and when you lift the great when you lift the lid it’s the music the Greenacres entire song and it works. I found it a goodwill in a dumpster. It is awesome and it was done probably in 1970 I think that’s what it said it took a while to clean it up, but it is my favorite kitchen piece, so Yep brings back priceless memories .
@arissimion672 жыл бұрын
Such a enjoyable theme song.😁👍🏻🥇
@maylee5812 Жыл бұрын
I fell in love when I was 6😢❤❤
@DeadRaymanWalking4 жыл бұрын
I first heard this show's theme song when Pauly Shore's character sang it in Son-In-Law. I would later see this show when it was reran on TV Land when the network launched in 1996. I would later see reruns of this show on a UPN (now CW) station we had on TV at the time (back before we got cable TV), which would be followed by the original Addams Family series. The night I had started up Animal Crossing: New Horizons on my Nintendo Switch (which I had been playing exhaustively since a lot of places are closed due to the blasted COVID-19 and whatnot) for the first time just days after getting it at the local Walmart, a rerun of an episode of Green Acres was about to start on MeTV (which the show is reran nowadays), I was prompted to name my island in the game, which I called "GreenAcres" (I tried to put in a space in between "Green" and "Acres", but the "s" in "Acres" wouldn't fit). If anything, I would change that line in this show's theme song, "Farm livin' is the life for me!" to "Animal Crossing is the game for me!"
@SaxonC4 жыл бұрын
CBS always has the best tv shows back during the Golden age of tv and they were referred to as the Tiffany Network.
@KarateDude9716 жыл бұрын
Best TV theme song in history!
@julieblack9394 Жыл бұрын
I did too!!! I loved it! It had glamour & the country & a lovable pig! Lol
@killertofu90Ай бұрын
Continuously click at 0:36 at the right times to get the "Groove Is in the Heart" sample.
@Accam5708 ай бұрын
Best sitcom theme, ever.
@Baldwin-iv44511 ай бұрын
I don't think any of the people making this expected it to become more relatable over 50 years later with thousands of Americans coming moving to the countryside.
@Brokenspring110 жыл бұрын
The white two story house in the beginning of the intro is still standing on Creston rd outside of Paso Robles California.
@starey110 жыл бұрын
so THAT'S where it is! I read somewhere once that it's location is "unknown"
@kevinisam10 жыл бұрын
Is it the one at 1025 if not what address
@MooPotPie7 жыл бұрын
It's at 2770 Creston Rd., though it's been remodeled and looks quite different.
@louf71784 жыл бұрын
@@MooPotPie That is way cool! It looks correct (with added porch) on Google Maps in 2020.
@catherinegearhart21022 жыл бұрын
This was my wedding song!
@silentonall7 жыл бұрын
RIP Zsa Zsa Gabor. Her Sister.
@MoonLoonie695 жыл бұрын
I miss Eva more
@argopunk Жыл бұрын
1960s US tv opening titles were so often upbeat and happy.
@wkakakshsusgsizgzu74424 жыл бұрын
I just felt part of my childhood hit me in the face-
@longagoandfaraway78683 жыл бұрын
Of the 3 interconnected series I liked this better than Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction. I thought the humor of Green Acres was more biting and surreal. Especially when the 4th wall would be broken by Lisa. I would crack up when she'd comment on seeing the credits on the screen. Or when she'd mention hearing the fife player when Oliver gave one of his patriotic speeches. Rural bureaucracy was alive and well, as Oliver never got his phone in the house. The Monroe "brothers" never finished his house, Haney was always trying to rip him off in some way, Arnold was understood by everyone but Oliver, Sam Drucker would almost have you believe he was running a mini Walmart by all the things he had going on in his store. But the big joke to me was Hank Kimball, the bumbling county agent. Once scene he was shown reading a book titled "How To Get Ahead In Civil Service Without Relatives", which was doubly funny, not just because of that title, but also because as inept as he was at his job, he HAD to have had SOME relative give it to him. And one more nod to Lisa (Eva): she was such sweetheart I would have eaten her "hotscakes" no matter how rock hard or rubbery they were. Ebb said she made the best "hot water soup" too! One of my most prized purchases is this complete series on DVD. I just wish they would have included the reunion movie at the end of Season 6, with the other extras, like the Granby's Green Acres radio show from 1950.
@gregoryharrelson86952 жыл бұрын
Dude you've said it all. Great job!!!
@kevinrichards32884 жыл бұрын
Man I haven't watched that show in a long time.
@gibbs6152 жыл бұрын
I never really knew this classic show much. The only things I knew Eva Gabor for was her voice work in "The Aristocats" "The Rescuers" and "The Rescuers Down Under".
@Wasabialt Жыл бұрын
Green Acres is the place to be. Farm livin' is the life for me. Land spreadin' out so far and wide Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside. New York is where I'd rather stay. I get allergic smelling hay. I just adore a penthouse view. Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue. ...The chores. ...The stores. ...Fresh air. ...Times Square You are my wife. Good bye, city life. Green Acres we are there.
@corndawg154 ай бұрын
Today I learned they sampled Eva saying I in groove is in the heart.