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. :)

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!

This song plays over and over in my head every time I do yard work.

I love this show more now as an adult than when I was a kid. The plotlines and characters are so bizarre.

I am 64, and I have been a Green Acres fan for 55 years.

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.

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"

One of the best tv intros ever.

Definitely in the Top 10 greatest TV themes of all time!

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.

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! 😂😂

One thing I had a hard time grasping is that Oliver worked on a farm in an expensive three piece suit.

"You are my wife!" "Good-bye city life!" Well... that was easy.

"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 !

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.

2022 and green acres is sill one of the greatest show ever

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

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.

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.

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.

still hilarious and brilliant 50 years later.

when ever I went to my grandmas house we would always watch this, good memories

I love that tip of the hat to Wood's American Gothic at the end. Good stuff.

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.

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.

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 ❤️

This just brought back memories from 2 grade watching this with my pops smh im 28 now time really flies

I started watching this show recently. Already know the whole intro.

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!

I love Green Acres please tv land bring it back.

My parents picked up a barn in North Carolina that plays the first lyrics of this song.

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.

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!!!

I'd always loved The Green Acres Theme Song

I LOVE BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY

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...

ah memories of "Olivah!" and "Dahling!" and "Don't shoosht the deer!"

This song meant nap time in the early afternoon after kindergarten in the 1981.

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.

FYI, I believe the Gabors themselves were actually Hungarian, or somewhere close.

This theme song just randomly popped up in my head and I had to scratch that itch lol. This takes me back 😭

I've never watched this series, but the tune is so damn catchy XD

I remember watching this without color years and years ago in my Aunt's house. Good times.

Fun fact: the "I" at 0:36 is sampled in Deee-Lite's 1991 hit single, "Groove is in the Heart".

Starring Eddie Albert and Ivana Trump.

i remember watching this with my mom lol i cant get this song outta my head today though ugh its stuck!

My mom and I would watch this together on Nick at Nite when I was a kid.

Surprisingly for the time, this actually aged pretty well. Although that may be due to the color.

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

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.

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

Some shows dont hold up over time, but not green acres. I still get a laugh watching it

Out of all the old comedies and revisiting them decades later, I find this much more clever and funny.

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.

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. 👍☮️

Oliver pitches the freakin pitch fork! Classic..

I remember watching this at home while you were at school.

Ah me and my grandfather watching this together while my grandmother cooked dinner god I miss being 5 years old

When people ask me what it was like moving from L.A. to Oklahoma I direct them here.

Who's watching this in 2020? And...you remember all the words!?

One of the greatest shows to ever grace the small screen.

Great. now I have this song stuck in my head

Great show.

Eva Gabor was the voice of Duchess from The Aristocats and Miss Bianca from The Rescuers!

I had this song stuck in my head on a Boy Scout camping trip to Johnson Shut-Ins when I was 11 years old.

One of Mom's favorite shows.

My dad loved this show

I loved watching this show back in the day

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.

Green acres is back on MeTv, still is a good show 😊😊

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!

Tuesday September 15, 2015 9/15/15 TODAY marks the 50th anniversary of the premiere of "GREEN ACRES". It began Wednesday September 15, 1965.

I loved watching this program when I was a kid ❤❤❤

I love the music. I'd imagine that was a very popular tv show back in the day.

Notice the Mondrian art piece on her wall? Same as the Partridge family bus.

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

Lots of love for Eva Gabor, who was sampled in this intro for the Deee-Lite song "Groove is in the heart."

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.

My grandma would sing this when we were younger and I plan on doing the same to my kids

It was one of the funniest TV shows of the 1960's.

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 .

Such a enjoyable theme song.😁👍🏻🥇

I fell in love when I was 6😢❤❤

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!"

CBS always has the best tv shows back during the Golden age of tv and they were referred to as the Tiffany Network.

Best TV theme song in history!

I did too!!! I loved it! It had glamour & the country & a lovable pig! Lol

Continuously click at 0:36 at the right times to get the "Groove Is in the Heart" sample.

Best sitcom theme, ever.

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.

The white two story house in the beginning of the intro is still standing on Creston rd outside of Paso Robles California.

This was my wedding song!

RIP Zsa Zsa Gabor. Her Sister.

1960s US tv opening titles were so often upbeat and happy.

I just felt part of my childhood hit me in the face-

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.

Man I haven't watched that show in a long time.

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".

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.

Today I learned they sampled Eva saying I in groove is in the heart.