Green Acres (Season 3)

The Man For the Job (Episode 1)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-09-06

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

Lisa's Jam Session (Episode 2)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-09-13

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

Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel (Episode 3)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-09-20

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

Oliver vs. the Phone Company (Episode 4)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-09-27

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

Oliver Takes Over the Phone Company (Episode 5)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-10-04

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

A Kind Word For the President (Episode 6)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-10-11

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

Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked (Episode 7)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-10-18

Overview: Oliver sets out to harvest his tomato crops.

Eb Elopes (Episode 8)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-10-25

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

The Thing (Episode 9)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-11-01

Overview: 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.

Das Lumpen (Episode 10)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-11-08

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

Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel? (Episode 11)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-11-15

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

Jealousy, English Style (Episode 12)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-11-22

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

Haney's New Image (Episode 13)

Air date: 1967-11-29

Overview: 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.

Alf and Ralph Break Up (Episode 14)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-12-13

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

No Trespassing (Episode 15)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-12-20

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

Eb Returns (Episode 16)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1967-12-27

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

Not Guilty (Episode 17)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-01-03

Overview: 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.

Home is Where You Run Away From (Episode 18)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-01-10

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

How to Suceed in Television Without Really Trying (Episode 19)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-01-24

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

Arnold, Boy Hero (Episode 20)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-01-31

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

Flight to Nowhere (Episode 21)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-02-07

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

My Mother, the Countess (Episode 22)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-02-14

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

The Spring Festival (Episode 23)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-02-21

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

Our Son, the Barber (Episode 24)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-02-28

Runtime: 30 min

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

Oliver's Jaded Past (Episode 25)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-03-06

Runtime: 30 min

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

The Hungarian Curse (Episode 26)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-03-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

The Rutabaga Story (Episode 27)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-03-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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."

Instant Family (Episode 28)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-03-27

Overview: 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.

A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 1) (Episode 29)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-04-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 2) (Episode 30)

Writer: Jay Sommers

Air date: 1968-04-10

Runtime: 30 min

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