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The Thing
Green Acres - S3 - E9
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.
Green Acres: Season 3 - 30 Episode s
3x1 - The Man For the Job
September 6, 1967
The committee to select a new state senator considers Oliver Douglas for the job.
3x2 - Lisa's Jam Session
September 13, 1967
Oliver decides it would be a great idea for Lisa to make her own jam preserves.
3x3 - Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel
September 20, 1967
An unlikely but hilarious love affair between Arnold the pig and Cynthia the basset hound captivates the residents of Hooterville.
3x4 - Oliver vs. the Phone Company
September 27, 1967
Oliver starts a feud with the Hooterville Phone Company and launches a campaign to recall its management.
3x5 - Oliver Takes Over the Phone Company
October 4, 1967
Mr. Trendell turns over the keys of the Hooterville Phone Company to Oliver Douglas.
3x6 - A Kind Word For the President
October 11, 1967
Oliver sets out to accomplish to changes at the Hooterville Phone Company, now that he's president.
3x7 - Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked
October 18, 1967
Oliver sets out to harvest his tomato crops.
3x8 - Eb Elopes
October 25, 1967
Oliver and Lisa wake up one morning to find that their handyman has eloped.
3x9 - The Thing
November 1, 1967
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.
3x10 - Das Lumpen
November 8, 1967
Lisa tells another war story - this one details how she saved Oliver from the Nazis during World War II and how their romance began.
3x11 - Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel?
November 15, 1967
The residents of Hooterville are in an uproar when Arnold Ziffel the pig is missing.
3x12 - Jealousy, English Style
November 22, 1967
Oliver informs Lisa that he plans to attend a farm symposium without her.
3x13 - Haney's New Image
November 29, 1967
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.
3x14 - Alf and Ralph Break Up
December 13, 1967
Ralph, the lady carpenter, runs away from home and stays with the Douglases after having a fight with her brother, Alf.
3x15 - No Trespassing
December 20, 1967
Oliver shows symptoms of overwork, so Lisa talks him into going on a picnic.
3x16 - Eb Returns
December 27, 1967
The Douglas' handyman returns home from his honeymoon and reveals that he did not get married.
3x17 - Not Guilty
January 3, 1968
Eb is accused of taking from Sam Drucker's safe when he shows up with a new car, which just happens to cost .
3x18 - Home is Where You Run Away From
January 10, 1968
A mysterious young boy shows up at the Douglas farm and claims to be from another world.
3x19 - How to Suceed in Television Without Really Trying
January 24, 1968
Lisa invests in a 10-year-old's "Electric Company;" to show his gratitude, the young wizard "electronificates" the Douglases' farm.
3x20 - Arnold, Boy Hero
January 31, 1968
Lisa and Oliver are taken hostage by two bank robbers who hide out in their farmhouse.
3x21 - Flight to Nowhere
February 7, 1968
As part of an agricultural exchange program, Oliver and other Hooterville farmers are offered a chance to join a chartered government flight to Europe.
3x22 - My Mother, the Countess
February 14, 1968
Lisa reveals that her mother, the Countess, is going to pay a visit to Green Acres.
3x23 - The Spring Festival
February 21, 1968
Spring fever sets in at Green Acres when Lisa sets out to produce a Spring festival celebration.
3x24 - Our Son, the Barber
February 28, 1968
Eb decides on a career as a barber and talks Oliver into putting him through a do-it-yourself mail-order barber college.
3x25 - Oliver's Jaded Past
March 6, 1968
Lisa reminds Oliver that he promised her a New York vacation if she stayed with him on the farm for two years.
3x26 - The Hungarian Curse
March 13, 1968
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.
3x27 - The Rutabaga Story
March 20, 1968
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."
3x28 - Instant Family
March 27, 1968
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.
3x29 - A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 1)
April 3, 1968
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.
3x30 - A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 2)
April 10, 1968
Oliver and Lisa chaperone Arnold's trip to Hollywood, where he lands a starring role in a motion picture.