# Beverly Green Acres Hillbillies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220 "2018-04-11T15:47:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/1 "2018-04-11T15:47:10Z")
I was watching an episode of _Green Acres_ today when Oliver mentioned watching The _Beverly Hillbillies_. “Huh?” I thought, because I knew that there were crossovers between _Beverly Hillbillies_ episodes and at least episodes of\* Petticoat Junction\*, and there are crossovers between _Petticoat Junction_ and _Green Acres_. So I google to see if anybody mentions that _Green Acres_ mention, and find that it is even more extreme than that, with [a _Green Acres_ episode](http://sharetv.com/shows/green_acres/episodes/229933) where the characters actually _put on a play about_ the _Beverly Hillbillies_. (Which can be watched on at least one less than official streaming site, if you google for it. I used to watch GA all the time as a child, but had no memory of the episode.) And I see that the Douglases themselves are in [at least one](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0522672/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_26) of the crossover episodes of _Beverly Hillbillies_. So in the canon of _Green Acres_, \*The Beverly Hillbillies \*is both a fictional series and real people that the characters really encounter. Any similarly twisted continuities come to mind? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/2 "2018-04-11T15:59:17Z")
\*\*\*Batman \*\*\*and _ **The Green Hornet** _. In the former, the heroes of the latter were guest stars. In the latter, the bad guys watched the former on TV. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/3 "2018-04-11T16:06:17Z")
_Emergency!_ was technically a spin-off of _Adam-12_ (which was itself sort of a spin-off of _Dragnet!_–all in the Jack Webb universe). The cops from _Adam-12_ appear in the pilot episode of _Emergency!_, and the paramedics from _Emergency!_ later appeared in an episode of _Adam-12_. There was also an episode of _Emergency!_ in which the firefighters all watched _Adam-12_ on TV. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/4 "2018-04-11T16:06:49Z")
Well, _Green Acres_ did tend to dabble in the surreal. It wasn’t uncommon, in the scene immediately following the opening theme song, for one of the characters to be performing a repetitive task, while carrying on a conversation. And while the task was being performed, the props would have production credits emblazoned on them (for instance, Lisa Douglas would be hanging out the laundry, and the sheets would be printed with the names of the writer, the director, and the executive producer. And “music by DeVol,” of course). I distinctly recall Granny getting mash notes from Sam Drucker, whom they had met on a road trip that took the Clampetts to Hooterville (well, _she_ thought they were mash notes; they were pretty clearly just friendly greetings to the entire family). But I don’t recall if their sojourn in Hooterville featured appearances by either Oliver Douglas or Uncle Joe at the Shady Rest (Betty Rubble had already passed on by the time this crossover took place). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/5 "2018-04-11T16:12:34Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > _Emergency!_ was technically a spin-off of _Adam-12_ (which was itself sort of a spin-off of _Dragnet!_–all in the Jack Webb universe). The cops from _Adam-12_ appear in the pilot episode of _Emergency!_, and the paramedics from _Emergency!_ later appeared in an episode of _Adam-12_. > > There was also an episode of _Emergency!_ in which the firefighters all watched _Adam-12_ on TV. 😕 Dig this: Marco, the firefighter, was watching himself as a motorcycle cop (?) on that episode. Was that the original Webb-iverse? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/6 "2018-04-11T16:24:43Z")
_Mad About You/Seinfeld_. First it’s established in _MAY_ that Kramer’s apartment is actually Paul’s old apartment that he sublets. Jamie is unhappy about the sublet and Paul keeping some stuff there. At the end of the episode Paul gets his stuff from Kramer and asks about the guy across the hall (Jerry). Paul apparently doesn’t think much of him. How Paul knows Jerry since Jerry moved in _after_ Kramer is another matter. In a latter episode Paul is excited to see the famous Jerry Seinfeld from TV on the street and rushes up to talk to him. (The actor who played Kramer in the _Jerry_ pilot also appears on _MAY_, BTW. So both Kramers appeared on _MAY_.) There might be several of these in the Munch universe since several of his appearances are not within the show but on TV within the show. E.g., _30 Rock_. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/7 "2018-04-11T16:28:01Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Dig this: Marco, the firefighter, was watching himself as a motorcycle cop (?) on that episode. > > Was that the original Webb-iverse? It’s like that episode of Wild Wild West where [Dr Loveless transported people into paintings](http://jeffords3.blogspot.com/2010/09/wild-wild-west-night-of-surreal-mccoy.html), which had their own reality, and then that reality had paintings that transported you back into the real world. Marco is both on TV and in the real world. No, wait, there really was nothing ever like that episode anywhere. Maybe it was more like Last Action Hero. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/8 "2018-04-11T16:33:03Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > It’s like that episode of Wild Wild West where [Dr Loveless transported people into paintings](http://jeffords3.blogspot.com/2010/09/wild-wild-west-night-of-surreal-mccoy.html), which had their own reality, and then that reality had paintings that transported you back into the real world. Marco is both on TV and in the real world. > > No, wait, there really was nothing ever like that episode anywhere. Maybe it was more like Last Action Hero. Maybe _Night Gallery._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/9 "2018-04-11T16:35:34Z")
Doctor Who was in a universe where the _Doctor Who_ TV show exists (“Remembrance of the Daleks” shows it about to air). Stephen Moffat just recently has fanwanked that the Peter Cushing Doctor Who movies were in the Doctor Who universe. They were made from some of his in-show adventures, but the producers changed things. He wanted to make it explicit, but couldn’t get the rights to the posters (!). ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/10 "2018-04-11T16:41:43Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > _Mad About You/Seinfeld_. > > First it’s established in _MAY_ that Kramer’s apartment is actually Paul’s old apartment that he sublets. Jamie is unhappy about the sublet and Paul keeping some stuff there. At the end of the episode Paul gets his stuff from Kramer and asks about the guy across the hall (Jerry). Paul apparently doesn’t think much of him. How Paul knows Jerry since Jerry moved in _after_ Kramer is another matter. > > In a latter episode Paul is excited to see the famous Jerry Seinfeld from TV on the street and rushes up to talk to him. > > (The actor who played Kramer in the _Jerry_ pilot also appears on _MAY_, BTW. So both Kramers appeared on _MAY_.) > > There might be several of these in the Munch universe since several of his appearances are not within the show but on TV within the show. E.g., _30 Rock_. Also, in one episode, Susan tells George that she taped Mad About You. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/11 "2018-04-11T16:44:29Z")
Mad About You/Seinfeld/Friends Ursula Buffay was on MAY several times. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/12 "2018-04-11T16:46:09Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > No, wait, there really was nothing ever like that episode anywhere. Maybe it was more like Last Action Hero. In _ **Mary Poppins** _, the main characters popped in and out of chalk sidewalk drawings. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/13 "2018-04-11T16:49:00Z")
But in _The Simpsons_, Mary Poppins was sucked into a jet engine. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/14 "2018-04-11T16:54:42Z")
There was a “Green Acres” episode in which Lisa lamented that her only talent was her Zsa Zsa Gabor impression. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/15 "2018-04-11T16:56:55Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > But I don’t recall if their sojourn in Hooterville featured appearances by either Oliver Douglas or Uncle Joe at the Shady Rest (Betty Rubble had already passed on by the time this crossover took place). Yes, both Douglasses were in the Hooterville Thanksgiving BH episode that I linked to the IMDB page in the OP. [Little mentioned feature on the IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/search/common/), [the collaboration page](http://www.imdb.com/search/name?roles=tt0055662,tt0056780). ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/16 "2018-04-11T16:59:14Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > _Mad About You/Seinfeld_. > > (The actor who played Kramer in the _Jerry_ pilot also appears on _MAY_, BTW. So both Kramers appeared on _MAY_.) Wait, what? I don’t recall anybody but Michael Richards playing Kramer. In the pilot he was called Kessler, but it was still Richards playing the part, wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/17 "2018-04-11T17:07:22Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > There was a “Green Acres” episode in which Lisa lamented that her only talent was her Zsa Zsa Gabor impression. There’s also a sort of a connection with _Plan 9 from Outer Space_: Their senator was Lyle Talbot, who played a general in Wood’s film. Since the show was in a parallel universe (they established in the same episode that the Eiffel Tower was in Washington, DC), this should count. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/18 "2018-04-11T17:15:44Z")
> [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > Wait, what? > I don’t recall anybody but Michael Richards playing Kramer. In the pilot he was called Kessler, but it was still Richards playing the part, wasn’t it? There was an actor who played Kramer in the show within a show pilot. The one in which Jeremy Piven played George. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/19 "2018-04-11T17:16:34Z")
> [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > Wait, what? > I don’t recall anybody but Michael Richards playing Kramer. In the pilot he was called Kessler, but it was still Richards playing the part, wasn’t it? **ftg** ’s referring to the pilot Jerry and George produced for NBC within the show. All of the main \*\*\*Seinfeld \*\*\*characters (with the exception of Jerry) were played by different actors. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/20 "2018-04-11T17:17:04Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > But in _The Simpsons_, Mary Poppins was sucked into a jet engine. _Shari Bobbins_, thank you very much. You want Disney’s lawyers after us? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220.md?page=2)