# 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:** 3
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/41 "2018-04-11T20:30:53Z")
In the first Thanksgiving episode of _ **The Simpsons** _, Homer says the lead balloon in the Macy’s parade will probably be another “flash-in-the-pan cartoon character” just as a huge balloon of Bart floats by on the TV in the background. ---
**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, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/42 "2018-04-11T20:32:07Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Also, in one episode, Susan tells George that she taped Mad About You. Good catch! ---
**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, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/43 "2018-04-11T20:35:50Z")
The TV movie _The Return of the Man From U.N.C.L.E._ has an appearance of George Lazenby as “J.B.,” implying U.N.C.L.E. is in the same universe as James Bond. ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/44 "2018-04-11T20:37:29Z")
Toward the end of his life, Peter Falk appeared in a made-for-TV movie (I think it was) as a very Columbo-like cop or investigator (I don’t think his name was ever given). He also appeared in-character on at least one other occasion, a Dean Martin roast. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/45 "2018-04-11T20:43:09Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > 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? I honestly don’t recall any “real life” crossovers between _the Beverly Hillbillies_ and _Petticoat Junction_, and I thought I’d seen them all. it would’ve seemed weird to me, because Bea Benaderet was in both series, playing different characters – she was Cousin Pearl in Beverly Hillbillies, but Kate Bradley, owner of the Shady Rest Hotel in petticoat Junction, and it wouldn’t do to have them meet. You want _twisted_, bringing \*Green Acres \* into it? Paul Henning, who created all three series, based the TV _Green Acres_ on his 1950s radio show _Granby’s Green acres_, which starred Bea Benaderet as Martha Granby, the Eva Gabor part. Even more twisted – John Granby, her husband, was played by Gale Gordon. When Lucille Ball was casting _I Love Lucy_, Benaderet was her first choice for Ethel Mertz and Gale Gordon her first choice for Fred. > **[Bea Benaderet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bea_Benaderet)** > > Beatrice Benaderet (/ˌbɛnəˈdɛrət/ BEN-ə-DERR-ət; April 4, 1906 – October 13, 1968) was an American actress and comedienne. Born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, she began performing in Bay Area theatre and radio before embarking on a Hollywood career that spanned over three decades. Benaderet first specialized in voice-over work in the golden age of radio, appearing on numerous programs while working with comedians of the era such as Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, and Lucille Ball. Her... ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/46 "2018-04-11T20:48:01Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Toward the end of his life, Peter Falk appeared in a made-for-TV movie (I think it was) as a very Columbo-like cop or investigator (I don’t think his name was ever given). He also appeared in-character on at least one other occasion, a Dean Martin roast. _Wings of Desire_ (later re-made [sort of] as _City of Angels_) is a movie about angels who become human. Peter Falk plays an angel who became human, went to Hollywood, and became the star of _Columbo_. 🙂 ---
**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, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/47 "2018-04-11T20:50:11Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > On Mad About You they established that her mother had a bit part as one of the pretty girls on the Alan Brady show, which is the not-Carl Reiner sketch comedy show that Dick Van Dyke worked on in his sitcom. It is [a whole Alan Brady episode](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5untfw). ---
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/48 "2018-04-11T20:54:44Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I honestly don’t recall any “real life” crossovers between _the Beverly Hillbillies_ and _Petticoat Junction_, and I thought I’d seen them all. > > it would’ve seemed weird to me, because Bea Benaderet was in both series, playing different characters – she was Cousin Pearl in Beverly Hillbillies, but Kate Bradley, owner of the Shady Rest Hotel in petticoat Junction, and it wouldn’t do to have them meet. Somehow the Bradleys and the Clampetts were related. In the episode that set up the first crossover (there was more than one), Granny gave a very convoluted genealogy of the whole clan that was impossible to follow. ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/49 "2018-04-11T21:14:00Z")
The “Bowling Pin” sketch they keep referring to on \*\*\*MaY \*\*\*is the one Richie suggested to Rob on _ **Dick van Dyke** _ the week he had his writer’s block. Turned out he’d seen it on another show, and Alan Brady was charged with copyright violation. ---
**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, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/50 "2018-04-11T21:46:35Z")
_Mary_ was a sitcom/variety show with Mary Tyler Moore playing herself as a performer on a variety show. It allowed for a behind-the-scenes story featuring Mary’s life both backstage and at home. In one show, Dick Van Dyke was the guest star of the fictional show. The writers realized that Mary looked a lot like the woman who played Laura, so wrote several skits on that basis. But the topper at the end was when Mary – who kept being held up on her way to the studio – finally met Van Dyke. She told him that she had been up for a role in _The Dick Van Dyke Show_ – but Rose Marie got the part instead. ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/51 "2018-04-11T21:51:15Z")
Oops – got the name of the show wrong. It was _The Mary Tyler Moore Hour._ ---
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/52 "2018-04-11T21:53:53Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I honestly don’t recall any “real life” crossovers between _the Beverly Hillbillies_ and _Petticoat Junction_, and I thought I’d seen them all. [Here](https://youtu.be/qpwE9_B5Csk?t=1442) is the BH that crosses over with PJ _and_ GA. [Here](https://youtu.be/dxXMg1vUGHs?t=627) is one with BH and PJ. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/53 "2018-04-11T22:05:52Z")
Don’t forget [Murphy Brown](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653726/), where secretary #66 turned out to be Carol from the _Bob Newhart Show_, who quit after Dr. Bob Hartley showed up and begged her to come back to Chicago. > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > So in the canon of _Green Acres_, \*The Beverly Hillbillies \*is both a fictional series and real people that the characters really encounter. In the canon of Green Acres, the smartest resident in the valley is a pig. I wouldn’t worry too much about what in the series is “real” and what isn’t. ---
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/54 "2018-04-11T22:36:56Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Don’t forget [Murphy Brown](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653726/), where secretary #66 turned out to be Carol from the _Bob Newhart Show_, who quit after Dr. Bob Hartley showed up and begged her to come back to Chicago. What number was Cosmo Kramer? :dubious: 😕 Seriously, I didn’t know this was a thing on _ **MB** _. Living abroad for most of the '90s, I got to see very few episodes. ---
**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, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/55 "2018-04-11T22:37:58Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > In the canon of Green Acres, the smartest resident in the valley is a pig. I wouldn’t worry too much about what in the series is “real” and what isn’t. Hey, can \*you \*grunt in seven languages? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/56 "2018-04-12T00:34:14Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > What number was Cosmo Kramer? :dubious: 😕 > > Seriously, I didn’t know this was a thing on _ **MB** _. Living abroad for most of the '90s, I got to see very few episodes. I had to look this up. Actually, it was Candace Bergen who turned up on[Seinfeld](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Keys_(Seinfeld)) when Jerry and Elaine [watch an episode of Murphy Brown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A98NoygEeOI) where Kramer turns up as her secretary “Steven Snell.” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/57 "2018-04-12T11:30:33Z")
Don’t know if this quite makes the category, but on [The Big Bang Theory](https://hellogiggles.com/reviews-coverage/miss-small-super-cute-detail-big-bang-theory/), on the whiteboard where Sheldon was listing Halloween costume “Couples You (Amy) Like”, one of the pairs listed was Blossom and Joey. Dick Van Dyke has made a few references to his famous ottoman trip over the years. One time on Diagnosis Murder, he’s checking out a crime scene and says “I almost tripped over that ottoman”. Lately on The Middle, Jerry Van Dyke has a great line where before Dick enters he says “He’ll probably trip over that ottoman”. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/58 "2018-04-12T12:57:09Z")
Boston Public crossed over with Boston Legal (characters from BP showed up in a case in BL) - but in a different episode of Boston Legal, a witness testified that he was watching Boston Public when a certain incident occurred. ---
**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 12, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/59 "2018-04-12T15:29:28Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Don’t know if this quite makes the category, but on [The Big Bang Theory](https://hellogiggles.com/reviews-coverage/miss-small-super-cute-detail-big-bang-theory/), on the whiteboard where Sheldon was listing Halloween costume “Couples You (Amy) Like”, one of the pairs listed was Blossom and Joey. In one early episode, before AFF was introduced, Raj made a reference to “the girl who played Blossom.” I think it was the one with the annual Physics Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220/60 "2018-04-12T15:41:17Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > In one early episode, before AFF was introduced, Raj made a reference to “the girl who played Blossom.” I think it was the one with the annual Physics Bowl. The same episode also mentions “The girl from _The Wonder Years_.” That would be Danica McKellar, who also appeared in a later episode, as a one-and-done love interest for Raj. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-green-acres-hillbillies/812220.md?page=4)