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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Was the second to go, and MeTV says that others — on all the main networks — soon followed. "Mayberry RFD," "The Beverly Hillbillies," "HeeHaw," "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," and even "Hogan's Heroes" were deemed to be a part of the last generation of television, and were out.Advertisement Eddie Albert turned into an actual farmer By the time he signed on to "Green Acres," Eddie Albert was already well-established in film — and he'd already made it clear that he wasn't interested in TV. However, he was interested in farming, telling TV Guide (via MeTV): "Everyone gets tired of the rat race. Everyone would like to chuck it all and grow some carrots."AdvertisementAlbert continued farming long after "Green Acres" was canceled and his city-slicker alter ego had hung up his boots. In a 1994 interview with the Buffalo News, Albert talked about how he continued to grow crops, including beans and corn on his front lawn. The 86-year-old Albert had been studying Native American techniques, saying, "The more we learn from them, the longer we'll live." (That home, says the Los Angeles Times, was Albert's California hacienda: He lived there for around 50 years, and in 2017, it went up for sale for $19.5 million.)Albert was also a vocal supporter of environmentally conscious farming and teaching the younger generations to appreciate farm life. Since 1972, the Champaign Park District has run a program called The Eddie Albert Garden Plots, which established community gardens for locals and community groups — like the 4-H
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