Hank Kimball
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Henry Wadsworth "Hank" Kimball was the fictitious county agent of the 1965-71 American
television comedy Green Acres
. The show was about a rich New York City
couple who decide to buy and run a farm in the wacky and surreal town of Hooterville
.
Kimball was an unusual, perhaps unique, comic creation (played by Alvy Moore
) who was a friendly, helpful but scatterbrained man apparently educated past his intelligence. Like most Green Acres characters he did not start out as confused and scatterbrained. Over the first season, he developed into the man who could not seem to remember anything, unless, as Oliver found out, you specifically told him not to remember it. He had an unusual self-correcting manner where he would make a statement, qualify it, correct it again, correct it further and then lose track of what he was saying entirely. He would also frequently forget the name of main character Oliver Douglas as he was talking to him and ask him his name. Although supposedly a farming expert, his advice was usually worthless. For example, in one episode, Oliver Wendell Douglas
has children visiting his farm from New York City. He lets each one plant a small garden. Hank comes and tells them he is the county agent and can tell them anything they would like to know about farming. A child asks how seeds know what to grow into. Hank tells the child they just look at the pictures on the seed packs.
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television comedy Green Acres
Green Acres
Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm...
. The show was about a rich New York City
New York City
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couple who decide to buy and run a farm in the wacky and surreal town of Hooterville
Hooterville
Hooterville was a fictional town that was the setting of the American television sitcoms Petticoat Junction and Green Acres.-Citizens:The town of Hooterville was founded in 1868 by Horace Hooter...
.
Kimball was an unusual, perhaps unique, comic creation (played by Alvy Moore
Alvy Moore
Jack Alvin "Alvy" Moore was an American light comic actor best known for his role as scatterbrained county agricultural agent "Hank Kimball" on the television series Green Acres....
) who was a friendly, helpful but scatterbrained man apparently educated past his intelligence. Like most Green Acres characters he did not start out as confused and scatterbrained. Over the first season, he developed into the man who could not seem to remember anything, unless, as Oliver found out, you specifically told him not to remember it. He had an unusual self-correcting manner where he would make a statement, qualify it, correct it again, correct it further and then lose track of what he was saying entirely. He would also frequently forget the name of main character Oliver Douglas as he was talking to him and ask him his name. Although supposedly a farming expert, his advice was usually worthless. For example, in one episode, Oliver Wendell Douglas
Oliver Wendell Douglas
Oliver Wendell Douglas was the major character in the 1960s CBS situation comedy Green Acres. The character's name was inspired by famed Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and possibly also by then-Supreme Court justice William Orville Douglas....
has children visiting his farm from New York City. He lets each one plant a small garden. Hank comes and tells them he is the county agent and can tell them anything they would like to know about farming. A child asks how seeds know what to grow into. Hank tells the child they just look at the pictures on the seed packs.