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Oliver: ♪ green acres Is the place to be ♪

♪ farm livin' is The life for me ♪

♪ land spreadin' Out so far and wide ♪

♪ keep manhattan, just Give me that countryside ♪

Lisa: ♪ new york ♪

♪ is where I'd rather stay ♪

♪ I get allergic smelling hay ♪

♪ I just adore a Penthouse view ♪

♪ darling, I love you ♪

♪ but give me park avenue ♪

♪ the chores ♪

♪ the stores ♪

♪ fresh air ♪

♪ times square ♪

♪ you are my wife ♪

♪ good-bye, city life ♪

Both: ♪ green acres, We are there ♪

Ok, eb, crank her up.

Yes, sir.

Oh, come on, come on.

It's a little stiff.

Here. I'll do it.

All you got to do is... Ooh.

All you got to do is...

Whatever you have To do, you ain't doing it.

Don't worry. I'll get it going.

It sure makes a lot of noise.

Oh, you finally got it running.

What was that drick?

Drick?

Well, I thought I saw...

Well, can I plug in now?

Oh, yes, yes, but only Under my supervision.

You don't trust me.

I trust you. Oh, I Trust you, all right,

But every time you plug In an electrical appliance,

You blow out the generator.

You're mad at me. No.

You're going to send me To bed without my supper.

Lisa, will you...

You won't let me watch Television for a whole week.

Lisa, you want me Out there every day

Fixing the generator?

Well, it keeps You close to home.

Yeah, but I got Other things to do.

Now, let's go over that Plug board once more.

And I won't get my allowance.

You are going to get something

If you don't listen to me.

Now, as I've told you Innumerable times,

The generator cannot handle More than a total of 7 units.

Now, each of these Electrical appliances

Is numbered according To the amount

Of electricity it uses.

Now, the trick is not to plug in

More than a total of 7.

Right?

Right.

This is a 3, right? Right.

All right, how much More can I plug in?

Well, let me see. 7.

Now, you have a 3.

Now, detract 3 from 7.

Detract?

Well, unless you want me to go

On the shorts division route.

No, no, no. Stay With the detraction.

Well, you pull down a one,

And you shove over a 2.

No. This is not a Shove over problem.

Lisa, 3 from 7 leaves 4.

Any schoolboy knows that.

Well, I was a schoolgirl,

And I didn't find that Out until I was 12.

I went to an all-girl school.

All right. Now I'm Going to plug in a 2.

That makes 5, hmm?

All right. Now I Will plug in a one.

Now, this only makes 6.

You kuh-pooeyed on 6.

It's not supposed to do that.

Well, yesterday, It kuh-pooeyed on 5.

You should've told me.

Well, you get mad Enough when it does it on 7.

Mr. Douglas, we just Had another kuh-pooey.

I know.

Want to take the Generator apart again?

No. Forget it.

That thing is never Going to work.

Darling, when are We going to get

Our regular electrizzical?

I don't know. I put In the application

To mr. Drucker 7 months ago.

How do you get Electricity out here?

Ben franklin over At crabwell corners

Uses a kite and a key.

Oh, that was funny.

His real name is Alexander graham bell,

But that don't go with Flying a kite with a key.

Eb!

Darling, why don't you Go and talk to mr. Drucker?

You mean to tell me

You ain't got your Electricity yet?

No, I haven't,

And I'm still waiting for The telephone company

To run that wire into the house.

I'm getting a little tired

Of climbing a telephone pole

Every time the phone rings.

Oh, well, I can't Help you with that.

I only represent

The county power, Gas, and water company.

What's holding them up?

It's been 7 months.

It has? Yes.

That's right. You came in here

The day after you Moved in, didn't you?

You filled out an application,

And I put it in an envelope,

And I forgot to mail it.

You forgot?

Well, those things happen.

Only in hooterville.

Well, don't worry, mr. Douglas.

I'll put it in the mail first Thing tomorrow morning.

Don't bother. I'll take it over

To the county seat myself.

Excuse me, I would Like to apply...

Take a number.

But...

Sir, your friendly county Power, gas, and water company

Installed this system At great expense

So's there wouldn't Be any soreheads

Amongst its friendly customers.

Number 4.

Have you got number 4?

No, I've got 22.

Number 5.

Number 5?

There's nobody here but me.

Number 6.

7?

19.

Some of our customers

Walked off with the Numbers in between.

Maybe they got tired of waiting.

20.

21.

23.

No, no, no, no. 22.

Oh?

I thought we'd lost that.

No, no. There it is... 22.

Very well.

Now, what can your friendly

County power, gas, and Water company do for you?

I want electricity For my farmhouse.

Where is it?

Hooterville. The Old haney place.

The haney place?

Yes. I...

Will you fill out This application?

I filed an application 7 months ago.

Sam drucker.

Just a moment.

I'm sorry.

I don't have any Application for sam drucker.

My name is douglas.

Oh.

I'm sorry, my good man,

But I don't have one for Douglas drucker, either.

My name is oliver wendell Drucker... Douglas.

I filed the application 7 months ago

With sam drucker.

He's your representative At hooterville.

He forgot to mail it.

Left it in his drawer For 7 months.

I need electricity.

I'm using an old generator.

It's very unreliable.

Now, I filed this Application 7 months ago.

I feel that I am Entitled to electricity.

You certainly are.

We'll have somebody At your house

Tomorrow morning.

Oh, come in.

Uh, mrs. Douglas? Yes.

I'm from the...

Could you please help me?

I don't seem to be Able to close it.

Oh.

Oh, I think you've got Too many dishes in there.

Oh?

Oh, you were right.

Oh, my name's lawlor.

I'm from the power, Gas, and light company.

Oh, good, you finally brought us

Our electrizzical.

Oh, well, you know, This isn't big enough.

We use an awful lot of it.

We need one, oh, about this big.

Well, this is not Your electrizzical...

I mean your electricity.

You see, this is the meter.

I'm the installer.

Oh? What does That do, mr. Lawlor?

Well, it... It adds Up how many...

How much electricity you use.

Oh, you mean it adds up So it isn't more than 7?

I beg your pardon?

Well, come on, I'll show you.

Now, you see, the Can opener is a one.

The coffee pot, The electric iron,

And the toaster are a 2.

The frying pan is a 3. The rotisserie is a 4.

The dishwasher is a 5.

The washing Machine, the freezer,

And the refrigerator are a 6.

Now, if you're using The refrigerator,

Which is a 6,

The only thing you Can plug in with that

Is the can opener.

So if you have a can for dinner,

You can't have coffee with it.

Well, you see, This is just a meter

That measures the Amount of electricity

You use every month.

How does that work?

Well, it just counts

The number of kilowatts you use.

We won't need Any killer's watts.

All we need is Some electrizzical.

Now, look, I'm Just the installer.

If you want anything explained,

The lineman can do that.

Now, where do you Want me to put this up?

Is this the only Color it comes in?

Yes, ma'am.

It isn't very pretty,

So we can't put it In the living room.

Well, you see, it Has to go outside.

That's so that pete will be Able to read it every month.

Oh? Who is pete?

Peter greeder the meter reader.

Well, you can put it Above the bedroom window

If you promise when Peter reads the meter

He's not going to Look into the window.

Oh, pardon me.

Certainly, certainly.

Who was that?

That was mr. Lawlor. He's From the power company.

Wonderful. Are they Putting in the power lines?

No, no, no. Mr. Lawlor's Just the installer.

He puts in the thing

For peter greeder The meter reader.

Whom?

Peter greeder the meter reader.

The meter reader?

His name is peter greeder.

Oh, that's very poetic.

Peter greeder the meter...

What's he putting The meter in for?

So peter greeder...

Can read the Reter. I know, but...

You blew it.

What's he putting In the meter for?

We haven't even Installed the power lines.

All I know is that once A month peter greeder...

I'll ask him.

There. That ought to hold her.

Wait just a moment.

Do you usually put the meter in

Before you put the lines in?

Oh, yes, sir. That's Company policy.

Aha. Well, when are The lines going to be in?

Well, sometime this afternoon.

You see, the boys are Putting up the poles,

And they're stringing the wire

From the main line On the county road.

Oh, fine, fi...

Hey, the meter's running.

Huh?

So it is, so it is.

How can it do that? There Isn't any electricity yet.

Must be a defective meter.

Yeah, it must Be... Wait a minute.

Aren't you going to Do something about it?

Oh, I'm sorry. You see, I'm Just lawlor the installer.

If you've got a complaint, You have to take it up

With peter greeder... He's the meter reader.

Yes, I know who Peter greeder is.

Can you wait just a moment?

I'm going to call the Pounty cower... The...

Wait a minute.

Where is my husband?

He just went up the pole.

Does he always do That when he gets mad?

That's where the phone is.

Oh, well, that makes it handy.

You see, when the Telephone company

Installed the phone, They ran out of wire,

And they couldn't Put it in the house,

So they put it on The top of the pole.

Darling...

Darling, who are you calling?

The power company. The meter's running.

It's supposed to.

That's how they measure The killer's watts.

Isn't that right?

Yeah, something like that.

Number 7.

Anybody got number 7?

Number 8.

This is your friendly

County power, gas, And water company.

This is oliver wendell douglas.

Who?

Oliver wendell douglas. I was there yesterday.

Well, I am sorry.

We have so many people In here all the time

It's hard to remember anybody.

Number 9?

Has anybody got number 9?

Hey, I was number 22.

Oh, yes, I remember you, mr. 22.

They connect your lines yet?

No, but they put the meter in.

Company policy.

No, but the meter's running,

And it isn't even connected.

How about that.

Well, let me talk to Lawlor the installer.

He wants to talk to you.

Not me.

I'm not climbing that Pole. I'm afraid of heights.

Lawlor won't climb the pole.

What pole?

The one I'm calling from.

Oh. Well, you tell lawlor To bring the meter in,

And we'll give you a new one.

Thank you.

What are you going to Do with it, miss douglas?

Well, maybe we can Sell it back to mr. Haney

With the no-good degenerator.

That'll be the day.

I'll go move the Electric stove in place.

Right.

Oh, morning, mrs. Douglas. How are you?

Hello, mr. Kimball. I'm fine.

Well, I'm not really fine.

I have a little headache.

Well, it isn't a Little headache.

It's a... It went away.

I know somebody who Talks just like that.

Well, not just like that.

What was his name? Oh, yes. It was...

No, it wasn't him. He Had a texas drawl.

Well, it was a drawl. It...

Oh, you going to do Some outdoor cooking?

No. We don't need this anymore.

We're going to cook with An electrizzical stove.

Oh, and they finally put In your electrizzical, huh?

Oh, well, the degenerator Finally went drick.

Drick?

I had an electric Egg-beater that went drick.

No, it went drack.

Drick drack, drick drack.

Very soothing.

It used to put me to sleep Every time I made an omelet.

Well, they put in a meter,

But they had to take it back

Because it was running Without electrizzical.

Oh, they tried to palm off

The old running Meter on you, huh?

Well, electric power is Going to make a big difference

In your life, mrs. Douglas.

How?

Well, um...

How what?

How is it going to Make a difference?

Well, there's lots of things

Your husband can Use electricity for

Around the farm.

Such as?

Well, he can buy an Electric milking machine.

Then we won't Need a cow anymore.

You need a cow. You Just don't need any hands.

Well, you need Hands, but not for...

Tss, tss, tss, tss, tss.

What is that tss, Tss, tss, tss, tss?

Oh, that was milking A cow by hand. Ha ha.

But with a machine,

Well, you take these tubes,

And you attach Them to the cow's...

Uh, under the...

Well, you know.

No, I don't know.

Well, you see, the cow has...

And you attach the...

Where's your husband?

Oh, down the road,

Talking to the man With the power poles.

Well, tell him I was here,

And if he wants A milking machine,

I know where he can Get a good buy on one.

Ah.

Now, mr. Douglas,

I can give you a good buy On this milking machine.

Mr. Haney, I...

It's a genuine Cooper cow coaxer.

It's guaranteed to persuade milk

Out of the most bashful cow.

Mr. Haney, I don't Need a milking machine.

Well, of course you don't,

But what about your cow?

My cow...

Mr. Douglas, just put Your finger in there.

No, I don't...

Oh, go on. Aw, for...

Here. Go on. Here. Go on.

Ain't that soothing?

It's fur lined.

Fur?

Soft, warm.

Your cow will moo with joy

Not to have to put up With your cold fingers

On a frosty morning.

It won't hurt her To suffer a little.

Mr. Douglas,

What's the sense Of having electricity

If you ain't going to Put it to good use?

I'm going to put it to good use.

How about an electric Cream separator?

No.

Now, to look at it,

You would never believe That this little machine

Knows enough to separate The cream from the milk,

Put the milk in the big bottles

And the cream In the little ones.

Well, good for it, But I don't want it.

How about an Electric butter churn?

No!

How about an electric Permanent hair waver

For the little woman?

No, thank you.

We found a perfect spot

For the midway Pole, mr. Douglas.

Oh, good.

It'll be about a hundred Yards straight in.

Uh-huh.

Then we can take The line from there

Over to the pole Next to your house.

Fine. Ok.

Say, that is a good Place for a pole.

Then you won't have to Run the line over the hill,

Across the creek, Through the apple orchard,

And then up to your house.

That's why we chose it.

That'll be $800.

$800? For what?

For putting a pole on my land.

On your land?

Yeah, you know, when I sold you this farm,

I inadvertently kept That little strip of land.

Inadvertently?

Yeah, I figured you Might need it sometime.

Mr. Haney, I happen to remember

The boundaries of the Land that I bought from you,

And they run along The line of the fence

Down to that stump,

And that pole Is on... Your land.

900.

Not a nickel.

I'll put the pole on my land.

Sure you can,

And we'll all stand here

And watch it slowly Sink into the swamp.

Mr. Haney, you...

Now, now, mr. Douglas,

Before you go saying Anything about me

That's going to up the price,

I just want you to Know I was joshing.

I'm going to give you a Quit claim to that land,

And it ain't going To cost you a cent.

Well, that's very nice of you.

Well, I wouldn't feel right Charging all that money

To somebody that had just bought

An electric milking Machine, cream separator,

Butter churn, and Permanent waver from me.

Mr. Haney, you're a pirate!

Care to buy a jolly roger?

What did you get All these things for?

Well, that haney Had me over a barrel.

Again?

Well, we can use them.

Is this the milking machine?

Now, does that look Like a milking machine?

Well, I don't know. I never saw one.

Well, one thing I know.

This is the permanent Wave machine.

Lisa, that's the Milking machine.

Well, I never saw one of those.

Lisa...

Mr. Douglas, they got your...

Hey, you bought a Permanent wave machine.

That's a milking machine.

Oh. Well, anyway, they Got your wires all strung.

Oh? Oh, at last. Come on.

Now we'll be able to...

Why did they put the pole here?

They haven't connected It to the house.

No, sir. We can't connect It unless you got a meter.

They installed a Meter this morning.

But they took it away. It was a detective.

Defective.

Well, we can't hook it up Unless you got a meter.

Well, I'll see about that.

Darling!

No. I'm sick of this bungling,

This red tape.

Hey, who took the telephone?

Darling, you climbed The wrong pole.

Oh, boy.

Ah, mr. Powers.

Take a number.

What do I need a number for?

So you won't miss your turn.

No, but I'm the only one...

Take a number, or I can't wait on you.

What number do you have?

22.

Number 5.

Who has number 5?

Number 6.

Number 6?

Number 6!

Mr. Powers, your company Installed the power lines,

But they won't connect Them to the house

Because we don't have a meter.

Oh, yes. The one we Gave you was defective.

That's right.

Well, we're returning It to the factory

For a replacement.

The factory? You don't have one?

No, sir. Number 7!

Mr. Powers,

How long will I have To wait for the meter?

6 months.

6 months?

Where's the factory?

Japan.

Japan? Shh!

Mr. Powers, I Can't wait 6 months.

How am I going to Run my milking machine,

My cream separator, my Permanent wave machine?

Your what?

Mr. Powers, you've Got to connect me.

Mister... 22,

Your friendly county Power, gas, and water company

Isn't called your Friendly county

Power, gas, and water Company for nothing.

I'm going to do something Friendly for you.

Aha. When?

Now, run along and don't worry.

Get me installations.

Lisa!

Darling, darling, You've done it.

The man from the powers company

Called the poleman and told him

To hook up the electricikity.

Wonderful. We need the...

It doesn't work.

Yes, it does. You have to do it.

What are you talking about?

Come. I'll show you.

They didn't connect The wires to the house.

Well, you have to do that.

It works on the principle Of climbing the pole.

Climbing the pole?

Yes, yes. They put the socket

On top of the pole,

And this wire is connected

To the plug board In the kitchen.

Now, if you want electrizzical,

All you have to Do is to take this

And climb up the Pole and push it in.

Well, why didn't they Just connect it direct?

Well, not without a meter.

Oh, those no-good...

Well, at least it's something.

Darling, darling, be careful.

Yeah.

Narrator: on tuesday, November 9, 1965,

New york city, 9 eastern states,

And 3 canadian provinces

Were plunged into Total darkness,

Affecting 30 million people

Within an area of 80,000 miles.

Many different Explanations were advanced

As to the cause of this Gigantic power failure.

This is ours.

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