Hank Kimball

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.

Related Topics:
County agent - American - Green Acres - New York City - Hooterville

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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. 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. A typical conversation (not actually taken from the show) might go: "Nice day . . . Well, maybe not a nice day . . . Well, not as bad as Tuesday . . . Or was it Wednesday? . . . No, it was definitely Friday . . . Or was that last month?" until finally he'd ask what they were talking about. He'd also frequently forget the name of main character Oliver Wendell Douglas as he was talking to him and ask him his name. Although supposedly a farming expert, his advice was usually worthless.

Related Topics:
Alvy Moore - Oliver Wendell Douglas

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