The Avengers in Green Acres

-by Pam

Part 1 ~ 2 ~ 3 ~ 4 ~ 5

The Avengers are sent to the U.S. to investigate wrongdoing in America's Heartland ... a temporary assignment ... or so they believe ...

[John Steed and Emma Peel are tooling down a country road in the Bentley.]

Peel [affecting her patented nonchalance]: So this is America. Funny, it's not as big as I thought.

Steed: No, well I expect that map of the USSR may have thrown you off a trifle.

Peel: Dosvedanya! [Tosses map out the window.] You know, I read the intel, Steed, but for the life of me, I don't understand why we had to come here in person.

Steed: Well, Mrs. Peel, had to see for ourselves, didn't we? You want something done right, pip-pip and all that. Not to worry, we'll meet our agent at the rendezvous, set up housekeeping, then pop up the
telephone pole to find out our next move.

Peel [eyebrows raised]: Set up housekeeping, Steed? Together? In ... HOOTERville?

Steed [so suave he practically growls]: That WAS the general idea, Mrs. Peel. Prob?

Peel: It's just that I get allergic smelling hay.

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Peel: Steed, that man is walking a pig down the street like a dog.

Steed: This is America, Mrs. Peel; stranger things will happen before we leave.

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[Outside the Hooterville General Store, Mr. Kimball the county agent, and Ralph Monroe, female handyman, are waiting to greet the newcomers. Steed and Peel park and walk over.]

Kimball: Howdy! Welcome to Hooterville, Mr. and Miz Douglas!

Steed: Mr. Kimball, I believe. A pleasure. [They shake hands bracingly]

Kimball: Now, here's the deed to yer rental, an' here's a map t' get there -- Ralph drew it herself on the back of this-here tabacca pouch ...

Ralph [can't take her eyes off Mrs. Peel]: Them're mighty purdy leather pants, Miz Douglas! I reckon you could rope a steer inside o' ten seconds in them pants!

Peel [looks down her nose]: Indeed …

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Comments

[Cal Westray]

Hello,
The "Green Acres" story came back to mind today with lots of grins. Someone on the Avengers group mentioned an interesting scenario.

In "Death's Door", when the doctor said he would go get Boyd some tablets, I'd like to have seen him return with the Ten Commandments. It could work in the episode "Epic".

Then we thought that it would be a good routine for "Police Squad". I hope that you had seen the short run series, before it became the Naked Gun movies with Leslie Nielson. The TV series was better than the movies...

And to have the "Shoe Shine Boy" give Steed and Mrs. Peel their assignments. They would have to deal with Detective Frank Drebbin and company. It would have the same parody feel of Green Acres.

Then, I thought if you were looking for story ideas, this would be a great seed of a story idea.

Or maybe not...

Thanks and best wishes,
Cal