Age-Old Mystery Solved

For many years, I couldn't understand something. How could a man who created the cornpone (and highly successful) comedy of The Beverly Hillibillies, not the mention the dopey Petticoat Junction, also create something as brilliant as Green Acres?

Now that Paul Henning, the producer of all these shows, has died at 93, the answer is finally out. According to his obit, "while Henning is sometimes credited with creating the TV show Green Acres, his daughter said Henning helped the show's creator Jay Sommers cast the show and served as its executive producer." So it wasn't really his show, it just had his name.

By the way, if you want to order music by Vic Mizzy (who wrote the Green Acres theme), check out his home page.