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Officially, it's "The Good Life" as so it is called in Great Britain where the show originates. When the show migrated to America the title was changed to "Good Neighbors" Other than the title change the series is as it was when aired in Great Britain. The reason for the title change is found in Tim Brooks and Earles Marsh's "The Complete Directory To Prime Time Network TV Shows, 1964-Present" (New York Ballantine Books, 1988) (ISBN 0-345-35610-1). From September 1971 to January 1972 there was an American sitcom titled "The Good Life" starring Larry Hagman, (Of "I Dream Of Jeannie" and "Dallas" fame.) Donna Mills, David Wayne, Hermione Baddeley, and Danny Goldman. Aired on the NBC network. The decision for the British show title change was made so to eliminate confusion with the earlier American show. |
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There are twenty eight episodes in the regular show run with four series of seven episodes each. Two more episodes were shown outside the regular season, one being a Christmas special "Silly, But It's Fun" and a Royal Command performance "When I'm 65" presented before Queen Elizabeth II. |
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Series 1, "Plough Your Own Furrow" Aired April 4, 1975. Tom turns 40, has a mid-life crisis and talks Barbara into letting him quit his job and dig up the front yard. "Say Little Hen" Aired April 11, 1975. The Goods get a goat that gets Margo's goat. The Ledbetters try to get Tom's job back. "The Weaker Sex?" Aired April 18, 1975. Barbara's mood is darkened with the arrival of a dirty cast-iron stove that she ends up trying to clean alone. "Pig's Lib" Aired April 25, 1975. Margo turns her snout up at the arrival of Pinky and Perkey, two pigs. Margo forces temporary eviction. "The Thing In The Cellar" Aired May 2, 1975. Tom makes a poop processer to make electricity to freeze his fish. Dubbed the "Effluence Digester". "The Pagan Rite" Aired May 9, 1975. Tom takes temporary work to pay for a night out with Barbara who thinks Tom did it to pay the bills. "Backs To The Wall" Aired May 16, 1975. Tom bums up his back while Barbara tries hauling in the harvest. The harvest is saved with the Ledbetters pinching in. Series 2, "Just My Bill" Aired December 5, 1975. The Goods try to pay the bills with the surplus harvest which doesen't quite fit the bill. "The Guru Of Surbiton" Aired December 12, 1975. Two hippie students stay with the Goods for a week and want to start a commune with Tom as their leader. "Mr Fix-It" Aired December 19, 1975. The Goods get a story in a magazine and Jerry get the Goods some goodies, temporarily. "The Day Peace Broke Out" Aired January 2, 1976. Tom finds a fellow taking a leek from his front garden. Tom shoots him in the can and ends up in the jug. "Mutiny" Aired January 9, 1976. Jerry jilts "Sir" by declining to entertain buisness guests in favor of seeing Margo play "Maria" "Home, Sweet Home" Aired January 16, 1976. Tom wants to plow another farm but Barbara and the Ledbetters want Tom home on his own farm. "Going To Pot" Aired January 23, 1976. The Goods go to night school to learn pottery and weaving. Barbara weaves while Tom is on the pots. Series 3, "The Early Birds" Aired September 10, 1976. The Goods get up early which gets the Ledbetters grouchy. The Ledbetters are up late and gets the Goods grumbling. "The Happy Event" Aired September 17, 1976. Pinky the pig plops piglets and a policeman helps rescue the runt. "A Tug Of The Forelock" Aired September 24, 1976. The Goods hire out to Margo for cash to create a car from the rotary cultivator. Margo gets mean. "I Talk To The Trees" Aired October 1, 1976. The Goods talk and play music to their plants which meshed with Margo's mutinous managing of the Music Society's matriarchy. "The Wind Break War" Aired October 8, 1976. Margo's wind-break breaks wind over the Good's greens and gets the Goods gassed. "Whose Fleas Are These?" Aired October 15, 1976. The Goods get fleas from Margo putting on the dog. "The Last Posh Frock" Aired October 22, 1976. Barbara rips her frock, Tom gets the gall to google-eye another gal and Barbara goes ballistic. |
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