<Ul> <Li> See main article, Granby's Green Acres . </Li> </Ul> <Li> See main article, Granby's Green Acres . </Li> <P> The Granby's Green Acres radio show aired from July 3 to August 21, 1950 . The show was produced, directed, and written by Jay Sommers, who wrote and produced a third of the Green Acres episodes . In both, a businessman knowing little about farming moves to an impoverished farm . The characters are more conventionally odd, the wife stereotypically talkative and dim, the Sam Drucker character of Sam Drucker is the absent - minded and befuddled feed store owner Mr. Kimball while hired hand Eb (Parley Baer, who guest - starred in several episodes of the television series) is elderly and stoic about incompetent management . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Season </Th> <Th> Time </Th> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Rating </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1) 1965--66 </Td> <Td> Wednesday at 9: 00 - 9: 30 PM </Td> <Td> #11 </Td> <Td> 24.6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2) 1966--67 </Td> <Td> #6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 3) 1967--68 </Td> <Td> #15 </Td> <Td> 22.8 (tied with the CBS Friday Night Movie) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 4) 1968--69 </Td> <Td> Wednesday at 9: 30 - 10: 00 PM </Td> <Td> #19 </Td> <Td> 21.6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5) 1969--70 </Td> <Td> Saturday at 9: 00 - 9: 30 PM </Td> <Td> Not in the Top 30 </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6) 1970--71 </Td> <Td> Tuesday at 8: 00 - 8: 30 PM </Td> <Td> #34 </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Who was the hired hand on green acres