Comments on: How Earth Day & the Hapless Farmer from Green Acres Are Related

By: Lee Blackson

Lee Blackson — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:18:00 +0000

I enjoyed this article – I never knew Eddie Albert was such an influential environmentalist. However, I think the article should also include mention of Rachael Carson, whose book “Silent Spring” exposed the dangers of pesticides such as DDT and was instrumental in its banning.

By: lewen

lewen — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:50:00 +0000

Birthday is coincidence. He was born on the original Arbor day as founded by JS Morton. Nebraska’s Arbor day is now Earth Day

By: Doug Nelson

Doug Nelson — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:27:00 +0000

I see no info corroborating that his birthday was deliberately selected as the date for Earth Day.

But I did not know of his activism, and so I’m glad you wrote about it here.

By: Valkyrie

Valkyrie — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:41:00 +0000

My roommate and I have decided that he is our hero! You gotta love a guy who dedicates his life to making the world a better place in so many ways, (and with such a sense of humor). I got curious, so I looked up his profile on imdb.com. Get this:

Prior to his acting career, Eddie Albert gathered intelligence for the U.S. government of movements in the Pacific and Baja regions, while working as a featured trapeze artist in a Mexican circus [sic?].

That fantastic little tidbit MADE MY DAY. I can see the T-shirt now . . . made entirely of 100% organic/post-consumer recycled fibers, of course.

By: Tex

Tex — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:13:00 +0000

Thank you for this great article. I always enjoyed Eddie Albert’s straight man act playing off all of the Hooterville crazies. The information about his Earth Day association is great. I also enjoyed learning about his WWII experience.