Arnold Ziffel
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Arnold Ziffel was a fictional character featured in Green Acres, an American situation comedy that was produced by Filmways, Inc. and originally aired on the CBS network from 1965 to 1971. The show was premised on rural American humor and featured Oliver Wendell Douglas and his wife Lisa, city-dwellers who move to the unfamiliar environment of Hooterville, a fictional farming community.
Arnold was a pig, but he was treated as the son of Fred and Doris Ziffel. Arnold could do pretty much anything he wanted. He was very talented. He could write his name, change the channels on the television, and play the piano. Arnold also attended school, carrying his lunchbox in his mouth, where he often played practical jokes on the other students.
He also fell in love with Mr. Haney's prized bassett hound "Cynthia", but in a scene full of pig grunts and dog barks, subtitles explained that they were realizing that their love could never be. Mr. Haney threatens to sue Mr. Douglas because Arnold has ruined Cynthia for show as she has begun to grunt like a pig too.
One story line had him inheriting millions of dollars as the sole descendant of the favorite pig of a pork-packing magnate, distinguished by his ability to predict the weather with his tail.
[edit] Trivia
- Contrary to the rumor the cast did not eat any of the many pigs that played Arnold Ziffel Urban Legends Reference Pages.
- In the film Pulp Fiction, Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) refers to Arnold, saying a pig would have to be "ten times more charming" for him to eat it.
- Some sources point out that Arnold was actually played by a piglet. Because piglets grow quickly on the way to becoming adult pigs, this would require that many piglets be used in the role of Arnold during the show's production.
