[2] Three of the main characters on Granby's Green Acres were much like those heard on many other situation comedies on radio: a husband, his "somewhat addled and impractical" wife, and "their breathless teenage daughter".

[1] A review in the trade publication Variety called Granby's Green Acres "a brave but futile effort to put together a situation comedy around Gale Gordon".

To avoid the stress of running three shows at once, Henning asked Petticoat writer Jay Sommers to create and produce this new program.

[4]In 1948, Granby's Green Acres was auditioned for a slot on ABC radio with Hanley Stafford originally set to star.

[7] The show's creator, Jay Sommers, based its concept on memories of time he spent as a boy on a farm near Greendale, New York.