Hee Haw
Hee Haw was an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS-TV from 1969–1971 before a 20-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the major difference being that Hee Haw was far less topical, and was centered on country music and rural Southern culture. Co-hosted by country artists Buck Owens and Roy Clark for most of the series' run, the show was equally well known for its voluptuous, scantily-clad women in stereotypical farmer's daughter outfits and country-style minidresses, and its cornpone humor. Hee Haw's appeal, however, was not limited to a rural audience. It was successful in all of the major markets, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Other niche programs such as The Lawrence Welk Show and Soul Train also rose to prominence in syndication during the era. Like Laugh-In, the show minimized production costs by taping all of the recurring sketches for a season in batches— setting up for the Cornfield one day, the Joke Fence another, etc. At the height of its popularity, an entire year's worth of shows would be taped in two separate week-long sessions, then individual shows would be assembled from edited sections. Only musical performances were taped with a live audience; a laugh track was added to all other segments.
Guest Roger Miller performs his hit "Dang Me." He also croons "That's the Way I Feel." Peggy Little sings "Statue of a Fool." Bobby Murcer does a comedy routine with Junior Sample.
Guest George Jones opens the show with "You Comb Her Hair. His wife Tammy Wynette joins him for "Rolling In My Sweet Baby's Arms." Buck sings "Tiger by the Tail." Roy Clark lets loose with "Middle of the Road."
Guest Hank Williams Jr. sings "Big Midnight Special." He also contributes "Raining in my Heart." Jody Miller holds forth with "If You Think I Love You."
Music: Charley Pride - "Kaw-Liga." Charley Pride - "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)." Loretta Lynn - "Your Squaw's on the Warpath." Buck Owens - "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass?" Roy Clark - "Sally Was a Good Old Girl." Sheb Wooley - "Flying Time." Grandpa Jones - "The Banjo Am The Instrument For Me." The Hagers - "Six Days on the Road."
Buck Owens, Don Rich, Susan Raye and the Hagers - "But You Know I Love You" Merle Haggard - "Mama Tried" The Hagers - "With Lonely" Roy Clark - "Yesterday When I Was Young" Merle Haggard - "Branded Man" Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Happy Times" Susan Raye - "Just Enough to Keep Me Hanging On" Grandpa Jones - "Mountain Dew"
Music: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Love's Gonna Live Here" Grandpa Jones - "Night Train to Memphis" (includes a broken banjo string blooper) Tammy Wynette - "Stand by Your Man" George Jones - "White Lightning" Roy Clark - "Caravan" Faron Young - "She Went a Little Bit Farther" Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "It Takes People Like You" George Jones - "Walk Through This World with Me" Tammy Wynette - "Take Me to Your World" Faron Young - "Wind Me up" Sketches include several installments of "The Cornfield", "The Culhanes", "Samuel B. Sternwheeler", "Gordie's General Store", "KORN News", "Moonshiners", and "Pfft, You Was Gone. Also, "Archie's Barbershop", "Pickin' and Grinnin'", "Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper?", and stories by Junior Samples and Grandpa Jones.
Sonny James - "Midnight Mood" and "Running Bear." Waylon Jennings - "Only Daddy" and "Lonely Weekends." Connie Smith - "Cry, Cry, Cry" and "Ribbon of Darkness." Buck Owens - "Crying Time" and "Sam's Place." Roy Clark - "Overdue Blues."
Roy Clark - "She Taught Me How to Yodel" (clips throughout the episode) Buck Owens - "Act Naturally" Merle Haggard - "Hobo Meditations" Eddie Fukano - "To Get Me Off Your Mind" Bonnie Owens - "Lead Me On" Roy Clark - "You Tried to Ruin My Name" Grandpa Jones - "Old Joe Clark" Buck Owens and Susan Raye - "Somewhere Between" Merle Haggard - "Today I Started Loving You Again" Eddie Fukano - "Columbus Stockade Blues" Sketches include several installments of "The Culhanes", "Pfft, You Was Gone", and "KORN News." Also, "Gordie's General Store", "Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper?", "Pickin' and Grinnin'", Grandpa Jones tells stories about his athletic brother and eating out at a restaurant, Junior Samples tells a story about his squirrel dog, and in "Archie's Barbershop", Archie tells the story of the Pee Little Thrigs.
Merle Haggard strums "Hobo Meditation." Bonnie Owens sings "Lead Me On." Eddy Fukano, the number one country star in Japan croons "Columbus Stockade Blues."
Music: Buck Owens - "Hello, Trouble" Waylon Jennings - "Delia's Gone" Loretta Lynn - "You Ain't Woman Enough" Grandpa Jones - "Banjo Sam" Roy Clark - "White Lightnin'" Susan Raye - "Maybe If I Close My Eyes" Roy Clark - "Orange Blossom Special" (played over a fast motion farm chase sketch) Buck Owens - "Above and Beyond" Loretta Lynn - "Wine, Women and Song" Sheb Wooley - "Big Ole, Good Ole Girl" Sketches include several installments of "The Culhanes", "KORN News", and "Pfft, You Was Gone". Also, "Archie's Barbershop", stories by Grandpa Jones and Junior Samples, "Hey Grandpa, What's For Supper?" and "Pickin' and Grinnin'
Music: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass?" (played over a video of four guys mowing on a farm) Jerry Lee Lewis - "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" Susan Raye - "It's Over" Conway Twitty - "I Love You More Today" Roy Clark - "Do You Believe This Town?" Grandpa Jones - "Are You From Dixie?" Jerry Lee Lewis "What Made Milwaukee Famous?" Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Together Again" Sheb Wooley - "Tie a Tiger Down" Conway Twitty - "Only Make Believe"
The hit "Reuben James" is performed. In a Culhanes skit the family discusses a prospective boarder. Minnie Pearl holds forth from the kitchen. Roy does a guitar rendition of "Lara's Theme." The Buckaroos sing "Tiger by the Tail."
Hank Thompson entertains with the song "Oklahoma Home Brew." Lynn Anderson sings "I've Been Everywhere." Grandpa talks about his youth on his uncle's farm. Buddy Owens contributes "Big Mama's Medicine Show."
Guest Tammy Wynette sings "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad. Sonny James lets loose with "Mean Ole Mississippi."
Guests Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard contribute songs "Dear Uncle Sam" and "I Take Pride in What I Am."
Faron Young sings both "Occasional Wife" and "Your Time is Comin'." Dolly Parton serenades on "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy."
George Jones sings "It's Not You." Tammy Wynette solos on two songs. Tammy and George duet on "Milwaukee, Here I Come."
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| Language | English |
| Release | 1969-06-15 |
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