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Hee Haw
Jun 28, 2017 0:26:48 GMT -5
Post by codystarbuck on Jun 28, 2017 0:26:48 GMT -5
Anyone else out there admit to enjoying it, besides those of us who grew up in the country (or the South), from time to time?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 0:45:58 GMT -5
During my High School Years, I used to watch this show occasionally on a Friday (On Syndication) Night and it was a fun show to watch and pretty much my whole family enjoyed the music, humor, and we all enjoyed Roy Clark and his gang. In my College Years, they have Hee Haw Costume Parties and they were fun to go to and they made it a country theme and square dancing to boot.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 28, 2017 2:19:42 GMT -5
I watched the first three or so years, when it was on the network and Buck Owens was there with Roy Clark. Watched it less and less after it went to syndication after the great CBS "Rural Purge" in 1971. I was living in New Jersey at the time.
The show did have some great humor and music. One joke I remember verbatim:
Grandpa: "Did you hear about Luther? He was arrested for bigamy! He had three wives!"
Junior: "That's not bigamy, that's trigonometry!"
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Post by brutalis on Jun 28, 2017 7:52:31 GMT -5
It was a Saturday night staple in our house. My grandparents would come over and visit every Saturday evening drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes (don't think they ever watched Captain Kangaroo though) while it was on. Fond memories as it was mostly silly jokes and the only way to see Western music stars on a consistent basis. Of course as a teen at the time the show provided plenty of puberty inducing southern ladies. The show played to the strengths of its then viewing public providing a "family" show that allowed kids, teens, adults and elderly to enjoy together. Always liked the corn row joke section. Pretty much it was a countryfied Laugh-In.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 28, 2017 8:00:18 GMT -5
My parents were country music fans and had been friends with Buck Owens and his band back in the '50s (more the band, as Buck was kind of an @$$hole), so Hee Haw was Must See TV in the Mitchell household. I knew it was awful but didn't care, thanks to my own enjoyment of country music and the allure of the Hee Haw Honies. Would I watch a reun now? The musical numbers, sure. The comedy, not so much.
Cei-U!
Call BR-549!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 28, 2017 10:21:40 GMT -5
Yep. Hee Haw was on every week in our house growing up. It actually amazes me how many of the songs I can remember when I pull up stuff on YouTube. My Dad was a big country music fan...Mom...more tolerated it.
SALUTE!
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Hee Haw
Jun 28, 2017 10:24:13 GMT -5
Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 28, 2017 10:24:13 GMT -5
Whole lotta talent up on that stage.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 28, 2017 12:49:38 GMT -5
The comedy varied a lot. I always found Archie Campbell's stuff pretty funny, Junior Samples was more watching him try to get through the sketch, and the Where Oh Where bits varied depending on who Archie's partner was. The KORN segments could be pretty good. The comedy was definitely better in the earlier days than later. The Honies became more prominent later on, as I recall.
I'm not a big Country fan; but, I like a whole lot more from that era. They also did a lot of gospel and, in the early days, a bit of Hillbilly. Grandpa Jones came out more from the Hillbilly side as did Minnie Perl. Here's a clip of Grandpa, doing Mountain Dew, from an old Country music show
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Hee Haw
Jun 28, 2017 19:19:55 GMT -5
Post by Batflunkie on Jun 28, 2017 19:19:55 GMT -5
Whenever I'd stay over at my Grandparent's house, I was pretty much forced to watch reruns of Hee-Haw on RFDTV against my will. It wasn't a bad show by any means (I'm more partial to "In The Heat Of The Night", "King Of The Hill, "John Boy & Billy", and "Squidbillies" as far as "southern style humor" goes), but the humor was an incredibly mixed bag, but that's kind of what made it's progenitor Laugh-In so appealing I suppose. And you just can't beat classic country music, the newer faux-pop stuff honestly makes me want to vomit  |
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Hee Haw
Jun 28, 2017 20:47:13 GMT -5
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jun 28, 2017 20:47:13 GMT -5
Where the likes of Johnathan Winters and Lilly Tomlin on Hee Haw? I have vague memories of a comedy/variety show with whom I would later know as these two comedians were from.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 29, 2017 0:38:45 GMT -5
Going on memory, Lily Tomlin was on Laugh-In but I don't think she was ever a regular on Hee Haw, although she may have been a guest star. Winters wasn't a regular on either show but again, may have guested on either one.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 29, 2017 10:39:31 GMT -5
No listing for Lily on Hee Haw; but, Jonathan Winters made multiple appearances in the 15th and 16th season. Jonathan did do Laugh-In, so they might have been together in sketches, there. Both did the Smother brothers show; but, it looks like separate episodes.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2017 15:34:43 GMT -5
We watched every Saturday night. I remember one of the sponsors was Rose Milk lotion and one of the Hee Haw Honeys would do a commercial featuring that product. Ah, Gunilla Hutton! Misty Rowe! Linda Thompson-Jenner! I liked the sketches featuring the Culhanes. I grew up near Nashville, so Hee Haw, the Grand Ole Opry, and Opryland are very fond memories!
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Hee Haw
Jul 5, 2017 23:38:40 GMT -5
Post by LovesGilKane on Jul 5, 2017 23:38:40 GMT -5
As a child, I watched Hee Haw for the comedy, and the attractive people, on rare occasion. I watched Soul Train, for the same reasons, regularly. Here's hoping we get a Don Cornelius/Soul Train thread, lol  |
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Hee Haw
Jul 8, 2017 17:16:32 GMT -5
Post by String on Jul 8, 2017 17:16:32 GMT -5
Hee Haw was half of required viewing on Saturday nights in my youth. The comedy was clean and silly, provoking many a laugh while the musical talents displayed were highly enjoyable. I don't consider myself to be a huge country music fan per se but this show helped develop a deep appreciation and joy to listening to classic country and bluegrass. So if I have a choice, it's Conway Twitty and Merle Haggard over Blake and Luke.
The other half of required viewing was the Grand Ole Opry, which some nights, was good despite the lack of comedy. Depends who was guesting as to whether I wanted to watch it all or not. (Sometimes Porter Wagner would step out in those sequin country suits of his and he would light up like a mini sun on that stage). If the guest selection wasn't to my liking, then it was off to my room to re-read various material, listen to the radio or at one cool point, tune into PBS on my old black & white small TV and watch Patrick Troughton Doctor Who episodes that they decided to air late-night on the weekends.
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