Hee Haw 1969 - 1991)

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Series Directed by Bob Boatman
Bill Davis

Series Writing credits::
Donald Harron

Frank Peppiatt

Gordie Tapp

John Aylesworth

Jack Burns

Kirk Jordan
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Series Outline:: "Hee Haw" a mixture of music and comedy skits was a staple of syndicated television for more than 20 years; originally, the show had aired on CBS, but was canceled in 1971 because the network thought it was "too rural." A majority of each week's "Hee Haw" shows included a series of skits, blackouts and corny jokes; however, the meat of series came from its music. Each week, two or three country music stars guested usually one or two of the guests being well-established, the others newer and up-and-coming stars as well as bluegrass, country gospel and other acts, signers and musicians popular with country audiences. During the final segment of each show, the Hee Haw Gospel Quartet (through the mid-1980s, usually co-hosts Owens and Clark, along with Kenny Price and Grandpa Jones) performed a gospel song. The shows were taped only a few weeks out of the year, usually weeks (and sometimes, months) in advance; that meant some of the short-lived "newer" acts had already lost their star power by the time the show they were featured in had aired. By the early 1990s, the show started to abandon its rural, barnyard set in favor of a nightclub setting, though popular "rural" settings were still used; that, plus the show's booking of newer pop-oriented country acts alienated more than a few longtime viewers, who believed "Hee Haw" should have maintained its traditional country focus. During the 1992-1993 season, Clark hosted a series which featured clips from classic "Hee Haw" shows, along with new footage.
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Series Cast::

Roy Clark ... - Host

Buck Owens ... - Host

Gunilla Hutton / Jeannine Riley

Jim Hager / Jon Hager

Diana Goodman / Loretta Lynn

Archie Campbell / Grandpa Jones

Junior Samples / Lulu Roman

Gordie Tapp / Donald Harron

Minnie Pearl / Tammy Wynette

Roy Acuff / Larry Gatlin

Barbara Mandrell / Charly McClain

Reba McEntire / John Schneider

Stringbean / George Jones

Susan Raye / George Lindsey

Buddy Alan / Dennis Weaver

Lionel Cartwright / Ricky Van Shelton

James DePaiva / Rudy Gatlin

Steve Gatlin / Cathy Baker

Waylon Jennings / Connie Smith

Charley Pride / Charlie McCoy

Johnny Cash / Tennessee Ernie Ford

The Oak Ridge Boys / Marty Stuart

Louise Mandrell / John Hartford

Charlie Walker / David Holt

Garth Brooks Conway Twitty

Sonny James / Faron Young

Merle Haggard / Jerry Lee Lewis

Sheb Wooley / Jeannie C. Riley

Dolly Parton / Barbi Benton

Dale Evans / Roy Rogers

Patti Page / Jim Ed Brown

Ava Barber / Helen Cornelius

Jimmie Rodgers / Gene Watson

Jed Allan / Ed McMahon

Billy 'Crash' Craddock / Ed Bruce

Mel Tillis / Steve Wariner

Sonny Shroyer ... Enos / Ben L. McCain

Butch McCain / Kathy Mattea

Gary Morris / Keith Stegall

Kristine Oliver Arnold / Janis Oliver Gill

T. Graham Brown / Jo-El Sonnier

Suzy Bogguss / Jackie Phelps

Lisa Todd / Jimmy Riddle

Roni Stoneman Hemrick / Kenny Price

Victoria Hallman / Slim Pickens

Misty Rowe / Jonathan Winters

Irlene Mandrell / Billy Baker

Gary Mule Deer / Don Rich

Sherry Miles / Marianne Gordon

Gailard Sartain / Anne Randall

John Henry Faulk / Buck Trent

Linda Thompson / Grady Nutt

Traylor Nancy / Dub Taylor
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