Post by Kaz ~;~ on Aug 14, 2007 3:15:43 GMT -5
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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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Love those Hee Haw Honies and the corny jokes! 
