# Hee Haw **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2001, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475 "2001-10-30T06:26:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/21 "2001-10-30T22:26:48Z")
Woohoo! I’m not the only one! Actually, one of the reasons I liked it was because it meant Quality Time with my dad. But it wasn’t all junk: they did some good parodies, too. TV Preacher: Rock and roll is tha music of tha devil. Mah daughtah asked me if she could listen to soft rock. I said “Daughtah, have you evah been hit on tha haid with a soft rock?” ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/22 "2001-10-30T23:16:41Z")
The Holiday Inn in Tempe, Arizona has it’s rooms labeled with famous people who have stayed in them. I spent the night in the ‘Junior Samples’ room. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/23 "2001-10-31T01:39:57Z")
to this day, when i hear a bell ring, i say ‘empty arms hotel.’ im apickin, and im a grinnin! ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/24 "2001-10-31T02:40:31Z")
_I_ have a poster of Misty Rowe from the mid-eighties. Even then, she looked old, but cleavage! BTW, I can now join the “Song Stuck in My Head” thread with, 'Where O where are you tonight . . " ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/25 "2001-11-01T14:23:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skerri \* > \*\*Where, where are you tonight? > Why did you leave me here all alone? > I searched the world over and thought I found true love. > You met another and 😛 you were gone! \*\* Hey, now. Watch it. The people in the cubes next to me just _hate_ it when I have to bang my head against the desk to make the nasty music go away. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/26 "2001-11-01T16:03:16Z")
[sub]I watched it, too…and I thought it was funny…'course I was just a kid, so what did I know…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/27 "2001-11-01T18:36:18Z")
**HEY GRANDPA, WHAT’S FOR SUPPER?!?** And I loved the news from KORN. I’ll never be able to look at a gray sweater again without thinking of that. [Here’s](http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/9348/hee_haw.htm) some stuff about cast members, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/28 "2001-11-01T18:37:24Z")
I forgot… I thought Buck Owens’ Red, White and Blue guitar was the coolest ever! (course, I was but a wee lad) ---
**Author:** ![lather\_rinse\_repeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@lather\_rinse\_repeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lather_rinse_repeat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/29 "2001-11-02T14:27:23Z")
I think one of the reasons why _Hee Haw_ was able to stay on TV as long as it did was the variety of guest stars. Even though _Hee Haw_ had a country theme, the guest stars weren’t all country singers. Here’s a list of some of the visitors to Cornfield County through the years: Johnny Bench Big Bird Ernest Borgnine Ruth Buzzi Billy Carter Sammy Davis, Jr. Minnesota Fats Joe Frazier Rev. Billy Graham Tommy Lasorda Robin Leach Mickey Mantle Roger Maris Ed McMahon Ethel Merman Leslie Nielsen Vernon Presley Willard Scott Doc Severinson Dennis Weaver Henny Youngman According to _Hee Haw_ producer Sam Lovullo, Elvis Presley wanted to be on _Hee Haw_, but Colonel Parker wouldn’t let him. Sallll-ute! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/30 "2001-11-02T14:37:45Z")
Did Sammy Davis, Ethel Merman, and/or Doc Severinson actually perform any music? Or just appear in sketches? It would be a great deal of fun to see any ONE of those three performing in tandem with a country or bluegrass ensemble. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/31 "2001-11-02T14:50:11Z")
Teehee. Glad I could inspire someone else to have that song stuck in their head! Being raised in the South, my parents made us watch Hee Haw every time it came on. It was a cute, corny show. The only good thing that came out of my faithful viewing was my love for Roy Clark. That man is the Jimi Hendrix of country music. :::wanders off, singing, still…dammit::: ---
**Author:** ![lather\_rinse\_repeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@lather\_rinse\_repeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lather_rinse_repeat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/32 "2001-11-02T17:42:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*Did Sammy Davis, Ethel Merman, and/or Doc Severinson actually perform any music? Or just appear in sketches? > \*\* I’ve got a copy of the _Hee Haw_ book that Sam Lovullo wrote, but it’s at home. This morning, I flipped through it and wrote down the names of some of the guests. I’ll try and think this weekend to check the book again and see if it tells what any of the people you asked about actually did on the show. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/33 "2001-11-02T19:20:55Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **lather\_rinse\_repeat** _ > > _Hee Haw_ book ::mind reeling:: ---
**Author:** ![lather\_rinse\_repeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@lather\_rinse\_repeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lather_rinse_repeat)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/34 "2001-11-04T21:05:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*Did Sammy Davis, Ethel Merman, and/or Doc Severinson actually perform any music? Or just appear in sketches? > \*\* Okay, I’ve checked my (brace yourself, Borborygmi! :D) _Hee Haw_ book, and here’s the information: Sammy Davis, Jr. did “Pickin’ and Grinnin’,” and sang “Oh, Lonesome Me” with Roy Clark. There’s a photo of Sammy Davis, Jr., in overalls and a straw hat, standing beside Minnie Pearl. Ethel Merman sang “Buttons and Bows” with Buck Owens and Roy Clark. There’s a photo of her in the cornfield, in overalls and a straw hat. Doc Severinson performed a solo trumpet number, and a duet with Roy Clark on guitar. There’s no photo, but according to producer Sam Lovullo, “This one time, I didn’t suggest our guest wear overalls.” ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475/35 "2001-11-04T21:59:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spritle \* > \*\ ***HEY GRANDPA, WHAT’S FOR SUPPER?!?** > > And I loved the news from KORN. I’ll never be able to look at a gray sweater again without thinking of that. > > [Here’s](http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/9348/hee_haw.htm) some stuff about cast members, etc. \*\* There is a KORN, in Mitchell, South Dakota. I know because my Grandparents lived there, and I read a bit about it in the paper, (20 years ago?), Some folks from the Radio Station were going to make a guest appearance. I think they wound up popping up out of the cornfield. You didn’t argue with grandpa over the Tv, when it was time for Hee-Haw, or Johnny Carson. That man would twist your ear off, soon as look at ya. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw/90475.md?page=1)