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?”
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.
to this day, when i hear a bell ring, i say ‘empty arms hotel.’
im apickin, and im a grinnin!
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 . . "
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.
[sub]I watched it, too…and I thought it was funny…'course I was just a kid, so what did I know…[/sub]
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 some stuff about cast members, etc.
I forgot… I thought Buck Owens’ Red, White and Blue guitar was the coolest ever! (course, I was but a wee lad)
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!
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.
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:::
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.
::mind reeling::
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.”
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.