Hee Haw
| Hee Haw | |
|---|---|
 |
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| Genre |
Comedy Music |
| Created by |
Frank Peppiatt John Aylesworth |
| Presented by |
Buck Owens Roy Clark |
| Starring |
Archie Campbell Roy Acuff Gordie Tapp Grandpa Jones Junior Samples Lulu Roman Minnie Pearl Don Harron |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 25 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Nashville, Tennessee, US |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CBS-TV (1969–1971) First-run syndication (1971–1992) |
| Original release | June 15, 1969 – September 19, 1992 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Hee Haw Honeys Hee Haw Silver |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Hee Haw was an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural "Kornfield Kounty" as a backdrop. It aired on CBS from 1969–1971 followed by a 21-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the major difference being that Hee Haw was far less topical, and was centered on country music and rural culture. Hosted by country artists Buck Owens and Roy Clark for most of the series' run, the show was equally well known for its voluptuous, scantily clad women in stereotypical farmer's daughter outfits and country-style minidresses (a group that came to be known as the "Hee Haw Honeys"), and its corn pone humor.
Hee Haw's appeal, however, was not limited to a rural audience. It was successful in all of the major markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, and Chicago. Other niche programs such as The Lawrence Welk Show (which targeted older audiences) and Soul Train (which targeted black audiences) also rose to prominence in syndication during the era. Like Laugh-In, the show minimized production costs by taping all of the recurring sketches for a season in batches, setting up for the Cornfield one day, the Joke Fence on another day, etc. At the height of its popularity, an entire season's worth of shows would be taped in two separate week-long sessions, then individual shows were assembled from edited sections. Only musical performances were taped with a live audience; a laugh track was added to all other segments.
The series was taped for CBS at its network affiliate WLAC-TV (now WTVF) in downtown Nashville, and later at Opryland USA in the Donelson area of Nashville. The show was produced by Yongestreet Productions through the mid-1980s; it was later produced by Gaylord Entertainment, which distributed the show in syndication. The show's name was coined by show business talent manager and producer Bernie Brillstein and derives from a common English onomatopoeia used to describe the braying sound that a donkey makes.
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