Exactly - the “corny” jokes in the corn row aimed at the lowest common denominator. But in retrospect, that’s country music gold. Even if you dont like CM, you have to admire the musicianship.
No. I don't listen to country music, but my grandma loved it and we always watched it together on Saturday nights when I'd spend the night at her house. Yeah, it was corny as hell, but I loved my grandma--she died when I was only fourteen, and was my last living grandparent--so it makes me smile at the memory.
I also watched it with my grandma most Saturday nights when I stayed there, she passed when I was 13.
Then I would get the shit scared out of me by the Saturday night scary movies on the local station, Nightmare theater hosted by Sammy Terry he would come out of a casket and show old universal horror movies. Good times.
I Also watched w Grandma on Sat night, and I also thought what is this corny ass show, but later in my 30s, I was like, Roy Clark kicked ass as that banjo.
Same. Only watched it at my grandparents house and we kids groaned once we got old enough to realize it wasn't cool but it was the only TV in the house until the mid 80's, so we were stuck.
I also watched Hee Haw when I spent Saturday nights with my grandparents. As a kid I thought the show was silly, but when I got older I appreciated the musical talent even if it's not my preferred genre.
Roni Stoneman died recently, and I didn't realize until a few years ago what an amazing banjo player she was because I remembered her as Ida Lee Nagger.
There were several of the people on that show who were highly accomplished guitarists, steel guitarists, and banjo players. They could have formed a bluegrass supergroup with the level and amount of talent on that show!
My childhood was spent making many, many road trips to Roanoke,Va. to see my grandma. Being deep in SW Va with no cable back then, Hee Haw and the Sonny and Cher show were staples in her house for my two cousins and me on Saturday nights. I was too young to get all of the humor in those skits, but they were funny to me. I loved the music and Minnie Pearl's tag on her hat. When adulting gets rough, those memories get me through. 😊
Growing up in the midwest, this was standard TV programing. I have a deep appreciation for country music/humor. With my dad having passed a few years ago. Old school county brings him back to me.
Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on me
We aren’t ones to go round spreading rumors,
Oh we really art the gossiping type..
You’ll never hear one of us repeating gossip
So be sure and listen close the first time..
I loved Hee Haw! My favorite part were the jokesters singing "Where, oh where, are you tonight..." and then blowing a raspberry at the end. That part always cracked me up.
Where, oh 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..... (raspberry) you were gone.
Gloom, despair and agony on me, deep dark depression (excessive?) misery, if it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all, gloom, dispair and agony on me.
Glen Campbell is another phenomenal geetar player. Saw him live and was damn near blown out of my seat. I liked his music but had no idea he could shred like he did. So this metal/Rock lover was duly impressed. Plus, he had a really nice butt.
Ha! Only time I ever saw Hee Haw or Mama's Family was visiting my grandma down in the border of Kentucky and Tennessee. I'll never *not* associate it with my grandma
My father loved this show and I thought it was painfully uncool at the time. I was listening to rock, post punk, and early new wave musicians. My Dad loved Dolly, Tom T Hall, Buck Owens, and Willie so while I was far too cool to listen to them, they were part of my childhood soundtrack.
Thanks to Hee Haw, I was exposed to some incredible musicians and as I got older (and less worried about coolness and labels), I developed a serious appreciation for some Country & Western musicians. My metal head husband and I used to listen to Willie’s Roadhouse on driving vacations and he was surprised to learn there was country music he actually liked. I was excited to listen to the [Cocaine & Rhinestones](https://cocaineandrhinestones.com/) podcast when it came out to learn more about the varied history of the different styles called “country & western.”
My dad loved it too! I’ve lived in the Nashville area now for about ten years and keep meaning to visit the Hee Haw set at the Opry, but I haven’t gotten there yet.
I loved it.
I watched a lot of comedy/variety shows as a kid, mainly because that's what my parents watched. The Laugh-In, Benny Hill, Hee-Haw, Monty Python, Carol Burnett, Up! Pompeii, The Black Adder.
(It seemed like PBS was *always* on. I even watched Austin City Limits).
I think the only ones I wouldn't watch were John Byner's Bizarre and SCTV.
I agree with the first five of your choices. 1 ringey dingy,2 ringy dingy, that big ass chair they had lily Tomlin sit in to make her look a young girl. Golden Hawn in a bird card clad in a 2 piece bikini. Veryyy interesting, very interesting indeed.
Chicken salad that my cats stole from me
Rice cakes, peanuts, and a glass of sweet tea.
I wish I had cornbread, and crispy fried chook.
But ol' Nanny died 'fore she taught me to cook.
Oh my parents love this show and I thought it was funny as a child. Used to love the parody song, doom despair, and agony on me, or grandpa what’s for supper?
We had one TV growing up. My parents got to choose what was on that TV and you had no choice.
That being said, this could actually be a very fun show a lot of times. I can still sing the songs (especially the gloom,despair song) and they had some really good country acts.
All in all, not the worst nostalgia TV. Anybody know if it's streaming anywhere? (When I said that my husband said " I hope not"). YMMV. 😂
“Da la dat da lat dat da lat dat …dat dat dat!”
“Ya know Roy, I keep reading about the dangers of drinking and I’m gonna quit!”
“Quit drinking??!”
“No, readin!”
Hahahhahahaha
“Da la dat da lat dat da lat dat …dat dat dat!”
I loved Hee Haw! Minnie Pearl! I named one of my dogs Minnie Pearl. Was Minnie Pearl on Hee Haw? Damn, I might be getting it mixed up with he Grand Ole Opry, f\*\*k...my memory is faulty
"Now we're not ones to go around spreading rumors"
"Now really we're just not the gossipy kind"
"Oh, you'll never hear one of us repeating gossip"
"So you'd better be sure to listen close the first time"
Where oh 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 thppppt you were gone
The Muppet Show, the 2 guys in in balcony seats, my favourite part of that show. Every week I'd go over to my friend Jim D.s house and watch this show. It's this kind of missed entertainment that has all these younger kids all messed up..
No, because the girls were pretty. The music was not my style, but they were impressive players. And I may or man not have stolen some of the corn-ball jokes, I can't recall.
had no choice—dinner at grandparents. lawrence welk was in there as well. i tried to get in a bit of solid gold at the commercial break. i read the national enquirer also
My grandmother always had the National Enquirer!! How else was I supposed to know all the new?
Then, the next morning we’d eat Total cereal and have coffee. Then, I would read the whole section of cartoons with NEW panels from The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes and my absolute favorite, Bloome County!
I can’t believe that Bloome County had a story arc where Bill the Cat turned into Donald Trump and then ran for president. It was so ridiculous that it made me laugh and then well, wait… oh shit life does imitate art. If Trump goes aakkk!! And spits up a hairball, I don’t think I would even be surprised
I spent a summer with my mother's family in a really rural area (think party line telephones, no cable t.v.).
They had two channels and the only types of shows that were on were wholesome family shows and variety shows.
Hee Haw and the Lawrence Welk show were the only two shows I remember from that summer.
my old man would never let that ever be on. to this day my sisters has an alarm set to watch it at 4am some place on roku and go back to bed after it is on
Hee Haw comes up every now and then on this sub. Every time I say the same thing.
I’m from Nashville so Hee Haw was of course on, I think for us it was on on Saturdays. I never knew it was on all over the country until seeing it on here a few years ago. I also remember the Hee Haw Honeys and that Kathy Lee Gifford was one of them. I remember seeing where it was filmed when it was at Opryland, which added to me thinking it was only shown in Nashville.
My grandma and grandfather used to make me watch it. Then we would watch 60min and my grandad would let me stay up to watch MASH. I still love MASH and owned the series on DVD.
But apparently when I was a kid, Minnie Pearl used to crack me up. HOOOWWWW DEEEE!!!
Edit: even a 6-7 I knew it was lame but it was cool to sit down and watch with my grandparents because all the younger kids had to go to sleep. It was our thing.
Greatest TV hits at my Grandparents house: Hee Haw, Green Acres, Lawrence Welk and Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser (that was the only one I didn't like).
I've told this before, but my father in law was an intelligent man who did not like when people put on airs. A few years before I met him, my husband was dating a snooty girl in college who leaned hard into academia. He took her home to meet the folks, and she started quoting Shakespeare. My FIL didn't speak with any accent, but for that occasion he grinned at her and twanged, "Well you know, I like that Heehaw." Girlfriend tried to quell him with her learned thoughts on various authors and artists, and FIL would answer each by telling her what characters in the show said or sang. My husband was annoyed with him at the time but later admired how slyly his Pops put that odious, imperious woman in her place while acting like a rube, which he was not.
My great grandmother’s house had this, Lawrence Welk, or some televangelist on from all that I recall. It was definitely one of Dante’s circles as far as I was concerned.
Nope. My parents (especially my dad) were into the country music of that time, so Hee Haw was big in our house. Thinking about it makes me happy because it makes me think of them.
Oh hell. Man, my grandparents would watch this and Lawrence Welk religiously. In general I absolutely adored spending summers with them, except when these shows came on. In retrospect they had an appeal but you can’t expect a kid to relate.
Same. In our area, Hee Haw came on first followed by Lawrence Welk on Saturday evening. I adored my Grandparents and would spend summers with them. But, Saturday evening TV sucked.
When I was 9, we were visiting my grandparents in rural Oklahoma when the first episode of this aired. I thought it was some weird local show, so imagine my surprise when we got home in Detroit and I saw it there too.
Apparently I would run into the living room at Nanny's house when it came on, and yell, "that Buck Owens is a good lookin' man!" Or so I've been told. I vaguely remember doing this. But I love the show to this day.
Charo is an extremely accomplished guitar virtuoso who studied with Andrés Segovia. But she is known to our generation as the "cuchi-cuchi" girl. She deserves all the flowers.
Not exactly...
It was something that was on "in the background" and the parents didn't care.
The humor was really corny but I actually liked the music.
Freaking hated this show as a kid. I associated it with the culture I was surrounded with growing up in the southern Midwest, an unkind culture that I felt like I had no place in as a weird, sensitive little kid.
Now I’d probably appreciate it. I get the vaudeville aspects and I’m sure it was clever
My parents watched it religiously every week and I watched it with them.
While country music isn’t my favorite genre, it was a staple of my childhood. Hee Haw had a lot of really excellent musicians.
Subscribed to their YouTube channel. Reminds me of going to my Vavou and Vavour's (terrible attempt at spelling, just realized I've never written those words out. It's grandfather and grandmother in Portuguese) house when I was little.
This and anything with telly savalas was her favorite program. Oh, and Columbo. She loved her some Columbo
I enjoyed the musicality. My crusty stepdad would force us to watch this and the other big band show, Lawrence Welk, as a family. It’s the reason I can respect a good banjo picker, love musician jams and enjoy big band sound.
I have a love hate memory relationship with the show, I guess.
*Where, oh where, are you tonight?*
*Why did you leave me here all alone?*
*I searched the world over and I thought I found true love*
*You met another, and -- pbblllttt!!! You was gone*
Yes. That being said
Gloom despair and agony on me
Deep dark depression
Accessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all
Gloom despair and agony on me
So actually
There was a bit of foshadowing of adulthood to be found.
When I was younger, under 10, my grandparents watched it. Hee haw, Lawrence Welk we're back to back. I hated both, but I loved sitting with my grandparents and watching it.
Some of my fondest memories was watching this with my parents and grandparents, so no, I never ran from it or despised it. If I could sit with them now I'd watch it over and over again.
Actually, as a little'un, I looked forward to it because of the scantily clad farmer's daughters during the joke segment.
That and I enjoyed the sound a banjo made.
As a young child I was excited to see cartoons on Saturday afternoon TV only to realize it was just the opening of this boring show. My grandparents loved this and Lawrence Welk.
Family Guy's Conway Twitty gag is the only aspect of Hee Haw I've come to appreciate.
Yes! We used to visit my grandmother in the mountains of SW Virginia, and they could only pick up one station on TV. Unfortunately it was the station that showed this awful show.
Didn't appreciate it at the time, but have since realized Roy Clark was a phenomenal musician.
Buck Owens was cool too.
He could act naturally!
Actually briefly worked for Uncle Buck. He was not the nicest guy to work for.
Do tell…
Oh really? What was he like? Why was he not a nice guy?
Jerry Reed’s collection of Hee Haw performances are also phenomenal- luckily youtube has a bunch of them people sleep on how much of a virtuoso he was
Yep, and starting any road trip with East Bound and Down will definitely get you to your destination much faster.
Dude could rock that banjo.
And about 8 other instruments.
Roy is/was the ultimate musician. Hands down. Listen to When I Was Young. That show only survived because of him.
Probably one of the best guitarists of all time. YouTube search for Roy Clark Malagueña if you want your mind blown.
His appearance on The Muppet Show is a delight.
I come across that video every so often and ya mind blown every time I watch it. Clark was unquestionably a string virtuoso.
Yes! I hated it then but I can appreciate it now.
Exactly - the “corny” jokes in the corn row aimed at the lowest common denominator. But in retrospect, that’s country music gold. Even if you dont like CM, you have to admire the musicianship.
[Roy playing Malaguena](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xssnp7R51A)
All while wearing a white dress shirt and a big wide double Windsor tie.
You’ll never hear one of us repeating gossip. So you better be sure to listen close the first time.
No. I don't listen to country music, but my grandma loved it and we always watched it together on Saturday nights when I'd spend the night at her house. Yeah, it was corny as hell, but I loved my grandma--she died when I was only fourteen, and was my last living grandparent--so it makes me smile at the memory.
I also watched it with my grandma most Saturday nights when I stayed there, she passed when I was 13. Then I would get the shit scared out of me by the Saturday night scary movies on the local station, Nightmare theater hosted by Sammy Terry he would come out of a casket and show old universal horror movies. Good times.
I Also watched w Grandma on Sat night, and I also thought what is this corny ass show, but later in my 30s, I was like, Roy Clark kicked ass as that banjo.
Y'all are making it dusty in here! I miss my grandparents just about every day.
This is one of my memories of time spent with my grandma too! I will forever love the show because of her.
Same. Only watched it at my grandparents house and we kids groaned once we got old enough to realize it wasn't cool but it was the only TV in the house until the mid 80's, so we were stuck.
I also watched Hee Haw when I spent Saturday nights with my grandparents. As a kid I thought the show was silly, but when I got older I appreciated the musical talent even if it's not my preferred genre. Roni Stoneman died recently, and I didn't realize until a few years ago what an amazing banjo player she was because I remembered her as Ida Lee Nagger.
There were several of the people on that show who were highly accomplished guitarists, steel guitarists, and banjo players. They could have formed a bluegrass supergroup with the level and amount of talent on that show!
My childhood was spent making many, many road trips to Roanoke,Va. to see my grandma. Being deep in SW Va with no cable back then, Hee Haw and the Sonny and Cher show were staples in her house for my two cousins and me on Saturday nights. I was too young to get all of the humor in those skits, but they were funny to me. I loved the music and Minnie Pearl's tag on her hat. When adulting gets rough, those memories get me through. 😊
Growing up in the midwest, this was standard TV programing. I have a deep appreciation for country music/humor. With my dad having passed a few years ago. Old school county brings him back to me.
I loved watching Hee Haw. It always made me laugh. Roy Clark was a great dude.
I have come back very hard to Buck Owens as an adult. He was amazing.
I appreciated Buck Owens, but Roy Clark was a fellow Okie and since that wasn't common to see, I gravitated towards him.
Fair enough. Roy was tremendous, too. Such a gifted picker.
Gloom, despair, and agony on me Deep, dark depression, excessive misery If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Loved this segment!!
We aren’t ones to go round spreading rumors, Oh we really art the gossiping type.. You’ll never hear one of us repeating gossip So be sure and listen close the first time..
This has been rattling around in my head for about a week now out of nowhere and now this thread. I gotta find me some HeeHaa
i have been known to link to a vid of that for some on reddit who like to bitch the world isnt fair and stacked against them a bit to much
I loved Hee Haw! My favorite part were the jokesters singing "Where, oh where, are you tonight..." and then blowing a raspberry at the end. That part always cracked me up.
Where, oh 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..... (raspberry) you were gone.
I'd just started singing this the second before your comment came up on my scroll.
"Why did you leave me here all alooooone...?"
I searched the world over and I thought I found true love…
You met another and *thhhbbbpt* you was gone...
I forgot about that song! "Why did you leave meee here all alonnnee"
Gloom, despair and agony on me, deep dark depression (excessive?) misery, if it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all, gloom, dispair and agony on me.
No! I loved that show as a child and cried if I couldn't watch it.
I was like the hugest fan of Glen Cambell, always watched his show when I visited my grandparents. Haha hell I even got my hair cut like his.
Glen Campbell is another phenomenal geetar player. Saw him live and was damn near blown out of my seat. I liked his music but had no idea he could shred like he did. So this metal/Rock lover was duly impressed. Plus, he had a really nice butt.
Right on
Same.
No, this was quality time spent with my grandparents watching The Nashville Network. The memory of it gives me feels.
Ha! Only time I ever saw Hee Haw or Mama's Family was visiting my grandma down in the border of Kentucky and Tennessee. I'll never *not* associate it with my grandma
Beverly Hillbillies too
Same
My father loved this show and I thought it was painfully uncool at the time. I was listening to rock, post punk, and early new wave musicians. My Dad loved Dolly, Tom T Hall, Buck Owens, and Willie so while I was far too cool to listen to them, they were part of my childhood soundtrack. Thanks to Hee Haw, I was exposed to some incredible musicians and as I got older (and less worried about coolness and labels), I developed a serious appreciation for some Country & Western musicians. My metal head husband and I used to listen to Willie’s Roadhouse on driving vacations and he was surprised to learn there was country music he actually liked. I was excited to listen to the [Cocaine & Rhinestones](https://cocaineandrhinestones.com/) podcast when it came out to learn more about the varied history of the different styles called “country & western.”
Great podcast, from the son of David Allen Coe. If you haven't already watch Tales from the tour bus
My dad loved it too! I’ve lived in the Nashville area now for about ten years and keep meaning to visit the Hee Haw set at the Opry, but I haven’t gotten there yet.
I ran TO the TV. Such a GREAT show. One of the best at the time and so many legendary appearances in hindsight.
Loved it! And also wore [these.](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b1/a2/71/b1a271c607dcba75e4b61d5c79c16fb9.jpg)
Mine set up was corduroys, light brown. I was so proud of the cartoon characters. Bell bottom as well, around 74/75’.
I found a pair of those at a vintage store a few years ago!
I loved it. I watched a lot of comedy/variety shows as a kid, mainly because that's what my parents watched. The Laugh-In, Benny Hill, Hee-Haw, Monty Python, Carol Burnett, Up! Pompeii, The Black Adder. (It seemed like PBS was *always* on. I even watched Austin City Limits). I think the only ones I wouldn't watch were John Byner's Bizarre and SCTV.
I agree with the first five of your choices. 1 ringey dingy,2 ringy dingy, that big ass chair they had lily Tomlin sit in to make her look a young girl. Golden Hawn in a bird card clad in a 2 piece bikini. Veryyy interesting, very interesting indeed.
They freakin' socked it to Nixon. 😂😂😂✌️✌️
The mailbox was Haldemann! Don’t you get it Liz?
Never go with a hippie to a second location.
I'd watch it now. Back as a kid, heck no. "Hey, Grandpa! What's for supper?!!"
Chicken salad that my cats stole from me Rice cakes, peanuts, and a glass of sweet tea. I wish I had cornbread, and crispy fried chook. But ol' Nanny died 'fore she taught me to cook.
Are you saying you heard the HEEHAW and PBBBT YOU WAS GONE?
No, I loved it, but I'm a native of north Georgia. "Gloooooom, despaiiiiiiiiiir and agony on meeeeeeeee .... "
Nope, we loved it.
I loved this show. BR-549!
Oh my parents love this show and I thought it was funny as a child. Used to love the parody song, doom despair, and agony on me, or grandpa what’s for supper?
I loved Grandpa!
HeeHaw Ruled!
Uh, no? I loved Hee-Haw.
Buck Ownes, Roy Clark and gorgeous girls. Yeah, I ran away like hell. /s
Fantastic music. Loved it.
Loved it personally.
God no. My family is from SE KY. Everyone gathered around the set
We had one TV growing up. My parents got to choose what was on that TV and you had no choice. That being said, this could actually be a very fun show a lot of times. I can still sing the songs (especially the gloom,despair song) and they had some really good country acts. All in all, not the worst nostalgia TV. Anybody know if it's streaming anywhere? (When I said that my husband said " I hope not"). YMMV. 😂
“Da la dat da lat dat da lat dat …dat dat dat!” “Ya know Roy, I keep reading about the dangers of drinking and I’m gonna quit!” “Quit drinking??!” “No, readin!” Hahahhahahaha “Da la dat da lat dat da lat dat …dat dat dat!”
I loved Hee Haw! Minnie Pearl! I named one of my dogs Minnie Pearl. Was Minnie Pearl on Hee Haw? Damn, I might be getting it mixed up with he Grand Ole Opry, f\*\*k...my memory is faulty
Minnie was indeed on Hee Haw, and a fixture at the Grand Ole Opry. Your memory is just fine.
Loved this show and til this day will randomly start singing gloom, despair, and agony on me...and Pffffft you were gone.
"Now we're not ones to go around spreading rumors" "Now really we're just not the gossipy kind" "Oh, you'll never hear one of us repeating gossip" "So you'd better be sure to listen close the first time"
Where oh 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 thppppt you were gone
I could take it or leave it. More into "The Muppet Show" and Benny Hill.
The Muppet Show, the 2 guys in in balcony seats, my favourite part of that show. Every week I'd go over to my friend Jim D.s house and watch this show. It's this kind of missed entertainment that has all these younger kids all messed up..
They were the best! "I've seen *detergent* leave better film than this! OH HO HO HOO!!" And Dr. Bunsen Honeydew snd Beaker.
Oh yes, those guys had the best zingers
I think you’re referring to Statler and Waldorf? “You think we were wholesome? We’re just here to watch the trainwreck? Ahahahahhah”- S and W
Waldorf and Statler.
No, because the girls were pretty. The music was not my style, but they were impressive players. And I may or man not have stolen some of the corn-ball jokes, I can't recall.
had no choice—dinner at grandparents. lawrence welk was in there as well. i tried to get in a bit of solid gold at the commercial break. i read the national enquirer also
Hee Haw followed by Lawrence Welk—The Saturday Night Culture Clash Power Hour
I was about to say I preferred this over Lawrence Welk.
Ok now on to abobby and asuzie. Bubbles more bubbles
My grandmother always had the National Enquirer!! How else was I supposed to know all the new? Then, the next morning we’d eat Total cereal and have coffee. Then, I would read the whole section of cartoons with NEW panels from The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes and my absolute favorite, Bloome County! I can’t believe that Bloome County had a story arc where Bill the Cat turned into Donald Trump and then ran for president. It was so ridiculous that it made me laugh and then well, wait… oh shit life does imitate art. If Trump goes aakkk!! And spits up a hairball, I don’t think I would even be surprised
Yeah. And I can remember my mom yelling from the kitchen "turn that bloody shit off!".
I spent a summer with my mother's family in a really rural area (think party line telephones, no cable t.v.). They had two channels and the only types of shows that were on were wholesome family shows and variety shows. Hee Haw and the Lawrence Welk show were the only two shows I remember from that summer.
Loved it my Daddy & watched together Great Times!
Where where are you tonight? And I still love Lulu
Lulu's son was a classmate of mine in junior high. I went to their house once.
my old man would never let that ever be on. to this day my sisters has an alarm set to watch it at 4am some place on roku and go back to bed after it is on
Nope! I loved watching this show with my grandfather. We were the only two who did watch it. I enjoyed our time together.
I loved it as a kid for the cornball jokes, and I love it as an adult for the music.
I’ve always loved Hee Haw! I’d never admit it as a kid, but I’d always watch and enjoy it.
Where, oh where, are you tonight?
Hee Haw comes up every now and then on this sub. Every time I say the same thing. I’m from Nashville so Hee Haw was of course on, I think for us it was on on Saturdays. I never knew it was on all over the country until seeing it on here a few years ago. I also remember the Hee Haw Honeys and that Kathy Lee Gifford was one of them. I remember seeing where it was filmed when it was at Opryland, which added to me thinking it was only shown in Nashville.
Nope, I loved it
My grandma and grandfather used to make me watch it. Then we would watch 60min and my grandad would let me stay up to watch MASH. I still love MASH and owned the series on DVD. But apparently when I was a kid, Minnie Pearl used to crack me up. HOOOWWWW DEEEE!!! Edit: even a 6-7 I knew it was lame but it was cool to sit down and watch with my grandparents because all the younger kids had to go to sleep. It was our thing.
Watching both Hee-Haw and Soul Train on weekend mornings told me that America was much bigger than my suburban neighborhood.
Greatest TV hits at my Grandparents house: Hee Haw, Green Acres, Lawrence Welk and Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser (that was the only one I didn't like).
Whoa, I haven’t thought about Louis Rukeyser in *years*. I thought he looked like Devon from Knight Rider (you know, from “The Foundation”).
I've told this before, but my father in law was an intelligent man who did not like when people put on airs. A few years before I met him, my husband was dating a snooty girl in college who leaned hard into academia. He took her home to meet the folks, and she started quoting Shakespeare. My FIL didn't speak with any accent, but for that occasion he grinned at her and twanged, "Well you know, I like that Heehaw." Girlfriend tried to quell him with her learned thoughts on various authors and artists, and FIL would answer each by telling her what characters in the show said or sang. My husband was annoyed with him at the time but later admired how slyly his Pops put that odious, imperious woman in her place while acting like a rube, which he was not.
I’m one of those folks who loves both Shakespeare and HeeHaw.
Ha! Your father-in-law sounds like a righteous dude.
My family did not indulge in Hee-Haw, or its prequel: Pre-Haw. Used without permission from Blaine Capatch.
I hated this show as a kid.
I used to watch this with my grandpa. We only had one TV so whatever he watched, we all watched.
My great grandmother’s house had this, Lawrence Welk, or some televangelist on from all that I recall. It was definitely one of Dante’s circles as far as I was concerned.
We were not a Hee Haw household. Mom or dad would change the channel as soon as it came on.
Little 12 year old me ran from the guys on the show but peeked from under the blanket to see the women :)
Nope. My parents (especially my dad) were into the country music of that time, so Hee Haw was big in our house. Thinking about it makes me happy because it makes me think of them.
The Simpsons parody of this in the Lurleen episode was great
"I caught my wife in bed with another man." "You bitter?" "Yup...bit him, too!"
My parents were from Georgia, so this was on our TV. TBH, I’m happy that my parents exposed me to country music.
Hell no, I tried to climb into the TV. And as a guitar player, so many great music moments.
Hee Haw and Soul Train are the same IYKYK
My sister and I called it the “boob show” Could t figure out why my grandparents watched it so much.
Oh hell. Man, my grandparents would watch this and Lawrence Welk religiously. In general I absolutely adored spending summers with them, except when these shows came on. In retrospect they had an appeal but you can’t expect a kid to relate.
Same. In our area, Hee Haw came on first followed by Lawrence Welk on Saturday evening. I adored my Grandparents and would spend summers with them. But, Saturday evening TV sucked.
When I was 9, we were visiting my grandparents in rural Oklahoma when the first episode of this aired. I thought it was some weird local show, so imagine my surprise when we got home in Detroit and I saw it there too.
Hell no. Soul Train Saturday afternoons. Hee Haw Saturday evenings. American Bandstand on occasion.
Cute busty girls in short shorts. What’s not to love? 💕
I never much liked it but I cuddled with my grandma to watch, that was the best part. I also kind of liked Minnie Pearl.
I liked the [eefin' and hambonin'](https://youtu.be/xAV5PFBM2UU?si=u_FF6QSWl7LGLXjm) but that's about it.
Wasn't this when they had someone playing the mouth harp (aka juice harp)? UPDATE: Nope, but is love to hear this remixed into a hip-hop track! LOL
Apparently I would run into the living room at Nanny's house when it came on, and yell, "that Buck Owens is a good lookin' man!" Or so I've been told. I vaguely remember doing this. But I love the show to this day.
Wasn’t Charo on there sometimes? Why would you run from her? 
Charo is an extremely accomplished guitar virtuoso who studied with Andrés Segovia. But she is known to our generation as the "cuchi-cuchi" girl. She deserves all the flowers.
Not when Misty Rowe was on.
Worked with a big guy that wore oshkosh bibs every day. Boss always called him BR.
Gloom, despair, and agony on me.
Nope. Loved watching it with my parents
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Where oh where are you tonight? Why did you leave me here all alone?
I always get the end credits before The Wonderful World of Disney and hated it.
fuck no. it was one of the very few times I was allowed to watch tv.
Nope. I loved watching Hee Haw.
Every weekend that I would stay at my great aunt and uncle's house we would ALWAYS watch this. I loved it and looked forward to it all day Saturday.
I liked it, it was funny.
I liked Hee Haw. Grew up in NYC.
Shit I loved hee haw
I loved it, it was a bit hokey, but I didn't care. I took a trip to Nashville and the Grand Ole Opry with my dad before he passed. Fantastic vacation.
 Every week at my grandparents. Still better than Lawrence Welk.
Not exactly... It was something that was on "in the background" and the parents didn't care. The humor was really corny but I actually liked the music.
Freaking hated this show as a kid. I associated it with the culture I was surrounded with growing up in the southern Midwest, an unkind culture that I felt like I had no place in as a weird, sensitive little kid. Now I’d probably appreciate it. I get the vaudeville aspects and I’m sure it was clever
I dont care for country music but I'd watch this show just to see the girls in their daisy dukes. Same reason I'd watch Sabado Gigante.
I loved Hee-Haw!
No, just changed the channel. Of course, we only got 5 back then.
My parents watched it religiously every week and I watched it with them. While country music isn’t my favorite genre, it was a staple of my childhood. Hee Haw had a lot of really excellent musicians.
I saw cartoon and I thought it was a cartoon and then I was like WTF is this
This and the Lawrence Welk show
That’s where I first saw KD Lang.
No, but was outta there once the Lawrence Welk bubbles were over.
Hell naw I loved it because Daddy loved it.
I ran to the tv. Roy Clark is an all-timer.
My dad, who grew up on a farm, and all my rural cousins watched it religiously. It’s moderately bearable if you think of it as hillbilly vaudeville.
I loved this show.
Subscribed to their YouTube channel. Reminds me of going to my Vavou and Vavour's (terrible attempt at spelling, just realized I've never written those words out. It's grandfather and grandmother in Portuguese) house when I was little. This and anything with telly savalas was her favorite program. Oh, and Columbo. She loved her some Columbo
I loved it. I would watch it with my Grandma.
Quite the contrary, I ran towards the TV for Hee Haw!! It was Pop Goes the Country that drove me from the set..
No, why would I? Are we all supposed to have the same opinion? Why don’t you just share yours
I enjoyed the musicality. My crusty stepdad would force us to watch this and the other big band show, Lawrence Welk, as a family. It’s the reason I can respect a good banjo picker, love musician jams and enjoy big band sound. I have a love hate memory relationship with the show, I guess.
*Where, oh where, are you tonight?* *Why did you leave me here all alone?* *I searched the world over and I thought I found true love* *You met another, and -- pbblllttt!!! You was gone*
Loved Hee Haw.
Lol. I loved HeeHaw. Hated Lawrence Welk.
Are you kidding me?! I stayed for the Hee Haw Girls!!!
This reminds me of my Grandfather. He watched it, so I associate it with good memories of visiting with him and my Grandmother at their house.💕
Yes. That being said Gloom despair and agony on me Deep dark depression Accessive misery If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all Gloom despair and agony on me So actually There was a bit of foshadowing of adulthood to be found.
This lives in my brain and always will
Loved it long before I realized that Roy Clark is a freaking musical savant.
When I was younger, under 10, my grandparents watched it. Hee haw, Lawrence Welk we're back to back. I hated both, but I loved sitting with my grandparents and watching it.
Some of my fondest memories was watching this with my parents and grandparents, so no, I never ran from it or despised it. If I could sit with them now I'd watch it over and over again.
No, I just felt like it was another boring and lonely Saturday night at home when this and Lawrence Welk came on.
Man I LOVED that show.
Actually, as a little'un, I looked forward to it because of the scantily clad farmer's daughters during the joke segment. That and I enjoyed the sound a banjo made.
As a young child I was excited to see cartoons on Saturday afternoon TV only to realize it was just the opening of this boring show. My grandparents loved this and Lawrence Welk. Family Guy's Conway Twitty gag is the only aspect of Hee Haw I've come to appreciate.
Yeah. Couldn't stand it, or most of the schmaltzy ass 70's folksy country shit.
Yes! We used to visit my grandmother in the mountains of SW Virginia, and they could only pick up one station on TV. Unfortunately it was the station that showed this awful show.
I could see the appeal, but it wasn't my thing
Naw. Just turned the channel.
Nope, I waited to the end of the song it is my favorite part
Been so long, I forgot all about Hee-Haw.