Hee Haw

Creation and syndication Much of Hee Haw's origin was Canadian. Two of the series' three creators, comedy writers Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth, were from Canada. Bernie Brillstein, the third, was from New York. From 1969 until the late 1980s, Hee Haw was produced by Yongestreet Productions, named after Yonge Street, a major thoroughfare in Toronto. Hee Haw started on CBS-TV as a summer 1969 replacement for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Though the show had respectable ratings, it was dropped in July 1971 by CBS as part of the so-called Rural Purge in 1971, along with fellow country shows The Beverly Hillbillies, Mayberry R.F.D. and Green Acres, owing to network executives' feeling that its viewers reflected the "wrong" demographics (e.g. rural, somewhat older, and less affluent). Undaunted, the producers put together a syndication deal for the show, which continued in roughly the same format for 20 more years (though Owens departed in 1986). After Owens left, Clark was assisted each week by a co-host. In many markets, it competed in syndication (usually on early Saturday evenings) against The Lawrence Welk Show, which, for some of the same reasons, was also canceled and resurrected in syndication in 1971. (In a few areas, Hee Haw and Welk were shown back-to-back.) By 1991, a continued decline in its audience led to a dramatic change with more pop-oriented country music, in an ill-fated attempt to gain younger viewers. The new format (titled The Hee Haw Show, which had taken the cornfield out, and replaced it with a city street and a shopping mall) lasted a single season, during which the show alienated many of its longtime viewers. After its final 1992 season, the series went into its repeat cycle. A decision was made to end production of the series in the summer of 1992 and then a decision was made to bring the show back in syndication in the fall of 1992 at the start of the show's 25th season. The show was formally renamed Hee Haw Silver, which featured Clark hosting a mixture of classic clips and new footage, which ran during the 19921993 season to commemorate the Silver Anniversary of the program. Due to the life-span of the series being confusing to some it needs explaining. The show debuted as a mid-season replacement in June 1969 and because of this it's first season is considered to be those first few months on the summer schedule. It's 24th season is referred to the batch of shows that aired from January through May 1992 when it was re-titled The Hee-Haw Show. The fall of 1992 marked the beginning of the program's 25th season on the air. The Hee-Haw Silver episodes spotlighted many of the classic moments from the performers who had since died, including Stringbean, Archie Campbell, Junior Samples, and Kenny Price and it included a lot of look backs on the beloved comedy skits and the ratings shown improvement with the classic reruns. The series left the air in 1993 at the conclusion of it's 25th season but the show would continue to pop up in reruns throughout the 1990's and later, in a series of successful DVD releases from Time Life during the following decade, which shown how popular and profitable the program still was. Reruns After the show's syndication run ended, reruns aired on The Nashville Network from 1994 until 1997. Its 21 years in TV syndication was the record for a U.S. program, until Soul Train surpassed it in 1993. Subsequently, Entertainment Tonight surpassed it in 2003 and Wheel of Fortune surpassed it in 2005. In 2006, Jeopardy! surpassed it also, making Hee Haw currently the fifth-longest-running off-network American TV program, though the longest of its genre. CMT announced that it would begin rerunning the series starting July 29, and reruns began in late September. The channel hosted a marathon of episodes on January 1, 2007, but the show has only aired sporadically since, with only three episodes airing from that time (March 13, July 7 and July 8) to the present. The show is no longer broadcast by CMT. In April 2007, the TV Land network recognized the series with an award presented by k.d. lang. In attendance were Roy Clark, Gunilla Hutton, Barbi Benton, the Hager twins, Linda Thompson, Misty Rowe and others. On August 12, 2008, RFD-TV announced that Hee Haw would return to a regular weekly TV slot premiering on RFD-TV September 7, 2008. Hee Haw episodes anchor RFD-TV's Sunday night lineup, at 8 PM Eastern; episodes repeat Monday at 10 AM Eastern. RFD-TV airs Hee Haw episodes in the same order they were originally televised. However, during 2009, RFD aired many repeats of the first season. They finally resumed airing new rerun episodes on September 20, 2009 and they continue to air the program each week. The success of the program through DVD sales and the unwavering popularity among the program's core audience is perhaps what probably persuaded RFD-TV programmers to add the program to their line-up. Publicists say that the Hee-Haw reruns are the highest rated programs on their entire network and a lot of this is maybe due to nostalgia and possibly to younger viewers and, or, new viewers curious about the show and what it was all about. Cast members Two rural-style comedians, already well known in their native Canada, gained their first major U.S. exposureordie Tapp and Don Harron (whose KORN Radio character, newscaster Charlie Farquharson, had been a fixture of Canadian television since 1952 and later appeared on The Red Green Show). Other cast members over the years included: Roy Acuff (the King of Country Music), Barbi Benton, Cathy Baker, Jennifer Bishop, Archie Campbell, Marianne Gordon (Rogers), the Hager Twins (Jim and John), Gunilla Hutton (as "Nurse Goodbody"), Grandpa Jones, Susan Raye, The Buckaroos (Don Rich, Jim Shaw, Jerry Brightman, Jerry Wiggins, Rick Taylor, Doyle Singer, Don Lee, Ronnie Jackson, Terry Christoffersen, Doyle Holly), George Lindsey (reprising his "Goober" character from The Andy Griffith Show), Irlene Mandrell, Minnie Pearl, Linda Thompson, Kenny Price, Lulu Roman, Misty Rowe, Junior Samples, Jeff Smith, Rev. Grady Nutt, John Henry Faulk, Jonathan Winters, Slim Pickens, Gailard Sartain, Roni Stoneman, and the team of Jimmie Riddle and Jackie Phelps, among many others. Some of the cast members made national headlines: Original member LuLu Roman was twice charged with drug possession in 1971, and David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife were murdered in November 1973 during a robbery at their home. Recurring skits and segments Some of the most popular sketches and segments on Hee Haw included: "PFFT! You Was Gone!" : A comedic duet featured on the premiere episode and holds firm as one of the series' most endearing sketches. In early seasons, the song was performed by Campbell and Tapp (both with solemn looks on their faces), in the vein of folk songs like "Oh! Susanna" and "Old Dan Tucker." In later seasons, Tapp would be increasingly replaced by that episode's guest singer, or another surprise celebrity (normally if it were a guest, his or her name would be included in the lyrics of the song before they would sing the refrain). Tapp, or whoever it was, would often stand with their back to the viewer while Campbell sang the new, humorous verse solo, holding a scythe. At the end of the verse, Campbell would elbow Tapp or the guest (as a comedic visual cue), who would then spin around (Tapp would react as if awoken by the elbow) to join him on the chorus: "Where, oh where, are you tonight? Why did you leave me here all alone? I searched the world over, and I thought I'd found true love, You met another, and PFFT! You was gone!" The "PFFT" would be done as a spitting "Bronx cheer
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