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Topic: Did you watch Heeeee Haw? |
Frank Parish
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Posted 29 Jul 2006 4:38 pm |
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| We're still watching it. I seen Chalker on the maroon MSA and the black MCI, Russ Hicks playing the JCH, Jerry Brightman playing the Mullen, even Shot Jackson playing the dobro and there were these unknowns like a young George Strait, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, a very very pretty Connie Smith. For the real country music lovers, it's all you'd ever want. [This message was edited by Frank Parish on 30 July 2006 at 02:14 AM.] |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 29 Jul 2006 4:47 pm
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| Had many laffs with Jerry Byrd about that show as Jr. Samples always cracked him up, plus he was old friends with Grampa Jones. |
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Janice Brooks
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Pleasant Gap Pa
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Posted 29 Jul 2006 5:56 pm
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| NP Willie Who'll Buy My Memories |
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John Coffman
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Wharton,Texas USA
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Posted 29 Jul 2006 6:15 pm
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| recording on tivo. Best TV I've seen in a while |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 3:57 am
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On one song I thought I saw Chalker playing an E9th thing on the outside neck. I always thought his C6th was on the outside. Terry Christopherson (spelling?) who played with Buck sure seemed to set up high behind that Marlin didn't he? He was a pretty good west coast style picker for sure.......JH in Va.
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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!!
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rpetersen
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Iowa
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 4:15 am
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If you watched the second show - Buddy was hiding behind a straw hat blaying a "Black Emmons" - John Hughey with Conway. I think Russ played guitar on that show also!
Great memories!!!!!!!!
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[This message was edited by rpetersen on 30 July 2006 at 05:17 AM.] [This message was edited by rpetersen on 30 July 2006 at 05:18 AM.] |
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Larry Robbins
From:
Fort Edward, New York
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 7:28 am
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| Yup,....some of the best TV I have seen in a long while. Hope theres more to come. |
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Mike Kowalik
From:
San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 8:31 am
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| Would've been nice to see some of the early shows with Don Rich...... |
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Luke Morell
From:
Ramsey Illinois, USA Hometown of Tex Williams
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 11:57 am
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| Watching Hee Haw right now. My Kids are watching it too, they've never seen it till now. |
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Paul King
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Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 1:32 pm
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| Jerry, Curly Chalker had the necks reversed on his steel. The front neck was the C6th and the back neck was the E9th. The story I heard was someone told him to play the front neck, so he had his steel guitars built opposite the standard. Curly was a monster player and especially on the C6th tuning. Hee Haw never showcased the talent that he possessed. But then they never showcased the talent Bobby Thompson possessed either. |
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Jim Walker
From:
Headland, AL
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 3:44 pm
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I'm Watching right now too. The episode with George and Tammy was pretty good. Seen Sonny Curtis on his Clark Custom, it sounded great. Now I've seen a total of 3 Clark PSG's. One of them is right here next to me.
How about them Hee Haw Honeys!!!
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John Rosett
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Missoula, MT
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 3:48 pm
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| i only got to watch a little bit. i was hoping to see some of "the million dollar band", but no such luck. did anybody see any of that? |
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Leslie Ehrlich
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 5:05 pm
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| The music portion of Hee Haw was good, but the humor was terrible. I don't think I could even sit halfway through an episode without getting nauseated from the stupid jokes and silly costumes. |
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Charles Davidson
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Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 6:25 pm
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| Leslie,What Nauseated me after really enjoying watching some the older artists and the great clean humor,was the Garth spot,had to turn my vcr off and go back to watching Fox News. |
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 12:41 am
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So did CMT just show only five episodes over and over again.
I set my tivo to record all of them and it recorded 15 or 20 shows, but just looks like the same five episodes ran about three or four times.
Come on CMT, Hee Haw was one of the longest running TV show ever. It was on the air every week for 23 years, and all you can find for your "Marathon weekend" is five episodes? That's pretty sad. |
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John Rosett
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Missoula, MT
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 2:48 am
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| well, cmt is kinda sad overall. |
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Neil Owens
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 3:10 am
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Who did the steel on the Lyle Lovette songs?that was some tasteful stuff . IMO.
Neil. |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 4:09 am
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| The music portion of Hee Haw was good, but the humor was terrible. I don't think I could even sit halfway through an episode without getting nauseated from the stupid jokes and silly costumes |
Barbie Benton nauseating? Wrong...
Archie in overalls, his wife in a housecoat doing the ironing, chewing his a$$ out...
I saw this happen in Real life in the '70's
Archie: "I feel like flying again..."
Friend: "Oh, have you ever flown before?"
Archie: "No, but I've felt like it before..."
One of my family's favorite Hee Haw jokes...[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 31 July 2006 at 05:18 AM.] |
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Chip Fossa
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Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 4:16 am
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| I caught a few of the shows. On one, Reba McIntire and Roy Clark did "My Window Faces The South", and it sure sounded and looked like the "Big E" at the steel. C6th all the way, and the fills, and the ending especially, were to die for. |
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Jim Hartley
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SC/TN
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 5:03 am
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Neil,
That was Russ Hicks on the Lyle Lovett songs. In the early years, when Curly was playing steel, Russ was the ultimate utility player. He plays every thing I think. When Curly left, it was an easy slide to the steel for Russ. I think this is the way it happened, Russ, correct me if I'm wrong. By the way, I asked him one time if he played drums, and he said something like, "no,I'm a musician."( What did he mean by that?)
As for Barbi Benton, there have always been alot of comments, but did anybody else notice that she was the only one clapping on the right beat when they did Bird of Paradise? hmmmmm
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 5:36 am
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| Who's Russ Hicks? |
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Smiley Roberts
From:
Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 6:45 am
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| Archie in overalls, his wife in a housecoat doing the ironing, chewing his a$$ out... |
Ray,
I believe that's Gordie Tapp in the overalls,along with his "wife",Ronnie Stoneman.
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Ray Minich
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Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 8:56 am
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Smiley, you are right, it's been so long I've forgotten the names, but not the scene. So reminiscent of my days of youth spent in the hills of W. Va., with my relatives. We laugh like heck about that scene, 'cause that was us...  |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 11:12 am
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here we are in 2006..
the music on the shows is pretty good, watching the known artists and the musicians is cool..
I'm not keen on the dumb hokey comedy though. [This message was edited by Tony Prior on 31 July 2006 at 12:15 PM.] |
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Larry W. Jones
From:
Longmont, Colorado
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 3:00 pm
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| Way back, when my wife's grandparents from Austria visited, they didn't understand the lingo but absolutely loved the music. Hee-Haw was their favorite TV program. |
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