‘Hee-Haw’ reruns return to cable

Thu., Aug. 14, 2008

Associated Press

Reruns of the old cornpone comedy-variety show “Hee Haw” are coming back.

The one-hour programs will air at 8 p.m. Eastern time each Sunday beginning Sept. 7 on cable’s RFD-TV, which bills itself as “rural America’s most important network.”

“Hee Haw” was on the air for some 28 years – first on CBS for two years starting in 1969, then in first-run syndication for two decades.

Reruns aired on the old Nashville Network cable station from 1994 to 1997 and briefly on CMT in 2006.

The show, which got its name from the sound of a donkey braying, originated as a country version of “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.”

Musicians Roy Clark and Buck Owens were co-hosts, Clark for the entire run and Owens for 17 seasons.

Many segments of “Hee Haw” portrayed people in overalls and straw hats who lived in Kornfield Kounty. Regulars included George Lindsey, Junior Samples, Minnie Pearl, Archie Campbell, Roy Acuff, Misty Rowe, Lisa Todd, Gunilla Hutton, Barbi Benton and the Hager twins.

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