Hee Haw
George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Billie Jo Spears
TV Flash files “George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Billie Jo Spears” as hour 47 of 405 in the TV Flash guide — Hee Haw (1969–1992) on CBS / Syndicated, season 2, episode 18, aired 1971-01-26, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E18: listed hour 47 of 405 in the Hee Haw guide, hour 18 of 22 in season 2. It aired 1971-01-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Marty Robbins and Connie Smith” (S02E17). Next is “Loretta Lynn, Bill Anderson, Susan Raye” (S02E19). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Billie Jo Spears sit in the Hee Haw guide?
S02E18 is listed hour 47 of 405 — hour 18 of 22 in season 2, season 2 episode 18.
When did Hee Haw S02E18 air?
George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Billie Jo Spears aired 1971-01-26 and is listed at 60 minutes.
CBS years or the syndication decades?
CBS cancelled it in the rural purge; the long life is syndication. Sample either stretch — Owens, Clark, and the cornfield are the court.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Buck Owens and Roy Clark hold a cornfield variety court: country hits, cornball sketches, Hee Haw Honeys, and rural syndication that outlived CBS's purge. Front-porch vaudeville as a long-running television habit. Music guests plus joke-book shamelessness that still smells like hay, overalls, and ratings.
Open on a cornfield that outlived the network that dumped it. Hee Haw (1969–1992), from John Aylesworth and Frank Peppiatt, mixes Nashville music with Laugh-In-style rapid sketches under Buck Owens and Roy Clark. Grandpa Jones and Minnie Pearl among the porch regulars; Hee Haw Honeys a phenomenon. CBS cancelled it in the rural purge; it then thrived for decades in syndication. One of television's longest-running variety hybrids — seventeen seasons, 405 hours. Front-porch vaudeville as a habit. If you came for a…
Filed against
- Buck Owens as Host / Performer
Buck Owens held Hee Haw's cornfield variety court with Roy Clark — country hits, cornball sketches, Hee Haw Honeys, rural syndication that outlived CBS's purge. Front-porch vaudeville as a long-running television habit. TV Flash files him…
- Roy Clark as Host / Performer
Roy Clark held Hee Haw's cornfield variety court with Buck Owens — country hits, cornball sketches, Hee Haw Honeys, rural syndication that outlived CBS's purge. Front-porch vaudeville as a long-running television habit. TV Flash files him…
- Grandpa Jones as Performer
Grandpa Jones held down Hee Haw as a performer in Buck Owens and Roy Clark's cornfield variety court — country hits, cornball sketches, Hee Haw Honeys, rural syndication that outlived CBS's purge. Front-porch vaudeville as a long-running…
- Minnie Pearl as Performer
Minnie Pearl’s howdy held Hee Haw’s cornfield court — Buck Owens and Roy Clark, country hits, cornball sketches, Hee Haw Honeys, rural syndication that outlived CBS’s purge. 1970s front-porch vaudeville as a long-running habit. TV Flash…