Hee Haw
Merle Travis, Brush Arbor, Lulu Roman
TV Flash files “Merle Travis, Brush Arbor, Lulu Roman” as the last listed hour of season 7 — Hee Haw (1969–1992) on CBS / Syndicated, season 7, episode 25, aired 1976-03-13, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E25: listed hour 180 of 405 in the Hee Haw guide, last listed hour of season 7. It aired 1976-03-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Kenny Rogers; Mel Street; Bob Jackson” (S07E24). Next is “Will Geer; Tammy Wynette; Kenny Price” (S08E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Merle Travis, Brush Arbor, Lulu Roman
Viewer FAQ
Where does Merle Travis, Brush Arbor, Lulu Roman sit in the Hee Haw guide?
S07E25 is listed hour 180 of 405 — last listed hour of season 7, season 7 episode 25.
When did Hee Haw S07E25 air?
Merle Travis, Brush Arbor, Lulu Roman aired 1976-03-13 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…