Hee Haw
Mel Tillis; Susan Raye; The Thompson Brothers; Duke of Paducah
TV Flash files “Mel Tillis; Susan Raye; The Thompson Brothers; Duke of Paducah” as the first listed hour of season 9 — Hee Haw (1969–1992) on CBS / Syndicated, season 9, episode 1, aired 1977-09-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E01: listed hour 207 of 405 in the Hee Haw guide, first listed hour of season 9. It aired 1977-09-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Connie Smith, Merle Travis, Tennessee Ernie Ford” (S08E26). Next is “Roy Rogers; Dale Evans; The Sons of the Pioneers; The Harper Twins; Grandpa & Ramona Jones; The Duke of Paducah” (S09E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mel Tillis; Susan Raye; The Thompson Brothers; Duke of Paducah
Viewer FAQ
Where does Mel Tillis; Susan Raye; The Thompson Brothers; Duke of Paducah sit in the Hee Haw guide?
S09E01 is listed hour 207 of 405 — first listed hour of season 9, season 9 episode 1.
When did Hee Haw S09E01 air?
Mel Tillis; Susan Raye; The Thompson Brothers; Duke of Paducah aired 1977-09-17 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…
Also in season 9
- S09E02 Roy Rogers; Dale Evans; The Sons of the Pioneers; The Harper Twins; Grandpa & Ramona Jones; The Duke of Paducah
- S09E03 Kenny Rogers, Jana Jae
- S09E04 Jerry Reed / Sammi Smith
- S09E05 Freddy Fender / Dottie West
- S09E06 Larry Gatlin; Phelps & Riddle; Jimmy Henley
- S09E07 Dennis Weaver / Eddie Rabbitt / Jana Jae