Hee Haw
Billy Carter, Randy Gurley, Stuart Hamblen
TV Flash files “Billy Carter, Randy Gurley, Stuart Hamblen” as hour 229 of 405 in the TV Flash guide — Hee Haw (1969–1992) on CBS / Syndicated, season 9, episode 23, aired 1978-03-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E23: listed hour 229 of 405 in the Hee Haw guide, hour 23 of 24 in season 9. It aired 1978-03-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Little Jimmy Dickens; George Savalas; Dottsy; the Harper Twins” (S09E22). Next is “The Statler Brothers / Linda Hargrove” (S09E24). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Billy Carter, Randy Gurley, Stuart Hamblen
Viewer FAQ
Where does Billy Carter, Randy Gurley, Stuart Hamblen sit in the Hee Haw guide?
S09E23 is listed hour 229 of 405 — hour 23 of 24 in season 9, season 9 episode 23.
When did Hee Haw S09E23 air?
Billy Carter, Randy Gurley, Stuart Hamblen aired 1978-03-11 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
- S09E01 Mel Tillis; Susan Raye; The Thompson Brothers; Duke of Paducah
- 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