Hee Haw
Connie Smith; Hank Williams Jr.
TV Flash files “Connie Smith; Hank Williams Jr.” as hour 235 of 405 in the TV Flash guide — Hee Haw (1969–1992) on CBS / Syndicated, season 10, episode 5, aired 1978-10-14, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E05: listed hour 235 of 405 in the Hee Haw guide, hour 5 of 26 in season 10. It aired 1978-10-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Oak Ridge Boys; Bobby Goldsboro; John Ritter” (S10E04). Next is “Rex Allen Jr.; Dr. Paul Braun; Billy Carter; Kenny Price; Doc Randall; Sons of the Pioneers” (S10E06). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Connie Smith; Hank Williams Jr.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Connie Smith; Hank Williams Jr. sit in the Hee Haw guide?
S10E05 is listed hour 235 of 405 — hour 5 of 26 in season 10, season 10 episode 5.
When did Hee Haw S10E05 air?
Connie Smith; Hank Williams Jr. aired 1978-10-14 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 10
- S10E01 Bill Anderson & Mary Lou Turner; Lonzo and Oscar; Jana Jae
- S10E02 Tennessee Ernie Ford; Barbara Fairchild
- S10E03 John Hartford; Moe Bandy
- S10E04 Oak Ridge Boys; Bobby Goldsboro; John Ritter
- S10E06 Rex Allen Jr.; Dr. Paul Braun; Billy Carter; Kenny Price; Doc Randall; Sons of the Pioneers
- S10E07 Ava Barber; Larry Gatlin; Joe Higgins