Hee Haw
Janie Fricke; Hank Thompson
TV Flash files “Janie Fricke; Hank Thompson” as hour 272 of 405 in the TV Flash guide — Hee Haw (1969–1992) on CBS / Syndicated, season 11, episode 16, aired 1980-01-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E16: listed hour 272 of 405 in the Hee Haw guide, hour 16 of 26 in season 11. It aired 1980-01-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Ed McMahon; Faron Young; Barbi Benton; Kathy Kitchen” (S11E15). Next is “T.G. Sheppard; Gene Watson; actor Jed Allan” (S11E17). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Janie Fricke; Hank Thompson
Viewer FAQ
Where does Janie Fricke; Hank Thompson sit in the Hee Haw guide?
S11E16 is listed hour 272 of 405 — hour 16 of 26 in season 11, season 11 episode 16.
When did Hee Haw S11E16 air?
Janie Fricke; Hank Thompson aired 1980-01-12 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 11
- S11E01 Sen. Robert C. Byrd; Hoyt Axton; Con Hunley
- S11E02 Joe Stampley; Moe Bandy; Clarence "Gatormouth" Brown
- S11E03 Billy Graham; Jimmie Rodgers; Tennessee Ernie Ford; Bobby Butler
- S11E04 John Conlee; Susie Allanson; Jana Jae
- S11E05 Statler Brothers; Gene Autry; Joe Frazier
- S11E06 Jim Ed Brown; Helen Cornelius