Hee Haw
Kenny Rogers; Ethel Merman; The Million Dollar Band
TV Flash files “Kenny Rogers; Ethel Merman; The Million Dollar Band” as the first listed hour of season 12 — Hee Haw (1969–1992) on CBS / Syndicated, season 12, episode 1, aired 1980-09-13, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S12E01: listed hour 283 of 405 in the Hee Haw guide, first listed hour of season 12. It aired 1980-09-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Blackwood Brothers; Ronnie McDowell; Wendy Holcomb” (S11E26). Next is “Merle Hagard; Leona Williams; The Tennessee Moonshine Cloggers” (S12E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Kenny Rogers; Ethel Merman; The Million Dollar Band
Viewer FAQ
Where does Kenny Rogers; Ethel Merman; The Million Dollar Band sit in the Hee Haw guide?
S12E01 is listed hour 283 of 405 — first listed hour of season 12, season 12 episode 1.
When did Hee Haw S12E01 air?
Kenny Rogers; Ethel Merman; The Million Dollar Band aired 1980-09-13 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…
Also in season 12
- S12E02 Merle Hagard; Leona Williams; The Tennessee Moonshine Cloggers
- S12E03 Norm Crosby; Janie Fricke; Buck White and the Down Home Folks
- S12E04 The Kendalls; Razzy Baily: The Million Dollar Band
- S12E05 Ray Stevens; Sylvia; Susan Guttman
- S12E06 Ed McMahon; The Bellamy Brothers; Jimmy Henley with Marty Stuart
- S12E07 Hoyt Axton; The Million Dollar Band; Joe and Rose Lee Maphis