Hee Haw
Ed Bruce; Gail Davies; Wendy Holcombe
TV Flash files “Ed Bruce; Gail Davies; Wendy Holcombe” as the first listed hour of season 13 — Hee Haw (1969–1992) on CBS / Syndicated, season 13, episode 1, aired 1981-09-12, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S13E01: listed hour 309 of 405 in the Hee Haw guide, first listed hour of season 13. It aired 1981-09-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Slim Pickens; Don Gibson; Jacky Ward: The Million Dollar Band” (S12E26). Next is “Loretta Lynn; Conway Twitty; Dian Hart; The Million Dollar Band” (S13E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ed Bruce; Gail Davies; Wendy Holcombe
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ed Bruce; Gail Davies; Wendy Holcombe sit in the Hee Haw guide?
S13E01 is listed hour 309 of 405 — first listed hour of season 13, season 13 episode 1.
When did Hee Haw S13E01 air?
Ed Bruce; Gail Davies; Wendy Holcombe aired 1981-09-12 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 13
- S13E02 Loretta Lynn; Conway Twitty; Dian Hart; The Million Dollar Band
- S13E03 Jeannie C. Riley; Big Al Downing; Grandpa& Ramona Dowling
- S13E04 Audry Landers; Earl Thomas Conley; Willis, Carlan & Quinn
- S13E05 Alabama; The Million Dollar Band; Harlan Howard; The Carolina Kids Cloggers
- S13E06 Hank Williams Jr.; Janie Fricke; The Niningers
- S13E07 Sonny James; Billy "Crash" Craddock; Big Bird