Hee Haw
Hoyt Axton; Irlene Mandell; Gene Watson; Cowboy Jack Kaenel; The Kentucky Hoedowners
TV Flash files “Hoyt Axton; Irlene Mandell; Gene Watson; Cowboy Jack Kaenel; The Kentucky Hoedowners” as hour 357 of 405 in the TV Flash guide — Hee Haw (1969–1992) on CBS / Syndicated, season 14, episode 23, aired 1983-02-26, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S14E23: listed hour 357 of 405 in the Hee Haw guide, hour 23 of 26 in season 14. It aired 1983-02-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Janie Fricke; The Osmond Brothers; Cliffie Stone; Beverly Cotten” (S14E22). Next is “B.J. Thomas; Helen Cornelius; Bill Carlisle; Dayne Puckett” (S14E24). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Hoyt Axton; Irlene Mandell; Gene Watson; Cowboy Jack Kaenel; The Kentucky Hoedowners
Viewer FAQ
Where does Hoyt Axton; Irlene Mandell; Gene Watson; Cowboy Jack Kaenel; The Kentucky Hoedowners sit in the Hee Haw guide?
S14E23 is listed hour 357 of 405 — hour 23 of 26 in season 14, season 14 episode 23.
When did Hee Haw S14E23 air?
Hoyt Axton; Irlene Mandell; Gene Watson; Cowboy Jack Kaenel; The Kentucky Hoedowners aired 1983-02-26 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 14
- S14E01 Donna Fargo; Lee Greenwood; The Real Hillbilly Band; The Moonshine Cloggers
- S14E02 Ray Stevens; Scatman Crothers; The Million Dollar Band
- S14E03 Louise Mandrell; R.C. Bannon; Charlie Walker; Ben Peters
- S14E04 Johnny Lee; Terry Gregory; Buckwheat Cloggers
- S14E05 Jim Stafford; Gail Davies; Cripple Creek Band
- S14E06 Eddy Raven; Sammy Davis Jr.