Hee Haw
Tennessee Ernie Ford; Chet Atkins; Michael Martin Murphey
TV Flash files “Tennessee Ernie Ford; Chet Atkins; Michael Martin Murphey” as hour 371 of 405 in the TV Flash guide — Hee Haw (1969–1992) on CBS / Syndicated, season 15, episode 11, aired 1983-12-03, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S15E11: listed hour 371 of 405 in the Hee Haw guide, hour 11 of 23 in season 15. It aired 1983-12-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “John Anderson; Charly McClain” (S15E10). Next is “Ricky Skaggs; Lee Greenwood; the Whites” (S15E12). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Tennessee Ernie Ford; Chet Atkins; Michael Martin Murphey
Viewer FAQ
Where does Tennessee Ernie Ford; Chet Atkins; Michael Martin Murphey sit in the Hee Haw guide?
S15E11 is listed hour 371 of 405 — hour 11 of 23 in season 15, season 15 episode 11.
When did Hee Haw S15E11 air?
Tennessee Ernie Ford; Chet Atkins; Michael Martin Murphey aired 1983-12-03 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 15
- S15E01 Charley Pride; Razzy Bailey; Jan Howard; Darrell Adams
- S15E02 Alabama; Skiles & Henderson; Big Al Downing; Dub Taylor
- S15E03 Louise Mandrell; Irlene Mandrell; Boxcar Willie; Buddy Killen
- S15E04 Ricky Scaggs; The Whites; Carroll Baker; Dub Taylor; Vern Gosden
- S15E05 Reba McEntire; Tom Wopat; Del Wood
- S15E06 Tennessee Ernie Ford; David Frizzell; Shelly West; Skip Stephenson