History Series / HeeHaw

Other cast members over the years included: Roy Acuff, Cathy Baker, Billy Jim Baker, [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} Barbi Benton]], Jennifer Bishop, [[SouthernFriedGenius Archie Campbell]], John Henry Faulk, Marianne Gordon (Rogers), the Hager Twins (Jim and Jon), Victoria Hallman (as "[[SexySecretary Miss Honeydew]]"), Gunilla Hutton (as "[[HelloNurse Nurse Goodbody]]"), [[CoolOldGuy Louis "Grandpa" Jones]], Zella Lehr (the "unicycle girl"), George Lindsey (reprising his "Goober" character from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''), Jimmy Little, Irlene Mandrell, the Rev. Grady Nutt, [[NiceHat Minnie Pearl]], Claude 'Jackie' Phelps, [[Film/DrStrangelove Slim]] [[Film/BlazingSaddles Pickens]], Kenny Price, Ann Randall, Susan Raye, Jimmie Riddle, Lulu Roman, Misty Rowe, Junior Samples, Gailard Sartain, Jeff Smith, Roni Stoneman, Linda Thompson, Lisa Todd, Nancy Traylor and Creator/JonathanWinters, among many others. A lot of the regulars were also regulars in the Grand Ole Opry.

* HelloNurse: Nurse Goodbody.

Other cast members over the years included: Roy Acuff, Cathy Baker, Billy Jim Baker, [[Magazine/{{Playboy}} Barbi Benton]], Jennifer Bishop, [[SouthernFriedGenius Archie Campbell]], John Henry Faulk, Marianne Gordon (Rogers), the Hager Twins (Jim and Jon), Victoria Hallman (as "[[SexySecretary Miss Honeydew]]"), Gunilla Hutton (as "[[HelloNurse Nurse Goodbody]]"), [[CoolOldGuy Leon "Grandpa" Jones]], Zella Lehr (the "unicycle girl"), George Lindsey (reprising his "Goober" character from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''), Jimmy Little, Irlene Mandrell, the Rev. Grady Nutt, [[NiceHat Minnie Pearl]], Claude 'Jackie' Phelps, [[Film/DrStrangelove Slim]] [[Film/BlazingSaddles Pickens]], Kenny Price, Ann Randall, Susan Raye, Jimmie Riddle, Lulu Roman, Misty Rowe, Junior Samples, Gailard Sartain, Jeff Smith, Roni Stoneman, Linda Thompson, Lisa Todd, Nancy Traylor and Creator/JonathanWinters, among many others. A lot of the regulars were also regulars in the Grand Ole Opry.

* FatIdiot: This was Junior Samples in a nutshell. (A very large nutshell.) In a show where everyone was essentially dumb country bumpkins, Junior took it to the next level.

* AnnoyingLaugh: Don Harron's "Charlie Farquharson" character had one that was somewhere between a [[Film/RevengeOfTheNerds nerd laugh]] and a donkey's bray.

* AwfulWeddedLife: Gordie Tapp and Roni Stoneman had a recurring skit as LaVern and Ida Lee, the Naggers.

** Archie Campbell also had a running gag after the Hee Haw Salutes segment. The guest would say the name and population of his/her hometown. The cast would shout in unison, "Sa-LUTE!" Archie would then appear. "And (name of hometown) spelled backwards is...."

* FatGirl: Some of the humor centered around Lulu Roman's weight. Once an "acceptable target", but [[ValuesDissonance times have changed]].

* FatGirl: Some of the humor centered around Lulu Roman's weight. [[OnceAcceptableTargets Once an "acceptable target"]], but [[ValuesDissonance times have changed]].

* FatGirl: Much humor centered around Lulu Roman's weight.

* FatGirl: Much humor centered around Lulu Roman's weight. GenderInverted when similar jokes were made about Junior Samples.

'''''Hee Haw''''' was an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on Creator/{{CBS}} from 1969 to 1971 before a 20-year run in local UsefulNotes/{{syndication}}. The show was inspired by ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'', the major difference being that ''Hee Haw'' was far less topical, and was centered on rural culture and CountryMusic. Initially co-hosted by musicians Music/BuckOwens and Roy Clark, the show was well known for its voluptuous, scantily clad women in stereotypical farmer's daughter outfits, it's male stars Jim and Jon Hager, and the cornpone humor of its comedy sketches.

* AnnoyingLaugh: Don Harron's "Charlie Farquharson" character had one that was somewhere between a [[RevengeOfTheNerds nerd laugh]] and a donkey's bray.

* WeatherReport: In later seasons, the KORN skits added a weather girl.

* ValuesDissonance: Some of the staple humor on the show, such as the sexist humor or fat jokes, would not be considered appropriate or politically correct today.

* FadeToBlack: In a silly, corn-filled comedy program whose commercial bumpers were almost always the hapless hen and other barnyard animals parading and doing silly things, the "fade-to-black" segments – where the audience did not applaud, laugh or otherwise react – were very noticeable. The Hee Haw Gospel Quartet segments -- one of the few serious musical segments, featuring (most commonly) Buck Owens, Roy Clark, Grandpa Jones and Kenny Price, or perhaps a guest singing a gospel song –- was the most common by far, but there were several times through the years that the cast paid tribute to a recently passed cast member; those included David "Stringbean" Akeman, the banjo player; and Junior Samples, the simple-minded comedian. The most poignant and emotional by far was the show's tribute to ElvisPresley (in early 1978), when Elvis' father, Vernon Presley, gave a short tribute to his late son and his impact on country music, and how much he was a devoted fan of ''Hee Haw''; several of the cast members were crying on camera during the tribute as a light piano tune played, before the segment faded to a commercial.

* TheCameo: Often, especially in the "Where, Oh Where are You Tonight?" sketches (the cameo star would often have their back turned to the camera until the chorus [[TheReveal reveal]]).

* SimpleCountryLawyer: Justus O'Peace; "Cletus Biggs of Biggs, Shy & Stir — Kornfield Kounty's most honorable law firm — where our motto is, 'When in doubt, sue!'"

* [[SacredHospitality Southern Hospitality]]: The "Hey, Grandpa, what's for supper?" gag (Grandpa Jones would then describe a meal in poetic rhyme, often a delicious country-style meal that would be met with cast approval, but sometimes a comically bad entree (met with a "Yuk!"). Jones would be miming cleaning a window when the segment started, but then lean through the "glass" to say his lines.

* [[AGoodNameForARockBand A Good Name For A Country Band ]]: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR549 BR-549]].

* [[RidiculouslyLongPhoneNumber Ridiculously Short Phone Number]]: [[FiveFiveFive BR-549]]

* GoodNewsBadNews: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP2h1gJcsHU This]] famous Archie Campbell sketch.