Hee Haw

Hee Haw was an American television series that was broadcast weekly from 15 June 1969 until December 27, 1992. The show was aimed primarily at a rural audience and consisted of a blend of traditional country music and skits and corny jokes of coarse variety. The name derives from the cry of a donkey, who was as animated cardboard cutout part of the scenery. Showmaster were the well-known country musician Roy Clark and Buck Owens.

History

Originally, only the summer break another series to be bridged with Hee Haw, but the simple-minded show came in the target group so well that they lasted for more than two decades. For image reasons in 1971 CBS, the initiator of the series pulled back despite high ratings. After that it was produced in Nashville by the transmitter WLAC and distributed by tape at numerous other television stations across the country. 1986 retired from Buck Owens and Roy Clark made ​​on alone. About now, eased the audience. A 1991 led in the ways modernization, which was designed to appeal to an urban audience, failed, and so the renamed Hee Haw Silver show was canceled a year later.

In contrast to the speech deposit the offered country music was recognized by high quality. Virtually all big names in the scene occurred here, ranging from George Jones George Strait to Garth Brooks. Newcomers and veterans completed the program. A well -coordinated team, which included Country icons like Grandpa Jones and Minnie Pearl told the same jokes for years. The skits usually played in cornfields, hair salons, grocery stores and the like. Voluptuous beauties in tight-fitting clothes were another essential component. The individual scenes were subsequently synchronized and edited into a one-hour program.

Early 2014 began preparations for Hee Haw: The Musical on Broadway in New York City. As the producer responsible Steve Buchanan of the Opry Entertainment Group, and the script writes Robert Horn. The musical will premiere in spring 2015 have ..