DVD ROUNDUP Reviews by
Michael Buffalo Smith The Hee Haw Collection (Time Life)
One of the fondest
memories I have is that of sitting around the televi- sion with my Mom and Dad and sister Patsy watching Hee Haw. We were watching when the first episode aired in 1969, and we watched it all through the seventies and
into the eighties. of course, as I got older, I was out on Saturday nights doing whatever teenage boys do. Still, the show provided our family with many hours of laughs and great music. With this new 3-DVD set from Time Life, I
felt as though I had stepped back in time. The jokes that my Dad used to crack up over now seem so simple, often just plain silly, but that’s half the fun of it. After all, this was in the days before blue comedy dominated the airwaves. The comedy was family friendly, and a parent didn’t have to sit with the re- mote in their hand, ready to censor out lan- guage or themes they didn’t want their kids to see or hear. Of course, there were no remotes in 1969 anyway, at least not in our house on our black and white Magnavox TV set. Hee Haw, which started out as a summer
replacement for The Smothers Brothers Com- edy Hour, went on to become the longest running syndicated original series in televi- sion history, with the last new episode airing in 1992. Who can ever forget the great cast, hosted by the late great Buck Owens and gui- tar legend Roy Clark? How abut the skits?
Junior Samples “BR549;” The Cul- hanes of Cornfield County; “I searched the world over and I thought I’d found true love/You met another and pfft! you were gone;” Archie Campbell’s barber shop and his hilarious tale “Rindercella;” and the corny (literally) jokes from the corn field! All of these classics are preserved on this set. And let’s talk music. Man, I dearly loved
looking back at performances by Charlie Rich, Tammy Wynette, Merle Haggard, Grandpa Jones and his wife Ramona, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Hank Williams, Jr., Roy Clark, Buck Owens, Loretta Lynn, Donna Fargo - this was real country music. Anyone else remember real country? Thes et includes five complete episodes
from 1969-1973, along with a collection of “all time favorite” skits, Hee HawClassics, and interviews with Roy, Lulu Roman, George “Goober” Lindsey, Roni Stoneman, George Yanok, Charlie McCoy and The Hagers. For anyone like me that has fond memo-
ries of the good ol’ days of television, you need to check this set out. If you love good ol’ country music, same thing. As for me and the talking donkey, we both enjoyed this trip back to our youth. To a simpler time of G-rated comedy, real country music and family fun.
-Michael Buffalo Smith
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