History Series / HeeHaw

* CatchPhrase: Several.

--> ''Gloom, despair, and agony on me\\

* LaughTrack

* 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!'"

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Several cast members were often barefoot such as Archie Campbell and George Lindsay in the Moonshiners sketch as well as Kelly Billingsey and the Hagar Twins in the Haystack sketch.

* TheBarber: Archie's Barber Shop.

* HeroicDog: Beauregard the Wonder Dog (earlier, Kingfish the Wonder Dog). Four dogs actually played the dog during the show's run (usually seen in the Moonshiners sketches). Played with in that the bloodhound did nothing but sleep.

'''''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, its male stars Jim and Jon Hager, and the cornpone humor of its comedy sketches.

* LongRunner

* SexySecretary: Miss Honeydew.
* ShopKeeper: Gordie's General Store.

* SouthernBelle: Colonel Daddy's daughter.
* SouthernFriedGenius: Archie Campbell, "Samuel B. Sternwheeler".
* [[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. On a couple of rare occasions, Grandpa would be booed: once when he said "Ah ain't got nuthin", and another time when he offered "a big fresh roast of good moose meat".
** Also, Slim Pickens' Bar-B-Q.
* SpiritualSuccessor: The Series/BlueCollarComedy Tour.
* SweetHomeAlabama: See Deep South.

* CluckingFunny:
** Often, if someone would tell an especially lame joke, someone else on the cast (or offstage) would hit them with a rubber chicken.
** There was also a regular animated segment, with a chicken mistaking anything and everything for an egg. The chicken would sit on items, such as a ringside bell, a man's bald head, a billiard ball, a football, a golf ball, and even a bomb, with various disastrous results.

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 "[[HospitalHottie Nurse Goodbody]]"), [[CoolOldGuy Louis "Grandpa" Jones]], Zella Lehr (the "unicycle girl"), Creator/GeorgeLindsey (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 [[UsefulNotes/{{Nashville}} Grand Ole Opry]].

* IconicOutfit: Minnie Pearl's NiceHat.

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 "[[HospitalHottie 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 [[UsefulNotes/{{Nashville}} Grand Ole Opry]].

* [[AGoodNameForARockBand A Good Name For A Country Band ]]: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR549 BR5-49]].

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 "[[HospitalHottie 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.

The Buckaroos were the house band on this popular syndicated show and consisted of: Don Rich, Jim Shaw, Jerry Brightman, Jerry Wiggins, Rick Taylor, Doyle Singer (Doyle Curtsinger), Don Lee, Ronnie Jackson, Terry Christoffersen, Doyle Holly and Jesse Rose [=McQueen=] (Victoria Hallman).

* 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!'"

* HonestJohnsDealership: Junior Samples' used car lot, "Samples Sales".
** Jack Burns would frequently show up as a fast-talking city slicker, who tried to pull a fast one on Goober and sell him something that he didn't need or was worthless, only for Goober to outwit the huckster.

* 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 Music/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.

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

* ComicBookAdaptation

* DespairSpeech: The song "Gloom, Despair and Agony On Me" is a parody of this trope.