Fifty-four years ago, on June 15, 1969, the TV show Hee Haw made its prime-time debut on CBS. Inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Hee Haw focused on rural life and country music. Set in the ...

Long before "King of the Hill" and Jeff Foxworthy, "Hee Haw" made country comedy cool. The TV ... show also starred David "Stringbean" Akeman, Minnie Pearl and Grandpa Jones, among other country ...

The recipe of down-home comedy and music proved to pull in similar numbers, so the show returned to the ... a play called Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical, with songs written by Shane McAnally ...