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Hee Haw

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by justgladtobehere, Oct 20, 2020.

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  1. Kato

    Kato Well-Known Member

    To this day, when I drives into a small town and see the city/population, I often read it out loud and then shout out, "Saaaaalute!"
     
    Kato, Oct 21, 2020
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  2. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Christ, that video is like watching a bunch of Mormons.
     
    Vombatus, Oct 21, 2020
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  3. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Shocked that park closed within years of that video....
     
    DanOregon, Oct 21, 2020
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  4. OscarMadison

    OscarMadison Well-Known Member

    That was the training version. The one they wanted us to play in the park was that long, too. I might be misremembering, but the first season I was there, it was played thirty and fifteen minutes before the gates opened and after the crowds left. It was intended for the park workers only.
     
    OscarMadison, Oct 21, 2020
    #28
  5. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    So nice that the only shot featuring only black employees was a line about fried chicken. Subtle. Jeez.
     
    DanOregon, Oct 21, 2020
    #29
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  6. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Oscar, we need to start a thread about working at the amusement park. I did a couple of years at Six Flags Over Georgia when I was 16-18. Man, do I have stories.

    For instance, we all had to have our hair off of our ears and collars, which didn't mean that there weren't a lot of hippie druggies working there. I had a supervisor who absolutely hated the management meetings he had to go to. He smoked unfiltered Camels with a line of hash oil painted down the bottom while he was in them, which made them far more tolerable for him to endure.
     
    Neutral Corner, Oct 21, 2020
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  7. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Never worked in one full time. But one of my college roommates was in charge of getting the King's Dominion characters to wherever they needed to be, to whatever party or off-site event they had. And when they had an overflow schedule, he'd draft us to help out. Not a bad gig. Thirty minutes in the costume, $50 bucks (a good check in 1976) and you could stay in the park the rest of the day. If the event was offsite, you'd get a day pass to the park.

    But those costumes STUNK and they were HOT. You'd be soaked after your 30 minutes.

    The tail on one of the costumes I wore one day was attached with a jockstrap-like contraption. You'd put that on and then the full suit. Kids would pull the tail and your boys would get mashed.
     
    Moderator1, Oct 21, 2020
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  8. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    You can joke about the show or not like the music, but Buck and Roy were two of the greatest guitar players to ever walk the planet.



     
    Scout, Oct 21, 2020
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  9. OscarMadison

    OscarMadison Well-Known Member

    See ya there!
     
    OscarMadison, Oct 21, 2020
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  10. SixToe

    SixToe Well-Known Member

    Roy Clark on the banjo is Eddie Van Halen on the guitar. Musical gods. Sounds funny, or stupid, but it's true. Clark is one of the best ever.

    Buck Owens pioneered the Bakersfield Sound of Americana music, which influenced many other musicians. A friend of mine who moved to Los Angeles grew up watching Hee Haw, was influenced by him and has had a successful band for 20 years with that type of music.

    Hee Haw definitely was a whitey-white cornpone goofy show but they had some great musicians on there.
     
    SixToe, Oct 21, 2020
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  11. jla74m

    jla74m Member

    RFDTV = Real F*ckin' Dumb TV!
     
    jla74m, Oct 21, 2020
    #35
  12. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    The music was phenomenal.

     
    DanOregon, Oct 21, 2020
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