2018 Dead Pool
November 15th, 2018 at 9:26:51 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | People don't remember how popular Hee Haw was. It ran for 25 seasons on CBS and was watched by all age groups. Over 300 episodes, and when it was cancelled in 93, it was picked picked up by another network and ran awhile longer. America loved Roy Clark. They never rehearsed, used cue cards, and only did one take, like they did with the Dean Martin show. That's why Hee Haw had so many funny mistakes, they were really just talented people screwing around. They would meet in Nashville twice a year and make all the episodes for the year in two weeks. The musicians wouldn't do it any other way, too much time off their touring schedule where the real money was in those days. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
November 16th, 2018 at 9:59:56 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 | 3 hees and 2 haws is what Roy and Buck opened the show with. I knew that while avoiding watching it, but that was the days where we had 3 network channels and not much choice so sometimes did out of boredom. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
November 16th, 2018 at 10:39:29 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I enjoyed it from time to time. As did America, good ratings for 25 years. It's from a different era that's long gone now. We weren't at each others throats politically, driven by the ratings whores in cable news. Nobody was screaming about their gender, or what bathrooms to use. I miss those times. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
November 16th, 2018 at 10:53:58 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
I miss the times, but do not miss "Hee Haw." As a kid I could not stand it nor the similar "Sha Na Na." Just do not like music driven shows like them I guess. The President is a fink. |
November 16th, 2018 at 11:15:33 AM permalink | |
Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
I also did not like hee haw. I didn't watch Sha Na Na either, but I did like their closer "Good Night Sweetheart (It's Time to Go)" They weren't just music-driven shows, they were caricatures of their respective styles. Given that, I wasn't a fan of other music-driven shows either. What was there, Dance Fever, Soul Train, or even Name That Tune? "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
November 16th, 2018 at 11:57:25 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
All those shows born in the 60's, Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Andy Griffith, Petticoat Junction, Hee Haw, were celebrating a time in the US that was looked at with nostalgia, the dumb hick rural America from the earlier part of the century. Long gone now. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
November 16th, 2018 at 2:25:35 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Only think I sort of liked about Sha-Na-Na is they would do a skit to a novelty song sometimes. As to Dance Fever, Soul Train, et al really didn't watch since I did not like them. Just like I never got "American Idol" beyond the Simon comments. I was on a team of all women and me for awhile. Women loved AI. I think all the music shows that were not comedies skewed female. Never at all could figure out why. The President is a fink. |
November 16th, 2018 at 2:49:14 PM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11786 |
Loved Don Kirshner's Rock Concert Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
November 16th, 2018 at 3:28:00 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 | I racked my brain for an old music based show I liked. I finally thought of the old Ed Sullivan show which I enjoyed. Don't even know if Ed would have a job today. By today's standards he would be an unusual host choice. But I think then, he was the force behind its creation which could be done back then in the earlier days of television. (it was a variety show of course, but that's as close as I can come to finding something I liked) You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
November 16th, 2018 at 3:31:58 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 | I think the only variety shows we have today are now turned into game shows with judges. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |