7.8/1024 votes#1 - Loretta Lynn and Charley Pride
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/15/1969
Music: Charley Pride - "Kaw-Liga." Charley Pride - "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)." Loretta Lynn - "Your Squaw's on the Warpath." Buck Owens - "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass?" Roy Clark - "Sally Was a Good Old Girl." Sheb Wooley - "Flying Time." Grandpa Jones - "The Banjo Am The Instrument For Me." The Hagers - "Six Days on the Road."
Director: Bill Davis
Writer: Frank Peppiatt, John Aylesworth, Jack Burns
6.2/1015 votes#2 - Merle Haggard, Jack Burns
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/22/1969
Buck Owens, Don Rich, Susan Raye and the Hagers - "But You Know I Love You" Merle Haggard - "Mama Tried" The Hagers - "With Lonely" Roy Clark - "Yesterday When I Was Young" Merle Haggard - "Branded Man" Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Happy Times" Susan Raye - "Just Enough to Keep Me Hanging On" Grandpa Jones - "Mountain Dew"
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/1011 votes#3 - Tammy Wynette, George Jones and Faron Young
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/29/1969
Music: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Love's Gonna Live Here" Grandpa Jones - "Night Train to Memphis" (includes a broken banjo string blooper) Tammy Wynette - "Stand by Your Man" George Jones - "White Lightning" Roy Clark - "Caravan" Faron Young - "She Went a Little Bit Farther" Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "It Takes People Like You" George Jones - "Walk Through This World with Me" Tammy Wynette - "Take Me to Your World" Faron Young - "Wind Me up" Sketches include several installments of "The Cornfield", "The Culhanes", "Samuel B. Sternwheeler", "Gordie's General Store", "KORN News", "Moonshiners", and "Pfft, You Was Gone. Also, "Archie's Barbershop", "Pickin' and Grinnin'", "Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper?", and stories by Junior Samples and Grandpa Jones.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1010 votes
#4 - Sonny James, Waylon Jennings, Connie Smith
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/6/1969
Sonny James - "Midnight Mood" and "Running Bear." Waylon Jennings - "Only Daddy" and "Lonely Weekends." Connie Smith - "Cry, Cry, Cry" and "Ribbon of Darkness." Buck Owens - "Crying Time" and "Sam's Place." Roy Clark - "Overdue Blues."
Director: N/A
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- 6.1/1011 votes
#5 - Dolly Parton and Terry Lee McMillan
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/13/1969
No description available
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- 6.4/1010 votes
#6 - Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens, Eddie Fukano
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/20/1969
Roy Clark - "She Taught Me How to Yodel" (clips throughout the episode) Buck Owens - "Act Naturally" Merle Haggard - "Hobo Meditations" Eddie Fukano - "To Get Me Off Your Mind" Bonnie Owens - "Lead Me On" Roy Clark - "You Tried to Ruin My Name" Grandpa Jones - "Old Joe Clark" Buck Owens and Susan Raye - "Somewhere Between" Merle Haggard - "Today I Started Loving You Again" Eddie Fukano - "Columbus Stockade Blues" Sketches include several installments of "The Culhanes", "Pfft, You Was Gone", and "KORN News." Also, "Gordie's General Store", "Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper?", "Pickin' and Grinnin'", Grandpa Jones tells stories about his athletic brother and eating out at a restaurant, Junior Samples tells a story about his squirrel dog, and in "Archie's Barbershop", Archie tells the story of the Pee Little Thrigs.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - Charley Pride, Tammy Wynette, George Jones
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/27/1969
Merle Haggard strums "Hobo Meditation." Bonnie Owens sings "Lead Me On." Eddy Fukano, the number one country star in Japan croons "Columbus Stockade Blues."
Director: N/A
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- 6.7/1015 votes
#8 - Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/10/1969
Music: Buck Owens - "Hello, Trouble" Waylon Jennings - "Delia's Gone" Loretta Lynn - "You Ain't Woman Enough" Grandpa Jones - "Banjo Sam" Roy Clark - "White Lightnin'" Susan Raye - "Maybe If I Close My Eyes" Roy Clark - "Orange Blossom Special" (played over a fast motion farm chase sketch) Buck Owens - "Above and Beyond" Loretta Lynn - "Wine, Women and Song" Sheb Wooley - "Big Ole, Good Ole Girl" Sketches include several installments of "The Culhanes", "KORN News", and "Pfft, You Was Gone". Also, "Archie's Barbershop", stories by Grandpa Jones and Junior Samples, "Hey Grandpa, What's For Supper?" and "Pickin' and Grinnin'
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1011 votes
#9 - Jerry Lee Lewis, Conway Twitty
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/17/1969
Music: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass?" (played over a video of four guys mowing on a farm) Jerry Lee Lewis - "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" Susan Raye - "It's Over" Conway Twitty - "I Love You More Today" Roy Clark - "Do You Believe This Town?" Grandpa Jones - "Are You From Dixie?" Jerry Lee Lewis "What Made Milwaukee Famous?" Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Together Again" Sheb Wooley - "Tie a Tiger Down" Conway Twitty - "Only Make Believe"
Director: N/A
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- 6.2/1011 votes
#10 - Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/24/1969
No description available
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Tammy Wynette, Sonny James
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/31/1969
No description available
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- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Pride
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/7/1969
No description available
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- 6.1/1013 votes
#13 - Merle Haggard and Tammy Wynette
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/1969
Buck Owens, Don Rich, the Hagers, and Diana Scott - "Gonna Roll Out the Red Carpet" The Hagers - "Gotta Get to Oklahoma" Tammy Wynette - "The Ways to Love a Man" Roy Clark - "Overdue Blues" Merle Haggard - "Okie from Muskogee" Tammy Wynette - "The 12th of Never" Buck Owens, Don Rich, the Hagers, and Susan Raye - "Big in Vegas"
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#14 - Loretta Lynn, Dillard and the Expedition
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/24/1969
Music: Buck Owens, the Hagers, Susan Raye, and Don Rich - "Santa Looks a Lot Like Daddy" Loretta Lynn - "Blue Kentucky Girl" Roy Clark - "Right or Left at Oak St." Dillard and the Expedition - "Hickory Hollow" Grandpa Jones - "Stop That Ticklin' Me" Buck Owens - "Sam's Place" Loretta Lynn - "Wings upon Your Horns" All (entire cast) - "Silent Night"
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/109 votes
#15 - Dottie West and Hank Williams Jr.
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/31/1969
Music: Buck Owens - "Let the Good Times Roll" Grandpa and Ramona Jones (using bells) - "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" The Hagers - "Lodi" Dottie West - "Clinging to My Baby's Hand" Roy Clark - "Yesterday When I Was Young" Hank Williams Jr. - "Cajun Baby" Dottie West - "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" Hank Williams Jr. - "I'd Rather Be Gone" Buck Owens - "Charlie Brown" Sketches include several installments of "Pfft, You Was Gone", "The Culhanes", "Gordie's General Store", "Dr. Campbell", "KORN News" and "Hee Haw Amateur Minute". Also, "Hee Haw Players", "Archie's Barbershop", "Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper?", "Pickin' and Grinnin'", Junior Samples tells a story, Grandpa Jones tells a story about his uncle Dan, and Stringbean reads a letter from home.
Director: N/A
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- 5.3/109 votes
#16 - Henson Cargill / Wanda Jackson
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/7/1970
The hit "Reuben James" is performed. In a Culhanes skit the family discusses a prospective boarder. Minnie Pearl holds forth from the kitchen. Roy does a guitar rendition of "Lara's Theme." The Buckaroos sing "Tiger by the Tail."
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Lynn Anderson, Hank Thompson, Buddy Alan
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/14/1970
Hank Thompson entertains with the song "Oklahoma Home Brew." Lynn Anderson sings "I've Been Everywhere." Grandpa talks about his youth on his uncle's farm. Buddy Owens contributes "Big Mama's Medicine Show."
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Sonny James, Tammy Wynette
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/21/1970
Guest Tammy Wynette sings "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad. Sonny James lets loose with "Mean Ole Mississippi."
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/28/1970
Buck Owens performing "We Were Made For Each Other" Merle Haggard performing "I Take A Lot of Pride In What I Am" Hagers performing "Six-Days On The Road" Loretta Lynn performing "First City" Roy Clark performing "Meet Mister Callaghan" Merle Haggard performing "Today I Started Loving You Again" Loretta Lynn performing "Dear Uncle Sam" Buck Owens and Susan Raye performing "Love Is Strange"
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/108 votes
#20 - Ferlin Husky, Dottie West
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/4/1970
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/108 votes
#21 - Lynn Anderson, George Jones
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/11/1970
No description available
Director: N/A
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- 5.0/109 votes
#22 - Tammy Wynette, Merle Haggard, Henson Cargill
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/18/1970
No description available
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/25/1970
Loretta Lynn - "To Make a Man." Loretta Lynn - "Wings Upon Your Horn." Charley Pride - "I'm So Afraid of Losing You Again." Charley Pride - "Anybody Going to San Antone." Roy Clark - "Foggy Mountain Breakdown." Buck Owens - "Kansas City Song." Grandpa and Ramona Jones - "You Are My Sunshine."
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Wanda Jackson, Sonny James
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/4/1970
No description available
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#25 - Dottie West, George Jones, Chill Wills
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/11/1970
Buck Owens, the Buckaroos, Susan Raye and the Hagers - "Memphis" Dottie West - "Paper Mansions" George Jones - "Love Bug" The Hagers "Jackson, Miss" Roy Clark - "September Song" George Jones - "Things Have Gone to Pieces" Grandpa Jones - "Dear Old Sunny South By the Sea"Dottie West - "Here Comes My Baby" Buck Owens and Susan Raye - "Fallin' for You" Sketches include several installments of "Dr. Campbell", "The Culhanes", "Dear Royella", "KORN News", "Hee Haw Amatuer Minute", and "Gordie's General Store". Also, "Archie's Barbershop", "Pfft, You Was Gone", "Hee Haw Players", "Pickin' and Grinnin'" and Stringbean reads a letter from home.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of Hee Haw Season 1
Every episode of Hee Haw Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hee Haw Season 1!
Hee Haw was an American variety show featuring a mixture of country music and comedy skits. Co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark for most...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Loretta Lynn and Charley Pride" is the best rated episode of "Hee Haw" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Bill Davis and written by Frank Peppiatt, John Aylesworth, Jack Burns, it aired on 6/15/1969. This episode is rated 1.6 points higher than the second-best, "Merle Haggard, Jack Burns".