2) Performers on Hee Haw gathered for a week of taping in June, and another in October, with individual shows edited together later. Roy Clark compared the block schedule to a "big family reunion ...

On April 4, 1969, the popular show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was abruptly canceled by CBS and then replaced by the show Hee Haw. Despite its high ratings, CBS cut it short after the ...