Summary

THE OLD T-V SHOW HEE-HAW COULD BE MAKING A COMEBACK IN NASHVILLE

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 224777
Story Slug Hee - Haw - Revival
Location Nashville, TN
Format PKG
Date 02/28/2002
Archive Time 7:05
TRT 1:49
Supers Nashville, Tennessee George Lindsey, Hee Haw Actor Beth Talent, Gaylord Entertainment LuLu Roman, Hee Haw Actress Wendy Stowe, Reporting
Video Description OLD SHOW CLIPS, MAN SOT, SHOW CLIPS, WOMAN SOT, SHOW CLIPS
Description THE OLD T-V SHOW HEE-HAW COULD BE MAKING A COMEBACK IN NASHVILLE
Script GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT IS LOOKING TO THE PAST TO HELP BOOST ITS REVENUE THE COMPANY IS THINKING ABOUT BRINGING HEE-HAW OUT OF THE VAULT AND PUTTING IT BACK ON TELEVISION WENDY STOWE FROM THE NASHVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL TELLS US WHAT HEE-HAW ACTORS THINK OF THE IDEA (TAKE PKG) SHOW OPEN HEE HAW FIRST AIRED ON CBS IN JUNE 1969 IT WAS A SHOW THAT EXPOSED COUNTRY MUSIC TO THE WORLD AND BROUGHT A LOT OF HUMOR TO YOUR LIVING ROOM (SOT - LINDSEY The show was probably the most fun thing I've done in my career) GEORGE LINDSEY PLAYED GOOBER, THE SCHOOL DUNCE AND A LOT OF OTHER CHARACTERS ON HEE-HAW (SOT - LINDSEY Where oh where are you tonight) AND HE SAYS HE'D LOVE TO SEE THE SHOW AND ALL OF ITS HUMOR ON TELEVISION AGAIN (SOT - LINDSEY I think it would be great for the country to see that again that there is a country that can laugh) GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT AGREES AND IS THINKING ABOUT BRINGING THE OLD SHOWS OF HEE HAW AND THE GRAND OLE OPRY OUT OF THE VAULT AND ONTO VIDEOTAPES OR THROUGH SYNDICATION (SOT - TALENT Folks are nostalgic and these shows are programs that people feel good about so we think there may be a market out there and we're going to do some research and determine if there is) THROUGH THE CORNPATCH SCHOOL ROOM OR BOARD FENCE YOU SAW THE HUMOR OF SO MANY STARS WE TALKED TO LULU ROMAN TODAY FROM HER HOME IN MOUNT JULIET SHE THINKS IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO BRING THE OLD SHOWS BACK FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO SEE (SOT - ROMAN I think probably all of us would be really happy to see a return of the show just so younger generations could get all of the silliness we did do and fun we had with all of the great people no longer with us) (NAT SOT - You met another and you were gone) (TAG) GAYLORD HAS RECEIVED SO MANY PHONE CALLS OVER THE YEARS ABOUT HEE HAW, THEY'VE CREATED A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SHOW'S HISTORY JUST GO TO NEWSCHANNEL 5-DOT COM AND CLICK ON SITES IN THE NEWS RECAP FEED-DATE: 02MAR01 RECAP
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