The BEST episodes of Hee Haw season 11
Every episode of Hee Haw season 11, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hee Haw season 11!
Hee Haw was a long-running television variety show hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark and featuring country music and humor with rural "Kornfield Kounty" as a backdrop. It was taped at WLAC-TV (now WTVF) and Opryland USA in Nashville. The show's name was derived from the sound a donkey makes when it brays.
#1 - Cristy Lane, Tennessee Ernie Ford
Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1979
Cristy Lane sings "Simple Little Words" on the syndicated "Hee Haw." Other music comes from Tennessee Ernie Ford; Buck Owens, who does "Sam's Place"; and Roy Clark, who performs "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
#2 - Barbara Mandrell, Sonny James Charlie McCoy, Jethro Burns
Season 11 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/1980
Barbara Mandrell performs "Fooled By A Feeling" on "Hee Haw." The episode also features Sonny James, Charlie McCoy and Jethro Burns
#3 - Margo Smith, Hank Snow, Rodney Lay
Season 11 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1980
Margo Smith sings "It Only Hurts For A Little While" on "Hee Haw." Other guests on the episode include Hank Snow and Rodney Lay
#4 - Gene Watson, Stoneman Family, T.G. Sheppard
Season 11 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/1980
Gene Watson performs "Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)" and "Farewell Party" on "Hee Haw." Guests also include The Stoneman Family and T.G. Sheppard, who dances with Roni Stoneman's ironing-board character, Ida Lee Nagger, during the instrumental break of "Last Cheater's Waltz"
#5 - Hank Thompson, Janie Fricke
Season 11 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/12/1980
Hank Thompson sings "The Wild Side Of Life" on an episode of "Hee Haw." Buck Owens launches the show with "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)," and The Hagers cover "Just Good Ol' Boys." Janie Fricke is also a musical guest
#6 - Faron Young, Barbi Benton, Ed McMahon, Kathy Kitchen
Season 11 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/1979
Buck Owens, Kenny Price and Roy Clark cover "Daddy Sang Bass" on the first episode of "Hee Haw" during the 1980s. Guests include Faron Young, Barbi Benton, Ed McMahon and 10-year-old Kathy Kitchen, who sings "It's A Heartache"
#7 - Conway Twitty
Season 11 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1979
Conway Twitty sings "Don't Take It Away" and "I May Never Get To Heaven" as a guest on "Hee Haw." The Hagers cover "If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me." Buck Owens, Roy Clark and Kenny Price close the show with "I'm Moving On"
#8 - Freddy Fender, Stoneman Family
Season 11 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/1979
Freddy Fender sings "Pfft You Was Gone" in Spanish on "Hee Haw," where The Stoneman Family is also musical guest. Buck Owens, Roy Clark and Kenny Price cover "I Walk The Line," and Owens reprises "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail"
#9 - Dennis Weaver
Season 11 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/1979
The Hagers cover Merle Haggard's "Red Bandana" on the week's installment of "Hee Haw." Also aboard: Kenny Price, Lulu Roman, "McCloud" actor Dennis Weaver, Roy Clark and Buck Owens, who performs "Cut Across Shorty"
#10 - Tammy Wynette, Tennessee Ernie Ford
Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1979
Tammy Wynette sings "No One Else In The World" and "They Call It Making Love" on TV's "Hee Haw." Tennessee Ernie Ford also guests on the episode, which sees Buck Owens cover "Truck Driving Man"
#11 - Don Williams, Billy Parker
Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1979
Don Williams performs "Tulsa Time" and "Lay Down Beside Me" on "Hee Haw." Buck Owens sings "Play Together Again Again" and joins co-host Roy Clark and Kenny Price on "Out Behind The Barn." The Hagers cover "Sweet Melinda," and Billy Parker sings "Thanks A Lot"
#12 - Dave & Sugar, Senator Robert Byrd
Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1979
Dave & Sugar sing "Golden Tears" and "Stay With Me" as musical guests on TV's "Hee Haw." Kenny Price covers "Blues Stay Away From Me," and Roy Clark adds "Born To Lose." The episode also features West Virginia senator Robert Byrd
#13 - Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band, Becky Hobbs, Foster Brooks
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1979
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band perform "All The Gold In California" and "We're Number One" on an episode of "Hee Haw." Other guests include Becky Hobbs and comedian Foster Brooks, who joins hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark on the final number, "Oh Lonesome Me"
#14 - Jim Ed Brown, Helen Cornelius
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1979
The Clark Clan - "The Clark Special" Jim Ed Brown - I've Rode with the Best Helen Cornelius - "There's Always a Goodbye" The Hager Twins - Just Another Night Without You" Roy Clark - "Let's Put It Back Together Again" Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius " I Don't Want to Have to Marry You" Buck Owens - "Restless Heart"
#15 - Joe Frazier, Statler Brothers, Randy Barlow, Gene Autry
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1979
Boxer Joe Frazier sings "Six Days On The Road" with hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark on "Hee Haw." Clark also covers "It's Been A Great Afternoon," while The Statler Brothers perform "Here We Are Again" and Randy Barlow does "Sweet Melinda." Gene Autry gives a short interview in his first appearance on the show
#16 - John Conlee, Susie Allanson
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1979
John Conlee sings "Rose Colored Glasses" and "Before My Time" on "Hee Haw." Susie Allanson offers "Two Steps Forward And Three Steps Back," Roy Clark covers "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon" and Buck Owens does "Love's Gonna Live Here." Clark and Owens team with Kenny Price on "Oh Lonesome Me"
#17 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmie Rodgers, Billy Graham
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1979
Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmie Rodgers and reverend Billy Graham are guests on "Hee Haw." Co-host Roy Clark performs "Bonaparte's Retreat" and joins Roni Stoneman, Buck Trent and Grandpa Jones on "John Henry." Kenny Price covers the Red Foley song "Cincinnati Dancing Pig" as "Hee Haw Dancing Pigs"
#18 - Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1979
Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley sing "Just Good Ol' Boys" on TV's "Hee Haw," where Bandy also does "Barstool Mountain" solo and Stampley performs "Do You Ever Fool Around." The Hagers cover "Down On The Rio Grande," and Buck Owens, Roy Clark and Kenny Price team on "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes"
#19 - Hoyt Axton, Con Hunley, Senator Robert Byrd
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1979
Hoyt Axton performs "Boney Fingers" and "Della And The Dealer" in the season debut of "Hee Haw." Con Hunley sings "I've Been Waiting For You All Of My Life" and "Since I Fell For You," and West Virginia senator Robert Byrd plays the square-dance tune "Turkey In The Straw"
#20 - Tammy Wynette, Jimmie Rodgers, Al Downing, Barbi Benton
Season 11 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/15/1980
The Clark Clan - “Sweet Bunch of Daisies” Tammy Wynette - "Womanhood" Al Downing - "Touch Me" Buck Owens - “I Got Love in My Heart” Jimmie Rodgers - “A Good Woman Likes to Drink with the Boys" Barbi Benton - "Do You Like Older Women?" Al Downing - "Ain't No Fool" Jimmie Rodgers - “I Have You” Roy Clark, Buck Owens, Kenny Price - “Candy Kisses"
#21 - The Blackwood Brothers, Ronnie McDowell, Wendy Holcomb
Season 11 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/22/1980
Buck Owens and the Whole Hee Haw Gang - “Under the influence of Love” The Blackwood Brothers - “When the Saints Go Marching In” Ronnie McDowell - “Can You Love Half a Man?” Roy Clark - “Instrumental” Ralph Sloan & the Tennessee Travelers Ronnie McDowell - “Love Me Now” Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - “Brooklyn Bridge” Wendy Holcomb - “Banjo instrumental” The Blackwood Brothers - "Soon and Very Soon
#22 - Dennis Weaver, Dottsy, Randy Boone, Woody Woodbury
Season 11 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/1980
Buck Owens and the Whole Hee Haw Gang - “Open Up Your Heart” Dennis Weaver - "The Fallin' Apart" Dottsy - "When I'm Gone" Roy Clark - “Chain Gang of Love” Randy Boone - "Whiskey Be My Woman” The Hagers - “The Way You Do the Things You Do” Buck Owens - “All the Tea in China” Dottsy - "Tryin' To Satisfy You" Jana Jae - “Listen to the Mockingbird
#23 - Billy 'Crash' Craddock, Louise Mandrell, Tommy Cash
Season 11 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/1980
Buck Owens and the Whole Hee Haw Gang - “Where Did You Learn to Boogie Like That” Billy "Crash" Craddock - "Till I Stop Shaking" Tommy Cash - "When the Lovin' Starts" Roy Clark and Company - “Sweet Georgia Brown” The Hagers - "I Ain’t Here” Billy "Crash" Craddock - "Robin Hood" Louise Mandrell - "I Never Loved Anyone like I Love You" Buck Owens - “Moonlight And Magnolia” Tommy Cash - "Don't Give Up on Me"
#24 - Dottie West, Pat Buttram, Jimmy C. Newman, Lonnie Brooks
Season 11 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1980
Buck Owens and the Whole Hee Haw Gang - “Ain't it Amazing Gracie” Dottie West - “You Pick Me Up” Jimmy C. Newman - “River Road” Roy Clark - “Long Song” The Hagers - “Louisiana Man” Lonnie Brooks & Roy Clark - “Blues Instrumental” Buck Owens - “Take Me With You If You Go” Dottie West - “A Lesson In Leavin'” Jimmy C. Newman - “Instrumental” Roy Clark & Buck Trent - “Dear Ole Dixie (Instrumental)”
#25 - The Oak Ridge Boys, Charly McClain
Season 11 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/1980
The Clark Clan – “Instrumental” The Oak Ridge Boys - "Leavin' Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" Charly McClain - "You're a Part of Me" Buck Owens - “Let Jesse Rob the Train” The Jones Family – “Clear the Kitchen” The Oak Ridge Boys - "Dream On" Roy Clark - “Instrumental” Charly McClain - "When a Love Ain't Right" Hee Haw Gospel Quartet – “One Step More”