Editing Hee Haw (section)

== Cast ==
Rural-style comedians [[Gordie Tapp]] and [[Don Harron]] gained their first major U.S. exposure on ''Hee Haw''. They were already well known in Canada, as their character newscaster Charlie Farquharson appeared on ''[[The Red Green Show]]''.

Other cast members over the years included:
[[Roy Acuff]],
[[Cathy Baker (actress)|Cathy Baker]],
Willie Ackerman,
[[Billy Jim Baker]],
[[Barbi Benton]],
Kelly Billingsley,
Vicki Bird,
Jennifer Bishop,
[[Archie Campbell (comedian)|Archie Campbell]],
Phil Campbell,
Harry Cole (Weeping Willie),
Mackenzie Colt,
[[John Henry Faulk]],
[[Tennessee Ernie Ford]],
Diana Goodman,
[[Marianne Gordon]] (Rogers),
[[Hager Twins|Jim and Jon Hager]],
Victoria Hallman,
Little [[Jimmy Henley]],
[[Gunilla Hutton]],
Linda Johnson,
[[Grandpa Jones]],
[[Zella Lehr]] (the "unicycle girl"),
[[George Lindsey]] (reprising his "[[Goober Pyle|Goober]]" character from ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''),
[[Little Jimmy Dickens]],
[[Irlene Mandrell]],
[[Charlie McCoy]],
Dawn McKinley,
Patricia McKinnon,
Sherry Miles,
[[Grady Nutt|Rev. Grady Nutt]],
[[Minnie Pearl]],
Claude "Jackie" Phelps,
[[Slim Pickens]],
[[Kenny Price]],
[[Anne Randall]],
Chase Randolph,
[[Susan Raye]],
[[Jimmie Riddle]],
[[Jeannine Riley]],
[[Alice Ripley]],
[[Lulu Roman]],
[[Misty Rowe]],
[[Junior Samples]],
Ray Sanders,
Terry Sanders,
[[Gailard Sartain]],
Diana Scott,
[[Shotgun Red]],
Gerald Smith (the "Georgia Quacker"),
Jeff Smith,
Mike Snider,
Donna Stokes,
Dennis Stone,
[[Roni Stoneman]],
Mary Taylor,
Nancy Taylor,
[[Linda Thompson (actress)|Linda Thompson]],
Lisa Todd,
Pedro Tomas,
Nancy Traylor,
[[Buck Trent]],
Jackie Waddell,
[[Pat Woodell]], and
[[Jonathan Winters]], among many others.

[[The Buckaroos]] (Buck Owens' band) initially served as the house band on the show and consisted of members [[Don Rich]], Jim Shaw, [[Jerry Brightman]], Jerry Wiggins, Rick Taylor, Doyle Singer (Doyle Curtsinger), Don Lee, Ronnie Jackson, Terry Christoffersen, [[Doyle Holly]], fiddle player [[Jana Jae]], and Victoria Hallman, who replaced Don Rich on harmony vocals. In later seasons, the show hired Nashville musicians to serve as the show's "house band." [[George Richey]] was the first music director. When he left to marry [[Tammy Wynette]], harmonica player [[Charlie McCoy]], already a member of the band when he was not playing on recording sessions, became the show's music director, forming the ''Hee Haw Band'', which became the house band for the remainder of the series' run. The Nashville Edition, a singing quartet consisting of two males and two females, served as the background singers for most of the musical performances, along with performing songs on their own.

=== Guest stars ===
''Hee Haw'' featured at least two, and sometimes three or four, guest celebrities each week. While most of the guest stars were country music artists, a wide range of other famous luminaries were featured from actors and actresses to sports stars to politicians.

[[Sheb Wooley]], one of the original cast members, wrote the show's theme song. After filming the initial 13 episodes, other professional demands caused him to leave the show, but he returned from time to time as a guest star.

[[Loretta Lynn]] was the first guest star of ''Hee Haw'' and made more guest appearances (24) than any other artist. She also co-hosted the show more than any other guest co-host and therefore appears on more of the DVD releases for retail sale than any other guest star. [[Tammy Wynette]] was second with 21 guest appearances, and Wynette married George Richey (the musical director for ''Hee Haw'' from 1970 to 1977) in 1978.

From 1990 to 1992, country megastar [[Garth Brooks]] appeared on the show four times. In 1992, producer Sam Lovullo tried unsuccessfully to contact Brooks because he wanted him for the final show. Brooks then surprised Lovullo by showing up at the last minute, ready to don his overalls and perform for the final episode.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thislandpress.com/2012/02/27/return-to-kornfield-kounty-why-hee-haw-still-matters/|title=Return to Kornfield Kounty: Why Hee Haw Still Matters &#124; This Land Press – Made by You and Me|website=thislandpress.com}}</ref>

=== Elvis connection ===
[[Elvis Presley]] was a fan of ''Hee Haw'' and wanted to appear as a guest on the program, but Presley knew his manager, [[Colonel Tom Parker]], would not allow him to do so (following Presley's death, Parker would be sued by Elvis Presley Enterprises for mismanagement).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harrington |first=Richard |date=1997-01-24 |title=ONE FOR THE MONEY |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/01/24/one-for-the-money/64320e52-8b84-4690-b59a-d76428a62327/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Two of the Hee Haw Honeys dated Presley long before they joined the cast: Linda Thompson in the mid-1970s, with whom Presley had a long-term relationship after his divorce from [[Priscilla Presley|Priscilla]]; and Diana Goodman shortly afterwards.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nolasco |first=Stephanie |date=2018-08-27 |title=Elvis Presley's girlfriend recalls passionate love affair, singer's painful pill addiction, book claims |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/elvis-presleys-girlfriend-recalls-passionate-love-affair-singers-painful-pill-addiction-book-claims |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> Charlie McCoy played harmonica on a select few of Presley's recordings in the late 1960s, Joe Babcock of the Nashville Edition also sang backup vocals on a couple of his recordings at that time, and the Nashville Edition sang backup on Presley's recording of "[[Early Morning Rain]]."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nashville Edition |url=https://www.heehaw.com/project/nashville-edition/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=HEE HAW |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Early Mornin' Rain (with The Nashville Edition) |date=1972-02-20 |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/4QLI9UOwuch1rvIkVQ7bLv |access-date=2023-08-26 |language=en}}</ref> Shortly after Presley's death, his father, [[Vernon Presley]], made a cameo appearance on the show, alongside Thompson and Buck Owens, and paid tribute to his late son, noting how much Elvis enjoyed watching the show, and introduced one of his favorite gospel songs, which was performed by the Hee Haw Gospel Quartet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vernon Presley {{!}} Actor, Additional Crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696184/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>