NOW.
NOW. GOOD
NOW. GOOD MORNING, I'M FILLING IN
FOR MARGARET THIS MORNING, LOTS
IS GOING ON IN IT IS THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY FOR THE COUNTRY
MUSIC FRANKIE SHOW, HEE HAW.
KICKS OFF RIGHT HERE IN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST IT GOES ON A
NATIONWIDE TOUR.
NATIONWIDE TOUR. WE WELCOME FOUR OF THE ORIGINAL
CAST MEMBERS, JANA JAE, BUCK
TRENT, LULU ROMAN, MISTY TRENT,
TAKE IT AWAY GUYS.
>> ♪ ♪ [ SINGING ] ARE HERE
YOU ARE LATE FOR WORK THIS
MORNING, WHAT HAPPENED?
>> I WAS LATE FOR WORK BECAUSE
OF MY COMPUTER,
>> WHAT HAPPENED?
>> IT HAD A HARD DRIVE,
>> Reporter: OH, NO.
>> HEY, YOU KNOW, LULU WE ARE
IN SEATTLE GUY GETS HIT BY CAR
EVERY 20 MINUTES.
>> I BET HE'S GETTING TIRED OF
THAT THE
THAT THE
THAT THE >> ♪ ♪
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>> ♪ ♪ >>
>> ♪ ♪ >> MISTY,
>> MISTY,
>> MISTY, >> WHAT, HOW IS YOUR AUNT
DOING, SHE'S FINE SHE HAS
STARTED TO SLEEP IN THE
CHANDELIER.
CHANDELIER. >> SHE SLEEPING IN THE
CHANDELIER, YES, SHE'S A LIGHT
SLEEPER.
SLEEPER.
SLEEPER. >> ♪
>> ♪
>> ♪ >>
>> ♪ >> HEY, BUCK, IF I BUY THAT OLD
CAR FROM YOU, HOW MANY
CYLINDERS WILL I GET?
>> EIGHT.
>> EIGHT.
>> EIGHT. >> I'M A TERRIBLE DRIVER CAN I
START WITH JUST ONE?
>> ♪ ♪
>> ♪ ♪
>> ♪ ♪ >>
>> ♪ ♪ >> MISSES PAUL REVERE, I DO NOT
CARE WHO IS COMING, IT'S MY
NIGHT TO USE THE HORSE.
>> ♪ ♪
>> ♪ ♪
YEAH,
YEAH, YEAH. >> THAT BRINGS BACK GREAT OLD
MEMORIES, HEE HAW ON THE AIR
FOR 25 YEARS, THEY STILL PLAY,
--
--
-- >>
-- >> YES, WHY WAS THE SHOW NOT
EVER WANT TO GO AWAY?
THE LONGEVITY?
THE LONGEVITY? >> IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF LULU,
IT'S ALL ME.
>> FROM THE VERY FIRST SHOW,
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT. >> WHAT DID YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT
IT?
IT?
IT? >>
IT? >> DOING THE SHOW OVER AND
OVER.
OVER.
OVER. >>
OVER. >> IT IT IT BECAME TO BE FAMILY.
WE MET DURING THE MONTH OF
JUNE, OCTOBER, EVERY TIME, IT
WAS GETTING TO WORK, AND HAVE
FUN IT WAS, YOU KNOW WE HAD
BABIES, WE HAD MARRIAGES.
WE GOT DIVORCED OR WHATEVER,
IT'S A BIG FAMILY THING.
WAS A BIG FAMILY REUNION.
>> WAS THOSE TWO BIG CHUNKS OF
TIME THE BIG TIMES.
EVERYBODY HAD OTHER THINGS THEY
WERE DOING.
WERE DOING. RIGHT?
RIGHT?
RIGHT? >>
RIGHT? >> HITTING THE ROAD, PLAYING
MUSIC OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE.
MUST HAVE FELT LIKE A PARTY?
>> YES IT WAS IT WAS A BIG
PARTY.
PARTY.
PARTY. WE
PARTY. WE DID 13 SHOWS AT ONCE.
WE DID IT IN THE CORNFIELD 13
WHEN HE GOT HIT IN THE REAR END
WITH OFFENSE.
WITH OFFENSE. 13 SONGS 13 ROYSE ON.
13 TRUCK STOP SIGN.
NOT ONLY DID WE GET TO EAT THE
FOOD, WE GOT TO THROW IT.
>> WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, WE
DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO
BE ON TV.
BE ON TV.
BE ON TV. NEVER SAW IT, UNTIL YOU SIDE.
I WORKED WITH JUNIOR SAMPLES, I
DID NOT GET TO EAT ANYTHING.
HE ATE EVERYTHING.
>> YOU ALL ARE OBVIOUSLY GREAT
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS. >> YEAH, YEAH, FAMILY.
>> WHEN HE PASSED WITH A BIG
MEMORIAL CELEBRATION.
MEMORIAL CELEBRATION. MIKE IN NASHVILLE.
>> WE ALL GOT TOGETHER, WE GOT
ALTOGETHER ON THE ROAD, WITH THE
ACTUAL CORNFIELD, FROM THE
BARN, HEE HAW.
>> THAT'S AMAZING, PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO WANT TO SEE THIS SHOW.
HEE HAW HAS NEVER GONE AWAY.
IT MUST BE AWESOME, BUCK,
BRINGING IT TO PEOPLE.
>> YEAH, IT IS.
IT IS FUN.
>> WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE MOST, ABOUT THE WHOLE
TOUR?
TOUR?
TOUR? >>
TOUR? >> WE ARE GOING EVERYWHERE, ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
>> WE GET TO MEET THE FOLKS WHO
WATCHED IT.
WATCHED IT. >> THEY GREW UP WITH US NOW WE
GET TO MEET THEM.
>> WHEN WE STARTED THIS, THEY
WERE LITTLE KIDS.
THROUGH THE YEARS, WE SAW
LITTLE KIDS GROWN UP.
THEY WERE GETTING MARRIED AND
STUFF.
STUFF.
STUFF. HAVING KIDS NOW, WE ARE SEEING
THE GRANDCHILDREN.
THE GRANDCHILDREN. THE GRANDKIDS THEY ARE BRINGING
THEM BACK.
THEM BACK. IT IS AWESOME, IT REALLY IS.
>> I WAS, I WAS I WILL SAY I
WAS NOT EVEN BORN.
ACTUALLY, I WAS VERY MUCH BORN.
>> IT WAS ONE OF THE GREAT
FAMILY SHOWS OF ALL TIME.
VIEWERS MUST FEEL LIKE THEY ARE
AMONG FRIENDS WITH YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. THEY SING ALONG WITH US.
>> [ SINGING ]
>> YOU ARE NOT GOING TO RECYCLE
THE JOKES WE HEARD TODAY?
>> THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME
FROM.
FROM.
FROM. WE
FROM. WE HAVE YEARS OF JOBS.
JOKES.
JOKES.
JOKES. WHAT DID THEY SAY WHEN THEY SEE
ONE PERSON?
ONE PERSON? >> YOU ARE STILL ALIVE?
>> I GET THAT TOO.
>> I LOVE YOU.
I JUST LOVE YOU.
THEY ARE STILL WATCHING.
>> WE LOVE YOU TOO.
>> I GOT MARRIED ON THE SHOW,
AND DIVORCED.
AND DIVORCED. >> WE WANT TO TELL YOU, YOU CAN
SEE HEE HAW CORNFIELD TONIGHT AT
8 PM AT CLEARWATER CASINO WE
POSTED LINKS ON THE NOONDAY
WEBSITE.
WEBSITE.
WEBSITE. WE HOPE TO GO ON TO SEE THIS
FANTASTIC SHOW IN PERSON.
WHEN WE COME BACK, ACTORS AND
COMEDIAN MARY SOHN FROM THE