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    • Mar 24, 1970
    "Hee Haw" star Junior Samples announces he may run for lieutenant governor of Georgia, alongside Republican gubernatorial candidate Ronnie Thompson
    Oct 5, 1970
    Minnie Pearl appears on a Bob Hope NBC-TV special spoofing women's lib with Ruth Buzzi, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Totie Fields and Phyllis Diller, among others
    Nov 22, 1970
    Minnie Pearl and Jeannie C. Riley appear in New York on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show." Merle Haggard, who had been scheduled, refused to perform when producers asked him to do a dance number celebrating "Oklahoma"
    May 3, 1971
    Decca releases Jerry Clower's comedy album "From Yazoo City: Mississippi Talkin'"
    Jul 13, 1971
    "Hee Haw," featuring co-hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark, makes its final network TV appearance, as CBS decides to "de-ruralize" its lineup. The music-and-comedy show subsequently goes into syndication
    Aug 7, 1971
    Homer Haynes, of Homer & Jethro, dies in Hammond, Indiana. The duo's twisted song parodies included "(How Much Is) That Hound Dog In The Window" and "The Battle Of Kookamonga," a Boy Scout send-up of "The Battle Of New Orleans"
    Oct 9, 1971
    Comedian George "Goober" Lindsey makes an appearance on "Hee Haw," hosted by Roy Clark and Buck Owens, who performs "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms"
    Feb 23, 1972
    Decca releases comedian Jerry Clower's album "Mouth Of The Mississippi"
    May 16, 1972
    "Hee Haw" adds three new cast members: Misty Rowe, Anne Randall and Marianne Gordon, who will go on to become Mrs. Kenny Rogers
    Jun 1, 1972
    "Hee Haw" star Junior Samples is hospitalized with stomach pains



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