Hee Haw - Season 12

First aired: 9/13/1980 26 episodes
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Episodes

1. Kenny Rogers, Ethel Merman, The Million Dollar Band

Aired: 9/13/1980

Buck Owens and the Whole Hee Haw Gang - "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms" Kenny Rogers - "Love the World Away" The Hagers - "It Must Be Love" Romonia & Grandpa Jones - "Apple Jack" The Million Dollar Band (Chet Atkins, Jethro Burns, Floyd Cramer, Roy Clark, Danny Davis, Johnny Gimble and Boots Randolph) perform a medley of Hank Williams Sr. songs Ethel Merman and cast - "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" Roy Clark - "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" Roy Clark,Buck Owens And Kenny Price - Why Don'T You Love Me (Like You Used To Do

2. Merle Haggard, Leona Williams

Aired: 9/20/1980

Merle Haggard and Leona Williams perform "The Bull And The Beaver" on an episode of "Hee Haw." Regular Buck Owens covers "Daydreams About Night Things."

3. Norm Crosby, Janie Fricke, Buck White and the Down Home Folks

Aired: 9/27/1980

Buck Owens and the Whole Hee Haw Gang - "Rocky Top" Buck White and the Down Home Folks - "San Antonio Rose" Janie Fricke - "Pass Me By" Roy Clark and the Band - "Instrumental" Buck White and the Down Home Folks - "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot" Buck Owens - "Sexy Movies" Roy Clark, Buck Owens, Kenny Price & Norm Crosby - "Too Old To Cut The Mustard" Janie Fricke - "Clap Your Hands"

4. The Kendalls, Razzy Bailey and The Million Dollar Band

Aired: 10/4/1980

Roy Clark, Roy Acuff, Ramona Jones, Tommy Williams - "Fiddle Instrumental" The Kendalls - "You'd Make an Angel Wanna Cheat" Razzy Bailey - "Too Old to Play Cowboy" Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" Roy Clark and the Million Dollar Band - "Jackson" The Kendalls - "I'm Already Blue" Razzy Bailey - "Loving Up a Storm" Jimmie Riddle, Jackie Phelps - "Instrumental" Buck Owens, Kenny Price & Roy Clark - "I'll Sail My Ship Alone"

5. Ray Stevens, Sylvia, Susan Guttman

Aired: 10/11/1980

Buck Owens and the Whole Hee Haw Gang - "Going Up on Heartbreak Mountain" Ray Stevens - "You've Got the Music Inside" Sylvia (Sylvia Kirby) - "You Don't Miss A Thing" Susan Guttman (Ventriloquist) Lulu Roman - "If you have known me before I knew him" Ray Stevens - "Night Games" Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man" Roy Clark - "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"

6. Ed McMahon, The Bellamy Brothers, Jimmy Henley with Marty Stuart

Aired: 10/18/1980

The Harmonica Players - "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" The Bellamy Brothers - "Sugar Daddy" Jimmy Henley with Marty Stuart - "Rawhide" Buck Owens - "Spirit of St. Louis" Gunilla Hutton - "Tulsa Time" The Bellamy Brothers - "Dancin' Cowboys" Buck Owens, Roy Clark, and Kenny Price - "The Columbus Stockade Blues" Roy Clark, Buck Owens and Ed McMahon - "Cigarettes and Whiskey and Wild, Wild, Women"

7. Hoyt Axton, The Million Dollar Band, Joe and Rose Lee Maphis

Aired: 10/25/1980

Buck Owens and the Whole Hee Haw Gang - "Big Balls in Cowtown" Hoyt Axton - "Wild Bull Rider" The Hagers - "Tennessee River and Mountain Man" Joe & Rose Lee Maphis, Grandpa & Ramona Jones - "Liza Jane" Roy Clark and the Million Dollar Band - "Galloping On The Guitar" Hoyt Axton - "Honky Tonk Music" Buck Owens - "All Around Cowboy of 1964" Roy Clark - "I Ain't Got Nobody" The Hee Haw Gospel Quartet - "Sweeping Through the Gate

8. Tom T. Hall, Jeanne Pruett

Aired: 11/1/1980

Buck Owens performs "Margaritaville" on "Hee Haw" and teams with Kenny Price and Roy Clark on "Heartaches By The Number." The music also includes Tom T. Hall's performance of "The Old Side Of Town" and Jeanne Pruett's renditions of "Temporarily Yours" and "It's Too Late."

9. Statler Brothers

Aired: 11/8/1980

The Statler Brothers perform "Don't Forget Yourself" on "Hee Haw."

10. Loretta Lynn, Rodney Lay and the Wild West, The Million Dollar Band

Aired: 11/15/1980

Roy Clark, Buck Owens, Kenny Price - "Wings of a Dove" Loretta Lynn - "Naked in the Rain" Rodney Lay and the Wild West - "Heart Break Hill" The Million Dollar Band - "I Can't Stop Lovin' You." Buck Owens - "Put Another Log on the Fire" The Clark Family - "Lost All My Money But a Two Dollar Bill" The Hagers - "Cherokee Fiddle" Roy Clark, Martin Stewart, James Henley Sr., Little James - "Pickin with Roy Clark" Loretta Lynn - "I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind"

11. Barbara Mandrell, Sonny Curtis

Aired: 11/22/1980

Barbara Mandrell sings "Crackers" and performs Paul Simon's "Gone At Last" on "Hee Haw." Simon's "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" also gets covered by Sonny Curtis. Lulu Roman delivers "One Day At A Time," and co-host Buck Owens does "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)."

12. George Jones, John Anderson, Susan Raye, Marty Stuart

Aired: 11/29/1980

George Jones sings "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and "I'm Not Ready Yet" on TV's "Hee Haw." John Anderson is a first-time guest, performing "Your Lying Blue Eyes." The night also features Susan Raye, a Marty Stuart guitar duet with Roy Clark, and Buck Owens' cover of "The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor."

13. Dennis Weaver, Buddy Alan

Aired: 12/6/1980

Buck Owens performs "Mountain Dew" and "Rednecks, White Socks And Blue Ribbon Beer" on "Hee Haw," and joins Kenny Price, co-host Roy Clark and actor Dennis Weaver on "Ashes Of Love." Owens' son, Buddy Alan, also performs, and Clark chips in a cover of the bluegrass song "In The Pines."

14. Lacy J. Dalton, Porter Wagoner, Joe Maphis

Aired: 12/13/1980

Lacy J. Dalton sings "Crazy Blue Eyes" on "Hee Haw." The episode also features Porter Wagoner, Joe Maphis and The Hagers, who cover "Funny How Time Slips Away." The show's co-host, Buck Owens, performs "I'm A Ramblin' Man."

15. Merle Haggard, Slim Pickens, John Conlee

Aired: 1/3/1981

Buck Owen, Maynard Keenan, Roy Clark - "In the Jailhouse Now" Merle Haggard - "Footlights" John Conlee - "Friday Night Blues" Buck Owen - "Just as Long as You Love Me" Roy Clark - "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy" Ramona Jones and Grandpa Jones - "Darlin' Won't You Love Me Now" John Conlee - "She Can't Say That Anymore" Merle Haggard and Roy Clark - "Cindy" Buck Owens and the Whole Hee Haw Gangs - "She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain When She Comes"

16. Bill Anderson, Mary Gordon Murray, Wayne Massey, Curly Putman

Aired: 1/10/1981

"One Life To Live" cast members Bill Anderson, Mary Gordon Murray and Wayne Massey guest on "Hee Haw," with Murray and Massey covering "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer." Songwriter Curly Putman serves up a medley of "My Elusive Dreams," "Green, Green Grass Of Home" and "He Stopped Loving Her Today."

17. Mickey Gilley, Johnny Lee

Aired: 1/17/1981

Mickey Gilley and Johnny Lee perform "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" on "Hee Haw." Lee also delivers "One In A Million," while Gilley chips in "That's All That Matters." The show's hosts include Roy Clark and Buck Owens, who sings a future hit, "Streets Of Bakersfield."

18. Reba McEntire, T.G. Sheppard, Bruce Jenner

Aired: 1/24/1981

Reba McEntire performs "(You Lift Me) Up To Heaven" and T.G. Sheppard sings "I Feel Like Loving You Again" on TV's "Hee Haw." The edition also features Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner.

19. Chubby Wise, Sylvia, Paul Anka

Aired: 1/31/1981

Fiddler Chubby Wise performs "Orange Blossom Special" on "Hee Haw," guesting alongside Sylvia and Paul Anka. Regular co-host Roy Clark sings "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes," while co-host Buck Owens covers "Good Hearted Woman."

20. Brenda Lee, Million Dollar Band

Aired: 2/7/1981

Brenda Lee sings "Broken Trust" on television's "Hee Haw," where Buck Owens covers "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down." "Gentle On My Mind" is performed by The Million Dollar Band: Danny Davis, Floyd Cramer, Jethro Burns, Charlie McCoy, Johnny Gimble, Boots Randolph, Chet Atkins and Roy Clark.

21. Helen Cornelius, Billy Grammer, John D. Loudermilk

Aired: 2/14/1981

Roy Clark sings "(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)" to close an episode of "Hee Haw." Guests include Helen Cornelius, Billy Grammer and songwriter John D. Loudermilk, who does a medley of his compositions, including "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," "Break My Mind" and "Abilene."

22. Dennis Weaver, Tom T. Hall, Tommy Hunter

Aired: 2/21/1981

Tom T. Hall sings "Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet)" on the week's edition of "Hee Haw," which also features Canadian Tommy Hunter on "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" and a 10-year-old performing "Harper Valley P.T.A." Buck Owens covers "Sawmill" and joins Kenny Price and Roy Clark on "Walk On By."

23. Rex Allen Jr., Eddy Raven, Margo Smith

Aired: 2/28/1981

Rex Allen sings "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" on a telecast of "Hee Haw," and does "Teardrops On My Heart" with Rex Allen Jr. The edition also features Eddy Raven and Margo Smith, who performs "Cup Of Tea" with Allen Jr. Co-host Roy Clark also offers a cover of "Someday You'll Want Me To Want You."

24. Ray Price, Boxcar Willie

Aired: 3/7/1981

Ray Price sings "Faded Love" and "Help Me Make It Through The Night" on the week's edition of "Hee Haw." The episode also features Boxcar Willie.

25. Ray Charles, Slim Whitman

Aired: 3/14/1981

Ray Charles performs "Take These Chains From My Heart" on TV's "Hee Haw." The episode also features musical guest Slim Whitman.

26. Don Gibson, Jacky Ward, Million Dollar Band

Aired: 3/21/1981

Don Gibson performs "(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time" on the week's edition of "Hee Haw." Jacky Ward sings "That's The Way A Cowboy Rocks And Rolls" and "Save Your Heart For Me." The Million Dollar Band--Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer, Roy Clark, Johnny Gimble, Boots Randolph, Danny Davis and Jethro Burns--covers "San Antonio Rose."