Posted on 10/15/2014 12:19:30 PM PDT by JennysCool
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -
The man who killed "Hee Haw" star and Grand Ole Opry performer David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife, Estelle, four decades ago has been granted parole.
Melissa McDonald with the Tennessee Board of Parole told News 2 the board voted Wednesday morning to grant John Brown parole.
Brown has served 40 years of his 198-year sentence for killing the Akemans in 1973 as they returned to their home following a performance at the Opry.
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Lol! Add me to that list. When I was growing up during the late 70's and early 80's my parents would watch Hee-Haw every Saturday evening like clockwork, as a Generation X kid who was into Atari and Rock music, Hee-Haw was embarrassingly backward and hokey to my "modern" sensibilities. However, since back in those days there was only one TV in the house, I complained but watched anyway.
Now when I see a Hee-Haw rerun, I often stop and watch it, there is something comforting about about the simplicity and wholesomeness of it that I miss.
It’s actually pretty remarkable what things/stimulii trigger nostalgia. Too this day, the smell of damp lumber and mildew transports me back to my grandfather’s cellar/shed area where he invented and fixed things.
They made it in Canada right?
They made the whole season of shows in 2 weeks.
They would build a set and do all the shows for the season using it in a day and then put up the next set.
Very interesting.
Buck and Roy were extremely fine musicians.
Though I never have warmed-up to my reruns of my grandmother’s Lawrence Welk Program.
We’ll always have Roy Clark.
I miss Buck Owens.
Yep ... gotta make room for more hardened criminals like the college guy caught smoking a doobie.
You win internet with that.
Why would anyone want to hurt Minnie?
Nicely done!
Hee Haw was torture to me as well. In DVD, it is mostly good watching. I bet production people genuinely loved going to work at that studio. I am sure I would have.
she left the price tag in her hat, good joke tumblindice.
They made the whole season of shows in 2 weeks.
They would build a set and do all the shows for the season using it in a day and then put up the next set.
Very interesting.
They produced it in Nashville. A couple of the stars were comedians of Canadian rural TV shows IIRC.
Guy and Ralna will always represent evil incarnate to me.
I think he's pretty much retired from performing. He was having a lot of back pain several years ago and I think that really slowed him down. Plus, he is 80.
Hee-Haw had a lot of legitimately funny stuff along with the cornball humor. And they frequently had top musicians not the least being Roy Clark.
Interestingly the production company that made Hee-Haw was Yongestreet Productions. Yonge Street is the main drag through Toronto.
exactly how i took it at first...had to read several times
Mike
A number of years ago, I saw a TV program about the murder of Stringbean and his wife (it might have been "Mysteries and Scandals.") Grandpa Jones, who lived nearby, was interviewed for the program. He said it was common knowledge around Nashville that Stringbean kept a large sum of money in the house.
My father who was from the WW II generation was a big Lawrence Welk fan. I agree that it's just a little too old fashion for me to get into as well. The few times I've tried to watch a re-run on PBS, I would start nodding off after about 10 minutes.
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