1981 • 26 Episodes
September 12, 1981
Ed Bruce sings "Texas (When I Die)" and "(When You Fall In Love) Everything's A Waltz" on the season premiere of "Hee Haw." Gail Davies does "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)," and Archie Campbell sings a piece of "Yesterday, When I Was Young" to Roy Clark in a barbershop skit.
September 19, 1981
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn return on that corny bastion of weekend TV, "Hee Haw." Lynn covers "Secret Love," and Twitty performs "Tight Fittin' Jeans."
September 26, 1981
Buck Owens, Roy Clark and Kenny Price cover "Kaw-Liga" during an installment of "Hee Haw." Guests include Big Al Downing and Jeannie C. Riley, who performs "Are You On The Road To Lovin' Me Again."
October 3, 1981
Earl Thomas Conley makes his "Hee Haw" debut, performing "Fire & Smoke." Indie trio Willis, Carlan & Quinn does a bluegrass version of "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms," backed by Roy Clark on fiddle.
October 10, 1981
Alabama performs "Feels So Right" and "Love In The First Degree" on TV's syndicated "Hee Haw." Songwriter Harlan Howard does a medley of his hits: "She Called Me Baby," "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down," "Heartaches By The Number," "The Key's In The Mailbox," "Busted" and "I Fall To Pieces."
October 17, 1981
Hank Williams Jr. sings "Texas Women" and "A Country Boy Can Survive," and Janie Fricke performs "I'll Need Someone To Hold Me (When I Cry)" and "Down To My Last Broken Heart" during "Hee Haw." Hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark join Kenny Price on "Honky-Tonk Man."
October 24, 1981
Sonny James covers "Bright Lights, Big City" and Billy "Crash" Craddock performs "I Just Need You For Tonight" on the week's episode of "Hee Haw." Co-host Roy Clark does the Don Gibson song "Just One Time," and fellow host Buck Owens delivers the bluegrass song "Salty Dog Blues."
October 31, 1981
Terri Gibbs performs "Somebody's Knockin'" on "Hee Haw." Joe Stampley sings "I'm Gonna Love You Back To Loving Me Again" and "Whiskey Chasin'," and Buck Owens does "I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)." Also aboard are Boxcar Willie and The Million Dollar Band, which offers "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry."
November 7, 1981
Trumpet player Doc Severinsen joins Roy Clark for "Blues Stay Away From Me" on TV's "Hee Haw." Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright perform "Ashes Of Love."
November 14, 1981
Sylvia performs "The Matador" on the week's edition of "Hee Haw," which also features music from Faron Young and fiddler Chubby Wise. Co-host Buck Owens sings his 1969 single "Tall Dark Stranger."
November 21, 1981
Loretta Lynn sings "They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy" on "Hee Haw" and teams with Conway Twitty on "I Still Believe In Waltzes." Buck Owens, Kenny Price and Roy Clark cover "Four Walls," and Tompall & The Glaser Brothers, who perform "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)."
November 28, 1981
Johnny Rodriguez and Helen Cornelius take part in the week's installment of "Hee Haw." Songwriter Hank Cochran offers a seven-song medley that includes "I Fall To Pieces," "A Little Bitty Tear," "That's All That Matters" and "Make The World Go Away."
December 5, 1981
Billie Jo Spears sings "Standing Tall" and "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" on "Hee Haw." Ernest Tubb also guests. Weekly co-host Roy Clark covers "There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder."
December 12, 1981
David Frizzell & Shelly West perform "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma" and "A Texas State Of Mind" on the week's edition of "Hee Haw." Musical guest The Shoppe covers "Alabama Jubilee," and co-host Buck Owens sings "Let The World Keep On A Turnin'" with Buddy Alan.
January 2, 1982
Ronnie McDowell performs "It's Only Make Believe" and "Watchin' Girls Go By" on "Hee Haw." The week's musical guests also include Jeannie Seely and Sheb Wooley, who wrote the syndicated TV show's theme song. Roy Clark contributes a cover of "Louisiana Saturday Night."
January 9, 1982
Razzy Bailey sings "She Left Love All Over Me" and The Kendalls perform "Teach Me To Cheat" during the syndicated television show "Hee Haw." The episode also features actor Leslie Nielsen.
January 16, 1982
Charly McClain sings "Sleepin' With The Radio On" during the week's episode of "Hee Haw." Also appearing are Charlie McCoy and Ed McMahon.
January 23, 1982
Rex Allen Jr. performs "It's Over" during "Hee Haw," where the musical guests also include Bill Monroe and trumpet player Doc Severinsen.
January 30, 1982
"Hee Haw" welcomes Bobby Bare, Tompall & The Glaser Brothers, The Stoneman Family and Kippi Brannon. The Stonemans perform "Orange Blossom Special."
February 6, 1982
Mickey Gilley sings "Lonely Nights" on the weekend edition of "Hee Haw." Carl Smith and John Hartford also join hosts Roy Clark and Buck Owens on the show.
February 13, 1982
No overview available.
February 20, 1982
No overview available.
February 27, 1982
Ernest Tubb performs "Half A Mind" on the week's edition of "Hee Haw." Other musical guests include B.J. Thomas and Merle Travis.
March 6, 1982
Don Williams performs "I Believe In You" on the week's episode of "Hee Haw." Other musical guests include Connie Smith, John Hartford and songwriter Danny Flowers.
March 13, 1982
Buck Owens, Roy Clark - "Hee Haw Honky Tonk USA" Margo Smith - "Tennessee Yodeler" Roy Clark - "Somewhere My Love" Steve Wariner - "Your Memory" Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys - "Things that Might Have Been" Steve Wariner - "All Roads Lead to You." Hee Haw Gospel Quartet - "Jesus Hold My Hand" Buck Owens and the Whole Hee Haw Gang - "Happy Times are Here Again"
March 20, 1982
No overview available.