Mallory is also famous for the quote he gave in 1923 as to why he wanted to climb Mount Everest: "Because it's there." He expanded on that answer in another quote.

I was a kid and we just got a new color television which was a big deal back then and the first show we watched was Hee Haw. we lived outside Philadelphia and we loved the show. As an adult I love it because the main guys are very talented musicians and who doesn't love all the corny jokes. Really it was a country version of Laugh-In.

Well. Not to change the subject, OK, I'm changing it. Perhaps there are a number of Neatoramats who are unfamiliar with the Rural Purge on CBS.

Hee Haw survived the purge because it went immediately into syndication - for 20 years - and because because it was only filmed twice a year - 13 episodes at time.

Junior Samples and Where Are You Tonight were my favorites. I loved it. Buck Owens,
not so much 

I used to love this show as a kid, in Providence, R.I., so also not in flyover country ;-) I still enjoy clean comedy (I enjoy adult comedy too- I have complex tastes) & the occasional country & western music. Not new country though D-: