My father would sit down and watch this show every Saturday night at 7:00. He never missed it. No matter what I wanted to watch--some sporting event running late, say--he'd turn it over on Hee Haw and get really annoyed if it was pre-empted. I DESPISED it as a kid.
Of course, this was before I realized the, uh, finer points of Misty Rowe and Barbi Benton, and all the rest of the girls.
Now I look back on it fondly, not just for the discreet country T&A, but because it's a link to a simpler time. And also, it's politically incorrect enough that it could never be made today.
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My dad was the same way with the Lawrence Welk Show. I hated it. Now I kind of like it for the same reasons--a link to a simpler time.