Sunday, September 24, 2017

Forgotten TV: The Buck Owens Show (1966)

Three years before Hee Haw, Buck Owens fronted his own half-hour country music series, a regional production based out of California.

The format was similar to Nashville-produced series featuring the likes of Porter Wagoner. As this first episode, from March 1966, demonstrates, there were no comedy skits per se, just non-stop music. Tommy Collins is the featured guest. Kay Adams was, well, Buck's answer to Porter's leading lady, Dolly Parton, but not quite as well known.



'Round these parts, I remember seeing a similar show featuring Pete Williams, and we'll cover that another time if I can find something on him on YouTube. We will take a look at Wagoner's show down the road.

Rating: A.

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