Wow, now you're travelling in the waaaaaaayyyyyyy back machine! I remember Barbi Benton from dating Hugh Hefner, centerfolds, and countless episodes of Love Boat. Didn't her character date Gopher at some point?

purplethunder3121 said:

Wow, now you're travelling in the waaaaaaayyyyyyy back machine! I remember Barbi Benton from dating Hugh Hefner, centerfolds, and countless episodes of Love Boat. Didn't her character date Gopher at some point?

I don't know about all that, just that she was part of the Hee Haw cast. She sometimes sang on the show and was also in some of those gossiping women washing clothes skits.

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MickyDolenz said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Wow, now you're travelling in the waaaaaaayyyyyyy back machine! I remember Barbi Benton from dating Hugh Hefner, centerfolds, and countless episodes of Love Boat. Didn't her character date Gopher at some point?

I don't know about all that, just that she was part of the Hee Haw cast. She sometimes sang on the show and was also in some of those gossiping women washing clothes skits.

Wow, I don't remember her from Hee Haw at all, which I loved as a little kid. I don't remember her doing music at all. I remember Roy Clark, Grandpa Jones, Junior Samples, Buck Owens, Minnie Pearl (with the price tag on her hat!), and Lulu as regulars on Hee Haw.

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Speaking of Hee Haw, I still remember my favorite song from the show--I know all the lyrics and it cracks me up to this day!

purplethunder3121 said:

Wow, I don't remember her from Hee Haw at all, which I loved as a little kid.

The video quality isn't that clear, but that's Barbi sitting on a barrel on the left

That's her in the front row on the right, sitting on Cathy Baker's leg.

purplethunder3121 said:

Speaking of Hee Haw, I still remember my favorite song from the show--I know all the lyrics and it cracks me up to this day!

Mine is "Where oh where are you tonight, why did you leave me here all alone..."

MickyDolenz said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Speaking of Hee Haw, I still remember my favorite song from the show--I know all the lyrics and it cracks me up to this day!

Mine is "Where oh where are you tonight, why did you leave me here all alone..."

Oh gawd, yeah! How could I forget that one ..my friends and I used to sing that to each other and then fall down on the floor cracking up...

Man, this reminds me of when (true story!) I wrote, sang, and recorded an original song of mine on tape and sold it for $50 when I was a teenager to a manager/promoter (who was the real thing but turned out to be a crook as well). The song, out of all the ones I had available, was a song poking fun at country music at the height of the disco age--but it was the one song that was taken seriously that I sold. LMAO

purplethunder3121 said:

Man, this reminds me of when (true story!) I wrote, sang, and recorded an original song of mine on tape and sold it for $50 when I was a teenager to a manager/promoter (who was the real thing but turned out to be a crook as well). The song, out of all the ones I had available, was a song poking fun at country music at the height of the disco age--but it was the one song that was taken seriously that I sold. LMAO

John Travolta was in all the crazes of that era. Grease had the Happy Days/Sha Na Na/American Grafitti 1950s thing, Saturday Night Fever was disco, and Urban Cowboy took care of the country.

purplethunder3121 said:

BTW don't get me wrong, I love good country music--one of my favorite albums from last year was by Roseanne Cash--The River and The Thread--that's on constant rotation these days.

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purplethunder3121 said:

BTW don't get me wrong, I love good country music--one of my favorite albums from last year was by Roseanne Cash--The River and The Thread--that's on constant rotation these days.

There's a newer singer named Tami Neilson that I like. She's supposed to have a new album coming out next month called Dynamite! on both CD & vinyl.

MickyDolenz said:

purplethunder3121 said:

BTW don't get me wrong, I love good country music--one of my favorite albums from last year was by Roseanne Cash--The River and The Thread--that's on constant rotation these days.

There's a newer singer named Tami Neilson that I like. She's supposed to have a new album coming out next month called Dynamite! on both CD & vinyl.

I'll check it out. Have you listened to The River & The Thread? I'm listening to it now...

purplethunder3121 said:

I'll check it out. Have you listened to The River & The Thread? I'm listening to it now...

No, I haven't heard it.

purplethunder3121 said:

warning2all said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Wow, now you're travelling in the waaaaaaayyyyyyy back machine! I remember Barbi Benton from dating Hugh Hefner, centerfolds, and countless episodes of Love Boat. Didn't her character date Gopher at some point?

She was pretending to be French, with her friend, to attract men- Gopher fawned over her. AOA is disappointing

What's AOA?

MickyDolenz said:

warning2all said:

purplethunder3121 said: She was pretending to be French, with her friend, to attract men- Gopher fawned over her. AOA is disappointing

What's AOA?

Prince's new album Art Official Age.

purplethunder3121 said:

MickyDolenz said:

What's AOA?

Prince's new album Art Official Age.

Haven't heard it, but what does that have to do with The Love Boat?

MickyDolenz said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Prince's new album Art Official Age.

Haven't heard it, but what does that have to do with The Love Boat?

Absolutely nothing.