Caption: Still of Cathy Baker, Archie Campbell, Roy Clark, Jim Hager, Gunilla Hutton, Grandpa Jones, Buck Owens, Jeannine Riley, Lulu Roman, Junior Samples, Stringbean, Gordie Tapp and Mary Taylor in Hee Haw (1969)
Born: April 10, 1926
Star sign: Aries
Known for: Hee Haw (1969), The Merv Griffin Show (1962), The Hollywood Palace (1964), This Is Your Life (1971)
Source: IMDB
One of the most unlikely TV stars in history, Alvin Samples, Jr., was a carpenter by vocation and avid fisherman and teller of tall tales by avocation. A recording of Junior's tall tales, originally made for a radio program, was heard by Chet Atkins, who, in turn, introduced him to country music comedian Archie Campbell. The album the two men made,...