Caption: Still of Archie Campbell, Roy Clark, Grandpa Jones, Buck Owens, Junior Samples, Stringbean and Gordie Tapp 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 A recording of Junior's tall tales, originally made for a radio program, was heard by Chet Atkins, who, in turn, introduced him to country music comedian Archie Campbell.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,...