Jun 15 1969

[datasuspect]

Hee Haw debuts on CBS television as a summer replacement for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. The country bumpkin musical comedy show quickly becomes an institution, airing weekly until its demise in December 1997.

Petros Philargos is elected Pope Alexander V by the Council of Pisa. This poses a certain amount of difficulty, as there already is a Pope in Rome, Gregory XII, and another in Avignon, Benedict XII. Ultimately, none of the three is willing to step down, leading the Chuch into a double schism.

[bicentennial_baby]

1. I loved Hee Haw when I was a kid

We used to get it on some station out of NH, this was before cable was really hug, just had 5 channels or so. Muppet Show, Hee Haw, now *that* was weekend evening television at its finest :D

[ET Awful]

3. But the Smothers Brothers were SOOOO much better.

:P

Yeah, I'm too young to have watched them, but I've seen clips, and they were farkin' hilarious (not to mention they had some pretty subversive anti-Vietnam War stuff going on in their show (which is why it was cancelled).

[madrchsod]

12. my friends would come over get higher than a kite

and watch the smothers bros and laugh our asses off...roll another when the music started

[meegbear]

6. Where oh where are you tonight?

Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over and I thought I'd found true love.
But you met another and PTHHP! you was gone.

[Joe Fields]

2. June 15, 1969 update....

I was playing 'doctor' with Monica Berry down in the basement of her parent's house. The examination was long and successful.

[meegbear]

7. Over 3 1/2 years old ...

was in 'Nam by September.

[enigmatic]

4. Oh man, Hee Haw

I was a little kid, but I loved that show, especially the 2 guys who sang,

"Where oh where are you tonight,
Why did you leave me here all alone
I looked the world over until I found true love
You met another and brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrppt!! you was gone...."

[madrchsod]

10. i`ll give you credit for actually admitting that you loved the show

..... i liked the hot country chicks on the show !

[enigmatic]

11. Well, that too

When I got a little older:D

[HughBeaumont]

5. I was two months and some change away from hatching.

[madrchsod]

8. june 15,1969

i was high....

[RoyGBiv]

9. I knew I was cursed ...

That must be why. Hee Haw replaces the Smother's Brothers on the day I was born.

Yeah ... that about sums it all up.

[krispos42]

13. A lot of birthdays on June 15th

Mary Carey, Neil Patrick Harris, Leah Remini, Ice Cube, Courteney Cox, Helen Hunt, Wade Boggs, Julie Hagerty, James Belushi, Jim Varney, and Mario Cuomo are the ones that jump out at me on Wikipedia

[TZ]

14. On June 15, 1969 I was...

exactly five days from being born. Interesting to hear about the current events of that particularly notable week for me!:)

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

15. Also on this day.....

The New York Mets make a key trade when they pick up Donn Clendenon from the Montreal Expos for Steve Renko and Kevin Collins.

Clendenon goes on to become the Most Valuable Player in the World Series that year as the Mets defeat the Baltimore Orioles in five games, securing the legend of the "Miracle Mets."

[Crabby Appleton]

16. 15 Jun 69 - I had been in 'Nam about 10 months nt