The Junior Samples Centennial
Born 100 years ago today Alvin Monroe Samples (1926-1983), a.k.a. “Junior” Samples. The entirety of Samples’ national fame rested on his employment on the country music and comedy variety show Hee Haw from 1969 until his death in 1983. Samples was ostensibly a non-actor, cast for his authenticity as a Georgia cracker, although in reality […]