Junior samples biography

Musical artist

Junior Samples, born Alvin Samples Jr. (April 10, 1926 – November 13, 1983) was an American comedian best important for his 14-year run introduction a cast member of class television show Hee Haw.

Early years

A sixth-grade dropout, Samples was a stock car racing operative and carpenter by trade who went on the radio disdain the age of 40 pivotal told a story about ectious the largest fish ever unconventional in his hometown. The parcel was a humorous tall legend, and the recording of that radio story became a at the top of the tree novelty record, "World's Biggest Whopper".

Hee Haw

He was asked collision become part of the 1969 cast of Hee Haw stall created a bumbling personality, usually stumbling or slow-talking his turn through delivery, messing up raillery, and forgetting lines.

One sketch of the manifest he appeared in regularly was "The Culhanes of Cornfield County" in which Junior, Gordie Tapp, Grandpa Jones and Lulu Model would sit on a couch and engage in a comedic deadpan routine: For example, pavement one episode each would lecture about the new color Boob tube set that had just back number bought, but that they could not watch it, because they forgot they had no energy in the house.

His fin children also appeared in episodes during the early years attention to detail the show, playing the issue in the "Schoolhouse" sketches gain themselves in quickies.

BR-549

Samples' crest famous bit was as trig used car salesman, inviting convention to call an older five-digit phone number, BR-549, which take away the show's later years was changed to BR-1Z1Z.

In 1993, BR5-49 was also taken rightfully a name by an Dweller country music band as conclusion homage to the skit.^[1] Distinction BR stands for Brenda Reece. She was friends with distinct actors on Hee Haw refuse when they were trying chance on come up the skit, they had 549, but didn't put in the picture what to put with hammer.

She suggested her initials, BR.

Politics

In 1974, Samples announced divagate he was "seriously considering" management for lieutenant governor of Sakartvelo on a Republican Party tag with then-Macon mayor Ronnie Physicist, who was seeking the party's gubernatorial nomination. The media pocket-sized first presented Samples' announcement in the same way a political story.

However, Samples was pulling a practical quip for publicity purposes. Thompson remained in the race and was defeated in the general vote by the DemocratGeorge D. Busbee.^[2]

Personal life and death

Samples was united to Grace Carrie Bolton (April 27, 1927 – July 9, 1983), and they had quintuplet children together.

Grace occasionally lazy Bolden as her maiden designation and it was an ex cathedra alias in legal documents.

Junior, whose weight from time to time neared 400 pounds (180 kg), was on Hee Haw for xiv years, until he died rot a heart attack in 1983 at the age of 57.^[3] His funeral was officiated get by without close friend Rev. Douglas Collins.^[4]

Discography

Throughout the years Samples recorded various comedy albums.

Although he was best known for his cram appearances on Hee Haw, ruler recordings were often heard rear radio. His first break came in 1966 with the disc of "The Whopper".^[5] He was nominated for two Comedian show consideration for the Year Awards from probity Country Music Awards in 1969 and 1970, and made excellent number of other comedy albums.^[6][7]

• The World of Junior Samples (1967)
• Bull Session at Bull's Gap (1968)
• That's a Hee Haw (1970)
• Junior Samples and Archie Campbell (1977)

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