Junior Samples (real name Alvin Samples, Jr.) (April 10, 1926 - November 13, 1983) was an United States comedian best known for his 14-year run as a cast member of the TV show ''Hee Haw''. Samples (born in Cumming, Georgia) was a stock car racing driver who went on the radio at the age of 40, and told a story about catching the largest fish ever seen in his home town. The story was a humorous fraud, and the recording of this radio story became a best-selling novelty record. He was asked to become part of the 1969 cast of ''Hee Haw'', and created a bumbling personality -- he often slurred his way through delivery, messing up jokes and forgetting lines -- more in line with Andy Kaufman or GG Allin than traditional comedy. In this way, Samples did much to contribute to the post-Laugh In surrealist comedy of the show, with its strange combination of absurdist kitsch and down-home non-sequitors. The gigantic Samples, whose weight sometimes neared 400 pounds, was on ''Hee Haw'' for 14 years, until he died of a heart attack at the age of 57 in 1983. He was nominated for two Comedian of the Year Awards from the Country Music Awards in 1969 and 1970, and released a number of other comedy albums. 1926 births 1983 deaths U.S. comedians
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Junior Samples (real name Alvin Samples, Jr.) (April 10, 1926 - November 13, 1983) was an United States comedian best known for his 14-year run as a cast member of the TV show ''Hee Haw''. Samples (born in Cumming, Georgia) was a stock car racing driver who went on the radio at the age of 40, and told a story about catching the largest fish ever seen in his home town. The story was a humorous fraud, and the recording of this radio story became a best-selling novelty record. He was asked to become part of the 1969 cast of ''Hee Haw'', and created a bumbling personality -- he often slurred his way through delivery, messing up jokes and forgetting lines -- more in line with Andy Kaufman or GG Allin than traditional comedy. In this way, Samples did much to contribute to the post-Laugh In surrealist comedy of the show, with its strange combination of absurdist kitsch and down-home non-sequitors. The gigantic Samples, whose weight sometimes neared 400 pounds, was on ''Hee Haw'' for 14 years, until he died of a heart attack at the age of 57 in 1983. He was nominated for two Comedian of the Year Awards from the Country Music Awards in 1969 and 1970, and released a number of other comedy albums. 1926 births 1983 deaths U.S. comedians
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