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...archaeological dig in Winnepsaugusaukeeswampscott, Massachusetts, site of early Puritan settlements, historians have found fragments resembling banjos, harmonicas, large gold-plated belt buckles and, most amazingly, several pages of an early Hee-Haw script written on parchment. This startling evidence shows that the Puritans, sober settlers of Boston and founders of Harvard, may have had some contact with honky-tonk...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: Achy-Breaky Harvard | 11/4/1997 | See Source »

...Haw script shows some early gems of Puritan "country" humor, including this bit: Earl: "Eddie, thy daughter is uglier than a possum with acne." Eddie: "It is predestined that she be so, to learn humility. Yeeeeeee-haw!" (Audience hangs Earl and Eddie for the sin of play-acting...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: Achy-Breaky Harvard | 11/4/1997 | See Source »

Running is certainly not a "yee-haw let's have a good time" recreational activity...

Author: By Chris W. Mcevoy, | Title: Fresh Ideas For Your Everyday Workout | 10/8/1997 | See Source »

Goose and Tom-Tom are by far the most realistic characters in the show. Goose is played with the same enthusiastic and endearing stupidity--but none of the goofy "Hee-Haw" type humor--that Amblad brought to last spring's "As You Like It." Lopez-Saenz gives an equally powerful performance as the darker, more haunted Tom-Tom. The camaraderie between the two actors, though bumbling and vulgarity-drenched, is excellent and rarely found in Harvard theater...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, | Title: Haunting 'Goose' Is Bizarre | 8/8/1997 | See Source »

...quickly and bumps into a freshly butchered pig. "The sight of Ned smacking himself with a slab of shoat struck Zeke as hilarious...Zeke's funny bone was easily tickled, and when he had downed a quart or two of whiskey, he found plenty to laugh about." Yee-haw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: WILD WARRIORS | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

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