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- ↑ The Tennessean. May 15, 1969. Hurst, Jack. “Set Girl Given Shot at Stardom”. On the Hee-Haw Wagon.
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly. February 7, 1992. Cagle, Jess. “Hee Haw at 23”.
- ↑ The Ledger. Ghianni, Tim. June 7, 2019. “Before CMA Fest, ‘Nashville,’ the Titans or Preds, there was Hee Haw”.