"Hee Haw" 16x20 Matted Original Vintage Hand-Painted Animation Production Cel & Background from Opening Sequence

This lot includes an original hand-painted animation production cel with hand-painted background used in the production of the television show "Hee Haw". Three clear cels on a colored background. This is a one-of-a-kind piece. Matted to an overall size of 16" x 20".

HEE HAW 1969 Original Hand Painted Screen used Production Animation Cel. Produced by Playhouse Pictures for the opening of the show. Hand Painted Master Background: "Hee Haw" a mixture of music and comedy skits was a staple of syndicated television for more than 20 years; originally, the show had aired on CBS, but was canceled in 1971 because the network thought it was "too rural." A majority of each week's "Hee Haw" shows included a series of skits, blackouts and corny jokes; however, the meat of series came from its music. Each week, two or three country music stars guested usually one or two of the guests being well-established, the others newer and up-and-coming stars as well as bluegrass, country gospel and other acts, signers and musicians popular with country audiences. During the final segment of each show, the Hee Haw Gospel Quartet (through the mid-1980s, usually co-hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark, along with Kenny Price and Grandpa Jones) performed a gospel song. The shows were taped only a few weeks out of the year, usually weeks (and sometimes, months) in advance; that meant some of the short-lived "newer" acts had already lost their star...



The Hee Haw Donkey character was drawn on cels and laid over a static background painting. This reduces the number of times an image has to be redrawn and enables studios to split up the production process to different specialized teams. Using this assembly line way to animate has made it possible to produce films much more cost-effectively. The invention of the technique is generally attributed to Earl Hurd, who patented the process in 1914. The outline of the images are drawn on the front of the cel while colors are painted on the back to eliminate brushstrokes. Traditionally, the outlines were hand-inked.

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