Archie Campbell's Home Movie 1955

Archie Campbell's home movie, featuring Bonaparte's Retreat, was shot in 1953 in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Footage courtesy of the Archie Campbell Estate.

About Archie Campbell:

Archie Campbell was an American writer and star of Hee Haw, a popular long-running country-flavored network television variety show. He was also a recording artist with several hits on the RCA label in the 1960s.

In 1969 Archie joined HEE HAW as a writer and cast member. From the show's inception, Archie was the comedic foundation of some of its most popular skits and characters: the gregarious barber spinning yarns to a shop full of customers, the quack doctor, and the gavel-pounding judge. Some of his better-known stories were his clever spoonerisms: "Rincercella," "Beeping Sleauty," and "Pee Little Thrigs." In "Pfft! You Was Gone," it was always fun to see who would deliver the bigger raspberry: Archie or Gordie.

November 7, 1914 – August 29, 1987