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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social

Wow doing some research on a thing that tangentially touches on "Hee Haw" and there are like a bazillion obviously AI- generated "films" about the dark secrets of "Hee Haw" on YouTube — and presumably for every other TV show ever made. Truly we live in a time of abundance, thanks AI! 🫠

sep 1, 2025, 10:09 pm • 5 1

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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social

Still disturbed by this. Clearly I am naive but I was not expecting a mostly-forgotten Appalachia-shtick show from the 1970s to become smothered in AI slop, but it is too easy to produce and we are too dumb to stop it, I guess.

sep 2, 2025, 11:11 am • 4 0 • view
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social

I have used the greatest computational power in human history and recreated a 1977 grocery store newsstand in suburban Knoxville

Screenshot of YouTube queue with AI-generated films like: Shocking Secrets The Cast Of Hee Haw TV Series Tried To Hide Nostalgia Vibe Behind the scenes HEE HAW 1971: Shocking Secrets of... RetroTVMagic What REALLY Happened to Hager Twins After Hee Haw - TRAGIC... Golden Top Rewind Hee Haw Stars That Are Still Alive Recollection Road -Entertainment
sep 2, 2025, 5:58 pm • 2 0 • view
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William J. Meyer @bywilliamjmeyer.com

my grandparents watched it incessantly, the part I remember is the guy explaining what meal he would serve for dinner, never seen just described, and the off-screen audience (likely added in post?) making hungry noises of delight

sep 2, 2025, 6:05 pm • 1 0 • view
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social

all I remember is "people chew on wheat stalks?" and "why do the women have no shirts under those overalls?"

sep 2, 2025, 6:22 pm • 0 0 • view