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Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the Great and their lovable, fuzzy cohorts are making their highly anticipated comeback with today’s release of the new movie “The Muppets.”

In honor of this momentous pop culture occasion, I’m featuring in this Wednesday Video Spotlight clips from the original “The Muppet Show” featuring Oklahoma celebrities. “The Muppet Show” aired from 1976-81, and Tulsa resident Roy Clark, Erick product Roger Miller and Tulsa native Tony Randall all hosted the show in various episodes.

To read my “The …

Checotah native Carrie Underwood performs " All-American Girl" during the 2008 CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn. (AP file)

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. To see the second part of my column in which I reveal my top 10 Oklahoma country songs, click here.

BAM column: State website counts down the top 100 Oklahoma country songs
OklahomaRock.com is unveiling the list throughout the month of August.

In 1922, fiddlers “Uncle Henry” Gilliland of Altus and Alexander “Eck” Robertson of Borger, Texas, traveled to New York City …

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From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

BAM column: Roy Clark keeps pickin’ and grinnin’
The Country Music Hall of Famer and longtime Tulsan will play hits and fan favorites, spin stories and maybe even imitate Johnny Cash when he plays Saturday at Rose State Performing Arts Theatre in Midwest City.

By the time he was 17 years old, Roy Clark had already won two national banjo championships, made his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry and traded a promising potential …

Roy Clark (AP file)

NASHVILLE – The Country Music Association has released a comprehensive list of the acts playing at the massive 2011 CMA Music Festival, and Oklahoma will be represented by Country Music Hall of Famer Roy Clark, actor/singer/songwriter Christian Kane and singer-songwriter Wade Hayes.

As previously announced, among the stars playing the festival’s premier venue, LP Field, will be Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire and Rascal Flatts, who all have Oklahoma ties.

At the festival, fans will hear performances from newly-signed artists, radio favorites, today’s superstars, legendary …

Roy Clark poses for a photograph as he sits in the new exhibit "Pickin' and Grinnin': Roy Clark, "Hee Haw" & Country Humor," at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City on Monday, May 2, 2011. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

From Tuesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman. To read other Oklahoma musicians’ memories of “Hee Haw,” click here.

Roy Clark keeps on “grinnin’”
The longtime Tulsa resident and Country Music Hall of Famer is honored in the Oklahoma History Center’s new exhibit “Pickin’ and Grinnin’: Roy Clark, ‘Hee

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The Oklahoma History Center is giving a “salute!” to the long-running country variety show with the new exhibition “Pickin’ and Grinnin’: Roy Clark, ‘Hee Haw’ & Country Humor,” which opens to the public Tuesday and will be on view for a year.

The 3,000-square-foot exhibit features recreations of the “Hee Haw” cornfield, barbershop and porch sets, spotlights the more than 40 Oklahoma stars who performed on the series, and traces the roots of the show’s rural humor back to 1920s tent shows …

Co-hosts Buck Owens, left, and Roy Clark, right, perform with other cast members during a taping of "Hee Haw" in 1986 in Nashville, Tenn. Shown between Owens and Clark is actor Ernest Borgnine, a guest on that episode. (AP File Photo)

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A version this story appears in Monday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.

Oklahoma History Center salutes “Hee Haw”
The new exhibit “Pickin’ and Grinnin’: Roy Clark, ‘Hee Haw’ & Country Humor” explores the legacy of the long-running country variety show.

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Country Music Hall of Famer and longtime Tulsa resident Roy Clark was honored today on the floor the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame recognized Clark as Oklahoma’s Music Ambassador for Children. State Rep. George Faught (R-Muskogee, where the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame is based) presented “the legend of pickin’ and grinnin’” with a commendation from Gov. Mary Fallin.

Roy Clark (AP file)

“Thank you, I never thought it would resort to this,” Clark cracked. “But then they said ‘Hee-Haw’ wouldn’t last. But we were …

Country Music Hall of Famer and Tulsa resident Roy Clark and Brad Paisley jam during Paisley's Nov. 20 concert at Tulsa's BOK Center. (Photo by Ben Enos)

Country Music Hall of Famer and Tulsa resident Roy Clark surprised Oklahoma music fans Nov. 20 when he joined superstar Brad Paisley on stage for a rare live performance. Paisley wrapped up his 2010 “H2O World Tour” with a concert at Tulsa’s BOK Center.

Clark made a special guest appearance to play an instrumental version of “Ghost Riders in the Sky” alongside Paisley, …

Country music sweethearts Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton, who live in Tishomingo, perform together during the 2010 CMA Music Festival. (Associated Press photos)

The CMA Music Festival hit an all-time record in 2010, selling out each night at LP Field, the venue for the nightly star-packed concerts, sending a strong message that Music City is back in business after the floods that devastated Nashville in May.

“This news is terrific for our community, our industry, and the artists who gave freely of their time over the past week to make …