If you were any kind of celeb in the 1970s and cultural touchstone Hee Haw requested your presence, then you obliged with a smile and your finest double-knits. So it was with Johnny Bench, who, even at age 24, proved to be through with Jim Croce cover songs before you knew what to do with Jim Croce cover songs.

Sure, perhaps he had the stilted dance moves of a marionette tethered to frozen strings. But as the end of the clip proves beyond all doubt, the ladies of Hee Haw were still consenting prisoners to the charms of Johnny Bench and his Aquaman pants.

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