Minnie Pearl

Minnie Pearl (real name Sarah Cannon) was a comedian best known for her country humor and lengthy stints with The Grand Ole Opry and Hee Haw. Her trademarks included her "Howdeeee!" greeting and wearing a hat with a price tag dangling from it. She was a familiar TV presence through guest spots on various talk and variety series, including The Jimmy Dean Show.
==References==
*For the country music saturated The Muppet Show episode 521, Kermit opens with a "Howdeeee!"
* In the eighth Muppet Babies episode "Remote Control Cornballs," the star of The Sadie Hawkins Show utters a Minnie Pearl-style "Howdeeee!" as her opening greeting.
*In the third season Dinosaurs episode "Network Genius," one of the new smarter TV shows Economics Hoe-Down (spoofing Hee-Haw but broadcast from the Grand Ole Think Tank) features a Minnie Pearl caricature dinosaur (played by Julianne Buescher), complete with price tag on her hat.
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