Monitor: Three Days of Peace, Music and Hee Haw

Three Days of Peace, Music and Hee Haw

| Although coverage of the 25th anniversary of Woodstock may make it seem as if everyone in America under 30 was digging Jimi and Janis in the rain, in reality there were but 400,000 revelers at Max Yasgur's farm. So what was the rest of America doing? A sampling of less historic entertainments enjoyed on the weekend of Aug. 15-17, 1969:

Top-Grossing Movies

1. Goodbye Columbus

2. The Wild Bunch

3. Midnight Cowboy

4. Castle Keep

5. Popi

Highest-Rated Weekend TV Shows

1. Hee Haw

2. Mission: Impossible

3. Singer Presents Elvis

4. The Johnny Cash Show

4. The Newlywed Game

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