The diving bell Facebook page and one for the Flooded Mine, are pages put together by someone else. I do have a Facebook page about the old Hee Haw show that was in Branson, and if you go to Facebook and type in "Hee Haw Theater, Branson, Missouri" it should pop right up.
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The "Burl Ives' America" link on the diving bell Facebook page is something I can tell you a little bit about. The half hour TV special aired in syndication in many midwest TV markets in 1978/79. The special was produced in spring of 1978, and was entirely shot at SDC. The theme of the show was how the hard work of the pioneers helped build America. The comic sub-plot was how Rube Dugan hired a big city lawyer fella to help him patient his diving bell. Zeke Hatfield and Sarie Ellen McCoy ride along when Rube takes the lawyer for a test run, and of course everything goes wrong. The geysers flood water, a leak develops in the roof of the structure, and Rube wrecks the submersible. Rube, Zeke, Sarie Ellen, and the lawyer all swim back to shore. I remember watching this special on Thanksgiving Day in 1978 on KYTV Channel 3 in Springfield. At the time, the diving bell was only a year old, and so the TV show helped promote the attraction and SDC. I wish that the PTB would release this special on DVD and sell it in the Hospitality House like they have done with the Beverly Hillbillies at SDC DVDs. Maybe someday!