Funny, all my family, including Aunts, Uncles on both sides loved LW and Hee Haw. Definitely a WW2 gen thing. That wholesome stuff resonated to folks that had been through some tough situations I’m sure. I also heard a story about a guy in Viet Nam who would go to a theatre and watch The Sound of Music to relieve his tension. He said during his deployment he watched it over 100 times. It helped him get through the ordeal.