 Ralph fell in love with the little puppet and later made him his co-host on "Nashville Now".Shotgun Red went on to appear on the television variety show "Hee Haw" regularly for ten years and host The Nashville Network's music video show "Country Clips" for six years.He also hosted his very own television show for RFDTV for four seasons called "The Shotgun Red Variety Show" 2011-2014.