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The Porter Wagoner Show No. 254
Porter reaches back into his catalog for a great older number, playing guitar and singing 1961's "Everything She Touches Gets The Blues" accompanied by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 254
Porter introduces gap-toothed rube comedian Speck Rhodes: "There's a lot of comedians in our business, a lot of funny people. And then there's Speck." Speck ambles in wearing his usual checkered suit and bowler hat and tells an unbelievably unfunny "joke." Then backed by The Wagonmasters, Speck sings his novelty song about winter underwear, "When It's Long Handle Time In Tennessee." Speck dances to Buck's banjo solo.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 254
Don Howser walks in to introduce the week's sacred number as being one of the show's most requested. With minimal backing by The Wagonmasters, Porter sits and recites the maudlin wartime narrative "You're Not Home Yet."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 254
Porter welcomes back the week's guest, Sergeant Bill Bodaford, who plays guitar and sings "I Want To Go With You" backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 254
Porter calls Dolly in to sing "Milwaukee Here I Come" with him, and they get almost all the way through the song before they run out of time. At one point Dolly accidentally steps on one of Porter's lines and he gives her a sharp look, and she just looks at the camera and winks. Then Porter wraps up the show, waving goodbye as The Wagonmasters play the instrumental show outro, Don Howser signs off, and Mack fiddles and dances us off the air. End title super reads: "Produced by Show Biz Inc. in cooperation with WSM-TV."
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Very odd MS white woman wearing mink coat & glittery black evening gown walking through TV studio with shampoo lather in hair; she's stopped by off-screen spokesman, looking startled. MS white woman (housewife) wearing dress, scrubbing floor while on her hands and knees. MS/CUs woman sprinkling cleaning compound on carpet, cleaning living room carpet with cleaning machine. CU vacuum cleaner cleaning carpet, picking up dirt. MS woman walking across clean carpet, plopping onto couch with good book. Panning MS clean carpet, legs of housewive wearing heels. Product shot. Boushelle logo with jingle: "To clean your rugs, call Boushelle, Franklin 4-5300."
TV Ads for Host Carpet Cleaner By Boushelle
MSs purty brunette standing in front of microphone in lighting studio, "On the Air" sign and placard for "Bouselle Franklin 4-5300" on wall in BG. Purty smiling brunette turns to cam, lip-synchs to jingle sung by male with deep voice, her eyes twitching and all aglow-- too funny.
TV Ads for E - Z Instant Pop Mix
Spot 1-- MCU white boy with blond buzzcut and white girl sitting beside each other, making quick, sudden, excited face. MS Mom pouring glasses of E-Z Pop. Card: E-Z Pop package, "Instant Drink Mix Only 5 cents."
TV Ads for E - Z Instant Pop Mix
Spot 2-- MCU woman pouring E-Z Pop powder mix into pitcher, mixing contents. Quick wide MS suburban mother sitting in backyard with her two kids, drinking EZ Pop. Card: Package "Only 5 cents."
TV Ads for Derusto
Spot 1-- CU stopwatch being held in hand of white man. MS pile of rusty household & gardening goods & toys being stacked, "Rust!" superimposed over pile. MCU man's hands holding small strips of metal. CU can of Derusto (resembles a can of paint). MS man applying white Derusto to wall with paint brush. MCU woman using aerosol spray can of Derusto on patio table. MS farmer applying Drusto paint to small, metal, crane-like apparatus. MS industrial worker wearing hard hat applying paint to beam with roller. MS display stand of Derusto, cardboard cut-out of woman holding two cans atop display, her arms moving back & forth. Tilting CU spray can and paint can of Derusto.
TV Ads for Derusto
Spot 2-- Panning MS metal carriage, snow shovel, dolly, shovel, fan (neg effect, blacks & whites inverted); revert to pos, zoom into Derusto paint and spray cans on step ladder. CU finger pointing to different shades of rust. MS aerosol Derusto being applied to patio table. MS farmer applying Derusto paint to tractor. MS industrial worker wearing hard hat applying it to beam with roller. Product shot of Derusto Galv-a-grip. MS/CUs display stand of Derusto.
TV Ads for Derusto
Spot 3-- CU of stopwatch being held in hand of white man; superimposed title reading "Stops rust in 5 minutes." CU can of Derusto. MCU aerosol spray can of Derusto being sprayed onto patio table. MS farmer applying Derusto paint to tractor. MS industrial worker wearing hard hat using roller on beam. Product shot of paint can and spray can of Derusto.
TV Ad for Enden Shampoo
Spot 1-- MS white male "scientist" examining test tubes at table in lighting studio. Product shots of Enden dandruff shampoo by Helene Curtis, one with superimposed title reading "Proved 99% Sure." CU fingers digging into product. MCU white man lathering hair, washing hair in shower. MS man combing hair, checking shoulders for dandruff, smiling when not finding any. MS young white woman lathering, washing hair, smiling as though she had not a care in the world. MS woman longingly combing hair with brush. Product shot of Enden dandruff treatment shampoos.
TV Ads for E - Z Instant Pop Mix
Spot 3-- Great MCU white boy and girl offering camera happy, eager, delighted expression; they look at each other. MS young, towheaded mother putting ice into glasses in kitchen while kids watch on. Illustration of E- Z Instant Pop package. High angle MCU pitcher of EZ Pop and ice cubes , filled glasses appearing on serving tray, forming circle around pitcher. MCUs woman making pitcher of EZ Pop: pouring instant mix into pitcher, followed by sugar in, stirring with large spoon. MCU woman pouring glasses in kitchen, kids watching. Nice MCU glasses labeled "Orange", "Grape", "Root Beer", "Black Cherry", "Raspberry" being magically filled with beverage. CU glasses with placard beside it: "Pink Lemonade" with star-faced clown. Wide MS three lawn chairs in sunny suburban backyard, boy & girl & blond mother entering frame, the girl jumping excitedly about; Mom serves drinks. MSs white kids drinking E-Z Pop. Product shot.
TV Ad for Enden Shampoo
Spot 2-- CU fingers digging into Enden dandruff shampoo. MCU white man lathering, washing hair in shower. Product shot with superimposed title: "Proved 99% Sure." Display with price of $1.50.
TV Ads for Melody Hill Wines
Spot 1-- Animation of sunrise over vineyard valley, the sun smiling & licking its lips while rising into the dawn sky. Illustration of happy young peasant woman picking grapes, zoom in to her overflowing basket. Dissolve to five grapes smiling eagerly. Live action product shot of Melody Hill wines in lighting studio. Animation of Melody Hill bottle spinning toward cam. CU Melody Hill Wine label.
TV Ads for Melody Hill Wines
Spot 2-- Dark MS white man and woman sitting in family room of home, the man raising a 16mm film camera. Darkness. Dark MCU Meldoy Hill bottle on arm of chair. Animation of five grapes talking to cam. Product shot of Melody Hill wine flavors. CU wine label. (This appears to be the workprint of a Melody Hill wine ad, hence the gaps in sound.)
TV Ads for Chesty Potato Chips
Spot 1-- Fairly crude B&W animation of safari hunter and lion, the lion trying to take a bite out of the aristocratic hunter, who tames lion with bag of Chesty Potato Chips, the lion meowing like a kitten at outset.
TV Ads for Chesty Potato Chips
Spot 2-- Fairly crude B&W animation of football player posing, removing helmet to reveal bag of Chesty Potato Chips on his pate. An errant football whacks him on the noggin; he falls.
TV Ads for Chesty Potato Chips
Spot 3-- Fairly crude B&W animation of bald, goateed scientist working with test tube in laboratory; he mixes something in mortar and pestle, induces explosion. Nice animation of explosion.
TV Ads for Chesty Potato Chips
DO NOT SELL: Spot 4-- high angle TLS college football game, running back being handed ball, running up gaping hole in center, scoring touchdown (off-tackle counter 15 yards for TD). High angle TLS Brooklyn Dodgers legend JACKIE ROBINSON (no. 42) batting, getting hit, running to first base. Shots of boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson knocking foe down, golfer teeing off, female swimmer making turn in pool, horse race, hockey face-off and horrible air ball baskbetball skyhook over superimposed graphics of "Your Chesty Sports Parade is on the Air. Presented by Your Chesty Dealers Everywhere" TLS golfer teeing off (graphic still on-screen). Woman swimmer tags side of pool after lap.
TV Ads for Chesty Potato Chips
Spot 5-- fairly crude B&W animation of Latin Lover with French accent wooing buxom woman. He then praises Chesty Potato Chips and kisses a potato chip bag.
TV Ads for Dutch Kitchen Cleanser
Spot 1-- Kinescope. MS white woman standing at kitchen counter with can of Dutch Kitchen Cleanser, talking to cam: "Think all cleansers are pretty much all alike?" CU woman lifting can from counter, revealing rust ring, pan to Dutch brand, no rust ring (note the word "Plastic" on bottom of can). MS woman demonstrating product on dish in sink. Product shot with superimposed title: "Free SweetHeart Soap with Dutch Cleanser."
TV Ads for Dutch Kitchen Cleanser
Spot 2-- Kinescope. MS white spokeswoman talking to camera: "Remember the Old Dutch girl? In grandma's day she cleaned the best. And for two generations, she looked like this." CU Old Dutch Cleanser can depicting old, bent-over, haggard woman. CU new Dutch Cleanser with sprightly babe on the can. MCU spokeswoman announcing that this is the first cleaner with a plastic top and bottom on the can. MCU woman removing used teabag from counter, demonstrates cleanser on counter top, wiping away stain with sponge. Product shot with superimposed title: "Free Sweetheart Soap with Dutch Cleanser."