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TV Ads for Budweiser Beer
Spot 1-- Tilting CU flute glass being filled with sparkling beer, "Budwesier Anheuser-Busch" print on glass. MCU Budwesier bottle and glass.
TV Ads for Budweiser Beer
Spot 2-- MSs spokesman seated in chair in cramped family room setting touting the taste and quality of Budweiser beer. CU bottle being placed beside porcelain knicknack of Clydesdale horse.
TV Ads for Budweiser Beer
Spot 3-- MS spokesman standing next to grandfather clock in darkened lighting studio, touting distinctive taste of Budweiser beer. MCU glass flute being filled with Budweiser, foamy head rising.
TV Ads for Budweiser Beer
Repeat of Budweiser spot no 2.
TV Ads for Budweiser Beer
Repeat of Budweiser spot no 1.
TV Ads for Budweiser Beer
Repeat of Budweiser spot no 3.
TV Ads for Budweiser Beer
Repeat of Budweiser spot no 1.
TV Ads for Budweiser Beer
Repeat of Budweiser spot no 2.
Soul! EP 55 (413)
Show opens on CU of Bill Withers singing opening verse of "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone". Zoom out, dissolve to poet Mae Jackson reciting short poem.
Soul! EP 55 (413)
Soul! funky, opening title sequence. Announcer Gerry Bledsoe introduces guests over opening credits: Bill Withers, with Bernorce Blackman - Guitar, Melvin Dunlap - Bass, James Gadson - Drums; Mike Stokes - piano; "poetess" Mae Jackson; Mc Coy Tyner Quartet with McCoy Tyner - Piano; Sonny Fortune - Reeds, Calvin Hill - bass, Al Mouzon - drums. Bledsoe introduces show host, producer Ellis Haizlip.
Auto Assembly Line
TLS assembly line, men working on chassis as body of slick red Plymouth Belvedere two-door hardtop sedan is lowered via crane. MS young white man operating line control, adjusting lever as cars pass in FG. TLS man working on engine of powder blue Plymouth Belvedere sedan traveling along assembly line, body being lowered over him; note that another man works on the chassis from the pit below. MSs engine being bolted to chassis. MSs men fastening hoods to Plymouth Belvederes. DOF TLS row of cars parked off assembly line, hoods open, men working on engines. MS man manning assembly line controls as Belvederes pass in FG.
Soul! EP 55 (413)
MS Haizlip seated, introduces himself and references the previous two shows (conversation between Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin). He quotes a statement Baldwin made about how the black experience in America has been communicated and handed down through words, music and song and how tonight's show is yet another demonstration of that ability. He introduces each artist - CU of each one as he describes them: poet Mae Jackson as a poet of "essential and celestial strength", Bill Withers, a "master of an art that is down to earth, for real and what we are all about as a people", and the McCoy Tyner quartet - "4 exciting interpreters of the black experience".
Soul! EP 55 (413)
CU McCoy Tyner at piano with small flute or piccolo -quartet plays. Tyner switches to piano. Good shots throughout performance: MS of individual and pairs of musicians. WS of quartet, Zooms in and out to and from musicians playing. CUs during solos.
Soul! EP 55 (413)
Cam pans over to MS Mae Jackson, seated. She recites several poems (not yet identified).
Auto Assembly Line
Nice hazy MS white man working on car engines in automobile factory. MS two white men working on brake discs. Sideview MCU oil pouring over fan. MS men attaching hood to Plymouth Belvedere. Great TLS shiny, new and extremely colorful Plymouth Belvedere cars driving into parking lot outside automobile factory filled with shiny new and extremely colorful Plymouth Belvederes. MS yellow body of Belvedere being lowered to chassis while worker makes adjustments between the two piece. MSs workers attaching hood to Belvedere. MS workers on chassis. Out of focus MS two men working under hood of assembled Belvedere. Great hazy MS two men lowering engine, bolting it down.
Soul! EP 55 (413)
Cam pans to Ellis Haizlip, seated as Bill Withers approaches and sits with him to be interviewed. Haizlip thanks Mae Jackson and then interviews Withers. Withers explains that his from Slab Fork West Virginia and wasn't really interested in music while growing up. Was interested in getting out of his town. Wasn't interested in music until he was 30 years old. Explains that when he first recorded he was allowed to do what he wanted to do which wasn't how things typically happened. Credits Booker T with helping him get his record made. Talks about how he shopped his record around Hollywood first but they wanted to change it so he left. Leads to discussion about he work he did for Boeing, making and installing toilets on 747 airplanes - says that he installed cameras on those toilets. They discuss whether that is a greater revolutionary act that Withers' singing. Withers states "I don't have any education other than the kind you get just walkin' around". Talks about his approach to singing - that he wanted to say something that hadn't been said before. Ellis mentions "Grandma's Hands" and "Saturday Night in Harlem" as outlining the black experience, and asks about future recordings. Withers states that his latest record "Still Bill" will be out in about a week. Ellis asks him about his future, Withers replies that he's "having fun" with what he's doing, not letting anyone "dress me up - put me into uniforms...I keep it at a very personal level where it's fun."..." We try to keep it soft and loose and kinda for real - I'm sick and tired of people singing 'I love you' with both arms up in the air." Ellis asks why he talks before his songs, comments that 'the rap' is pure poetry. Withers says he just does it - likes to relate to everybody there. Ellis asks how much his upbringing affects his songwriting, Withers answers that the kind of person that you are has an influence on everything you do . He elaborates on that, Ellis wraps up interview, and introduces McCoy Tyner Quartet again.
Soul! EP 55 (413)
Ellis Haizlip introduces the McCoy Tyner Quartet. MS Tyner at Piano, plays solo for about 3 minutes, then rest of the group joins in. Good close shots of individual and pairs of musicians. Each gets to solo.
Rollermatic Multi-Purpose Roller Brush
MS spotlight traveling across drawn curtain, spokesman stepping out to sparse applause. "Hello, friends. What you are going to see next is a brand new do-it yourself idea." Man steps into conveniently located closet, demonstrates how a friend of his expanded storage capacity; hammers two notched cuts of wood into sides of closet, raising rod to higher notch. Do-it-yourself tips. Diss ot man entering another room, talking to cam about the pains of interior decorating & "the greatest energy-saver you've ever seen. The nice thing about it is it doesn't require any skill to use it. It has many uses for the ladies around the house. And men, you'll use it for dozens of different things that I'm going to show you." Demonstrates roller that you fill with paint, not dip. "There's no hard work. You're not brushing it on, you're rolling it on." MS spokesman placing cut-out pattern stencils of clowns on roller, then painting on sheet of drywall on table; CU clown pattern paint job; MS man using woodgrain print cut-out stencil, painting beside clown design.
Soul! EP 55 (413)
MS audience clapping, dissolves to Ellis Haizlip. He introduces Mae Jackson again, says Bill Withers will performs again and credits the still photographs in the show (during performance of "Grandma's Hands" to Chester Higgins Jr. Cam pans to Mae Jackson. She recites poem (not yet identified).
Soul! EP 55 (413)
Bill Withers introduces, performs "Grandma's Hands." (DO NOT USE montage of black and white still photographs by Chester Higgins, Jr.)
Soul! EP 55 (413)
Bill Withers performs "Grits Ain't Groceries'
Rollermatic Multi-Purpose Roller Brush
MCU paint roller across wall. MCU paint roller on sheets of wood, flat metal, linoleum, brick and wallpaper (note to the kids at home: never paint over wallpaper). MS spokesman talking to cam: "And now watch this unbelieveable test with this filled roller." Without contact, man thrusts roller across sleeve of suit, nary a paint fleck staining his jacket. "Not a splash, not a splatter." MS man inserting mop stick into roller. MSs happy white woman with butch haircut roller-painting ceiling. TLS happy woman painting wobbly wall with roller. Panning MCU disassembled parts of roller on table. MS tired & sweaty yet somewhat happy woman washing floor on hands and knees with a rag. MS woman waxing floor with roller-- much easier to clean floor with a roller and handle. MS woman polishing furniture with roller. MSs woman filling roller with glass wax, washing window. MS spokesman standing in kitchen: "By now you're saying to yourself, how much is that labor saver and where can I get it? Well, this model is not for sale in your stores yet. But during our special advertising offer which may be discontinued at any time, you can get yours for only $3.95." "Just call the number you're about to hear." COD payment only.
Soul! EP 55 (413)
Bill Withers performs "Saturday Nights in Harlem." Closing credits over song, fades out.
1950s - Scotland Scenic Travelogue - Braes O' Balquhidder
VS of lake and mountain views. Braes O' Balquhidder. Grave site of Scottish hero Robert Roy MacGregor; close-ups of grave plaques for Rob Roy and Helen Mary, Widow of Rob Roy.