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The Porter Wagoner Show No. 98
Porter introduces Grandpa Jones, who says "It just does me so much good to come and pick with you boys... they're such good musicians, they could play 'Shady Grove' in g flat minor with their hands in their pockets." Jones cracks Porter up with a story about how he dislocated his shoulder tryin' to catch a rooster that can't crow, which ended up with him putting "nine gallons of liniment" on the afflicted area. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Grandpa plays banjo and sings a pretty danged funny version of "The Bald-Headed End Of The Broom."
Alaska
MS two Alaskan Husky dogs barking vigorously while bridled to dogsled. Great subjective POV shot of dogs pullign dogsled along snowy trail (cam on sled). Nice subjective POV shot of snowmobile traveling along snowy path. TLSs Alaskan Husky dogs pulling sled. TLSs snowmobiles on snowy trail, one snowmobile pulling several kids on sled. Panning TLS dogsled team passing camera, setting sun in BG.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 98
With the camera starting on a tight close-up shot of his fiddle, Mack and the Wagonmasters play us out of the commercial break with "Yakety Axe," a sax-less version of Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 98
Porter introduces Pretty Miss Norma Jean, who seems delighted to have made good on her promise to pay tribute to Kitty Wells as she said she would on the last show. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Norma plays guitar and sings a cover of Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels." MCU Mack Magaha.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 98
Porter decides that since Norma's done so many of his songs, he should do one of hers for a change. Accompanied by The Wagonmasters, Porter plays guitar and sings a short version of "You're Driving Me Out Of My Mind."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 98
Porter introduces gap-toothed comedian Speck Rhodes, who makes call on old-time crank telephone wearing his trademark checkered suit with bow tie and bowler hat. The fake wall on which the phone is mounted looks like it's about to fall over as Speck winds up the phone, and ol' Speckle makes a little joke about it. Rhodes chats with fictional operator/girlfriend Sadie, asks to be connected with Doc Pullem, lets loose a slew of corny old fashioned jokes. At end of bit Don Warden returns and plugs the show's souvenir booklet #4, "The Porter Wagoner Show Hits The Road!", containing songs and pictures. It can be yours for only fifty cents by mail. Shot of graphic of an envelope addressed to Wagoner; the cameraman has a little trouble getting it in focus.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 98
Porter portentously introduces a song he says he's very proud to have had the opportunity to record. Sitting in front of an artfully lit plain backdrop and accompanied by The Wagonmasters, Porter sings/recites his latest single, "I Dreamed I Saw America On Her Knees." A somber song for a nation going though turbulent times. The number mentions people saying "God is dead," an apparent reference to the famous April 8, 1966 Time Magazine cover story that asked: "Is God Dead?"
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 98
Porter reintroduces Grandpa Jones, who ambles in and makes a crack about not wanting to step on Porter's "ninety dollar boots." Jones tells a long shaggy dog story about how his uncle surprised his aunt Martha.
Alaska
Nice TLS paddlewheel of steamboat on river; LS steamboat on river. TLS single engine plane parked beside house. Panning TLS several single-engine planes parked in field behind houses. Panning TLS single-engine seaplane taking off from lake, mountains in BG. Over the shoulder MS bush pilot in cockpit. Aerials scenic view from plane, mostly snowy mountains, though there is one nice shot of a rainbow over forest. Panning TLS Alaska Airlines commercial jet coming in for landing, passing cam. TLS Alaska State Ferry sailing on very misty lake. TLSs ferry gate lowering, ugly old camper van driving off. WLS train in country, traveling over bridge (Alaska Railroad). TLSs passenger train traveling, beautiful winter and spring scenes. MS camper & stationwagon boarding train platforms at Portage. LS train caravan. Nice shot train entering tunnel, cam mounted on side of train. LS train entering tunnel, lake in FG.
Alaska
Traveling TLS train in country, Mount McKinley in BG. Traveling shot of Mt. McKinley. Panning LS Mt. McKinley, soft late afternoon light. LS Mount McKinley. Panning WLS McKinley. Panning WLS Mount McKinley during sunset, dusk. MCU melting ice over stream. More Alaskan scenic beauty shots: snowy mountains, winter forest scenes, massive bluish iceberg, waterfalls. MS totem pole. Subjective POV shot husky dogs pulling dogsled. TLS whitewater rafting. LS steamboat on river. MCU two large heads of cabbage growing in patch. MS stretch of oil pipeline, cam under pipe, dawn. MS elderly Eskimo couple w/ grandchildren outside tent. Credits. Closing LS single engine plane landing in snowy field, twilight.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 98
Backed by The Wagonmasters, Grandpa plays guitar and sings "Eight More Miles To Louisville." Nice shots of Jones and Buck Trent during Buck's guitar solos.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 98
Since Buck's already got the capo on the guitar, Porter asks him to play a little bit of "Wildwood Flower," and Buck obliges until Porter has to wrap up the show. As the Wagonmasters play instrumental show outro and announcer signs off, Wagoner shakes hands with Norma Jean, then waves goodbye as Magaha fiddles and dances us off the air. End title super reads: "Produced by Show Biz in cooperation with WSM-TV."
We Proceeded On: The Expedition of Lewis & Clark
Excellent panning LS misty Missouri River, calm, serene, early morning. Panning LSs other parts of Missouri River, equally peaceful, no mist. Map of Western United States showing travel path of Lewis & Clark. Another scenic LS Missouri River. LS plain (prairie), zoom in to rainclouds forming in sky. Panning LS puffy clouds in blue sky, stop at bronze statue of Lewis & Clark facing away from cam. Credits.
We Proceeded On: The Expedition of Lewis & Clark
Archival illustration Americans celebrating the Louisiana Purchase. Map of United States showing Louisiana Purchase. Panning TLS several buffalo (bison) grazing on grassy inlet at Yosemite National Park. L/a MS statue of Thomas Jefferson, columns in BG; zoom in to MCU. Oil painting of Napoleon Bonaparte looking every bit the second coming of a Roman god. LS scenic beauty landscapes of wintry river & snowy mountains. Archival illustrations (separately) of Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, William Clark. LS/TLSs confluence of Mississippi & Missouri Rivers. Historical reenactment (recreation) of Lewis & Clark expedition starting out by boat upriver (1803): TLSs men steering, rowing boats, keelboat flying vintage American flag; MS wood rudder of boat moving in water; MSs bearded, long-haired young white man steering rudder; MS big black Newfoundland dog lolling tongue on boat, burly bearded white man in buckskin in BG; TLS keelboat sailing; MSs men steering with oars, then pulling boat along canal; l/a MS sail.
We Proceeded On: The Expedition of Lewis & Clark
MS shaggy, bearded white male hunter in buckskin walking through woods with old musket; MS hunter shooting firearm in woods. MS/CUs bronze statues of Meriwether Lewis (looking through spyglass telescope) & William Clark. Nice MS explorer writing in journal with quill. CU old compass in wood case being held by man. Historical reenactment of Lewis & Clark expedition: TLS/MSs keelboat on water, men rowing, vintage American flag flying. Map of Missouri & Mississippi Rivers, Camp Wood, St. Louis. Traveling shot limestone wall by river.
We Proceeded On: The Expedition of Lewis & Clark
TLS rainclouds in sky. TLS log (uprooted tree) floating downstream in river. Panning LS sandbar. Panning LS Council Bluff in Missouri. Archival illustrations of peaceful encounters between American Indians & Lewis and Clark. MCU large golden peace medal & beads on red blanket. Excellent LS sun setting over silhouetted mountains, rippling dark lake in FG. Panning LS silhouetted trees at dusk, stop at Charles Floyd monument; very pretty pastel sky.
We Proceeded On: The Expedition of Lewis & Clark
Panning TLS rolling hills. Panning TLS herd of buffalo (bison) grazing on grassland prairie; MS buffalo grazing by stream. Panning TLS several elk standing in river by shore. MSs prairie dog peeking from hole in ground. LS herd of prong-horn antelope on hill. Archival drawings and paintings of Teton Sioux American Indian tribe. Renenactment MS bearded, shaggy white male explorer aiming swivel gun, small torch in hand for lighting fuse. Illustrations of Lewis-Clark expedition. TLS/MSs earthen dome-shaped houses of the Mandan Indian tribe (recreation). Archival illustrations of Mandan Plains Indian tribe ceremonies & lifestyles. TLS/LSs Fort Mandan, moose antlers over main gate; shots of fort during winter & spring. Illustration of Mandan Indians touching bared chest of Clark's African servant (slave), York. CU bronze statue of York wearing hat, holding musket; MS York with Newfoundland dog. CU/MSs bronze statue of Shosone Indian guide, Sacagawea (Sacajawea). Historical reenactment TLSs keelboat sailing on Missouri River. MS bronze statue of Sacagawea with son Jean Baptiste in papoose; CU sleeping Jean Baptiste.
We Proceeded On: The Expedition of Lewis & Clark
Map of Missouri River, Ft. Mandan, Rocky Mountains. TLSs bends in Missouri River. TLS/LSs Fort Union, overcast day. Panning MS grizzly bear and cub wading through river. TLS light-haired grizzly bear walking on grassy hill. MS grizzly bear leaping & bounding rather comically in shallow river. TLSs scenic, dramatic weather-worn sandstone river bluffs & cliffs along the Missouri River. MS swarm of mosquitoes over bush near river. Panning MS large white puffs, perhaps pollen, floating in air.
We Proceeded On: The Expedition of Lewis & Clark
Historical reenactment of Lewis & Clark keelboat sailing on river. Archival illustration of Lewis, Clark, York, Sacagawea on cliff overlooking Missouri Falls. Great TLS/LSs Missouri Falls (waterfalls, cascades). MSs old birchbark canoe on primitive wagon/carriage. CU pricklypear cactus, sharp spines. Scenic TLS/LSs river canyon, gorge (The Gates of the Rocky Mountains). TLSs cliffs, river, Jefferson, Madison, Galiton Rivers. MS/CUs statue of Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea. TLSs Jefferson River, Beaverhead bend. LS Beaverhead Rock, Montana. Panning LS Lemhi Pass, Montana. Painting & illustration of Shosone Indians meeting with Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea.
Tower Building Contest with Blocks
Tower Building Contest with Blocks. Teachers try to build the tallest tower of building blocks. Shot of block filled bins moving on a conveyor. Three women look and choose blocks from bins. Men and women sit down at picnic tables covered with blocks. People build towers. Man building tower and some fall off the top. Older woman places block on top of her tower and it topples over. Older man sucuessfully puts a block on top of his tower. Young man places block on his tower and it collapses onto the table. Two women put a sticker saying BLOCKHEAD on his chest.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 100
Promo for Porter Wagoner Show #100 with special guest Jim Nesbitt. Spot opens with Nesbitt singing a few seconds of "Friendly Undertaker." The camera pulls out to reveal Porter, who says "That's Jim Nesbitt, and he's our special guest this week on the Porter Wagoner Show. Join us, right here on this channel."
We Proceeded On: The Expedition of Lewis & Clark
LSs Continental Divide near Lemhi Pass, Montana. Panning MS stream. TLS/LSs Lemhi & Salmon Rivers. Panning TLS rocky whitewater rapids. Panning TLS steep, rocky hill. TLSs Bitterroot River, Lolo Creek, Locksa River. Panning LS mountainous hills dotted by tall evergreen trees. MSs men in buckskins & long coats trudging through ankle-deep snow; subjective POV shot walk through snow in woods, over fallen tree. Illustration of Lewis & Clark exploring the snowy Bitterroot Mountains.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 100
Introduction to Porter Wagoner show #100. Program opens with Wagoner and Wagonmasters Speck Rhodes, Don Warden, and George McCormick as well as Norma Jean onscreen singing "Howdy Neighbor Howdy." Over title card decorated with drawing of Wagoner, announcer Hairl Hensley introduces Wagoner and The Wagonmasters, show regulars Speck Rhodes and Norma Jean, and "your favorite songs and stars of the Grand Ole Opry!" Wearing garish rhinestone-studded, western-themed Nudie suit, Wagoner welcomes audience, then backed by The Wagonmasters, plays guitar and sings a duet with Speck on Grandpa Jones' trademark number "Mountain Dew." MS Buck Trent banjo solo. After the duet Porter says "Teddy and Doyle Wilburn ain't nuthin', boys."
Avalanche of fish provIdes food and profits to jobless
Shaky - light and blurry in contrast and imagery Avalanche of fish provides food and profits to job-less. fishing, boats, nets