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The Porter Wagoner Show No. 102
Porter introduces gap-toothed comedian Speck Rhodes, who enters wearing his trademark checkered suit with bow tie and bowler hat. Rhodes tells a little joke about why George won't golf with him anymore, then sings the corny old-fashioned novelty number "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes, Wherever She Is," backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 102
Don Warden strolls in and plugs the show's souvenir booklet #4, "The Porter Wagoner Show Hits The Road!", containing songs and stories and pictures. It can be yours for only fifty cents by mail.
Tito Arrives In Athens
Troops Reviewed. Man in suit walks past local dignitaries and military shaking hands. Shot of white uniformed soldiers standing at attention. Military offical reviews troops. A man films the official reviewing the troops. CU soldier standing at attention with gun on his shoulder. Another shot of official saluting troops while walking by. Shot of flags waving. Soldiers march in formation.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 102
In front of a backdrop onto which are projected a panorama of clouds at sunset, Porter recites his oft-requested rendition of Hank Williams' "Luke The Drifter" number "Men With Broken Hearts," backed by The Wagonmasters. Nice shot wherein two different angles of Porter are superimposed one upon another.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 102
Porter reintroduces Ernest Ashworth, who plays guitar and sings "The DJ Cried" backed by The Wagonmasters. CU Don's steel guitar.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 102
Porter wraps up the show. As the Wagonmasters play instrumental show outro and announcer signs off, Wagoner shakes hands with Norma Jean and Ernie, then waves goodbye as Magaha dances and fiddles us off the air. End title super reads: "A Show Biz Production," and for an instant we catch a glimpse of Porter putting Speck's hat on Mack while he fiddles, making him look like the leprechaun from the Lucky Charms commercials.
True Vow Keepers Club - Couples Married for 50 Years or More
True Vow Keepers Club - Couples Married for 50 Years or More Large group of older couples stand outside a building. Shots of the crowd. Shots of three older couples. CU of woman wearing a hat. Shot of another couple. Old man wears a hat with large stars dangling. Couple wears strange hats. The old man wears a light colored top hat and the old woman wears a hat of flowers. Old man in suit and black top hat kisses an old woman wearing a hat with roses in the front.
Graduation at Annapolis
Graduation. Man addresses graduation class. Shots of middies in their white uniforms. Shot of people watching ceremony. Shot of paked auditorium. Shots of a naval graduate recieving his diploma. Pan from from graduates being awarded diplomas to those waiting in line at the base of the stage. Shot of ceremony from stage. Shot of audience. Middie holds up an anchor. The graduated middies give three cheers and throw their caps up into the air.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 104
Promo for Porter Wagoner Show #104 with special guests The Glaser Brothers. Spot opens with the Glasers singing a verse of "The Lover's Farewell." The camera pulls out to reveal Porter, who says "That's The Glaser Brothers, they're our special guests this week on the Porter Wagoner Show. You and the family join us here on this channel, won't you?"
Maple Heights Demonstration
This segment pertains to local community members showing support to striking area teachers. The clip begins with a large group of people demonstrating support in front of the Maple Heights Senior High School. Many people line the street with large posters and signs. Cars pass in front of the camera and honk their horns. CU of a baby buggy that has a handwritten sign on the side of it that reads "Help Me Get To Kindergarten". View of a line of supporters who are walking back and forth, carrying signs and singing. Closer views of supporters with signs. The group is made up of Caucasian men, women and children. Interview with a slick looking man dressed in a suit & tie. He talks about the strike and the support the teachers are reveiving. More shots of supporters in front of the school, cars drive by and honk horns.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 104
Introduction to Porter Wagoner show #104. 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 accompanied by The Wagonmasters, plays guitar and sings "Y'all Come" from his 1963 album of the same name. Porter asks the audience to help him out with the call-and-response chorus. CU Mack's fiddle solo and Buck's rock 'n roll banjo.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 104
Porter introduces "his favorite trio" (outside of The Wagonmasters, naturally), Tompall, Chuck, and Jim, The Glaser Brothers. Like Waylon Jennings' appearance a few episodes back, the clean-cut Tompall Glaser seen here is still a ways off from the "outlaw" image he would cultivate a few years down the road. Backed by The Wagonmasters, the brothers play guitar and sing a number Tom co-wrote with Harlan Howard, "The Streets Of Baltimore."
Saxbe Re:Watergate Effects
Several shots of William Saxbe seated behind a desk in an office environment. A houseplant is in the back corner, there are framed paintings hanging on the wall. CU of Saxbe as he talks about the flaws in the current government. He states "There is no question in my mind that the ability to act is seriously impaired. If for no other reason, the fact that nothing is happening". Saxbe pounds his fist on the table when he states this last comment. He goes on to talk about all of the vacancies in various governmental positions. "The ability to just carry on normal day to day business is seriously impaired because there's no people."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 104
Mack Magaha fiddles us out of the commercial break on an instrumental version of "Shady Grove," joined soon thereafter on a typically rip-snortin' banjo solo by Buck Trent. Porter comes back at the end of the number and announces it, then brings Mack back just as he's walking off. Porter pulls something out of Mack's back pocket that turns out to be a cleaning tag, apparently a prank by the rest of the boys. "These boys in the band, they always hangin' somethin' on Mack," Porter says. "The other day he come on the show and I looked and he had a tag tied on his back, said 'for sale'."
Attempt at 4 Minute Mile
Sprinting. Race begins when starter fires gun. Shots of young men running down track. Starter fires gun just as # 3 gets to finish line and he passes camera and into the press. Shot of crowd jumping and cheering. A man hugs the younger man. The back of the jacket he is wearing says Kansas Olympic Team 1952. Young is talking to someone out of niew.
Wild Horses Round Up
Wild Horses Round Up Horses run into corral. Closer shot of stampeding horses. Shot of mare and foal walking. Men try to herd horses. Closer shot of moving horses. Men separate horses into groups. Several men surround and catch one horse. Thin legged foal runs along side the enclosure fence towards camera. Shot of audience watching horses being corralled. CU of horse being held down and bridled. Bridled horse pulls away from man holding his rope. Audience looks at two horses tied to the corral fence. Two men discuss horse # 25. Shot of mare and foal.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 104
Porter introduces Pretty Miss Norma Jean, who plays guitar and sings a cover of Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," backed by The Wagonmasters. The band comes in early, stepping on Norma's own introduction to her song. MCU Mack Magaha fiddling.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 104
Backed by The Wagonmasters, Porter plays guitar and sings "Bride's Bouquet" from his 1965 LP "The Thin Man From West Plains."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 104
Porter introduces gap-toothed comedian Speck Rhodes who enters wearing his trademark checkered suit with bow tie and bowler hat. Speck tells a corny joke about why he got a black eye, then sings "I Wish I Was In Arkansas A-Settin' On A Rail," or "Stop That Ticklin' Me," backed by The Wagonmasters. Rhodes "dances" (twists, gyrates, whatever you'd want to call it) to Buck's banjo playing. At the end, Speck plugs the show's souvenir booklet #4, "The Porter Wagoner Show Hits The Road!", containing songs and stories and pictures. It can be yours for only fifty cents by mail. And make sure to print your return address clearly cuz Speck can't see so good.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 104
Porter introduces the week's sacred song as a number he had out as a single, "one of the old time shout numbers" "When I Reach That City." Though the record featured The Blackwood Brothers, on this rendition Porter is joined only by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 104
Porter reintroduces his Opry buddies The Glaser Brothers. Backed by The Wagonmasters, the brothers play guitar and harmonize on their new MGM recording, "The Last Thing On My Mind." Afterwards, Porter makes a joke a joke about Jim singing the low part, and Jim replies "Yes, I sure do, Porter" in a cartoon falsetto.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 104
Porter says that although a different number was rehearsed, someone in the studio requested "Let Me Down Easy," so the brothers oblige with a lovely rendition, backed as before by The Wagonmasters. Porter comes back and quotes Speck, saying that "If they sung any closer harmony, they'd be on the other side of it."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 104
Porter wraps up the show. As the Wagonmasters play instrumental show outro and announcer signs off, Wagoner shakes hands with Norma Jean and The Glasers, then waves goodbye as Magaha dances and fiddles us off the air. End title super reads: "A Show Biz Production," and for an instant we catch a glimpse of Porter putting Speck's hat on Mack while he fiddles, making him look like the leprechaun from the Lucky Charms commercials.
Golden Age Movie Club Launched
Golden Age Movie Club Launched 3 older Caucasian men in suits walk down steps of building, shake hands with other gentlemen at the bottom of the stairs. One man hands item to another man. CU of hands holding the item; it says, in part: This Theatre Is a Member of Golden Age Movie Club. For Senior Citizens 60 Years of Age Plus. Man hands wallet-sized cards to two men. Two men outside building with the words Mary Manning Walsh written on the awning, and a cross above it. A nun in habit comes out and the men shake hands with her. Interior, two men sit and look at two women (one is a nun) and another older gentleman. One of the men hands something to each of the others. Interior box office looking over shoulder of employee at pedestrian and auto traffic outside. Sign in B.O. window for the Golden Age Movie Club. Man in suit shakes hands with women walking past box office (moviegoers, perhaps), then walks along past the camera with the last woman. (Did he just pick her up?)