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The Porter Wagoner Show No. 116
Introduction to Porter Wagoner show #116. Program opens with Wagoner and Wagonmasters Mack Magaha, Buck Trent, Speck Rhodes, Don Warden, and George McCormick as well as Norma Jean onscreen singing "Howdy Neighbor Howdy" in front of a barnyard set painted a glowing lime green. Over brightly colored title card decorated with drawing of Wagoner, announcer Don Howser exclaims: "And now, in color, it's The Porter Wagoner Show, starring Porter Wagoner and The Wagonmasters, with Speck Rhodes and Norma Jean, and special guest star Tex Ritter. Bringing you your favorite songs and stars of the Grand Ole Opry!" Howser enters and shakes hands with Porter, then introduces him by saying: "Here's a young man who's got a great philosophy of life called 'eat drink and be merry, 'cause tomorrow they might take up your credit card'." Wearing a dazzling rhinestone-studded red Nudie suit, Porter plays guitar and sings "Come On In" from 1963's "Y'all Come" LP. Porter is backed as always by The Wagonmasters, who wear equally flashy bright orange western outfits that make them look like radioactive carrots. MS of Buck and Mack as they trade hot licks on banjo and fiddle.
Golf
Golf. Two men tee off with spectators watching. Crowd begins to move to next hole. Man putts on the green and sinks it. More crowd movement. Another golfer, in dark pants, putts and sinks it in the hole. Shot of two men smiling. Older man holds a trophy while posing with the two men.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 116
Porter gushingly introduces "one of the great philosophers of our time, and one of the greatest men I've ever met," Tex Ritter. Wearing an understated tan suit, Tex sits on a stool, plucking a guitar and singing "Green Grow The Lilacs" backed by The Wagonmasters as well as his own guitarists Wayne Gray and another fellow whose identity is unknown. After the song Porter returns and talks about buying Ritter's greatest hits record, and Tex talks a bit about how they didn't recut any of the twenty-year-old tracks and says they must sound awfully dated by now.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 116
The Wagonmasters play us out of the commercial with a zesty little breakdown featuring Mack's fiddling. Wide shot of Buck, Mack, George and Speck, with Speck strutting around his bass.
Swimming Antics
Swimming Antics. Three shots of synchronized swimming in a circle formation. The last shot shows the swimmers all kicking inward at once. The water beomes very wavy. A monkey and a someone's feet try to stay on a rolling log in the pool. The mokey scampers around and finally jumps on the rope attached to the log and pool end. He leaps from the rope the pool end and someone picks him up. People do diving acrobatics. A guy leaps off the diving board backards. Two men in striped bathing suits grab his legs as he leaps off and all three go into the water. One guy runs up the back of two others, pigbacks himself to a man sitting on the shoulders of a third guy and they go over into the water. Two of the three remaining men turn back to back linking arms while the third guy runs up and grabs the uplifted legs. His momentum pushes them off the diving board into the water all jumbled up. Men play leapfrog off the diving board. Five men all dive into the water from diving board.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 116
Porter introduces Pretty Miss Norma Jean, saying he and Tex were just talking about how well-received her RCA records have been. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Norma plays guitar and sings "It's A Little More Like Heaven" from her 1964 LP "Let's Go All The Way."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 116
"I have a new album out titled 'The Soul Of A Convict,'" Porter says, "and it has twelve great prison songs in it." Porter talks about how he made a trip to the Tennessee state penitentiary, and how affected he was by meeting some of men incarcerated there, who made mistakes in life and now have to pay for them. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Porter plays guitar and sings a song from the album, "They're All Going Home But One."
Weather Cedar Point
This segment takes place at the Cedar Point Amusement Park located in Sandusky Ohio. It begins with a shot of a Ferris wheel. The camera pans down the ride and reveals people walking through the park. View of teens waiting in line for a ride. View of a yellow cable car passing over head. View of three adolescent girls riding the merry-go-round. Two of them are smacking on chewing gum. View of the classic "Log Ride". The ride is at the top of the chute, plummets down and levels off. Camera catches expression of delight on the faces of the passengers. Shot of teenage girl eating cotton candy. View of a swirling amusement park ride. Shot of two young women carrying cheap, carni, stuffed animal toys. View of fountain on the premisis. General view of the park.
Yesteryears Automobiles
Yesteryears Automobiles. Shot of early automobile. CU of 1911 Ford and license plate Oregon A-157. Man polishes hood of old car, CU of a car's manufacturer name. Man waves hat at camera while sitting in an old automobile. CU shot of a car's front. Man, wearing trenchcoat, cap and googles, hand cranks his car. Hood is removed and engine is shown. Another old auto is backing up. CU of car's grille with a symbol on it. Shot of person changing gears. People put a sign mentioning something about Geneviere on the back of their car. Their license plate is A-106. People hold up a sign in the car window saying, "We're on Our Way to See Geneviere." Old cars procede down a town street. Shot of movie theater exterior with old cars parked out front. Marquee says something about the British Film: Geneviere. People walk into the theater.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 116
Porter introduces his good old gap-toothed buddy Speck Rhodes, who enters wearing his trademark checkered suit and bowler hat. Speck says he's started a lipstick company that'll sell lipstick with green persimmon juice, for girls whose boyfriends are slow on the pucker. Speck tells another corny joke, then sings one of his silly rube humor novelty numbers, "How Much Is That Hound Dog In The Window," backed by The Wagonmasters. Afterwards Porter returns and plugs the show's souvenir booklet (the fifth so far), which contains songs and pictures taken right there on the set, and can be yours for just fifty cents by mail in a "en-vellup." Graphic of envelope addressed to Porter.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 116
Porter introduces the week's inspirational number as a classic to be performed by Tex Ritter. Porter talks about how much he loves Tex's "narrations," then describes the following as "one of the greatest ever written." Tex's introduction is made with no musical accompaniment; he then recites T. Texas Tyler's famous "Deck Of Cards," backed again by The Wagonmasters and his own guitarists. It's a long maudlin tale about a soldier who uses his deck of cards as an almanac and prayer book, and Ritter says he knows it's true because "I knew that soldier."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 116
Porter says he bringing in "our second string, our trio Ike, Mike, and Spike," i.e. Buck, Mack, and George, who perform "Gotta Travel On." In a fairly rare occurrence on the program, all three take turns at the mic. Afterwards Porter wraps up the show as the Wagonmasters play the instrumental show outro and Howser signs off. Wagoner waves goodbye as Magaha fiddles and Speck and George dance around Speck's bass fiddle. Buck plays some rock & roll licks and Porter puts his hand to Buck's forehead as if to say "you feeling all right, boy?"
Akron Settlement
Reporter Bill McKay stands in an uban location. Traffic passes by on the street behind him. He states that the mayor doesn't know if an agreement can be made between the safety forces and the city. CU of the mayor of Akron, John S. Ballard. Mayor talks about appealing. Reporter on the street. He talks about wage increases for safety force and city workers.
Twenty-five Years Ago
Twenty-five Years Ago Unemployed march on State House. Two men carry sign into building which reads: 'We Want Immediate Relief'. Sit-in demonstration. Mock assembly. Aviation inventions. Plane taking off toward camera, with capitol in the background. Pan-cake plane. Flaps moving. Pilot getting into plane. Take off and flight. Car Invention. Man getting out of Bug like car. Engine etc., said to be in rear for safety reasons. Car driving down street. Kentucky Derby. Crowds outside. Betting windows, with customers. Race. Winners circle ?
Guatemala: Anti-Red Rebels Launch Invasion
Guatemala: Anti-Red Rebels Launch Invasion. Aerial of farmland. Pan from plane in the air to ground. Four men look at camera in field. There is a plane and another man walking by in the background. Panning shot of four men. Shot of town from a rooftop. Armed Guards stand outside a buiding. Group of men stand outside a building's doorway. Panning CU of two men. One has a crewcut and a mustache and the other has a short cropped dark hair with small mustache under his nose. People stand outside a rundown house. Armed men climb over a fence and line up. One man holds his machine gun like he's ready to fire. The men start to walk towards the camera.
Corrigan Democrat Poll
Reporter interviews a Caucasian man. Man talks about a poll showing Democrats not doing too well; he implies there's something suspicious about that in light of Watergate.
Veterans to Washington
A small group of young African-Amerian are gathered on the sidewalk. They are wearing casual clothing with military jackets. CU of a button pinned to a jacket. The button reads as following "Vets Demand $2500 of Fight - American Servicemen's Union". View of men getting on a bus.
Browns Bates
Interview with an unidentified member of the Cleveland Browns football team. He is short of breath as he speaks into the microphone. He talks about the sport and his sixteen years of playing. While he is not identified in this clip, he's wearing #66 and all signs point to his identity as Gene Hickerson.
Asian Anti-Communist Conference
Asian Anti-Communist Conference. Shot of building with banner saying "Welcome Asian Peoples' Anti-ommunists Delegates to...". Crowd of asian people. Delegates march. Children clap and a procession of little girls carry flower bouquets. Woman accepts a bouquet of flowers from a little girl. Shot of crowd. Man waves to crowd from podium. Pan from delegates to crowd.
Brown-Bates
General views of a scrimmage football game in progress. There are no fans in the stands, but a few spectators stand on the sidelines. View of two male spectators standing in front of a cement wall. It must be raining because they both have their jackets pulled up over their heads. One of the men has his leg up against the wall and his hands in his coat pocket. The other man has his hands stuffed in the top of his pants. More of football practice. A man and a teenage boy walk down the sideline underneath an umbrella. More of practice. View of spectators standing out of the rain. More of practice.
Man Uses Tractor for Various Tasks
Man Uses Tractor for Various Tasks. Man drives tractor towards camera. Shot of a motor on the tractor. Man hooks a cable to the motor and precedes to use a chainsaw to cut wood. CU of saw cutting through tree. Man uses spray gun on a grille. The sprayer has a cable attached to the motor. He uses a smaller chain saw to trim a bush. Man uses a tractor attachment to bale hay while people watch. Shot of a hay bale coming out in a rectangle shape.
Unusual Takeoff for a Jet
Unusual Takeoff for a Jet. Shot from behind jet (Payen Flechair?) as it taxis for takeoff. Jet zooms down runway and as it takes off, the wheels are part of a cart which deattaches itself and rolls to a stop with a parachute. Shot of plane in the air over water. A coastline can be seen. The plane begins to turn away.
Wagy Military Services
Reporter Norm Wagy is on location in Washington D.C., the Capitol Building is behind him. The topic of his discussion is something he refers to as "military servants". He states that Elliot Richardson, before becoming attorney general, will order a drastic reduction in the number of military servants. He goes on to say that Senator Proxmire is "hopping mad" that about 1,700 enlisted men are employed as personal servants to military brass. Reporter then lists the type of work these servants are hired to do: babysitting, bartending, lawn mowing and dog walking. The army and the marines have announced that they will be phasing out their servant training schools. Apparently the navy does not have a formal servant training program. Aides to navy brass are assigned to an admirals house where they receive "on the job training".
SQUARE DANCING Concurso Internacional De Contradans
SQUARE DANCING Concurso Internacional De Contradans Square Dancing Festival in Canada, where over two thousand dancers turn out for quite a hoe-down. Great shots of dancers and costumes. Overview of crowded dance floor. Time-lapse or film sped up of dancers in action. Nice footage.