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A blue van is seen driving down an on ramp and merging onto a deserted highway. The van is literally the only vehicle on the road. Camera follows the van as it drives along. On the audio, a male voice speaks of "the highway going nowhere, the first leg of the interbelt". He states that it will be another year before the city will enter into a contract for phase two, connecting the highway with I76. As for the third phase, there are no plans as of now. CU of the John Ballard, Mayor of Akron. Mayor talks about future developers. Shot of cars parked on a street. Camera pulls back to reveal Caucasian male reporter (Bill McKay) as he makes his final commentary.
Sports Davis Cup
CU shot of the gaudy Davis Cup trophy. Camera pulls back to reveal how big this thing actually is. It is silver with symmetrical decoration. In the year 1973, the popular tennis competition was played in Cleveland. View of the Governor of Ohio, John Gilligan, standing at a podium and receiving a plaque from an unidentified man. A third man steps into the picture. View of male reporters standing around with notepads. View of the trophy once again. View of Gilligan, Ralph Perk and two unidentified men standing at the podium. They are laughing.
Hemingway Obituary
Hemingway Obituary Ernest Hemingway on yacht with guests. CU Hemingway. Man pinning medal on his lapel. Kisses woman. Hemingway getting out of small plane. Standing next to plane with men, several shots.
Cavs Knicks Basketball
Good footage of a basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks. Camera follows the game, Cavaliers shoot and score. CU two young Caucasian fans clapping. Camera follows game as the Cavaliers are on defense, Knicks player shoots and scores. Camera follows game, Cavaliers player takes a shot from half court and misses. Panning shot of African-American fans enjoying themselves at the game. Camera follows the game, Knicks shoot and score. Good shot of an African-American camera man wearing headphones, standing behind a video camera. The side of the camera reads "eight" in bright colors. More of the game, Knicks score. CU of man on the sidelines. More of the game, Knicks score again. Most of the players on the court are African Americans; some Caucasians.
GALA PREMIERE - "TAMMY SEQUEL"
GALA PREMIERE - "TAMMY SEQUEL" Teenage girls lined up for contest. Winner is overjoyed. Girls kiss her congratulations. John Gavin helps to wipe her tears of joy. Parade. Paddle-wheel float. John Gavin in convertible. Marquee - World Premiere. Banner "Tammy Tell Me True".
Twenty-five-years Ago
Twenty-five-years Ago
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 129
Porter returns to perform the week's sacred number, announcing the following song as one of his favorites and saying that it receives many requests. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Porter plays guitar and recites Hank Williams' moralistic "Luke The Drifter" hit "Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw." Porter delivers the number off screen rather than his custom of speaking directly to the camera. He's done this number many times but this one is more compelling than most.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 129
Porter reintroduces Mel Tillis, who talks about what a great time he's been having with Speck and Norma Jean et al. Porter and Mel introduce Tillis' band The Statesiders: Jim Baker on pedal steel, Dick Feller on electric guitar, Earl Richards on acoustic guitar, Jim Ed on drums, and Harley Alsip on bass. A couple jokes during the intro based on Mel's stuttering. Accompanied by The Statesiders, Mel plays guitar and sings "If I Could Only Start Over" from his 1967 LP "Life's That Way."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 129
Porter returns and asks Tillis to play a little bit of "Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town" in the little time that's left, and Mel makes it through the first two verses before Porter has to wrap up the show. Tillis plays it almost solo with minimal backing by guitarists Dick and Earl, and it's a beautifully unadorned little moment. Afterwards Porter wraps up the show, waving goodbye as The Wagonmasters play the instrumental show outro, Don Howser signs off, credits roll, and Mack fiddles and dances us off the air. Mel dances a fancy little step himself, to the audience's applause.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 130
Promo for Porter Wagoner Show #130 with special guests Johnny Darrell and Pete Stamper. Spot opens with Darrell singing a verse of "The Wreck of Old 97;" then the camera pans over the reveal Norma Jean, Pete Stamper, and rhinestone-studded blue Nudie suit-wearing Porter Wagoner standing at a microphone. Stamper says "That's Johnny Darrell and I'm Pete Stamper, just made a trip down here from home and I'm looking forward to kinda send back a picture that way in living color." Porter laughs and the title card for the show comes up for a few seconds until the spot ends.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 130
Introduction to Porter Wagoner show #130. 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 guests Johnny Darrell and Pete Stamper. Bringing you your favorite songs and stars of the Grand Ole Opry!" Howser enters and shakes hands with Porter, who wears his dark blue rhinestone-studded Nudie suit. Howser introduces Porter saying: "Of course all Wagons have got to have a wheel, and here's the head wheel, the star of our show, Porter Wagoner!" Backed by The Wagonmasters (in matching western-themed radioactive red suits of their own), Porter plays guitar and sings "Julie" from his LP "The Cold Hard Facts Of Life." The song as performed here is markedly different than the album version, with a more swinging arrangement (including Porter making an atypically flashy move with his guitar on the instrumental break), and a rewritten last verse that, though dark enough in narrating a first-person descent into madness, is still somewhat less sordid than the murder/suicide scenario described on the LP.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 130
Porter introduces the week's first guest, country comedian and Renfro Valley, Kentucky native Pete Stamper. Stamper makes a joke about the show being in color now, and pulls what he says is a glow-in-the-dark tie from his suit. If it ain't, it might as well be. This segues into an extended bit about TV has changed his hometown, talking for instance about his old girlfriend Nelma Lou Frisbie who he used to "spark," and how the red fishnet stockings Nelma's now wearing look from a distance like a case of "spreading diaper rash." Shot of Speck laughing. Another corny rube joke about fishnets follows, then a joke about a hometown boy who is taking a correspondence course so he mailed in his sign to a protest march. George laughs. Another joke about pollution making birds cough, then Porter comes in and introduces commercial break.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 130
Backed by The Wagonmasters, banjo-twangin' Buck Trent plays us out of the commercial with an instrumental version of "Home Sweet Home." Afterwards Porter tells Buck that was the first number he ever heard him do, and it sounds better all the time.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 130
Porter introduces Pretty Miss Norma Jean, who plays guitar and sings "Go Cat Go" from her 1965 LP "Pretty Miss Norma Jean," backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 130
Porter introduces Johnny Darrell, saying that he thinks this next song is going to be a big hit for Darrell. Fade to black, and then fade back up on a wide shot of Darrell alone on the back porch set. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Darrell plays guitar and sings "My Elusive Dreams." Porter returns and tells Darrell what a great career he has ahead of him, and then intros commercial.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 130
Porter thanks us for watching the commercial, then introduces gap-toothed comedian Speck Rhodes, who enters in his trademark outfit of checkered suit with bow tie and bowler hat. Speck tells a corny joke about he and Pete Stamper almost going fishing in Hawaii with a couple hula girls, but "they wiggled out of it." Backed by The Wagonmasters (doing a little call-and-response), Speck sings a novelty song he introduces as "When It's Long Handle Time In Tennessee, It's Cool In Kentucky," about wearing long underwear on cold winter nights.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 130
Porter introduces the week's sacred song as a number written by his old friend Wayne Rainey. Accompanied by The Wagonmasters, Porter plays guitar and sings "Gathering In The Sky," from his 1964 LP "The Bluegrass Story."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 130
Porter reintroduces Johnny Darrell by plugging (and displaying a copy of) Darrell's album "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town." "I'd like to recommend it very highly to you," Porter says, "in fact I wrote the liner notes for it." Backed by The Wagonmasters, Darrell plays guitar and sings the title track from the LP.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 130
Porter brings Pete Stamper back to help wrap up the show. Porter talks about Pete's work as a radio DJ, then the two of them joke about Pete's tie again and Pete makes a quip about TV shows coming late to Renfro Valley: "Remember the $64,000 question? It was down to $1.98 by the time we get it." Porter wraps up the show, waving goodbye as The Wagonmasters play the instrumental show outro, Don Howser signs off, credits roll, and Mack fiddles and dances us off the air. Howser and George chase Speck around his bass a little bit.
Toronto Police In Annual March To Church Service
Shaky, jumpy light in contrast and imagery Toronto police in annual march to church service to honor those police officers that were killed in the line of duty. MCU of police monument with the inscription "To Our Glorious Dead".
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 133
Promo for Porter Wagoner Show #133 with special guest Boots Randolph. Spot opens with Randolph and his saxophone tooting away on his hit "Yakkety Sax;" then the camera pulls out to reveal rhinestone-studded-blue-Nudie-suit-wearing Porter Wagoner standing at a microphone. Porter introduces Randolph and invites everyone to "join us on The Porter Wagoner Show, right on this channel."
Sweethearts Of The Screen On Honeymoon
Shaky, jumpy light in contrast and imagery , drop out spots Sweethearts of the silver screen honeymoon. In the ski a bi-plane is pulling sign Welcome Home. Dick Powell and Joan Blondell.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 133
Introduction to Porter Wagoner show #133. 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. Special guest Boots Randolph. Bringing you your favorite songs and stars of the Grand Ole Opry!" Howser enters and shakes hands with Porter, who wears a powder blue rhinestone-studded Nudie suit. Howser introduces the show with a "public service announcement": "This is National Service Station week, but it don't necessarily mean you have to go out and get gas, friends." Backed by The Wagonmasters (in matching western-themed radioactive red suits of their own), Porter plays guitar and sings "Shady Grove." MS Mack and Buck. Blooper: halfway through the last verse Porter forgets the words and has George help him out, starting the verse over.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 133
Porter introduces guest Boots Randolph, to great audience applause. So great in fact, that Porter good-naturedly says "Don't overdo it folks, remember I'm the star of the show." Backed by The Wagonmasters, Boots plays his saxophone on an instrumental version of "Cryin' Time." After the first stanza Mack Magaha joins Boots on fiddle, and they play a duet together. Porter intros commercial.