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The Porter Wagoner Show No. 214
Porter introduces a song he says he learned from the Butlers, then sings the week's inspirational number, "Angel Band," accompanied by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 214
Porter reintroduces Pearl and Carl Butler, telling them how proud he is of them. Then backed by The Wagonmasters, The Butlers perform a truncated version of their hit "Punish Me Tomorrow." CU Mack Magaha. Then Porter wraps up the show, waving goodbye as The Wagonmasters play the instrumental show outro, Don Howser signs off, the credits roll, and Mack fiddles and dances us off the air.
United Nations: Goldberg Proposes Durable Peace
Side view TLS delegates in seats of United Nations General Assembly. CU nameplate of ambassador of Jordan, zoom out to MS Jordanian delegates conferring. CU Soviet Premier ALEXEI KOSYGIN sitting at UN, pan left to Soviet Foreign Minister ANDREI GROMYKO. MCU United States Ambassador ARTHUR J. GOLDBERG. LS/TLSs Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg speaking to UN General Assembly: "What the Middle East needs today are new steps toward real peace. Not just a cease fire, which is what we have today. Not just a fragile & perilous armistice, which is what we've had for 18 years. Not just withdrawal, which is necessary but insufficient. Real peace must be our aim."
United Nations: Goldberg Proposes Durable Peace
Swish pan to Jericho, Israel. H/a LS streets of Jericho. MS Israeli flag flying from top of one-story building. TLS Arab man wearing cowl and Palestinian boy walking toward cam with meager belongings (refugees). TLS/MSs Palestinian refugees crossing dangerous remnants of downed Allenby Bridge spanning Jordan River, Israeli soldiers assisting their flight (thanks for the occupation of yer town, now let me help you get the hell out). CU Arab man with cigarette in mouth peering into cam, holding young daughter who has a bewildered look. MS Israeli soldiers passing Palestinian boy. TLS/MSs Israeli soldiers helping Palestinian refugees cross water-logged part of downed Allenby bridge. This is really quite amazing footage of the aftermath of the Six Day War.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 215
Promo for The Porter Wagoner Show #215 featuring special guest Bill Carlisle. Spot opens with the show's director Bill Turner speaking to Speck Rhodes while Porter and The Wagonmasters are faintly heard off-screen singing "The World Needs A Washin'." Turner tells Speck to make sure he remembers everybody that needs to be mentioned during the promo, listing everyone's names in the process. At the end Turner says "Now tell everybody who's going to be on the show," and Speck says "I think you just did, Bill."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 215
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #215. Standard pre-recorded opening begins with CU of Porter s shiny red boots walking down hallway, which cuts to rear view of Wagoner s garish green Nudie suit festooned with rhinestone wagon wheels and cacti. Montage of smiling Porter happily walking through WSM-TV studio as stage hands and technicians prep show. Don Howser s voice over reads: "Direct from Nashville Tennessee, here s The Porter Wagoner Show!" Quick shots of regulars as Howser announces them: "Starring Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Mel Tillis, Speck Rhodes, Don Howser, The Wagonmasters, and today s special guest star." Momentary pause in VO (presumably left for Howser to read the guest star s name on air), then prerecorded segment ends with Howser s "and now, here s Porter." Cut to live portion as Porter, in gold lame' Nudie suit, plays guitar and sings "Y'all Come" backed by Wagonmasters Buck Trent, Don Warden, Mack Magaha, George McCormick, and Speck Rhodes (all except Speck wearing matching blue western outfits). Porter cracks up at the boys' intentionally ragged call-and-response singing on the chorus.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 215
Porter welcomes the audience, then introduces "the old stuttering lad from Pahokee, Florida," Mel Tillis. Referring to Wagoner's suit, Tillis says "Thank you, Elvis." As the song starts, Porter rushes in and says "What did you say?", nearly causing Tillis to miss his cue. Then backed by The Wagonmasters, Tillis plays guitar and sings "Lonely Girl" from 1968's "Something Special" LP. After the song Porter returns and he and Tillis joke some more about Wagoner's Elvis-like suit.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 215
Backed by The Wagonmasters, Mack Magaha fiddles us out of the commercial break, soloing on a quick instrumental.
The Summit: LBJ and Kosygin Hold Useful Talks
TLS Holly Bush mansion in Glassboro, New Jersey. MS President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (LBJ) talking with aides outside Holly Bush, Secretary of Defense ROBERT MCNAMARA and Secretary of State DEAN RUSK standing behind him; CU President Lyndon Johnson talking with someone off-screen, antsy-looking Robert McNamara standing behind him. Side view MS newsreel cameramen and press standing on lawn. MS Soviet Premier ALEXEI KOSYGIN getting out of car, shaking hands with President Johnson; Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs ANDREI GROMYKO follows suit; Alexei Kosygin shakes hands with Dean Rusk & Robert McNamara. MS Premier Kosygin and President Johnson posing, walking toward mansion.
The Summit: LBJ and Kosygin Hold Useful Talks
Swish pan to Niagara Falls. TLS crowd gathered aboard Maid of the Mist tour boat. MS stern-faced Alexei Kosygin wearing rain slicker. TLS Maid of the Mist pulling away from cam, Canadian flag flying from stern. Nice high angle LS Niagara Falls, mist spewing every which way. MS Premier Kosygin smiling, waving from boat, while man next to him checks watch.
The Summit: LBJ and Kosygin Hold Useful Talks
MS pressmen, newsreel cameramen gathered behind fence at Holly Bush, NJ. TLS crowd behind fence, police standing guard. MS several police officers removing young white man from crowd, hauling him over fence & taking him away. Panning TLS President Lyndon Baines Johnson walking with First Lady, LADY BIRD JOHNSON and daughter LUCI JOHNSON, passing numerous photographers, security guards. TLS Johnson family walking to car, greeting Premier Alexei Kosygin and his daughter LUDMILA GVISHIANI. MCU President Johnson talking, smiling with Premier Kosygin.
Holy City Open: Pilgrims, Tourists Crowd Jerusalem
Holy City Open: Pilgrims, Tourists Crowd Jerusalem TLS crowd in street. MSs Orthodox Jewish men & rabbis in square. CU sleepy-eyed boy wearing yarmulke being cradled by mother. MS older women wearing babushkas standing in square. MS old Jewish man with long white beard reading aloud from little prayer book. Panning high angle LS large crowd of Israeli Jews gathered in square after rezoning of Jerusalem. TLS Israeli Christian tourists standing beside bus parked on overlook road; CU mustachioed man taking still photograph; great LS city of Jerusalem, Dome of the Rock prominent. TLS Arab men passing through large stone gate in Jerusalem (VO says that this is the Damascus Gate, though I have sincere reservations). TLS Jews and Arabs walking along bustling street. MS people passing through entrance to the Holy Sepulcher; MSs Eastern Orthodox Christian monks walking along Via Dolorosa. MS sign on wall: "Via Dolorosa." TLS two domed towers of Christian church, another dome, perhaps that of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, behind them.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 215
Porter introduces Dolly Parton, who plays guitar and sings "In The Good Old Days When Times Were Bad," backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 215
Porter introduces Bill Carlisle, who performs the novelty recitation "Wouldn't That Cock Your Pistol" backed by The Wagonmasters. Great reaction shots of women in audience laughing. The last line in the bit is a non-sequitur; it's also the closing line of T. Texas Tyler's famous "Deck of Cards" recitation.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 215
Porter brings Dolly back to sing a duet with him. Backed by The Wagonmasters, they sing the title track of their second LP together, "Just The Two Of Us."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 215
Porter gives Mel Tillis the honor of introducing Speck Rhodes. Tillis says he has to share a bunk with Speck on the bus, then hands it over to the gap-toothed comedian. On an old-fashioned wall-mounted crank style telephone, the checkered suit and bowler hat-wearing Rhodes places a call to the operator Sadie, his fictional girlfriend, who connects him to "Buster Blocks the used car dealer. A bunch of corny old-fashioned rube jokes ensue. Speck blows the punch line of the first one. Conspicuous silence from audience.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 215
It's sacred song time, and Porter plays "one of the old ones." Accompanied by The Wagonmasters, Porter plays guitar and sings "Tell Your Children (The Day Of Wrath)."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 215
Porter brings Bill Carlisle back to sing the novelty number "Jack Of All Trades" backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 215
Before Bill Carlisle can take off his guitar, Porter tells him to keep it on and play a little bit of "No Help Wanted," which he does until they run out of time. Then Porter wraps up the show, waving goodbye as The Wagonmasters play the instrumental show outro, Don Howser signs off, the credits roll, and Mack fiddles and dances us off the air.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 216
Promo for The Porter Wagoner Show #216 featuring special guests Donna and Sandy Rhodes, aka The Lonesome Rhodes. Spot opens with Dolly Parton singing "I'll Oilwells Love You." Camera pulls out to reveal Porter at mic announcing guests and regulars, and inviting us to tune in. Fade out over art card with colorful illustration of Porter.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 216
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #216. Standard pre-recorded opening begins with CU of Porter s shiny red boots walking down hallway, which cuts to rear view of Wagoner s garish green Nudie suit festooned with rhinestone wagon wheels and cacti. Montage of smiling Porter happily walking through WSM-TV studio as stage hands and technicians prep show. Don Howser s voice over reads: "Direct from Nashville Tennessee, here s The Porter Wagoner Show!" Quick shots of regulars as Howser announces them: "Starring Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Mel Tillis, Speck Rhodes, Don Howser, The Wagonmasters, and today s special guest star." Momentary pause in VO (presumably left for Howser to read the guest star s name on air), then prerecorded segment ends with Howser s "and now, here s Porter." Cut to live portion as Porter, in aquamarine Nudie suit, plays guitar and sings "Uncle Pen" from his 1962 LP "A Slice of Life," backed by Wagonmasters Buck Trent, Don Warden, Mack Magaha, George McCormick, and Speck Rhodes (all except Speck wearing matching peach western outfits).
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 216
Porter welcomes the audience, then introduces "the old stuttering lad from Pahokee, Florida," Mel Tillis. Backed by The Wagonmasters and accompanied on harmony vocals by George McCormick, Tillis plays guitar and sings "A Violet And A Rose." At one point George intentionally sings "red noses." After the song, Porter returns and he and Tillis exchange humorous anecdotes about a recent fishing trip they took together.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 216
Backed by The Wagonmasters, Buck Trent plays us out of the commercial break with a banjo solo on a quick instrumental.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 216
Porter introduces Dolly Parton, who plays guitar and sings "I'll Oilwells Love You," from her 1968 LP "Just Because I'm A Woman," backed by The Wagonmasters. The song seems to crack up everybody including Dolly herself.