The Porter Wagoner Show No. 229
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 229
The Porter Wagoner Show #229 featuring special guest Wayne Kemp.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 229
Promo for The Porter Wagoner Show #229 featuring special guest Wayne Kemp. Spot opens with Wagonmasters Buck Trent, George McCormick, and Mack Magaha crouched down in front of the mic, then leaping up to sing "Go And Leave Me." Porter walks in laughing, announces the boys will be on the show along with Wayne Kemp, Dolly, Mel, etc. and invites us to tune in. Fade out over art card with colorful illustration of Porter.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 229
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #229. 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, wearing dazzling, rhinestone-studded powder blue Nudie suit, plays guitar and sings "Long Journey Home" backed by Wagonmasters Buck Trent, Don Warden, Mack Magaha, George McCormick, Jack Little and Speck Rhodes. Numerous shots of Wagonmasters in their glitter-highlighted red western outfits.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 229
Porter introduces "The Florida Flash, The Stutterin' Lad" Mel Tillis. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Mel plays guitar and sings "Honky Tonkin'." Shots of the band interspersed throughout the song.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 229
Buck Trent plays us out of the commercial break on a quick banjo instrumental version of "The Battle of New Orleans," backed by The Wagonmasters. Afterwards Porter tells Buck: "Hoss, that's so real I could see 'em runnin' through the briars and the brimmels. Brambles."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 229
Porter introduces "a sad song, but I think a real pretty one." Backed by The Wagonmasters, Porter and Dolly Parton perform their morbid duet "Jeannie's Afraid Of The Dark." Moody lighting and a Vaseline-smeared lens make this presentation of Dolly's most famous "dead baby specials" complete.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 229
Porter introduces his special guest Wayne Kemp, who plays guitar and sings his great song "Won't You Come Home (And Talk To A Stranger)." Nice electric guitar by Kemp.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 229
Wagonmaster George McCormick takes the spotlight to play guitar and sing "Flowers of Love," backed by the boys and joined on harmonies by Mack Magaha.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 229
Porter introduces gap-toothed hayseed comedian Speck Rhodes, who enters to the strains of the "Peter Gunn" theme wearing his usual garb of loud checkered suit and bowler hat. Speck tells a corny old joke, then sings the old-timey novelty number "There's More Pretty Girls Than One" backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 229
Dolly Parton sings the week's sacred song, "If We Never Meet Again," backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 229
Porter visits a bit with Wayne Kemp, and they talk about some of the songs Kemp wrote for Conway Twitty like "The Image of Me" and "The Next In Line." Again backed by The Wagonmasters, Kemp plays guitar and sings "I Turn My Mind On You" the b-side of the single he played earlier.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 229
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.