The Porter Wagoner Show No. 220
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 220
The Porter Wagoner Show #220 featuring special guest Jimmy C. Newman.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 220
Promo for The Porter Wagoner Show #220 featuring special guest Jimmy C. Newman. Spot opens with Newman at mic on the Wagon House set playing guitar and singing "Jolie Blon." Camera pulls out to reveal Porter at mic, then zooms in as he announces his guest and invites us to tune in. Fade out over art card with colorful illustration of Porter.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 220
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #220. 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 "Barefoot Nellie" from his "Carroll County Accident" LP backed by Wagonmasters Buck Trent, Don Warden, Mack Magaha, George McCormick, and Speck Rhodes (all except Speck wearing matching red white & blue western outfits). Porter humorously forgets the words to the third verse, and it takes him a spell to recover.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 220
Porter welcomes the audience, then plugs his "Carroll County Accident" LP. The cover is displayed and Porter makes reference to the odd cover photo of him drenched in sweat, saying "...picture of me there, hoss, I was cryin', I was weepin." Porter says one song was written by Mel Tillis, which neatly segues into an introduction of the "Florida Flash" himself, who plays guitar and sings "Give One More Day" (from his "Old Faithful" LP) accompanied by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 220
Backed by The Wagonmasters, Mack Magaha fiddles us out of the commercial break on a quick instrumental medley of "Yakkety Sax" and "Battle Hymn Of The Republic." Porter has Mack dedicate the number to the folks in Ware Shoals, South Carolina (probably Mack's hometown).
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 220
Porter has Mack introduce the "pretty lil' gal" Dolly Parton. Tight-lipped Mack's introduction is short, literally consisting of "Here's Dolly," that Dolly lets out an adorably squeaky little laugh as she begins to play guitar and sing "Dumb Blonde," backed by the Wagonmasters. Nice Buck Trent guitar solo.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 220
Porter introduces "the guy I played my first game of golf with," Jimmy C. Newman. Wearing a gaudy red Nudie suit and backed by The Wagonmasters, Newman plays guitar and sings the surprisingly benign marijuana-growing ballad "Future Farmers of America."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 220
Porter and Dolly, backed only by Dolly's guitar playing ("You'll scare Chet Atkins to death" says Porter), sing a duet they otherwise never recorded together, Dolly's composition "It's My Time." Beautifully spare number that shows off their respective vocal strengths.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 220
Porter calls in Mel Tillis to introduce Speck Rhodes, and Tillis obliges with a surprising lack of flair. Gap-toothed hayseed comedian Speck Rhodes, wearing his trademark red and yellow checkered suit and green bowler hat, calls his fictional girlfriend Sadie on an old-fashioned wall-mounted crank style telephone. A bunch of corny old-fashioned jokes ensue. Shot of older country gents in audience laughing.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 220
Porter summons announcer Don Howser to join him and the Wagonmasters as they harmonize on the week's spiritual number, "I'm On My Way To Canaan's Land."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 220
Jimmy "Cajun" Newman returns to sing "The Louisiana National Anthem," "Jolie Blonde," backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 220
Porter introduces Jack Little, who is rejoining the Wagonmasters as drummer after an extended absence (Jack fiddled and drummed for the show from 1960-1964). 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.