The Porter Wagoner Show No. 219
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 219
The Porter Wagoner Show #219 featuring special guest Nat Stuckey.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 219
Promo for The Porter Wagoner Show #219 featuring special guest Nat Stuckey. Spot opens with wide shot of Porter, Dolly Parton, Mel Tillis, and Wagonmasters singing "The World Needs A Washin'. Camera pans over and zooms in on Speck Rhodes and Don Howser at mic, who announce Nat Stuckey as guest and invite us to tune in. Fade out over art card with colorful illustration of Porter.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 219
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #219. 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 powder blue Nudie suit, plays guitar and sings "Sugarfoot Rag" backed by Wagonmasters Buck Trent, Don Warden, Mack Magaha, George McCormick, and Speck Rhodes (all except Speck wearing matching red western outfits). MCU Mack fiddling up a storm and Buck's jangling banjo.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 219
Porter introduces "The Florida Flash" Mel Tillis, who plays guitar and sings "So Soon" backed by The Wagonmasters. Porter compliments Mel's crooning, and Tillis replies "I scare Sinatra to death."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 219
Backed by The Wagonmasters, Buck Trent plays us out of the commercial break with a banjo solo on the instrumental title track from his album "Give Me Five."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 219
Porter introduces "Pretty Miss" Dolly Parton, who plays guitar and sings "In The Good Old Days When Times Were Bad," backed by The Wagonmasters. Though a guitar hangs from her shoulder, she stops strumming it a few seconds into the song. After Dolly's song about being dirt poor, Porter draws attention to her new bracelet that "Santa Claus" brought. Dolly sasses back something about Santa also bringing a Porter a rhinestone suit, and it's hard to tell if Porter's really offended or not.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 219
Porter introduces Nat Stuckey, who plays guitar and sings his risqu 1968 top ten single "Plastic Saddle" backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 219
Porter and Dolly sing a duet on "the purtiest song we've done yet," the Harlan Howard composition "Yours Love," backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 219
Porter introduces gap-toothed hayseed comedian Speck Rhodes, who enters wearing his usual yellow and black checkered suit and bright red bowler hat. Speck tells a really dopey joke about gettin' girls, then sings the novelty song about winter underwear, "When It's Long Handle Time In Tennessee," backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 219
For the week's inspirational song, Porter performs a number he recorded with the Blackwood Brothers Quartet on their "In Gospel Country" LP. With The Wagonmasters' spartan backing, Porter recites Mel Tillis' unbelievably maudlin "Pastor's Absent On Vacation."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 219
Porter welcomes back Nat Stuckey, and they chat amiably for a moment before Stuckey, backed by The Wagonmasters, sings an abbreviated version of his single "Joe And Mabel's 12th Street Bar And Grill." 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.