The Porter Wagoner Show No. 215
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 215
The Porter Wagoner Show #215 featuring special guest Bill Carlisle.
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 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.