The Porter Wagoner Show No 195
The Porter Wagoner Show No 195
The Porter Wagoner Show #195 featuring special guest Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens, and The Strangers.
The Porter Wagoner Show No 195
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #195. Program opens with Wagoner and Wagonmasters Mack Magaha, Buck Trent, Speck Rhodes, Don Warden, and George McCormick as well as Dolly Parton onscreen performing the traditional show opener "Howdy Neighbor Howdy" in front of the "Wagon House" set, built to resemble a country barnyard. Over brightly colored title card decorated with drawing of Wagoner, announcer Don Howser exclaims: "And now, in color, it's The Porter Wagoner Show, starring Porter Wagoner and The Wagonmasters, with Speck Rhodes and Dolly Parton. Special guest Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens, and The Strangers. Bringing you your favorite songs and stars of the Grand Ole Opry!"
The Porter Wagoner Show No 195
Don Howser enters and shakes hands with Porter, who wears a forest green Nudie suit covered in rhinestone cacti and wagon wheels. Howser enters, tells a silly joke about his uncle's gambling.
The Porter Wagoner Show No 195
Porter Wagoner plays guitar and sings the Mel Tillis number "I'm Gonna Act Right," backed by The Wagonmasters (who wear equally flashy orange western outfits). MS Mack Magaha fiddle.
The Porter Wagoner Show No 195
Porter Wagoner welcomes the audience, then introduces Merle Haggard. Backed by his band The Strangers, a clean-cut, turtleneck-wearing Haggard plays guitar and sings "Little Ole Wine Drinker Me" from his 1968 LP "Mama Tried."
The Porter Wagoner Show No 195
Porter Wagoner and Merle Haggard chat for a moment about how it's a pity that all of Merle's band couldn't be present, then Porter jokes that Haggard said earlier: "I flew in; the boys didn't fly but a couple of 'em got pretty high on the road, I think."