The Porter Wagoner Show No. 137
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 137
The Porter Wagoner Show #137 with special guest Jimmy C. Newman.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 137
Promo for Porter Wagoner Show #137 with special guest Jimmy C. Newman. Spot opens with Newman playing part of "Louisiana Saturday Night;" then camera pulls out to reveal rhinestone-studded, orange-Nudie-suit-wearing Porter Wagoner standing at a microphone, clapping along and introducing Newman and inviting us to "join us on the Porter Wagoner Show, we'll have a good time I'm-a-tellin' ya."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 137
Introduction to Porter Wagoner show #137. Program opens with Wagoner and Wagonmasters Mack Magaha, Buck Trent, Speck Rhodes, Don Warden, and George McCormick as well as Norma Jean onscreen singing "Howdy Neighbor Howdy" in front of a 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 Norma Jean. Special guest Jimmy C. Newman. Bringing you your favorite songs and stars of the Grand Ole Opry!" Howser enters and shakes hands with Porter, who wears an orange Nudie suit covered in rhinestone cacti and wagon wheels. To Porter's great amusement Howser mimes a golf swing, then Howser introduces Wagoner as "a real pro, whether on the golf course or singing a good country song." Backed by The Wagonmasters (in matching powder blue western-themed suits of their own), Porter plays guitar and sings "Ole Slew Foot" from his 1968 album "Green Green Grass Of Home." MCU Buck Trent electric banjo, and Mack Magaha on fiddle.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 137
Porter introduces fine Louisiana boy Jimmy C. Newman, who wears a black Nudie suit with orange alligators, and who plays guitar and sings "Walk Through this World With Me" backed by The Wagonmasters. MS Buck on Mosrite guitar. Afterwards Porter returns and asks Newman to say the title of the song in Cajun French, and Newman says "Brace yourselves friends, cause you won't understood one word when I gonna said it." Newman recites the title in French and Porter replies "sure do, don't it?"
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 137
Buck plays us out of a commercial with a flashy instrumental rendition of "Bugle Call Rag," backed by The Wagonmasters. Nice shots of Buck's banjo pickin'.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 137
Brandishing a copy of Norma Jean's new album "Jackson Ain't A Very Big Town," Porter plugs the record and introduces the pretty little lady. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Norma Jean plays guitar and sings the LP's title track.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 137
Porter dedicates the next number to Don Howser, introducing it as "Dear Don, When You Get Home You'll Find Your Saddle, My Boy." Then backed by The Wagonmasters, Porter plays guitar and sings "Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)." Shots of The Wagonmasters during the call-and-response chorus.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 137
Porter seems caught unawares as the commercial break ends, addressing the camera with apparently genuine surprise. Porter brings George McCormick in to introduce his "great pal on the road," saying "I've heard all his jokes." George introduces gap-toothed comedian Speck Rhodes, saying "let's see if he's got a tall tale for you." Speck enters wearing his trademark checkered suit with bow tie and bowler hat and says he has a riddle. Proving Porter's point, Speck says: "Do you know what the donut said to the birthday cake? If I had your dough, I wouldn't be a-hangin' around this hole." George laughs like crazy and then tells Speck one of his own. It's a pretty good one but Speck just stands there unamused, apparently unhappy to be upstaged. Speck sends George back over to rejoin The Wagonmasters to back him as he sings the corny old-fashioned novelty song "Stop That Ticklin'' Me." Speck dances along with Buck's banjo picking.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 137
Porter introduces the week's song of faith and inspiration, then accompanied by The Wagonmasters plays guitar and sings "Tell Your Children (The Day Of Wrath)," from his second album with the Blackwood Brothers Quartet, "More Grand Old Gospel."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 137
Porter returns from the commercial break with Jimmy C. Newman, and they banter about how Saturday night is special in Louisiana: "They get on with the program," Newman says. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Newman plays guitar and sings "Louisiana Saturday Night." Mack steps in to take a fiddle solo. Afterwards Porter returns and suggests they dedicate the number to Stan Cown (sic) and all the folks at the South Louisiana Hayride.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 137
Porter calls Mack over and says they always do fast numbers, so apparently by way of contrast he asks Magaha to play one he does a real nice job on, "Love Faded Grey," which Mack plays backed by The Wagonmasters. Afterwards Porter returns and wraps up the show, waving goodbye as The Wagonmasters play the instrumental show outro, Don Howser signs off, the credits roll, then George chases Speck around his bass as Mack fiddles and dances us off the air.