The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Porter Wagoner Show #7 with special guest Mac Wiseman. Features numerous pitches and commercials for medicinal products including laxative and cold remedy products.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Introduction to Porter Wagoner Show #7. Via voice over, announcer T. Tommy Cutrer introduces sponsors over title cards illustrated with product artwork: Black-Draught laxative "that leaves you feeling fresh and clean inside," Soltice Quick-Rub cold relief, and Soltice Hi-Therm, for relief of aches and pains. Over title card, Thomas introduces Porter Wagoner and the Wagonmasters, series regulars Norma Jean and Speck Rhodes, and their special guest star Mac Wiseman. Wagoner wears flashy Nudie Cohen jacket seen on the cover of his 1962 album "A Slice of Life." Wagoner and Wagonmasters Don Warden and Little Jack Little sing Black-Draught jingle.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Announcer T. Tommy Cutrer enters, shakes Wagoner's hand, introduces Wagoner with golf joke. Wagoner and Wagonmasters play Hank Williams' "Jambalaya." MS Wagonmasters Don Warden, Jack Little, and Speck Rhodes.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Wagoner welcomes audience, then hands things over to Cutrer for a Black-Draught pitch. "Don't waste your time with a halfway laxative, it'll only give you halfway relief." Powder and granulated, syrup, and candy-coated are the forms in which you can buy this laxative that helps you feel fresh and clean inside. CU shots of products. Wagoner and Wagonmasters reprise jingle, with lively extended banjo coda by Buck Trent.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Wagoner introduces Mac Wiseman, saying "T always says we get our money's worth with this one," to which the heavy-set Wiseman good-naturedly responds, "I don't know how you mean that, pound for pound or what?" Wiseman announces a new song, "Pistol Packing Preacher," on which he sings and plays guitar accompanied by The Wagonmasters. CU of Buck Trent on Banjo.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Cutrer reappears and he, Wiseman, and Wagoner exchange good-natured banter. Wagoner and Wiseman exit to saying "write if you get work," so that Cutrer can introduce Norma Jean. She plays guitar and sings "A Little Bitty Tear" backed by The Wagonmasters. CU Buck Trent on guitar.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Wagoner returns and solicits requests via card or letter, adding that they'd like to know if people writing in have tried Black-Draught, a product everyone on the show really believes in. This segues into the self-described old creole number "Your Old Love Letters," on which Wagoner sings and plays guitar, accompanied by The Wagonmasters. CU Buck Trent.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Speck enters toting the program's souvenir booket, and Wagoner makes a pitch for the book which has pictures of guests that have appeared on the show as well as favorite songs. The book costs one dollar and can purchased from the address on the screen. Before the pitch is over, Don Warden sneaks in and says that the price has been lowered to fifty cents.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Gap-toothed Speck Rhodes enters in trademark checked suit, polka dot bow tie and bowler hat and jokes about not having a dollar to spend. Wagoner and Rhodes joke about performing at a fair in Illinois and Speck spending all his money on a prize-winning billy goat. Speck says he'll keep the goat in his bedroom. "What about the smell?" Wagoner asks. "Oh, he'll just have to get used to that, Porter," Rhodes retorts. Rhodes sings "Too Old To Cut The Mustard" backed by The Wagonmasters. CUs of Rhodes' dancing feet, WS Rhodes dancing.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Wagoner introduces special guest Dwight Weist, "The Man of A Thousand Voices," who acts the part of a TV weatherman. Weist stands in front of a map of the US on which he has written the word "COLDS" across the southeast. "That's the prediction: colds. What to do about it?" Not surprisingly, Weist recommends Soltice, "the kind of cold relief you've always wanted," which works like a warming poultice. On a drawing of a sleeping body, Weist diagrams exactly how Soltice works. Weist extols Soltice's ease of use and cleanliness.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Wagoner returns for sacred song time. Accompanied by The Wagonmasters, Wagoner plays guitar and sings "Where Could I Go." MS Buck Trent.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Wagoner explains how bad weather brings more than just colds, but also those minor aches and pains of arthritis and rheumatism. The solution? Greaseless, stainless Hi-Therm, by the makers of Soltice, a tube of which Wagoner displays.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Mac Wiseman returns and they plug his new Capitol Records LP "Mac Wiseman Sings Bluegrass." Wiseman sings and plays guitar on his 1959 Dot Records hit "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Wagoner returns and brings Buck Trent on camera with Wiseman for a guitar and banjo duet on the instrumental "Home Sweet Home." Wiseman is amused by Trent's show-offy playing, humorously mimicking Trent's picking style.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Wagoner signs off, and thanks the audience for buying Soltice, Hi-Therm, and Black-Draught. Wagoner and Wagonmasters sing Soltice jingle. End of show voice over reprises show's sponsors and guests.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 7
Short commercial for Cardui Tablets for women. "All modern girls know, to stay on the go, Cardui tablets are great!" After spot, Wagoner show title card appears again over which Cutrer tells audience to tune in again next week, and in the meantime "stay happy and healthy!"