The Porter Wagoner Show No. 255
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 255
The Porter Wagoner Show #255 featuring special guest Pete Stamper.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 255
Promo for The Porter Wagoner Show #255 featuring special guest Pete Stamper. Sitting alone on a chair dressed in a glittering red Nudie suit, Porter strums a guitar, names guest Pete Stamper and regulars, and invites us to tune in right on this channel. Fade out over art card with colorful illustration of Porter.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 255
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #255. 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, 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, wearing dazzling, rhinestone-studded red Nudie suit plays guitar and sings "You Can't Make A Heel Toe The Mark" accompanied by Wagonmasters Buck Trent, Don Warden, Mack Magaha, George McCormick, Jack Little and Speck Rhodes, all but Speck in matching white Nudie suits.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 255
Porter welcomes audience and introduces country comedian Pete Stamper. Stamper opens with joke about Porter being cheapskate, then does extended routine about giving poor directions to drive to his hometown. Shots of Wagonmasters laughing uproariously.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 255
Leading The Wagonmasters, Buck plays us out of the commercial break with a red-hot banjo instrumental. Porter's about tickled to death by Buck's playing, recounting how Buck recently said "This banjo's run me crazy, crazy, crazy!"
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 255
Backed by The Wagonmasters, Dolly Parton plays guitar and sings "I'm Not Worth The Tears."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 255
George McCormick and Don Warden join Porter on vocals as Porter plays guitar and sings "I'm Crying My Heart Out Over You" from 1963's "Y'all Come" LP, backed by the Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 255
Porter introduces gap-toothed rube comedian Speck Rhodes, who ambles in wearing his usual checkered suit and bowler hat and tells a silly joke. Then backed by The Wagonmasters, Speck sings "Sweet Fern." Speck dances to Buck's banjo solo. Funny non-sequitur shots of Jack Little's comically horrified face.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 255
Porter introduces the week's sacred song. Accompanied by The Wagonmasters, Dolly sings "Who At My Door Is Standing." Though unseen, Porter joins Dolly on harmony vocals.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 255
Porter reintroduces Pete Stamper. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Stamper sings his automotive-themed novelty number "A ChevyKaiserOldsmoLakerStudeWarLincoBaker" (sic). It's kind of a cross between "One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater" and Johnny Cash's yarn about a patched-together car, "One Piece At A Time." Speck joins Stamper on vocals, and indulges Pete in a brief, goofy little dance.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 255
To fill the last minute or so, Mack Magaha fiddles away on "Soldier's Joy" before Porter wraps up the show, waving goodbye as The Wagonmasters play the instrumental show outro, Don Howser signs off, and Mack fiddles and dances us off the air. End title super reads: "Produced by Show Biz Inc. in cooperation with WSM-TV."