The Porter Wagoner Show No. 263
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 263
The Porter Wagoner Show #263 featuring special guest "The Round Mound of Sound," Kenny Price.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 263
Promo for The Porter Wagoner Show #263 featuring special guest Kenny Price. Rotund Mr. Price plays sings guitar and sings "Leave A Lot Of Happy Tracks." Speck steps out from behind Price's substantial frame and says "We really got a big show this week, friends," announces Price and guests, and makes a dumb joke about large screen TVs. Fade out over art card with colorful illustration of Porter.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 263
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #263. 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 Cut to live portion as Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner (wearing dazzling, rhinestone-studded blue Nudie suit) perform "4-0-33" accompanied by The Wagonmasters (Buck Trent, Don Warden, Mack Magaha, George McCormick, Jack Little and Speck Rhodes). Dolly charmingly flubs a couple lines and afterwards Porter makes a joke about their professionalism.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 263
Porter introduces "one the great entertainers in country music," Kenny Price, who wears a canary yellow suit and plays guitar and sings "Who Do I Know In Dallas" from his "Heavyweight" LP. Porter compliments Kenny's singing, and Price says "I have a weight problem" and makes a couple jokes about it.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 263
Leading The Wagonmasters, Buck plays us out of the commercial break with lead banjo on his instrumental version of Kenny Price's 1966 hit "Walking On New Grass," and is surprisingly joined by Price himself on vocals. Price does some impromptu twist dancing, then makes joke about not doing so bad for a cripple (referring to his sprained ankle). Porter makes sure to get a shot of Kenny's mismatched shoes, one of which sports a moccasin to accommodate the damaged appendage.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 263
Porter introduces "pretty little lady" Dolly Parton, who sings the slow ballad "Try Being Lonely," backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 263
Accompanied by The Wagonmasters, Porter plays guitar and sings "Little Cabin Home On The Hill" from his 1966 LP "The Bluegrass Story."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 263
Porter introduces gap-toothed rube comedian Speck Rhodes. Speck, wearing his trademark bowler hat and checkered suit, calls his fictional girlfriend Sadie on an old-fashioned wall-mounted crank style telephone and tells some painfully corny old-fashioned jokes. Non-sequitur shots of unsmiling Jack Little staring into camera, smoking a bent cigarette. Great two-shots of late 1960's Nashville audience laughing.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 263
For the week's inspirational number, Porter performs Hank Williams' "Luke The Drifter" recitation "Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw," backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 263
Backed by The Wagonmasters, Kenny Price plays guitar and sings "Southern Bound."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 263
Porter calls on Mack to play a bit, so backed by The Wagonmasters, Mack treats us to a few seconds of "Liberty" 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."