The Porter Wagoner Show No. 257
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 257
The Porter Wagoner Show #257 featuring special guest Grandpa Jones.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 257
Promo for The Porter Wagoner Show #257 featuring special guest Grandpa Jones. Porter sits in the midst of an audience who mostly look more like they're gathered for a funeral than a TV show. Porter asks one little girl if her name is Karen and she looks back at him speechless, awestruck by this candy-colored man in his sparkly neon suit. Fade out over art card with colorful illustration of Porter.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 257
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #257. 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 Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, wearing dazzling, rhinestone-studded red Nudie suit, perform "I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew" accompanied by The Wagonmasters (Buck Trent, Don Warden, Mack Magaha, George McCormick, Jack Little and Speck Rhodes).
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 257
Porter welcomes audience and introduces special guest Grandpa Jones (wearing all brand-new clothes as he left his wardrobe in Canada while he was on tour). Backed by The Wagonmasters, Grandpa Jones plays guitar and sings the Jimmie Rodgers tune "My Little Old Home in New Orleans." Jones tells a joke about his forgetfulness. Porter just cain't keep from being plumb tickled at every little thing Grandpa says.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 257
Leading The Wagonmasters, Buck plays us out of the commercial break with an instrumental banjo version of "Little Bitty Tear." Porter makes some humorous comments about Grandpa Jones' new costume.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 257
Now it's time for a beautiful song by the beautiful little lady, Dolly Parton. Dolly plays guitar and sings "Daddy."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 257
Accompanied by The Wagonmasters, Porter plays guitar and sings "She Burnt The Little Roadside Tavern Down" from his "Bottom Of The Bottle" LP.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 257
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. Shots of late 1960's Nashville audience laughing.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 257
Don Howser introduces an oft-requested recitation as, backed by The Wagonmasters, Porter melodramatically reads Hank Williams' "Luke The Drifter" number "Men With Broken Hearts."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 257
Porter reintroduces Grandpa Jones, who plays banjo and charges recklessly through "Arkansas Traveler." Grandpa flubs lines but careens through the song like a bull in a china shop, funny stuff and danged entertaining.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 257
Grandpa plays Porter's request (title unknown), a snappy and funny little banjo number.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 257
Porter calls on Mack to play a "slow and pretty" number, so backed by The Wagonmasters, Mack treats us to a bit of "Love Faded Gray" until 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."