The Porter Wagoner Show No. 93
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 93
The Porter Wagoner Show #93 with special guest David Houston.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 93
Promo for Porter Wagoner Show #93 with special guest David Houston. Opens with a CU Houston singing "Sam McGee," pulling out to reveal Porter and Norma Jean insisting that we join them, right here on this channel.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 93
Introduction to Porter Wagoner show #93. Program opens with Wagoner and Wagonmasters Speck Rhodes, Don Warden, and George McCormick as well as Norma Jean onscreen singing "Howdy Neighbor Howdy." Over title card decorated with drawing of Wagoner, announcer Hairl Hensley introduces Wagoner and The Wagonmasters, show regulars Speck Rhodes and Norma Jean, and "your favorite songs and stars of the Grand Ole Opry!" Wearing rhinestone-studded Nudie suit, Wagoner welcomes audience, then plays guitar and sings a short version of "Will You Be Loving Another Man" from his 1964 LP "The Bluegrass Story," backed by The Wagonmasters. CU Buck Trent and his electric banjo. MCU Mack; after Mack's hot solo, Porter laughs and says "The fiddle's done wore out, isn't it."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 93
Porter introduces guest David Houston, from Shreveport, LA. They chat a bit, then backed by The Wagonmasters, Houston plays guitar and sings "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen." The song is awfully sappy, but Houston's near-operatic vocal control (especially at the tail of the song) is mighty impressive. After the song Porter and David say the song is from Houston's LP "Twelve Great Country hits," but it in fact appears on the previous album "New Voice From Nashville."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 93
Buck Trent plays us out of the commercial break with a flashy solo on an instrumental version of "Wildwood Flower."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 93
Wagoner introduces Pretty Miss Norma Jean, who plays guitar and sings "A Woman's Gotta Make A Stand," from her 1966 LP "Please Don't Hurt Me," backed by The Wagonmasters. MS smiling Buck Trent picking away on his banjo strings. Norma sports a new blonde hairdo that gives her a suspiciously Jeannie Seely-like appearance. Norma chuckles a few times at something off screen.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 93
Porter introduces a new song written by Hank Cochran, then plays guitar and sings "I'm A Long Way From Home" accompanied by The Wagonmasters. The song appears on Porter's 1966 LP "Confessions Of A Broken Man."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 93
Wagoner introduces gap-toothed comedian Speck Rhodes, who enters wearing his trademark checkered suit with bow tie and bowler hat. Rhodes makes joke about fictional girlfriend Sadie. Corny old fashioned jokes ensue. Speck's recycling his old material again. Backed by the trusty Wagonmasters, Speck sings "I'm A Plain Old Country Boy, But I Look Like A Town Dude." CU Buck's guitar. Speck twists and gyrates in an approximation of dancing as practiced by someone who's only read about it in books.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 93
Porter plugs the show's souvenir booklet #4, "The Porter Wagoner Show Hits The Road!", containing songs and stories and pictures. It can be yours for only fifty cents by mail "in a en-vellup." Nice graphic of an envelope addressed to Wagoner.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 93
Backed by the Wagonmasters, sings a hymn from the book, the oft-requested "Trouble In The Amen Corner."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 93
Porter returns and reintroduces David Houston, who plays guitar and sings "Sam McGee" backed by The Wagonmasters. MS Buck Trent on guitar.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 93
Porter wraps up the show. As the Wagonmasters play instrumental show outro and announcer signs off, Wagoner shakes hands with Norma Jean, then waves goodbye as Magaha fiddles and dances us off the air. End title super reads: "Produced by Show Biz in cooperation with WSM-TV."