The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
The Porter Wagoner Show #92 with special guests Uncle Eli Possumtrot and Vernon Oxford.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
Promo for Porter Wagoner Show #92 with special guests Uncle Eli Possumtrot and Vernon Oxford. Opens with a CU of bearded, bespectacled Possumtrot saying "Rosin on your bow and play me something," pulling out to reveal Porter who introduces him and Oxford and says "Join us, won't you?" over Possumtrot nattering on behind him with square dance calls.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
Introduction to Porter Wagoner show #92. Program opens with Wagoner and Wagonmasters Speck Rhodes, Don Warden, and George McCormick 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 "I'm Gonna Feed You Now," from his 1965 album "The Thin Man From West Plains," accompanied by The Wagonmasters. MS Buck Trent and his electric banjo.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
Porter introduces Uncle Eli Possumtrot. Bearded, ancient-looking Possumtrot ambles in with a cane and floppy old felt hat. "Eli" plays up his doddering-old-man-of-the-hills shtick, but under the fake beard and grandpa glasses he's actually 41-year-old record producer Bob Ferguson, who wrote and recorded many of Porter's hits including 1968's "The Carroll County Accident."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
Backed by The Wagonmasters, Possumtrot recites a thinly veiled anti-Vietnam protester number told from the perspective of a Civil War veteran passing the sacred gun of freedom down from one generation to the next, concluding that as far as fighting for freedom goes, "sometimes son, when all is said and done, this gun can protest the best." Porter plugs the song as a new RCA recording but the title goes unmentioned (title could be "My Past Is My Future.")
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
Mack and Buck play us out of the commercial break with a stompin' little instrumental that Magaha wrote on the bus on the way home from a gig, "Mack's Reel."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
Wagoner introduces Norma Jean, who plays guitar and sings "I Wouldn't Buy A Used Car From Him," from her 1965 LP "Pretty Miss Norma Jean," backed by The Wagonmasters. MS smiling Buck Trent picking away on his banjo strings.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
Porter introduces a song written by his friend Vic McAlpin, then plays guitar and sings "I Just Came To Smell The Flowers" accompanied by The Wagonmasters. The song appears on Porter's 1966 LP "Confessions Of A Broken Man."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
Wagoner introduces gap-toothed comedian Speck Rhodes, who makes call on old-time crank telephone wearing his trademark checkered suit with bow tie and bowler hat. Talks with fictional girlfriend/operator Sadie. Corny old fashioned jokes ensue.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
Uncle Eli dodders in to plug the show's souvenir book, saying "This has replaced the almanac in my good literature. This is it, see. And if you have trouble reading, poorly eyes, the pictures are big." It can be yours for only fifty cents by mail. Nice graphic of an envelope addressed to Wagoner.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
Porter plays guitar and sings a short version of one of Eli's favorite hymns, "Someone To Care," accompanied by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
Porter thanks everyone for patronizing his sponsors, then introduces Vernon Oxford. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Oxford plays guitar and sings the haunting minor-key Harlan Howard composition "Woman, Let Me Sing You A Song." MS Buck Trent.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 92
Porter has Oxford play a bit of "Wishful Thinking" to fill out the show before he has to wrap it up. Porter returns to close the program. As the Wagonmasters play instrumental show outro and announcer signs off, Wagoner shakes hands with Norma Jean and guests, 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."