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Go Vols

(5,902 posts) Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:07 PM Jul 2016

The Porter Wagoner Show

I wonder if people outside Tenn. grew up watching Porter,it was one my favorite shows when TV was going from B&W to color.They sparkle!

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The Porter Wagoner Show (Original Post) Go Vols Jul 2016 OP

My only contact is through a Lily Allen video... Scootaloo Jul 2016 #1

I remember! MO_Dem Jul 2016 #2

I saw him in Nashville hosting the Grand Old Opry back in '98 Zambero Jul 2016 #3

I watched his show when I was growing up in West Virginia. Dolly Parton was his singing partner Tanuki Aug 2016 #4

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

1. My only contact is through a Lily Allen video...

Reply to Go Vols (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 11:03 PM

Jul 2016

MO_Dem

(2,365 posts)

2. I remember!

Reply to Go Vols (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 11:05 PM

Jul 2016

Lived in the boonies of south central MO, and we only got one channel--KYTV in Springfield. Watched Porter and Norma Jean and later Dolly on a b&w Zenith. And of course, Porter was from West Plains MO. I never did see the show in color.

Zambero

(9,767 posts)

3. I saw him in Nashville hosting the Grand Old Opry back in '98

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Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:48 AM

Jul 2016

He wore the patent outfit, and Loretta Lynn and Vince Gill were there as well. Real deal country, which seems to be a rarity any more.

Tanuki

(15,333 posts)

4. I watched his show when I was growing up in West Virginia. Dolly Parton was his singing partner

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Tue Aug 2, 2016, 01:15 PM

Aug 2016

in those days. They also used to do commercials for "Breeze" brand detergent, which I just realized I could still recite from memory. The big selling point was that each box also contained a free towel. When I first moved to Nashville, I saw Porter a couple of times, once in a recording studio and another time on the street near the Pancake Pantry.

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