ET : OPEN WITH CAVALIER ET 575 NUMBER 2 9,~d,45 GRANT : / IT'S GRAND OLE OPRY TJME! s ANOTHER BIG PRINCE ALBERT SHOW :
STARRING RED FOLEY :
4P .PLME.
FOLEY : WELL THANKS, AND A GREAT BtG HOWDY TO A LL MY GOOD FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS OF PRINCE ALBERT SMOKINI TOBACCWS GRANp'OLE OPRYJ
a> GRANT : TH I S I S THE B I GGEST N I GHT OF THE YEAR .FOR US HERE I N NASHV J Ll»E
RED . .fOR TONIGHT WE CELEBRATE fiHE 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE .
GRAND OLE OPRY : (APP,l A.U50 AND WHAT A i. l NE-UP WE' VE, ASSEMBLED TO HELP US WITH THE OCCA$IONJ THE DINNING SISTERSd
UNCLE DAVE MACON : .JUDGE GEORGE .D, HAYI THE POSSUM HUNTERSS
ROD BRASFIELD : THE JORDANAIRES : AND THE ENTIRE CAST OF
PRINCE ALBERT'S GRAND OLE OPRY BOYS AND QIRLSJ 0 .~tv • ~ FOLEY :9YESSIR GRANT,AND LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM WE!RE PRIVILEGED TO
HEAR FROM THE HONORABLE GORDON BROWNlNG$ GOVERNOR OF TCNNESSEE
AND I THINK 1F J'M NOT MISfiAKENO THAT WE'RE GONNA ALSO HEAR .
FROM MINNIE PEARLj WHO IS RAPIDLY RECOVERIN' , H*Ej IN NASHVILLE . .SO IT LOOKS LIKE A NIGNT TO BE
LONG REMEMBERED .,AND HERE ARE THE JORDANAIRES TO ii,ELP GETL . w THINPS GOW FAST AND FURIOUS! ALRIGHT BOYSI -1, MUS I C : 3Q,RQA„N,,AIRES .,,," (fOI.EY OVER~ http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pqu03d00/pdf j"3~ •' e FOLEY : THERE'S A RIGHT 9MART YOUNG FELLER'S E3CEN BUSTlNf AT THE LEASH
THERE IN THE WINGS, AND IT OON'T LOOK LIKE WE CAN HOLD 'IM ;k , . MUCH LONGER . FOLKS, THE HOtiENWALD FLASH HISSELF . .ONE OF
AMERICA'S FUNNIEST MEN . .ROD BRASFIELOI
APPLAUSE AND PLAYON 9 ~~g~ ROD : THANK YOU MEN .
FOLEY :9~ RIGHT NOW FOLKS, I'D LIKE TO REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF THE
GOSSIP OF GRINDER'S SWITCH, COUSIN MINNIE PEARL . SHE WAS DOIN'
JUST FINE WHEN ROD AND ME WENT OVER TO VANDERBILT HOSPITAL
TO V~I TIT HER .
ROD :~ YESSIR MR . FOLEY, I KNOW OUR MINNIE'S-FEELIN' BETTER BECAUSE
SHE TOLD ME A MAN TOOK SOME X-RAY PICTURES OF HER AND SHE
SAYS IT WAS SURE FUN TO FIND A MAN WHO CAN'REALLY SEE SOMETHIN
IN HER!
FOLEY : AIN'T THAT A MODERN HOSPITAL MINNIEIS AT, THOUGH? .0 • / 0 y'° ROD : MODERN : WHY THAT HOSPITAL'S SO UP-TO-DATE THEY'VE GOT CURES
THEY A'l N t T EVEN FOUND -D 1 SEASES FOR ;
. • FOLEY : SURE YOU'RE TELLIN' THE TRUTH, RODLEY7 Ln . P-d ~-A al,4 0. Ln ROD : WELL, AS MY GAL SUZY ONCE SAID WHEN SHE BOUGHT A~S12E 32' m m 0o GIRDLE, MAYBE I AM STRETCHlN' THINGS A LITTLE TOO FAR . . . . ~ ~
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FOLEY : WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT ROD, I WISH YOU WOULDN'T BOTHER
WITH THAT PRETTY NURSE WHEN WE GO TO VISIT MlNNIE . ...
ROD :9-~ WELL FLITTER MR . FOLEY . .ALL I DONE WAS ASK HER TO TAKE MY
TEMPERATURE . . .
9~ I ~°' q~ FOLEY : NOW ROD, YOIW KNEW VERY WEKL THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY FEVERI
q ~~~ ROD : I KNOW, BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN MUCH FER HER TO GIVE ME ONEI rs-~
FOLEY : TO GET BACK TO MINNIE, DID SHE LIKE THE,PRESENT YOU BROUGHT
FOR HER? 6~ v 9, ROD : SHE SURE DID LIKE IT MR . FOLEY, . .
FOLEY : ,~ WELLI Qg IT SURE WAS A NICE GIFT . .A NIGHTGOWN TRIMMED WITH FEATHERS .
1~ , ROD : YESSIR . .SHE WAS TICKL.ED TO DEATH WITH (T!
BY NED, MR . FOLEY, I AIN'T ONE TO GO AROUND SPREADIN' RUMORS,
BUT I HEARD A THING ABOUT OL' GRANT TURNER THAT'S SO SCANDALOUS
THAT I CAN'T HOLD IT BACK . MR . FOLEYO I'KNOW fOR A ACTUAL FACT
THAT GRANT TURNER BEATS H I S W I FE UP C, -37,30 FOLEY : RODNEY, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT : DO YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT A NICE
FELLA LIKE GRANT TURNER BEATS HIS WIFE UP EVERY MORNIN'? 7. 38' ROD : YES HE DOES : SHE LAYS THERE IN THE BED EVERY MORNIN' TILL 8
O'CLOCK AND GRANT RISES AT 7 O'CLOCK AND t3RATS HIS WIFE UP BY
AN HOUR : ( AL UGHS) I LOVE TO GET A G00D'N LIKE THAT ON RED
F OLEY : ( TS PS )_ H I-DY FR I ENDS . . . . .(WF;A,THER )
(FOLEY OVER) http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pqu03d00/pdf FOLEY : I ADMIT YOU'RE MIGHTY SMART, RODLEY . BUT YOU KNOW $OMETHINI?
IF YOUR UNCLE CYPE HAD BEEN AS .SMART AS YOU .HE WOUL.DN'T'HAVE
GOT SUCH AN AWFUL STRAIN LAST WEEK, . .,
RUD :9 UNCLE CYPE GOT A STRAIN? HOW DID HE GET A STRAIN?
FOLEY :9 :3g,DR I ~~NK I NI SOUP THROUGH H I S MOUSTACHE i WOW I LOVE TO GET
A G00D IN ON ROD BRASF 1 E LD L[ KE THAT3 ( ) H I-DY FR I ENDS!
RON- BY NED, MR . FOLEY. .SOMETIMES y0U MAKE HE SO MAD I COULD EAT t A BEETLE-F3URGER : YOU KNOW, HIS 8E1Nf OUR 25TH ANNIVE ARY
A ALL, UNCLE CYPE DID GET ISSELF INTO A HEA?' 0f OUBLE
THERE A$T WEEK, BECAUSE WHE HE COME"HOME TO H NWALD FROM
TAKIN~ T OVERNIGHT TRAIN T IP FROM ldASHVI'' , HE HAD 1I-M TWO
E~LACK ~YES . ASKED HIM ABO THE BLAC Y~S AND HE SAID
"RODNEY THESE HE BLACK EYES IS A B THMARK" AND I SAYS "NOW
UNCLE CYPE, SOMEBOD ONE HIT O AND"GIVE YOU THEM BLACK
EYES, SO WHY DO YOU STA TH AND-SAY THEY'RE A BIRTHMARK?"
SO UNCLE CYPE SAYS it THESE 0 LACK EYES I S A 3 I RTHMARK
ALRIGHT, RODNEY . .E3ECAU LAST IGNT ON THE TRAIN I
ACCIDENTALLY GOT I 0 THE WRONG
THIS HERE ANNIV SARY REMINDS M
ANNIVERSARY . E ASKED HIS BOSS
TO CELEB E HIS S25TH WEDDINI INIVERSARY ND HIS BOSS tAID
"WHAT THIS? DIDNtT I LET YO HAVE THE DA FF TO GET
MAR ED? YOU MEAN TO SAY I G0T PUT UP WITH TIS EVERY 25
ARS?" http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pqu03d00/pdf ROD : C`.OME TO THI K OF IT, A 25TH BIRTHDAY AIN'T SO M CN WHEN YOU
E3EG I N TH I NK I N ABOUT MY GR~AT-GREAT-~GRANDPOPP , CLUTE
BRASFIELD . HE'S UST HAD '~IM A BIRTHDAY AND HAT OL' FELLERS
A COOL 97 . . .AND 9 IS NOT ~IUST COOL, 1T'S REEZIN'7 I
RECKON GREAT-GREAT-G ANDPOPPY'S GETTIN' A LITTLE FEEBLE TOO,
BECAUSE YESTERDAY I S N H .IS AGE WAS EGINNINI TO TELL ON
'IM . WE WAS WALKIN' ALO THE STRE THERE IN HOHENWALD AND
ONE 0' THEM SWEATER GALS SSED U ON THE SIDEWALK AND
GREAT-rGREAT-GRANDPOPPY TURN AR UND AND LOOKED AT 'ER AND
HE SAYS "OH, TO BE 80 AGAIN :"
WHEN IT COMES TO CELEBRATINI 'I THDAYS, HAVE YOU ;EVER NOTICED
THAT MEN AND WOMEN CELEBRATE BIR DAYa DIFFERENT? IT'S A
FACT : WHEN A MAN HAS A DIRT DAY HE OES AROUND TELLINI
EVER'BODY ABOUT IT AND HE ELEBRATES BY TAKINt THE DAY OF .F .
WHEN A WOMAN HAS A BIRTHD Y SHE KEEPS ER MOUTH SHUT AND
TAKES A YEAR OFF :
JUST THE OTHER DAY MY L FRIEND SUZY SA TO ME "ROD, HAV~
YOU NOTICED THAT I GE YOUNGER EVERY YEAR ' AND I SAYS P;'YOU
SURE DO SUZY, I REME ER YEARS AGO WHEN YQU WAS THIRTY, AND
NOW YOU AIN'T BUT T NTY-FIVE1"
ci ~
http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pqu03d00/pdf ROD : SHE'SOT A YOUNG BRAT OF .A BROTHER NAMED TYRONto WHIC -. .! A I N' T TOO-f.Q.ND OF . . AND THE OTHER DAY AFTER .DjMMIT-TH£RE I i WALKED I NTO SUZ1T'kMOMMY, AND P~AND I SAYS '" I THOUGHT YOU
FOLKS OUGHT TO KNOW TRnelf'HOUR OR SO AGO TYRONE FELL IN THE
SAYS 11D I D YOU~TCH H I M UP? " AND JS~YS "NOPE, BUT ' I WENT
DOWN TO TUC PUBLIC LIBRARY AND GOT US A
( ROD W I LL CONCLUDE W,JIH ,6 „~COU„~L N IJ
.AP.PLA,W~ .E fA ' t'.!-AYOFE 9,3~ .3 0 FOLEY : HEY ROD1 WA I T : WHY ARE YOU WALK I NG OFF Q6C,h~IARUS4 A 3 . 9 0 ROD :9'~ BECAUSE . .i WANT TO SEE WHERE I'VE BEENI
FOLEY :9BUT . . DON IT YOU WANT TO SEE WHERE YOU IRE 99I,,,,f ? •9~3q .113 ' ROD , OH, I NOW WHE RE I' M0 ,,,N ~(' ~, I-IM G01 NG BAC KSTAQE TO
SMOKE A PIPEFUL OF RICHt FULL-FLAVORED PRINCE ALBCRT!
FOLEY :9HA : YOU'RE A SMART COOKIE, RON I AGREE, PRINCE ALBERT M ~ AZLNE TOBACCO : WHY PR I NCE ALBERT I S SPEC I ALL.Y MADE FOR
SMOKING ENJOYMENT ; ITS CHOICE TOBACCO IS SPECIALLY TREAT£D TO
INSUR.E AGAINST TONGCE BITE . .AND CRIMP CUT TO BURN SLOW AND
EVEN, AND SMOKE COOL : 9 TURNER : AND HOW ABOUT THE RICH TASTE AND NATURAL FRAGRANCE OF
PRINCE ALBERT, BOYS? http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pqu03d00/pdf (FOLEY OVER) 0 9%'~ / 5 FOLEY : WHAT ABOUT 'EM, GRANT? , TURNER : WE LL, THEY"RE MORE REASON ' WHY PR I NCE A I.QERTI S THE LARdEST-
SELLING SMOKING TOBACCO 1N AMERICA : 54 MEN+-,FOR EXTRA SMOKING
ENJOYMENT, BUY PRINCE ALBERT$ THE NATIONAI .!JOY 9MOKE1 FOR
CONVENIENCE, ASK FOR PRINGE ALBERT IN THE HANDY POCKET TIN
WITH THE HUMIDOR TOP . FOR,ECONOMY, BUY PRINCE ALBERT IN THE
BIG POUND-SIZE : q ., 0•3e SINGING :~ JUST FILL YOUR PIPE UP WITH P .A .
AND TAKE A PUFF QRTTWO .
YO.U'LL GET THAT ~91U SMOKING JOY I PRINCE ALBERT OFFERS = : Ya °' FOLEY : ABOUT YEARS AGO WE HAD 3 M( GHTY PRETTY YC1UNG LAD I E.S
COME DOWN FROM CHICAGO TO PAY US A VISIT .OAND THE'WAY THE
FOLKS DOWN HERE TOOK TO 'E
TIR4
WAN
YOU' VE HEARD THE I R RECORDS, HEARD ' EM ON THE A 1 R
AND ON TELEVISION, AND SEEN' 'EM ON THE STAGE AND IN THE
MOVIES . .,SO LET'S GIVE A GREAT BIG HOWDY TO THE DINNING
SISTERS :
PP A Q5E
(FOLEY OVER) http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pqu03d00/pdf FOLEY : GALS, I KNOW I T' D BE K I NDA TOUGH FOR ALL THREE -:E3F YOU YO TALK j AT ONCE, SO WE'LL JUST SKIP ALL THE PALAVER AND GET TO YOUR
S I NG I NI WHICH i S EASY FOR YOU ALL THREE T0 00 AT ONCE, WHAT Il.L
YOU SING FOR US FIRST?
"! 0
nB e :
MUS1C : "
1~~~.~a' EOLEY :1q,'WE~.L NOW, THAT WAS MIGHTY PRETTY, GIRLS .,G00D MUSIC FOR SMOKINI
A PIPEFUL OF RICH-FLAVORED PRINCE ALBERT .
TO R DANC R FA F - 9,. FOLEY : IF YOU WERE LISTENINI . TO WSM ON .YOUR CRYSTAL SETS ONEICOOL NIGHT
ABOUT A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO, CHANCES ARE YOU' HEARD MUS I C
SUCH AS IS BEINI PICKED AND FIDDLED IN THE BACKGROUND THERE .
AND THIS MU6IC WOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYED BY'1'HE SAME BUNCH~OF OLD
T I MERS THAT IRE PLAY I NI Y"T NOW . . . GRAND OLE OPRY ;S FAMOUS POSSUM
HUNTERS : 5
Mmic 34. `` &L4AV'S-~ , ti
C ,f3A_Cf DOW -BEH I_ND :
(FOLEY OVER ) `d http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pqu03d00/pdf FOLEY :~ YESSIR, THEY'RE STILL GOING STRONG : GETTIN''BACK TO THAT NIGHT IN
NOVEMBER, 1g25, IF YOU WERE` .'TCINED !N, YOU HEARD A MIGHTY
FAMILIAR TOOT ON A STEAMBOAT'WHJSTLE . .AND A MIGHTY FRIENDLY
VOICE TALKINI TO YOU-- SORTA LIKE THISs
. HAY :9' ' YESSIR, YESSIR . .THIS IS THE SOLEMN OLI JUDGE, GEORGE D . HAY. . .
P~i~AU .E
(JUDGE HAY THEN AD L1BS AN INTRODUCTION Tp UNCLE DAVE'MACON IN
MORE OR LESS THE EXACT WAY HE DID IT 25 YEARS AGO WHEN HE GAVE
THE OPRY ITS NAME, MAKING THE REFERENCE TO THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
BROADCAST THAT HAD PRECEDED HIS SHOW . . .',,APPLAUSE WHEN HE
CONCLUDES THE INTRODUCTION WITH 11 UNCLE DAVE MACONI" )
APP A E
FOLEY :. YES, THAT'S HOW IT WAS 25 YEARS AGO, AND JUDGE HAY, WE SURE
DO WANNA THANK YOU FOR MAKIN' HONEST FOLKS OF US AND GIVINI OUR
SHOW A NAME : 9, 7. 3 ,-f/ HAY : '~THANK YOU RED FOLEY . .THE OPRY WILL ALWAYS BE MY SPECIAL BABY,
AND I'M PROUD TO BE CONNECTED WITH IT .
(FOLEY OVER)
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FOLEY :, JUDGE, THE GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE, THE HONORABLE GORDON BROWNING,
HAD PLANNED TO BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, BUi` BUSiNESS IN KN0X= .
VILLE HAS KEPT HIM FROM JOININ' OS . HOWEVER, HE CALLED ME DURING
THIS PAST WEEK AND ASKED ME TO PRESENT THE GRAND OLE UPRY WITH
A SPECIAL PLAQUE IN HIS BEHALF .,AND HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE IT . .
JUDGE, CONGRATULATIONS!!
RED AWA~F2D$ PLAQQE TO JUD,~„l~„_,Y ,
AP LA S ,
'IF, P FOLEY :9' GO AHEAD,° JUDGE-- READ WHAT THE INSCRlPT10N SAYS , .,
J DGE BAY RE D N CR,(~,TjON
FOLEY : NOW-- THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR WILL BE THE HONORABLE GORDON
BROWNING, GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE!
A
ME~SAGE FROM 0 ROW IN
APP AUS
FOLEY : 1lHANK YUU, GOVERNOR GORDON SROWNING .,
ORDANA_~l~;~
F . ~;,v ,O R~ ~'~-~'a. " ~18=N ~ ~f~t~°Ai~' i~t TE7. 7MDANAq#"w6t
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NOTE : I BEL I VE THE ~fiOW I S\SO OVERL DED THA,T 7HE . HYMNOULD POSS IBLY BE DEL TED, WT IF THERE IS ME FOR IT~, 1NSERT E HYMN AT TH I5 S OT ~EFORE THE COMME-RC IAL . . . . . , / E,13
------Yr-w ...... rwrrw ..ar- .. .rrw ..T- .ww . .w ~ R.r3, s8 TUFtNER : HEY . . SPEED,Y 6, J~ d
FOLEY : PRS D) SPEED? ARE YOU TAL.K I NG TO M? WHY THE ONLY
THING THAT'S SPEEDY ABOUT ME IS THE WAY I ROla, A"MAKlNIS"
CIGARETTE : AND I CAN THANK PRINCE ALBERT FOR MjAj, BECAUSE
PRINCE ALBERTIS CHOICE TOBACCO IS CRIMP CUT . SO IT CLINGS TO
THE PAPER . .DOESN'T BLOW AROUND . .DOESNIT DRIBBLE OUT THE ENDS .
QUICK AS A FLASH, ANYONE CAN ROLL A FIRM, SMOOTH ~~MAK1N'S"
CIGARETTE . .WITH PRINCE ALBERT : , SINGING : SO ROLL YOUR OWN WITH GOOD PA .
AND TAKE A PUFF OR TWO
YOU' Ll. GET THAT ~'„B,A. SMOK I NG JOY
PRINCE ALBERT OFFERS = : ~;54- ~~ FOLEY : FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS WE'VE HAD A BIG HUNK OF HAPPINESS TAKEN
OUT OF OUR $HOW t3Y THE AGSENCE OF ONE OF THE OPRY'S CHARTER
MEMBERS . . .SO TONIGHT WE THOUGHT WE'D .GCT FIRST HAND, AN
ANNIVERSARY GREETING FROM ONE OF THE MOST .BELOVED AND MOST
POPULAR GALS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD BY PAYING A LITTLE
VISIT TO -HER BEDSIDE . .AND HERE SHE IS .,THE GOSSIP OF GRINDERS
SWITCH . . .COUSIN MINNIE PEARL :
P AU E ND AY N T TO,611 ,,YAU0ESD I „Lj http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pqu03d00/pdf (MINNIE OVER) ' " 12
9 ' 6 q - "1 MINNIE : HOW-DEE : I SURE AIN'T PROUD T'BE B=!
OR -,ME„ OM NN
APPLAUSE AND PLAYOFF
~~ CIGARETTE WITH
WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR VERY LOVELY GUESTS FOR THIS SPECIAL
ANNIVERSARY SHOW, THE THREE DINNING SISTERSI COME BACK ON OUT
HERE, GIRLS :
: //~/~ n MUS I C " ~'~`~ , .,DINNINQ SISTERS
APPL/1lGSE
T R D CUE FORs 0 9:f 6 ' ~ FOLEY : YOU KNOV, THERE'S SOME MUSIC THAT ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF PRINCE
ALE3ERT .,A REAL PRETTY E3ALLAD, FOR 1NSTANCE, MAKES ME THINg OF
PRINCE ALBERT'S RICH, MELLOW FLAVOR . . .AND HERE'S A SONG TO GO
WITH THE THOUGHT-- A BALLAD I WANT TO S1NG AS MY OWN PART OF
TON I GHT' S HAPPY OCCAS ( ON . . ." 4e ~1 6 .)10 MUSI C : " " .A-s-E_?UE-Y
Q,[;PyAE,oi [~,TO,,_5SQU„AB~ ,~D W (FOLEY OVER ) http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pqu03d00/pdf . 1-~~~~ FOLEY : ~' WELL I T' S BEEN A B I G N I GHT JPST AS WE .ALL F'I GURED IT WOULD, oANf
I GUESS IT'S TIME TO WEND OUR HAPPY WAYS HOME . NEXT WEEK WE'LL a COME CALLIN' FOR YOU IN THE ¢UCKBOARD SAME AS ALWAYS . .AND
WE'RE E3RINGIN' SOMEBODY YOU ALL KNOW IAND WANNA HEAR . .iT'S
ROD BRASFIELD'S UNCLE CYPE! TILL THEN, THIS IS RED FOLEY
SAYIN' THANKS FOR -EVERYTHING . .AND I'LL BE SEEIN' YOU NEXT
SATURDAY NIGHT AT PRINCE ALBERT'S GRAND OLE OPRY :
ANNCR : PORTIONS OF THE f'RECEDiNG PROGRAM WERE TRANSCRIBED,
PRINCE ALBERT'S GRAND OLE OPRY CAME TQ''YOU FROM WSM IN
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE .
HEAR ED WYNN, JACK CARSON, AND FRED ALLEN . . .TOMORROW 1- -1T'S
11 THE BIG SHOW" . .ON NBC :
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