Surrealism on the Opry

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 23 Apr 2000 8:51 am

What was that bit Porter Wagoner did at the end of the televised portion of the Opry, with the guy from the Wild Turkey Foundation and the shopkeeper from the mall and the tailor? I couldn't make any sense of it.

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Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 23 Apr 2000 9:01 am

It ruined an otherwise great half hour for me. The proper thing would be for Bass Pro shops to buy commercial time.
By the way our cable system just added CMT and they don't have all those maditionel commercials during primetime.
somewhere recently I read where dispute viewership being down 20 some percent, advertising revenues were up for TNN which does not make sense.-----------------
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Stephen Gregory · Post by **Stephen Gregory** » 23 Apr 2000 9:21 am

Maditionel? Is that a word? How about Medicinal? Dispute Viewership?

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 23 Apr 2000 5:04 pm

Yeah, Bobby...that had a more than a little "Aubrey Beardsley" quality to it. For a while, I thought I might be the only one who noticed!

Wild Turkey Foundation...do they support the birds, or that high-priced bourbon?

Bill cole · Post by **Bill cole** » 23 Apr 2000 6:23 pm

Hell maybe they Greesed his palm he aint making no money recording and the old boy has to live them suits aint cheap and who knows maybe the bird of paradise flew porters snot locker.. But it is a toss up which was worse that old Andy who ever it was[This message was edited by Bill cole on 23 April 2000 at 07:25 PM.]

erik · Post by **erik** » 23 Apr 2000 7:03 pm

i'm beginning to think this thread is surreal. i've read about five phrases that are ‘greek to me’.

Anne Marie O Keeffe · Post by **Anne Marie O Keeffe** » 24 Apr 2000 5:16 am

What erik said!

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 24 Apr 2000 8:31 am

"Organized Confusion" Score one for the demise of the Opry. Is that big body guard there to protect Porter from a wild Elvis type attack from the wheel chair grand ma's? Or do those old Webb Pierce hand me downs have real gold linnings? Tune in next week as Buchanan and Ficsher bring you the latest chapter of "Opry sucks" Starring tba. Don Walser was enjoyable as was Ranger Dougs wild west show,what ever followed was pure crap.

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Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 24 Apr 2000 5:50 pm

Well, what was that about Porter Wagoner being a "great conservationist"? And that coat with the fish on it? At least the awards down at the Moose Lodge make sense!

I was trying to imagine how SNL would parody it, but then I wasn't sure that Porter wasn't doing a parody himself. I think he's about ready for that padded cell now.

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Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » 24 Apr 2000 11:41 pm

I believe its pressure from the Opry Mills group to try to shine a positive light on an otherwise disasterous debacle known in Nashville circles as "Shopryland". They don't want to have happen what happened in Grapevine, Texas with a similar attempt at a mega-mall, especially with all the people and related businesses that went out of business when Opryland closed. Unfortunately they piicked Porter as their dupe in this crass attempt. Best, Boomer