New Year’s Special, Show 2 | Grand Ole Opry (12-31-50)

Summary

Old Time Radio Westerns – New Year’s Special, Show 2 | Grand Ole Opry (12-31-50)

Podcast: Old Time Radio Westerns
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Airdate: September 18, 2025
Source Material: Grand Ole Opry New Year’s Eve, Dec 31, 1950 (Second Show)
Summary by OTRW Podcast Summarizer

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Episode Overview

This New Year’s Special transports listeners back to a lively Grand Ole Opry broadcast on December 31, 1950. Featuring a medley of comedy skits, homespun storytelling, gospel and old-time country music, the episode bottles the boisterous, communal feeling of early Opry gatherings. Vivid performances by Rod Brassfield, Minnie Pearl, the Jordanaires, and other Opry stalwarts conjure an evening of laughter, music, and gentle ribbing—all washed down by Southern hospitality and the spirit of the holiday.

Restored in high-quality audio by Old Time Radio Westerns, this episode offers a rich, nostalgic immersion in the American radio variety tradition.

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Key Segments & Highlights

1. Comedy & Down-home Storytelling

Rod Brassfield’s Routine

• [06:17-13:59] Rod Brassfield leads the laughs with a series of stories and folksy one-liners:

  • Complains humorously about feeling “puny” since last year—a classic new year’s joke.
  • Quote (@07:04):

    “I’ve been puny since last year, plumb ‘till this year I’m still puny…”
    – Rod Brassfield

  • Recites a spoof about mixing up his morning exercise routine with his wife’s radio cake recipe, blending fitness steps with baking ingredients in escalating absurdity.
    • Quote (@12:24):

      “…Lie flat on your back and grease your pan well. Place your hands on your shoulders and inhale deeply. 1 teaspoonful of baking powder…”
      – Rod Brassfield

• Anecdotes from Hornwall, Tennessee

  • Tells a story about an uncle with a chicken farm—and a parrot standing in for a missing rooster.

2. Musical Performances & Sing-Alongs

The Jordanaires

• Barbershop, Gospel, and Spirituals
  • “Roll On, The River Deep and Wide” (@15:05)
  • “I Want to Rest” – a new record, moving gospel with high harmony (@17:14)
  • “Working on the Building” (@20:49)
• Applause Techniques:
  • Brassfield suggests cramped audience members sway up and down in acknowledgment if they can’t clap.
    Quote (@16:20):

    “…if you’re too close together now, everybody get this straight…maybe you acknowledge it up and down like this…that applause really makes us feel good…”

Grandpa Jones

• “Mountain Dew” (@25:13):

  • Grandpa Jones brings his signature banjo and humor for a rousing, comic number on homemade hooch.
  • Quote:

    “My old Aunt June bought some brand new perfume…when she had it analyzed, it was nothin’ but good old Mountain Dew.”

• Advice Song (@27:37):

  • Light-hearted warning for young men about the perils of romance:

    “Love, it is a very funny thing…makes you feel like a freshwater eel…empty your pocketbook and well, boys, keep away from the girl…”

3. Spiritual & Sentimental Moments

• “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” (@29:46):
  • Introduced by the emcee as a solemn moment for those “in a serious mood,” honoring servicemen and families gathering in churches nationwide for New Year’s Eve.
  • The entire ensemble, with the Jordanaires, delivers a soulful, harmonious rendition.
  • Quote (@33:32):

    “…I think that a sacred psalm has got a place anywhere. Anywhere…”

4. Minnie Pearl Brings the House Down

Comedy Monologue & Songs

• Classic Minnie Pearl Intro (@34:43):

  “How do? I’m just so proud to be here... I waited around over there for a while. I thought a bunch of fellers would just come over there and just make me kiss them. I tried and I tried… I made $11.85!”
  – Minnie Pearl

• Fashion & Fortune:

  • Deadpan about her dress:

    “In fact, I heard one feller say I must have got it for a ridiculous figure. My figure’s my fortune—I just got my money invested in the wrong places.”
    – Minnie Pearl (@35:50)

• Songs:

  • “Careless Love” with Rod Brassfield, playful duet (@38:42-39:36)
  • “Love Bug Itch” (brief, comic bits about love and romance)

5. Last Call – Opry Traditions and Community Wishes

• Dance Tunes & Participatory Numbers
  • “Cincinnati Dancing Pig” (@42:00) and “Tennessee Saturday Night” (@44:52). Rousing sing-alongs and comedic chaos.
  • Audience is encouraged to join the revelry: “Everybody have a big time!” (@46:43)
• Personal & Communal Blessings
  • Host offers heartfelt New Year’s wishes and acknowledges his wife in the hospital.
    Quote (@47:13):

    “…we sincerely hope that you’ve enjoyed our humble way of trying to entertain you folks…from all the gang at the Prince Albert Grand Ole Opry…we wish all of you a most happy and prosperous 1951. And God bless all of you.”

• Lost Prop Comedy
  • The show closes with a running gag about a missing celluloid leg needed for the act and instructs the “culprit” to return it before leaving.

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• Rod Brassfield (@07:04):

  “I’ve been puny since last year, plumb till this year I’m still puny.”

• Rod Brassfield, Cake-ercise Routine (@12:24):

  “Lie flat on your back and grease your pan well. Place your hands on your shoulders and inhale deeply…”

• Show Host/Emcee, on Sacred Songs (@33:32):

  “I think that a sacred psalm has got a place anywhere. Anywhere. It doesn’t make any difference.”

• Minnie Pearl (@34:43):

  “I waited around over there for a while. I thought a bunch of fellers would just come over there and just make me kiss them… I made $11.85.”

• Show Host/Emcee, Closing Wishes (@47:13):

  “…we wish all of you a most happy and prosperous 1951. And God bless all of you. …Come and see us, will you?”

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Memorable Moments

• The audience’s interaction—laughter, applause, and banter—provides an immersive sense of community.
• The cast’s seamless weaving of comedy, music, and sentiment reflects the spirit and versatility of the Grand Ole Opry tradition.
• Minnie Pearl’s jokes about romance and rural life deliver huge reactions.
• The sacred performance of “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” punctuates the celebratory mood with heartfelt emotion.

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Suggested Listening Segments

• Rod Brassfield’s monologue: 06:17–13:59
• The Jordanaires’ musical set: 15:05–20:49
• “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” performance: 29:46–33:32
• Minnie Pearl’s monologue and songs: 34:43–41:31
• Closing New Year’s wishes: 47:13–49:43

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Tone and Atmosphere

Warm, folksy, boisterous, and inclusive—capturing the essence of a live Opry show where humor, music, and hospitality reign. The performers address the crowd directly, taking the audience “onstage,” and the closing messages ring with sincerity and gratitude.

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Whether you’re a longtime listener or a curious newcomer, this episode is a gem: a window into a vanished American moment, made vivid by the audio restoration and loving preservation of OTR Westerns.

Transcript

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[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Rod Brassfield]

Whoa. When did I get here?

[Narrator/Announcer]

What do you mean?

[Rod Brassfield]

I swear it was just moments ago.

[Andrew Rines (Host)]

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[Rod Brassfield]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Rod Brassfield]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Show Host/Emcee]

It's all good.

[Rod Brassfield]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Rod Brassfield]

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[Rod Brassfield]

Go ahead.

[Show Host/Emcee]

I don't want. Well, thank you very much, folks. You're gonna I take your part. Well, If I had Ms. Evelyn Knight here, she's a pretty girl. If I had her here, I could do that for you. But I tell you what, I think that you folks would enjoy a little laugh right now more than you would have stoned. And we can't think of anybody that can give you a bigger laugh and a better laugh and a deeper laugh than our own. This woman already laughing before I even say who it is. You know who I'm talking about, don't you, Rode?

[Rod Brassfield]

Hi, miss. Morning. Thank you, I, I thank you very much. I appreciate. I know it. I just wanted to let that nut a little dab throw. The man over here could hear me. Oh.

[Show Host/Emcee]

We'Re old tape. Oh, are we?

[Rod Brassfield]

You've been on television, ain't you?

[Show Host/Emcee]

I didn't know we.

[Rod Brassfield]

Have you ever been on tape?

[Show Host/Emcee]

I didn't know we was on tape.

[Rod Brassfield]

Don't find that you're on it now, buddy.

[Show Host/Emcee]

We are.

[Rod Brassfield]

Mr.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Pulley.

[Rod Brassfield]

I'm so mad. I'm just so mad. I, I, I'm just plumb mad. Yeah, I ain't never been this mad. I don't think somebody squirted the squirt gun at us. Then I'm just plumb mad.

[Show Host/Emcee]

What are you mad about, huh? What are you mad about?

[Rod Brassfield]

Well, I was walking down the street there this morning here, see, when we got here, and a fella walked up to me and says, hey, are you Rod Brassfield? I says, yes, sir. I'm afraid I'm guilty. He says, well, is everybody in Hornwall crazy like you? I says, yeah, they may be, but they don't stand around in droves like they do up here. Boy, I cut his water off. I tell you, I sure got him. Hi, dear friends. I'm glad to get to be here with you good folks tonight, but I don't feel good. I'm sort of puny. I woke up this morning sort of puny, and I'm still sort of puny. I've been puny since last year, Plum. Till this year I'm still puny. Got up in the hotel and I went downstairs to the druggist down in the drugstore in the bottom of the hotel there. And I says to him, I said, doc, is something the matter with me? He says, well, I don't know what's the matter with you. He looked at my pulse and felt at my tongue. And he says, I don't know what's the matter with you, Rod, but I can tell you what to do first. And he gave me a 25 cent bottle of castor oil. Told me to take it and go back upstairs and go to bed and stay there. All right. I don't know where that fool went.

[Show Host/Emcee]

To school, but he's got a lot to learn.

[Rod Brassfield]

Okay. I don't know how many of you good fool.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Chair. I thought y' all was laughing at me for a minute. I went down in the country down there in Horn Mall last week where I was raised.

[Rod Brassfield]

Horn Mall, Tennessee. I got an uncle that lives out on a farm. He's got a big farm out there in the country from Hohenwald. You sort of go that away, you, you, you. If you ever been there, you'd know where I'm talking about. Cause it. You sort of bank to the right there. You couldn't miss it unless there's a box car sitting in front of it. It's a good little town hohen wall down there. My uncle's got a chicken farm down there. Raises chicken. And every year he's just got a flock of chickens. And this year he didn't have many chickens. And I was down there a couple of weeks ago, and he's telling me about his chicken farm. Said he had 150 old hens and didn't have no rooster at all. Said one day he throwed all them old hens over in his wagon bed and started out making the rounds of all the neighboring farmers trying to buy him a rooster, and couldn't find a dead busted rooster nowhere. There was a shortage of roosters at that particular time. But before he got home, somebody sold him one of them old talking paw parrots. Said he took his old part, folded over the wagon bed of them old hens and started on home. And he said he got nearly home. Said he got nearly home and he heard a funny racket and he looked back and here's all them old hens a walking up the road following this wagon. This old parrot sitting up on the end gate of the Wagon saying now when you old hens change your mind, you can ride. What in the cat high is going on there? Yo. Happy New Year. Oh, wait a minute. Come on, baby.

[Show Host/Emcee]

I thought you.

[Rod Brassfield]

I thought you. I thought you.

[Show Host/Emcee]

What time it is, see?

[Rod Brassfield]

Huh?

[Show Host/Emcee]

12 o' clock in Nashville, Tennessee.

[Rod Brassfield]

Oh, in Nashville. Oh, well, Flitter, I was going by Washington time. I can't find it. I've got it somewhere. I do, ma'.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Am.

[Rod Brassfield]

Huh? Yeah. No, I don't need the picture. I'm gonna read now.

[Show Host/Emcee]

What I want to know is why you're tipping your hat to this lady down here.

[Rod Brassfield]

Huh?

[Show Host/Emcee]

Why are you tipping your hat to this lady down here?

[Rod Brassfield]

You mean I don't know her?

[Show Host/Emcee]

Well, I don't think you do. Well, my brother knows her. Oh, shut your mouth.

[Rod Brassfield]

Yeah, and it's my brother's. Ha. I'm gonna read this. We ain't got a dab of silver, man. Friends, I'm gonna read something to you here. It won't take but a minute, this. Who done that? Or lay off them.

[Jordanaires Member]

This morning.

[Rod Brassfield]

This morning my wife, bless her heart, was in the kitchen whooping up some eggs for breakfast there and she's got a little radio back there in the kitchen. I always take my morning exercise over the radio, you know, 1, 2, 3, 4. And this morning I was writing it down as it come in on the radio there. And my wife back there in the kitchen with her little radio was getting a cake recipe off of the radio and I think I heard hers and got it mixed up, sorted. Here's what it says. It says, lie flat on your back and grease your pan well. Place your hands on your shoulders and inhale deeply. 1 teaspoonful of baking powder. Pour 2 tablespoons full of salt between the movements of arms and legs. Always sit in an upright position so your batter won't spill. Raise and lower your arms and mash three hard boiled eggs in a field. Get the perspiration coming freely from the whites of two eggs. Throw your arms above your head and shove your pan in the oven.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Happy New Year. Well, Sir o'. Rodney. Doggone. Look. Look at these guys. The cops are acting. Well, you folks that were here a while ago, you know who we're going to bring up here now because you've already seen us move the piano out here. Four boys that sing the old barbershop songs, the spiritual sacred songs from the good state of Missouri, the Jordanaires. Boys, come on out here. Yes, sir. Run center.

[Rod Brassfield]

Roll on the river deep and wide My home is on the other side There's a river rolling deep and wide paradise is on the other side Go along the river deep and wide My home is on the other side.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Thank you.

[Rod Brassfield]

Thank you. Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. You know, I know you're a lot. You're quite crowded out there and I know you're having a lot of difficulty and applauding for the groups that are up here tonight. But if you'll remember one thing, if you're too close together now, everybody get this straight. If you're standing too close together to applaud this way maybe you acknowledge it up and down like this, you know, Remember that applause. Thank you. Very good. Thank you. That applause really makes us feel good. The more you applaud, the more we're going to sing it. Just like saying sing them to a dog. You see how you do. As I was saying, we do have. We do have some good numbers here. We're going to sing for you. Get right into them as quickly as we can and.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Is there something you'd like to say?

[Rod Brassfield]

I have an announcement. I was. No, Bob, please wait for that announcement. You got quite some time. I know you don't mind waiting.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Thank you for volunteering the way, Bob.

[Rod Brassfield]

Thank you very much. We appreciate that. Now we must get run out the program and. And now it's the Jordan there singing one of our brand new records. In fact, it's our latest record out. I want to rest I want to rest When I have finished this walk of life I want to rest Rest on Jesus Christ I want to rest Rest the most heart I want to rest Bless the most drive and with each heartache from my friends oh seem to friends well, well, well After I have done my best I wanna rest oh Lord I wanna rest I wanna rest when my work on earth is gone When a crown of victory won with my Jesus goes by my side and you know I'm satisfied When I finish I want to rest on Jesus Christ after all I want to rest thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Foley. Yes, sir. That's Mr. Foley over there. You know, that's our favorite. Our favorite Hilberry singer. Yes, sir. You can buy his records, his Decca records, you know. Decca, that's where Mr. Foley can be bought. That's right. Sang the song. All right, we'll get right at it as soon as we can. We have some more numbers we're going to sing for you here and we hope that you will be listening closely at. How do you do? As I was saying, we have some Numbers we ought to sing here for you. We hope we're singing the right numbers for you tonight. Is there something you would like to say, Bobby? Right. Yes, I have an announcement I'd like to make, please. Well, go ahead. Go ahead. It's all right. Make your announcement. Go ahead, Bobby. Make your announcement and get it over with now. Come on. Right. Quickly now. Hurry up. That's all right.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Make your notes.

[Rod Brassfield]

Well, before I start talking, I would like to say something. It is a financial privilege to be here this evening. We have with us this evening a picture of the Jordanaires Quartet. It looks better like this, but we carry this picture along with us. It helps feed us. It helps take us from place to place. That's the truth. It does help feed us. In fact, before we started selling these pictures, I was so bony that my dog buried me three times. We usually sell a picture for a half a dollar, but tonight we want everyone here to take a picture home. So instead of the regular price, it's been changed. It's 50 cents tonight, Bob. 50 cents. If you'd like to have one of our pictures, forget the Jordanaires Quartet for 50 cents. Thank you, Bobby Hubbard. Don't you think he's cute? Isn't he cute? Aw, I better leave this microphone alone. I keep getting a noise every time I touch it. We're going to get right in this next number. I meant to tell you a while ago that this number. I want to rest was saying a while ago. What? I can't hear you. Yeah, I know, and I listen. I know her sister, too. That's right. We're going to get right on with the program now. And this is the other side of our Capitol record. On one side is I want to Rest. On the other side is this very fast moving jubilee spiritual entitled Working on the Building. Yes, I'm working on the building. Yes, it's true foundation going up to heaven Getting my reward to get my reward well, I'm working on a bill It's a true foundation I'm holding up the Want to get my reward Morning on the building. Oh, my Lord, I'm going up to heaven I'm going to get my reward to get my reward.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Well, sir, once more, that surprise guest. And I know you folks. I'm getting horses I can be little horse, I'm a little pony. I know that you folks never get tired of hearing him, and especially since he's been gone from Washington, D.C. for a little while. So let's give him one more big round of applause and a Nice welcome to Grandpa Jones, huh? What do you say? The greatest guy you ever saw. Hey, right there. Right there. Yay, grandpa.

[Jordanaires Member]

Thank you, Red.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Thank you, Rand.

[Rod Brassfield]

Yes, sir.

[Show Host/Emcee]

You had a happy new year, buddy.

[Rod Brassfield]

The best thing ever I seen.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Best in the here.

[Rod Brassfield]

Thank you very much.

[Jordanaires Member]

All right, here's. Here's a tune you all used to like. I don't know, maybe you will again. This the way it go. There's a big potter tree down there.

[Rod Brassfield]

On here for me.

[Jordanaires Member]

While you lay down a dollar or two you go around the b and when you come back again there's a just full of good old Mountain Dew. Oh, they call it that old Mountain Dew and damn that refuge it up here I'll shut up my mortgage and fill up my tub with some good old mountain. Well, my uncle north he's sawed off and short he measures about 4 foot 2 he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint of that good old mountain deer. My old aunt June bought some brand new perfume it had such a sweet smelling pew but to her surprise when she had it analyzed it is nothing but good old Mountain Dew. Oh, they call it that old mountain Dew and then that refused it off you. I'll shut up my mug if you fill up my jug with some good old mountain D. My brother Bill he's got a still on the hill whah. He runs off a gallon or two the buzzards in the sky get you drunk they can't fly from smelling that good old Mountain dew. Oh, they call it that old Mountain Dew and man that refuse a few.

[Minnie Pearl]

Good old Mountain Dew.

[Jordanaires Member]

I give. Thank you very much. Thank you. I'd like to. Thank you. I'd like to play a little tune here that gives a little advice to some of the young fellows here that might be a thinking about hopping the.

[Rod Brassfield]

Broomstick or getting married.

[Jordanaires Member]

In other words, a little tune called I'd rather be sunburnt on my vacation than tanned on my weekend. That's the way it goes. Now love it is a very funny thing. It catches the young and the old. It's just like a d. Your boarding house has to many a man its soul makes you feel like a freshwater eel. Cause your head to swell you lose your pride your love is tried and empty your pocketbook and well boys keep.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Away from the girl.

[Jordanaires Member]

Die said give the them lots of room.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Right now.

[Rod Brassfield]

Just a minute.

[Show Host/Emcee]

I'm hoarse right now. I'll tell you what I know that you folks want to see just one more little shot. Ralph keeps a chance to get the play next year. So Ralph, come on out here and let's have a little tune here and see if they get all the stage. Here we go. Well, sir, some lady over here a while ago said. Said she felt like she'd had a big enough time tonight. Laughing, she'd had a wonderful time. Said she felt in a little bit of a serious mood. And I think that even though we're having a wonderful time here tonight, there's places around our great country that people are gathered in their churches tonight. And even though we're. All our hearts probably are with the boys who are in the service, we all have a right to celebrate New Year's Eve the way we feel like. And if you folks don't mind, for just a few people over here, we'd like that to sing a little something song that the Jordan Aries helped me out with on a record, a little sacred song. And we'd appreciate your. Your indulgence and your attention. Called Just a Closer Walk With Thee. I am weak but thou art strong Jesus keep me from all wrong.

[Rod Brassfield]

I'll.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Be satisfied as long as I walk Let me walk close to thee.

[Rod Brassfield]

Just.

[Show Host/Emcee]

A closer walk with Thee Granted Jesus is my.

[Rod Brassfield]

Be.

[Show Host/Emcee]

When my people lie to soul Time for me will be.

[Rod Brassfield]

No.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Guide me gently Safely.

[Rod Brassfield]

Do thy.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Show Just a closer walk with Thee Grace is my.

[Rod Brassfield]

Any.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Walking close to the. Let it be.

[Rod Brassfield]

Let it be.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Thank you very much, man. Thanks a lot to you. Well, even though we feel like might be just a little bit sacrilegious to sing a sacred number when we're having a little dance, but you know, that is a little bit narrow minded, I think. I think that a sacred psalm has got a place anywhere. Anywhere. It doesn't make any difference. Yes siree. Well, sir, we want you folks to meet once more. And I know that you never get tired of her. At least that your male and your applause and your laughter never cease to show it. If she's ready back there now, she just got out of the hospital about two weeks ago. Go. So she gets around a little bit slow. Is she back there? You know who we're talking about? Of course she back there. Cousin Minnie Pearl. Yeah.

[Minnie Pearl]

How do? I'm just so proud to be here. Now y' all get some of these wires here out of the way. I don't want hate to fall and break my contract. Well, sir, I sure have been having a good time up here y' all this year, New Year's Eve. I stand over there in the corner just now when it Was time to kiss your girl. I waited around over there for a while. I thought a bunch of fellers would just come over there and just make me kiss them. I tried and I tried. I tried to catch two or three as they went by, but I never was lucky enough. I don't care nothing about kissing fellers no more than I do about breathing or eating. I reckon y' all think all I think about you kissing. That's right. No, I'll tell you the truth. We played a kissing game the other night. And the way they played it, they'd draw a circle in the middle of the floor and a girl would stand in the middle of the circle and a fellow would either have to kiss her or pay a fine. I made $11.85. One old boy said he didn't have no money with him. He'd pay me come Saturday. No, I tell you the truth. We've been having a good time up here. I want to tell y' all one thing, though. That happened since tonight. Tonight when I come up here. Well, I brought this dress along because I wanted to wear it. It's the first time I wore it and I didn't pay very much for it. In fact, I heard one fellow say I must have got it for a ridiculous figure. My figure's my fortune. I just got my money invested in the wrong places. No, no, I'll tell you the truth. We've been having an awful big time at Grinder Switch this year past week. Since we've been. Since Christmas time and everything. My feller, he said he was gonna get me something that had a lot of carrots. Thought he was gonna get me a diamond ring. He got me a rabbit. But I don't worry nothing about my feller, Hezzy. Oh, just before I come up here, he liked to have a fit, he really did. He said, I wish you wouldn't go up there to Washington. He said, that place is knowed all over the country for having more handsome fellows to the square mile than any place in the country. That's right. I tried just now to get me a second lieutenant. The first one got away. Oh, I tell you right now. We had a picnic over at Europe. We was in Europe last year in November. We went over there to entertain the armed forces. I didn't find an arm over there. There that'd force me into anything. And we was over there and we was having a entertaining at a place. And the girls dressing room caught on fire. It did. It took two hours to put out the fire. Took three Hours to put out. The fireman took a whole day to get rid of the MP. I ought to talk about them MPs now. They're real nice. They got my name on their sleeve. MP Mini Pearl right on their sleeve. Well, I'd like to. I'd like to sing one here if these fellers will come up here. Oh, I'd like to sing. I was gonna dance, but I've got something wrong with my left knee.

[Rod Brassfield]

Something wrong with your left knee?

[Show Host/Emcee]

Yes.

[Minnie Pearl]

I don't know what's the matter with my left knee.

[Rod Brassfield]

Maybe it's old age.

[Minnie Pearl]

Couldn't be old age.

[Rod Brassfield]

Why?

[Minnie Pearl]

Well, you see, both of my legs the same age. And the other one don't hurt me. Lighthouse by the sea. I like to sing out there. And by the name of Jealous. No, I want to sing Careless Love this time.

[Rod Brassfield]

That was my favorite song in about.

[Minnie Pearl]

The gear D feller.

[Rod Brassfield]

Oh, love, oh, love, oh, careless love.

[Minnie Pearl]

Love, oh, love. It is is untrue Love, oh, love, oh, careless love. To love some fellow that don't love you. You can't pass my window, pass my door. Pass by window, pass my door. Pass my window, pass my door. But you sure can't pass by 40.

[Rod Brassfield]

Hey.

[Minnie Pearl]

Love bug. Come here, Big love bug with me.

[Show Host/Emcee]

And Minnie and Ernie Stubb made a record called Love Bug Itch. But I don't remember my part. Do you?

[Minnie Pearl]

You don't.

[Show Host/Emcee]

When the love bug bites, you don't know where to scratch.

[Minnie Pearl]

L keeps on biting up and begins to hatch.

[Show Host/Emcee]

It makes the whole feel young, the poor feel rich.

[Rod Brassfield]

It's just a little thing. It's called a love buggy Troll.

[Minnie Pearl]

I want me a feller about 23. One who think the world of me. One who ain't never, ever, ever been hit. A fella who's been took with the love bug.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Each with the love bug bites.

[Rod Brassfield]

You know.

[Show Host/Emcee]

It makes me old feel young, the old feel rich.

[Minnie Pearl]

It's just a little thing that's called a love forget.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Oh, I love her lips. I love them close to my. There ain't no vaccination for the love bug.

[Rod Brassfield]

It's.

[Minnie Pearl]

Right on the fight.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Oh, my, my, my, my, my. Some of these days I'm going to learn all these songs that we record. Doggone it. I had a little request here that I've got to do for a lady that was kind enough and she was real nice to us. She said she wanted us to sing. Oh, boy, I'm a little hoarse. You got the pig out, Ernie. You're the squealing pig. Where's the grunting pig? Oh, he's the dancing pig, all right. Here's the squealing pig, the grunting pig and the dancing pig. Here we go, Cincinnati dancing with this.

[Rod Brassfield]

Riggity jiggity jiggity jiggity jiggity jig jig.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Dancing bears, a kangaroo. They got a lot on a ball. But until you seen that remarkable pig, you ain't seen nothing at all. I forgot that. Yes, sir.

[Rod Brassfield]

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Slap there. That's awful.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Trying to sing a song you can't remember. Boys, listen. Hey, we just did that while ago. Wasn't you here? Would you gone, huh? Wouldn't you hear? Let's see if we got. Oh, let's do. I know what we want to do. Many of them back there. Jimmy. Somebody said we want to do tennis each Saturday night. Do you remember that? About two or three years ago, huh? All right, we'll do that while I tell you about a place I know.

[Rod Brassfield]

Down in Tennessee where the car different.

[Show Host/Emcee]

From the world and it finds you.

[Rod Brassfield]

Fine.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Civilized people live there all right. But they all do need it for Saturday night. Yeah, the sh. Until broad daylight. Yes, they all do need him on a Saturday night. Billy boy. Let's all dance. Come on. Let everybody have a big time.

[Rod Brassfield]

Come on, dance.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Thanks to God, everybody does the best act just right. Cause it's going to be a fight.

[Rod Brassfield]

Somebody.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Is the old school lady for Saturday night. Come on. Don't dance. Come on. Well, now you heard my story about the place. I know down. But they all do need it one side. Thank you very much. Well, sir, friends and neighbors, we've got sung our throats out. And of course, you've seen everybody that we've got down here tonight. And we sincerely hope that you've enjoyed our humble way of trying to entertain you folks. And from all the gang at the Prince Albert Grand Ole Opry and my. Myself and my little boys. Huh? And my little. I started to say boys and girls, but I haven't got any boys from my little girls and my wife who's in the hospital tonight. We wish all of you a most happy and prosperous 1951. And God bless all of you. I wish. And may he take care of you. I wish I was able. You've been wonderful to us. Bless your hearts. Come and see us, will you? Not nice. Well, sometimes I've yelled my throat out tonight and I'm telling you, I've been. I've been kind of busy. Oh, give me some holiday Grits.

[Minnie Pearl]

Some.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Good old sugar could have Give me a great big bold gravy. I'd be such a hat. Magnolia. Let me up to the table. Scoot over there, everybody, and give me lots of elbow room. Well said, friends. A happy New Year to all of you. God bless you and come and see you. Three years.

[Jordanaires Member]

Bye.

[Rod Brassfield]

Bye. All right.

[Show Host/Emcee]

Thank you, boys. Thank you. We're going to have the band back up here in a minute. I've got a special announcement to make here. Before we say happy New Year to everybody, the little leg that we had in the gag up here, somebody took the leg, and we would like for them to be very decent and courteous and bring it back up here because you can't get out of the darn door with it. There's no use to try. We've got guards posted on the door so that whoever's got it can't get out with it. Bring it back up here. Let's be a good fellow because it goes with the show. So whoever took that celluloid leg, would you bring it back up here? There'll be no questions asked. You got it? Okay, good for you. Come on up here. That's a good deal. Bring it on up, my friend. Bring it backstage here. There'll be no questions asked. You can't get out the door with it. Okay, Good. All right, Les Byrne, let's bring the boys back. Howdy. Howdy, howdy. Let's bring Les Byrm and the boys back up here. Come on, boys. Let's have some music here. Let's have a good old Paul Jones before we leave. What do you say, huh? No Joe Wheeler. Well, we'll see if we can't get Joe Wheeler out here right now. We're gonna get Joe Reagan out here. Come on over, Joe. You take it over and dance for a few minutes. What do you think?

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