Show # 163   October 27, 1960

Ernie's Guest: Cliff Arquette (Charlie Weaver) with special guests Tab Hunter and Jack Bailey

Script Notes: Mama Weaver's lifelong dreams of a date with Tab Hunter and to be on 'Queen For A Day' all come true, thanks to Ol' Ern, in this classic from October of 1960. (The 16th Ford Show to close without a hymn).

Musical Numbers: Medley: You Gotta Be A Football Hero/Buckle Down, Winsocki/College Yell/Collegiate/You Gotta Be A Football Hero/College Yell (reprise): Ernie, Cliff and The Top Twenty

Cast: Ernie Ford, Cliff Arquette, The Top Twenty

Show # 164   November 3, 1960

No Guest

Script Notes:  Ernie and the gang celebrate folk music in America

Musical Numbers: Camptown Races/Nine Pound Hammer/Sixteen Tons/Please Mr. Custer: Ernie and the group / Jack O' Diamonds: Ernie and the Top Twenty / Chicken Road: Ernie / Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn: Top Twenty girls / Water Boy: Ernie and The Top Twenty guys / Another Man Done Gone: Ernie / In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin': Ernie and the gang

Cast: Ernie Ford, The Top Twenty

Show # 165   November 10, 1960

Remote: On Location from Edwards Air Force Base

Ernie's Guest: Actor Joe Flynn, and Test Pilots Major Joseph Walker and Major Robert White, USAF

Script Notes: Ernie and the crew salute the US Air Force with this November, '60 airing from Edwards Air Force Base: the fourth Ford Show to be done on location.

Musical Numbers: Beyond The Blue Horizon: Ernie and The Top Twenty / Medley: Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning/It's A Long Way To Tipperary/Roses Of Picardy/Mademoiselle From Armentieres/My Buddy/Over There: The Top Twenty guys / Air Force Hymn: Ernie and The Top Twenty

Cast: Ernie Ford, Joe Flynn, The Top Twenty

Show # 166   November 17, 1960

Ernie's Guest: Keenan Wynn

Script Notes: Making his second of two Ford Show visits, Ernie's old pal Keenan enlists his help in casting a crucial role for his next play.

Musical Numbers: Alabamy Bound: Ernie and the guys / Georgia: Ernie / Who At My Door Is Standing: Ernie

Cast: Ernie Ford, Keenan Wynn, The Top Twenty

Show # 167  Nov.  24, 1960

Ernie's Guests: Merle Travis and Molly Bee

Script Notes: A Ford Show Classic by every definition, this Thanksgiving special featured not only Molly Bee, but the legendary Merle Travis in his first (and only) Ford Show appearance.  A great holiday show and one of the all-time top Ford Show Classics.

Musical Numbers: Party Song: Ernie and The Top Twenty / Nine Pound Hammer: Ernie and Merle / Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette: Merle / Fallin' / He Taught Me How To Yodel: Molly / Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Loud, Loud Music: Ernie, Merle and Molly / Bless This House: Ernie and The Top Twenty

Cast: Ernie Ford, Merle Travis, Molly Bee, The Top Twenty

 

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