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Season 4 (1978-79)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Tom Alger, Sarah Williams
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
WPA Film Library (www.wpafilmlibrary.com)
TVGuide.com listings / TV Guide magazine (various editions)
Billboard and Cashbox magazines.
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NASHVILLE ON THE ROAD
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First-Run Syndication
26 episodes x 30 minutes
All 26 Season Four episodes were taped in 1978.
Season 4 series regulars:
Jim Ed Brown (singer) (co-host)
Jerry Clower (comedian) (co-host)
Helen Cornelius (singer)
Wendy Holcombe (banjo player)
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Air dates vary by city.
Season 4 - Taping locations:
Mobile/Gulf Shores, AL area (13 episodes, taped circa May 1978)
Cypress Gardens and Marineland, FL (13 episodes, taped circa Aug-Sep 1979)
4.01 [79] Nashville on the Road: The Florida Boys
Prod. no. 401
Local air-date:
17-Sep-1978 WTWV-9, Tupelo, Miss. (Sun. 2:30pm)
Guests:
The Florida Boys
Synopsis:
Taped at Bellingrath Gardens in Theodore, Alabama:
Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius - "Born Believer" duet.
The Florida Boys - "Mama's Alto."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Tar Baby."
Helen Cornelius - "Bell Bottom Trousers."
The Florida Boys - "I'm Standing on the Solid Rock."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Marcel in Trouble."
Jim Ed Brown - "Grandest Lady of Them All."
Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius - "I'll Never Be Free" duet.
4.02 [80] Nashville on the Road: Bob Luman
Prod. no. 402
Local air-date:
30-Sep-1978 WTCG-17, Atlanta, GA (Sat. 10:30pm Eastern)
Guest:
Bob Luman
Synopsis:
Jim Ed Brown - "Alabam."
Bob Luman - "Pay Phone."
Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius - "Beautiful Times In Between" duet.
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "My Katy Burns."
Wendy Holcombe - "Baptism of Jesse Taylor."
Bob Luman - "Satisfied Mind."
Helen Cornelius - "You Light Up My Life."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Don't Lie in Church."
4.03 [81] Nashville on the Road: Cast Show (series regulars)
Prod. no. 403
Taped at Bellingrath Gardens in Theodore, Alabama:
Synopsis:
Cast Show (starring the series regulars):
Jim Ed Brown - "Heartaches by the Number."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "United We Stand" duet.
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Lick the Knife."
Wendy Holcombe - "Listen to the Mockingbird."
Jim Ed Brown - "Someone Loves You Honey."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "If the World Ran Out of Love Tonight" duet.
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Universal Story."
Helen Cornelius - "To Daddy."
'Nashville on the Road' house band - "Arkansas Traveler."
Local air-date:
05-Aug-1979 WATE-6, Knoxville, TN (Sun. 11:00am)
RFD-TV repeat: 15-Apr-2016
4.04 [82] Nashville on the Road: Mickey Gilley
Prod. no. 404
Taped aboard the USS Alabama and at the Oriental (Asian) American Gardens (at
Bellingrath Gardens, Theodore, Alabama).
Guest:
Mickey Gilley
Synopsis:
Jim Ed Brown - "Showboat Gambler."
Mickey Gilley - "Here Comes the Hurt Again."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Sit Up with The Dead."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "Old Fashioned Kind of Love" duet.
Mickey Gilley - "Power of Positive Drinking."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Don Can Swim."
Helen Cornelius - "What Will I Do?"
Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius - "Think About You" duet.
Local air-dates:
18-Feb-1979 WNGE-2, Nashville, TN (Sun. 2:30pm)
18-Mar-1979 WAFF-48, Huntsville, AL (Sun. 11:00pm)
17-June-1979 WAFF-48, Huntsville, AL (Sun. 11:00pm)
RFD-TV repeat: 22-Apr-2016
4.05 [83] Nashville on the Road: Stella Parton
Prod. no. 405
Local air-dates:
23-Sep-1978 WTCG-17, Atlanta, GA (Sat. 10:30pm Eastern)
24-Sep-1978 WAPI-13, Birmingham, AL (Sun. 10:30am)
01-Oct-1978 WNGE-2, Nashville, TN (Sun. 1:30pm)
Guest:
Stella Parton
Synopsis:
Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius - "I Washed my Face in the Morning Dew" duet.
Stella Parton - "Four Letter Word."
Wendy Holcombe - "Mixing Them Up."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Football Coaches."
Jim Ed Brown - "Ann."
Helen Cornelius - "What are you Doin' after Midnight?"
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Submarine."
Stella Parton - "Undercover Lovers."
'Nashville on the Road' house band - "Old Joe Clark" (instrumental).
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Taping Locations (next 7 shows): Gulf Shores and Mobile, Alabama
Source:
Cashbox magazine, May 27, 1978, 'The Country Column'
"Nashville on the Road" regulars and special guests converge on Mobile, Ala. May
20-28 (1978)
for the taping of 13 shows to be telecast in September. Joining co-hosts Jim Ed
Brown and
Jerry Clower are Billie Jo Spears, Dave & Sugar, Gene Watson, and The Kendalls.
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4.06 [84] Nashville on the Road: The Kendalls (1 of 2)
Prod. no. 406
Local air-date:
17-Sep-1978 (unknown station / city)
Guests:
The Kendalls
Synopsis:
Jim Ed Brown - "Mobile Boogie."
The Kendalls - "Heaven's Just a Sin Away."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Boiled Okra."
Jim Ed Brown - "Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys."
Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius - "My Happiness" duet.
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "The Jimmy Ward Story."
The Kendalls - "Pittsburgh Stealers."
'Nashville on the Road' house band - "Tammy's Song" (instrumental).
4.07 [85] Nashville on the Road: Dave and Sugar (1 of 2)
Prod. no. 407
Filmed at Gulf State Park Resort & Bellingrath Gardens in Alabama.
Guests:
Dave and Sugar (Dave Rowland, Vicki Hackeman and Sue Powell)
Synopsis:
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "All I Ever Need is You" duet.
Dave and Sugar - "That's the Way Love Should Be."
Jerry Clower (comedy monologue) - "I Am That Country."
Wendy Holcombe - "Ready for the Times to Get Better."
Jim Ed Brown - "Memories Are Made of This."
Dave and Sugar - "Gotta Quit Lookin' at You, Baby."
Jerry Clower (comedy monologue) - "Airport Story."
Helen Cornelius - "You Get the Best of My Love."
Jim Ed Brown - "Pop-A-Top."
'Nashville on the Road' house band - "Chinese Breakdown" (instrumental).
Local air-dates:
14-July-1979 (Repeat) WTVA-9, Tupelo, Mississippi (Sat. 4pm)
15-July-79 (Repeat) WAPI-13, Birmingham, AL (Sun. 10:30am)
24-July-1979 (Repeat) WAFF-48, Huntsville, AL (Sun. 11pm)
RFD-TV repeat: 29-Apr-2015
4.08 [86] Nashville on the Road: Dave and Sugar (2 of 2)
Prod. no. 408
Local air-date:
09-Sep-1978 WTCG-17, Atlanta, GA (Sat. 10:30pm Eastern)
Guests:
Dave and Sugar
Synopsis:
Jim Ed Brown - "Dear Hearts and Gentle People."
Dave and Sugar - "I'm Knee Deep in Loving You."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "The Ledbetters Now and Then."
Helen Cornelius - "Blue Bayou."
Dave and Sugar - "The Door is Always Open."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "King Solomon Said."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "Lying in Love With You" duet.
Helen Cornelius - "Jambalaya."
4.09 [87] Nashville on the Road: Gene Watson
Prod. no. 409
Local air dates:
20-Jan-1979 WSMW-27, Worcester, Mass., (Sat. 10:00pm)
10-June-1979 WNGE-2, Nashville, TN (Sun. 1:30pm)
Guest:
Gene Watson
Synopsis:
Taped at Gulf State Park Resort in Alabama:
Jim Ed Brown - "Big Daddy's Alabamy Bound."
Gene Watson - "Cowboys Don't Get Lucky All the Time."
Helen Cornelius & Wendy Holcombe - "This Little Light of Mine."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Nashville Streaking."
Jim Ed Brown - "Middle Aged Crazy."
Gene Watson - "Paper Rosie."
Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius - medley: “Jamaica Farewell"/"A Million Miles
From Nowhere"/"Born To Be With You."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Soppin' Molasses."
'Nashville on the Road' house band - "Foggy Mountain" (instrumental).
4.10 [88] Nashville on the Road: Carl Perkins (1 of 2)
Prod. no. 410
Guest:
Carl Perkins
Synopsis:
Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius - "Uncle Pen" duet.
Carl Perkins - "Blue Suede Shoes."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Clovis and Beck."
Jim Ed Brown - "Soldier's Last Letter."
Carl Perkins - "Country Boy's Dream."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "Writing in my Bible."
Helen Cornelius - "Lord's Prayer."
Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius - "Do You Wanna Make Love?" duet.
4.11 [89] Nashville on the Road: Carl Perkins (2 of 2)
Local air-date:
07-July-1979 WTCG-17, Atlanta, GA (Sat. 10:30pm Eastern)
Guest:
Carl Perkins
Synopsis:
Taped in Gulf Shores, Alabama:
Helen Cornelius & Jim Ed Brown - "Run Baby Run" duet.
Carl Perkins - "Matchbox."
Wendy Holcombe - "Freight Train."
The mayor of Gulf Shores, Alabama, makes Wendy Holcombe an honorary mayor.
Jerry Clower (comedy monologue).
Helen Cornelius & Jim Ed Brown - medley of 'Love' songs: "I Love You"/"A Bushel
And A Peck"/"Sugartime."
Carl Perkins - "Boppin' The Blues."
Jerry Clower (comedy monologue).
Jim Ed Brown - "It Is No Secret."
Helen Cornelius - "Two Doors Down."
TV Guide:
Carl Perkins - "Match Box" and "Boppin' the Blues."
Wendy Holcombe - "Freight Train."
4.12 [90] Nashville on the Road: The Kendalls (2 of 2)
Guests:
The Kendalls
Synopsis:
The Kendalls perform "Sweet Desire" and "It Don't Feel like Sinnin' to Me."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "One in a Million."
Helen Cornelius - "Smile for Me."
Jim Ed Brown - "Fantasy Island."
Jerry Clower comedy monologues: Kiss a Mule" and "A Country Grass Cutter."
Wendy Holcombe joins the 'Nashville on the Road' house band on "Lonesome Road
Blues."
4.13 [91] Nashville on the Road: Ronnie Sessions
Local air-dates:
10-Mar-1979 WTCG-17, Atlanta, GA (Sat. 10:30pm Eastern)
18-Mar-1979 WNGE-2, Nashville, TN (Sun. 1:30pm)
29-July-1979 KEYC-12 Mankato, Minnesota (Sun. 11:15pm)
05-Aug-1979 WCYB-5 Bristol, VA (Sun. 1:30pm)
Guest:
Ronnie Sessions
Songs include:
Ronnie Sessions sings "I Never Go Around Mirrors" and "Cash on the Barrelhead."
Jim Ed Brown - "Alabama Jubilee" and "You Belong to Me."
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Taping Locations (next 13 shows):
Cypress Gardens and Marineland, Florida.
Taping began on Aug. 28, 1978.
Guests appearing:
Porter Wagoner, Barbara Mandrell, Johnny Russell, Billie Jo Spears, Jim
Stafford, Buck Trent and Billy Walker.
Note:
The two Freddy Fender episodes listed below may have also been taped in Florida.
Source 1:
"Billboard" magazine article (Sept. 2, 1978):
Florida Scene of Show's Taping
Nashville - Taping of the nationally syndicated country music TV show "Nashville
on the Road" begins Monday (August 28, 1978) in Cypress Gardens and Marineland,
Fla.
Top Billing Agency talents Jim Ed Brown and Jerry Clower are co-hosts for the
show that features regularly Helen Cornelius and Wendy Holcombe.
Porter Wagoner as special guest shares the stage with guest stars for the 13
programs to be shot on location in Florida.
Source 2:
Excerpts from newspaper article:
Bowling Green (Kentucky) Park City Daily News (Oct. 2, 1978):
"Taping of the nationally syndicated country music television show 'Nashville On
the Road' has begun in Florida.
Jim Ed Brown and Jerry Clower (co-hosts), Helen Cornelius and Wendy Holcombe
(regularly featured performers) and Porter Wagoner (special guest)
share the stage with guest stars for 13 programs, seven on location at Cypress
Gardens and six at Marineland.
"The cast also features **Dottsy, Barbara Mandrell, Johnny Russell, Billie Jo
Spears, Jim Stafford, Buck Trent and Billy Walker."
**Note: Dottsy's appearance was probably cancelled. Her name is not mentioned in
any Season 4 listings.
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4.14 [92] Nashville on the Road: Porter Wagoner (1 of 2)
Local air-dates:
18-Nov-1978 WTCG-17, Atlanta, GA (Sat. 10:30pm Eastern)
19-Nov-1978 WAPI-13, Birmingham, AL (Sun. 10:30am)
Guest:
Porter Wagoner
Synopsis:
Taped at Cypress Gardens, Florida:
Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius sing "Do You Wanna Make Love?"
Porter Wagoner - "Tennessee Saturday Night."
Wendy Holcombe - "Me And Little Andy."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue.
Jim Ed Brown sings "Bluer Than Blue."
Porter Wagoner - medley: "Cold Hard Facts Of Life," "Carroll County Accident"
and "Green, Green Grass Of Home."
Helen Cornelius - "Can't Smile Without You."
4.15 [93] Nashville on the Road: Porter Wagoner (2 of 2)
Local air-dates:
11-Mar-1979 WAFF-48, Huntsville, AL (Sun. 11:00pm)
29-July-1979 (Repeat) WAFF-48, Huntsville, AL (Sun. 11:00pm)
Guest:
Porter Wagoner
Synopsis:
Porter Wagoner performs "Ole Slew-Foot" and "I've Enjoyed as Much of This as I
Can Stand."
Jim Ed Brown - "Don't Let Go."
Helen Cornelius - "Talking in Your Sleep."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "If the World Ran Out of Love Tonight."
The 'Nashville on the Road' house band - "Two Mile Pike."
4.16 [94] Nashville on the Road: Buck Trent
Taped 22-Aug-1978 (source: 26-Aug-1978 issue of 'Billboard').
Local air-dates:
27-Jan-1979 WTCG-17, Atlanta, GA (Sat. 10:30pm Eastern)
10-June-1979 WAPI-13, Birmingham, AL (Sun. 10:30am)
14-July-1979 (Repeat) WTCG-17, Atlanta, GA (Sat. 10:30pm Eastern)
15-July-1979 WAFF-48, Huntsville, AL (Sun. 11:00pm)
Guest:
Buck Trent
Synopsis:
Buck Trent - "Banjo Buck."
Buck Trent and Jim Ed Brown - "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms."
Jim Ed Brown - "Louisiana Man" and "It's That Time of the Night."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "I'll Never Be Free."
Wendy Holcombe - "Preacher Tom."
4.17 [95] Nashville on the Road: Barbara Mandrell (1 of 2)
Prod. no. 417
Guest:
Barbara Mandrell
Songs include:
Barbara Mandrell sings "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed."
Jim Ed Brown - "Morning."
Helen Cornelius - "It's a Heartache."
Entire cast - "Old Time Religion."
4.18 [96] Nashville on the Road: Barbara Mandrell (2 of 2)
Local air-date:
29-July-1979 KMSP-06 Minneapolis-St. Paul (Sun. 12:00pm)
04-Aug-1979 WFBC-4 Greenville, SC (Sat. 12:30pm)
Guest:
Barbara Mandrell
Songs include:
Barbara Mandrell sings "Woman to Woman."
Jim Ed Brown - "Southern Loving."
Helen Cornelius - "American Trilogy."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "If the World Ran Out of Love Tonight."
4.19 [97] Nashville on the Road: Freddy Fender (1 of 2)
Local air-date:
11-Mar-1979 WNGE-2, Nashville, TN (Sun. 1:30pm)
Guest:
Freddy Fender
Songs include:
Freddy Fender performs "Talk to Me" and "Before the Next Teardrop Falls."
Helen Cornelius - "Whatcha Doin' After Midnight, Baby?"
The 'Nashville on the Road' house band - "Two Mile Pike."
4.20 [98] Nashville on the Road: Freddy Fender (2 of 2)
Local air-date:
05-May-1979 WTWV-9 Tupelo, Miss. (Sun. 4:00pm)
Guest:
Freddy Fender
Songs include:
Freddy Fender sings "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" and "Vaya con Dios."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "Hey, What About Me?"
Wendy Holcombe - "Orange Blossom Special."
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "George in Miami."
4.21 [99] Nashville on the Road: Billy Walker
Local air-date:
06-May-1979 WNGE-2, Nashville, TN (Sun. 1:30pm)
Guest:
Billy Walker
Songs include:
Billy Walker - "Word Games" and "You're a Violin That Never Has Been Played."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "Golden Ring."
Wendy Holcombe - "Ole Slew-Foot."
4.22 [100] Nashville on the Road: Johnny Russell
Local air-dates:
19-Nov-1978 WNGE-2, Nashville, TN (Sun. 1:30pm)
05-May-1979 WTCG-17, Atlanta, GA (Sat. 10:30pm Eastern)
06-May-1979 WAFF-48, Huntsville, AL (Sun. 11:25pm)
Guest:
Johnny Russell
Songs include:
Johnny Russell - "The Baptism of Jesse Taylor" and "You'll Be Back."
Helen Cornelius - "You Needed Me."
4.23 [101] Nashville on the Road: Jim Stafford (1 of 2)
Local air-dates:
11-Nov-1978 KSTW-11 Tacoma, Washington (Sat. 8:30pm)
08-Apr-1979 WAFF-48, Huntsville, AL (Sun. 11:00pm)
Guest:
Jim Stafford
Songs include:
Jim Stafford - "Spiders and Snakes."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "Knee Deep in Loving You" duet.
Jerry Clower comedy monologue: "The New Tarzan Movie."
4.24 [102] Nashville on the Road: Jim Stafford (2 of 2)
Local air-dates:
28-Jan-1979 WNGE-2, Nashville, TN (Sun. 1:30pm)
16-June-1979 WTWV-9, Tupelo, Miss. (Sun. 4:00pm)
17-June-1979 WAPI-13, Birmingham, AL (Sun. 10:30am)
Guest:
Jim Stafford
Songs include:
Jim Stafford - "I've Been Everywhere" and "Swamp Witch."
Jim Ed Brown - "Good Woman Blues."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "You're a Part of Me."
Helen Cornelius - "I've Never Loved Anyone More."
4.25 [103] Nashville on the Road: Cast Show
Local air-dates:
09-June-1979 WTCG-17, Atlanta, GA (Sat. 10:30pm Eastern)
10-June-1979 WAFF-48, Huntsville, AL (Sun. 11:00pm)
Synopsis:
Cast Show (starring the series regulars)
Songs include:
Jim Ed Brown - "Penny Candy" and "Three Times a Lady."
Helen Cornelius - "I'm Not Lisa."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "Heaven's Just a Sin Away."
Wendy Holcombe - "Foggy Mountain Breakdown."
4.26 [104] Nashville on the Road: Billie Jo Spears
Local air-dates:
23-June-1979 WTWV-9 Tupelo, Miss. (Sat. 4:00pm)
08-July-1979 WNGE-2, Nashville, TN (Sun. 1:30pm)
Guest:
Billie Jo Spears
Songs include:
Billie Jo Spears sings “Blanket on the Ground" and "'57 Chevrolet."
Jim Ed Brown - "You Can Have Her" and "Angel's Sunday."
Wendy Holcombe - "Preacher Tom."
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - “If the World Ran Out of Love Tonight” and “I
Don't Want to Have to Marry You."
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