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 C'mon - Series One (final episode)
 Town and Around: Auckland Highlights
 Heartland
 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
 Ten Guitars
 The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls

Synopsis

Country and western music legend Tex Morton presents this popular 60s Saturday night music show. The Auckland studio audience is seated on hay bales in a barn-styled set and provide the chorus to the musical numbers. The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, The Country Touch Singers and Square Dancers, Jan Butler, fiddler Colleen Bain, and resident guest singers Kay and Shane perform. Tex himself sings a novelty number about the good ol’ days, and applauds Butler: “Isn’t she a redheaded little spark? I wish we had colour television!” The times they have a changed!

Credits (4)

 Bryan Easte

Bryan Easte
Producer

 Ian Douglas

Ian Douglas
Camera

 Tex Morton

Tex Morton
Presenter

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Comments (1)

 keith growden

keith growden

Posted at 07.41PM - 10.05.2011

Awesome. I remember watching these shows. Loved them.

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Quotes

How’d you like to have a wife who talks back to you in five languages? 

– Tex tells it how he sees it, while introducing multi-lingual Jan Butler

Isn’t she a redheaded little spark? I wish we had colour television! 

– Morton applauds Butler’s performance