The Jimmy Dean Show: Episode 306

From the stage of the Grand Ole Opry (the Ryman Auditorium) in Nashville, Tennessee, the usual Jimmy Dean Show instead hosts the 18th Annual Billboard Country Music Awards. Rowlf the Dog joins Jimmy Dean to introduce a few of the awards.
After the opening, Jimmy explains the awards and for the first award starts to introduce someone he's proud to call friend (meaning Tex Ritter). Rowlf the Dog pops up beneath an arch saying, "That must be me!" Rowlf starts his acceptance speech, thanking the man who fixes his hair, the man who fixed his make up, the man who fixed his make up, and most of all, "the man who fixed this contest." Dean has to explain that the awards are on the level and this one is not going to him. Rowlf remains confident: "It's only a matter of time, folks. I'll be back."
Rowlf returns at the show's end, saddened that all the awards have been given but none to him. Rowlf glumly says that's show biz: "Yesterday, the toast of New York. Today, the bum of Nashville." Jimmy then cheers him up by saying there's one more: for a performance by a four-footed animal on television ("I'm a toast again!"), namely, a performance by a dog on The Jimmy Dean Show. Rowlf is already preparing to be humble, but the winner is Lassie! Rowlf tries to be a good loser and congratulates Lassie ("Chickie baby") but is clearly crestfallen and sadly says goodnight. Jimmy then gives Rowlf an award from him personally, a plaque called the Gold-Plated Bone Award, for being the best ol' hound dog buddy anyone could have.
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==Notes==
* Other presenters and winners include Connie Smith, Jim Reeves, Hank Cochran, Wesley Rose, Roger Miller, Frances Preston (of the Country Music Association), and Governor Frank G. Clement of Tennessee. 
==External links==
*Jim Henson's Red Book. 10/14/1965 – ‘Tape 2 Dean shows in Nashville.’
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