Cactus Pryor Compilation Reel

Year Published: 1960s1970s

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: This compilation reel contains varied scenes from news stories and Cactus Pryor’s career. Of note is Cactus as toastmaster at a dinner honoring housewife advice columnist, Heloise, where he takes off his toupee; the Headliners Club Awards ceremony in 1967 with John Connally and Carol Channing; Governor Preston Smith presenting an Honorary Texan Citizenship to actress Agnes Moorehead; actress and socialite Eva Gabor leaving the Headliners Club of Austin with Ben Barnes in 1973; a spoof of Preston Smith blowing up Ben Barnes’ campaign train, possibly as Barnes was running for governor; a humorous commercial for Austin service station, Willie Kocurek Co.; and a photo retrospective of Cactus Pryor’s career that captures the TV personality with many famous faces. Note, censor bars added by the archive to allow viewing by a mixed audience.