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The Worst Episodes of The Johnny Cash Show

Every episode of The Johnny Cash Show ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Johnny Cash Show!

The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969...
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Episode 1" is the worst rated episode of "The Johnny Cash Show". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/7/1969. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode 2".

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    #1 - Episode 1

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 6/7/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'The Wall', 'Greystone Chapel' & 'It Ain't Me, Babe' (with June Carter Cash). Bob Dylan sings 'I Threw it All Away' and 'Livin' the Blues'; Joni Mitchell sings 'Both Sides Now'; Doug Kershaw sings 'Diggy, Liggy Lo'; Johnny & Bob Dylan duet on 'Girl from the North Country'.

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    #2 - Episode 2

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 6/14/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'Hey Porter', 'Wreck of the Old 97', 'I've Got a Thing About Trains' and 'Wabash Cannonball'. Johnny & Gordon Lightfoot duet on 'For Lovin' Me'. Johnny, Dan Blocker & Joey Scarborough perform 'Folsom Prison Blues'. The Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'. Johnny does a medley of 'Get Rhythm', 'There You Go', 'Still In Town' and 'The One On the Right is on the Left'.

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    #3 - Episode 3

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 6/21/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'Rock Island Line', 'Cry, Cry, Cry', 'I Tremble For You, Darling Companion' (with June Carter Cash) and 'Wanted Man' (written by Johnny and Bob Dylan); Eddie Albert sings 'Green, Green Grass of Home'; Jerry Reed sings 'This Thing Called Love' and 'Blue Moon Over Kentucky'; Linda Ronstadt sings 'The Only Man That'll Walk the Line' and 'I'll Be Your Baby Tonight'; Johnny & Eddie duet on 'Detroit City', 'Sloop' & 'John B'. All join in for 'He's Got the Whole World in His Hand'.

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    #4 - Episode 4

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 7/5/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'I Guess Things Happen That Way', 'Loading Coal', 'Dark as a Dungeon', 'Cocaine Blues', 'Blistered', 'Ballad of a Teenaged Queen' and 'You Beat All I Ever Saw'. Johnny & Buffy Sainte-Marie duet on 'Custer'. Johnny & Doug McClure duet on 'Cowboy Buckaroo'. The Cowsills duet with Johnny on 'Children Go Where I Send Thee'. Johnny & June Carter Cash perform 'Keep On the Sunnyside'. The Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'Lead Me Gently Home'.

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    #5 - Episode 5

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 7/12/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'Ballad of John Henry'. Johnny & Jeannie C. Riley duet on 'Bad News'. Glen Campbell & Johnny do a medley of 'I've Been Everywhere', 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix', 'Folsom Prison Blues', 'Galveston', 'Abilene', 'Arkansas', 'I Got Stripes' and 'I Still Miss Someone'. Johnny & June Carter Cash duet on 'Jackson'. The Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'These Hands'.

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    #6 - Episode 6

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 7/19/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'Ring of Fire', 'Frankie and Johnny', 'Sing it Pretty', 'Sue', 'Johnny Yuma', 'As Long as the Grass Shall Grow', 'Ballad of Ira Hayes'. Ed Ames sings 'The Windmills of Your Mind'. Johnny and Ed duet on 'Love of the Common People'. Joni Mitchell sings 'The Gallery'. Johnny & Joni duet on 'The Long Black Veil'. The Monkees perform 'Nine Times Blue'. Johnny and the Monkees duet on 'Everybody Loves a Nut'. Roy Clark performs the 'Twelfth Street Rag'. The Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'Lead Me, Father'.

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    #7 - Episode 7

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 7/26/1969

    Johnny Cash sings 'Doing My Time', 'I'd Be Fool Enough to Try' & 'Billy Christian'. Dale Robertson sings 'Gentle on My Mind'. Johnny & Dale duet on 'The Wayward Wind'. Marty Robbins sings 'Devil Woman'. Johnny & Marty duet on 'The Streets of Laredo'. Lynn Kellogg sings 'When Papa Rolled His Own'.

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    #8 - Episode 8

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 8/2/1969

    O.C. Smith sings, 'Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay'. Johnny Cash sings, 'Big River', 'Country Boy', 'What Do I Care?', 'Freight Train Blues' and 'One More Ride'. Merle Haggard sings 'I'm a Lonesome Fugitive'. Merrilee Rush sings 'Everyday Livin' Days'. Johnny & Merle duet on 'Sing Me Back Home'. Carl Perkins sings 'Restless'. Bruce & David sing 'Shy Girl'. Johnny & June Carter Cash duet on 'Long-Legged Guitar Man'. All join in with 'Walk With Your Neighbor'.

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    #9 - Episode 9

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 8/9/1969

    Diana Trask sings 'Understand Your Man'. Johnny Cash & Diana duet on 'The Last Thing on My Mind'. Johnny Sings 'I Ride An Old Paint', 'Mean As Hell' and 'Shifting Whispering Sands'. Johnny and Pat Boone duet on 'Peace In The Valley'. Pat sings 'Train Of Love'. Tom T. Hall sings 'Worried Man Blues'. Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'Steal Away'.

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    #10 - Episode 10

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 8/16/1969

    O.C. Smith sings 'Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife'. O.C. & O.C. Jr. sing 'For Once In My Life'. Johnny, O.C. & O.C. Jr. perform 'Hickory Holler's Tramp'. Johnny sings 'Remember the Alamo', 'Strangest Dreams', 'The Big Battle', 'So Doggone Lonesome' and 'Seasons of My Heart'. Kenny Rogers & The First Edition perform 'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town'. Melanie sings 'Baby Guitar'. Melanie & Grandpa Jones perform 'Silver Threads and Golden Needles'. Grandpa sings 'Mountain Dew'. June Carter Cash sings 'Tall Lover Man'.

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    #11 - Episode 11

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 8/23/1969

    The episode opens with Johnny Cash singing 'Three Feet High and Rising'; Then Lulu sings 'Morning Dew' and duets with Cash on 'Games People Play'; Fannie Flagg sings 'You've Changed'; The 'Ride This Train' segment features Cash singing 'San Quentin' and 'Give My Love To Rose.' John Hartford sings 'Tear-Stained Monologue' then jams on bluegrass medley with Cash and Norman Blake. Chet Atkins follows with a brilliant instrumental, then Cash recites a poem he's written to Atkins' accompaniment. The closing series of songs finds Cash essaying 'Wanted Man' then turning ...

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    #12 - Episode 12

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 8/30/1969

    Roger Miller sings 'I Got Stripes'. Johnny Cash duets with Odetta on 'Shame And Scandal On The Family'. Johnny sings 'Ballad Of The Blue And Gray', 'On The Line', 'Lornea' and 'Johnny Reb'. Johnny duets with Roger on 'King Of The Road'. Johnny performs an instrumental with Carl Perkins and The Tennessee Three on 'Outside Looking In' and 'Luther Played The Boogie'. Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform 'How Great Thou Art'.

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    #13 - Episode 13

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 9/6/1969

    Johnny Cash sings "Five Feet High And Rising", "Busted" and "A Boy Named Sue". Johnny & Charley Pride do a medley with "I Can't Help It", "Your Cheating Heart" and "Kaw-Liga". Ian Tyson & Sylvia duet on "Country Boy". "Mister Garfield" with the Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform "Pickin' Time".

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    #14 - Episode 14

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 9/20/1969

    Cass Elliott sings "Soft and Tenderly" and a medley of "Gentle On My Mind", "Born to Lose" & "Release Me". Johnny Cash sings "Going to Memphis", "Don't Take Your Guns to Town", "Hardin Wouldn't Run", "The Ballad of Boot Hill". Ramblin' Jack Elliott sings "If I Were a Carpenter", and "Take Me Home" (duet with Johnny Cash). The Staple Singers sing "We'll Get Over". Tommy Cash (Johnny's brother) sings "That Lucky Old Sun".

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    #15 - Episode 15

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 9/27/1969

    Johnny Cash sings "Folsom Prison Blues", "You're the One I Need", "I Walk the Line" & "This Land is Your Land". Roy Orbison sings "Cryin'". Johnny & Roy duet on "Pretty Woman". Creedence Clearwater Revival performs "Bad Moon Rising" & "Proud Mary". Phil Harris sings "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette". Johnny & Phil Harris duet on "That's What I Like About the South". Bobbi Martin sings "Your Cheatin' Heart". Johnny & June Carter Cash duet on "Jackson". Johnny with the Carter Family & Statler Brothers perform "Battle Hymn of the Republic".

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    #16 - Episode 16

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 1/21/1970

    Johnny sings "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", "If I Were a Carpenter" (with June). Arlo Guthrie sings "Highway in the Wind" & "Come on Little Children". Jose Feliciano performs "Muleskinner Blues". Bobbie Gentry sings "Fancy".

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    #17 - Episode 17

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 1/28/1970

    Johnny Cash sings "Country Boy", "Five Feet High and Rising", "The Prisoner's Song", "Peace in the Valley" and "Daddy Sang Bass". Glen Campbell sings "Sweet Country Girl". Marty Robbins sings "El Paso", "Running Gun" and "Big Iron". Nancy Ames sings "Tulsa Country". Johnny & Glen Campbell duet on "Papa Played the Dobro" & "Orange Blossom Special".

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    #18 - Episode 18

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 2/4/1970

    Johnny Cash sings "The Talking Leaves", "Trail of Tears", "South Wind", "I Still Miss Someone" and "Folsom Prison Blues". Dusty Springfield sings "Understand Your Man" & "Sugar Time". Johnny & Kirk Douglas duet on "I Walk the Line". Johnny & Rod McKuen duet on "Doesn't Anybody Know My Name?". Johnny and the Statler Brothers perform "This Old House". Johnny and the Carter Family perform "Johnny Yuma".

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    #19 - Episode 19

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 2/11/1970

    Johnny Cash sings "I Got Stripes", "He Turned the Water into Wine", "Flesh and Blood" and "Rock Island Line". Ray Charles sings "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Them That Got". Neil Diamond sings "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show". Tammy Wynette sings "I'll See Him Through".

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    #20 - Episode 20

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 2/18/1970

    Vikki Carr performs "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" from "Nashville by Carr" (1970) LP.

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    #21 - Episode 21

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 2/25/1970

    Johnny sings, "Hey, Porter", "Jesus Was A Carpenter" and "Big River". Mama Cass sings, "New World Coming". Kenny Rogers and the First Edition perform "Something's Burning".

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    #22 - Episode 22

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 3/4/1970

    Johnny Cash sings "A Boy Named Sue", "The Devil To Pay", "Church In The Wildwood" & "Old Country Church". Johnny and the Carter Family & Statler Brothers sing "Preachin', Prayin', Singin'". Brenda Lee sings "Ballad Of A Teenaged Queen". Johnny duets with Roger Miller on "Home". The Carter Family, Statler Brothers & Carl Perkins perform "Greystone Chapel". Johnny, the Carter Family, Statler Brothers & Carl Perkins perform "Were You There".

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    #23 - Episode 23

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 3/11/1970

    Johnny sings, "The One on the Right is on the Left". O.C. Smith sings, "Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp" and "Moody". Hank Williams Jr. sings, "I Walked Out on Heaven". Johnny and June duet on "If I Were A Carpenter". Linda Ronstadt sings, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?".

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    #24 - Episode 24

    Season 1 Episode 24

    Aired 3/18/1970

    Johnny sings, "Lumberjack", "Timberman" and "Paul". George Gobel sings, "Sweethearts or Strangers". Merle Haggard sings, "The Fightin' Side of Me". Jeannie C. Riley sings, "Country Girl". Tommy sings, "Six White Horses".

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    Season 1 Episode 25

    Aired 3/25/1970

    Waylon Jennings sings, "I Guess Things Happin That Way" & "Bad News". Johnny Cash duets with Jackie DeShannon on "No Light Will Shine On Me". Johnny & Waylon duet on "Waylon's Back In Town". Johnny duets with Michael Parks on "Oklahoma Hills". Johnny sings "Land Of Israel", "He Turned The Water Into Wine", "God Is Not Dead" & "Rock Island Line". Johnny & June Carter Cash duet on "Love's Been Good To Me". Johnny with Carter Family, Statler Brothers & Carl Perkins perform "Seeing Nellie's Home".

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