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Related: About this forumI can't believe I'm actually watching the Lawrence Welk Show.
I was never a fan when he was making live shows, but now it seems to be kind of kitchy(?) middle America...'comforting'?
I dunno.
It's just kind of campy and fun to watch.
jpak
(41,757 posts)Chainfire
(17,523 posts)I think you must be delirious with a fever.
My parents watched that when I was a kid, and I have never gotten over it.
trof
(54,256 posts)Chainfire
(17,523 posts)My parents also loved to make us kids sit through Liberace. I still bear those scars too.
BKDem
(1,733 posts)I was horrified by it then and I'm horrified by it now. I recommend the Stan Freberg version, Wunnerful, Wunnerful.
trof
(54,256 posts)I think it's hilarious.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,013 posts)very corny music, very fond memories!
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)Too funny.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Thanks for posting it.
trof
(54,256 posts)WKRG
It's a rerun from PBS.
Hey, it's Alabama.
kimbutgar
(21,111 posts)I remember as a kid it would come on at 6 pm. My Grandfather if he was over for dinner would watch it. As soon as he left the channel was changed. But I loved as a kid the singing and dancing,
Freddie
(9,258 posts)We would often visit her Saturday evenings. Bring her dinner and then at 7:00 the entire place watched Lawrence Welk. Fun fact: despite his accent he was born in the USA. Grew up in a small town in Nebraska where everyone spoke German.
Doc_Technical
(3,522 posts)trocar
(243 posts)He's still a hero in North Dakota. So is Peggy Lee
Lord Ludd
(585 posts)you wouldn't think he was born in ND.
Blue Owl
(50,335 posts)Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)FuzzyRabbit
(1,967 posts)My father used to watch Lawrence Welk's show every Saturday night. Back in the 1950's He (and I) watched shows like Nat King Cole's, Frank Sinatra's, Perry Como and any other shows that might have jazz music or singers. Dad's favorites were the jazz singers like Ella Fitzgerald and gospel singers like Mahalia Jackson. I'll never forget the time he took the 14 year old me to hear Cab Calloway. We both loved the folk music shows in the early 1960s.
The Lawrence Welk show I remember best was one where the band played 3 big band favorites, ending with a great rendition of "One O'clock Jump" and afterwards Welk walked up to his microphone and exclaimed "That's damn fine music!"