CONFESS!!!! Secretly you enjoy watching Lawrence Welk - I do

[LynneSin]

I was home from campaigning and vegging out on the Sofa on saturday night - flipped the channels and found Lawrence Welk repeat on PBS. It was their Halloween special from 1976.

When I was a kid my parents & grandparents watched it all the time. Heck when I visited my grandfather before his death in 2000, Saturday night was Lawrence Welk and Pennsylvania Polka night.

So yes, I enjoy watching Lawrence Welk. When I was a kid - I dreamed one day I would be a tap dancer just like Arthur Duncan



Good night, sleep tight
and pleasant dreams to you.
Here's a wish and a prayer
That every dream comes true.
And now 'til we, meet again,
Adios, Dobranoc, Auf Wiedersehen.

[XNASA]

1. I especially love the show where they cover "The Lemon Song".

Now that's television!!

[terrya]

2. I remember Tom Netherton

I wonder why. :-)

[LynneSin]

3. Was he gay?

seriously!

He was on Saturday night

[terrya]

5. I often wondered.

To my way of thinking, a man that PRETTY couldn't have been straight. :-)

[Rosie1223]

4. It was a halloween special?

That explains something.

I had been watching PBS earlier in the day and when I turned on the TV Sat Evening, there was a woman singing on LW. She was wearing a white dress with purple polka-dots with a lime green taffeta skirt underneath. She had on some sort of purple bubble hair piece on her head. It was the most god-awful outfit I'd ever seen.

Is this the episode you saw this weekend?

[LynneSin]

6. Yep - that's Anacani

She's the gal who comes on and sings everything in spanish.



What's scary is I still remember their names

:scared:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Never could stand him.

When people say "boobtube" I automatically think the "boob" is Lawrence Welk.

[deucemagnet]

8. It's got too much of a Stepford vibe for me.

[BrotherBuzz]

9. Myron Floren makes the whole experience so satisfying

[LynneSin]

10. I love his music

I own some of his stuff on CD - it's all good!

[plcdude]

11. I too remember

watching with my parents and I will pause and watch for a little while as I scan the channels. The thing that impresses me most now that I am older is that this program although stiffly organized had very impressive talent both instrumentally and vocally. These people were and some still are exceptional musicians.