Foo - Lawrence Welk

I watched The Lawrence Welk Show with my folks tonight. Good times were had by all.

When was the last time you sang "On The Street Where You Live"(By Vic Damone) with your dad?

It brought tears to my mom's eyes.

Good night
Sleep tight
And pleasant dreeaaaaaaaaaaams to youuuuuuuuuu

*starts bubble machine*

I grew up to the Lawrence Welk show (I'm 36) ... solid family entertainment.

For some reason he always reminded me of a turtle.

For some reason he always reminded me of a turtle.maybe, but there was some real talent on the show. Bobby and Sissy knew how to dance, like nobody's biz.

I watched The Lawrence Welk Show with my folks tonight. Good times were had by all.

When was the last time you sang "On The Street Where You Live"(By Vic Damone) with your dad?

It brought tears to my mom's eyes.

never watched it, but my aunts used to have it on when they baby sat me.

iirc it was broadcast on sundays, right?

what's next? marlin perkins and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom?

:D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i48BP1PUoFI

never watched it, but my aunts used to have it on when they baby sat me.

iirc it was boradcast on sundays, right?

what's next? marlin perkins and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom?It was on Saturday night, back when my Grandma was babysitting for me. She spoke very little English, and my Lithuainan was quite elementary, but we still managed to chat somehow.

Lawrence Welk.....


*Shutters*

But then I also hated children's programming as a kid.

:D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i48BP1PUoFIMom enjoyed that...Dad, not so much.

Dad's always been a stick in the mud though.

It was on Saturday night, back when my Grandma was babysitting for me. She spoke very little English, and my Lithuainan was quite elementary, but we still managed to chat somehow.

saturday makes sense.

as far as lithuanian, as long as you know labas, geri, and labas, you're good to go. at least those 3 words worked for me when i was there. :D

It was on Saturday night, back when my Grandma was babysitting for me. She spoke very little English, and my Lithuainan was quite elementary, but we still managed to chat somehow.
Lithuanian, huh? My Polish great aunt loved that show. She was so sad when he died.

so you know how to say "good", right?

I'm sure there's more than one word, but I know dobry.

<---------The Lawrence Welk Band, right there!

whoops, Mom now thinks I drink too much because I'm enjoying a room temp, Deschutes Brewery Inversion IPA(Yummy BTW).

I love my folks so much, I just wish we really liked each other.

LW was from my home state. I had to sit through that stuff every Saturday with my gramma. :P

LW was from my home state. I had to sit through that stuff every Saturday with my gramma. :Pwas it really that bad?

I'd cut off your right arm to enjoy a moment like that with my Grandma again.

Yes. I much preferred fantasy island which was later on in the night, especially the episode where Roark battles Lucifer.

The Love Boat was also intolerable.

Yes. I much preferred fantasy island which was later on in the night, especially the episode where Roark battles Lucifer.

The Love Boat was also intolerable.LW was on much earlier in the evening. Grandma and I used to watch Emergency 51 first. Maybe she'd let me watch part of "the Love Boat" later in the evening , but my folks kept me on a very short chain most of the time.

Man, I love watching the Lawrence Welk show. Seriously, I get some heavy enjoyment out of it. I'm 33.

Had more of a Hee Haw childhood.

'Emergency 51'...Wow, I'd forgotten about that one! It would be a hoot to see an episode of that today.

My dad enjoyed both Lawrence Welk AND HeeHaw.

Yes. I much preferred fantasy island which was later on in the night, especially the episode where Roark battles Lucifer.

The Love Boat was also intolerable.
brings a tear to my eye.

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When I was a kid, I learned how to change the channel from Lawrence Welk.
It doesn't get more vanilla than that.

When I was a kid, I learned how to change the channel from Lawrence Welk.
It doesn't get more vanilla than that.
are you sure?

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"This woman is free of boogers!"

are you sure?

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Barry Manilow is a preacher now?!?!? :eek:

I remember with no fondness whatsoever, my long-deceased Grandmother's near obsession with Lawrence Welk. (loved Grandma, didn't mind listening to Nat King Cole, but L.W.... enough to drive a teen-age lad outside for a walk through drifts of snow on a cold and windy day).

Wouldn't bother me at all if he were making a cultural comeback though. I already watch almost zero television. ;)

The Lawrence Welk show fascinates me to no end. :D

Wunnerful, wunnerful....

Man, this thread brought back some long-idle brain cells. LW was the Saturday night staple for my grandparents, and we dutifully joined them in watching it when my family came over for a visit to their big, rambling farmhouse. They had the first color TV I ever saw (OK, I'm old) and it was fascinating, but of course seeing the Flintstones and Jetsons in color was a lot more interesting.