I'm watching Lawrence Welk.

[undeterred]

People in funny clothes are dancing to the "A Train".

[Deja Q]

1. I'm so sorry.

:cry:

:hug:

Of course, if it was Soul Train and people in funny clothes were dancing to "Beer Barrel Polka", that would be more likely to succeed at making the news.

[undeterred]

2. Hi Hypnotoad!

[Sweet Freedom]

3. I like Lawrence Welk.

The show always reminds me of my grandma who loved to watch it.

[bbernardini]

4. Say what you will about the cheesiness of the show...

...those guys could freakin' PLAY. They had some serious chops.

[mitchum]

9. Did you ever hear Lenny Bruce's routine about a junkie auditioning for Welk's band?

Why are you a scratching like that?

Man, I got a monkey on my back...

A what?

A monkey, man...

You a say you got a monkey? Joe, he's a got a dog. Maybe they a can do an act together!

[CreekDog]

31. you right

:hi:

[Karenina]

33. Damn straight!

LW was the consummate musician! Those who diss him reveal nothing more than their own ignorance.

[BrotherBuzz]

5. Without Myron Floran and Jo Ann Castle Lawrence Welk ain't got nothing

[Dangerously Amused]

38. Arthur Duncan was pretty cool, too.

But yeah, Jo Anne Castle stole the show. Every time.

[mitchum]

6. Here is the Lawrence Welk band really tearing it up in 1968...

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

[orleans]

7. OH MY GOD! ok...step away from the tv NOW....before it's too late! n/t

[undeterred]

11. I can't find the remote, but I am strangely enjoying it.

These people are real musicians- and as corny as it seems now- its still worth listening to now and then.

[Ptah]

8. "Toking" with Lawrence Welk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg

[mitchum]

10. That's freaking incredible!

The youtube vid I linked was someone dubbing the Velvet Underground over footage from the show, but...yours...actually...occured. That's unbelievable.
Thanks!

[undeterred]

13. ...yesterdays fundies weren't half bad

[JVS]

15. What exactly does it mean to be one toke over the line?

[undeterred]

16. a little too high to be driving?

[JVS]

17. but the singer is at the rr station, so it should be fine. Or is it too high to maintain composure?

[undeterred]

25. unless they were supposed to drive the train

or the exxon valdeez

[Ptah]

18. toke is slang for a puff on a marijuana cigarette or pipe n/t

[JVS]

19. Duh! I knew that, but what's this over the line shit?

[Ptah]

21. I'm thinking it means not functional enough to find the way out of the rr station.

[mitchum]

22. They are smoking weed AND doing blow

[JVS]

23. Awwwwww fucking rawwwwk! That's so damned cool!

[mitchum]

24. They turned Mick and Keith onto that combo

[undeterred]

26. And these two...

[JVS]

12. Try this one

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

[Reverend_Smitty]

34. or this one...a "modern spiritual"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg&feature=related

:rofl: :smoke: Lawrence Welk, so tragically unhip that it's actually cool

On edit:
whoops didn't see it posted earlier in the thread...looks like Gail and Dale aren't the only ones toking today...lol

[cloudbase]

14. I can't get over how L.W. was born in North Dakota

and sounds like he just got off the boat.

A real blast from the past, though.

[JVS]

20. At the time he was born, I think ND was still an honorary part of the boat.

[CreekDog]

32. he has a Lutheran accent

:think:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

36. Actually, he was Catholic, and quite serious about it

He came from a town where everyone was a German immigrant (there were a lot of towns like that in the Midwest in those days--entire European villages would move to the prairies, and they'd be all one nationality and all one religion.)

[Ptah]

27. I'm an Old Cowhand

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ej-gAKR6OMI

[AngryAmish]

28. I was thinking about buying his house a few years back.

A house before he was a big star so it wasn't hugely expensive. I wanted to dig up the basement, cause I'm sure there are tons of bodies down there.

[geardaddy]

29. "An' a one an' a two"

That show always reminds me of my grandma.

[texanwitch]

35. He was young in that picture.

I think of my Grandparents when this show is on.

That show was never cool, but I am glad so many people did enjoy it.

[CreekDog]

30. I thought that show was called "Quaint Train"

:think:

[kentauros]

37. You should give this a listen sometime

"Upstairs at Larry's: Lawrence Welk Uncorked" :)

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