Is anyone else traumatized by Lawrence Welk??

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I can remember being forced to watch his shows every Saturday night..... with Sunday school looming in the morning... It brings back horrible memories... anyone else???

Hubby wants to watch his reruns..... I cannot bear it... lol!!
 

Oh no quite the opposite. My favorite grandfather...I can still recall his entire living room. We would sit and watch Lawrence Welk together. Even when he grew too feeble and moved to our house we would still watch reruns together. What was funny was my grandfather was way before political correctness. There was Joe Feeny "Oh those Irish guys can sing", then there was the colored fella who danced good and the Lennon Sisters, oh they made him light up. Like Carol Burnett, a fond memory of being a kid.
 
My father loved Lawrence Welk, and the Lennon Sisters.
My aunt (who I spent lots of time with) was more into Sing Along with Mitch (Miller) with Leslie Uggams. (However, Leslie made her singing debut on Lawrence Welk.)
 
He had good clean entertainment for the whole family. I liked his shows and even went out to Lawrence Welks village in Escondido. He was a little squeaky clean and corny but then so am I. We still watch his reruns occasionally. Come on over QS and watch with us!! I'm pouring at the bar.
 
My husband and I took his mother to Lawrence Welk's Village restaurant because she was a big fan of his for eons. We were waiting for our meal and he walked in and came right over to our table, held my firstborn in his arms, and beamed with delight as he stared at her. Then he chatted at length with my mother-in-law and she was beside herself with excitement. He was a very gentle, sweet, kind, man. He was wonderful for his generation….a more gentle time for sure.
 
My husband was traumatized by his show. His parents loved it and watched it every week. I don't know why he didn't go outdoors and ride his bike at that time. My family didn't get TV till I was 13 and I don't recall ever seeing it anywhere till I was an adult. I'm not fond of it either. I sometimes see the end of it on PBS as I wait for "Keeping Up Appearances" to come on. :)
 
My wife and I watched regularly. We enjoyed going to German dances all of our life. I like accordions! Yeah. He laid the accent on pretty thick, and the show is pretty dated now, but those were simpler times. Corny as it was, it was still more entertaining than 95% of whats usually on my TV these days. I'm here this minute because there's nothing worth watching on it right now.
 
Underock1 said:
My wife and I watched regularly. We enjoyed going to German dances all of our life. I like accordions! Yeah. He laid the accent on pretty thick, and the show is pretty dated now, but those were simpler times. Corny as it was, it was still more entertaining than 95% of whats usually on my TV these days. I'm here this minute because there's nothing worth watching on it right now.
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Underock1, I like you guys better than TV. :)
 
Re: LW @ least it was REAL music rather that today's NOISE .

They actually played notes, and only ONE guitar in the whole band.

True, a lot of cornball stuff but a lot of very good MUSIC.

Today, if you don't play a guitar, fugetaboutit.
 
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QuickSilver said:
I was a preteen... I was into the Beatles...Beach Boys and Herman's Hermits... I was held hostage on Saturday night by the Champagne Lady... Gimme a break...
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Same here, but there was no way to watch "teen" stuff on Saturday nights back then. Sunday night the Ed Sullivan show was the only hope of seeing contemporary entertainment.

Weekday afternoons there was teen shows like Lloyd Thaxton, Shindig and Hullabaloo.

9th Street West was a locally filmed program that I lparticularly iked to watch.

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Falcon said:
Re: LW @ least it was REAL music rather that today's NOISE .

They actually played notes, and only ONE guitar in the whole band.

True, a lot of cornball stuff but a lot of very good MUSIC.

Today, if you don't play a guitar, fugetaboutit.
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,,,and the guitar has to be electrified and AMPLIFIED!!. I prefer the human touch.
 
tnthomas said:
Weekday afternoons there was teen shows like Lloyd Thaxton, Shindig and Hullabaloo.
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I believe Shindig and Hullabaloo were weeknight shows, my friend. Weekday afternoons were American Bandstand, Lloyd Thaxton, and later Where the Action Is! ;)

My stepdad was strictly a Gunsmoke and Have Gun, Will Travel guy on Saturday nights. By that time I was usually "out" or doing my check-out girl thing at the supermarket.
 

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