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Srkdqltr
(9,006 posts)Ocelot II
(127,703 posts)
Yup. Every time Grandma came to visit.
WestMichRad
(2,703 posts)Im entitled to compensation, too!
Grokenstein
(6,171 posts)I mean, I probably wouldn't watch it today, but way back then we lived in the sticks, only had one channel, and it was either this or arguments that ended in violence. Believe me, Welk's show was something I looked forward to.
erronis
(21,583 posts)If it was your reality, I feel for you.
Otherwise it sounds like the beginning of a humorous tale.
I think we had 3 channels. Every now and then we'd watch Lawrence Welk for a bit but the cloying schtick got too much. Now Perry Como...
llmart
(16,952 posts)My father was a musician from that era and it was one of the few times he wouldn't be yelling at one of us or finding some work for us to do. I pretended to be interested in the show just to keep him happy.
Ocelot II
(127,703 posts)and IIRC there was some other show on at the same time that we kids wanted to watch, but Grandma had seniority (literally), so we just whined about how the music was dumb and awful until we were told to be nice and let Grandma enjoy her show.
BHDem53
(1,112 posts)Arthur Duncan was the man. An' a one, an' a two...
txwhitedove
(4,238 posts)House of Roberts
(6,271 posts)Finally it got replaced by Sha Na Na, and my dad heard how good a tenor the little guy named Johnny was. After that we always watched Sha Na Na.
JMCKUSICK
(4,203 posts)What a treat.
niyad
(127,853 posts)homegirl
(1,877 posts)the day..a thousand thanks...
question everything
(51,153 posts)justaprogressive
(5,642 posts)Never see pictures!
llmart
(16,952 posts)I laughed out loud at a few of them, but would never be able to pick only one favorite.
Thanks for the thread. I think we all needed to laugh for a change.
raccoon
(32,075 posts)mdbl
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Grim Chieftain
(697 posts)Thanks so much for sharing this with us. I'm bookmarking it so I can read it when I need a good laugh. Needless to say, I'll be reading it often.
chowder66
(11,422 posts)sagetea
(1,525 posts)Thank you!!
riverbendviewgal
(4,373 posts)Thank you. For sharing. There was not one I didn't like.
Marthe48
(22,080 posts)One of my friends posted awhile back about a duet on Lawrence Welk singing One Toke Over the Line.
For your further entertainment:
ReRe
(12,084 posts)Thanks 3825-87867. You made my day!
orangecrush
(26,994 posts)
Picaro
(2,214 posts)My favorite is the one about fast food.
And the table and the rug.
TommieMommy
(2,421 posts)malaise
(290,058 posts)😀
70sEraVet
(4,988 posts)I laughed at a bunch of them, but the "told my wife I wanted to be cremated" was my favorite!