Lawrence Welk?

larry@stinescorner · Jun 28, 2015

The response I Wrote about gardening brought back some memories of my grandma,,,you had better be quiet when her Lawrence Welk show was on!! Did anyone else have to watch it?It was torture for me as a young boy,,but now I see how talented they all were on his show,and what good music it was.

Brendon Warren · Jun 28, 2015

Wonderful wonderful! Yep my mother would subject us to it. My grandfather went to school with him as a young boy. At least that was always the story. Then recently my brother found a picture on the web with both Lawrence and my grandfather in it as young boys.

LAA · Jun 28, 2015

Dad called him old bubbles or some similar name but my Mother watched every week and us kids would watch too, TV is not worth watching anymore except re-runs of old shows.

gene bender · Jun 28, 2015

I dont understand your comment as there are so many programs about travel, food, science stuff ect to watch

lee little · Jun 28, 2015

When I hear Lawrence Welk I always think of my late fil. It came on one evening as we were sitting in his living room. When he saw what was comming on he shouted an oath and said "change that or turn it off that show is worse than nothing!" I also think of Dads elderly first cousin Mrs. Elsie Clark.She was like your grandmother and dearly loved it. She knew the details on every person that ever appeared on the show. Thanks for the memory jog.

LAA · Jun 28, 2015

Your right about the type shows you mentioned, there are some interesting and informative programs. I should have said no entertainment type shows are worth while, in my opinion.

Chris(WA) · Jun 28, 2015

There is a music show that we have become very fond of (most weeks) it is called "Live from Daryl's House"
Hosted by Daryl Hall, he has a guest each show and they jam in his home studio and have a big meal. Lots of fun and a peek into the personal side of many musicians.
Daryls House website

Dean · Jun 28, 2015

My parents watched Lawrence Welk when I was young. My brothers and I were not required to watch but sometimes did.

Today, I watch the reruns on PBS most Saturday evenings. My favorites are the B & W shows from the 1950s when Dodge was the sponsor.

Dean

Bill(Wis) · Jun 28, 2015

"Ah one an ah two"

;>)) He was Dutch. It used to drive some of his musicians up a wall on how he would withhold some of their pay that would go into a special account that they could only draw from with his approval. He wanted to teach them to save money. Speaking of New Jersey, his sister used to own a farm up in Sussex County along Hwy 206 near Hainesville. It's still there with the beautiful old farm house and barns with white board fences all around. And, a little farther south, in the Ross' corners vicinity, are the old Tanis farms. Vic Tanis came over from Holland when he was 5 or 6 years old and bought his first 40 acre farm at the age of eleven and never stopped buying farms. By the time WWII (The Big One) came along, he had 1100 milking Guernseys with his own creamery with a rail siding running into it. He was the same with his employees (many of them young Dutch boys) in that he would also help them save money and when they became older they would have enough money saved to buy their own farm land. Some of the farmers up there with Dutch names are those boys and are not descended from the Dutch that originally settled the area some 300 years ago. In that they lived so close, he almost had to know L Welk's sister and perhaps "Larry" as well.

Bill(Wis) · Jun 28, 2015

"Wunnerful, Wunnerful"; (;>))

SweetFeet · Jun 28, 2015

Yes. Grandma and Grandpa inflicted "Vunerful, Vunerful" on us kids too when we stayed with them.

Each week they only turned the TV on to watch Lawrence Welk and occasionally the news. Other wise they kept it shut off... but did let us grandkids watch a bit of cartoons on Saturday mornings.

Gary Mitchell · Jun 28, 2015

Grandma watched that but grandpa was more of Red Foley and Red Skelton fan.

John T · Jun 28, 2015

AS a kid my grandparents never missed it on that small snowy fuzzy black and white TV that would roll up and down. Now as a grandfather myself I NEVER MISS IT ON SATURDAY NIGHT ON PBS. It brings back sweet memories of simpler happy times when our traditional Christian beliefs and values were considered as normal and NOT hateful. Oh well the country has turned upside down

John T
Lawrence Welk Lennon Sisters and Alladin

fixerupper · Jun 28, 2015

I watched it and I enjoyed it through the sixties when I was in my teens. All of my classmates didn't like him. I still enjoy the reruns. When Saturday evening rolls around the world stops for an hour for my dad and step mom while the Lawrence reruns are on. I think dad might have danced to the Welk band at the Cobblestone ball room in Storm Lake. I'll have to ask him. My step mom is origionally from an area fairly close to Lawrence's home but her parents didn't go along with dancing so I doubt if she ever saw him. I live in the outskirts of the area His band used to play in during the early days of his career. When I was a kid some of the old timers talked about dancing to him at a local ballroom. When the ballrooms were still active in this area a lot of them had some sort of a picture on the wall stating when Lawrence Welk had played at that ballroom

tomturkey · Jun 28, 2015

Oh yes, Saturday evening at our house. When Lawerance Welk came on it was time for ice cream and cookies. I thought it was pretty dull back then, although the Lennon sisters were easy on the eyes and I loved watching that guy play the accordian. The things we remember. gobble

Billy NY · Jun 28, 2015

I think for awhile on sunday evenings, it was on after Disney. I did watch it at times, was hit or miss for me, as most kids did not care for the show, but that was just a generational thing, as well as education. Its hard to appreciate something you know nothing about, more so if you did not like the style. We did have music classes in school and some of that was really fascinating. I was not a big fan of classical, nor country, however I did watch the Lawrence Welk show and Hee-Haw. Of course you may not have had any other choice, but then again, I did not like the Waltons at first for some reason, but did later, given the setting and the period it took place in. Its good to be open to all the musical varieties, and I have watched a clip or 2 of the Welk show on you tube, have more of an appreciation for it now, it was a nice clean family show, nothing like it is today. Funny looking back at things like this, lot different when you are older.

Dick2 · Jun 28, 2015

Actually the family was German by way of Russia. At one time in history, the Eukrane (sp) was not settled, so Russia invited German settlers to settle in the Eukrane. After the Germans discovered how rich the soil was there, some years later Russia expelled the German settlers. A lot of them came to ND and settled in different communities. Some of them were moved to "Government Farms" in our area of ND during the 1930's, so I got to know their kids in school right up through college. They were the ones that introduced sunflowers to ND, although then they raised only small plots of them for eating.

Their distinct accent was from a mix of German and Russian.

oldtanker · Jun 28, 2015

(quoted from post at 05:36:36 06/28/15) The response I Wrote about gardening brought back some memories of my grandma,,,you had better be quiet when her Lawrence Welk show was on!! Did anyone else have to watch it?It was torture for me as a young boy,,but now I see how talented they all were on his show,and what good music it was.

OH boy are you ready for the home! Good music? Yes I was forced to watch it. I hated it and still don't like that type of music.

Rick

HenryO · Jun 28, 2015

yeah, watched it last nite. Great music from my era

farmerjohn · Jun 28, 2015

All I remember of it is the bubbles.

gearheadbill · Jun 28, 2015

My mother and grandparents always watched it. I disliked it and made a point to be out of the house when it came on. I enjoy watching it now. Would love to have the "Dodge" sign hanging on the back wall.

Spudm · Jun 28, 2015

Fifty years ago. My how time flies by.....

onefarmer · Jun 29, 2015

Didn't even know who he was as a kid. Wasn't until Ma-in-law I saw the show. Not my kind of music YUK! Now Ma-in-law lives with us and I'm tortured by reruns.

Texasmark1 · Jun 30, 2015

"And a one anna two anna.............." waving the baton. I liked the way he took care of his employees. Liked the show too even though it wasn't necessarily my kind of music.

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