Have you ever watched the Lawrence Welk Show?

by Drue-AFCL Posted 2012/07/29 18:12:55

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David 2012/07/29 18:51:56

yes

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*sigh* For a while, back when I was a kid, it was mandatory Saturday evening fare... Muzak before there was Muzak.
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JQHiggins 2012/08/03 00:37:11

yes

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Yes. I was channel surfing and heard a Cole Porter tune. Much to my chagrin, I was watching Lawrence Welk and enjoying it!

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ur XLNC 2012/07/31 00:32:58

yes

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It was why I took up accordian rather than guitar.

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ParkMan 2012/07/30 17:41:51

yes

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It seemed like it was always on at my Grandmother's house.

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Suni 2012/07/30 15:36:17

yes

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but i was a tiny tot?? ;-)

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Dolly 2012/07/30 15:17:21

yes

+1

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Outta' Here. 2012/07/30 14:07:25

yes

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Often

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nightcrawler2005 2012/07/30 05:07:17 (edited)

no

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I may be 55 but I still left that one to my Grandmother.

But to make a secret confession I was known to watch Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians from the Waldorf Astoria on New Years Eve.

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kfallslady 2012/07/30 04:27:05

yes

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Start the bubble machine... we watched every sunday night, we only had two staions

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joan.sloane 2012/07/30 03:53:23

yes

+2
It was a Saturday night tradition when I was a kid.

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Scott C 2012/07/30 03:48:13

yes

+1
and a 1, and a 2, and a 3...

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Catnip 2012/07/30 03:26:04 (edited)

yes

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My Grandma made me sit through an episode when I was 7. I wish just begged for someone. anyone to smash me in the head until the memory went away! That show was so unwatchable!

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Bronar 2012/07/30 02:22:38

yes

+2
I was young and we didn't get more than 4 channels.

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Fran-Halen 2012/07/30 00:54:17

no

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My mother did....and a one, and a two, and a.......

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foy49 2012/07/29 23:20:41

yes

+2
As a small child my evil Grandmother forced us. "and a one and a two" ---

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Jan Haskell 2012/07/29 22:53:22 (edited)

yes

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All through my childhood, and even now whenever I get a chance. Went to see the Lennon Sisters in person last year.

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Texas Gal 2012/07/29 22:13:19

yes

+2
When I was a youngster I do recall watching it.

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Gwen 2012/07/29 22:09:46

yes

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still watch reruns once and awhile....but only to take a picture on my phone and send to a good friend...we have contests on what the theme will be...or what color of the nite the clothes will be.....good times...lol

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pops 2012/07/29 21:41:21

yes

+1
Good Polka show.

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Willy 2012/07/29 21:35:56

no

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No, I couldn't stand it but my parents loved it.

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mike 2012/07/29 21:12:39

yes

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like 50 some years ago when people only had one TV in the house and the parents made ya.

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Kane Fernau 2012/07/29 20:54:30

yes

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My Old Man drank whiskey with Lawrence Welk before he got famous. He watched his show every Saturday night. It was torture to me.

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Conservative Citizen 2012/07/29 20:45:46

yes

+2
It was once a popular television show in many homes.

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Ron in Oregon 2012/07/29 20:39:25

yes

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We got our first TV in 1956. Purchased it used for $350.00 because it kept burning vacuum tubes out.
My father sat behind it for several hours and finally found the problem.
A repairman had placed a pencil mark near a tube and you could see the electric spark travel along it, burning the tube out. He erased the mark and we never had any more problems with it.
We watched Lawrence Welk, Gunsmoke, Have gun will travel, and Bonanza.
I even remember the live presentation of an unknown singer (Elvis Presley).
The one I could never miss was the Mouseketeers, I just had to watch Annette Funicello.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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Willy to Ron in ... 2012/07/29 21:40:48

In 1950, a TV and good antenna would take about a years wages for most people. A neighbor had one and they could get 1 station sometimes. The station was St Louis channel 5 which was over 100 miles away.

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Ron in ... to Willy 2012/07/31 16:01:58

When we had our antenna installed we had it aimed towards Portland and the channels available were CBS channel 6[KEX]
and even though the TV was only a VHS the other channel was 27 a UHF channel.
So we put a different piece (forgot what they were called) in the tuner, in the channel 7 position and we were able to watch a very snowy picture.

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Willy to Ron in ... 2012/07/31 16:37:38

It was probably a strip. The tuner had 12 sides/strips, each side tuned in a different channel, 2 through 13, a strip could be removed and replaced with a different channel, in your case UHF channel 27.

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Ron in ... to Willy 2012/07/31 21:10:27

Right
I bet you would love to see my bomb radio/lamp from WW2 era.

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Mantic to Ron in ... 2012/07/31 01:52:46 (edited)

Yeah, even if most of the hokey regular fare put you off there were surprises among the guests like that. Dick Dale was on a few times as well, I recall.

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EddyGee53 2012/07/29 20:26:51

yes

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And I enjoyed for its music and nostalgia.

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Rosalie 2012/07/29 20:09:03

yes

+2
Grew up listening to his show!

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Gary 2012/07/29 20:07:33

yes

+1
Until next Sunday: Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehn

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Farnsworth 2012/07/29 20:02:56

yes

+2
Oh God! My parents watched that when I was a kid.

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Manster 2012/07/29 19:47:14

yes

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Yes, when I was a child my aunt would turn it on too listen to the music, and I was fascinated by the bubble machine.

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dj 2012/07/29 19:44:47

yes

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Yes, Good Music and entertainment. Was on every Saturday night .

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Lobster Man 2012/07/29 19:33:32

yes

+1
at my grandparents house when I was a kid.

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Red 2012/07/29 19:22:47
jgh57 2012/07/29 19:07:23

yes

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If you spent the night with my Grandma on Saturday Night you watched Lawrence.

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Drue-AFCL to jgh57 2012/07/29 20:23:13

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Absolutely!

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Jdogg 2012/07/29 18:56:43

yes

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They show it every saturday night on pbs here, It's really not that bad of a show, Definately better than most of the trash that's on tv these days.I watch it.

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David 2012/07/29 18:51:56

yes

+3
*sigh* For a while, back when I was a kid, it was mandatory Saturday evening fare... Muzak before there was Muzak.

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