Why do i watch The Lawrence Welk Show?

Gothic Sponge

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Sat Nov-20-04 06:40 PM
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Why do i watch The Lawrence Welk Show?

It's on my local PBS station right now. Every time it's on i can't help but watch. It's almost like watching people from another planet. Some good acts mixed with cheese.

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Dukakis88

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Sat Nov-20-04 06:41 PM
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1. For the fine Scandanavian booty.

That's my theory, at least.

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autorank

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Sat Nov-20-04 06:42 PM
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2. Too much LSD?

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AlCzervik

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Sat Nov-20-04 06:43 PM
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3. god it's on here every night as well

Maybe you are punishing yourself for something on a subconscious level?

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acmavm

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Sat Nov-20-04 06:45 PM
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4. A vun ana two ana three...

God, flash back to days spent with my Grandparents, they MADE me watch that shit.

Bobby and Sissy should have had a contract put out on them. And that piano lady, Joanne something, I would have done that one myself.

How can you do that to yourself? Especially when they tried to do something 'hip and with it'. Oh, such painful memories of being embarrased for people other than myself.

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Gothic Sponge

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Sat Nov-20-04 06:48 PM
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6. LOL

My Grandparents made me watch it too.

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NightTrain

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Sat Nov-20-04 06:47 PM
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5. That is the whitest TV show ever!

And not even in a good way. :scared:

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Deja Q

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Sat Nov-20-04 07:17 PM
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11. If you mean 'white' as banal or a void or devoid of anything interesting,

I agree.

Or even if you mean 'southern whitey cracker' I'd agree. :D

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JVS

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Sat Nov-20-04 07:33 PM
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14. Actually I remember there being a couple of African Americans in the band

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AngryOldDem

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Sat Nov-20-04 07:37 PM
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15. White? Whaddya mean white?

Edited on Sat Nov-20-04 07:38 PM by AngryOldDem

I mean, man, they had an African-American tap dancer, for Chrissakes!

My mom was a huge fan of this show back when I was a small kid, and even then I knew tokenism when I saw it.

:D

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FuzzySlippers

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Sat Nov-20-04 07:38 PM
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16. Whadya mean all white?

They always had some black guy tap dancing.

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IrishBloodEngHeart

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Sat Nov-20-04 06:49 PM
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7. its great

its a window to a by gone era. Its very midwestern 1st/2nd generation scandanavian type thing. They don't show it in SoCal very often, but I think its cool. and I dig the accordian!

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NightTrain

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Sat Nov-20-04 06:52 PM
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8. Did you know that Dick Dale was a reulgar on the Welk show?

Don't believe me? Check it out here:

http://www.welkshow.com/dale.html

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Gothic Sponge

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Sat Nov-20-04 06:55 PM
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10. I didn't know that!

Thanks!

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TheMightyFavog

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Sat Nov-20-04 07:26 PM
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12. Wrong Dick Dale....

Edited on Sat Nov-20-04 07:27 PM by JonathanChance

Dick Dale of Dick Dale and the Deltones was born in 1937, not 1926. He played the drums and the guitar, but never the saxaphone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dale

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NightTrain

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Sat Nov-20-04 09:25 PM
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19. I know that! I was just being a smart-ass.

The Dick Dale who played with Lawrence Welk was an accordionist, fer chrissake! :eyes:

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Sabriel

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Sat Nov-20-04 06:55 PM
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9. Because it's from a time when being a Republican meant something

Something other than spawn of the devil, I mean.

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lumberingbear

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Sat Nov-20-04 07:31 PM
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13. You watch LW Show because...

1.) It's a hoot
2.) Your waiting for "Are You Being Served" to come on after it.

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Kiteflyer

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Sat Nov-20-04 07:47 PM
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17. LW is from Mars

A local show called "The Polka Varieties" is from Venus. It features couples married for about 1000 years who Polka around the floor to tunes like "My Beer Belly Polka."

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Prisoner_Number_Six

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Sat Nov-20-04 07:51 PM
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18. Snakebit, I suspect.

Hie thee hence to a healer posthaste. With leeches judiciously applied your sickness may yet be cured.

If not, you'll end up just like Joe Feeney...

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