It’s funny, when I was a teenager growing up in the 60’s my parents would watch his show every Saturday and I dreaded having to endure an hour of this. Mind you, we didn’t have more than one tv and of course, no internet. Now , crazily, I watch the reruns on PBS every Saturday for nostalgic reasons. It brings back fond memories of good times and loved ones who are no more. Happy days.
Same. Visting my grandparents every other weekend, us kids were stuck watching his show, but I learned to appreciate some of the music and started playing trombone in school.
This is a great story. My grandparents would come in and we would watch Mr. Welk's show. Years later, my father would smoke cigarettes, drink warm beer because he was an alcholic (LOL) and watch the show on Sunday nights.
Same with me. When I was a kid I thought lawrence welk was the most "unhip" show on TV and my Grandmother would torture me every week with it. After I joined the school band I began to appreciate just how good the band really was. They specialize in "light" music" but the band members could play just about any thing. My Grandmother has been dead since the 1980's and if it made her happy, then that's fine by me. Just to sit with my grandmother again and watch Lawrence Welk again would be wunnerful wunnerful.
I used to watch with my dad when we visited a particular small town, which we did quite often. The hotel where we stayed had a large tv room next to the lobby, and a few older people who lived in that town would gather there to watch Lawrence Welk. I was the only kid, but I still enjoyed myself. Now I can say that, as a fan of the Grateful dead, I'm a dead head. As a Jimmy Buffett fan I'm a parrot head. But I'm also a life-long Welk head, and very proud to be that.
Today (Oct.18th) is my dad's 99th birthday. When I was young I used to watch The Lawrence Welk Show with him on Sat. nights. Of course, the music and dance were "wunnerful". But I really enjoyed watching it WITH my dad. He especially enjoyed when they played Big Band and Swing. So glad I got a chance to see this today. I miss you dad.
Without the benefit of a college education, Lawrence was a very astute businessman. He started his organization all from scratch, ran it like a father figure and cared deeply about his people , whom he called his "musical family." He had a keen eye for talent and hired the best of the best, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes. I miss him, his show, the beautiful music, and the singers and dancers. We'll never see anything like it again. .
Watched the Lawrence Welk Show every Saturday night at 7:00pm with Dad, Mom & Sister. From before Kindergarten till I was married. This clip warmed my heart!!! ❤️
I remember watching Lawrence Welk as a kid teenager and adult now Im 67 years old the same age my Grand Ma was back in the 60s when I watched it with my Nana !
Interesting to note that Welk, during this broadcast, was 70 years old, younger than many of the rockers now who are still going in their late 70s/early 80s.
Now there is a summit meeting! Lawrence Welk and Carl "Doc" Severinsen. Both leaders featured virtuoso level players in their respective orchestras, yet never compromised heart in the process. Magnificent!
As much as people liked to poke fun at Lawrence Welk for his music, the reality was he knew what people liked. He was also a very astute businessman, creating Ranwood Records, running Vanguard Records, and starting the Welk Music Group. If you were in his band, you had to bring your "A-Game" every day. And in the process, made him and those associated with him very wealthy. Much respect!
I met Lawrence Welk nearly one month before this appearance at a book signing and we spoke briefly. This interview well portrays the man with whom I spoke, as does his 1967 appearance on What's My Line?, also on RU-vid: a man somewhat self-conscious, a little bit socially awkward, simple and unsophisticated in his approach to life, and -- above all -- tremendously, even massively, sincere, caring, and gentle. These latter three qualities, all possessed by the same person, are rare enough in our world to be noticed and I think that's what people here are observing and responding to with enthusiasm.
A true gentleman, Mr. Welk. As a child of the 1960's, I remember my mom watching him every week on Saturdays just before my bedtime. I feel bad when I think of how we used to laugh at him; my siblings and I were into The Beatles and saw Welk's show as being for old fogeys. But now I know what a shrewd businessman he was, and a very decent man. And of course, fond memories of my dear departed mother.
Every time I stayed at my great grammas house,we watched Jeopardy and Lawrence welk. Not sure of the order.we finished off with Jimmy Dean show,and we're tucked in bed with lights out just as our small town fire whistle blew,indicating curfew had started. What wonderful memories!! I learned all the members of the Welk troupe. I appreciated Lawrence Welk even more when I joined the school band and really then appreciated the way each instrument added to each piece to make the whole sum sound better than individual pieces.
@@lastcrazyhorn …ha ha…thank you….yes…I do not know much about him but maybe it is that father thing or something when I was a kid….I will buy one of his books…😘💫
Growing up the whole family sat down with mom dad and watched Lawrence Welk. And here I am 50 years later finding and watching LW again, glad I did!!!!!
I have collected almost every record I could find of the Lawrence Welk band. Music like his is almost a completely lost art these days. As I enter into my twilight years I am most grateful that I grew up in an era when real music was being created and not with a bunch of computers and artificial backgrounds. Lawrence Welk, Jackie Gleason, Percy Faith, Mantovani, Billy Vaughn....just to name a few. To my knowledge we have nothing like these great bands today.
I’m a metal drummer that has played in a symphony or two and auditioned for the Glenn Miller Orchestra. I love swing, it reminds me of my grandparents when I was a little kid. I will always love this music. ❤❤❤
It wasn't all that many years ago, relatively, when my parents and I watched the Lawrence Welk Show, even after he'd passed as his shows continue to run in syndication. Mr. Welk and his Champagne Music Maker shared a "wunnerful" time with millions of faithful fans for literally decades. He was an exceptional human being.
Perfect spot But I wish some gal had danced with Lawrence! Johnny is the greatest late night host of all time A mono culture is what created Lawrence Welk and his family of musicians I will pray for America. Please pray for me. God Bless you.
Our family used to watch the Lawrence Welk show when I was little. Definitely a generational audience. Around that time I discovered Johnny Carson and tried to stay up for him. Fond memories.
Remember, we grew up with basically three channels to watch . So most times , the kids watched what the parents selected. I liked music so I didn’t really mind his show . In the ‘70’s he had a beautiful singer named María Consuelo Castillo-López y Cantor-Montoya. She was someone to look forward to!
I remember I was nine years old my uncle worked for wolmeco. And wtvj Chanel four and Lawrence Welk and his band came down to Miami and I asked my uncle please I want to see Lawrence Welk he was surprised and said really oh yes well we went Mr Welk and his Band blew me away i was in heaven God Bless you Mr Welk we miss you dearly ❤😊❤
I watched Lawrence Welk as a kid and really enjoyed watching the athletic dancing on the show. The Exposure to different types of music gave me a deep appreciation of music today and I have an Eclectic Taste Of Music now which I can attribute to The Lawrence Welk show.
I used to watch Lawrence Welk every Saturday night- I especially liked Joe Feeney, a wonderful Irish Tenor- and Myron Floren, the fantastic Accordianist-
I used to spend weekends at my grandmas house and we would work in the garden and then during dinner we’d watch Lawrence Welk and made for tv movies. Some of my favorite memories. I still like to watch old clips of his show.
Funny it never occurred to me that the Lawrence Well Show was filmed in Los Angeles. Mr. Welk shows how being folksy was more of his brand but he was also very business savvy.
Sadly, her career suffered tremendously when it was revealed that her husband was a pedophile. Bob Ralston was also outed as a pedophile, preferring young boys. So much talent but hidden secrets. In today's WOKE world, they'd be celebrities for their perversion and not for their talent.
My introduction to Lawrence Welk was on a Saturday night when I was 5 years old, and I told my parents that I wanted to watch TV before they turned on PBS and saw that "The Lawrence Welk Show" was on. Let's just say that I was so hooked that I wanted to watch it the next week, and by the time I was 5 & a half, I knew everyone's names in both the band and singers!
Absolutely Love this Song . Lawrence was a very strict Man , But had a heart of Gold ! And Lawrence mentioned Pittsburgh . Well the Bubble machine was made by a Maintenance Man for the William Penn Hotel . True Fact !
@ Johnny Carson Thank You so much for this! It is much appreciated. Sometime, if it can be done, I would love to see the night Mr. Welk was on and he brought one of his own clarinet players, Henry Cuesta, with him to the show. I think it was a couple years after this.
I worked for OETA in OKC in the late 90s, and was on the crew for two Lawrence Welk pledge specials. It was a ton of work, but meeting some of the surviving cast members was fun. Norma Zimmer was a real sweetheart.
Johnny is a very compassionate person letting Mr. welk lead the Band, you can tell Mr. Welk thought that was, Wonderful, Wonderful, and a 1 and a 2 and a 3 !!!!!!
😢 5:21 I agree that Lawrence comes across as the three-dimensional human being and not nearly as a caricature. His opening comments to Johnny about being more ad-lib was quite interesting I thought.
My grandparents watched Lawrence Welk every week. I have to admit that even as a kid I enjoyed the orchestra, but I didn't care much for the singing and dancing bits. And that Tonight Show Orchestra was always amazing.
Thank you Mr. Carson and Editors who took the time to put this history together and bring back many of the stars of the Lawrence Welk Show. Many of us older folks have fond memories of His Music and Semi-Big Band Sound coming into our living rooms.
Greetings from southern Ontario Canada my grandparents watched every Sunday night after dinner in Toronto Canada whenever my folks would visit along with my sister who's not musical, I'm 51 so do the math my sister is 56 my dad is 90 and my mom is 83😮
