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[orobouros]

It's Saturday night...

which means The Lawrence Welk Show is on!

And once more, I try to determine why I'm watching it, and when I started turning into my grandparents.

Comments

[strophae]

Personally, I get mesmerized by the gals' hairstyles.

[orobouros]

that's definitely part of it.

Along with the costumes.

I have to see if I can find the rules for the drinking game again.

[strophae]

I may need to see the drinking game rules.

I'm a bit sappy, but I do like seeing the elderly couples dancing. You know that was the one of the highlights of their retired years.

[missedith01]

I've heard of Lawrence Welk, but I dont know what he does in his show. Is he a crooner or something? Please explain and minimise my cultural divide, here.

[orobouros]

My grandparents used to make me watch it as a kid. Lawrence Welk was (in my opinion) a third-rate bandleader who hosted a weekly music show, consisting of C-grade versions of standards. The women were never allowed to show any cleavage, the costumes and song and dance numbers were terrifying, and everyone looks like they'd been dipped in a giant vat of varnish before each episode.

more info.

I think this clip sums things up rather well. :)

[tikireaper]

Our engagement is off.

[orobouros]

oh come on, it's infinitely more terrifying than most horror films these days. :)

[tikireaper]

It's me or Lawrence, baby.
Ya can't have both. :P

[xaosenkosmos]

And dude, they broadcast it in digital 480p on one of the side channels! It's there, in pristine analog glory, with none of the retransmission noise, quite impressive looking, honestly. It's so clear, you can tell that Lawrence is, in fact, hooked up to a network of small feed lines, like some Polka Vader, but without the exosuit.

(The only reason i know the show exists is because my mentally handicapped uncle is absolutely fascinated by it. It's the bubbles and the sequins....)

[orobouros]

You know those science fiction stories, where the aliens come to earth, believing that the tv shows we transmit into space are real?

When the aliens come to earth, they're all going to be dressed like this.