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It is to laugh - Another bit of needed relief from you know who (Original Post) 3825-87867 Jul 2025 OP
Ok. I laughed out loud. Excellent!!! Srkdqltr Jul 2025 #1
This one: Ocelot II Jul 2025 #2
Woo hoo!! WestMichRad Jul 2025 #4
Aw, I liked Lawrence Welk. Grokenstein Jul 2025 #7
That's got a lot of stuff packed into it. erronis Jul 2025 #10
I can relate. llmart Jul 2025 #11
Whenever Grandma visited she *had* to watch Lawrence Welk, Ocelot II Jul 2025 #14
Better than most everything on nowadays. BHDem53 Jul 2025 #18
I lived with my grandma! But, grandpa liked all the westerns, so it balanced out. txwhitedove Jul 2025 #19
We had to watch Lawrence Welk every Saturday night. House of Roberts Jul 2025 #26
Thank you so much 3825-87867 JMCKUSICK Jul 2025 #3
Utterly hilarious. Thank you. niyad Jul 2025 #5
What a great start to homegirl Jul 2025 #6
Thanks. A good way to start the day. question everything Jul 2025 #8
imgur is ALWAYS "OVER CAPACITY" justaprogressive Jul 2025 #9
Those were absolutely hilarious. llmart Jul 2025 #12
These are great! Especially the one about the nightly news being scary. raccoon Jul 2025 #13
Thanks for the fun! mdbl Jul 2025 #15
Absolutely wonderful Grim Chieftain Jul 2025 #16
Soooo funny! Thank you. chowder66 Jul 2025 #17
Many laughs! sagetea Jul 2025 #20
Awesome. Really LOL funny. riverbendviewgal Jul 2025 #21
Lots of good laughs Marthe48 Jul 2025 #22
I knew there was a reason I checked DU today ReRe Jul 2025 #23
Thanks orangecrush Jul 2025 #24
Love this collection Picaro Jul 2025 #25
Excellent 👍👍 TommieMommy Jul 2025 #27
Excellent malaise Jul 2025 #28
Great collection! 70sEraVet Jul 2025 #29

Grokenstein

(6,187 posts)
7. Aw, I liked Lawrence Welk.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:49 AM
Jul 2025

I mean, I probably wouldn't watch it today, but way back then we lived in the sticks, only had one channel, and it was either this or arguments that ended in violence. Believe me, Welk's show was something I looked forward to.

erronis

(21,787 posts)
10. That's got a lot of stuff packed into it.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 11:18 AM
Jul 2025

If it was your reality, I feel for you.

Otherwise it sounds like the beginning of a humorous tale.

I think we had 3 channels. Every now and then we'd watch Lawrence Welk for a bit but the cloying schtick got too much. Now Perry Como...

llmart

(17,008 posts)
11. I can relate.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 11:19 AM
Jul 2025

My father was a musician from that era and it was one of the few times he wouldn't be yelling at one of us or finding some work for us to do. I pretended to be interested in the show just to keep him happy.

Ocelot II

(128,029 posts)
14. Whenever Grandma visited she *had* to watch Lawrence Welk,
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 11:34 AM
Jul 2025

and IIRC there was some other show on at the same time that we kids wanted to watch, but Grandma had seniority (literally), so we just whined about how the music was dumb and awful until we were told to be nice and let Grandma enjoy her show.

BHDem53

(1,112 posts)
18. Better than most everything on nowadays.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 03:48 PM
Jul 2025

Arthur Duncan was the man. An' a one, an' a two...

House of Roberts

(6,293 posts)
26. We had to watch Lawrence Welk every Saturday night.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:18 PM
Jul 2025

Finally it got replaced by Sha Na Na, and my dad heard how good a tenor the little guy named Johnny was. After that we always watched Sha Na Na.

llmart

(17,008 posts)
12. Those were absolutely hilarious.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 11:22 AM
Jul 2025

I laughed out loud at a few of them, but would never be able to pick only one favorite.

Thanks for the thread. I think we all needed to laugh for a change.

Grim Chieftain

(816 posts)
16. Absolutely wonderful
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 12:16 PM
Jul 2025

Thanks so much for sharing this with us. I'm bookmarking it so I can read it when I need a good laugh. Needless to say, I'll be reading it often.

Marthe48

(22,183 posts)
22. Lots of good laughs
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 06:51 PM
Jul 2025

One of my friends posted awhile back about a duet on Lawrence Welk singing One Toke Over the Line.

For your further entertainment:

&list=RDt8tdmaEhMHE&start_radio=1

70sEraVet

(5,059 posts)
29. Great collection!
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 08:48 AM
Jul 2025

I laughed at a bunch of them, but the "told my wife I wanted to be cremated" was my favorite!

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