Saw an episode of the Lawrence Welk show lat night and ......

Yea ..as i see it all the talent we see and hear today were bred talent not born talented . They are pushed by advertising and marketing schemes to become popular . Every once in a while a someone born talented comes along .. but its very few nowadays

It sure has.

Good thread. I am a true Lawrence Welk fan; he provided wholesome entertainment that gave many a chance at careers they might not otherwise have had.

humor also seemed more self deprecating then, now it about bashing others. My favorite was Red Skelton. Carol Burnett when they'd get laughing so hard they couldn't say their lines. That was funny!

A true reality check for sure.

This is a very good example on how our society has changed for the worse.

Youtube has been a tremendous boon, a window in time(s) for younger people to discover what they are missing today and oldies to recapture memories, relive if even a little bit, that feeling and experience of a better time.

Time and time again I'll read comments on yt vids of the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, from young people who are appreciative and enthusiastic for being exposed to some of what went on before.

I really do miss the civility, the heart, the high caliber talent. Big time. At least it can be viewed through the time tunnel that yt provides.

And OP, great thread.

Those were the days..........I miss Tim Conway on the Carol Burnett show!! LOL, he was GREAT!

Fabulous talent. That show was Top Notch.

Do you all remember the Electric Company? I thought you might appreciate this clip. Look how very far he has come, and this was his very first "gig". I remember when I saw him on a big screen movie for the first time, and yelling, "Hey ! that is the fellow from Electric Company" LOL
He really can sing too. What a talent!

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Ohhhhhh, and to the person that said the "clunk, clunk of the television channels turning" <<<grin>>> We had nthe total sum of 3 nmajor channels back then, and one PBS. LOL My gret aunt would always tell us we had to change the channels slowly or we would "break" the television set. hahhaaaa... ohhhh the days. "Having the big one 'Lizabeth, and I am coming to join ya hunny"

I miss those days, and I do not watch television anymore unless it is football season. I do not think I am missing anything at all: uneducated, exlicative based drivvel.

Kinda hard to take Welk or HeeHaw. Both shows were very hick, panderingly so. Welk's fashion sense for color and style was capital T Terrible. Had some pretty decent talent, but they were all dressed like a nightmare. HeeHaw was a white trash festival despite the music which often was excellent.

Never saw Milton Berle, or Sid Caesar, few Kovacs, but Jackie Gleason was an extreme talent. Lots of youtubes out there from The Andy Williams Show. Glen Campbell had a show. Smothers Brothers were kinda radical & anti-war with their standup and Pat Paulsen. Dinah Shore was a big deal until The Beatles. Dean Martin had Jonathan Winters as a regular. Carol Burnet got her start on The Gary Moore show. Ed Sullivan was The Big Time.

Quit watching SNL about 10yrs ago; the jokes were too dull and the actors just too stupid and smarmy.

About the only talent in singing these days is in the jazz genre. All the girl rock singers sound alike and wimpy, same as the men.

The Greats hold up and still thrill & excite everytime you listen. Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot, Beach Boys, America, Joe Strummer/Clash, Four Freshmen... Big Band, large ensemble jazz from 50s and early 60s. Amazing harmonies and vocal phrasing/range.

On Sunday nights, we would watch Lawrence Welch then it would be this:

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Thanks for bringing back fond memories! At least some of us remember and appreciate now how good we had it back then.

If this doesn't make you LYAO you have no sense of humor.



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Harvey Korman could barely keep a straight face through much of his skits with Tim Conway. LMAO

Every Saturday night our family gathered around the tv to see how long it would take for Tim to make Harvey lose control.

Tim could get the other cast members to laugh sometimes, but he could never get Vicky Lawrence except for this one episode.

Bumping the thread to give some younger readers a chance to view some classic comedy.

as did we ,
my sisters and cousins watching that show, oh how we hated it.

last week i was comparing notes with a cousin i haven't seen in years.
we both agreed, what we wouldn't give to be back in that living room.
in a special time that will never be again.

thanks grandma and grampa! we miss you.

Yeah, the old manual control. And the rabbit ears waaaay back when. I even remember those real tiny screens in the big wooden box eaaaarly in the day.

We really are/were blessed for having lived it.

Whats to say really......but this.

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Just the other day I was wondering if anyone remembers Lawrence Welk.

My grandmother used to like that show, she watched it every week and there were a couple of dancers she really liked. If that couple didn't do enough dances she'd get angry (she was around 80) and start yelling at the tv.

I saw it on PBS not too long ago after not seeing it for years, it struck me just as corny as it did back then but it was fun to watch because it's so dated which makes it interesting now.

My grandparents used to have one of the first remote controlled tv's. You pushed the remote and the knob would turn as the channels changed. It was loud too. It really made the clunk clunk sound that the poster on the first quote described.

I never missed the Sid Caesar Show!

journalists had some balls back then too- unlike the whores today

My mom was just talking about that show today. I've never seen the entire show, just a few clips here and there.


I grew up watching I Love Lucy in reruns. It's still one of my favorite tv shows. This one is a classic.


And Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Johnny! They don't make talkshow hosts like him anymore.

If you want to step back in time, take a trip to an Indian reservation. Specifically Hopiland.

Step away from the machine and see how the other side lives.

lassie,flipper,tammy wagontrain,combat bowery boys,honnymooners(to the moon alice!),kingfish and saphire and the marx brothers and dino was alwys the one with the good voice sinatra was nothing to him

We had Hopi neighbors 3 houses down.

My dad's best friend was Navaho.

It's a fact that the American Way was B.S. from the beginning.

Genocide.

BUT....

There was a spate of years there.... for a coupla' decades, when it was vibrating, making moves to fulfill some of the higher ideals....

Vietnam killed that.

Yes. clean humor. No dirty language...gay sex innuendos...

The Carol Burnett show was always funny

I really enjoyed watching it as a kid


I watch NO tv today...it is too disgusting

The late 50s to the 70s seemed like a simpler relaxed time, maybe cause we were young. I miss it. The predictions of the future were wonderous things, look at us now....not even a flying car yet. Jackie Gleason,Red Skelton and Dino ruled and the government seemed more civic minded, now they won't even patch potholes. I'm almost sorry I lived long enough to see our future....far from wonderous.