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

Grokenstein

(6,083 posts)
7. Aw, I liked Lawrence Welk.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:49 AM
23 hrs ago

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

(20,759 posts)
10. That's got a lot of stuff packed into it.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 11:18 AM
22 hrs ago

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

(16,664 posts)
11. I can relate.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 11:19 AM
22 hrs ago

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

(126,302 posts)
14. Whenever Grandma visited she *had* to watch Lawrence Welk,
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 11:34 AM
22 hrs ago

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

(1,101 posts)
18. Better than most everything on nowadays.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 03:48 PM
18 hrs ago

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

House of Roberts

(6,140 posts)
26. We had to watch Lawrence Welk every Saturday night.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:18 PM
11 hrs ago

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

(16,664 posts)
12. Those were absolutely hilarious.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 11:22 AM
22 hrs ago

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

(440 posts)
16. Absolutely wonderful
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 12:16 PM
21 hrs ago

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

(21,377 posts)
22. Lots of good laughs
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 06:51 PM
15 hrs ago

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

Picaro

(2,129 posts)
25. Love this collection
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:28 PM
13 hrs ago

My favorite is the one about fast food.

And the table and the rug.

70sEraVet

(4,701 posts)
29. Great collection!
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 08:48 AM
1 hr ago

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

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