Live from Hawaii, it's Caption This!

Featuring Gail Farrell, Mary Lou Metzger and Charlie Parlato!

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Live from Hawaii, it's Caption This!

Champagne Fashions from the Islands - 1982

Lets see what the men are wearing when it comes to Hawaiian shirts....

Champagne Fashions from the Islands - 1982

Aloha from Hawaii

The Musical Family is going back to Hawaii....let's see what they're up to

"Okay fellas, I show you how to get down like James Brown!"

"I think I'll try the Hawaiian Spam Musubi, how 'bout you Gail?"

"Guy, could you please make the boat stop shaking? I think I'm getting seasick."

"Way-oh-way-oh-way-ooo-aaa-ooo.....Walk like an Egyptian...."

"You girls will never believe what I got from Don Ho's garage sale today!"

Aloha from Hawaii

One Paddle, Two Paddle

This sure beats Row Row Row Your Boat.....

One Paddle, Two Paddle

Postcards from Hawaii

Just arrived off the plane

 

Checking at the hotel

Time to catch a little sun.....

 

...and take a dip in the water!

 

Just sailing away on a yacht

 

Now we'll learn how to hula dance....

 

Boy I'm hungry, time for a Hawaii-style dinner!

 

Aloha! Wish you were here....

 

Postcards from Hawaii

Survivor - Champagne Island

We put five musically talented people on a remote uncharted island somewhere in the South Pacific, all they have is their wits, skills of survival and a ability to carry a note.

Which one will be the last one standing?

Survivor - Champagne Island

Tiny Bubbles

From 1968, here's Lynn Anderson with Buddy Merrill from the Hawaii episode as they team up to sing "Tiny Bubbles".

Tiny Bubbles

More Hawaii memories

Since last week's show was on location in the Hawaiian islands, let's go back and relive some more memories!

I wonder if the Maestro and his Musical Family ran into another very famous family vacationing here on the islands?

Something you may or may not know, just like the Welk show, The Brady Bunch opened it's season in Hawaii at the same time (the 1972-73 season). I wonder if any of the Brady kids, when not taping, had fun spending time on the beach with the music makers?

Anyway, here's just a few things the Musical Family did on the islands....

Tanya is taking part in "Open Mic Night" at one of Honolulu's comedy clubs...

Dick Dale and Gail Farrell, going out to eat, are stunned by the restaurant's sky-high prices on the menu.

Gail and Mary Lou are playing footsie on the beach.....

Guy Hovis hits the open seas on his luxury yacht.....

And finally, the gang are ready to chow down here at a luau!

It all sounds like fun, I just hope neither one picked up this little thing.....

And don't take my word for it, just ask Bobby Brady. Greg and Peter will second that motion.

More Hawaii memories

Welk's Hawaiian Adventure

This week, Lawrence and his Music Makers are off to Hawaii to open their 18th season on television. First aired on September 9, 1972, it's filled with island beauty and great songs as well!

Here's the Maestro at the airport, time to board the plane bound for Hawaii!

Getting things started is Clay Hart, with Sandi Griffiths and Sally Flynn, singing "Pearly Shell".

Here's Tanya getting the tourists involved by dancing to the Hookliau!

Now we meet Charlie Parlato as the Cocked Eyed Mayor of Kuanakakai along with Gail Farrell and Mary Lou Metzger.

And now here's Ken Delo, complete with hula girls as he sings "Lovely Hula Hands".

Other fine numbers include "Tiny Bubbles" sung by Dick Dale and Gail Farrell, a medley of songs from "South Pacific" performed by the orchestra. Guy & Ralna sings the "Hawaiian Wedding Song", along with "Beyond The Reef" by Norma Zimmer.

We also have the "Hawaiian War Chant" performed by Sandi & Sally and Bobby Burgess and Cissy King dance to "Paradise".

It was a great show, has me dreaming of those Hawaiian Islands!

Mary Lou's guest in the hot seat this week is Charlotte Harris, the Welk orchestra's very popular cello player. She talks about how she started playing the cello and her travels as a musician, as well as her family and her recent projects which includes teaching music to a new generation of music makers.

Time to say aloha y'all! Next week is the "Carnival" show, the grand finale for the 2007-08 season....after that is *sigh* a whole season of reruns.

Welk's Hawaiian Adventure

Enough of the cold, let's go to Hawaii!

From one of the many vintage fan magazines I have, here are some pictures from the Welk Musical Family's trip to Hawaii from 1972.

Time for a tropical feast, pass the pineapple please....

Bobby Burgess and Kristi having fun in the sun

Tanya is having fun doing the hookilau....

Gail Farrell enjoys the water on the warm beaches of Oahu....

The music makers go out on a fishing trip.....to catch the big one!

Enough of the cold, let's go to Hawaii!

Say Cheese!

Or in the case of this "Salute to Hawaii" episode from 1968, macadamia!

Looks like Charlie Parlato found his island queen with Jo Ann Castle all from just one-paddle, two-paddle, three-paddlin' along.

Back in Toledo, we finally say aloha to summer....it's now pretty chilly.

And just think, last Sunday....I was out in shorts, how depressing.

Say Cheese!

Sandi & Sally Thursday

Live from Hawaii in 1972, here's our favorite duo with Clay Hart in the middle singing "Pearly Shells" from the shores of the tropics!

And for a bonus, here's a YouTube clip of Sandi & Sally teaching Charlie Paralto the alphabet.

Sandi & Sally Thursday

Winter giving you the chills?

Just think about the sun, sand, surf and beauty of the Hawaiian Islands....let Sheila and Sherry Aldridge show you how!

Winter giving you the chills?