Cheese Fondue and Feta Cheese Caesar Salad....
which goes well with the main course, Spaghetti Bolognese....
....and a cup of coffee
....and for dessert, Huckleberry Pie from the grocers' freezer.
YUM-YUM!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Hey Clay and Sally, what's for supper?
Cheese Fondue and Feta Cheese Caesar Salad....
which goes well with the main course, Spaghetti Bolognese....
....and a cup of coffee
....and for dessert, Huckleberry Pie from the grocers' freezer.
YUM-YUM!
Sunday, July 18, 2010
We Can Make Music - 1973 edition
It's a repeat this week, the 1973-74 season opener known as both Tahoe '73 - That Big Band Sound
But around here in these parts, we know it as We Can Make Music '73
Here's some of the highlights from this week's show....
A supersized Jimmy Roberts awaits the King of the Monsters in a scene from Godzilla Conquers The Golden Gate
"George, that joy buzzer gag is getting pretty old."
" I think Rose put too much starch in the pants again."
Here's some of the highlights from this week's show....
A supersized Jimmy Roberts awaits the King of the Monsters in a scene from Godzilla Conquers The Golden Gate
"Only he can lead us to honey roasted peanuts!"
"George, that joy buzzer gag is getting pretty old."
" I think Rose put too much starch in the pants again."
Saturday, July 17, 2010
The Champagne Five - Musical Family Cameos We Like To See
We all know that addition to their regular appearances on the Lawrence Welk Show, the Musical Family have appeared on other popular television programs and game shows.
Examples include Gail Farrell as a panelist on Match Game
...and who can forget Ken Delo appearing with Lucille Ball on Here's Lucy?
Picture courtesy of Ken Delo.com
And of course there's Tanya on General Hospital, Arthur Duncan on Diagnosis Murder, Lawrence Welk on the Jack Benny Program and so forth.
On this latest version of the Champagne Five, I present my top five television programs in which I would love to see tailor made for any of the Champagne Music Makers to do a cameo appearance, guest starring role or celebrity contestant in....
So with AFTRA's blessing, here's the list.
1. THE $10,000/$20,000/$25,000 PYRAMID - Have Ken Delo and Mary Lou Metzger as the celebrity contestants for the week
2. THE DUKES OF HAZZARD - Fans of the show remember Boss Hogg's Celebrity Speed Traps, usually the celebrities are well known country singers. Ava Barber could be latest to sing at the Boar's Nest in order to have her traffic citation forgiven.
3. THREE'S COMPANY - Sheila and Sherry Aldridge could both star as Jack, Janet and Chrissy's newest next door neighbors.
4. SANFORD AND SON - Tom Netherton and Arthur Duncan both appear as performers at a nightclub where Fred, Bubba and Grady are patrons.
5. THE ROCKFORD FILES - Gail Farrell could guest star as one of Jim Rockford's latest clients.
The possibilities are endless, so don't be surprised if a second version of this particular Champagne Five appears in the near future.
Now where's is this week's TV Guide? I gotta find out who's on what this week.
Examples include Gail Farrell as a panelist on Match Game
...and who can forget Ken Delo appearing with Lucille Ball on Here's Lucy?
Picture courtesy of Ken Delo.com
And of course there's Tanya on General Hospital, Arthur Duncan on Diagnosis Murder, Lawrence Welk on the Jack Benny Program and so forth.
On this latest version of the Champagne Five, I present my top five television programs in which I would love to see tailor made for any of the Champagne Music Makers to do a cameo appearance, guest starring role or celebrity contestant in....
So with AFTRA's blessing, here's the list.
1. THE $10,000/$20,000/$25,000 PYRAMID - Have Ken Delo and Mary Lou Metzger as the celebrity contestants for the week
2. THE DUKES OF HAZZARD - Fans of the show remember Boss Hogg's Celebrity Speed Traps, usually the celebrities are well known country singers. Ava Barber could be latest to sing at the Boar's Nest in order to have her traffic citation forgiven.
3. THREE'S COMPANY - Sheila and Sherry Aldridge could both star as Jack, Janet and Chrissy's newest next door neighbors.
4. SANFORD AND SON - Tom Netherton and Arthur Duncan both appear as performers at a nightclub where Fred, Bubba and Grady are patrons.
5. THE ROCKFORD FILES - Gail Farrell could guest star as one of Jim Rockford's latest clients.
The possibilities are endless, so don't be surprised if a second version of this particular Champagne Five appears in the near future.
Now where's is this week's TV Guide? I gotta find out who's on what this week.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Que Sera Sera
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
How Sandi, Bobby and Cissy are spending their summer so far
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
There's nothing like a good polka
Sunday, July 11, 2010
From Polkas to Classics
Have you ever been curious about how a polka melody becomes a timeless, classic song?
The music makers will show you how in this week's Lawrence Welk Show episode from 1967!
Here are some of the highlights in living color!
Bobby teaches Cissy how to fly....
The animals are now in charge of the Toledo Zoo....
....and Dick Dale secretly switches Peggy Lennon's regular coffee with Folgers Crystals
FROM POLKAS TO CLASSICS - November 25, 1967
1. THE PENNSYLVANIA POLKA - Kathy, Dick, Bobby, Cissy, Janet, Jimmy, Andra & Dick with Myron Floren on accordion
2. STRANGE MUSIC - Norma Zimmer
3. FIREFLY SERENADE - the orchestra
4. SERENADE OF THE BELLS - Kathy, Janet, Peggy and Dee Dee Lennon
5. SUGAR - Frank Scott at the piano, Richard Maloof on bass, Neil Levang on guitar and Johnny Klein on drums
6. GOLDEN DAYS - Jimmy Roberts with the string section
7. YOU MEAN ALL THE WORLD TO ME - Lynn Anderson with the Lennon Sisters
8. THE BREEZE AND I - danced by Bobby Burgess and Cissy King
9. MARIA - Natalie Nevins
10. THE ROSE OF TRALEE - Joe Feeney
11. BRAZILIAN SAMBA - Myron Floren on accordion
12. LET US OUT, LET US OUT (WHAT IS NEW AT THE ZOO) - Bobby Burgess, Jack Imel, Arthur Duncan and Cissy King
13. TALK TO THE ANIMALS - The Lennon Sisters with Bobby, Jack, Arthur and Cissy
14. YOURS - Andra Willis
15. WABASH CANNONBALL - the orchestra featuring Neil Levang on guitar, Frank Scott on harpsichord and Dick Cathcart on trumpet
16. SAY IT ISN'T SO - The Curt Ramsey Quintet featuring Steve Smith with Charlie Paralto, Norma Zimmer, Curt Ramsey and Dick Cathcart
17. STOPTIME - danced by Arthur Duncan
18. GET ALONG HOME, CINDY, CINDY - Dick Dale with the Lennon Sisters
19. WHEN THE ORGAN PLAYED AT TWILIGHT - Bob Ralston at the Thomas Organ
20. HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL?/BABY FACE/AIN'T SHE SWEET? - Bob Lido, Lynn, Norma, Joe, Steve, Jimmy, Bobby, Dick (Dale), Andra, Kathy, Janet, Dee Dee, Natalie, Cissy and Larry Hooper at the piano
It was a very fun episode, a great selection of songs....even though only a handful of them were polkas. (I don't recall Let Us Out, Let Us Out ever played as a polka)
Jo Ann Castle does not appear in this episode, at the time she was most likely on the road doing one of her personal appearances on stage.
This was only Andra Willis' second appearance on the Welk show, you can tell that her way of singing has been well accepted by the audience. She's also one in a lineage of talented Music Makers that sing Spanish songs such as 1940s Champagne Lady Jayne Walton and Anacani.
And as always, I never tire of listening to the orchestra's instrumental of Wabash Cannonball....Dick Cathcart was truly one of the world's finest trumpet man, Frank Scott knows how to master the harpsichord and of course Neil Levang's excellent guitar work brings it all together.
So until the next new episode, which is two weeks from now....keep a song in your heart and remember that you can talk to the animals but don't feed the animals.
The music makers will show you how in this week's Lawrence Welk Show episode from 1967!
Here are some of the highlights in living color!
Bobby teaches Cissy how to fly....
The animals are now in charge of the Toledo Zoo....
....and Dick Dale secretly switches Peggy Lennon's regular coffee with Folgers Crystals
FROM POLKAS TO CLASSICS - November 25, 1967
1. THE PENNSYLVANIA POLKA - Kathy, Dick, Bobby, Cissy, Janet, Jimmy, Andra & Dick with Myron Floren on accordion
2. STRANGE MUSIC - Norma Zimmer
3. FIREFLY SERENADE - the orchestra
4. SERENADE OF THE BELLS - Kathy, Janet, Peggy and Dee Dee Lennon
5. SUGAR - Frank Scott at the piano, Richard Maloof on bass, Neil Levang on guitar and Johnny Klein on drums
6. GOLDEN DAYS - Jimmy Roberts with the string section
7. YOU MEAN ALL THE WORLD TO ME - Lynn Anderson with the Lennon Sisters
8. THE BREEZE AND I - danced by Bobby Burgess and Cissy King
9. MARIA - Natalie Nevins
10. THE ROSE OF TRALEE - Joe Feeney
11. BRAZILIAN SAMBA - Myron Floren on accordion
12. LET US OUT, LET US OUT (WHAT IS NEW AT THE ZOO) - Bobby Burgess, Jack Imel, Arthur Duncan and Cissy King
13. TALK TO THE ANIMALS - The Lennon Sisters with Bobby, Jack, Arthur and Cissy
14. YOURS - Andra Willis
15. WABASH CANNONBALL - the orchestra featuring Neil Levang on guitar, Frank Scott on harpsichord and Dick Cathcart on trumpet
16. SAY IT ISN'T SO - The Curt Ramsey Quintet featuring Steve Smith with Charlie Paralto, Norma Zimmer, Curt Ramsey and Dick Cathcart
17. STOPTIME - danced by Arthur Duncan
18. GET ALONG HOME, CINDY, CINDY - Dick Dale with the Lennon Sisters
19. WHEN THE ORGAN PLAYED AT TWILIGHT - Bob Ralston at the Thomas Organ
20. HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL?/BABY FACE/AIN'T SHE SWEET? - Bob Lido, Lynn, Norma, Joe, Steve, Jimmy, Bobby, Dick (Dale), Andra, Kathy, Janet, Dee Dee, Natalie, Cissy and Larry Hooper at the piano
It was a very fun episode, a great selection of songs....even though only a handful of them were polkas. (I don't recall Let Us Out, Let Us Out ever played as a polka)
Jo Ann Castle does not appear in this episode, at the time she was most likely on the road doing one of her personal appearances on stage.
This was only Andra Willis' second appearance on the Welk show, you can tell that her way of singing has been well accepted by the audience. She's also one in a lineage of talented Music Makers that sing Spanish songs such as 1940s Champagne Lady Jayne Walton and Anacani.
And as always, I never tire of listening to the orchestra's instrumental of Wabash Cannonball....Dick Cathcart was truly one of the world's finest trumpet man, Frank Scott knows how to master the harpsichord and of course Neil Levang's excellent guitar work brings it all together.
So until the next new episode, which is two weeks from now....keep a song in your heart and remember that you can talk to the animals but don't feed the animals.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Caption This!
Friday, July 09, 2010
If you're anywhere near Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The Musical Family will be performing live in concert this Saturday at the American Music Theatre.
Unfortunately, yours truly can't make it....has to work this weekend. But I hear it's going to be a great show!
And Jo Ann Castle will be there....she's feeling much better now and ready to tickle those ivories!
Unfortunately, yours truly can't make it....has to work this weekend. But I hear it's going to be a great show!
And Jo Ann Castle will be there....she's feeling much better now and ready to tickle those ivories!
Thursday, July 08, 2010
TV Movie Screen - September 1968: Welk's New Family
It's time once again to visit the archives for another scoop Welk story from those celebrity fan magazines of yesteryear!
Today, it's the issue of TV Movie Screen from September 1968
In this issue, we read about the new champagne kids on the block, Sandi & Sally, Lynn Anderson, Andra Willis, Tanya and Larry Welk and their upcoming marriage plus there's a scoop on the Lennon Sisters as well.
As you can tell, the headlines are usually exaggerated. A common trait amongst magazines of that kind in those days.
To view and read the articles click on the icon below
Today, it's the issue of TV Movie Screen from September 1968
In this issue, we read about the new champagne kids on the block, Sandi & Sally, Lynn Anderson, Andra Willis, Tanya and Larry Welk and their upcoming marriage plus there's a scoop on the Lennon Sisters as well.
As you can tell, the headlines are usually exaggerated. A common trait amongst magazines of that kind in those days.
To view and read the articles click on the icon below
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Monday, July 05, 2010
Joe Feeney and the Maestro
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