This 85-minute entertainment documentary tells the story of The Lawrence Welk Television Show during the years it was on commercial television, from 1955 to 1982. Fourteen stars of the Welk Musical Family were interviewed for the program, as well as Larry Welk, the son of Lawrence and Fern Welk, and costume designer Rose Weiss. The program is packed with behind-the-scenes stories, information and insights, and features many of the weekly series' great moments, from the historic to the hysterical. Track List (broadcast program): Doodle Doo Doo Say It With Music Over the Waves Nobody Knows Love Me or Leave Me I Love Girls By the Beautiful Sea Come Josephine in My Flying Machine Mr. Wonderful He Little Child (Daddy Dear) Be Yourself Oh Happy Day Mr. Sandman Frankie and Johnny The Sheik of Araby L’Amour Toujours I I Left My Heart in San Francisco Why Do I Love You Wah Watusi China Boy I Want a Girl I Could Have Danced All Night On the Street Where You Live Juke Box Saturday Night Limehouse Blues Calcutta There’s a Meetin’ Here Tonight Buddy’s Boogie Round and Round (Find a Wheel) Bubbles in the Wine Take Your Girlie to the Movies On With the Show Cotton Candy and a Toy Balloon Anything Goes Easter Parade A Tisket, A Tasket Lullaby of Broadway Lida Rose Those Were the Days Little Toy Trains Last Blues Song You Light Up My Life That’s Life That’s Entertainment In the Good Old Summertime Swinging on a Star Up Up and Away It Don’t Mean a Thing California Here I Come Stars Fell on Alabama The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down Hoop De Doo Pennsylvania Polka You’re Lookin’ Good Gentle on My Mind Deep Purple How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm After They’ve Seen Paree I Want to be Happy Lawrence Welk Hee Haw Counter Revolution Polka Sagebrush Sadie Hawaiian War Chant Chopsticks St. Louis Blues Quien Sera Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Bucket to the South On a Clear Day Tennessee Waltz Runnin’ Wild One of Those Songs Shall We Dance Spanish Flea Tinikling Strike Up the Band There’s No Business Like Show Business Applause Five Minutes More Bonus Songs (full performances): Mary Poppins' Medley The French Lesson In the Mood A Tisket, A Tasket Old Fashioned Waltz Waitin' at the End of Your Run Dry Bones Fascination Cohan Medley Anniversary Waltz Woodchopper's Ball Running Time: 120 minutes
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