Ken Delo sells hypnosis tapes and a self-published novel the Lennons sell dolls Ava Barber opened a sandwich shop, etc., etc. And they are all trying to find ways to make more money. They were famous for the brief time they appeared on the show and now have to base their entire careers on their status as a "former Welk star" as they appear on cruise ships, small nightclubs, etc. If you watch the PBS rebroadcasts and reunion shows, it's a little sad to see these performers today. buddy merrill, steel guitar, on lawrence welk show Call me old-fashioned, but Id rather watch the Welk show than the hideous 'American Idol.' I think weve somehow reached a point where our current mainstream pop music is actually less hip than Lawrence Welk. He later went to prison for molesting one of his young male piano students, but he's out of prison now and apparently nobody on the show holds it against him, as he frequently appears on Welk reunion specials. I don't know if there were any other gays on the show, but piano player Bob Ralston was married to the harshest looking Dutch lady you ever saw. 1945 1: Shame on You by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra 2: Sioux. A short list of cast members who have died would include Lawrence Welk, his musical director, George Cates, singer. Kathie Lee outed him in her autobiography when she wrote about her first husband, who was gay and "lived with a gay performer on the Lawrence Welk Show." Stream songs including Pennsylvania 6-5000, The Northwest Passage and more. The Lawrence Welk show had a large cast with musicians, singers, and dancers. He was also the only performer on the show that I ever saw go up on his lyrics (ironically, it was "Young at Heart" which begins, "Fairy tales can come true." and then he froze and went, "buh-buh-buh-buh." He forgot more lyrics later in the song.
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Tom Netherton used to sweat so much on the show that I'm surprised he didn't get electrocuted by the microphone.