LAWRENCE WELK:  TELEVISION'S MUSIC MAN

First PBS Special - 1987

 

 

Lively, tuneful and nostalgic documentary about Lawrence Welk, hosted by Kathy Lennon and including many show excerpts, clips from early soundies and KTLA TV shows and mid-1980s footage of Lawrence at yearly summer reunions in Escondido. Features interviews with Myron Floren, Barney Liddell, Bobby Burgess, Guy & Ralna, the 4 Lennon Sisters, Arthur Duncan, ABC executive Jack Minor, George Cates, Dick Dale, Jack Imel, Norma Zimmer, Ken Delo, Jo Ann Castle.