Hippie Welk

[klutzyknockoutlady]

Man, judging from all the comments posted, these hippies really fly off the handle whenever a representative of "the man" nicks their sacred cows. Maybe they should stop slinging it if they can't take it!

[jamessara100]

Jackson 5



[19111ellyc]

RETURN TO NORMAL????? WHEN WAS HE EVER EVEN THAT???

[coolsweetgroovy]

This is hillarious

[FinallyunderstandU]

@coolsweetgroovy phhhhhht !!!!! have you flipped your diddly ??.... wasn't this 9/9/1969 the day Lawrence Welk smelled pot !! =^.^=

[coolsweetgroovy]

@FinallyunderstandU LOL CC

[FinallyunderstandU]

@coolsweetgroovy btw, D.. I think he was trying to look like Sonny Bono n I'm protesting.. I woulda LOVED to see him try to imitate you know who <3<3<3<3

[coolsweetgroovy]

@FinallyunderstandU HaHa CC

[caleb6868]

I betcha there was plenty of people in the audience going " Oh Shit !" this must be some kind of hippie Stunt !!

[caleb6868]

Acid meets Ovaltine : )

[ktheintz]

titanic-scale fail

[sheltech12]

I've always considered Welk to be the finest American Surrealist of any era

[hankaaron1961]

Lawrence actually a few good dance moves there.

[Glyvxx]

Robin Williams?

[RP50]

Interesting that they dress up as hippies and then play a Wilson Pickett song.

[Carus0e]

He's not dressed like a hippie, he's dressed like Sonny Bono

[guylombardo1]

Sadly, Lawrence did change his style. He went from being one of the greatest dance bands of all time to a variety band that had very little to do with dance band music at all. Anything to keep his show on TV. I'm glad Guy Lombardo never changed his style.

[pianomanmaestro]

I wish I was around in those day to see this stuff on tv......

[animeloverZBreezy]

have you flipped your bippy?

[rosskolnikov]

The hippies deserved ridicule.



[Sconan42156]

@rosskolnikov up yours !

[rosskolnikov]

@Sconan42156 Sorry, but I gotta call it like I see it (from a post-hippie generation). Free love and drugs as a path to enlightenment were both awful ideas.

[ejectorerector]

is that supposed to be a hippie or a gay drunk oompa loompa

[deweypug]

To quote Dr. Smith, "oh the pain, the pain..."

[sweetcurmudgeon]

The horror... the horror.

[alfredgama]

After watching this video I finally undesrtand why they made and still make fun of us hippies, please forgive us on behalf that some of us created music that stands the trial of time. Peace and Love

[1bountifulinc]

"That polk jazz is strictly from squaresville. Mr Welk have you flipped your bippie" lol

[Velet66]

This was the very first show i saw in 2001 and i've been hooked ever since.

[clh37204]

Wait: "The Babbling Baboons"? Just a doggone second. He's dissing us. WELK IS DISSING US.  Damn, that makes me mad. Asshole.

[clh37204]

Hm. Homage to Sonny Bono?

[yogafan6500]

Pretty scary aint it? Just kidding.

[TaterGumfries]

Oh, Lordy, if gramma sees this she'll like to die!

[JiveDadson]

1969 - Nixon inaugurated, having run on a platform of ending the Viet Nam war. The Saturday Evening Post published its last issue. Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia, skirmished with China. Battle of Hamburger hill. Mi Lai Massacre. Teddy took a dive at Chappaquiddick. Draft lottery started. The computer era began (millisecond zero, December 31).

[EmpressOfWyoming58]

@JiveDadson I turned eleven and that's how it was.

[SenorSpode]

I will never look at Rose Milk and Geritol the same way again. But I suppose this is to be expected after seeing the Welk singers perform "One Toke Over The Line". Now you know why we fled the '70s in droves.

[MrBuc128]

Dude this music Rocks !!!!!

[gypsylor]

ROTF!!

[retiredrev1]

He looks like Weird Al. Maybe he did weed LOL?

[StevelaFrench]

Lawrence wasn't dressed as a hippie, he was dressed up like Sonny Bono.

[BeezoHow]

Welk had the best dance moves on that stage! LMAO!!!

[jstevenj1]

Reading these comments, who on earth can say that Americans don't have the greatest sense of humor? USA! USA! USA!...

[AnotherCompartment]

Really Welk. And, I bet you were kidding when you sang about toking at the railroad station. You're not fooling anyone Welk.

[putdownan8dude]

"Lawrence aint a-gonna out do ole Charlie,no way man. i'll show 'im! i'll show em ALL!!!" HAHAHAHAHAHHA

[asktunes]

This is fabulous! Welk's got the moves!! So funny....

[h0pita]

The Toitles.

[xwagner76]

Is this one of those acid flashbacks I've been waiting for all these decades???

[BeezoHow]

@xwagner76 Yes.

[SenorSpode]

@xwagner76 That's what you get for taking time-release LSD. They just never told you *how long* it'd take to release. Enjoy!!!

[Newtwist75]

Grandma what was Mr Welk really like in the 60's?

Oh he did a lot of antacid and went off on coma inducing musical medlies.

[SenorSpode]

@Newtwist75 He also freebased Geritol and mainlined Rose Milk. That's how WE cut a rug back then, whippersnappers!

[Newtwist75]

@SenorSpode an a one an a two an a three SNORT!

Dis music is da bees knees man!

[SenorSpode]

@Newtwist75 Sock it to me, baby! GROOOOVY!

[whiteballoonsin1978]

Sure, the whole thing is cringe-inducing, but I don't get why people are so contemptuous of unpretentious entertainment for unpretentious people.

[bigbuzman]

@whiteballoonsin1978 you have a good point but I think we get as you say contemptuous because LW god bless him reperesented kind of a numb dumb segment of America. I used to watch him with my grandmother back in the 60s and 70s and it was always nice . nothing wrong with nice.

[TomasTigre]

Lawrence Welk=Safe as Milk

[bigbuzman]

@TomasTigre . My next door neighbor was 52 and in nursing school . this happened about 2 years ago . Sh ecame over and we sat on my front porch for about an hour and a half and she told me she drinks milk every day , I told her milk was for baby calves and that it was not healthy for humans. I told her that again about 20 minutees later and she got a little irritated with me . overall a really nice chat . 4 days later she died . True story.

[asktunes]

@TomasTigre Brilliant! Welk needs a trout mask....

[tsrman]

After watching this video, I feel compelled to go on a killing spree at a local mall.

[Pilotpatty1]

God, how scary is this??????

[freedo333]

watch lawrence boogie... i've been to my share of phish & dead shows, i know where i'm coming from... that cat can shake!. wouldn't it be creepy & weird if he wore an SS nazi suit? he wouldn't seem so likeable... i bet back in the 70's, he hung out with liberace & monty hall...

[Ninetyone11]

He should do one toke over the line . lmao, because he did do that song!

[Newtwist75]

If you listen carefully you can hear every audience member over 60 having a collective stroke.

We dont like you like this Mr. Welk...we like bland and boring

[DrMabuseDerSpieler]

@Newtwist75 LOL XD!!

[somewhatlongdong]

I have now seen the apocolypse

[MrCombat1965]

What in the world was Joann Castle doing at 1:26 ???? Sesame Street was about to debut soon, maybe she was auditioning for the part of Big Bird at the same time. I do however enjoy Norma's cackling laugh as Welk was walking out on the stage.

[fek2000]

He admits at the end he was only trippin'--one cool cat that L-Man was.

[jayhawke1]

HAHHAHAHAAHAHA......WTF !!

[bluemax111f]

This is no less stupid than the actual 60s.

[Babaziba]

JoAnn Castle and her boy iz TRIPPIN...

[Rusticating]

O.M.G.

The really shocking thing is that Lawrence out-dances everyone on stage..

[michaeld5]

@Rusticating

LOL....I noticed that too!

if you watch any of the other shows, he was always out there with the old ladies dancing during the part of the show where the audience could come down and dance....

[skipsanders12345]

ahhh....white people.

[cohenfs]

Love it! Welk had such a great sense of humor

[ganubby]

This is funny and horrifying at the same time. Oh and by the way, people did sing Beatles songs on his show all the time, regardless of the courageous anti-cool stance he takes here.

[michaeld5]

@ganubby

Definitely, he always did Beatle songs...Yesterday, When I'm 64, and even Hey Jude as an instrumental.

[sparkyization]

Are you sure that's not John Lennon? It's those groovy hip far out and groovy spectacles that give him away! rofl!

[daffydoug]

Amazing! At first I thought i was watching Mad TV or Sat Night Live!

[geothirtyfive]

"Strictly from Squaresville," he says. This jerk was dead long before 1992, but he just wouldn't go away.

[changobaio]

I love the tall guy dancing at 1:34 very free

[snouter]

Awesome psychedelic version of the classic by Rodger Collins.

[cowgirlM]

Those were some crazy times!

[pielacqua]

What a dick.........

[chrismasonyerblooz]

.........white people <_<

[BlackVengence7]

Did that really happen or was it another bad acid trip dude?

[unholyimage]

What a triiiip!

[boogiemike69]

HA HA !!! Welk was the best dancer up there!

[aggo2008]

Man, LW is really gettin' down to that hippy song....lol!

[surveillance20]

Who put the bubbles in da wine??

[torchkit]

I like how he felt the need to explain that it was just a joke.

[deweypug]

Smokin' crawdads with Granny!

[Raoul33]

Some say the 60s died at Altamont. I think it happened on this stage.

[SenorSpode]

@Raoul33 HAHAHAHA, fuckin' HILARIOUS!

[EmpressOfWyoming58]

@Raoul33 I think the 60's lasted until 1971.

[pataphysician66]

@Raoul33 haaahaahaahaaahaaahaaaa!!!!!!!­

[iburl]

Proof positive that the commies spiked the water supply.

[craptaculon]

The toitles?

[skitch88]

that was awesome, especially when they pulled off his hippy clothes and he had that nice razor thin suit on. love it!

[clucaspik]

Doodly doodly doodly doodly doodly do - ptui!

[TheMstrofPropaganda]

OMG!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!

[marathonguy999]

Welk the Dead Head!!!!!!!

[Aleksi4321]

I was recently in haiti....there was hardly EVER anything on tv except a screen full of snow and that was IF the electricity worked. I was horrified one night as i tuned in and LAWRENCE WELK WAS ON !! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....I was ready to call the voodoo priestess to exorcise the ROOM!

[skunkhead2006]

its the 1st time i ever seen him being from the uk,but i tell yer what its the madest thing i ever seen to be honest 10-outa-10-->>> for offit-ness

[ParsimoniousRhomboid]

This is actually causing physicall pain in me .....Its almost enough to make me confess to crimes I didnt commit

[Aleksi4321]

ROFL

[slaneco]

i think this caused the manson killings.

[2007tuber]

This show really brings out the difference between good hearts and mean ones. You have to be complete cynic to not be happy watching these people have fun.

Pure fun and great music shines and makes you happy inside. Thank you so much for posting this!

[chem100]

Lawrence, I'm with you 100 percent. Don't change. Never change.

[vidnut67]

Don't worry. I don't think he can now.

[chem100]

Point taken.

[meowfit]

Now, has this show been on public television on Saturday nights???? If not, why not??? This was WAYYYYY TOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!! "Bout time that Mary Lou Metzger got THIS show out of the archives!!!! Peace out:):):) And-a-one, and-a-two . . . !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aleksi4321]

and what the hell is up wit fatty in the yellow and white dress doin the i gotta piss move???

[skunkhead2006]

offits head init

[Aleksi4321]

uh....this really SUCKS ......the peeps who worked for him probably felt like they could not MOVE one INCH

[danagasta1]

Could it get worse? I think not....

[gugenheim84]

I grew up in the era and I'd be one of those old codgers today if I hadn't dropped acid in '67.

[TheBoneRanger1968]

A polka man dressed like a hippie speaking beatnik?

Stop the music!!!!!!

ROTFLMAO!

[1060893]

Lawerence is one toke over the line.

[kosherspeare]

I give him points for trying, but this is another case of old-timers making fun of what they don't understand. There's always been room for different musical styles. It's sad to see people like Welk, Dean Martin, Sinatra, etc. make complete asses of themselves trying to ridicule the music that was becoming more popular with young people than their own. Look at a Welk reunion show and you see senior citizens. Look at a "Toitles" reunion show and you see all generations. Roll with the changes.

[micmac99]

His musicians actually could kind of "rock out", if you look at any of the other music, especially that which specifically tried to appeal to a "youth" audience, and IMO Welk was at least aware that the "grandkids" were also watching his show. This parody is almost good enough to be a real song, which speaks to how good the Welk gang was.

[3994446]

Outrageous!!!! Good old Lawrence a hippie!!! This is hilarious!!!!!!

[Fruth37]

Welk got ahold of some good hash!

[extrajimmies]

toitles.

[mmr11027]

Oh, it just hurts to see an old square trying to look hip, even itf it's just for laughs.

[Drakiniuss]

thank god I didn't grow up in this era. No wonder my parents are so fucked up.

[redheadedgolem]

Thank God for Sandi and Sally.

[JLC48]

That was kinda painful to be honest....

[neelie06091987]

Lawrence Welk is a corn ball, but his show is hilarious, and not because Lawrence himself is comedic lol

[Teflon65]

Hmm...this might have been one of those times when my uncle, Charley, turned off the TV, had another beer and another shot, and started complaining about how the country had gone all to heck.  Funny stuff, nonetheless.

[Aleksi4321]

dag his staff finally thought they were gonna git their fuck on and BAM its OVAH

[friendlier]

Beyond.

[me24546]

holy shit!

we're a-fuckin' smokin' now!

[dtmfr]

i suspect this skit is a bit of a tribute to the woodstock which took piace a few weeks earlier. They were just having some fun.

[dtmfr]

I love Lawrence Welk. Very talented group of musicians and singers. Great family show that aired from 1955 to 1982. Welk did a great job hiring talent and giving the audience what they wanted. Bravo.

[HippieJimi]

What's wrong with Hippies?...Their really cool people....once ya get to know them....Peace....Jimi

[Enigma758]

This brings to mind "Pat Boone in a Metal Mood".

On the one hand, I'm glad to see LW have a sense of humor, but on the other hand, he's such an icon of his genre that it's disappointing to see him break character and I'd prefer to think that he was practically oblivious to the whole 60s movement.

[cryptsub]

Mr. Welk undoubtedly detested hippies. Here he demontrates how simple it is to crank out a generic "psychadelic" tune.

Boyd Rice on LW: "I just like him because the people on his show all wore look-alike outfits and stuff. Hes got a book called My America , Your America , in which he lays down his ironclad principles for success in life. If you were to read paragraphs of it to virtually anybody on earth, and say: Who do you think said that? Theyd say Adolph Hitler or Joseph Stalin."

[whosgottaknow]

The Babbling Babboons?! LW was a douche.

[satire75]

Lawrence was actually running an underground sex slave operation, where he brainwashed midwestern housewives, and then transported them out of U.S. borders.

[guitfiddle0409]

I feel like I ate bad oysters and am having a weird dream afterwards.

[mrsbrown333]

LOL

[steelydad]

he was a racist and an anti semite also, that dumbass.

[somewhatlongdong]

now that would not be a surprise

[Enigma758]

Really, how do you know that?

[somewhatlongdong]

I am now convinced that Lawrence Welk was a deeply closeted homosexual.

[steelydad]

Maybe not so deeply closeted, LOL. He probably liked those clean cut boy singers.

[sexymama1966]

and there were a lot of them..oooooh

[jtraske]

YEAH!!!!

[guypaul]

Wow! Crrrazyville! I thought I'd gotten ahold of some bad Mylanta!

That Larry Welk. What a kidder.

[Fersommling]

Square is hip!

[SarahPalinGOP2012]

Lawrence Welk embraced family values, and as such, would never have voted for Obama.

[therealv0x]

lawrence welk is a pansy faggot, im glad hes dead.

[SarahPalinGOP2012]

he's a genius musician you commie bastard

[Carlito1988]

Who said Lawrence Welk wasn't cool??

[dudemantwo]

The Toitels? Did Lawrence Welk speak Yiddish?

[hzuhairy]

This is the DEVIL'S MUSIC!!

[sielacqua]

Oh my I remeber this. Marge and I just think this is so wonderful

[dx7guy]

Now that's entertainment.

ah1, ah2, ah3 ....

[acidqueen69]

i bet this terrified Lawrence Welk viewers when it aired

[MeritisDE]

This is funny. It was good to see that Welk had humor in him. Too many of you are taking this whole thing to seriously. His audience loved this joke and knew what his point was.

Though is show seemed "corny" to many of us, you have to understand that he was giving his audience what they wanted and there was clearly and audience for his work. He had the last laugh. He died very wealthy, much more so than most who posted here.

[Vincek88]

Wow, Mr. Welk sure socked it to 'em! From the clothes I'm guessing this was 1968 or so, but the music they were playing? Right out of 1963! Groovy, baby...

[solariscyberdeliko]

Hey, duke, Welk's an a-hole, sure, but an "ignorant cracker"?, huh?! And you claim he's the one using racist remarks? "Babbling Baboons" could be his way of doing a satire of the then contemporary (the) Monkees---why read into something not there---you over-sensitive censoring PC know-nothing. BFD. Stupid apologists.

[emwprops]

~ For those of us who weren't exposed to really strong blotter acid in teh 60's...we have Lawrence Welk on YouTube. Absolutely mind-bending.

[devans00]

Hey now!

No need to get all crazy. Might hurt somebody.

[sallythewerewolf]

He looks just like Neil Young, but healthier! Welk later said that the audience was royally pissed off at his little "yoke"...

[duke22127]

"Babbling Baboons".. His ass would be off the air in 5 minutes with that racist remark!! What an ignorant cracker!!!

[solariscyberdeliko]

Hey duke, Welk's an "ignorant cracker", huh? And you say he's using "racist" remarks? "Babbling Baboons"? Maybe, he was only parodying the Monkees at the time you over sensitive censoring PC know-nothing! Big deal. Stupid apologists.

[industrialfan71]

At 1:30 the "chick" with the blonde hair looks like a dude in drag to me!!!

[scunnewman]

This is the kind of stuff that gives white people a bad name.

[PATYPUS3]

That's not Larry Welk, that's Dave Licitra. Like, Wow man.

[beewardrobe]

Lawrence Welk seeked out real talent and did not allow the cult of celebrity worship. We desperatley need another LW today.

[xquebecker]

Here Here ! I agree totally. It's too bad I wasn't born around when this was original aired. I feel as though I was left out

[debaucheryBotched]

I didn't miss much

[astronomius]

this IS totally gay, lmao

[rabbitshirt]

From Wikipedia: "Welk didn't learn English until he was 21 because he always spoke German at home; thus, he spoke with a noticeable German accent for the rest of his life. When he was asked about his ancestry, he replied always with "Alsace-Lorraine, Germany" (Alsace-Lorraine is currently in France; at the time of Welk's birth up until the end of World War One it belonged to Germany). This information is explained in his autobiography, entitled "Wunnerful, Wunnerful!"

[industrialfan71]

This moron was the only guy born in the US with an accent!!!! Rot in hell, dickweed!!!!

[thebleedingjeans]

umm, yeah, his parents were immigrants, and they sheltered their kids, so yeah, he took on their accent. What's your point?