The Lawrence Welk Show

The Lawrence Welk Show was a musical variety show that ran from 1955 to 1982 on a number of stations (originally local LA station KTLA, followed by ABC and finally syndicated). Hosted by band leader Lawrence Welk, the show featured a number of musical and dance acts.
==References==
*On the February 18, 1965 episode of The Jimmy Dean Show, Rowlf the Dog plays around with Jimmy Dean as he takes a nap. He produces a bubble wand and has Jimmy blow a bubble as he snores. The show's band briefly starts playing the theme of The Lawrence Welk Show before Rowlf silences them.
* In a Land of Gortch sketch (November 15, 1975), after Queen Peuta's singing of "Celeste Aida" (which is cut short by a headache-ridden King Ploobis), Scred responds with "Wonderful, wonderful!"
* At the beginning of the segment for the song "I Am Not Afraid," Grover compliments his band with a Welk-like "Wunnerful, wunnerful!"
*In a season 18 segment of Sesame Street, Big Bird mimics Welk's way of talking as he announces Slimey and his Polka Worms and Yosh Shmenge's performance of the "Alphabet Polka."
*In episode 2834 of Sesame Street, The Count leads his All-Bat Band at Birdland's "Open Stage Night." The baton-wielding Count reacts to the applause saying, "Thank you, thank you! Wonderful, wonderful!," in a manner directly mimicking that of Welk's.
*Robin Williams does an impression of Welk using a stick in a Sesame Street insert. 
*Two different pairs of Anything Muppets used on Sesame Street (in "Grover's Monster Workout Video" and Happy Healthy Monsters) are named Bobby and Cissy, named after the dance team of Bobby Burgess and Cissy King featured on The Lawrence Welk Show.
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