I remember watching Lawrence Welk with my parents as a kid. I still see it on obscure PBS stations from time to time. It's strangely soothing. Welk more or less defines "milquetoast." Via Dean, check this out. You'll never guess the song:
At the end poor old Lawrence calls it a "modern spiritual." I'll say.
"Syme: It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. You wouldn't have seen the [Newspeak] Dictionary 10th edition, would you Smith? It's that thick. [illustrates thickness with fingers] The 11th Edition will be that [narrows fingers] thick. Winston Smith: So, The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect? Syme: The secret is to move from translation, to direct thought, to automatic response. No need for self-discipline. Language coming from here [the larynx], not from here
[the brain]" -1984 (film) |
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Not that I've ever been preoccupied with the subject previously, but I will now have an entirely different picture of the Welk touring bus and what occurs inside as it's rolling down the highway, from one tour stop to another. I also have an entirely different picture of my parents, watching Welk, after I left home. They disguise it well, but now, there can be no doubt.
Someone in charge of booking acts was asleep at the switch, so to speak.