Tom's final words about the heroes of 9-11 and how we should live our lives now were very beautiful and inspiring! The saxophone really stood out when Bobby and Elaine were dancing. It sounded so smooth!

Now that I'm my parents' retirement age I can appreciate how they enjoyed these artists. Quite the treat to be able to relive these times. Thanks for posting.

Remember the show is on right before or after the Muppet show was on

Sissy was my favorite dancer... She always gave us a pantie shot!!! Growing up, on my 19 inch TV,,,

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Always enjoy watching these shows.

I loved these Christmas specials when I was growing up and I still do. Christmas should be like this for everyone all over the world. If I could I would make sure it was that way for everyone. Merry Christmas everyone.🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁

Rest in peacs, Henry Cuesta Jr.

Lawrence isnt on pbs anymore. I misd it. Glad it is on.u tube.

Guys singing with low male voices. Wow.

Norma's version of "Ave Maria" was a standout, even though I've always preferred Franz Schubert's.

I think the purest and greatest singers on Lawrence Welk were Guy and Ralna. Oh, and not to forget, Tom Netherton. Tom was born too late. With his voice, looks, and stature, he could have been a star decades before.

The saddest part of this special was the tremendous rendition of "Let There Be Peace on Earth" by Guy and Ralna, knowing that they had already separated. But, over the last 40 years, they have remained friends, and even occasional singing partners. Ralna, at this time, had endured many years years of personal and mental difficulties, including post partum depression. But, she is an example of strength and courage, and an inspiration to many, so many, who struggle with mental disorders, which has become so relevant and rampant, but finally more understood, in society today.

Lawrence outlasted a lot of rock bands that took music to a new, maybe not better, way, just different. But, the difference is, most bands, or vocalists, nowadays, are unable to perform the traditional, or 20th century, Christmas songs, lacking the melodic timbre or harmonics. Yes, many things are better in the world, 40 years after this show was aired. The internet, KZbin, and the ability to watch this, and even more classic Christmas specials from Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Perry Como, and so many others. But, the feeling has changed, due to diminishing great talents, and the overall negativity that has increasingly ensued over the past 60 years. People have lost touch with the magic of Christmas, and so much else. It truly has been the "Me Generation" for decades of generations now, KZbinrs, and a worldwide Karaoke lacking in talent, and laced with so much sarcasm and cynicism.

Brings back so many memories of my family watching this on Sat nights, back then, us kids hated it because it was boring, and now I cherish these memories and miss my parents so much😢

My parents used to watch lawrence welk religiously. There was zero chance they'd skip it.

21.06 [887] The Lawrence Welk Show 11Oct1975 Sat [rerun 22May76] America's Wonderland / The Beauty of America in Song Highlights: 1 - "This Land Is Your Land" performed by Sandi, Gail, Mary Lou, Cissy, Bobby, Jimmy, Joe, and Ken, with solo by Dick Dale 2 - "On the Morning Side Of The Mountain" orchestra 3 - "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" sung by Tom Netherton 4 - "Waitin' On The Robert E. Lee" danced by Bobby & Cissy 5 - "This Is The Moment (Hawaiian wedding song)" sung by Guy and Ralna 6 - "The Pennsylvania Polka" Lawrence dances with Michelle Semonski 7 - "It's A Most Unusual Day" sung by Tanya Falan Welk 8 - "San Antonio Rose" sung by Ava Barber 9 - "Mountain Greenery" sung by Sandi, Gail, and Mary Lou; danced by Arthur Duncan 10 - "Down By The Riverside" sung by The Semonski Sisters 11 - "Springtime In The Rockies" sung by Norma Zimmer and Jimmy Roberts 12 - "Climb Every Mountain" orchestra and chorus 13 - "Fantastic, That's You" performed by Henry Cuesta on clarinet 14 - "Home On The Range" sung by Joe Feeney 15 - "Down By The Ohio" sung by Ken Delo 16 - "Magic Is The Moonlight" sung by Anacani in Spanish 17 - "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" danced by Bobby, Cissy, Jack, and Mary Lou 18 - "America The Beautiful" entire cast with solo by Norma

Janet Lennon aint that cute!!!

Lawrence oldies survived the music wars and now you have this to listen to in the 2000s!!!

The 1960s era did away with old traditional music and replaced this with modern rock n roll!!!

The 1960s era did away with old traditional music and replaced this with modern rock n roll!!!

Many quit the show snd they were rare union musicians and singers and money issues were common!!!

But lawrence had strict dress code rules No such thing as knee exposure Thats what happened to Alice!!!

These were LIVE kinescope shows!! No such thing as mistakes!!!

Those sea lanterns this 1950s show can be still found at antique flea markets!!!

The opening number that's missing from this PBS re-airing is, I take it, "Strike Up The Band"! BTW, love it when Tanya blows our minds with her cover of the Captain and Tenille's "Love Will Keep Us Together"!

I was only 14 years old in 1980 ,thanks for sharing this classic show ! 😊🙏📺

Who’s the lady in green singing ?

If you pay attention to the lyrics to some of these songs they remind you of the homeless experience!!; The sky is the only roof over my head!!!

Has its moments, but not as good as I wish it was

Would you happen to have a complete kinoscope of the May 17, 1958 program that you could post?

Alice Lon was so beautiful and brought so much to the show! Lawrence Welk made a BIG mistake by firing her in 1959.

First song is the Granny theme when Emma Webster appears on Warner Brothers cartoons.

'Speaking for "Darle"a"n" aNd of "She's Gone Country": via AM 1140, kxrb: the "operation(s) there just seem too "terrortorial" for the genuine spirit of Native America.

'Echoeing' from a previous episode, and 'thank you' again for "T.A L.K.ing to me, again, both by Glenn Cambell. 😅.

"Anyway, Now" by Ronnie Milsap; that's correct: vE ""afraid"; be vEry 'afraid".

She forgot to mention the great Jerry Burke!

I was in kindergarten when this show first aired.

bob ralston is goat!

This episode has my favorite Joe Feeney performance.

This is the first full-length LW episode I watched, back in the mid-2000s. And I have been a LW fan ever since.

"Adiós, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehen" has been in use since 1971.

Love seeing the Lennon Sisters.

I was 11 when this show was on TV.

Only good music left to watch on KZbin or PBS

(The chorus, stand in front of a fence, in a field, as "Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehen" begins) Chorus: (singing) Good Night, Sleep Tight/and pleasant dreams to you!/ Here's a wish/And a prayer/That every dream comes true!/And now, 'til we meet again,/Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehen!/Good Night! (Applause, as we dissolve to Lawrence Welk, with his orchestra on the other side of the stage) Lawrence Welk: We've just run out of time, friends! We hoped you had fun! Please join us next week...for a salute to the late Richard Rogers! Keep a song in your heart, have a wonderful week, and right now, little Mary Lou, how about our usual dance, together! (Mary Lou Metzger, chuckling, comes on to dance with Lawrence, as the credits roll)

Clay Hart at the end with “Don’t Fence Me In” is perfect!

I wish someone would release all the Welk Halloween shows on DVD. Do people still talk about DVD's anymore?

Yes Welk demanded 110.5 % So that's why he fired Alice lon for showing knees and Cissy for tardeness leaving Bobby without a dance partener ... and yes he fired Nevins for lateness ... I guess sometimes woke jerks make good shows ...

God bless Rose Weiss, the Queen of the Loud Wardrobes. RIP, Rose.