Somebody posted this over at Eschaton the other day, but in case you missed it...
Ever hear the classic Lenny Bruce routine about a hipster jazz musician auditioning for a gig with Lawrence Welk?
Hiptster jazz musician: Uh, I gotta tell you man, I got a monkey on my back.
Welk: That's okay, we love animals in da band!
Might I nominate this for the clueless Christian Hall of Fame? As a professing and practicing Christian, I believe that I can do so without fear of bigotry or condemnation.
ReplyDeleteThe prize? A dollar with which to purchase a clue.
Trey
You should hear their version of "Born to Be Wild"!
ReplyDeleteYou should hear their version of "Born to Be Wild"!
ReplyDelete"Pusherman"
"Rocky has a duck. They can play together!"
ReplyDeleteStrangely enough, I was just telling the offspring about this bit last week; it came up in the context that he thought "bread" was new slang term for money. I quoted the passage:
"Hey, I hate to cop out on myself, Jim..."
"It's Lawrence!"
"Yeah. But you think I can get some bread up front?"
"You hungry? You want a sandwich?"
The kid thought that was hysterical. A good sign indeed.
Then there is the one where my then father in law told me he was working on a sermon based on the song Graceland. I wondered out loud if an atheist Jew (not that there is anything wrong with either distinction I must say) like Paul Simon was referring to where Elvis was buried instead of a more theological understanding of grace.
ReplyDeleteThe woman and I divorced wshortly thereafter. Coincidence? You decide. 8)
Trey - whose word verification was canned
Oh, sweet Jesus!
ReplyDeleteBrewer and Shipley probably busted a gut laughing when they say that.
Got anymore like that?
I love this as much as Minnesota Baby Boomers hate the Puppini Sisters (whom I also love).
ReplyDeleteTheir follow-up was "Rainy Day Women," if I recall.
ReplyDeleteCount me as a Welk fan, though. I'll watch it beginning to end if it's on. The hair, the outfits, the bubbles. Fine cheese.
I love it when they show the audience dancing, all the women look like they're right out of a Far Side cartoon.
It's a very psychedelic show, which is why I used to watch it.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing that came close back in the day was the opening on-ice musical number on the old Donny and Marie hour.
:-)
A Paul Simon quote might apply here:
ReplyDelete"A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.'
ROTP(lumber)
Still my all time favourite L Welk quote:
ReplyDelete"And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, we're going to play that old Duke Ellington standard: 'Take a Train.'"
Priceless. And clueless...
My wife, shown the video, stopped laughing nearly long enough to ask if they thought they were singing about railway TOKEns.
ReplyDeleteHer maxim: Just because it contains the word "Jesus" or even the phrase "Jesus Christ" does not make the song spiritually edifying.
Trey
I must admit when this song came out I was a rather sheltered 13-year-old and had no idea what a "toke" was. In fact, I'm not sure I knew until I went to college.
ReplyDeleteMB, me too! Course, I made up for lost time in college. 8)
ReplyDeleteTrey
"One Toke Over the Line" is such a horrible song that even the Lawrence Welk treatment doesn't hurt it.
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