KING: You have got the Branson, Missouri spot, right? KING: You now do all his memorabilia, right? Your life is built around your father. People come up to us in Branson, Missouri and they say, my grandmother danced to your dad back at the such and such a ballroom. Plus, he did - he had spent - he had paid his dues for so many years doing those one- nighters through the Midwest and the ballrooms. And that was the most important thing to him. LARRY WELK JR., LAWRENCE WELK'S SON: I think, probably, I would account for it by the fact that my dad loved what he did and he loved entertaining people. Larry Welk Jr., how do you account for this mainstay attraction? Lawrence Welk started on local TV on KTLA in 1951, debuted on ABC in 1955, went off ABC in 1971, immediately into syndication for 11 years and now, in its 15th year on public television. Anyway, the remarkable story is this is an unprecedented record in the history of American entertainment.
We have a great show here tonight folks with an outstanding panel and a wet table. How the man got hit with bubbles all these years, I'll never understand it. We thought this would be an appropriate way to begin. And they are all next on LARRY KING LIVE. Plus, Lawrence Welk's son, owner/operator of the Welk Resorts in Branson and Escondido, Larry Welk Jr., and Lawrence Welk's grandson, as well as KCAL's news helicopter pilot and reporter Larry Welk III. The man with all the moves, dancer Bobby Burgess, a former Mouseketeer, joined the Welk show in the summer of '61 and singer Ralna English, she became part of the Welk music family in 1969. She was nine when she started on the Welk show. Joining us: Janet Lennon of the singing Lennon sisters. LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, memories of champagne music and the remarkable man who made it, Mr. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CNN LARRY KING LIVE Tribute to Lawrence Welk
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