MORE FUN FACTS OF THE WELK SHOW
Performers with Walt Disney credentials that have appeared on the Welk show
Bobby Burgess
Carl "Cubby" O' Brien
Roberta Shore

Famous singers/recording artists that have appeared on the Welk show
Lynn Anderson
Pat Boone
Anita Bryant
Eddie Cantor
Don Cornell
Willa Dorsey
Chip Hand
Connie Francis
Lil' Wally Jagiello
Harold Loffelmacher
Henry Mancini
Barbara Mandrell
Muzzy Marciano
Harry Middlebrooks
The Mills Brothers
The Osmond Brothers
Eddie Peabody
Charley Pride
Jimmy Rodgers
Roberta Shore
Kate Smith
Bobby Vinton
Roger Williams
Frankie Yankovic


Famous comedians/actors that have appeared on the Welk show
Jack Benny
Bob Crane
Minnie Pearl

Total number of episodes of the Lawrence Welk Show
1,065

Shows that spunoff from the Lawrence Welk Show
Top Tunes & New Talent (later the Plymouth Show) from 1956 to 1959

Date when the last Lawrence Welk show episode was taped and later aired
taped February 24, 1982 (the webmaster's birthday! I turned five by the way)
aired April 17, 1982

Music Makers that were in the NORAD band
Warren Luening
Dave Edwards
Johnny Zell
Richard Maloof

Musical number played the most times
"Tea For Two" 67 times

Total number of costumes worn on the show
85,200

Total number of tap dances
1,121

Musical Family members that have appeared on popular game show
s
Lawrence Welk (What's My Line?)
Gail Farrell (Match Game)
Guy Hovis & Ralna English (Tattletales)
The Lennon Sisters (Hollywood Squares & Family Feud)

Breakdown of affliates making up the Lawrence Welk Network (1970s)
ABC - 135
NBC - 29
CBS - 27
Metro Media - 4 (New York, Los Angeles, Kansas City & Los Angeles)
Independent and Other - 66
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