Good cover though for it being LW.

Bit,
 
Really got to thank you for this and rbecker, MandolinPicker for their historical perspective.
 
Busted my gut apart and has made my day for several days now. We all got our filters and what turns us on or off. This is one of the most outrageous takes on Youtube or anywhere else thru my filter..
 
Maybe can't be as much appreciated as by us old relics who lived thru the LW era and were thoroughly indoctrinated into the cardinal significance of the Lawrence Welk Show.
 
Old black and white version of LW with semi test-the-waters hiphop and safe big band sounds. Old decrepit couples casting off their walkers and wheel chairs, propping each other up to dance. Then there was the bubble machine…
 
This was iconic and carved into American stone.
 
The black and white era of LW reintroduced itself in full technicolor but with a new twist. Big band stuff for the casket generation was still there, but there was now the cover inclusions with wholesome couples singing the latest pop hits. Appeal to a younger generation.
 
So clean, innocent, pristine. On occasion, you could see a LW dancer twirl and get a peek at her panties, but everything was otherwise straight, formal, American family entertainment. The kids would rather sniff glue in the cellar, but it was a show that all could watch across the generations and nobody was offended.
 
Back when Ed Sullivan upped the heat by having the actual band, Beatles, Eric Clapton show up. Lawrence did covers, but both were avant geniuses. Took me a long long time to realize just how cool they were. Wonder if LW really knew what was going on with the song and dropped a well planned publicity stunt to up ratings and viewership.
 
John
 
(edit...forgot MandolinPicker)

I think John is writing under a nom de plume.  Anyone have a guess his real name?

Hint...
 
I ride a white horse, and have a side kick called "Tonto".

Great link, John. I did not know it was on Spiro Agnew's sh*t list. Had I known that at the time, I probably would have bought a copy on principle.
 
Might have been the inspiration for John Denver's The Ballad of Spiro Agnew.
 

 
No, the video isn't truncated. That's the whole song.

Interestingly, my children (ages 2 - 11) love the LW show and still watch it. My hyperactive nephew who's also 2, is a LW addict and stops all his running around/calms down when the LW show is put on (daily). Even has a mini conductors baton that he uses following the show.
 
I hope he's not one toke over the line.... 

Almost like the book they published about 2 years into his term.
Think the name was "The Wisdom of Spiro T Agnew"
Book was a bit less than an inch thick, hard bound with a decent cover.
Opened it up and all the pages were blank.