KING: How did you hook up with Lawrence Welk? LENNON: Well, at one point three and then back to four, and now we're back to three again. JANET LENNON, SINGER, THE LENNON SISTERS: There were four sisters to begin with. Janet Lennon, how did you - how many sisters? There were three of you, right? And now we're going to talk to our three people who performed so ably on that show for so long. KING: This is a wonderful nostalgia show for you this evening, saluting Lawrence Welk. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ladies and gentlemen, the Lennon sisters. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW") A lively looking bunch who match the set, and our entire hour will be developed to this, the 50th anniversary on television of Lawrence Welk. KING: When we come back, we'll bring our other three panelists in. And it was really an amazing thing growing up around my grandfather because everybody else thought, wow, you know, you are Lawrence Welk's grandson, and isn't it amazing? And to me, it was just, you know, I didn't realize how - what a wonderful experience it really was back then. KING: Both living? WELK JR.: Both living. WELK JR.: There is my - I'm the youngest of three children. We all love each other and we all hang out and talk. Now, you know, all the grandchildren are - it's amazing how wonderful we all are. WELK III: Well, as far as the business is concerned, but, you know, I mean, we're still pretty close as a family. So, you've left the Welk entourage to go on your own, right? KING: And I was sitting in Washington announcing you were up there? That was some event. So, yes, I was working for KCBS-TV at the time and I was their pilot. WELK III: I was flying for six that night. You were the helicopter pilot following O.J. KING: By the way, you were the - I was on the air for four hours that night. I mean, it follows - oh, no it doesn't follow at all. LARRY WELK III, LAWRENCE WELK'S GRANDSON: Well, yes.
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KING: And Larry III grew up to be a helicopter pilot. I remember those German ladies made good cooking, so. I remember going back there as a little kid and listening - and, of course, I didn't speak any German, so it was very difficult to communicate. KING: And the family didn't speak English? You know, my dad left the farm when he was 21, spoke no English. They restored his birthplace, which was is Strausburg, North Dakota. WELK JR.: We have a resort in Branson, Missouri and we have, you know, a resort down in Escondido, California, where we have a small theater. 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.
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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.
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Larry Welk Jr., how do you account for this mainstay attraction?
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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