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In reply to the discussion: Why is it we can't have real variety shows like the Ed Sullivan Show these days? [View all]She and her cast were just too wonderful.
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Why is it we can't have real variety shows like the Ed Sullivan Show these days? [View all]
Jake Stern
Jul 2018
OP
One of my guilty pleasures is watching reruns of Lawrence Welk and Ed Sullivan on PBS.
Jake Stern
Jul 2018
#8
Yeah, but for Lawrence Welk's music to be entertaining, don't you have to be, like,
Aristus
Jul 2018
#13
Influenced a generation. First time I saw Presley, Beatles, the Stones. Loved Stiller and Meara
Floyd R. Turbo
Jul 2018
#9
families dont watch tv together anymore. used to be all 4 of us watching the same
msongs
Jul 2018
#10
'The Waltons' was wholesome. And that has convinced a lot of people, including George H.W. Bush,
Aristus
Jul 2018
#25
Listen: just let me stay on your lawn long enough to give you some answers, okay?
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2018
#20
We do. It's called youtube and you choose which acts you want to see. n/t
PoliticAverse
Jul 2018
#27