Search Details

Word: welk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Clyde," says Bandleader Turk Murphy, "is the Lawrence Welk of Dixieland jazz. His music breathes happiness and chloroform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jazz Begins at 40 | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

...number of varied performances he proved his versatility as an actor and became one of the TV hits of the season: a) Mickey Rooney. b) Jackie Gleason. c) Art Carney. d) Lawrence Welk. 73. In the wake of the TV investigations, all three major networks promised that they will: a) Devote at least one hour every week to public-service shows. b) Drop all quiz shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

...Sept. 25 An Evening with Jimmy Durante (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Even though he is saddled with such guest stars as Lawrence Welk, Sal Mineo and Bobby Darin, the Old Schnozzola ought to be able to snort up enough enthusiasm to make this rare TV appearance worth the trouble of tuning in. Color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Sep. 28, 1959 | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

...also pretty bad. Even the early part of the show was poorly organized, unimpressively staged, and sometimes blatantly vulgar. At the end, M.C. Jerry Lewis was left to mug his way through an unplanned 20-minute melee that had the somewhat sweaty aroma of a combination Arthur Murray, Lawrence Welk, Dick Clark free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: That Honor, That Cash | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...known entertainers. Ike never cared much for White House vaudeville (the acts are booked by Mary Jane McCaffree, Mamie's secretary), prefers movies, which he takes along on his vacations (he likes westerns, but has been known to protest when they show cavalry procedure incorrectly). As for Lawrence Welk, both the Eisenhowers and the Nixons dug him. Ike tapped his foot vigorously in time with I've Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle and smiled at such old favorites as A Little Bit of Heaven. The President asked Welk: "Don't you know The Yellow Rose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BENEFITS: White House Vaudeville | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

Previous | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | Next