The Lawrence Welk Show
Network premiere
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1955-07-02
Curated landmark Open databases lack a full episode list for this title. This entry is a public cultural milestone from the TV Flash desk — not a complete season guide.
Synopsis
A-one and a-two — champagne music, bubble machines, and middle-American polish as weekly ritual. Polka as prime-time soft power.
Desk landmark
Desk landmark: Welk proves that ‘square’ is a market, not a insult — decades of syndication prove it.
In the series
This episode is part of The Lawrence Welk Show (1955–1982) on ABC/Syndication.
A-one and a-two — champagne music for America in a bubble of pure polka polish.
Key cast
- Lawrence Welk as Host / bandleader
- The Lennon Sisters as Vocalists
- Myron Floren as Accordionist
- Alice Lon as Champagne Lady