Land of 1,000 Dances - Neatorama

Elaine Balden and Bobby Burgess demonstrated the hot dances of the 1960s when they performed "Land of 1,000 Dances" on The Lawrence Welk Show in 1981. Compare and contrast with the hit 1966 version by Wilson Pickett, if you're not familiar with the song. -via Buzzfeed

1981? Didn't know the Lawrence Welk show was still on then. But the fact that an uber-white M/F dance team slowed down the tempo on a 1960's song to dance to it (in body-hiding costumes) is exactly what I remember about the show.

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Is "1,00" some new number I've never heard of? : P

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On behalf of white people everywhere, I would like to sincerely apologize for that.

On the other hand, the Wilson Pickett version kicked ass!!!!!!!

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I love the looks of disgust on some of the audience members at the end.
You can almost hear them say Those hippies are ruining the show! Bring back Myron and his accordion!

Being hep never really fit with Lawrence Welk's audience, but the band was pretty cool. Check out their version of One Toke Over The Line.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8tdmaEhMHE
Myron almost choked trying to keep a straight face.

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Didn't really think through that last lift with the costuming, did they?

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Wow, nothing quite so dorky as white folks trying to look cool.

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I watched and laughed at this, then went to YouTube to get the embed code, and was shocked to see "As seen on Miss Cellania." I had posted it about a year ago and then forgot!

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