TANYA: Cool! I wonder if were getting a raise? JIMMY: I heard that it's something big concerning the show, since we went into syndication. Is that the Triple Fudge Glazed doughnut?ĬISSY: Yup, I didn't have time to make us I always wanted to try their Triple Fudge Glazed.īOBBY: Sweet! I could use a doughnut, I'm starved! JACK: Not to worry, the boss hasn't arrived yet. Next to come inside is Bobby Burgess, Cissy King, Clay Hart, Tanya Falan, Mary Lou Metzger, Norma Zimmer followed by Guy Hovis, Ralna English, Arthur Duncan and Jimmy RobertsĬISSY: Sorry I'm a bit late, I had to stop at the Dount Hole for breakfast. KEN: I plead the fifth! What happened was pure coincidence! GAIL: I wonder what does he want to see us in his office at this time? I hope it's nothing to do with Ken and the bubble machine going on the fritz. JOE: Yup, I haven't seen him this happy since the concert at Madison Square Garden.
Welk was the Grand Marshal, saw him in the parade? JOE: I know I did, watching Stanford stick it to Michigan in the Rose Bowl! SANDI: Mornin' Dick, did you have a great new year's? Sandi Griffiths, Sally Flynn, Gail Farrell and Joe Feeney enter the room next KEN: Oh yeah, he was this year's Grand Marshal for the Rose Bowl Parade, I would be on cloud nine myself. KEN: Uh oh, I hope it's not about what happened on the New Year's Eve show, it's not my fault the bubble machine malfunctioned during Norma's number.ĭICK: I doubt it was that, considering we all were a little goofy that night. JACK: It has to be something really important, especially since it's the day after New Year's. KEN: Hey guys, I wonder what the boss wants to see all of us for? We see Jack Imel and Dick Dale in the maestro's office.Ken Delo enters the room. The Setting: Southern California circa New Year's weekend 1972, at the Welk studios on Prospect and 's a staff meeting prior to rehersals for the first show of the new year. Meredith Wilson (famous playwright), Jack Benny (legendary comic), Henry Mancini (famous songwriter)ĭISCLAIMER: This story is 100 PERCENT FICTIONAL.not meant for profit or to be taken seriously, it's just a funny story I wrote for the purpose of good storytelling and some laughs! The Cast of TV's Sesame Street (Big Bird, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, etc) Gertrude Snerd (audience member-about 70 years old)īob Johnson (audience member-55 years old)Īlice Cromarte (audience member-about 45 years old) The Lawrence Welk Musical Family (from the 1971-72 season) Another literary masterpiece written by Super Larry Cornstarch