PBS habitually brings this out for fund raising. The decade since the previous review has not been kind to the cast. Numerous others have died: Pete Fountain, Joe Feeney, Big Tiny Little, Norma Zimmer, and many others who either appeared or did not on this show. In that sense the show is more of a memorial to them than to Welk, who had died nine years before it was produced.
PBS might do well to reedit the pledge breaks. Having the long-deceased Norma Zimmer hit people up for contributions is more than a bit out of place.
PBS might do well to reedit the pledge breaks. Having the long-deceased Norma Zimmer hit people up for contributions is more than a bit out of place.