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The Lawrence Welk Show

1951–1982ABCSyndicationDocumentary

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Champagne music, bubbles in the titles, and thirty-one years of the same band leader counting in.

The Lawrence Welk Show opens with a main title sequence of 54 seconds.

At 54 seconds, it opens well above the 37-second median for documentary sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on ABC in 1951, when Truth or Consequences, Sky King and The Lone Ranger were also on the network.

1 sequence17th most looked up of 46 in the 1950s
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The opening titles

Season 1

54s

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