Marc Weisblott sent along this little gem on the “dark side” of Lawrence Welk (courtesy The Seattle Weekly).

Interesting stuff — although it bears repeating that you haven’t even come close to a “dark side” until you’ve attended a few of Bobby Vinton’s “Swingers Only” bashes. All that blue velvet you get used to pretty quickly; but witnessing the cast of “Heehaw” frolicking nude on pommel horses…well, you never really shake the image of Minnie Pearl in naked mid tumble…