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Post by Skypea on Dec 23, 2015 22:41:40 GMT
I woke up a bit ago to hearing the Lennon Sisters singing on TV. it was the jim Bakker show with Mondo de la vega, his wife and their 5 yr old twins (Mila and Melo?) on it. His wife is the dd of Mimi Lennon. They played a clip from when Mimi had her debut with her 4 famous sisters on the LW show. She was 4 yrs old and terrified - you could see it in her eyes. The 4 older girls were just as I remembered them on the LW show.
anyway, little Mila is Mimi's gd! and this yr Mimi and Mila did a song together for the Lennon's Christmas show at the Andy Williams Theater in Branson. it was just darling seeing Mimi dance and sing with her little 5 yr old gd!
Mimi is now 60, Janet 67 ? peggy 79 I think. That should put Kathy and Diane between 67-79) Mimi's dd listed their ages and said they were all very proud of their ages - and still dancing and singing. She also said that 3 of Janet's gds also sing and dance in the show.
I remember (jogged by another clip they ran) seeing Janet, Mimi and maybe Kathy on the JB Christmas show 5 yrs ago ! I know it was just 5 yrs back because they said the twins would be 5 this Christmas and on that show the 3 sisters were holding newly born grandbabies and singing to them. 2 of those gbabies were Mila and Melo (not sure about the spelling) and I think Kathy's new grandbaby.
thought I'd post this in case anyone wants to catch the clips of them. It'll rerun here at 10 pm AZ time on TCT - I'll rewatch the rerun tonight to recatch them! I do remember them saying this was their Christmas show and would run on Christmas Eve and Day. Since today is neither of those, that might mean this same show will rerun for a few days if anyone wants to check on those days. Here on directv the show is on maybe 3-4 times a day on different church channels. ctn, tct and maybe daystar.
boy, reading those age numbers up above makes me feel so very old...
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Post by ginacivey on Dec 23, 2015 22:43:49 GMT
in only kow the lennon sisters because they were mentioned in the radio show on the original annie
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Post by lucyg on Dec 23, 2015 23:16:39 GMT
I just barely, barely remember them from when I was a little kid. Like, I think the teenaged babysitters talked about them or something. Maybe we had Lenon sisters paper dolls? You're making me feel older than dirt.  |
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Post by lindas on Dec 23, 2015 23:21:04 GMT
Yes, I'm old and yes, I remember the Lennon Sisters. My grandmother was a huge fan of the Lawerence Welk Show back in the day and they were regulars on there. I also remember playing with my Lennon Sisters paper dolls.
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Post by myboysnme on Dec 23, 2015 23:25:49 GMT
I remember them very well, and I actually had a book written for teen girls with Janet Lennon as the heroine. I think I still have the book.
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Post by Julie W on Dec 23, 2015 23:55:15 GMT
Another one whose family watched the Lawrence Welk Show  And I can remember on my grandfather's 90th birthday my mom and three aunts dressed up like the Lennon Sisters and lip synced to their version of "Roll Out the Barrel." Not sure exactly how but my great grandfather had some connection to the song as he owned a cooperage business around WWI. |
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Post by Layce on Dec 23, 2015 23:55:41 GMT
in only kow the lennon sisters because they were mentioned in the radio show on the original annie gina Then they'd be dead, flol ... I think the Lennon Sisters are from the 50s. Remember the parodies on SNL though? :-) |
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Post by Why on Dec 24, 2015 0:14:31 GMT
Yes the Lennon sisters were big in the 50's. I had a friend that went to the same Catholic school they went to and we would see them at school carnivals and such.
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Post by gailoh on Dec 24, 2015 0:31:22 GMT
sure do...on the Lawrence Welk Show
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Post by melanell on Dec 24, 2015 0:43:17 GMT
I watched Lawerence Welk Show with my grandmother as well. |
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Dec 24, 2015 1:18:54 GMT
Yes, I'm old and yes, I remember the Lennon Sisters. My grandmother was a huge fan of the Lawerence Welk Show back in the day and they were regulars on there. I also remember playing with my Lennon Sisters paper dolls. Then I must be old too. An a one an a two... |
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Post by alexa11 on Dec 24, 2015 1:46:36 GMT
Oh yeah - we watched Lawrence Welk when I was little every Saturday(?)night.
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Post by shevy on Dec 24, 2015 1:55:58 GMT
My Mom had a book written about them/by them that I loved reading as a kid!
I used to get my grandma to play their records.
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Post by caro on Dec 24, 2015 2:28:04 GMT
I remember them when I was a child. My parents always watched LW.
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Post by suzastampin on Dec 24, 2015 2:32:48 GMT
We still get the LW show on PBS.
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Post by katlady on Dec 24, 2015 2:39:12 GMT
Yes, I remember watching them on the Lawrence Welk show when I was a kid. My mom still watches the reruns once in awhile.
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Post by moodyblue on Dec 24, 2015 2:42:02 GMT
I remember them when I was a child. My parents always watched LW. Me too! |
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Post by msliz on Dec 24, 2015 4:19:51 GMT
I'm another who watched with Grandma. And her two sisters and her brother. It was a huge family event!
When I stayed with them, I was only allowed to watch LW, the Waltons, and Little House. When she caught me watching Mary Tyler Moore once, I got a stern talking to. It's a good thing she never caught me watching Phil Donahue !!!
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Dec 24, 2015 4:25:02 GMT
We were just watching an old LW show on PBS last weekend. My boys were even, sorta, watching it.
The Lennon sisters were on it. I remember them from LW and my mom talking about them from time to time. Plus, the SNL parody is awesome.
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Post by GiantsFan on Dec 24, 2015 4:43:33 GMT
Yep, I saw them on the Lawrence Welk show.
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Post by Skypea on Dec 24, 2015 5:54:04 GMT
Lennon sister paper dolls? darn, I missed out on those!
the pbs lw shows have the LS on it? i'll have to watch it - I checked in on it once but no lennon sisters. We always watched it on Sat night too.
it's on here again and I've settled down to watch. earlier my eyes and my brain didn't really focus because I was still half asleep.
oops, the boy twin is Mateo! Milo is a new gchild of the Bakkers. Mondo's wife (dd of Mimi Lennon)is Beth.
deedee (Diane) 76, peggy is 74, Kathy is 72 and Janet is 69 - those are the correct ages. I posted from my foggy memory earlier. I was thinking Peggy was the oldest (I always did confuse peggy and deedee regarding who was the oldest). Seems it was a girl about every 2 yrs. Maybe a few of the boys between Janet and Mimi. a total of 12 kids - 6 of each. The youngest of the girls is Ann. Mimi sang too just not usually with the other 4. when the older ones started to retire from the regular singing Mimi joined with Janet and I think it is Kathy.
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Post by meridon on Dec 24, 2015 15:19:29 GMT
Oh yes. We watched the Lawrence Welk show in reruns on PBS every Saturday night when we were at my grandparents' house. It was the first in the lineup--then we watched Are You Being Served and Keeping Up Appearances and then Doctor Who. That was the public television lineup for Saturday night in the 1980s in my state!
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Post by deshacrafts on Dec 24, 2015 16:39:26 GMT
I think they might have had their own Christmas specials too. Anyone remember the King Family christmas specials or the Mitch Miller sing-a-long specials. Geez I'm getting old!
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Post by cadoodlebug on Dec 24, 2015 16:43:38 GMT
Yes, I'm old and yes, I remember the Lennon Sisters. My grandmother was a huge fan of the Lawerence Welk Show back in the day and they were regulars on there. I also remember playing with my Lennon Sisters paper dolls. We loved the Lennon Sisters and had their paper dolls too! When Janet was young she didn't seem as pretty as the others but blossomed so much when she got older and became the prettiest ~ at least to us. |
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Post by cadoodlebug on Dec 24, 2015 16:45:23 GMT
I think they might have had their own Christmas specials too. Anyone remember the King Family christmas specials or the Mitch Miller sing-a-long specials. Geez I'm getting old! Yep, I remember them too! Our favorite though was Andy Williams Christmas Special when he was married to Claudine Longet. Andy in his Christmas sweaters, so handsome. |
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Post by disneypal on Dec 25, 2015 14:42:40 GMT
They still perform time to time, they just finished a run in Branson at the Andy Williams Theater - a Christmas show
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2015 16:33:50 GMT
If it was a Saturday and we were at Grandma and Grandpa's house we had to watch Lawrence Welk. On a weeknight, you stayed up to listen to Johnny Carson's monologue on The Tonight Show then it was time for bed. |
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Post by chendra on Dec 26, 2015 23:32:33 GMT
Yes, I'm old and yes, I remember the Lennon Sisters. My grandmother was a huge fan of the Lawerence Welk Show back in the day and they were regulars on there. I also remember playing with my Lennon Sisters paper dolls. I saw Lennon Sisters paper dolls at Tuesday Morning a few months ago |
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Post by snowsilver on Dec 27, 2015 1:00:01 GMT
I think they might have had their own Christmas specials too. Anyone remember the King Family christmas specials or the Mitch Miller sing-a-long specials. Geez I'm getting old! Yep, I remember them too! Our favorite though was Andy Williams Christmas Special when he was married to Claudine Longet. Andy in his Christmas sweaters, so handsome. I remember those Christmas specials with Claudine. As a little girl, I thought she was gorgeous and I loved her voice. I was so sad when they split. I remember years later she was charged with murder in the death of her boyfriend. It was a huge sensation, and Andy supported her all the way through it. I think she basically got out of the whole thing. |
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And I can remember on my grandfather's 90th birthday my mom and three aunts dressed up like the Lennon Sisters and lip synced to their version of "Roll Out the Barrel." Not sure exactly how but my great grandfather had some connection to the song as he owned a cooperage business around WWI.
