{"id":5029,"date":"2014-03-18T08:04:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T12:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=5029"},"modified":"2021-12-07T08:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T13:44:24","slug":"the-sexiest-accordion-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/03\/18\/the-sexiest-accordion-player\/","title":{"rendered":"The sexiest accordion player"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"myron\"<\/a>I have a crush.\u00a0 Richard and I watch tons of Lawrence Welk<\/a> (only not recently because PBS has stopped playing it for some reason).\u00a0 Myron Floren<\/a> always steals the show, and over the years more and more of the show seems to be given to him – as if the producers know that he is the sexiest accordion player on the planet.<\/p>\n

I am speaking as someone who likes the sound of a well played accordion; but I imagine his chops would be appreciated even by those who don’t.\u00a0 What’s more, he always has the happy little grin on his face while playing and seems completely at ease being in front of a crowd and\/or camera.<\/p>\n

When I mentioned that more and more of the show is given to him through the years, I didn’t mean more accordion spots.\u00a0 Eventually he starts to MC half the show in place of Mr. Welk.\u00a0 And he does this better than Mr. Welk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have a crush.\u00a0 Richard and I watch tons of Lawrence Welk (only not recently because PBS has stopped playing it for some reason).\u00a0 Myron Floren always steals the show, and over the years more and more of the show seems to be given to him – as if the producers know that he is… Continue reading The sexiest accordion player<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[200,174,72],"class_list":["post-5029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-entertainment","tag-lawrence-welk","tag-television"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3280,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/03\/05\/give-me-some-lawrence-welk\/","url_meta":{"origin":5029,"position":0},"title":"Give me some Lawrence Welk","author":"leems","date":"March 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"No really, give me some.\u00a0 I remember sitting on the shag carpet of my grandma's den, watching Lawrence Welk on Saturday night with her and my mom.\u00a0 I have to admit, I didn't appreciate it then.\u00a0 I relegated it to all the other things I wouldn't have watched had I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/saxmansm.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10367,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/10\/06\/an-eddy-that-pulls-you-down\/","url_meta":{"origin":5029,"position":1},"title":"An eddy that pulls you down","author":"leems","date":"October 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Burlesque Feast by Frans Verbeeck 1510-1570 You see before you a picture that seems to be depicting a wedding feast. 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