Following my reference to the Brewer (not Rich) and Shipley song “One Toke Over the Line” the other day, I found this in Songfacts :
“Some radio stations refused to play this song because of the drug references, but not everyone got this meaning. In 1971 the song was performed on the Lawrence Welk Show by a wholesome looking couple Gail Farrell and Dick Dale, who clearly had NO clue what a toke was. Welk, at the conclusion of the performance of the song, remarked, without any hint of humor, “there you’ve heard a modern spiritual by Gail and Dale.”
Here’s a joke for you: What is the difference between a moose and the Lawrence Welk band? A moose has the horns in the front and the asshole in the back.