(MUSIC).

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW.

CELEBRATING MORE THAN 60 YEARS ON TELEVISION.

(MUSIC) NOW SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE SHOW SELECTED ESPECIALLY FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION.

>>> HELLO, IT'S ONLY ME, THE PHANTOM OF THE CHAMPAGNE THEATRE.

IF I'M SCARRED AND DISFIGURED, IT'S BY MY YEARS.

I'M YOUR HOST FOR THIS YEAR'S HALLOWEEN SPECIAL.

A HALLOWEEN SHOW ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

I LOVE THE COSTUMES, AND OVER THE YEARS SHE DRESSED ME IN ALL KINDS OF GET UP'S.

LOTS OF OTHER WEIRD CHARACTERS, AT THE END OF THIS SHOW I DO A NUMBER AS THE MUMMY, AND NOW I CAN SAY I'M THE FIRST SINGER.

THE WILDER THE BETTER.

YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THEM ON THIS GREAT 1979 SHOW.

I WEAR THIS COSTUME EVERY NIGHT, NOT JUST ON HALLOWEEN.

MUSIC OF THE NIGHT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIMES.

AND THE AUDIENCE SEEMS TO ENJOY IT TOO.

NOW, IN TRUE PHANTOM FASHION, LET ME VANISH IN THE DARKNESS.

>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GREETINGS, FRIENDS.

AND WELCOME TO OUR HALLOWEEN PARTY.

MY, MY, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL AUDIENCE WE HAVE ON HAND THIS EVENING.

LET'S GET THE FUN STARTED WITH JEEPERS CREEPERS.

(MUSIC) JEEPERS CREEPERS WHERE'D YA GET THOSE PEEPERS?

JEEPERS CREEPERS WHERE'D YA GET THOSE EYES?GOSH ALL, GIT UP, HOW'D THEY GET SO LIT UP?

GOSH ALL, GIT UP, HOW'D THEY GET THAT SIZE?

GOLLY GEE, WHEN YOU TURN THOSE HEATERS ON WOE IS ME, GOT TO PUT MY CHEATERS ON JEEPERS CREEPERS WHERE'D YA GET THOSE PEEPERS?

OH, THOSE WEEPERS, HOW THEY HYPNOTIZE!

WHERE'D YA GET THOSE EYES?

WHERE'D YA GET THOSE EYES?

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOLKS, LOOKS LIKE THE PARTY IS OFF TO A GOOD START AND HOW ABOUT THE COSTUMES?

OUR WARDROBE LADY, ROSE, REALLY OUT DID HERSELF.

AND NOW LET'S ENJOY WITH JACK -- THE MOON WAS YELLOW AND THE NIGHT WAS YOUNG A SMILE BROUGHT US TOGETHER AND I WAS WONDERING WEATHER WE'D MEET AGAIN SOMEDAY THE MOON WAS YELLOW AND A SONG WAS SUNG THAT VOCAL INSPIRATION GAVE ME THE INCLINATION TO GIVE MY HEART AWAY HERE WE ARE, IS OUR ROMANCE TO CONTINUE?

WILL IT BE MY LUCK TO WIN YOU?

MAY I LOOK THAT FAR?

MY LOVE IS MELLOW AND MY HOPES ARE STRONG AROUND THAT CUPID FELLOW BEHOLD, THE MOON IS YELLOW AND THE NIGHT IS YOUNG (MUSIC) (SINGING) [APPLAUSE] >>> COME HERE FOR A MINUTE, PLEASE.

THE PEOPLE ARE APPLAUDING FOR YOU.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH US?

>> ALMOST SEVEN YEARS.

>> DO YOU REALIZE YOU'VE BEEN -- MOST OF THE TIME FOR SEVEN YEARS.

>> HE LIKES TO -- (LAUGHING).

>> THE REASON I CALLED YOU OVER HERE, WE'LL PLAY THIS GOES GOES TO TOWN.

I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN.

>> I'D LOVE TO.

(MUSIC) (MUSIC) (MUSIC) (MUSIC).

>>> HALLOWEEN NIGHT IS USUALLY THE LAST NIGHT OF THE REGULAR SEASON HERE, AND THE CHRISTMAS SHOW BEGINS ON NOVEMBER 4 OR SO.

AND I USUALLY GO HOME FOR A LONG REST UNTIL OUR SHOW BEGINS IN APRIL.

THIS YEAR, NO REST FOR THE PHANTOM.

I GO RIGHT IN REHEARSAL FOR THE CHRISTMAS SHOW.

WAEL REHEARSE FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THE SHOW OPENS ON NOVEMBER 17, AND RUNS THROUGH THE 2.

MY WIFE AND KIDS WILL CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS IN THE SUNNY HILLS, WHILE I SLAVE AWAY ON THE HOT STAGE, AND YOU KNOW I LOVE IT.

HERE'S A SONG WRITTEN FOR THE DESERT CRITTERS LYING OUT IN THE SUN.

(MUSIC) NOW I HEAR THE WORD OF THE NOW I HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD WELL, YOUR TOE BONE CONNECTED TO YOUR FOOT BONE YOUR FOOT BONE CONNECTED TO YOUR THE THIGH BONE CONNECTED THE NEXT BONE CONNECTED TO THE NEXT BONE.

HERE'S THE WORD OF THE LORD.

DEM BONES THEM BONES THEM BONES DRY BONES, NOW HERE'S THE WORD OF THE LORD.

THE SHOULDER BONE CONNECTED TO THE ARM BOEP.

THE ARM BONE CONNECTED TO THE WRIST BONE.

THE HAND BONE CONNECTED TO THE FINGER BONE.

DEM BONES, DEM DRY BONES DEM BONES, DEM DRY BONES DEM BONES, DEM DRY BONES HERE'S THE WORD OF THE LORD.

>> THE TRIO.

YOU KNOW, IT'S STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT.

LET'S TAKE A PEEK INTO A DESERTED CASTLE.

(MUSIC) (MUSIC) [APPLAUSE] .

>> THAT WAS ARTHUR, THE NIGHT FANTASTIC BETWEEN THE THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING.

AND I'M BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA WITH LAWRENCE AND THE ORCHESTRA.

I DON'T WANT YOU BUT I HATE TO LOSE YOU YOU'VE GOT ME IN BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA I FORGIVE YOU 'CAUSE I CAN'T FORGET YOU YOU'VE GOT ME IN BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA I OUGHTA CROSS YOU OFF MY LIST BUT WHEN YOU COME KNOCKIN' AT MY DOOR FATE SEEMS TO GIVE MY HEART A TWIST AND I COME RUNNING BACK FOR MORE I SHOULD HATE YOU BUT I GUESS I LOVE YOU YOU'VE GOT ME IN BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA (MUSIC) I OUGHTA CROSS YOU OFF MY LIST BUT WHEN YOU COME KNOCKIN' AT MY DOOR FATE SEEMS TO GIVE MY HEART A TWIST AND I COME RUNNING BACK FOR MORE I SHOULD HATE YOU BUT I GUESS I LOVE YOU YOU'VE GOT ME IN BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA.

[APPLAUSE] >>> NOW THERE'S A SCARY -- I WAS DRESSED AS A 1970'S BAND MEMBER, IN A THREE PIECE SUIT.

ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS OF THE 70S WAS THE FUN WE HAD WITH OUR CHILDREN IN THE GOOD YEARS.

MIKE WAS 1-YEAR-OLD WHEN I STARTED IN 1979.

NOW SHE JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE.

AND OUR GRANDSON IS 5 YEARS OLD AND TOO SMART.

HE HAD A -- THAT HIS MOM HELPED HIM PUT TOGETHER, AND A FEW PIECES BROKE OFF, AND I TRIED TO FIX IT FOR 20 MINUTES.

LITTLE TINY KIDS CAN USE COMPUTERS AND THOSE THINGS SCARE US SILLY.

I KNOW, I JUST GOT ONE.

OUR SON KEVIN, ON THE OTHER HAND IS A COMPUTER WHIZ AND HAS BEEN ONE FOR YEARS.

HE'S A PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR A STOCK BROKER COMPANY.

HE HAD LESS THAN 100 EMPLOYEES AND NOW THERE'S OVER 1400.

KEVIN LIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO, UNFORTUNATELY, AND I SAY THAT I COULD USE HELP WITH MY COMPUTER.

>> ON WITH THE SHOW.

WE'RE VERY VERY PLEASED WITH THE XHEENTS ON THE -- COMMENTS ON OUR NEW SINGER, JIM TURNER.

AN OLD COWBOY WENT RIDING OUT ONE DARK AND WINDY DAY UPON A RIDGE HE RESTED AS HE WENT ALONG HIS WAY WHEN ALL AT ONCE A MIGHTY HERD OF RED EYED COWS HE SAW PLOWIN' THROUGH THE RAGGED SKIES AND UP THE CLOUDY DRAW THEIR YIP PI YI YAY.

GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY.

BRANDS WERE STILL ON FIRE AND THEIR HOOVES WERE MADE OF STEEL THEIR HORNS WERE BLACK AND SHINY AND THEIR HOT BREATH HE COULD FEEL A BOLT OF FEAR WENT THROUGH HIM AS THEY THUNDERED THROUGH THE SKY FOR HE SAW THE RIDERS COMING HARD AND HE HEARD THEIR MOURNFUL AND HE HEARD THEIR MOURNFUL CRY YIPPIE-YI-O GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY THEIR GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.

>> JIM TURNER, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW WE TAKE YOU BACK TO THE MAGIC CASTLE WHERE YOU'LL BE ENTERTAINED BY THE GREAT ARTIST, THE PHANTOM OF THE ORGAN, BOB ROSS.

(ORGAN MUSIC) (ORGAN MUSIC) (ORGAN MUSIC) [APPLAUSE] >> BOB ROSS, WHAT A GREAT ORGANIST.

EXCELLENT.

HALLOWEEN NIGHT IT SEEMS, IT'S NICE TO HAVE A MAN AROUND THE HOUSE.

IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE A MAN AROUND THE HOUSE OH, SO NICE TO HAVE A MAN AROUND THE HOUSE SOMEONE SWEET WHO'S GLAD HE FOUND YOU WHO WILL PUT HIS ARMS AROUND YOU AND HIS KISSES JUST ASTOUND YOU, IT'S SO NICE OH, A HOUSE IS JUST A HOUSE WITHOUT A MAN HE'S THE NECESSARY EVIL IN YOUR PLAN SOMEONE KIND WHO KNOWS YOU -- THERE ARE MANY THINGS ABOUT HIM, YOU CANNOT DO WITHOUT HIM, IT'S JUST A CONSTANT GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE.

IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE A MAN AROUND THE HOUSE.

OH SO NICE TO HAVE A MAN AROUND THE HOUSE.

WHO WILL SHARE YOUR BREAKFAST KIPPERS AND WILL HELP YOU ZIP YOUR ZIPPERS, IT'S SO NICEOH, A HOUSE IS JUST A HOUSE WITHOUT A MAN HE'S THE NECESSARY EVIL IN YOUR PLAN IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE A MAN AROUND THE HOUSE.

IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE A MAN AROUND THE HOUSE.

IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE A MAN AROUND THE HOUSE.

>> WHAT A COZY DOMESTIC TEAM.

OUR BIG BAND MEMBER THIS EVENING IS A SALUTE TO THE ORIGINAL DOROTHEA BROTHERS ORC ORCHESTRA.

-- ORCHESTRA.

AND GEORGE WHO IS NOW ON THE PRODUCTION STAFF.

THE SONG, STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN.

(MUSIC) (MUSIC) (MUSIC) (MUSIC) [APPLAUSE] >>> HERE'S A DIXIE LAND SONG I DID FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTRALIA, IT WAS ONE OF MR. WELK'S FAVORITES.

AND THEY CALL HIM MOBILE.

ALABAMA.

THEY TOOK A SWAMPLAND, HEAVY WITH STEAM, AND ADDED PEOPLE WITH A DREAM.

AND THAT DREAM BECAME A HEAVEN BY THE NAME OF MOBILE.

PRETTY SOON THE TOWN HAD GROWN UNTIL THEY HAD A TROMBONE.

AND A MAN WHO PLAYED PIANO AND THE SWALLOW WHO SANG SOPRANO.

IT'S ON THE GULF OF MEXICO.

WHERE THE SOUTHERN BELLS ARE RINGING AND THE CLIMATE IDEAL.

IT'S THE HONEY SUCKLE HEAVEN BY THE NAME OF MOBILE.

WELL, THEN, PRETTY SOON, THE TOWN HAD GROWN, UNTIL THEY HAD THEMSELVES A SLIDE TROMBONE.

THERE WAS A MAN WHO PLAYED PIANO, AND A SWALLOW WHO SANG SOPRANO.

NO NEED TO WONDER WHERE YOU SHOULD GO, IT'S ON THE GULF OF MEXICO, WHERE THE SOUTHERN BELLS ARE RINGING, AND THE CLIMATE'S IDEAL.

WELL IT'S THE HONEYSUCKEL BY THE NAME OF MOBILE.

[APPLAUSE] .

>> THERE'S A CONVERSATION THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TITLED FOR HALLOWEEN.

THE HALL OF MOUNTAIN KING.

(MUSIC) (MUSIC AND SINGING) (MUSIC) (MUSIC) (MUSIC AND SINGING).

[APPLAUSE] >> FOLKS, LOOK OUT FOR BLACK CATS ON HALLOWEEN.

WE HAVE SOME HIGH JINKS -- (MUSIC) (MUSIC) (MUSIC) [APPLAUSE] >> I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE CATS.

WE ARE THANK THIS FEEL WEEK, BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED.

A SIMPERING, WHIMPERING CHILD AGAIN BEWITCHED, BOTHERED, AND BEWILDERED AM I COULDN'T SLEEP AND WOULDN'T SLEEP WHEN LOVE CAME AND TOLD ME I SHOULDN'T SLEEP BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED AM I LOST MY HEART, BUT WHAT OF IT HE IS COLD I AGREE HE CAN LAUGH, BUT I LOVE IT ALTHOUGH THE LAUGH'S ON ME I'LL SING TO HIM, EACH SPRING TO HIM AND LONG FOR THE DAY WHEN I'LL CLING TO HIM BEWITCHED, BOTHERED, AND BEWILDERED AM I BOTHERED, AND BEWILDERED AM I [APPLAUSE] >> I DO THINK I CAN HELP YOU WITH STRESS.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN HYPNOSIS, SEVEN YEARS AGO I ATTENDED THE INSTITUTE AND BECAME A CERTIFIED HIP KNOW THERAPIST.

AND I THINK THAT POSITIVE THINKING AND BIO FEEDBACK IS A SELF-HYPNOSIS THAT CAN HELP YOU.

AND I'M CONVINCED IT CAN HELP YOU RELAX, LOSE WEIGHT, STOP SMOKING AND HELP WITH SERIOUS ILLNESSES.

TO HELP SOME OF THE PEOPLE HERE IF THE SHOW LEARN TO RELAX AND GET RID OF STRESS, I MADE UP A FEW CASSETTE TAPES, THEY WORK SO WELL FOR EVERYONE, I DECIDED TO MAKE THEM PROFESSIONAL.

STOP STRESS NOW.

IT MAY NOT MAKE ME RICH AND FAMOUS, BUT I'M CONVINCED IT CAN HELP PEOPLE WITH STRESS AND OTHER BAD HABITS.

I SNEAK BEHIND YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS.

I CAN'T MAKE YOU DO ANYTHING, BUT I CAN HELP YOU WANT TO MAKE CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE.

HERE'S A MAN WHO'S TRULY HYPNOTIC.

LAWRENCE WELK.

>> THE SISTERS GET IN THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT WITH A SONG TITLED SPOOKY.

IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING WHEN EV'RYTHING IS GETTIN' KIND OF GROOVY I CALL YOU UP AND ASK YOU IF YOU LIKE TO GO AND MEET AND SEE A MOVIE FIRST YOU SAY NO, YOU'VE GOT SOME PLANS FOR THE NIGHT AND THEN YOU STOP, AND SAY, "ALL RIGHT" LOVE IS KINDA CRAZY WITH A SPOOKY LITTLE GIRL LIKE YOU YOU ALWAYS KEEP ME GUESSIN', I NEVER SEEM TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKIN' AND IF A FELLA LOOKS AT YOU, IT'S FOR SURE YOUR LITTLE EYE WILL BE A-WINKIN' I GET CONFUSED 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE I STAND AND THEN YOU SMILE, AND HOLD MY HAND LOVE IS KINDA CRAZY WITH A SPOOKY LITTLE GIRL LIKE YOU SPOOKY!IF YOU DECIDE SOMEDAY TO LOVE IS KIND OF CRAZY WITH A SPOOKY LITTLE GIRL LIKE.

LOVE IS KIND OF CRAZY WITH A SPOOKY LITTLE GIRL LIKE YOU.

>> BEGAN STIRRING THINGS UP, ANYTHING IS LIABLE TO HAPPEN AND USUALLY IT DOES.

LET'S WATCH AND LISTEN.

>> ARE YOU SERIOUS ABOUT THIS MAGIC SERUM?

>> YES, MY DEAR, IT'LL NOT ONLY CHANGE OUR LIVES BUT THE ENTIRE WORLD.

>> YOU'RE A GENIUS.

THERE'LL BE A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER AND A CHANGE IN THE SCENE THEN I'LL CHANGE THE WAY I FLEX MY STUFF.

NOBODY WANTS YOU WHEN YOU'RE OLD AND GRAY.

YES, MY DEAR, THERE'LL BE CHANGES MADE TODAY.

THERE'LL BE CHANGES MADE.

A TOAST, MY DEAR.

(MUSIC) (MUSIC) THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE TODAY.

THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE.

AT LAST.

THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE.

[APPLAUSE] >> LOOKS LIKE THEY WENT A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR.

LISTENING TO BOYS OF JIMMY ROBERTS WITH GAIL ON THE PIANO, BUT FIRST, LET'S HEAR THE REVISED SAXOPHONE SECTION.

I SHOULD CARE, I SHOULD GO AROUND WEEPING STRANGELY ENOUGH, I SLEEP WELL ACCEPT FOR A DREAM OR TWO BUT THEN I COUNT MY SHEEP WELL FUNNY HOW SHEEP CAN LULL YOU TO SLEEP I SHOULD CARE, I SHOULD LET IT UPSET ME I SHOULD CARE BUT IT JUST DOESN'T GET ME MAYBE I WON'T FIND SOMEONE AS LOVELY AS YOU BUT I SHOULD CARE AND I DO [APPLAUSE] >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALL OF THE WELK MUSIC FAMILY CARES ABOUT IS PUBLIC TELEVISION.

YOU'LL SEE US MAKE APPEARANCES ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, YOU MAY GET TIRED OF US ASKING FOR SUPPORT, BUT REMEMBER, IF YOU DON'T HELP THIS STATION THEY WON'T BRING THE SHOW TO YOU EVERY WEEK.

AND WE WON'T MAKE NEW SHOWS LIKE LAWRENCE WELK'S FAVORITE HOLIDAYS AND SONGS OF FAITH.

I'VE GONE TO IOWA EVERY YEAR NOW FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AND I ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT TIME.

WE WATCH THE WELK SHOW TOGETHER, AND SING A SONG OR TWO.

I TAKE CALLS TOO AND TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OF MY FRIENDS IN THE MUSICAL FAMILY.

I WAS IN ARKANSAS THIS YEAR AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME RAISING THE MUCH NEEDED DOLLARS.

HERE'S THE MAN WHO CREATED ONE OF PUBLIC TELEVISION'S MOST POPULAR SHOWS, LAWRENCE WELK.

>> THE CHAMPAGNE MAKERS ARE READY, SATAN TAKES A HOLIDAY.

(MUSIC) (MUSIC) (MUSIC) (MUSIC) [APPLAUSE] THE MOON WAS YELLOW AND THE NIGHT WAS YOUNG A SMILE BROUGHT US TOGETHER AND I WAS WONDERING WEATHER WE'D MEET AGAIN SOMEDAY THE MOON WAS YELLOW AND A SONG WAS SUNG THAT VOCAL INSPIRATION GAVE ME THE INCLINATION TO GIVE MY HEART AWAY HERE WE ARE, IS OUR ROMANCE TO CONTINUE?

WILL IT BE MY LUCK TO WIN YOU?

MAY I LOOK THAT FAR?

MY LOVE IS MELLOW AND MY HOPES ARE STRONG AROUND THAT CUPID FELLOW BEHOLD, THE MOON IS YELLOW AND THE NIGHT IS YOUNG (MUSIC) (SINGING) [APPLAUSE]U.

OUR HALLOWEEN PARTY IS REALLY GETTING WARMED UP, LET'S JOIN THE GUESTS AND ASSORTED CHARACTERS IN THIS OLD HOUSE.

THIS OLE HOUSE ONCE RANG WITH AIN'T A GONNA NEED THIS HOUSE NO MORE)AIN'T GOT TIME TO FIX THE SHINGLES AIN'T GOT TIME TO FIX THE FLOOR AIN'T GOT TIME TO OIL THE HINGES NOR TO MEND NO WINDOW PANES AIN'T GONNA NEED THIS HOUSE NO LONGER HE'S GETTING READY TO MEET HIS FATE THIS OLE HOUSE IS AFRAID OF STORMS THIS OLE HOUSE JUST GROANS AND TREMBLES WHEN THE NIGHT WIND FLINGS IT ARMS THIS OLE HOUSE IS GETTING FEEBLE THIS OLE HOUSE IS A NEEDING PAINT JUST LIKE HIM IT'S TUCKERED OUT HE'S A GETTING READY TO MEET HIS FATE( IN'T A GONNA NEED THIS HOUSE NO LONGER AIN'T A GONNA NEED THIS HOUSE NO MORE AIN'T GOT TIME TO FIX THE SHINGLES AIN'T GOT TIME TO FIX THE FLOOR AIN'T GOT TIME TO OIL THE HINGES NOR TO MEND NO WINDOW PANES AIN'T GONNA NEED THIS HOUSE NO LONGER HE'S GETTING READY TO MEET HIS FATE AIN'T A GONNA NEED THIS HOUSE NO LONGER AIN'T A GONNA NEED THIS HOUSE NO MORE)AIN'T GOT TIME TO FIX THE SHINGLES AIN'T GOT TIME TO FIX THE FLOOR AIN'T GOT TIME TO OIL THE HINGES NOR TO MEND NO WINDOW PANES AIN'T GONNA NEED THIS HOUSE NO LONGER GETTING READY TO MEET ITS FATE.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, MY ALTER EGO HAS RURPD.

I'VE -- RETURNED, I'VE ENJOYED THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC REACTION.

I GET MORE COMMENTS FROM MEN THAN WOMEN.

ONE NIGHT, A BIG TRUCK DRIVER GUY SAID HE NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE SONG UNTIL I SANG IT.

IT'S A GREAT SONG THAT TELLS A STORY AND SETS A MOOD.

AND I THANK WEBER, THE MAN WHO WROTE IT, EVERY TIME I SING IT.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE YOUR HALLOWEEN HOST.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN.

SO LONG.

(SINGING) SOFT AS CANDLELIGHT.

OF THE NIGHT.

CLOSE YOUR EYES, FOR YOUR EYES WILL TELL THE TRUTH.

AND YOUR TRUTH IS WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

IN THE DARK, IT IS EASY TO -- IT OUGHT TO BE.

SOFTLY, MUSIC SHALL COME RESCUE.

HEAR IT, FEEL IT, OPEN YOUR MIND AND LET YOUR -- UNWIND, IN THIS DARKNESS THAT YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T UNWIND.

THE DARKNESS OF THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT.

CLOSE YOUR EYES, START A JOURNEY TO A STRANGE NEW WORLD, KEEP YOUR THOUGHTS OF THE WORLD YOU KNEW BEFORE.

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LET MUSIC SET YOU FREE.