Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1967

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

8 | TV-PG | en | Comedy

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP24 Episode 24

Mar. 12,1973

Sketches include Beauty parlor, Girdle shop visit with Edith-Ann,, Marriage counselor, Cannibal blackouts, Fickle finger of fate aware, Emission quickie, Plastic surgery, Study of wife swapping, Trading stamps, Noise line, Lily's stammering lady, Preview of upcoming shows, The Swizzlers, General Bullwright's report, and Clown closing. Featuring Sammy Davis, Jr

EP23 Episode 23

Mar. 05,1973

Sketches include Opening monologue, Insurance, Magic quickies, Minister quickies, Nose job blackout, Topless crossovers, Con man, Bridget and Bernie runner, Proposal runner, Return of Simon and Gar Farkle and the Farkle family, Convict runner, Salute to airlines and air travel,Minority news, The Swizzlers, Fickle Finger of Fate award, and a Look at women's lib. Featuring Meredith Baxter

EP22 Episode 22

Feb. 26,1973

Sketches include Three monks, Drivers, Three musketeers, Celebrities montage, Godmother Capone, Visitors news, Three-headed man, Ring master, Airplane, Elephant, Big Top and Barker blackouts, Salute to the Circus, Cowpoke blackout, Three monks and the Burbank fire department, Psychiatrist quickies, and Joke wall close. Featuring Ruth Buzzi, and Charlie Callus

EP21 Episode 21

Feb. 19,1973

Sketches include Dan and Dick opening monologue, Con man crossover, Two old men, Godmother, Cowboy runner, Gladys' comments, Garage show auto mechanic, A look back at W.C. Fields, Dungeon blackout, Nude scene blackout, Standing room blackout, Salute to the actor, News of Al Capone, Senior citizens' news, Minority report, Military map runner, and Mother nature scene. Featuring Don Louise

EP20 Episode 20

Feb. 12,1973

Sketches include Judy parlor scene, Groucho cafe, News billboard, Business news, Sports news, Con man bit, John's rebuttal, Spy business blackout, Dan and John foxhole scene, Salute to California, Offshore drilling, Gambling blackout, Dan and Dick on Doris Day, Robot Theater, Indian smoke with John, and Dick's finale. Featuring Don Rickles, John Wayne, and Ruth Buzzi

EP19 Episode 19

Feb. 05,1973

Sketches include Phyllis opens the show, Irish blackout, Baby blackout, Phyllis in marriage counselor, Mae West blackouts, Sloppy cook runner, Monster quickie, Nuns' confessional, Salute to beautiful people, Face lift sketch, Politics blackout, Hollywood news, Pope's wastebasket, A look back to twenty-five years ago, and Bum quickie. Featuring Phyllis Diller

EP18 Episode 18

Jan. 29,1973

Sketches include Here comes the judge opening, Sammy cowboy sketch, Visit with Will Maston trio, General Bullwright song, Salute to the Fifties, Disc Jockey blackouts, Ed visits the show, Teacher sketch, Sammy little lost boy runner, and Equal rights blackout. Featuring Sammy Davis, Jr., W.C. Fields, Ed Sullivan and the Will Maston Trio

EP17 Episode 17

Jan. 22,1973

Fake commercial, Con man, Ancient Chinese crossover, Fortune cookie quickie, Cowboy blackouts, Headline news, Cannibal banquet, Kremlin wastebasket, Magicians, Garage show auto mechanic, Discovery of the week, Robert Broadway sketch, My husband blackout, Women liberationist quickie, Salute to people in business, and shoe store sketch. Featuring Robert Goulet

EP16 Episode 16

Jan. 15,1973

Sketches include Christmas party, Two kings runner, Nose to nose runner, Lily and Richard under the Mistletoe, Christmas shopper, Doctor's office quickie, Hillbilly Christmas, My Fair Lady sketch, Steve the know-it-all, Christmas production number, Black reporter with Willie, and Lily's Stammering lady. Featuring Steve Lawrence, Peter Marshall, Steve Allen, Willie Lester

EP15 Episode 15

Jan. 08,1973

Sketches include Howard opening, Three musketeers runner, Book store quickies, Kissing booth quickie, Fake commercial blackouts, Cocktail party, Pole vault quickies, Dinner table blackout, Adam Twelve runner, Maude's world of Sports, Salute to sportsmanship, Hard of hearing blackouts, and Olympics crapshoot. Featuring Howard Cosell

EP14 Episode 14

Dec. 18,1972

Sketches include Two monks, Marriage counselor, Pilot runner, Family fight blackout, Visit with the Farkle family, the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate award, Hijacked hearse, Two monkeys runner, William in quickies, Bug in the soup, Sound effects, News of the underworld, First president, Super bowl news. Featuring Lily Tomlin, Cody Fields, Monty Hall, and William Morris

EP13 Episode 13

Dec. 11,1972

Sketches include Lily's Tasteful lady, Marriage counselor, Henny con man sketch, Checkout counter, Bum runners, Heaven news intro, Show business news, Inside Washington, The deaf couple, Discovery of the week, Fortune teller, Maude's world of salesmanship, Out of the bushes quickie, Half-off black belt, and Consumer fraud exposé. Featuring Rich Little, Henny Youngman, and Jack Klugman

EP12 Episode 12

Dec. 04,1972

Sketches include Firing squad runners, Visit with the nuns, Drinking quickie, Running jokes with Godfather, Headline news, Book reviews, News from London, Ireland, and China, News of the First Lady, Salute to old comedians, Vaudeville, Jewish slept here blackouts, Garage show pilot, Vietnam visit, Return of the nuns, Gladiator bits, The Swizzlers, and Senator comments. Featuring Wilt Chamberlain.

EP11 Episode 11

Nov. 27,1972

Sketches include James in Vaudeville wall, A look at bad manners,A look at eternal youth, Ruth in Catherine Coleman sketch, Bob convict runner, Salute to Thanksgiving, A look at pop culture, Two busy guys, Visit with the Farkle family, The king and I, Sculptor blackout, Etiquette rimshots montage, Hippies and hip news, and Ruth's book review. Featuring Jim Khan, Nanette Fabray, and Bob Crane

EP10 Episode 10

Nov. 20,1972

Sketches include Opening billboard, Just married, Beach blanket, Visit with Mr. Know-it-all, Fight manager, Superman's mother, Jack in Lone Ranger monologue, Fabulous Farkle family visit, W.C. Fields sketch, Fickle finger of fate award, Japanese news, Show business/Hollywood news, Big Al's sports news, and Bird watchers. Featuring Sally Struthers, Steve Allen, W.C. Fields, and Jack Benny

EP9 Episode 9

Nov. 13,1972

Sketches include Don faith healer runner, Lily at the checkout counter, Don as a cowboy, The Farkle family says hello, Mean nurse, Tribute to W.C Fields, Quickies, Spanking baby movie, Lily's Stammering lady, Salute to good manners, Don visits the moon, A look at etiquette, Visit with Captain Bly, Headline news, and Special events of the week. Featuring Don Rickles

EP8 Episode 8

Oct. 30,1972

Sketches include Prize fighter, Nude women crossovers, World's quickest movies, Nurse purse snatcher, Astronaut on the moon, News of Cuba,Cocktail party, Lion tamer, Ruth and Dennis Honeymoon quickie, Confidential magazine, Flying Fickle Finger of Fate, Lawyer blackout, No more guns, Robin hood blackouts, Kiss of death, and Return of the Swizzlers. Featuring Mike Connors and Carol Burnett

EP7 Episode 7

Oct. 23,1972

Sketches include Dick firing squad runner, Roller derby, Boarding house sketch, Visit with W.C. Fields, Ernestine phone call, Jack Benny crossover, Vaudeville, Jack explainsshow business, Confidentiality blackouts, President news by Dick, Inside story news items, Discovery of the week, Vaudeville joke wall, and Swinging singles. Featuring Lily Tomlin, Richard Dawson, W.C. Fields, Jack Benny

EP6 Episode 6

Oct. 16,1972

Sketches include Two nuns, Burbank Fire department runners, Jean Very Elegant song, King of the Jungle runners, Past, present, and future news, Sports news covers the cannonball catch, Jean, Ruth, and Dennis marriage counselor, Laugh-In Joggers, Bikini beach, Fake record commercial, Dick in boxing ring blackouts, and Joke wall. Featuring Jean Stapleton, Jack Carter, Henny Youngman

EP5 Episode 5

Oct. 09,1972

Sketches include Lily and William in marriage counselor, Captain Amazing, Salute to the press, Good news, Senator blackouts, Staged news stories, Declassified news, Small town news, Indian tradition, Burbank beauties, Lily and Ruth innocent bystanders, Dan looks at politics, Return of the Swizzlers, and edited speech exposé. Featuring William Conrad, Henry Mancini, and Dan and Mary Rowan

EP4 Episode 4

Oct. 02,1972

Sketches include Salute to law and order, Miss America, General Bullwright's message, Lucy on Italian-Jewish life, Ruth Christian/liquor runners, Laugh-In girls cheerleading squad, Nanette want ads, China/Russia border, Salute to morality, Stripper bit with Dick and Ruth, Lucy Roller derby, and Dan, Dick and Lucie production number. Featuring Lucie Arnaz and Nanette Fabray

EP3 Episode 3

Sep. 25,1972

Sketches include Steve the hillbilly runners, Michael with the stagecoach, the Laugh-In Boom boom room, Whoopee award, Michael visits the cocktail party, Priest confessional booth, Cass in operating room runners, Maude's world of commercials, A look back at the swinging sixties, and Silent majority. Featuring Lily Tomlin, Michael Landon, Cass Elliot, Steve Allen and Angie Dickinson

EP2 Episode 2

Sep. 18,1972

Sketches include Laugh-In looks at the News, News of the Past, Present, and Future, Cocktail party, Umpire blackouts, Lifeboat runners with Abbe and Julie, Caveman couples, Astronaut on the moon, Congressmen, Nun runners, Dyan visits the fabulous Farkle family, Salute to guns, and the Joke wall. Featuring Bob Hope, Dyan Cannon, Julie London, Abbe Lane, and Sammy Davis

EP1 Episode 1

Sep. 11,1972

Sketches include Laugh-In girls cheerleader opening, Intro to new cast members, Laugh-In Salutes the Summer of '72, Edith Ann's stories of school, All in the Ghetto, and Joke wall. Featuring John Wayne, Jill St. John, and the Keystone Cops

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Released: 1967-09-09 | Released Producted By: Romart Inc. , George Schlatter-Ed Friendly Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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Richard Dawson , Dan Rowan , Dick Martin

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George Schlatter

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Reviews

Mister_D_Loomis Laugh-in is a time capsule of just how "cutting edge" TV could get in the late 60's. Basically a playboy club televised for hip family viewing. Innuendos galore to protect the kiddies and clever skits to make the nerdiest of viewers "aware" of what was going on outside suburbia.Featured players Judy Carne (talented, awesome legs and fantastic timing, great dancer, love the robot couple of her and Arte Johnson). Goldie Hawn ( great act as a ditz but way more behind that cute chickadee facade...unsuccessfully replaced after her departure). Arte Johnson (TOTAL TALENT). Ruth Buzzy (always funny, born with a perfect face for comedy). Flip Wilson (appeared frequently in season 1 & 2 almost a cast member but clearly an awesome talent who went on to fabulous success with his own show). Alan Sues (the Paul Lynde of Laugh-in and just funny every time. Henry Gibson (subtle humor and fabulous talent). These people were the core group that made this show fly and as they left, so went the really funny parts of the show. I'd take Judy's cute sexy switchboard operator over Tomlin's boring, antiquated bit anytime. It seems like the show just got really mainstream and safe after 1970, maybe even a little before that and the loss of these great performers clearly show the poor effort at trying to replace them. But the first few seasons are gold.

tforbes-2 "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" came in like a breath of fresh air when it first surfaced in the latter part of 1967. Maybe the idea wasn't totally new, but by television standards, it was VERY different.I took to it immediately as a kid, in part because I was already hip to certain things (such as how SQUARE CBS was!), and how the show poked fun at so many things. Season One had a special raw quality, though seasons two and three were fun to watch as well.Sadly, despite such GREAT talent as Johnny Brown and Lily Tomlin, the show started to run on tired blood when Season Four began. Maybe it was the very onset of the 1970s, because so much changed. The series began to look a little dated in Season Five because of the onslaught of such programs as "All In The Family," and by then, the ratings began to sag. And then it was all over by 1973.No matter. When it was good, it was and IS fantastic! And it brought plenty of amusement to my life. It was also very innovative in other ways, such as having the Banana Splits (a children's show) appear on the show in 1968. Imagine, having children's and adults' programming come together like that. It was never done before.And I am thankful for this.

mrb1980 Anyone who wasn't around in the late 1960s can't possibly appreciate how popular "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" was in 1968 and 1969. Everyone watched it and the jokes were endlessly repeated at my school the next morning. The humor touched upon formerly taboo subjects like sex, homosexuality, drugs, pregnancy, infidelity, and just about everything else. The series also had several innovations such as a joke wall, the party sequence, the news of the past, present, and future, and dignified guest stars (such as George Raft, Edward G. Robinson, John Wayne, plus many others) acting like clueless idiots. The show also introduced what became household names, including Judy Carne, Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin, Alan Sues, Arte Johnson, Henry Gibson, and many others. The primary thing that made everything work--in addition to the very funny writing--was the breathtakingly fast editing used. No one had ever done or seen anything like that before.The show was so refreshing when compared to usual late 1960s fare that it was an instant smash hit that lasted six seasons. While it seems curiously dated now--the subject matter is so mild today--it was cutting-edge, daring, and uproarious 47 years ago. While the show finally faded away in 1973, it's a reminder of a time in the country's history when everyone was ready for something new, different, and very funny. "Laugh-In" provided something completely new, offbeat and screamingly funny all those long years ago.

michael autin This classic, WHIMSICAL comedy/variety show is being shown on Trio weeknights. Although most of the political humor has long passed, anyone in need of good silly fun to maintain good spirits should watch.This show was funny when i first saw it live, and has aged well with me.