The previous special of "Laugh-In" did so well, NBC ordered it to series of which this was the premiere. Some additions include announcer Gary Owens, one-liners printed on the bottom of the screen as it passes from right to left, the eventual catch-phrase "Sock it to me", and the joke wall during the end credits. Besides the returning Barbara Feldon, other guests include Lorne Greene, Sheldon Leonard, and Flip Wilson before he got his own variety show. Also, this was the first appearance of the weird falsetto-voiced singer Tiny Tim and rock group Strawberry Alarm Clock do a music video of them vandalizing a car on the highway. A "News of the Future" segment has an item on Pres. Robert Kennedy months before his assassination. Overall, I found this another pretty amusing ep of "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In".
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This marked the first series ep of "Laugh-In" after the previous special with that name
tavm11 July 2019
Warning: Spoilers
The First Real Laugh-In
DKosty12311 March 2018
Warning: Spoilers
This show is when they Rowan and Martin Laugh-In really gets started. The cast grows with more guests and Gary Owens annoucing and emcee work gets things on pace. This show features 2 musical guests that would grow into being infamous. Tiny Tim makes his debut in the new talent department. Then, Strawberry Alarm performs it's top 10 tune "Tomorrow" with a special film.
Flip Wilson will pop in here and does so well that he would later get a variety series of his own. There's more and the pace here becomes the frantic pace that Monty Python would use in that classic series. The jokes are good here.
For example, Dick Martin after listening to Tiny Tim's first song quips that the Army would "burn Tim's draft card." This show does carry on a tradition straight from Hellzapoppin with more of an elevator gag that was in the pilot continues. There are more blackouts with a ping pong table. There is more difference from the pilot as the show adds it's house band.
Skip the pilot, this is the first one to watch, still recorded in front of a live audience. Not as many audience shots in this one as the pilot. That's because with the larger cast there's more jokes and there are more sets in this episode.
"Your not going to bring back Tiny Tim are you?" quips Dick. Amazingly enough they would.
Flip Wilson will pop in here and does so well that he would later get a variety series of his own. There's more and the pace here becomes the frantic pace that Monty Python would use in that classic series. The jokes are good here.
For example, Dick Martin after listening to Tiny Tim's first song quips that the Army would "burn Tim's draft card." This show does carry on a tradition straight from Hellzapoppin with more of an elevator gag that was in the pilot continues. There are more blackouts with a ping pong table. There is more difference from the pilot as the show adds it's house band.
Skip the pilot, this is the first one to watch, still recorded in front of a live audience. Not as many audience shots in this one as the pilot. That's because with the larger cast there's more jokes and there are more sets in this episode.
"Your not going to bring back Tiny Tim are you?" quips Dick. Amazingly enough they would.
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