Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

The original rapid fire sketch comedy show.

Cast:Dan Rowan , Dick Martin , Gary Owens , Ruth Buzzi , Alan Sues , Arte Johnson , Henry Gibson , Lily Tomlin , Byron Gilliam , Dennis Allen , Jo Anne Worley , Goldie Hawn , Judy Carne , Richard Dawson , Lisa Farringer , Johnny Brown , Barbara Sharma , Ann Elder

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Guest Starring Barbara Feldon

Mon, Sep 16, 1968

Sketches including Here comes the Judge, Fickle Finger of Fate, Salute to Higher Education, and John Wayne visits the Joke Wall. Featuring Richard Nixon, John Wayne, Hugh Hefner, Goldie Hawn and Zsa Zsa Gabor.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Guest Starring Eve Arden

Mon, Sep 23, 1968

Sketches include Stranger than truth, Laugh-In Girls appear as fairies, Big Al gives ball scores, Salute to the telephone company, Laugh-In Girls school song, and Arte as Rosemenko introduces new talent. Featuring Goldie Hawn, Arlene Dahl, Jack Lemmon, and Zsa Zsa Gabor.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Guest Starring Abbe Lane

Mon, Sep 30, 1968

Greer Garson, Abbe Lane, Greg Morris, Otto Preminger, and Michael Wayne. News from the jungle; news of the Past, Present, and Future from Vatican City; salute to machines; Dick visits the lie detector; Disneyland's Robot Theater.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Guest Starring Robert Culp and France Nuyen

Mon, Oct 7, 1968

Sketches include Robert Culp and France Nuyen as Adam and Eve, Fickle finger of Fate points to the senate judiciary committee, Kirk delivers a passionate Sock It To Me, Quickies featuring Lena Horne and Liberace, Dan explains the '68 election, and Tribute to the newspapers.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Guest Starring Bobby Darin

Mon, Oct 14, 1968

Sketches include Harem girls, Mitzi visits the cocktail party, Laugh-In salutes pollution, Dan & Dick experience life in a foxhole, and Bobby duets with his brother Rosemenko on Mack the Knife (in Russian). Features Colonel Sanders, Bobby Darin, and Mitzi Gaynor.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Guest Starring Flip Wilson

Mon, Oct 21, 1968

Flip Wilson visits the Cocktail Party; Dan presents Stranger than Truth; Gladys turns down Tyrone; Joanne leads the song "Why Won't You Come Home" and the cast do a tribute to Salesmen.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Marcel Marceau, Bill Dana, Jimmy Dean, Lena Horne, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Flip Wilson

Mon, Oct 28, 1968

Marcel Marceau speaks; Fickle Finger of Fate points at the electoral college; Goldie and cast go trick-or-treating; and Flip Wilson celebrates Halloween. Bill Dana, Jimmy Dean, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Lena Horne appear.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Guest Starring Dick Gregory

Mon, Nov 11, 1968

Sketches include Dick Gregory goes on parole to join the cast, Rod presents Stranger than Truth, George and Jo Anne try to figure each other out, News of the past, present & future salutes Raquel Welch, Blue max film, and Rod introduces Arte and Ruth in Robot Theater. Featuring Rock Hudson, Rod Sterling, and George Gobel.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Victor Borge, Rosemary Clooney, Arlene Dahl, Phil Harris, George Kirby, the Banana Splits

Mon, Nov 18, 1968

Sketches include Rosemary visits the cocktail party, Phil Harris presents Sock it to Me, News of the past, present, & future, Victor as postmaster salutes the post office, Dan's discovery of the week, Blue max film, Rosemary joins Dan & Dick. Featuring Victor Borge, George Kirby, and Rosemary Clooney.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Guest Starring Tiny Tim and Phyllis Diller

Mon, Nov 25, 1968

Sketches include Tiny Tim the musketeer, Big Al's sports news, Tyrone F. Hornie visits Gladys, Phyllis introduces the news, Tiny Tim and cast sing of stout-hearted men, and Phyllis, Rod, and Tiny Tim "explore" beautiful downtown Burbank. Featuring Phyllis Diller, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Billy Barnes, and Tiny Tim.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Guest Starring Liberace

Mon, Dec 2, 1968

Billy Graham blesses the cast; Freud's campus report; Fickle Finger points at sewing machines; salute to dance class; Goldie presents Stranger than Truth. With Joseph Cotten, Tony Curtis, Murray Langston, Peter Lawford, and Cliff Robertson.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Guest Starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Mon, Dec 16, 1968

Sketches include Harem production number, Three wise men, Big Al's sports segment, Mr. and Mrs. Claus, Rock Hudson meets Gladys, Political Christmas carol, King Arthur, Alan & Arte's jail cell orgy film, Windup Judy doll, and the Fickle finger of fate goes to toy manufacturers. Features Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Barbara Bain, Guy Lombardo, and Jack Benny.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Guest Starring Kate Smith, Vincent Price and Rich Little

Mon, Dec 30, 1968

Sketches include Cocktail Party, Roller derby girl sings and dances, News of the past, present, and future, Kate Ballard self-love song, Picasso statues, Singing Judge production number, and Tiny Tarzan Interview. Featuring Harry Belafonte, John Wayne, James Garner, Shelly Berman and Flip Wilson.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Guest Starring Peter Falk

Mon, Jan 6, 1969

Sketches include Hula girl news, Coach Peter Falk, Peter in 'Poor Rich People', Fickle finger of fate goes to the drug industry of America, Peter as the lone ranger, Valet bits with Goldie, and the Mod, Mod world of doctors. Featuring Peter Falk, Marcel Marceau, Jack Benny, and Henny Youngman.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Guest Starring Peter Lawford

Mon, Jan 13, 1969

Sketches include Spaceman arrival, Witches brew, Johnny fills in for Dick, Peter interviews Judy the axe murderer, School of memory improvement, Religious summit, Visit to Tall Pine National Park, Fickle finger of fate goes to candy importers, and Paul ventriloquizes. Featuring Johnny Carson, Paul Winchell, and Billy Barnes.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Guest Starring Nancy Sinatra

Mon, Jan 20, 1969

News of the Past, Present, and Future; Dan and Dick introduce Richard Nixon; Hindu news; Fickle Finger points at the Land Mgmt Bureau; a salute to police. George Gobel, Guy Lombardo, Nancy Sinatra, and the Smothers Brothers.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ No Guest Star

Wed, Jan 29, 1969

Mod World of Unions; classical news; cooking dehydrated food; Fickle Finger goes to Major League Baseball managers; Jack Benny, Troy Donahue, Frank Gorshin, Zsa Zsa Gabor, George Jessel, Shelley Winters.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Guest Starring Don Rickles

Mon, Feb 3, 1969

Don on the Joke Wall; Tyrone and Gladys on the park bench; circus news; Big Al's sports segment; Cocktail Party; bird calls; Mod World of the United Nations. Liberace, Rich Little, Don Rickles, Cliff Robertson, and Carol Worthington.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Guest Starring Davy Jones

Mon, Feb 10, 1969

This Valentine's Day theme show features teen heartthrob Davy Jones of The Monkees.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Guest Starring Tiny Tim

Mon, Feb 17, 1969

Sketches include Tiny Tim at the cocktail party, Lifeboat runners, Tiny Tim in Valentine's news, Aging stripper, Fickle finger of fate goes to the NYPD, Guy wishes everyone a happy new year, Dan & Dick prisoner runner, and Remembering the Andrews sisters. Featuring Tiny Tim, Jack Benny, and Guy Lombardo.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Guest Starring Connie Stevens

Mon, Feb 24, 1969

Vaudeville opening; Fickle Finger goes to Dallas, Texas; mistake of the week; Mod World of the FBI. Mel Brooks, Peter Falk, Hugh Hefner, Lena Horne, Rock Hudson, Peter Lawford, Bob Newhart, Connie Stevens, Tiny Tim.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Guest Starring James Garner

Mon, Mar 3, 1969

Three monks runner; bus stop malapropisms; We Can't Top This; Ann Miller news; Fickle Finger visits the Wichita Rifle Company. Tony Curtis, James Garner, Ann Miller, Smothers Brothers, Forrest Tucker, Robert Wagner, Shelley Winters.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Guest Staring Flip Wilson

Mon, Mar 10, 1969

Vaudeville opening; quickies; Nudist Camp visit; war's effect on lovemaking; racist cops; psychedelic news; Robot Theater; Cocktail Party; James Drury, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Gina Lollabrigida, Doug McClure, Flip Wilson.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ Guest Starring Sammy Davis, Jr.

Mon, Mar 17, 1969

Here comes the Judge; the Lone Ranger; tribute to income tax; Sammy Davis Jr. visits Gladys and Tyrone; geisha news song; cocktail party, Mod World of the Future. Ann Miller and Garry Moore.

25Season 2

S2.E25 ∙ Guest Starring Tony Curtis

Mon, Mar 24, 1969

Cocktail Party; Defense Department's phone director; minstrel news; Robot Theater; subway quickies; beatnik history lesson; Dick and Tony Curtis in a Marine recruiting center. Perry Como, Laurence Harvey, Flip Wilson.

26Season 2

S2.E26 ∙ Season Two Finale

Mon, Mar 31, 1969

Vaudeville opening; quickies; lecture on electricity; ethnic news songs; Here Comes the Judge; Cocktail Party; a Walnettos ode; nun sketch. George Gobel, Billy Graham, Werner Klemperer, George Schlatter, Tiny Tim, Arthur Walsh.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Guest Starring Debbie Reynolds, Peter Sellers and Johnny Carson

Mon, Sep 15, 1969

Sketches including clown opening, General Bullwright monologue, Fickle finger of fate, Cocktail party, Goldie the space traveler, Gladys & Tyrone on the park bench, Roman orgy runner, and News of the past, present & future. Featuring Johnny Carson and Peter Sellers

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Guest Starring Diana Ross and Michael Caine

Mon, Sep 22, 1969

Sketches including Vaudeville joke segment, Uncle Al the Kiddy's Pal, Diana's Aaooga song, Mod, Mod World of song, News of the past, present, and future, Our man in Washington, and Judy and Arte's robot theater. Featuring Michael Caine and Diana Ross.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Guest Starring Sonny & Cher

Mon, Sep 29, 1969

After appearing separately, Sonny and Cher appear together and sock it to each other. Mod Mod World looks at status and General Bull Wright appears again.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Guest Starring The Monkees

Mon, Oct 6, 1969

This week's show features the final television appearance of The Monkees, by this time reduced to a trio.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Guest Starring Jack E. Leonard

Mon, Oct 13, 1969

Jack E. Leonard joins the cast in exercising and tap dances to the News song. Laugh-In looks at the younger generation's vocabulary and jokes about hospital visits. Lana Wood appears on a boat and her name is joked about.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Guest Starring Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson and Romy Schneider

Mon, Oct 20, 1969

Organized crime is saluted while the news looks at Ben Franklin's invention of the printing press. Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, and Romy Schneider guest.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Guest Starring Flip Wilson (Again)

Mon, Oct 27, 1969

Flip Wilson guests and helps the cast look at the presidency with additional aid from Jack Riley as LBJ.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Guest Starring Buddy Hackett

Mon, Nov 3, 1969

Buddy Hackett returns and helps the cast look at other countries around the world.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Guest Starring Carol Channing

Mon, Nov 10, 1969

Guest Carol Channing plays a child actress now UN representative. She teams with Goldie Hawn in a song and dance number. Carol also portrays one half of the richest couple.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Guest Starring Sid Caesar

Mon, Nov 17, 1969

The female cast members dress up as Bette Davis and do their best impressions of the star. Sid Caesar as a galley slave makes wisecracks to Henry Gibson. A look at the news is comical and far reaching. Burbank jokes continue.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Guest Starring Sammy Davis, Jr. (Again)

Mon, Nov 24, 1969

Sammy Davis Jr., Arte Johnson, and Henry Gibson sing a song about being short. Dan Rowan plays a psychiatrist with different cast members as patients. Various performers take on Sammy who portrays a western gunslinger.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Guest Starring Englebert Humperdinck

Mon, Dec 1, 1969

The main theme of the show is privacy or the lack thereof. Jo Anne Worley and Dan Rowan repeat a skit where he is homeless person asking for a cigarette. Jokes are made about Englebert Humperdinck's name.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Guest Starring Phyllis Diller

Mon, Dec 8, 1969

The guys perform a song about the importance of truth. At one point most of the cast dresses in a polka dot, wide middle outfits, tell jokes and run into each other.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Guest Starring Greer Garson

Mon, Dec 15, 1969

Greer Garson guests as the Farkle Family makes its debut. Also, the cast takes a look at extremism and the news is presented by the ladies dressed as Mae West.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Guest Starring Miss Nancy Sinatra

Mon, Dec 29, 1969

Nancy Sinatra joins the cast to take a look at the Sexy Sixties. Lily Tomlin makes her series debut.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ Guest Starring James Garner For the Second Time

Mon, Jan 5, 1970

Guest James Garner appears as a police officer, an Indian, and someone thrown into jail. The cast finds the voice of the "Silent Majority." Mod World focuses on the American Indian.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Guest Starring Jonathan Winters

Mon, Jan 12, 1970

Jonathan Winters becomes Maude Prickett who visits the Farkle family. Later Maudie is on the park bench with Arte's old man and Buzzi's purse woman. Mod, Mod World looks at the American tourist. Arte addresses militant Eskimos.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Guest Starring Peter Lawford Again

Mon, Jan 19, 1970

Peter Lawford appears as a telegraph messenger who is sent th the Farkle household. He then portrays George Washington and a British Colonial Officer. General Bull Right expresses his opinion on today's youth.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Guest Starring Tony Curtis Again

Mon, Jan 26, 1970

Tony Curtis stops by to help the cast salute show business and play Grandfather Farkle who has a new baby.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Guest Starring Jack Benny

Mon, Feb 2, 1970

Jack Benny is rushed through several bits that don't happen, while Ernestine calls President 'Milhouse' and Mod Mod World looks at work.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Guest Starring Carl Reiner

Mon, Feb 9, 1970

Carl Reiner helps the cast look at a Russian version of Laugh-In while Tyrone tries to propose to Gladys and the Farkle Family debuts their dance.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Guest Starring Dan Blocker

Mon, Feb 16, 1970

Dan Blocker helps the cast look at the weird, weird world and plays a Native American chief who meets the Founding Farkel Family. Also, the girls sing the news theme as the Marx Brothers.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ Guest Starring Ringo Starr

Mon, Feb 23, 1970

Ringo Starr is forefront in a number of skits. Arte Johnson as little old man buys a wedding ring for Gladys Ormsby played by Ruth Buzzi. Henry Gibson is an inept skyjacker. The Pentagon wins Fickle Finger of Fate for the third time.

24Season 3

S3.E24 ∙ Guest Starring Danny Kaye

Mon, Mar 2, 1970

Guest Danny Kaye is a rival chef to Arte Johnson in the Italian king's kitchen. Then Kaye is the bride's father to Ruth Buzzi's Gladys. The cast looks at the generation gap. Ernestine places a call to LA mayor Sam Yorty.

25Season 3

S3.E25 ∙ Guest Starring Milton Berle

Mon, Mar 9, 1970

Milton Berle takes a lot of abuse from the cast while also hosting Tyrone's bachelor party. Goldie turns into General Bull Wright during the news and the Farkel Family find foundlings on their doorstep.

26Season 3

S3.E26 ∙ The Wedding of Tyrone and Gladys

Mon, Mar 16, 1970

The wedding of Tyrone and Gladys arrives and Carol Channing gives the bride away. She also sings with Teresa Graves, plays the maid hired to help the Farkle Family, and dances the news theme with the girls.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Guest Starring Art Carney

Mon, Sep 14, 1970

Sketches include Intro to Lily's tasteful lady and Ruth's friendly lady (hooker), Art's employment agency, Cocktail party, Tyrone F. Hornie and Gladys, Dick Martin swizzlers, Sneak a peek at stiffie, Art and the electric chair, News of the past, present, and future, and Jilly says goodnight. Featuring Art Carney, Chet Dowling, Jilly Rizzo, and Carol Ann Richards.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Don Rickles Strikes Back

Mon, Sep 21, 1970

Don Rickles returns and helps the cast look at showbiz, including a used joke lot. Ruth and Barbara sing the news theme as wooden soldiers.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Guest Starring Goldie Hawn

Mon, Sep 28, 1970

Goldie Hawn returns. Ruth Buzzi, Lily Tomlin, Alan Sues, and Goldie sing a song regarding the rumors about Goldie's life. The cast takes a look at women's lib. Goldie as Sparkle Farkle brings her fiancee to meet the family.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Guest Starring Ken Berry

Mon, Oct 5, 1970

Guest Ken Berry portrays a tap dancer, a stockbroker, and King Henry VIII at his worse in various skits. The entire cast takes a humorous look at the funeral business. The Department of Interior is awarded the Fickle Finger of Fate.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Guest Starring Tim Conway

Mon, Oct 12, 1970

Special guest Tim Conway is a caveman, a ballet dancer, and a hard hat in various sketches. The theme of the show is the world of alcohol. The Farkle family returns, welcoming Flipper as portrayed by Mr. Conway.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Guest Starring Zero Mostel

Mon, Oct 19, 1970

Zero Mostel helps the cast look at the mafia. This includes Dick as a mafia boss's son who would rather be a ballerina. Zero also plays a man who goes through a typical day just wanting a little peace and quiet.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Vincent Price, Rod Serling, Orson Welles

Mon, Oct 26, 1970

Halloween special Boo-In sketches include Things that go bump in the night song, Ruth the fortune teller, Orson and Alan's monster sketch, Spooky cocktail party, Vincent on the joke wall, Trick or treat runners, Orson goes to the dry cleaner's, and Witch burning. Featuring Orson Welles, Billy Barnes, and Vincent Price.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Carol Channing, Jilly Rizzo

Mon, Nov 2, 1970

Carol Channing returns and helps the cast salute mothers. She also sings the news theme as Marlena Dietrich. Dan Rowan plays a psychiatrist trying to help cast members.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Carl Reiner and Jilly Rizzo

Mon, Nov 9, 1970

Guest Carl Reiner portrays William Shakespeare and the first occupant of a honeymoon suite. He appears as Marty Farkle in a Farkle family skit. The Mod Mod World looks at the news media.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Bob Newhart, Desi Arnaz

Mon, Nov 16, 1970

Bob Newhart comes on to play Adam to Ruth Buzzi's Eve and try to make a Burbank 12 Days of Christmas. Dick wears a skirt during the monologue and Mod Mod World looks at the weird world.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Guest Starring Desi Arnaz

Mon, Nov 23, 1970

The show welcomes Desi Arnaz who plays a sky jacker and a bum. Arte Johnson tries to fix a sink which refuses to work. The cast features the world of brevity. Dennis as Eric Clarified discusses troop withdrawal.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Ricardo Montalbán

Mon, Nov 30, 1970

The cast gives drinks based on celebrities personalities. Mod Mod World looks at education. Guests include Dinah Shore, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban, and Vincent Price.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Don Ho, Jilly Rizzo, Rod Serling, Phil Silvers

Mon, Dec 7, 1970

Sketches including Fake commercial, Quickies, Kissing booth runner, Past, present, and future news, Lady Godiva, Potpourri, and the Mod, Mod world of truth. Featuring Phyllis Diller, Roger Moore, Bob Hope and Romy Schneider.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Guest Starring Debbie Reynolds

Mon, Dec 14, 1970

Guest Debbie Reynolds portrays Charlie Chaplin and a circus knife thrower. She plays a flight attendant for Burbank Airlines. The Farkle family welcomes Fifi the black sheep who's Debbie. The cast parodies old time movie stars.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ William F. Buckley Jr.

Mon, Dec 28, 1970

Sam Yorty, mayor of Los Angeles, has his story portrayed. The cast does a year end review of 1970. Political conservative William F. Buckley offers commentary on women's lib and the population explosion.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Wilt Chamberlain, Sammy Davis Jr.

Mon, Jan 4, 1971

Guest Sammy Davis Jr., who is diminutive, squares off against the extremely tall Wilt Chamberlain. The comedy troupe looks at ethnic humor with Johnny Brown and Sammy recreating their version of Amos n Andy.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ So Long to Cigarette Commercials

Mon, Jan 11, 1971

Sketches include Alan gives Dinah singing lessons, News of the future predicts a stockmarket collapse, Surviving pollution, Gore discusses political science very carefully,Return of the Swizzlers, Cameo one-liners, Ruth presents army quickies, Quickies withSammy and Arte, and Gladys and Tyrone F. Hornie get romantic. Featuring JohnnyCarson, Dinah Shore, Gore Vidal, and Phyllis Diller.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Joey Bishop, Jilly Rizzo, David Steinberg, Ralph Edwards

Mon, Jan 18, 1971

Sketches include David opens the show, Graffiti tattoos, Marathon dance stars, ShirleyTemple blackouts, Joey rap quickies, Ali Baba runner, knitting runner, the Mod, Mod world of prisons, Electric chair runner, Dan and Arte's jailhouse sketch, Prison visit, Paroleboard, Playground update, and Ruth's Hollywood news. Featuring Joey Bishop, David Steinberg, Ralph Edwards, Jilly Rizzo.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ Guest Starring Andy Griffith

Mon, Jan 25, 1971

Andy Griffith visits beautiful downtown Burbank and helps the cast look at big cities. Wilt Chamberlain also guests and gets a lot of tall jokes.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ Claudine Longet, Marcello Mastroianni, Louis Nye

Mon, Feb 1, 1971

Marcello Mastroianni, Claudine Longet and Louis Nye join the fun as the cast salutes air travel.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ Herschel Bernardi, Truman Capote, Peter Lawford, Dinah Shore

Mon, Feb 8, 1971

Guest Dinah Shore makes fun of her image as a fan dancer. An comedy skit is built around Shore's smile. Laugh In cast looks at the working girl. Robinson Crusoe is "welcomed" home by his wife, portrayed by Dinah.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ Truman Capote, Chuck Connors, Sam Yorty

Mon, Feb 15, 1971

Truman Capote makes a rare appearance to be interviewed by Dan and Dick and ridicule Jacqueline Susann, while the cast leaves them laughing.

23Season 4

S4.E23 ∙ Peter Lawford, Roger Miller, George Raft, David Steinberg

Mon, Feb 22, 1971

Sketches include George threatens the cast, Dick, Lily, and Dennis have breakfast in bed, Dick visits the adult bookstore, Hippie hitchhiker quickies, Alan in Cinderella runners, Baseball film, the Mod, Mod world of psychiatry, Peter visits Lily's tasteful lady, Costume party runner, and Peter presents the news. Featuring Peter Lawford, George Raft, Jilly Rizzo, Lisa Moore and David Steinberg.

24Season 4

S4.E24 ∙ Richard Crenna

Mon, Mar 1, 1971

Laugh In's Mod World puts the spotlight on religion. Guest Richard Crenna portrays a clergyman, a lion, then is an agency spokesman that has been housing the poor in ritzy hotels. Richard baptizes Dennis Allen then heads to the White House with Dan and Dick.

25Season 4

S4.E25 ∙ Jack Benny, Johnny Carson, Bill Cosby, Sammy Davis Jr., Rich Little, Roger Miller, Claudine Longet, Rod Serling, Jilly Rizzo, Gore Vidal

Mon, Mar 8, 1971

Add a plot

26Season 4

S4.E26 ∙ Herschel Bernardi, Chuck Connors, Tim Conway, Phyllis Diller, Fernando Lamas, Louis Nye, George Raft

Mon, Mar 15, 1971

The gang run through several recurring bits, while the Farkel Family find another potential member at the ball game. Gen. Bull Right introduces a new kiddie show, while Gladys cleans up Tyrone's apartment(but not Tyrone).

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Raquel Welch

Mon, Sep 13, 1971

Sketches include Martha Mitchell's mystery phone calls, Raquel and Ruth duet, Henny challenges Bob, Gladys' dream, Ernestine calls the White House, Return of the Swizzlers, Honeymoon runners, and the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award. Featuring Raquel Welch, Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Henny Youngman, and Kent McCord.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Vida Blue, Roman Gabriel, Andy Granatelli, Joe Namath, Sugar Ray Robinson, Bill Russell, Doug Sanders, Vin Scully, Jill St. John, Willie Shoemaker

Mon, Sep 20, 1971

Sketches include Alan, Jill, and Sugar Ray's boxing blackout, Wife swapping, Lily in fake commercial, Sugar Ray meets Alan, Bill Russell locker room blackout, Edith Ann in the mystery person contest, Desert island runner, Lily cheerleader, Roman in football blackouts, and the Mod, Mod world of sports. Featuring Jill St. John, Roman Gabriel, Johnny Carson, William Shoemaker, and Sugar Ray Robinson.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Rita Hayworth

Mon, Sep 27, 1971

The show welcomes guest Rita Hayworth who portrays a hard hearted nurse and than a drunk idol. She reads poetry with Rowan & Martin plus joins the women in a Sadie Hawkins skit. Rita and Lily Tomlin perform a duet.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Karen Valentine

Mon, Oct 4, 1971

Sketches include Sunbathers quickie, Jacqueline meets Johnny, All-girl band production, Karen fake commercial, Stretcher running joke, Man-eating woman runner, Supermarket with Lily, Nudist camp runner, Nun runner, Ruth's gladiator dream, Dan and the swingers, Karate runner, and Gladys' dream. Featuring Karen Valentine, Jacqueline Susann, Mae West, Pat Morita, Johnny Carson, and Moosie Drier.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Tony Curtis, Frank Gorshin, Edward G. Robinson, Buffalo Bob Smith

Mon, Oct 11, 1971

The mystery person is revealed, and Ernestine calls China in advance of the President's trip. Mod World looks at the movies, Dan and Dick meet a one-man band, and the news looks at fashion, invasion of privacy, and a Hollywood marriage.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Richard Crenna, Janet Leigh

Mon, Oct 18, 1971

Richard Crenna appears and does his Walter Denton character. Mod World looks at toys and games and Ernestine calls Muhammad Ali.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Lee Grant

Mon, Oct 25, 1971

Lee Grant joins the show and sings a song with "Sexy Al,' while the news looks at fashion spies and Ted Mack tells about some of his wildest amateurs.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ 100th Anniversary with John Wayne

Mon, Nov 1, 1971

Rowan and Martin celebrate the 100th episode of 'Laugh-In' with a reunion of several original cast members. John Wayne and Tiny Tim also appear.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Liza Minnelli

Mon, Nov 8, 1971

Sketches include Hip hugger blackouts, Alan and Barbara in Bride and groom quickies, The birds and the bees, Vaudeville sketch, Jill in Partridge family blackout, the Mod, Mod world of families, Liza reading of the will sketch, Liza and Barbara song of the 30s, Divorce lawyer, and Breakfast with governor's family. Featuring Liza Minelli, Edward G. Robinson, Ralph Edwards, and Jill St. John.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ James Coco, Tony Curtis

Mon, Nov 22, 1971

James Coco stops by and helps the cast look at politics and plays a suave Romeo who has problems romancing his date. Also, spies have trouble with secret documents and Gladys dreams of Buffalo Bill.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ Perry Como, Three Dog Night

Mon, Nov 29, 1971

A cadre of film and TV villains invade Burbank, and Reed and Malloy from Adam-12 stop by to keep the peace. Three Dog Night performs during the cocktail party.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Carroll O'Connor

Mon, Dec 13, 1971

The Christmas episode with Carroll O'Connor, who plays Santa and a wise man and delivers a message from Archie Bunker. Gen. Bull Wright spends the holiday with his wife, the cast gives out Christmas gifts, and Gladys dreams of Santa.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Joe Namath

Mon, Dec 20, 1971

Joe Namath comes off the field and into the Laugh-In, helping the cast look at vacations and fending off Gladys as his dream wife. Charo, Queenie Smith, Burt Mustin and Petula Clark also appear.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ Buddy Hackett

Mon, Dec 27, 1971

Buddy Hackett returns and helps the cast salute health and fitness with exercise guru Jack LaLanne. Sally Struthers and Fannie Flagg also appear.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ Robert Goulet

Mon, Jan 3, 1972

Sketches include Robert sings, Lily's Tasteful lady scolds the cast, Gladys dreams of Robert, Robert's tunnel of love, Ruth as fortune teller, News of the past, present, and future, Big Al's spots news, Dick, Lily and Robert love machine, Lily cheerleader, the Mod, Mod world of year send, Busy doctors, and Tiny Tim visits the Cocktail party. Featuring Robert Goulet, Mona Tera, and Tiny Tim.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ James Coco, Fannie Flagg, Charles Nelson Reilly, Mort Sahl

Mon, Jan 10, 1972

Sketches include Henny nudist camp, Lily's tasteful lady, Ruth and Alan fake commercials, the Mod, Mod world of Manhattan, Salute to New York, Holdup blackouts, Perils of New York City, Mort press conference, Richard's Groucho runner, Alan and Ruth Tarzan quickie, Galley slaves and Charles quickies rap. Featuring Henny Youngman, Fanny Flagg, James Coco, Mort Sahl, and Charles Nelson Reilly.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ Carl Reiner

Mon, Jan 24, 1972

Sketches include Sally intro, Gladys' dream, Carl blackouts, Tattoo runner, the Mod, Mod world of television, Isolation booth, Carl and Lily soap opera, Ruth fortune teller, Partridge family takeoff, Dick and Carl duel, Lily entertainment editor, Lily answers the telephone, and Alan and Ruth beauty contest. Featuring Sally Struthers, Carl Reiner, Slappy White, and Sue Ann Langdon.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ Jack Carter, Chad Everett, Paul Lynde, John Wayne

Mon, Jan 31, 1972

Add a plot

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ Carol Channing

Mon, Feb 14, 1972

Liliy Tomlin as Ernestine handles an emergency call, while In another skit Richard Crenna is a sadistic dentist. Guest Carol Channing is crazy Clarathen is a less then graceful ballerina. Richard Dawson imitates Groucho Marx.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ Sandy Duncan

Mon, Feb 21, 1972

Sandy Duncan guests as the cast looks at the crazy world.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ Gene Hackman

Wed, Feb 2, 1972

Gene Hackman comes from The French Connection to help the cast look at life in small towns.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ Debbie Reynolds

Mon, Mar 6, 1972

Debbie Reynolds returns and helps the cast salute literature.

23Season 5

S5.E23 ∙ Steve Allen, John Wayne, Carol Channing, Charles Nelson Reilly, Terry-Thomas, Jo Ann Pflug, Gene Hackman

Mon, Mar 13, 1972

Jo Ann Pflug joins the cast to salute sex while Steve Allen plays Sen. Phillip Buster and answers questions on various subjects.

24Season 5

S5.E24 ∙ Sandy Duncan, Joe Namath, Jo Ann Pflug, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jean Stapleton

Mon, Mar 20, 1972

The cast takes a look at automobiles in the fifth season finale.

1Season 6

S6.E1 ∙ John Wayne

Mon, 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

2Season 6

S6.E2 ∙ Dyan Cannon

Mon, 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.

3Season 6

S6.E3 ∙ William Conrad

Mon, Sep 25, 1972

Meek mannered Bill Conrad rights wrongs as his alter ego Captain Amazing. Laugh-In salutes the Press. Nanette Fabray adds sign languages to her jokes. A quick peak at Safety in Cars. Frank Cannon meets the Farkels.

4Season 6

S6.E4 ∙ Lucie Arnaz

Mon, Oct 2, 1972

Lucie Arnaz portrays a tax consultant, a roller derby recruit, and a baby bird in the nest. The casts salutes the wold of adult books and magazines.

5Season 6

S6.E5 ∙ Michael Landon

Mon, Oct 9, 1972

Sketches include Lyle Waggoner as Dick Martin's double, Dan and Steve Allen as Hillbillies Barlow and Zeke, Laugh-In salutes Commercials and Frank Welker's animal impressions. Jud Strunk drives everybody away from the Party by telling a long story. The News segment is introduced by the girls as horse race jockeys and includes Dan and Dick as Pat and Mike from the Shambrock Network. Featuring Michael Landon, Mama Cass, Della Reese, Steve Allen, Frank Welker and Henny Youngman.

6Season 6

S6.E6 ∙ Jean Stapleton

Mon, Oct 16, 1972

Jean Stapleton joins the cuckoos to salute the family and does a song-and-dance number with Jud Strunk. She also plays a woman who hears music and has to go to a psychiatrist to find out why.

7Season 6

S6.E7 ∙ Jack Benny

Mon, Oct 23, 1972

The cast salutes the Revolutionary War while Jack Benny wanders about looking for the Dean Martin Show. Lester encounters a white Bill Cosby while the ladies sing the news theme as matadors.

8Season 6

S6.E8 ∙ Mike Connors

Mon, 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.

9Season 6

S6.E9 ∙ Sally Struthers

Mon, 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'sStammering 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 DonRickles.

10Season 6

S6.E10 ∙ James Caan

Mon, Nov 20, 1972

James Caan helps the cast salute Thanksgiving, does a spoof of The King and I with Dick, does a vaudeville song, and plays a soldier who volunteers for a dangerous mission. Cameos include Bob Crane, Nanette Fabray and Della Reese.

11Season 6

S6.E11 ∙ Carol Burnett

Mon, Nov 27, 1972

Carol Burnett joins the cast in saluting old time comics like W.C. Fields and Mae West and also plays the matriarch of a gang of thieves. The news looks at a man fasting for years and the China/Russia border.

12Season 6

S6.E12 ∙ Jack Klugman

Mon, Dec 4, 1972

Guest Jack Klugman is Filthy Farkle in a regular Farkle family skit. Jack portrays a dog delivering news from the animal world. Ruth Buzzi plays Gladys who daydreams she's wed to Jack who's as messy as his Oscar character.

13Season 6

S6.E13 ∙ Steve Lawrence, Steve Allen, Peter Marshall

Mon, Dec 11, 1972

Steve Lawrence guests in the series' final Christmas episode, including playing Santa, dueling Grouchos with Richard Dawson, and singing the news theme with the girls as snowflake fairies. Steve Allen answers questions as Mr. Know-It-All.

14Season 6

S6.E14 ∙ Howard Cosell, Alex Karras, Vin Scully, Mark Spitz

Mon, Dec 18, 1972

Laugh-In salutes sports again, with Howard Cosell, Alex Karras, Vin Scully and Mark Spitz. Malloy and Reid from Adam-12 make another patrol of beautiful downtown Burbank.

15Season 6

S6.E15 ∙ Don Rickles

Mon, Jan 8, 1973

Don Rickles returns and help the cast salute, of all things, good manners. Reed and Malloy return to patrol the streets and Don interviews Carmen Miranda.

16Season 6

S6.E16 ∙ Robert Goulet again

Mon, Jan 15, 1973

Guest Robert Goulet plays a Greek folk dancer, Sir Lancelot, and Bert Barks, a beauty pageant host. The cast parodies the hit Broadway musical Camelot.

17Season 6

S6.E17 ∙ Sammy Davis Jr.

Mon, Jan 22, 1973

Sammy Davis Jr. returns and helps the cast salute the '50's. The Judge returns to dispense some more hilarious justice, and we find out how he joined his father's act with the help of Willie Tyler and Lester.

18Season 6

S6.E18 ∙ Angie Dickinson, Totie Fields, Monty Hall, Frank Welker

Mon, Jan 29, 1973

The cast and guests look at the American presidency. Skits include a press conference handled like an evening talk show. The president practices drinking vodka before a Russia trip. A president stays in the White House after losing.

19Season 6

S6.E19 ∙ Phyllis Diller again

Mon, Feb 5, 1973

Special guest Phyllis Diller does a standup performance about her recent face lift. She plays classical piano, dances the French can can, then appears a a chicken. The entire cast salutes the jet set.

20Season 6

S6.E20 ∙ Ernest Borgnine, Arthur Godfrey, Don Rickles, John Wayne, Slappy White

Mon, 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 Johnfoxhole scene, Salute to California, Offshore drilling, Gambling blackout, Dan and Dickon Doris Day, Robot Theater, Indian smoke with John, and Dick's finale. Featuring Don Rickles, John Wayne, and Ruth Buzzi.

21Season 6

S6.E21 ∙ David Birney & Meredith Baxter-Birney

Mon, Feb 19, 1973

Guest Meredith Baxter and David Birney play an indignant wife and her husband who's has too much to drink. Then the married couple are two co-stars who carry their disagreement onto the movie set.

22Season 6

S6.E22 ∙ Johnny Carson, Sandy Duncan, Arthur Godfrey, Charlie Callas

Mon, Feb 26, 1973

In a Three Musketeers skit Charlie Callas, Johnny Carson, and Arthur Godfrey play the intrepid trio. Sandy Duncan portrays an off the wall art dealer. The entire cast looks at the world of circuses.

23Season 6

S6.E23 ∙ Dom DeLuise

Mon, Mar 5, 1973

Guest Dom DeLuise portrays an Apache dancer. Then he is Dominick the Great the amazing juggler, magician, but also a fraud. The cast salutes the world of actors.

24Season 6

S6.E24 ∙ Ernest Borgnine, Sammy Davis Jr., Robert Goulet, Rip Taylor, Jo Anne Worley

Mon, Mar 12, 1973

Sketches include Beauty parlor, Girdle shop visit with Edith-Ann, Drunk quickies, 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.