Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. The complete first season [DVD]/ executive producer and Laugh-In creator, George Schlatter ; [DVD] executive producer, David DiVona, Proven Entertainment.
Title from disc surface ; statement of responsibility from accompanying booklet. Bonus features (on disc 1): Laugh-In pilot (originally aired September 9, 1967); 25th Anniversary Cast Reunion Highlights; New interview with creator and executive producer George Schlatter; Laugh-In Bloopers. Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Pamela Austin, Ken Berry, Eileen Brennan, Ruth Buzzi, Judy Carne, Barbara Feldon, Henry Gibson, Goldie Hawn, Larry Hovis, Arte Johnson, Gary Owens, Jo Anne Worley, Dan Adams, Kaye Ballard, Harry Belafonte, Milton Berle, Joey Bishop, Sonny Bono, John Byner, Johnny Carson, Cher, Tim Conway, Sammy Davis Jr., Sally Field, Peter Lawford, Jerry Lewis, Ed McMahon, Jill St. John, Dinah Shore, Tom Smothers, Connie Stevens, Larry Storch, John Wayne, Flip Wilson, Tiny Tim. Originally broadcast as in 1968 on the NBC network; includes pilot which was originally broadcast on September 9, 1967.
Contents:
Bonus Features: Pilot Episode, Interview with George Schlatter, 25th Anniversary Cast Reunion, Laugh-In Bloopers. Episode 1: Joke Wall finale -- Present and Future ; body graffiti on Judy ; Flip as the caveman auctioning off the Kentucky Colonel ; Mod, Mod World of Higher Education -- Episode 2: Cocktail Party ; Salute to smoking ; election update ; Crazy elevator blackouts ; Henry's poem ; Flip on the neighborhood news ; Tribute to Obesity song ; Joke Wall finale -- Bonus Features: Pilot Episode, Interview with George Schlatter, 25th Anniversary Cast Reunion, Laugh-In Bloopers. Episode 6: Episode 3: The Temptations Sing. Cher as Pocahontas ; Cocktail Party ; Tim and Cher's Mountie duet ; Laugh-In does Shakespeare ; Salute to censorship ; Tim in Olympic athlete blackouts ; Joke Wall -- Episode 4: Mod, Mod World of Medicine ; Hospital Germ sketch ; Introduction of classified ads ; Wet weather report ; Lady Godiva interview ; Paul Gilbert blind juggler ; First intestinal microscopic camera ; Goldie Hawn pill song -- Episode 5: Mod, Mod World of Fashion and Glamour ; Cocktail party ; Goldie body graffiti ; Tribute to mothers-in-law ; Glamour song ; Protest song (I Hate Everything) ; Jungle blackouts ; News of the Past, Present and Future -- Episode 6: Cocktail Party ; Laugh-In girls sing Funny Old Man ; News of the Past, Present and Future ; Vespucci national anthem ; Dr. Joyce Mothers ; Marriage jokes ; Goldie body graffiti ; Marriage flight plans ; The Temptations Sing. Episode 10: Episode 7: Battle of the sexes song and dance. First appearance of Tyrone F. Horneigh ; Sir Terry-Thomas poetry ; Laugh-In Beautiful Girls Production ; Dueling conductors ; Italian lesson ; News of the Past, Present and Future ; We Love the Brits -- Episode 8: Cocktail Party ; Sonny and Seal ; Paul dummy disaster ; Paul Revere ; Military news song ; News of the Past, Present and Future ; Leprechaun interview ; Undertaker production ; Mod, Mod World of the Hereafter ; Fortune Teller -- g Episode 9: Cocktail Party ; News of the Past, Present and Future ; Russian submarine sinks American fishing boat ; Sammy introduces Here Comes the Judge ; Joey's news from the harem ; Bullfighters ; Mod, Mod World of the Olympics -- Episode 10: Cocktail Party ; Dancing Camel ; News of the Past, Present and Future ; Lemons Never Forget by the Bee Gees ; Flip on the Oval Office ; Battle of the sexes song and dance. Episode 14: Episode 11: News of the Past, Present and Future ; Flip as Pilgrim. Telephone player ; Paul and the dying dummy ; Revolutionary War discussion ; Javelin catcher ; USO Dancers under attack ; First astronaut comeback ; Mod, Mod World of Nursing -- Episode 12: Cocktail Party ; Roller derby girl sings and dances ; News of the Past, Present and Future ; Kaye Ballard self-love song ; Picasso statues ; Singing judge production number ; Tiny Tarzan interview -- Episode 13: Cocktail Party ; Stupendo the Great: The Man with the Iron Jaw ; News of the Past, Present and Future ; Mod, Mod World of Advertising ; Joke Wall -- Episode 14: Cocktail Party ; Sock it to me ; Here Comes the Judge ; News of the Past, Present and Future ; Flip as Pilgrim.
Summary:
The 60's gave us "in crowds," "be-ins" and "love-in," and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs through a rapid-fire assault of one-liners, skits, bits and non sequiturs that left viewers in hysterics and disbelief. Anything and anyone in the public eye was a target. Political correctness? Forget it! The groundbreaking, Emmy Award-winning show anchored the Monday 8 p.m. time slot on NBC until March 12, 1973. In this first season: Flip Wilson is Adam (now residing outside of the Garden of Eden); Tim Conway and Cher as John Smith and Pocahontas; a silent salute to presidential candidate George Wallace; a Mod, Mod World look at the Olympics - these are just a few of the zaniest things crammed into Season 1. The biggest news, however, is the first national television appearance of Tiny Tim, the ukelele-toting, falsetto-singing throwback to a bygone era of American pop music. He makes the rest of the cast seem normal - and Dan and Dick squirm. A perfect fit. He'll be back.
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