Please note that this is not a review of the overall seasons of "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" but of a "best of" special that aired on PBS a few years ago that I DVRed and just now watched. The clips though came from the various years the show was on the air and many of them were very funny with some really lame ones scattered through. I liked all the park bench skits with Ruth Buzzi and Arte Johnson playing the elderly folks with Arte always going after her sexually. I was also fascinated by Dan Rowan's "News of the Future" segments when he mentioned both a President Reagan (in 1988) and the fall of the Berlin Wall in exactly 1989! My favorite parts were the ones with a young Goldie Hawn who seemed totally spaced-out (in a good way!) whenever she did her lines which might have been the intention! Producer George Schlatter really picked a fine cast for this iconic show, that's for sure! He, along with many of the surviving cast members, appeared in the pledge breaks with him providing many fascinating insights during them. So on that note, if this was what the show was like during all that time, I can't wait to see some more eps if they ever become available.
Laugh-In
(1967–1973)
"The Best of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" was quite a blast to sit through!
17 August 2013