Laugh-In (TV Series) Angie Dickinson, Totie Fields, Monty Hall, Frank Welker (1973) User Reviews

Tired blood

[tforbes-2 · 5/10 · 22 March 2017]

By the end of January 1973, it was clear Laugh-In long had its best days behind. While it was fun to have Angie Dickinson as a guest star, one can tell that such skits as the Farkel Family had run out of steam.

Season 6 was marked by the departure of George Schlatter and Ed Friendly as executive producers; Dan Rowan and Dick Martin took over the role. With it came a major cast turnover, and one may wonder if this may have hurt the series.

The season started off decently, especially with a bunch of cheerleaders who appeared in the first few episodes. They were clearly absent by this time. Like it or not, the series was playing like a pre-recorded version of Saturday Night Live that was running on tired blood. In all fairness, jokes remained topical as ever.

But despite the appearance of Angie Dickinson, it was clear the end of the road was approaching.

Despite some pretty funny stuff in the first half-hour, this ep of "Laugh-In" got lamer as it went on...

[tavm · 3/10 · 2 March 2020]

Well, this ep of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" seemed to start funnily enough with some good blackout gags, some amusing cut-ins from Angie Dickinson about then-hubby Burt Bacharach, and a funny sketch about voice artist Frank Welker auditioning for sound effects work. But then come several skits about the presidency with many revolved around fictional ones and only a few about current occupant Richard Nixon with at least one about Watergate-the first on the show-that was lame as all get out! Lisa Farrington does some amusing cut-ins about being a Farmer's Daughter. At least she doesn't say "Whoopie" this time! Also appearing are Monty Hall and Totie Fields. In summary though, this was one of the more lamer "Laugh-In" eps I've seen yet.