ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
The first in this series of frenetically-paced comedy programs hosted by Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
Highlights include the following: Rowan patiently explains the show's weekly format to Martin; attendees of a cocktail party offer one-liners; the "Sock it To 'Em" segment; a performance by falsetto ukulele player "Tiny Tim"; a "non-classical debut" of two opera singers; Martin's "tidbits from Tinseltown" and Rowan's news report from 1984, including updates on President Robert Kennedy; a report from Antarctica; an interview with the "very first man," Adam; a performance from The Strawberry Alarm Clock, to which Rowan objects, owing to the members "vandalism"; the "Mod, Mod World" segment, which examines the American family; an interview with the "Mother of the Year," a mom of 24 children who lives in an igloo; a scene from a sequel to the racial drama "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"; a scene of the First Family, in which President Johnson receives late-night visits from his daughters, Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, Senator Robert Kennedy and his large family and others; a performance of "Where Are Your Children Tonight?"; and a "salute to the establishment," in which the performers encourage one another to reach out to society's "fuddy-duddies." Martin and Rowan also preview the upcoming week's show. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: November 30, 1999 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:52:17
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:45340
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy/Variety
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1968-1973
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- George Schlatter … Producer
- Carolyn Raskin … Associate Producer
- Gordon Wiles … Director
- Paul Keyes … Writer
- Allan Manings … Writer
- Hugh Wedlock … Writer
- Chris Beard … Writer
- David Panich … Writer
- Phil Hahn … Writer
- Jack Hanrahan … Writer
- Coslough Johnson … Writer
- Marc London … Writer
- Digby Wolfe … Writer
- Ian Bernard … Conductor
- Andre Tayir … Choreographer
- Dan Rowan … Host, Performer
- Dick Martin … Host, Performer
- Gary Owens … Announcer
- Tiny Tim (see also: Herbert Khaury) … Guest, Performer
- Strawberry Alarm Clock, The … Guest, Performer
- Pamela Austin … Cast
- Barbara Feldon … Cast
- Flip Wilson … Cast
- Ruth Buzzi … Cast
- Judy Carne … Cast
- Henry Gibson … Cast
- Larry Hovis … Cast
- Arte Johnson … Cast
- Jo Anne Worley … Cast
- Ben Wrigley … Cast
- Everett Dirksen
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Robert Kennedy