Rowan and Martin
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | |
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Dan Rowan (left) and Dick Martin (right), 1968
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| Also known as | 'Laugh-In' |
| Genre | Variety show |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 140 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company(s) | George Schlatter-Ed Friendly Productions in association with Romart Inc. |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | January 22, 1968 – March 12, 1973 |
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (often simply referred to as Laugh-In) is an American sketch comedy television program that ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973, on the NBC television network. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. Laugh-In originally aired as a one-time special on September 9, 1967, and was such a success that it was brought back as a series, replacing The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on Mondays at 8 pm (ET). The title of the show was a play on the "love-ins" or "be-ins" of the 1960s hippie culture, terms that were, in turn, derived from "sit-ins", common in protests associated with civil rights and antiwar demonstrations of the time. In 2002, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In was ranked number 42 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Laugh-In had its roots in the humor of vaudeville and burlesque, but its most direct influences were Olsen and Johnson's comedy (such as the free-form Broadway revue Hellzapoppin'), the innovative television works of Ernie Kovacs, and the topical satire of That Was The Week That Was. The show was characterized by a rapid-fire series of gags and sketches, many of which conveyed sexual innuendo or were politically charged. The co-hosts continued the exasperated straight man (Rowan) and "dumb" guy (Martin) act which they had established as nightclub comics.
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