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Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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Dan Rowan (left) and Dick Martin (right), 1968
Also known as 'Laugh-In'
Genre Variety show
Created by
Directed by
  • Gordon Wiles
  • Mark Warren
Starring
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 6
No. of episodes 140 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time 45–48 minutes
Production company(s) George Schlatter-Ed Friendly Productions in association with Romart Inc.
Distributor
Release
Original network NBC
Original release January 22, 1968 (1968-01-22) – March 12, 1973 (1973-03-12)
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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 and featured, at various times, announcer Gary Owens, Goldie Hawn, Arte Johnson, Ruth Buzzi, Judy Carne, Jo Anne Worley, Henry Gibson, Alan Sues, Lily Tomlin, Teresa Graves, Larry Hovis, Chelsea Brown, Sarah Kennedy, Jeremy Lloyd, Dave Madden, Pigmeat Markham, Pamela Rodgers, Jud Strunk, Richard Dawson, Moosie Drier, and Johnny Brown.

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.


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