Blast From The Past "Rowan & Martin's Laugh In"
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A TV channel today showed a bunch of episodes from
this comic variety show (started 1968). Lots of
hippie-dippy psychedelic-scene aspects, dumb but
funny jokes and short sketches, frenetic pace.
Lots of guest stars from the time - including John
Wayne, a young Michael Cain, The Monkeys, Liberace,
Sammy Davis Jr and new ones every show. Don Rickles
was good. Plenty of jokes about LBJ, Nixon and
the Vietnam War - relevant topics for the late 60s.
One song-n-dance sketch was in anticipation of
the Apollo 11 moon flight.
And yes, I'm old enough to remember the late 60s
and the original run of this show.
Oh, this is where Goldie Hawn got famous - affecting
the stereotype "ditzy blond". What a cutie ! She
soon won an Academy Award (best supporting) in a
"Cactus Flower" and did a number of others with well-
reviewed performances including, later, "Shampoo",
the gritty "Sugarland Express" and "Private Benjamin".
For Laugh-In ... tight and not-too-many clothes,
day-glo body paint and always-chipper attitude :-)
All very 60s ... very "Austin Powers" ... very fun.
[Wokie Trigger Warning - There ARE ethnic jokes
and sex sterotypes, however bits of gay stuff are
just included without derogatory comment]
[Sane People Trigger Warning - this post includes
a Wokie Trigger Warning]
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