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charlene · 05-25-2008, 06:11 AM

Laugh-In was a great show. I have so many memories of all the talented and funny people in all of those hilarious sketches...They were often on the cutting edge of political satire and humour and for the times it was quite a daring thing to do..The Smothers Brothers went too far and were unfortunately cancelled. Ruth Buzzi and Arte Johnson on that park bench makes me laff just thinking about it..It was a brilliant show and Rowan and Martin were hilarious. Makes me wish that they showed the re-runs nowadays instead of the crap that passes for comedy on Tv these days..
Even tho the subject matter may be dated the essence of it still holds true in many cases.

He was 86 tho so that's a pretty good kick at the can..

05-25-2008, 06:11 AM	#2
charlene Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 16,001	Re: Dick Martin passed away. How sad for us oldsters. Laugh-In was a great show. I have so many memories of all the talented and funny people in all of those hilarious sketches...They were often on the cutting edge of political satire and humour and for the times it was quite a daring thing to do..The Smothers Brothers went too far and were unfortunately cancelled. Ruth Buzzi and Arte Johnson on that park bench makes me laff just thinking about it..It was a brilliant show and Rowan and Martin were hilarious. Makes me wish that they showed the re-runs nowadays instead of the crap that passes for comedy on Tv these days.. Even tho the subject matter may be dated the essence of it still holds true in many cases. He was 86 tho so that's a pretty good kick at the can..