I actually saw Rowan and Martin live at the Allentown Fair in Pennsylvania in 1968. They opened for the Cowsills or the Fifth Dimension, I'm not sure which. JoAnn Worley, Arte Johnson, Henry Gibson and Goldie Hahn were also there. I remember Dick reciting the following: "I finally found the girl I loved, I could not ask for more, she's deaf and dumb and oversexed and owns a liquor store." My absolute favorite one-liner was from the Halloween show. Dan was dressed as a vampire, with a wooden steak in his chest and fake blood coming out. He sings "Peg of my heart..." and starts laughing. They re-played the bit several times over. I was fairly young (about 11) when Laugh-In was on so the sex jokes weren't funny to me. I vividly remember Nixon's "Sock it to me?" line, and Johnny Carson coming on (wearing a skimpy mask and doing his joke and golf swing schtick) as the mystery guest. Also, News of the Future, twenty years from now: 1989... Dan read "President Reagan today..." and the laugh track went up. I guess it wasn't so funny when it really happened.

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[My favorite episode] has to be Goldie Hahn holding up a candle burning at each end, and saying "Mother was Wrong! with that classic wide-eyed smile of hers.

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I've been a Laugh-In fan for many years. We (my father and brothers) watch it on nick at nite and it was funny. Though we were young (I just turned 24) didn't understand much of the jokes, our favorite was Arte Johnson as the German soldier, "Very Interesting, But Stupid." But one memory sticks out the most. On Sept. 10, 2001, I found a record from the show, on the Epic label. I was so thrilled about it, but the next day would be a day that change my life. In the end the show and record has kept me laughing. Thanks to the wonderful cast who made it that way.

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I am a huge fan of the show because it's very unique in its time. I own both volumes of the show on DVD and out of the handful of episodes that I have watched (which is 40) the best one has to be when Goldie Hawn returned to the show as the "guest star" (It happened on September 28, 1970; which qualifies as a Super70s moment). That was hilarious. The best part comes during the news report when the women of "Laugh-In" (Ruth Buzzi, Lily Tolman, etc. ) do the "What's the News" song with Hawn (while wearing the same thing that she was wearing) and here was Goldie knowing the lines word for word while the rest of the women can't know the lyrics and they're getting murdered! It only got funnier after when Dick Martin said his famous line, "Take it away, Goldie" in which she's standing by the podium announcing the News of the Future, waiting for Dan Rowan to take over (like she did so many times before) and here comes Rowan and instead of telling her that she did good or she goofed up, he tells her that he ALREADY did the News of the Future! Priceless!! Also, Goldie talking with the (at the time) new cast members Nancie Phillips and Barbara Sharma is another highlight.

If this groundbreaking show can be summed up in one episode, this was the one right here.

--Nonihead

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Laugh-In was my favorite show of all time! I was a Junior in high school when it came out. It was 1968 and I was becoming very politically active. The show was so contemporary and outrageous. . . I loved it!

My favorite was always and will always be Arte Johnson. I was so in love with him for years!

My favorite episode is the one with Danny Kaye as the guest star. If you haven't seen it, you really shouldn't miss it.

--Laurel

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I love when the ladies all sing about what's the news across the nation. The different looks the're have everyone week was funny and they'd interduce Dan.

JoAnne Worley and her Bowa's, Goldie with a dizty giggles, everyone on the show was funny I loved when nick at night had it on reruns

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I first watched Laugh-In aged 9 on my parents monochrome TV set in 1967 in the UK. Was I the youngest fan?! I loved it! It was my absolute favourite programme. I giggled virtually the whole way through each show. I especially loved Jo-Ann Worley lifting her feather boa to reveal a pregnant tummy after singing things like "I've got you under my skin" and "There's always something there to remind me, etc! I'm astonished to still see so much of it so clearly in my mind's eye and I do wish it were shown again on British TV. Every time I see Goldie Hawn or Lily Tomlin in films I think of them in their Laugh-in personas. I'd really love to see the the DVDs and I'm sure I'll still giggle, though possibly at different things for different reasons! The reality is probably that I'm still fundamentally 9 and still laugh at very silly things. Say goodnight, Dick!

--Anne Nonymous

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I loved this show, my favorite scene was when John Wayne walked out on stage carrying that big flower and recited this poem.
"Roses are red and violets are green. Get off your butts and join the Marines"