ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN {RAQUEL WELCH} {SEASON FIVE PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of frenetically-paced comedy programs hosted by Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
This episode guest-stars actress Raquel Welch. Highlights include: a surprise appearance by political figure Martha Mitchell; an opening dialogue with Rowan and Martin joking about politics; surprise appearances by comedian Pat Morita and children’s show host Buffalo Bob Smith; a sketch featuring Welch with Ruth Buzzi’s “Gladys” character; a sketch featuring Morita as a Vietnamese guerilla general; several outtakes from a sketch featuring two police officer characters; a recurring gag in which (Alan Sues) is splashed with water at random times; a guest appearance by Johnny Carson as a masked “mystery person”; a “Laugh In Looks at the News” segment, including a sketch taking place in a British pub and a parody of an army recruitment commercial; a dance party segment; a sketch featuring Welch as a pizza deliverywoman in the Oval Office; a sketch featuring Sues as Tarzan and Buzzi as Jane; a dialogue featuring Martin as a representative of a travel agency; a sketch featuring Mitchell and Lily Tomlin’s “Ernestine” character; and the “Flying Fickle Finger of Fate” award. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:51:12
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:45339
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: TV - Comedy/Variety; Asian American Pacific Islanders Collection
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series - 1968-1973
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- George Schlatter … Executive Producer
- Paul W. Keyes … Producer, Writer
- Sheila Lauder … Associate Producer
- Mark Warren … Director
- Marc London … Writer
- David Panich … Writer
- Jim Mulligan … Writer
- Gene Farmer … Writer
- John Rappaport … Writer
- Stephen Spears … Writer
- Don Reo … Writer
- Allan Katz … Writer
- Rowby Greeber … Writer
- Gene Perret … Writer
- Bill Richmond … Writer
- Jack Wohl … Writer
- Billy Barnes … Music by
- Hugh Lambert … Choreographer
- Dan Rowan … Host
- Dick Martin … Host
- Gary Owens … Announcer
- Raquel Welch … Guest
- Martha Mitchell … Guest
- Pat Morita … Guest
- Buffalo Bob Smith … Guest
- Johnny Carson … Guest
- Ruth Buzzi … Cast
- Alan Sues … Cast
- Lily Tomlin … Cast
- Dennis Allen … Cast
- Johnny Brown … Cast
- Ann Elder … Cast
- Barbara Sharma … Cast
- Richard Dawson … Cast
- Larry Hovis … Cast