Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Jim Backus, Greer Garson, Andy Griffith, Carl Reiner
TV Flash files “Jim Backus, Greer Garson, Andy Griffith, Carl Reiner” as hour 76 of 141 in the TV Flash guide — Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1973) on NBC, season 4, episode 9, aired 1970-11-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E09: listed hour 76 of 141 in the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In guide, hour 9 of 26 in season 4. It aired 1970-11-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Carol Channing” (S04E08). Next is “Bob Newhart” (S04E10).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Jim Backus, Greer Garson, Andy Griffith, Carl Reiner sit in the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In guide?
S04E09 is listed hour 76 of 141 — hour 9 of 26 in season 4, season 4 episode 9.
When did Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In S04E09 air?
Jim Backus, Greer Garson, Andy Griffith, Carl Reiner aired 1970-11-09 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch Laugh-In in order, or hop?
Hop. It is a sketch variety hour, not a serial. Guest lists are the chapter titles. Start with the 1967 pilot special or a season-2 guest stack if you want the velocity at full boil.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch the after-party that got a timeslot: catchphrases as national sport, guest-star politics in a bikini-joke machine, and the hour a presidential candidate walked into a punchline. Sketch velocity with velvet-rope heat — still the template for treating celebrity as a blackout gag.
The hand was on the joke wall for exactly one blackout, then gone — sock it to me, beautiful downtown Burbank, a bikini with graffiti that the censors negotiated like a treaty. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In did not wait for an after-party. It was the after-party, 1968 on NBC, a Monday-night crime scene of catchphrases, guest-star cameos, and a pace that treated the remote like a cocktail shaker. If you only watched the hosts' tuxedos, you missed the show. The heat was in the cutaways, the Tramp, the telephone…
Filed against
- Dan Rowan as Host
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- Dick Martin as Host
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- Goldie Hawn as Regular
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- Lily Tomlin as Regular
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- Arte Johnson as Regular
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