Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Karen Valentine
TV Flash files “Karen Valentine” as hour 97 of 141 in the TV Flash guide — Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1973) on NBC, season 5, episode 4, aired 1971-10-04, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E04: listed hour 97 of 141 in the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In guide, hour 4 of 24 in season 5. It aired 1971-10-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “James Brolin, Rita Hayworth, Doc Severinsen, Henny Youngman” (S05E03). Next is “Tony Curtis, Frank Gorshin, Edward G. Robinson” (S05E05).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Karen Valentine sit in the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In guide?
S05E04 is listed hour 97 of 141 — hour 4 of 24 in season 5, season 5 episode 4.
When did Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In S05E04 air?
Karen Valentine aired 1971-10-04 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
Dan Rowan co-hosted Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, the rapid-fire sketch explosion that made catchphrases a national sport. Straight-man cool opposite Dick Martin’s chaos helped sell counterculture on network prime time. On TV Flash he’s…
- Dick Martin as Host
Dick Martin co-hosted Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In as the chaos half of the velvet rope — rapid-fire sketch, catchphrases as national sport, guest-star politics in a bikini-joke factory. Straight man Dan Rowan sold the timeslot; Martin shook…
- Goldie Hawn as Regular
Goldie Hawn was a Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In regular — bikini-joke factory, catchphrases as national sport, a red carpet with a laugh track. TV Flash files her as 1960s variety voltage: the giggle the blackout needed, guest-star politics…
- Lily Tomlin as Regular
Lily Tomlin’s Laugh-In arrival was a second heat check — characters that outlive the timeslot in Rowan and Martin’s catchphrase factory. Telephone-operator cutaways, bikini-joke velocity, a Monday-night afterparty that sold rebellion…
- Arte Johnson as Regular
Arte Johnson was a Laugh-In regular whose catchphrases and character bits helped make rapid-fire sketch chaos a national sport. “Very interesting…” still echoes in variety-history rewatches. TV Flash files him as 1960s counterculture…
Also in season 5
- S05E01 Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, Buffalo Bob Smith, Raquel Welch, Kent McCord, Martin Milner, Henny Youngman, Martha Mitchell
- S05E02 Vida Blue, Roman Gabriel, Andy Granatelli, Joe Namath, Sugar Ray Robinson, Bill Russell, Doug Sanders, Vin Scully, Willie Shoemaker
- S05E03 James Brolin, Rita Hayworth, Doc Severinsen, Henny Youngman
- S05E05 Tony Curtis, Frank Gorshin, Edward G. Robinson
- S05E06 Richard Crenna, Janet Leigh
- S05E07 Lee Grant, Jill St. John, Willie Shoemaker