Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Sammy Davis, Jr.
TV Flash files “Sammy Davis, Jr.” as hour 134 of 141 in the TV Flash guide — Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1973) on NBC, season 6, episode 17, aired 1973-01-22, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E17: listed hour 134 of 141 in the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In guide, hour 17 of 24 in season 6. It aired 1973-01-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Robert Goulet” (S06E16). Next is “Angie Dickinson, Totie Fields, Monty Hall” (S06E18).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Sammy Davis, Jr. sit in the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In guide?
S06E17 is listed hour 134 of 141 — hour 17 of 24 in season 6, season 6 episode 17.
When did Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In S06E17 air?
Sammy Davis, Jr. aired 1973-01-22 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 6
- S06E01 Isaac Hayes, Kent McCord, Martin Milner, Jill St. John, John Wayne
- S06E02 Sebastian Cabot, Dyan Cannon, Janet Leigh, Julie London
- S06E03 William Conrad, Bob Crane, Nanette Fabray, Henry Mancini
- S06E04 Lucie Arnaz, Rich Little, Ross Martin
- S06E05 Steve Allen, Mama Cass Elliott, Michael Landon, Della Reese, Henny Youngman
- S06E06 Jack Benny, James Farentino, Michele Lee, Peter Marshall, Hugh O'Brian, Charles Nelson Reilly