Dan Rowan and
Dick Martin began the sixth and final season of Laugh-In on September 11th, 1972. Their final show aired March 12th, 1973 and when I was watching the show for the last time I knew TV would never be the same. The show was nothing more than remarkable. The joke wall,
The Fickle Finger of Fate, Here comes the judge, where the best parts of the show. They made you laugh and laugh and laugh. We would watch the show and then talk about it the next day at school. Lily Tomlin was great as the operator. The cast and the guests cracking jokes on the joke wall would keep us laughing all the way through the week.
The final season guest list was spectacular. Jack Benny, Carol Burnett, Johnny Carson,
Dom DeLuise, Sammy Davis Jr., Phyllis Diller,
John Wayne would make us laugh and enjoy comedy at its best. The cast of Ruth Buzzi, Lilly Tomlin, Arte Johnson,
Gary Owens, along with Dan Rowan and Dick Martin would bring joy to our hearts especially during such troubling times. Vietnam War as well as
Watergate and college protests would be the headlines of the day. The opportunity to laugh at some of those terrible things made it a little better.
New cast members would include
Patti Deutsch,
Jud Strunk, Willie Tyler and Sarah Kennedy and they fit in right away with the old Timers quite well. The show was groundbreaking from the get go and would never stop all along the way.
Time Life brings this final season to us on DVD on September 4th, 2018. The re-mastered final season is excellent on DVD. I mean the quality of the six DVD set is perfect. The sights and sounds are exquisite. Purely and simply this is history of TV at its best. It will make a beautiful addition to that personal library and you will always watch the show over and over again. So get this one quick and enjoy the last season of
Laugh-In.
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