Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In was an American comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968 to May 14, 1973. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and was broadcast over NBC. It replaced The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in the time-slot of Mondays at 8:00 PM on NBC. January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... A comedian (also comedienne, female) is a person who attempts to make people laugh through a variety of methods, normally through joke telling. ... Daniel Hale Rowan (Dan) (July 22, 1922 - September 22, 1987) was an American comedian. ... Dick Martin on Match Game 78. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was an American television series that ran on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January 15, 1968, for 104 episodes. ...

The title, Laugh-In, came out of events of the 1960s hippie culture, such as "love-ins" or "be-ins." These were terms that were, in turn, derived from "sit-ins," common in protests associated with civil rights and anti-war demonstrations of the time. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Singer at contemporary Russian Rainbow gathering Hippie, usually spelled hippy in the United Kingdom, refers to a subgroup of the 1960s and early 1970s counterculture that began in the United States, becoming an established social group by 1965 before declining during the mid-1970s. ... A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more persons nonviolently occupying an area for protest, often political, social, or economic change. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... A man carries a sign at the September 24, 2005 anti-war protest, a demonstration in Washington, D.C. American Civil Rights March on Washington, leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963. ...

The show was characterized by a rapid-fire series of gags and sketches, many of which carried sexual innuendo. Others were politically charged and most were just silly. Rowan and Martin continued the exasperated straight man (Dan Rowan) and "dumb" guy (Dick Martin) act which had successfully established them as stand-up comics. Human sexuality is the expression of sexual feelings. ... Look up Innuendo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The use of a character who, by contrast, brings out the comic qualities of another character (or of other characters). ...

A typical episode's format

• Shortly after the beginning of the show was a scene called "The Cocktail Party", with all cast members plus assorted surprise celebrities dancing in a swinging 1960s party atmosphere, in between delivering one- and two-line jokes (this was later spoofed as the "At the Dance" sketch on The Muppet Show).
• "The Mod, Mod World" segment, with sketches based around a common theme, would be interspersed with footage of some of the female cast members go-go dancing in bikinis, their bodies painted with gags. (This was usually done by Goldie Hawn, Judy Carne and Chelsea Brown; Ruth Buzzi and Jo Anne Worley popped up rarely, as did frequent guest star Pamela Austin. In the 1969–1970 season, the chore was handled briefly by new castmembers Teresa Graves and Pamela Rodgers before the go-go dancing became the sole domain of uncredited extras.) Sometimes the segment was not called "Mod, Mod World," but the women dancing showed that it was that segment.
• The Farkle Family, a couple with a lot of kids — all of whom had flaming red hair and freckles just like the next-door neighbor (Ferd Berfle; played by Dick Martin). Father Frank never questioned this fact when Ferd visited the Farkles. Most "plots" were cheap excuses to force the cast into horrendous tongue-twisters. Flicker Farkle, the youngest (played by Buzzi), had no lines except screaming "Hiiii!!!"
• "Laugh-In Looks at the News," a parody of network news (introduced by a completely un-news-like song and dance number) commenting on current events, "News of the Past" which lampooned historical events, and a segment on "News of the Future," predicting unlikely or bizarre future news stories to comic effect. (Rowan actually nailed some, mentioning "President Ronald Reagan" in a story from "1988, 20 years from now," eliciting laughter from the audience. Another prediction—that the Berlin Wall would be destroyed in 1989—likewise came true, although the follow-up gag prognosticating that it would be "quickly replaced by a moat full of alligators" did not.) The news segment was reminiscent of NBC's earlier That Was The Week That Was and in turn was echoed a few years later by Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" segments. Saturday Night creator Lorne Michaels started his career as a writer for Laugh-In.
• The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate award, noting dubious achievements by the government or famous people.
• Judy Carne was often tricked into saying "Sock it to me," which then led to her being doused with water or otherwise assaulted. "Sock it to me" became a catch phrase for the show. During the September 16, 1968, episode, Richard Nixon, who was running for President, appeared for a few seconds and asked the question, "Sock it to me?" An invitation was extended to Nixon's opponent, Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, but he declined. According to George Schlatter, the show's creator, "Humphrey later said that not doing it may have cost him the election." An appearance by a politician on Laugh-In in its heyday would have had the same public impact as an appearance on Saturday Night Live during the latter show's peak years.
• At the end of every show, Dan Rowan turned to his co-host and said, "Say good-night, Dick," to which Martin replied, "Good-night, Dick" (varying a bit from the old George Burns and Gracie Allen radio show). The show then featured various cast members opening panels in a psychedelically painted 'joke wall' and telling short jokes to one another. As the show drew to a close and the general applause died down, the sound of Executive Producer George Schlatter's clapping continued even as the screen turned blank.

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Memorable cast members/guests and their running gags

• Arte Johnson portrayed a number of recurring characters, including:
  • Wolfgang, the Nazi soldier, commenting on the previous gag by saying "Verrry interesting", sometimes with additional comments such as "...but schtupit!" He would close each show by talking to Lucille Ball and the cast of Gunsmoke — both airing opposite Laugh-In on CBS; as well as whatever was airing on ABC.
  • Tyrone F. Horneigh (pronounced "hor-NIGH," presumably to satisfy the censors), the dirty old man coming on to Gladys Ormphby (Ruth Buzzi), seated on a park bench, who inevitably clobbered him with her purse. Both the Horneigh and Gladys characters returned in the "Nitwits" segments of the 1977 animated television show "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits".
  • Rosmenko, the Eastern European Man, who stood stiffly and nervously in an ill-fitting suit while commenting on differences between America and "The Old Country," such as "Here in America, is very good, everyone watch television. In Old Country, television watches you!" This predated a similar schtick by Yakov Smirnoff.
  • Rabbi Shankar (a pun on Ravi Shankar), an Indian guru dressed in a Nehru jacket dispensing pseudo-mystical Eastern wisdom laden with bad puns.
  • A man in a yellow raincoat riding a tricycle, crashing, and falling over, always accompanied by a signature musical sting.
• Announcer Gary Owens standing with his hand cupped over his ear, giving announcements, often with little relation to the rest of the show, such as (in an overly-dramatic voice) "Earlier that evening...".
• Ruth Buzzi in many roles, including:
  • Gladys Ormphby, a drab, though relatively young, spinster who was the eternal target of Arte Johnson's Tyrone; when Johnson left the series, Gladys retreated into recurring daydreams, often involving marriages to historical figures, including Christopher Columbus and Benjamin Franklin (both played by Alan Sues).
  • Mrs. Swizzle, a seedy barfly (used frequently in the first season, paired with her husband, Mr. Swizzle, played by Dick Martin).
  • Busy Buzzi, a Hedda Hopper/Louella Parsons style gossip columnist.
• Henry Gibson
  • "The Poet", holding a flower and reading offbeat poems. He pronounced his name as "Henrik Ibsen".
  • "The Parson" (who offered ecclesiastical quips and, in 1970, officiated at a near-marriage for Tyrone and Gladys).
• Judy Carne as an adorable, talking "Judy Doll", usually played with by Arte Johnson who never heeds her warning: "Touch my little body, and I hit you!"
• Henny Youngman telling one-liner jokes for no apparent reason. (Often, any corny one-liners would be followed by the line, "Oh, that Henny Youngman!")

Lily Tomlin in a Laugh-In publicity photo.

• Lily Tomlin as the obnoxious telephone operator "Ernestine" ("'Fair'? Sir, we don't have to be fair. We're the phone company."), as a child named "Edith Ann" ("And that's the truth. Pbbbt!"), and as "tasteful" society matron Mrs. Earbore. (Tomlin also famously performed Ernestine for Saturday Night Live, and Edith Ann on children's shows such as The Electric Company.)
• Alan Sues as "Big Al", a clueless and fey sports anchor who loved ringing his bell, which he called his "tinkle", and as hungover children's show host "Uncle Al, The Kiddie's Pal"
• Goldie Hawn was the giggling dumb blonde who would innocently say many times: "I forgot the question."
• Jo Anne Worley would sometimes sing songs showing how loud her operatic voice was, but mostly would detect "chicken jokes." Many times, during the Cocktail Parties, she talked about her boyfriend Boris (who was a married man).
• Barbara Sharma as the dancing meter-maid, who ticketed anything and everything from trees to baby carriages.
• Flip Wilson, whose frequent character, the cross-dressing "Geraldine," originated the phrase "What you see is what you get." Often stated "the devil made me do it."
• Dan Rowan, as General Bull Right, a right-wing representative of the military establishment and outlet for political humor.

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Memorable moments and catchphrases

The show gave considerable publicity to singer Tiny Tim, an unusual-looking man with long dark hair who sang in a falsetto voice while accompanying himself on ukulele. Thanks to his appearances on the show, he achieved a hit single with his piercing version of the vintage 1920s song "Tiptoe Through the Tulips." Tiny Tim was later married on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson to a woman known as Miss Vicki. Herbert Buckingham Khaury (April 12, 1932 – November 30, 1996), better known by the stage name Tiny Tim, was an American singer, ukulele player, and musical archivist. ... Ukulele The ukulele (ʻukulele in Hawaiian and standard Hawaiian English; pronounced , or the Anglicised ), or uke, is a fretted string instrument which is, in its construction, essentially a smaller, four-stringed version of the guitar. ... The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was the full name of NBCs The Tonight Show during the years that Johnny Carson hosted from 1962 to 1992. ... Victoria May Miss Vicki Budinger (b. ...

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Cast members Lily Tomlin and Goldie Hawn later became noted film stars (Hawn won an Academy Award while still a member of the cast). Henry Gibson later starred in the Robert Altman film Nashville (which also featured Tomlin). Ruth Buzzi became a regular on Sesame Street. Dave Madden, whose trademark on the show was to throw a handful of confetti while keeping a deadpan expression at the punch line of a joke, later played the role of Reuben Kincaid in the television sitcom The Partridge Family. Richard Dawson, who previously had a regular part in the sitcom Hogan's Heroes, went on to his defining role as host of the U.S. television game show Family Feud. Larry Hovis, who also was a regular on Hogan's Heroes, was a regular for the first and the fifth seasons. Teresa Graves parlayed her one season on the show into the title role of the police drama Get Christie Love! Flip Wilson parlayed Geraldine and other characters into his own Sunday night variety show from 1970 through 1974. Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress, director and producer. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. ... Nashville is a 1975 film which mixes themes of U.S. presidential politics with those of the country music and gospel music businesses in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Ruth Buzzi (July 24, 1936—) is an American actress and comedienne of theatre, film, and television. ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ... David Madden on Jeopardy!. David Madden (born June 13, 1981) is a nineteen-time champion on the television game show Jeopardy!, between July 5, 2005, and September 19, 2005. ... The opening titles, featuring animated partridge hatchlings, was created by artist Sandy Dvore. ... Richard Dawson, a panelist on Match Game, seen here in 1977 during the infamous School Riot episode. ... Hogans Heroes was an American television situation comedy that ran from September 17, 1965 to July 4, 1971 on the CBS network for 168 episodes. ... It has been suggested that Family Feud Broadcast History (United States), Family Feud in popular culture, Family Feud rules and production, Family Feud around the world be merged into this article or section. ... Larry Hovis (February 20, 1936 - September 9, 2003) was an American actor best known for playing a prisoner of war on the television show Hogans Heroes. ... Teresa Graves was an African-American actress and singer. ... Get Christie Love! is a 1974 made-for-television film, starring Teresa Graves as an undercover female police detective who is determined to overthrow a drug ring. ... Clerow Flip Wilson (December 8, 1933 – November 25, 1998) was an African-American comedian and actor. ...

In addition to those mentioned above, the show created numerous popular catch phrases:

• "I didn't know that." (Dick Martin's occasional response as to what will happen on an episode)
• "Easy for you to say!' (Dan Rowan's reply whenever Dick Martin tripped on his tongue during a joke)
• "Look that up in your Funk and Wagnall's"
• "Go to your room"
• "Uncle Al had a lot of medicine last night" (famous line by Uncle Al, the Kiddies' Pal, played by Alan Sues)
• "You bet your sweet bippy"
• "Here come da' judge!" (reprising a bit first made famous by comedian Pigmeat Markham and continued by frequent guest star Sammy Davis Jr.)
• "'Ello, 'ello! NBC, beautiful downtown Burbank" (the response to the calls received by a switchboard operator played by Judy Carne). When it went to syndication in 1983 both the NBC logo that was featured in the segment and the network's name in the catch phrase was edited out.
• "One ringy-dingy...two ringy-dingy..." (Ernestine's responses to the rings that would occur while she was waiting for someone to pick up the receiver on the other end of the telephone lines)
• "A gracious good afternoon. This is Miss Tomlin of the telephone company. Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?" (Ernestine's greeting to people who she would call)
• "I just wanna swing!" (Gladys Ormphby's catchphrase)
• "Is that a chicken joke?" (Jo Anne Worley's outraged cry, a takeoff on the Polish jokes of the day)
• "Here comes the big finish, folks!" (usually before the last of a series of guest stars' bad puns)
• "Sock it to me!"
• "Verrry interesting ... but stupid"
• "Oh, that Henny Youngman."

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Merchandise tie-ins and spin-offs

There was also a Laugh-In Magazine published for about two years; it was similar to MAD Magazine. A comic strip was also seen in newspapers and published in paperback form. The show had its own Topps trading-card set issued, including "Joke Wall" cards which had perforations to allow a 'door' to open, displaying a joke punchline on the reverse. Harvey Kurtzmans cover for the first issue of the comic book Mad Mad is an American humor magazine founded by publisher William Gaines and editor Harvey Kurtzman in 1952. ... Some Topps Baseball cards from 1977 The Topps Company, Inc. ...

There was also a short-lived spin-off daytime program hosted by Gary Owens called Letters to Laugh-In, in which a few cast members would read and rate jokes sent to them by the general public.

The comedy film The Maltese Bippy featured several actors from the series.

Cast comings and goings

The show was #1 in the ratings for the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons. At the end of '68–69, Judy Carne chose not to renew her contract as she wanted to pursue other projects, though she did make occasional appearances during '69–70; producer George Schlatter blamed her for breaking up the "family." The show also survived the departures of Goldie Hawn and Jo Anne Worley to remain a top-20 show in '70–71. New faces in the 1970–71 season (joining Tomlin, who first appeared late in the previous season) included tap dancer Barbara Sharma, who would later appear on Rhoda, and Johnny Brown, who later gained fame as the superintendent 'Bookman' on Good Times. Arte Johnson and Henry Gibson would depart after the 1970–71 season, replaced by Dawson and Larry Hovis, both of whom had also appeared occasionally in the first season. However, the loss of Johnson's many characters caused ratings to drop farther. Tap dance was born in the United States during the 19th century, and today is popular all around the world. ... Rhoda is an American situation comedy and a television spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ... Johnny Brown (born June 11, 1937 in Saint Petersburg, Florida) is an American actor and singer. ... Good Times was an American sitcom that was originally broadcast from February 1, 1974 until August 1, 1979 on the CBS television network. ... Larry Hovis (February 20, 1936 - September 9, 2003) was an American actor best known for playing a prisoner of war on the television show Hogans Heroes. ...

The show celebrated episode #100 in the '71–72 season; Carne, Worley, Johnson, Gibson, Graves, and Tiny Tim returned for the festivities. John Wayne was also on-hand for his first cameo appearance since 1968. John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), born Marion Robert Morrison, popularly known as Duke, was an iconic, Academy Award winning, American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ...

For the show's final season (1972-73), Rowan and Martin assumed the Executive Producer roles from George Schlatter (known on-air as "CFG", which stood for "Crazy F***ing George") and Ed Friendly; a mostly new supporting cast (save holdovers Dawson, Owens, Buzzi, and only occasional appearances from Tomlin) was brought in, but the viewers didn't respond and the show was cancelled. This final season, which included future Match Game panelist Patti Deutsch and ventriloquist Willie Tyler of Willie Tyler and Lester fame, never aired in the edited half-hour rerun package that was syndicated to local stations in 1983 and later aired on Nick at Nite. The cable network Trio started airing the show in its original one-hour form in the early 2000s, but only the pilot and the first 69 episodes (extending to the fourth episode of the 1970–71 season) were included in Trio's package. Two "Best-of" DVD packages are also available; disappointingly, they only contain six episodes each. The Match Game was a long-running American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. ... Patti Deutsch (b. ... Willie Tyler and Lester Willie Tyler, born September 8, 1940, in Red Level, Alabama, is an American ventriloquist, comedian and actor. ... Nick at Nite is an evening programming block broadcast over Nickelodeon from 9 PM – 6 AM Eastern and Pacific Standard Time. ... Trio (or TRIO) was an American cable and satellite television channel owned by NBC Universal. ... DVD (commonly Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

Of the over three dozen entertainers to grace the cast, only Rowan, Martin, Owens and Buzzi were there from beginning to end (although Owens wasn't in the 1967 pilot and Buzzi missed two first-season episodes.)

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Regular performers (with season numbers, where known)

• Dan Rowan, host
• Dick Martin, host
• Gary Owens, announcer
• Ruth Buzzi
• 1----- Eileen Brennan (1968)
• 123--- Judy Carne (1968-1970)
• 1234-- Henry Gibson (1968-1971)
• 123--- Goldie Hawn (1968-1970)
• 1---5- Larry Hovis (1968, 1971-1972)
• 1234-- Arte Johnson (1968-1971)
• 1----- Roddy Maude-Roxby (1968)
• 123--- Jo Anne Worley (1968-1970)
• -2345- Alan Sues (1968-1972)
• -2---- "The Fun Couple" Charlie Brill and Mitzi McCall (1968-1969)
• -2---- Chelsea Brown (1968-1969)
• -2---- Dave Madden (1968-1969)
• -2---- Pigmeat Markham (1968-1969)
• -2---- Dick Whittington (1968-1969)
• -23--- Byron Gilliam (1969-1970; uncredited in season 2, returned as dancer only in 5)
• --3--- Teresa Graves (1969-1970)
• --3--- Jeremy Lloyd (1969-1970)
• --3--- Pamela Rodgers (1969-1970)
• --3--- Stu Gilliam (1970)
• --3456 Lily Tomlin (1969-1973)
• --345- Johnny Brown (1970-1972)
• ---45- Dennis Allen (1970-1973)
• ---45- Ann Elder (1970-1972)
• ---4-- Nancy Phillips (1970-1971)
• ---45- Barbara Sharma (1970-1972)
• ---4-- Harvey Jason (1970-1971)
• ---456 Richard Dawson (1971-1973; also one appearance in Season 1)
• -----6 Moosie Drier (1971-1973)
• -----6 Tod Bass (1972-1973)
• -----6 Brian Bressler (1972-1973)
• -----6 Patti Deutsch (1972-1973)
• -----6 Lisa Farringer (1972-1973)
• -----6 Sarah Kennedy (1972-1973)
• -----6 Jud Strunk (1972-1973)
• -----6 Willie Tyler (1972-1973)
• -----6 Donna Jean Young (1972-1973)

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Regular guests

• Jack Benny (1968-1970, 1972)
• Johnny Carson (1968-1970, 1971, 1973)
• Sammy Davis Jr. (1968-1970, 1971, 1973)
• Zsa Zsa Gabor (1968-1970)
• Peter Lawford (1968-1971)
• Tiny Tim (1968-1970, 1971-1972)
• John Wayne (1968, 1971-1973)
• Flip Wilson (1968-1970)
• Henny Youngman (1968-1969, 1971-1973)

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Other celebrities who have guest-starred

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Series Writers

George Schlatter, Lorne Michaels, Phil Hahn, Jim Mulligan, Jack Hanrahan, Gene Farmer, Jim Abell, Bill Richmond, Don Reo, Allan Katz, Jack Wohl, Larry Siegel, John Rappaport, Allan Manings, Jack Margolis, Bob Howard, John Jay Carsey, Richard Goren (also credited as Rowby Greeber and Rowby Goren), Chris Bearde, Chet Dowling, David Panich, Marc London, Paul Keyes, Dave Cox, Jack Kaplan, Stephen Spears, Hugh Wedlock Jr., Coslough Johnson, Hart Pomerantz, Barry Took, Digby Wolfe, Jeremy Lloyd. This article or section appears to have been copied and pasted from an online source, possibly in violation of a copyright. ... Lorne Michaels (born Lorne Michael Lipowitz on November 17, 1944) is an Emmy-winning Canadian-born television producer, writer and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it. ... Don Reo is an American television writer and producer. ... Allan Katz, born in Chicago, Illinois, is a writer, producer, Jewish actor, and director. ... Larry Siegel is an Emmy-winning comedy writer whose work also appeared for years in MAD Magazine. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Chris Bearde is a comedy writer, producer and director who created the format for the original Gong Show, and Sherman Oaks. He has also co-written and produced specials for Elvis Presley, Bob Hope, Sonny and Cher, Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, Jim Carrey, Andy Williams,The Jackson Five, The Osmonds... Hart Pomerantz is a Toronto-based lawyer whose primarily claim to fame is his early collaboration with Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels in The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour. ... Barry Took (June 19, 1928 – March 31, 2002) was an English comedian, writer and television presenter. ... Jeremy Lloyd (born 1932) is an English actor and scriptwriter, best known as the co-author of several successful British sitcoms. ...

Musical Direction and Production Numbers

The musical director for Laugh-In was composer-lyricist Billy Barnes, who wrote all of the original musical production numbers in the show. Barnes is the creator of the famous Billy Barnes Revues of the 1950s and 60s, and composer of such popular hits as "(Have I Stayed) Too Long at the Fair" recorded by Barbra Streisand and the jazz standard "Something Cool" recorded by June Christie. Billy Barnes (born January 27, 1927 in Los Angeles, California) is a six-time Emmy Award nominated composer/lyricst. ... Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942 as Barbara Joan Streisand), is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ...

Trivia

• On the November 20, 1999 episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US series), John Carpenter was asked the $1 million question: "Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series Laugh-In?" Carpenter correctly answered "Richard Nixon" and became the first winner of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? worldwide franchise.

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See also

• Turn-On

Turn-On was an American television series that aired in 1969. ...

External links

• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (fansite)
• Another fansite
• References the effect of Nixon's appearance on Laugh-In on the US presidential election of 1968
• FBI review of an episode devoted to the agency, quoted by Harper's Magazine in 2006
• TV.com's page for the show