It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and featured, at various times, Chelsea Brown, Johnny Brown, Ruth Buzzi, Judy Carne, Richard Dawson, Henry Gibson, Arte Johnson, Goldie Hawn, Larry Hovis, Jeremy Lloyd, Dave Madden, Pigmeat Markham, Gary Owens, Pamela Rodgers, Barbara Sharma, Alan Sues, Lily Tomlin and Jo Anne Worley.

The co-hosts continued the exasperated straight man ( Rowan ) and " dumb " guy ( Martin ) act which they had established as nightclub comics.

Caricatures of Dan Rowan and Dick Martin ( comedian ) | Dick Martin by Sam Berman

The show would start with a short dialogue between Rowan and Martin.

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!

The producer mollified him, but had announcer Gary Owens read Johnson's credit as a separate sentence: " Starring Dan Rowan and Dick Martin!

For the show's final season ( 1972 – 1973 ), Rowan and Martin assumed the executive producer roles from George Schlatter ( known on-air as " CFG ", which stood for " Crazy Fucking George ") and Ed Friendly.

Of over three dozen entertainers to grace the cast, only Rowan, Martin, Owens and Buzzi were there from beginning to end.

* All seasons: Dan Rowan, host ; Dick Martin, host ; Gary Owens, announcer ; Ruth Buzzi

Rowan and Martin with Judy Carne in 1967

Martin would often refer to Tim's appearances by asking Rowan with some concern, " You're not gonna bring back Tiny Tim, are you?

In those 11 years, Martin and his panel of pals successfully ridiculed and made fun of these legendary stars in this order: Ronald Reagan, Hugh Hefner, Ed McMahon, William Conrad, Kirk Douglas, Bette Davis, Barry Goldwater, Johnny Carson, Wilt Chamberlain, Hubert Humphrey, Carroll O ' Connor, Monty Hall, Jack Klugman & Tony Randall, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Leo Durocher, Truman Capote, Don Rickles, Ralph Nader, Jack Benny, Redd Foxx, Bobby Riggs, George Washington, Dan Rowan & Dick Martin, Hank Aaron, Joe Namath, Bob Hope, Telly Savalas, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Sammy Davis Jr, Michael Landon, Evel Knievel, Valerie Harper, Muhammad Ali, Dean Martin, Dennis Weaver, Joe Garagiola, Danny Thomas, Angie Dickinson, Gabe Kaplan, Ted Knight, Peter Marshall, Dan Haggerty, Frank Sinatra, Jack Klugman, Jimmy Stewart, George Burns, Betty White, Suzanne Somers, Joan Collins, and Mr T. For nearly a decade, Martin had recorded as many as four albums a year for Reprise Records.

David Dickinson, John Prescott, Robin Cook, Gandalf, David Cameron, Magneto and Ian McKellen, Professor Robert Winston, Dr Rowan Williams, David Blunkett, Tom Paulin, Saddam Hussein, Peter Mandelson, Graham Norton, Martin Jarvis, Trevor McDonald ( on radio ), Bob Geldof, Ken Livingstone, Brian Blessed, Luciano Pavarotti, Monty Don, Richard Briers, Patrick Stewart, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Toby Ziegler, Donald Rumsfeld, Adam Hart-Davis, Hannibal Lecter ( on radio ), Lord Voldemort ( on radio ), Hercule Poirot, Second Doctor & Patrick Troughton, Bernard Matthews, Rocky Balboa, Al Gore, George Lamb

* Rowan & Martin at the Movies ( 1968 )

Silvers also guested on The Beverly Hillbillies, and various TV variety shows such as The Carol Burnett Show, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, and The Dean Martin Show.

From the 1960s to 1970s, Reilly also appeared as a regular on The Dean Martin Show, and had multiple guest appearances on television series including McMillan & Wife ; Here's Lucy ; Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ; The Love Boat ; and Love, American Style.

The Black Adder is the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, directed by Martin Shardlow and produced by John Lloyd.

* Rowan & Martin ( Dick Martin later appeared, solo, in 1972 and 1974 )

Gardner also brought aboard several keen writing talents, including theatric humorist Abe Burrows ( the show's co-creator and head writer for its first five years ), future M * A * S * H writer Larry Gelbart and Dick Martin, who later was the co-host of television's groundbreaking Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.

For example: several skits from the cult 1960s TV show At Last the 1948 Show were resuscitated by John Cleese ( one of that show's creators ) and performed by him with various Amnesty show cast members, including fellow Pythons ( Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman ) and other peers ( John Bird, John Fortune and Tim Brooke-Taylor ( the last also an At Last the 1948 Show writer / star ), younger performers ( Rowan Atkinson and Griff Rhys Jones ), and Cleese's then wife, actress / writer Connie Booth.

At the time of his election, he was North Carolina ’ s youngest legislator and represented parts of Davidson, Rowan and Iredell Counties.

At South Rowan High School, near Charlotte, North Carolina, when a Gay-Straight Alliance was forming at that school, Operation Save America arranged to have some 700 people to show up at the school board meeting and get the board to ban the club from the school.

Comparisons can be drawn between Round the Horne and the American sketch comedy television series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 1968 – 1973 ).

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In is an American sketch comedy television program that ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to May 14, 1973 on the NBC network.

* Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 1968 ) NBC

* 1968: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

* January 22 – Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In debuts on NBC ( 1968 – 1973 ).

* September 9-NBC airs what will prove to be the pilot of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In ; which would have its actual series premiere on January 22, 1968.

In television, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In editor Arthur Schneider won an Emmy Award in 1968 for his pioneering use of the jump cut.

Soon every gathering was an "- In " of some kind: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In comedy television show began airing over NBC just a year later on January 22, 1968.

A spoof of Eric Sevareid named " Eric Clarified " appeared in the " Laugh-In Looks at the News " skits of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In which ran from 1968 – 1974.

* Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( cast member from 1968 – 1970 )

She is especially known for her performances on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973.

* Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 1968 – 1971 )

Canadian born Lorne Michaels, who had moved from Toronto to Los Angeles in 1968 to work on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, launched the NBC comedy show Saturday Night Live in 1975.

Rowan Oak was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968.

Rowan Dorothy Pelling ( born 17 January 1968 ) is a British journalist and broadcaster, who first achieved note as the editor ( or " editrice ", to use her term ) of monthly literary / erotic magazine, the Erotic Review.

* Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 1968 ) ( TV series )

* January 22 – Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In debuts on NBC.

It was during the run of Sweet Charity that she auditioned for and received a permanent place in the comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, which was the top rated show on NBC for more than five years.

ditto ... for Rowan and Martin with NBC and George Slaughter creating " Laugh In " for them to host.

In the United States, the NBC network adapted this program and also produced its own content, from the " news " segment of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, to the still-running Saturday Night Live mock newscast segment " Weekend Update ".

According to a 2008 interview with producer George Schlatter, who also co-created Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In for NBC, the show had covered serious topics like war heroes.