Laugh-In

The television free-for-all called Laugh-In kept its sense of joy, thanks in part to Goldie Hawn’s unabashed goofiness and producer George Schlatter’s perceptive use of her screwups, but even that show had high political content.

Born Standing Up Steve Martin 2007

Loopy Jo Anne Worley, 73, most famous for her wacky quips on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, will play a pet psychic on the April 14 episode of Bones.

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Outside of Laugh-In, Sues appeared in such TV shows as The Wild, Wild West and The Twilight Zone, in the memorable episode "The Masks," in which a wealthy old man forces his greedy heirs to wear masks at a party or else be cut off from their inheritance.

Laugh-In's Alan Sues Dies at 85 2011

He then joined the improv group The Mad Show, which led to his Laugh-In casting.

Laugh-In's Alan Sues Dies at 85 2011

Eventually, the Splits also added a “Gag Wall,” just like the one used in Laugh-In.

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Hawn, 65, launched her acting career on the small screen — in comedies like Good Morning World and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, before moving to films.

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AND THAT'S THE TRUTH: Even if you don't remember Edith Ann or the other Laugh-In characters that put her on the map, Lily Tomlin is a bona fide legend — and now she's part of the NCIS family.

Matt's Guide to Tuesday TV: A Glee High Note, New Girl, and More 2011

Funny, I was just talking about this guy the other day, and showing Erik clips of him on Laugh-In.

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Originally conceived in the late 1960s as a test of TV's ability to teach academics using advertising strategies, by the new millennium, Sesame Street had swapped out its disjointed Laugh-In format for a more coherent, story-centered one.

Humor rules, but law of gravity has place on 'Sesame Street' 2011

Plus there was the ep that set up that storyline, a dream sequence guest starring half the cast of Laugh-In, doing the party scene bit.

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