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George II

(67,782 posts)
Thu May 3, 2018, 03:37 PM May 2018

Anyone remember "Laugh In" from the late 1960s? Well...

...with the revelations that trump had his doctor's office ransacked, that he dictated his "health" letter to the doctor, Cohen was repaid by trump despite that trump "knew nothing about it", and now Cohen's office wiretapped, this would take up the whole "TWTWTW" segment ("that was the week that was&quot

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Anyone remember "Laugh In" from the late 1960s? Well... (Original Post) George II May 2018 OP
It was one of the truly great shows in its day Hekate May 2018 #1
... lpbk2713 May 2018 #2
That show is still on. Scurrilous May 2018 #3
As one soon-to-be a disgraced president said, LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2018 #4
I do remember it in fact the Decades channel still shows it. CentralMass May 2018 #5
The fickle finger of fate rsdsharp May 2018 #6
"Very interesting. But stupid. nt Yonnie3 May 2018 #7
I can see Artie Johnson peeking from behind the plant Greybnk48 May 2018 #12
I found video of that. Yonnie3 May 2018 #14
TW3 was the David Frost UK show that inspired Laugh In bigbrother05 May 2018 #8
Laugh In's news segment was . . . gratuitous May 2018 #15
I was about 10 years old then thbobby May 2018 #9
I was born in 1960.. Same here... CentralMass May 2018 #11
They awarded the Fickle Finger of Fate Award to the Youngstown Board of Education Ohiogal May 2018 #10
It's on Prime tv right now. :-) Lars39 May 2018 #13

bigbrother05

(5,995 posts)
8. TW3 was the David Frost UK show that inspired Laugh In
Thu May 3, 2018, 03:47 PM
May 2018

They brought it to the US with some success, but Laugh In swamped them later.

Frost kept it in more of a newscast format while Laugh In was blackout sketches.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
15. Laugh In's news segment was . . .
Thu May 3, 2018, 05:00 PM
May 2018

Laugh In Looks at the News.

There was always a brief song-and-dance number as the lead in (la da dee da!):

thbobby

(1,474 posts)
9. I was about 10 years old then
Thu May 3, 2018, 03:49 PM
May 2018

Goldie Hawn was my first crush. Still love her movies. Butterflies are Free is one of my favorites.

But still, what a day! trump does have only the best people. Cohen and Rudy would have been great on Laugh-In. I have been giggling most of the day.

I could just croon!

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Ohiogal

(31,909 posts)
10. They awarded the Fickle Finger of Fate Award to the Youngstown Board of Education
Thu May 3, 2018, 03:51 PM
May 2018

During the long teachers' strike here ( my husband was one of the striking teachers)

Good stuff! Always hilarious.

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