The listing of acts which provided the confluence of the comedy revolution of the late '60s and '70s is not complete unless the first mainstream one is mentioned. Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In was a TV show like no other, and was the start of the revolution, pressing previously set boundaries yet somehow remaining mainstream.
The listing of acts which provided the confluence of the comedy revolution of the late '60s and '70s is not complete unless the first mainstream one is mentioned. Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In was a TV show like no other, and was the start of the revolution, pressing previously set boundaries yet somehow remaining mainstream.
Totally agree! I lived through all of it, and Laugh-in was the first one that I always got loaded on weed to watch. Later on I did the same with SNL and Monty Python. 🤩
The listing of acts which provided the confluence of the comedy revolution of the late '60s and '70s is not complete unless the first mainstream one is mentioned. Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In was a TV show like no other, and was the start of the revolution, pressing previously set boundaries yet somehow remaining mainstream.
Don't forget the Smothers Brothers!
Totally agree! I lived through all of it, and Laugh-in was the first one that I always got loaded on weed to watch. Later on I did the same with SNL and Monty Python. 🤩