"Laugh-In" Tim Conway, Cher, Lorne Greene, Sheldon Leonard, Tiny Tim, Flip Wilson (TV Episode 1968) Poster

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8/10
This ep of "Laugh-In" marked the debut of Goldie Hawn
tavm13 July 2019
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This was Goldie Hawn's first appearance on "Laugh-In". She mostly appears by herself except for a number about censorship which she does with the rest of the cast that's not Rowan & Martin. Among those other cast members is Eileen Brennan who would later team with Ms. Hawn in Private Benjamin. Guests are Tim Conway and Cher without hubby Sonny. Cher has some amusing lines while Conway gets plenty of earned laughs including a bit with Dan & Dick about predicting things that already happened! Oh, and Tiny Tim returns performing perhaps his best-known song "Tiptoe Through the Tulips". Dick's reactions to him are priceless! Oh, and after three shows, the elevator skits seem retired, for now...
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7/10
Tiny Tim is something else
minutolo29 March 2020
I wasn't born in the generation that this show was aired in, but I can tell that this was a revolutionary show. This particular episode was extremely funny. Most references went over my head, but are funny regardless. My boy, Tiny Tim, came back and did his thing to great response and input from the hosts. Astonishing.
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7/10
Cher's Got Self For Laughs
DKosty12317 March 2018
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This shows starting to pick up steam. This is one of Cher's earlier guest spots without Sonny. It is the opener for Goldie Hawn. Goldie is kind of quiet and reserved in her first show. Cher gets involved in several sketches.

It is interesting that several jokes kind of poke fun at what the NBC censors allow to air versus what the Smothers Brothers on CBS are allowed to do. This is before CBS decided to cancel the Smothers because the Conservatives at that network could not handle pushing the edge. The edge in ome ways is what Laugh-In was about.

They are getting towards having the format that would put this show on top.. This is the first show without Barbara Feldon whose talent definitely shined on the early shows. The Telphone Operator routine is already here though right now it is being done by Judy Carne, and has not evolved into the more developed sketch that would come later.

The cameos are getting more frequent, with interruptions of Lorne Greene, and others keeping these shows from being anything but boring.
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