User Reviews

This needed to be pulled archive, best of the show. The entertainers, (debatable) may be fans, but based on this, most of them never be in same league.

So many cringe moments, the f-bomb was used so often, casually! It was great to see Lily Tomlin, in updated mode. I loved seeing Loni Anderson as blast from past rarely seen and still hot. Billy Crystal I think had best bit, deserving to be there!

Last they made Neal Patrick Harris (way to much % of screen time) (irony since had cancelled variety show) pretty much the host along with Tiffany Haddish (vulgar beyond) All in all, this was a disgrace to Laugh-In, Sad the very elderly creator was there, took it all in happily. 4/10 being not LOL generous.

I enjoyed the show, honestly, but cringed everytime they resorted to swearing. If you want to honor the original, then DO IT. The original never resorted to swearing (the sensors never would have allowed it.) Glad to see some of the originals. Wish Goldie and Twiggy had been there. Also glad to see Ruth Buzzi still alive. It just would have been more enjoyable without the swearing.

I would like to start this out by saying I have never watched the original Laugh-In. That being said, I feel like the best part of this was the clips to the original. It made me feel nostalgic for something i hadn't even watched before. The new parts contained jokes that just didn't stick with me from comedians I usually enjoy. I think the writing was just poor. It could've been a lot better!

LAUGH-IN never had to resort to the F-Bomb to be funny. This had to potential to be good, but it didn't have the class the original show possessed.

Original Laugh-In was funny and topical. It was smartly political without obsessing. The part of the so called tribute showing clips from the original was entertaining. The tribute part is completely lacking in any entertainment value and totally unfunny.

Netflix should stop wasting money on crap like this show and should simply add the Laugh-In to their roster.

Really sad to see great actors in a terrible show. Not well produced but there were a few good moments when they showed old clips. The bad thing was that they whizzed through the old clips and then threw new, non-funny, pieces in immediately afterwards. This was much more of a celebration to new stars than a tribute to the original show. Very Sad.

It was fun to remember the old show and have it juxtaposed against the present day comedians along with the show regulars - but where was goldie??? it seems odd that she didn't participate.

Watched this from start to finish. Some things could have and should have been skipped - like the creator of Black-ish coming out to glad hand himself and protest one sort of humor only to dennigrate "fat people" in the next breath. Wasn't even a joke! Just pissing on someone. Did not recognize about half of the performers. Thought one blond was someone completely different! A lot of jokes fell flat if only because the performers are more used to laugh tracks or being idolized for their notoriety. Bill Mahr did nothing new. No real reason for him to be there. Not a comedian, he's a commentator. Best parts were Rita Moreno & Rita Wilson, Lilly Tomlin, and the old clips.

Simply horrible. To think we can take such a marvelous accomplishments such as series laughing and turn it into this humdrum leaping gnome with a bunch of people we don't even know

Great to see a mix a old footage with current days stars. Sure you could put it down, but why!?! Just enjoy it!

I see why Netflix removed the comment section from their web site, this program was just unwatchable! The hosts, who had nothing to do with the original show, where stupid and inept. I'd much rather just watch the original show.

Just unwatchable, imo. I will watch and enjoy everything from Laurel & Hardy to Big Bang Theory, but couldn't get through 20 minutes of this. Pay tribute to the greats who came before, as we should, but redoing their acts POORLY is such a disservice.

I grew up watching Rowen & Martin's Laugh-in. To this day I still find its humor funny, if dated. The show really did break new ground and introduced comedy routines people today can still relate to.

But in its attempt to (ahem) "honor" this classic show, Hollywood managed only to disgrace the original. Updating some of their more famous skits (such as the Joke Wall, the Party, the Dirty Old Man On the Park Bench) they used a large all-star cast of current celebrities. But to anyone who actually watched the original show it was downright painful! The jokes fell flat and were poorly-delivered...and acted. And updating them to reflect today's politically-correct culture severed any true connection they were meant to have with the '60s version.

And finally, if there was any doubt about this show's leftist agenda you need only stay to near the end (I barely made it there myself), when Bill Maher reenacted the classic Flying Fickle Finger Of Fate Award, presenting it to...wait for it...President Trump. Seriously?? About as subtle as a friggin' hammer through a window!

So if you remember and love the original Laugh-In, skip this fake tribute; you'll be disappointed. And if you've never seen Laugh-In, this won't make any sense to you, anyway.

Despite the big name actors in the new segments, the new material was not so funny. And this was too much of a venue in which Netflix was working overtime to bash President Trump. Disgraceful and not funny. Johnny Carson is famously quoted as saying that politics has no place in good comedy. And if you watch Bob Hope's specials you will see the same political gracefulness, meaning that good comedy can get the viewer to laugh at the joke without the joke insulting its subject.

In a tribute to Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, it was a mix of old clips and today's talent paying homage to the original. The show was, also, a comedic reminder that "what comes around goes around" as what was occurring then in the U.S. and the world is relevant, now, again. It's a show that doesn't take itself too seriously (while being insanely serious), isn't politically correct, and only panders to itself - if you can't handle any of this, you won't enjoy it, otherwise, you'll find it funny.

Instead of laughing, I was totally offended. This show sank to the lowest level on so many levels. I am not familiar with whats-her-name Haddish, but she is the most unladylike, obnoxious, foul-mouthed host you could get get. The new one-!liner jokes were insufferable! Example: Knock knock. Who's there? Go f-- yourself. Ok. I do that every night. Is that funny!?!? The use of the F bomb was totally unneccessary. And then it turned into Trump bashing. Regardless of what anyone thinks about our president, this was not the forum to insult him. What I thought would be a very entertaining show turned out to be one of the worst things I have ever seen. Shame on you, Netflix!

I enjoyed this tribute. It brought back some great memories and some modern takes on the classic. Clearly Laugh-in was way ahead of its time in its political commentary and the way it featured women in comedy. Folks that are canning this celebration need to chill. It was not a perfect tribute but it is certainly enjoyable.

1969: clever political satire and jokes poking fun at both sides 2019: mean-spirited barbs aimed at one side 1969: witty sexual insinuation 2019: vulgar and obscene language you can hear in the back of any junior high school bus

This hour was so disappointing. Laugh-In was successful because it was funny to everyone, even me at 12 years old even though I didn't get all the jokes. I feel sorry for kids today who are being indoctrinated by popular television that tells them how to think, vote, and swear unabashedly.

Right from the start Tiffany Haddish was horrible. She is not funny or talented in any way shape or form. The other actually talented people seemed off and their deliveries of the jokes landed way off mark. Even Billy Crystal wasn't himself.

Laugh in was the very definition of cutting edge, so much so that in hindsight it 8s hard to understand. This special just proves the point.

The writers have no clue why it was funny in the first place. Inter cutting new jokes with the old jokes just shows that the current writers couldn't clean the ash trays of their predecessors.

Their idea of political humor is like a sledgehammer on a frog. Don't waste your time.

Watched this with my family, including my father who LOVED Laugh-In as a kid. Total BOMB! It sucked hot garbage.

I'm as liberal as it gets, but even I can't take this much anti-Trump humor.

I have nothing further to say - the last hour was simply amazing because of this.

It's fun to watch comedians pay homage to a show and the people that inspired them. It reminds us of how things have AND haven't changed. Some reviewers are saying they didn't think it was funny. That's their opinion. Like ear holes, most everybody has them. Check it out for yourself. Look at this piece of television and comedy history. Learn why it had such an impact. This is in the vein of In Living Color, Mad TV, Saturday Night Live, or The Carol Burnett Show. This is a coming together of talent in a time when people. Needed a laugh. Which is no different than today. Or downvote. Get angry. Be outraged. It's your business and I'm not your supervisor.

People seem proud to claim how aware they are now, so why does it get harder to do comedy like this? Because we've grown MORE sensitive about the issues. The issues have changed and most comedy is a product of its time. Celebrate the fun the show, it's writers and performers had poking at everything they could get their hands on. I watched reruns of Laugh-in as a kid. It made me laugh. I did t get all the jokes then. They make more sense now. Saying that the profanity feels like a miss is interesting. While I agree that better writing overcomes the need to shoot for the extra impact that profanity attempts to provide, this felt more like what Laugh-in might have been like if it was produced today, without television's censors.

I take this for what it is: a look back at a treasured and appreciated show. An experiment that went sorta right and made people laugh a lot. Don't overthink it. Maybe it's worth exploring before making a snap judgement. For me, I laughed. I smiled. I remembered... and enjoyed.