User Reviews

A few years after this show previously had "Bonanza" star Dan Blocker as a guest, this ep has co-star Michael Landon as such. When Dan & Dick intro him, Michael gets doused with water. Twice. He's in an amusing running skit as the captain of the S. S. Burbank whose ship threatens to become like the Titanic. Also appearing are Steve Allen as one of a couple of hillbillies of which Dan Rowan is the other, Della Reese either commenting by herself or with Dan or Dick, and Henny Youngman in a sketch in which he and his wife get robbed and he keeps making jokes. Oh, also Mama Cass Elliot-of The Mamas and the Papas-making some comments as well as playing an assistant to a doctor at a hospital. And then there's Frank Welker-best known as the voice of Fred in the Scooby Doo cartoons-this time doing cat and dog sounds. That last bit was perhaps the funniest one in the show. The others I mentioned were amusing at best. Lily Tomlin is back with some pretty good Ernestine and Edith Ann stuff while Ruth Buzzi is once again funny as an aging movie star doing a peanut butter commercial. That last sketch was part of the Laugh-In Salutes Commercials segment of which others in that one weren't as funny. In summary, this was a pretty uneven "Laugh-In" ep. P.S. The sports celeb doing commentary on the "Laugh-In News" was Tom Harmon, father of Mark Harmon. Oh, and Lyle Waggoner also appears as Dick Martin's "stand-in" who keeps quiet until Dan & Dick leave then he says, "Welcome to Lyle Waggoner's Laugh-In!"