Word: dicks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...manic Monday night affair. It is the smartest, freshest show on television. President Johnson, Igor Stravinsky and Jean-Paul Sartre have not yet appeared at the stage door, but if they do, they'll just have to get in line behind Marcel Marceau, Bing Crosby, Pat Boone, Dick Gregory and Jack Benny. And they will do anything once they get before a camera. Marceau in future programs will perform pantomime bits, but most of the other guests will utter senseless non sequiturs, or the reigning catch phrase of the moment, such as "irky perky!" and "Sock...
Once married and now divorced, Martin is only slightly less the gay debauchee that he portrays on screen. Much of his social life is standard Hollywood-"a dinner party at Jean Simmons' and Dick Brooks', or over to Lucy's or Dean's house to watch a movie." Otherwise, he divides his time between golf and "lady people." His handicap in the former is twelve; he scores high, too, with the latter. He prefers to entertain girl friends at his place, spurns all invitations to meet a lady person on her home grounds. "I mean...
...about 350 snippets of video tape. Some of them-a flash of graffiti, for example, or a mugging face-last only an eighth of a second. Executive Producer George Schlatter calls this "energy film," a technique that gives a kind of booster burst of speed to the show. Explains Dick Martin: "Nobody's going to appreciate everything on our show. But if one gag goes completely over your head, there'll be another along in a few seconds that cracks you up and leaves
What keeps the mayhem from getting out of hand-but just barely-is the amiable kidding of Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. Rowan, 46, is the smoothie, the fluent straight man who presides over the show as though it were a state dinner. Martin, also 46, is out to lunch. Hands stuffed in his pockets, rocking on his heels and giving out with a har-de-har-har laugh, he comes on like the original good-time Charlie. Their patter runs in quirky, who's-on-first circles like slightly modernized Abbott and Costello. Dan: "How does it feel...
...looking for a little action-blonde, brunette or otherwise. And Rowan, try as he may, cannot keep his partner's mind off sex. When he frets about Martin's frail appearance and advises, "For your own good, you should pick up some weight," Dick leers: "Shoulda been with me last night...