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Javelin Catcher. The Laugh-In producers put together a whole hour of such material, a sort of all-black Laugh-In called Soul, which NBC ran as a special earlier this season. In a typical bit, Redd Foxx told Slappy White of the first Negro athletic-scholarship winner at the University of Mississippi -"He's a javelin catcher." White observed that Oct. 27 is a Negro holiday - "That's the day when the new Cadillacs come out." In one sight gag, George Kirby stretched out on a beach mat, opened a bottle of suntan oil and slathered...
Turn-On itself, produced by the originators of Laugh-In, looked like a half-hour reject from the Rowan and Martin memory bank. The host was neither Dan nor Dick but a computer, for the show was supposed to be "a satire on our dehumanized society." It was also intended as a "sensory assault," careening along, sometimes with the screen split four ways, reaching for a dizzying 300 laughs in a half hour. To add to the disorientation, the set was a white plaster cyclorama and the cast wore invisible white booties. It all seemed to come from beautiful downtown...
...five top Nielsen-rated shows of the current season, three were NBC's. The ranking: 1) Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (NBC), 2) Mayberry, R.F.D. (CBS), 3) Corner Pyle-U.S.M.C. (CBS), 4) Bonanza (NBC), 5) Julia...
...fresh idea comes on the air, TV programmers can be counted on to run it into the ground. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. spawned The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Shindig stirred Hullabaloo. The Beverly Hillbillies called forth Petticoat Junction and then Green Acres. Now it's the turn of Laugh-In and The Smothers Brothers...
Midseason replacement schedules include three Smothers Brothers or Rowan and Martin derivatives-and a fourth, an all-Negro Laugh-In, may yet be added by NBC. ABC will carry a still untitled show by Laugh-In Producers George Schlatter and Ed Friendly, introducing a group of unknown comics. What's It All About, World?, starring Dean Jones and produced by Saul Ilson and Ernest Chambers, originators of The Smothers Brothers, will also go on ABC. CBS will pick up another corporate effort by Smo-Bros Productions, The Glenn Campbell Goodtime Hour, featuring frequent visitations by Pat Paulsen. Among...