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Word: rowan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...found your Rowan and Martin cover story reassuring. I had abandoned Laugh-In some time ago as I found it sophomoric, but on reading of its success with viewers, I was beginning to fear that my reaction was indicative of premature aging. Your finding that the majority of its fans are in the 12-to-18-year-old bracket allays my fears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 25, 1968 | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

...have done it! I have never laughed so long and so hard as I did at your coverage of the Rowan and Martin Laugh-In [Oct. 11]. And I've never seen the program. If the program is half as funny as the article describing it, it must really be the wildest thing on the telly today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 25, 1968 | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

...need more articles in your magazine like this one. TIME could turn into the funniest thing since . . . well, since Rowan and Martin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 25, 1968 | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

SOUL (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). The producers of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, George Schlatter and Ed Friendly, have more irreverence and irrelevance in store in this all-black musical variety special; stars include Lou Rawls, George Kirby and Nipsey Russell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Oct. 18, 1968 | 10/18/1968 | See Source »

...camera, Laugh-In is an extension of the purposeful chaos seen on screen. On any single day, ten or more shows are churning towards completion. The process begins with a "concept meeting," attended by Rowan and Martin, Schlatter, some of the show's 14 writers and key production personnel. The group may decide to do a satire on the machine age (aired last week) or the fourth estate (the concept this week). The writers are then led back to their cages. Later, the various elements-a silly dance, a special skit, cameo spots-are entered into the growing script...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verrry Interesting . . . But Wild | 10/11/1968 | See Source »

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