The Best of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968)

Collection of episodes from the skit comedy television program.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: LAUGH-IN
Title: BOXED SET 1
Street Release Date: 06/24/2003
Domestic
Genre: TELEVISION Product Description

Love that Judy

A great series that was #1 for several years. Enjoyed everything about the show, the cast for the first 2 years was its best. I especially enjoyed Judy Carne, the naughty girl in the cast. She never wore a bra and reportedly was a little high in a number of her skits, a true free spirited gal of the sixties. Loved her adorable face, wicked cute cockney accent and what a teriffic pair of legs, she and mini skirts were made for one another.Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside (The Bittersweet Saga of the Sock-it-to-me Girl) September 26, 2008

From Beautiful Downtown, Shout! Factory

I think Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In should be sold to Shout! Factory. I would love to see Shout! Factory release the first Season of the show for the Holidays of 2008, or sometime in 2009. Shout! Factory should be willing to release all 6 complete seasons of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In in the near future. Please Shout! Factory, release Season One this Christmas, or sometime in 2009! June 30, 2008

Why just the best of?

I like to collect old television series, the complete whole series. These best of collections are such a waste of money compared to the ones that are sold in whole season series. I like most people, I assume, don't want just what the executives think are funny or good episodes, not for those prices. It's the same with the Sonny & Cher Show and countless others. Save your money and wait for the complete season episodes to come out.
May 25, 2008

great but WAY too short--why didn't they release it all ???

The Best of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) is very good--but only as far as it goes. This three DVD set wastes space on the discs; we only get a few episodes and even then I strongly suspect that one or two of these episodes were trimmed down a little. The picture quality is excellent, admittedly; and the sound is good. We get three bonus interviews (one on each of the three DVDs) with Gary Owns, Ruth Buzzi and Arte Johnson.

The jokes are very funny; Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In took huge risks for its time to make audiences howl with laughter. I remember it was a big deal if we children were allowed to watch it! These episodes give us the famous Lily Tomlin act as Ernestine the telephone operator, the swinger's party were jokes with many innuendos were told ostensibly off the cuff; and the dialogue between Rowan and Martin themselves is very well written and performed.

There are several celebrity sightings on these DVDs; I liked Tiny Tim despite the fact that his act was rather bizarre; and the episode on DVD number three includes the full show that guest starred Jack Benny. Jack Benny fits in perfectly on this show; he tells jokes and gets set-up by the regular cast of Laugh-In with hilarious results.

The regular cast never fails to pitch out those jokes that even today have some very funny punch lines. Look for Goldie Hawn, Alan Sues, Judy Carne, Jo Anne Worley and Lily Tomlin (among others) to make the shows here on DVD very entertaining and funny.

Unfortunately, my main gripe (and it's a big one) is that there's just not enough here. Where are all the other shows from the first two seasons? Why do we get only four or five episodes at the most here? This is very disappointing and I will take off two stars for this flaw to make this a three star review.

Overall, Laugh-In was hilarious. This three DVD set proves it. Unfortunately, what we get is so good it can frustrate me--and others--that we didn't get so much more from the first season or two. Hopefully Rhino will eventually see the light and produce a proper retrospective of this fine series complete on DVD. This is even too short to be called a "best of" Laugh-In DVD set. Sigh.
May 5, 2008

Greedy Rhino Management

Unfortunately the greedy executives at Rhino have done it again. I give TEN stars to the show, but 0.000025 for Rhino. They're doing it again. You get TWO lousy episodes (49 min each) per disc. There are three discs so that's a total of SIX episodes only.... What's going on here guys...There is only ONE excuse for this pricing structure, pure greed.

Packaging is great, the quality of the program is not bad (not brilliant either), yet they're charging $45 for 6 episodes, with some extras. What a rip, considering you can buy the ENITIRE season of .... let's see... I'll just pick ANY series, here's one, Magnum PI (1st season). For under $20, you get FOUR DOUBLE sided discs with 1113 minutes of footage. Rhino gives you 3, SINGLE SIDED discs, with only 294 minutes for more than DOUBLE the cost. It's not worth it guys. Rhino do this often to make HUGE profits. Don't buy this DVD until the greedy execs at Rhino lower the price. If no-one buys it, they'll have to. It's a shame a decent company didn't pick this great series up.
DON'T GIVE INTO TO THE GREEDY THUGS AT RHINO. November 26, 2007

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