Source: Neatorama
In the history of commercial television there have been few shows that could be considered phenomenonal. Time for Beany was one, closely followed by I Love Lucy and the original Dragnet. And then, moving into the late 1960’s, we find Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-in (RAMLI), a genuine phenomenon for which I had the good fortune to experience firsthand.
From the IMDb:This show popularized a rapid style of vignette comedy show where comedy sketches, punch-lines and gags are edited together in a rapid and almost random format. Regular trademark elements included the joke wall, the dancing women painted with one-liners and the fickle finger of fate award. This series inspired such shows as Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969) and Sesame Street (1969). Many of the original one-hour shows were re-edited into two half-hour programs in the early 1980s for syndication. Often, bloopers and outtakes were used to fill out a segment, especially during the joke wall sequence which occurred at the end of each show during the closing credits. New graphics were generated for credits on re-edited endings and run in the same sequence as the originals, but were in a…
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