Summer series where free-form topical satire was the norm.Summer series where free-form topical satire was the norm.Summer series where free-form topical satire was the norm.
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- TriviaRobert Klein with beard, hippy shirt and dew rag on his head walked out on stage in front of police tape with a guitar over his back and with harmonica firmly in hand performed for the very first time his "Have I got the right to sing the blues."
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The most brilliant TV series no one saw
In the late 60s, Rowen & Martin's Laugh-In revived skit comedy television with a fast paced psychedelic vibe that was the talk of television. Despite the comedic brilliance of Arte Johnson, Ruth Buzzi, and Lilly Tomlin, and the giddy charm of Goldie Hawn, when the new decade arrived, the silly psychedelic appeal of Laugh-In began to fade. In a summer trial, Robert Klein hosted this deeper and more old fashioned paced comedy skit show, and it may have been the funniest series on TV I ever saw. Although, it owed its trial to Laugh-In, it's sophistication owed more to Cid Ceaser's Your Show of Shows and predated Saturday Night Live by a half decade. I can't explain why it took so long for that level of sketch comedy to recapture us. The talents of Madeline Kahn and Peter Boyle stood out, so it was not surprising they were the two artists from the Comedy Tonight troupe who went on to greater fame.
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