Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In for "Laugh-In" was Ian Bernard. He wrote the opening theme music, "Inquisitive Tango", plus the infamous "What's the news across the nation" number. He wrote all the musical "play-ons" that introduced comedy sketches like Lily Tomlin's character, Edith Ann, the little girl who sat in a giant rocking chair, and Arte Johnson's old man character, Tyrone, who always got hit with a purse. He also appeared in many of the cocktail scenes where he directed the band as they stopped and started between jokes. Composer-lyricist Billy Barnes wrote all of the original musical production numbers in the show, and often
Norrie Rowan Norrie Rowan Norman "Norrie" Rowan (born c. 1951) is a Scottish international rugby union player, from Edinburgh, who played for . He played for Forrester RFC and later Boroughmuir RFC, and was also nominated for "Rugby World"'s "Unsung Hero" award in 1989 - he was the only Scot to be given an award in that year, after playing in all Five Nations matches that year. He received thirteen caps playing as prop forward for the national team. Rowan excavated the Edinburgh Vaults, after he found a tunnel leading to them in the 1980s. From this tunnel he helped Romanian rugby