Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In people who only stayed on for that season: Teresa Graves, Jeremy Lloyd, Pamela Rodgers, and Byron Gilliam. Lily Tomlin joined in the middle of the season. Jo Anne Worley, Goldie Hawn, and Judy Carne left after the season. The 1970–71 season brought new additions to the cast include tall, lanky, sad-eyed Dennis Allen, who alternately played quietly zany characters and straight man for anybody's jokes; comic actress Ann Elder, who also contributed to scripts, tap dancer Barbara Sharma, and Johnny Brown. Arte Johnson, who created many memorable characters, insisted on star billing, apart from the rest of the cast. The
Laugh in a Half Python and The Frantics. Laugh in a Half Laugh in a Half was a Canadian comedy anthology show broadcast on CBC Radio One in 2003. Hosted by Walter Rinaldi, it was a summer replacement show for "Madly Off in All Directions" that ran for 13-weeks from June to late August of that year. Each show focused on a particular topic, such as "pioneers of comedy", "British comedy" or "comedy duos", and then played well-known comedy skits from various performers on that theme. Over the course of the series the show played pieces by famous British, American and Canadian comedians, including