Arte Johnson Arte Johnson Arthur Stanton Eric Johnson (born January 20, 1929) is an American comic actor who was a regular on television's "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". His best-remembered characters on the sketch show were a German soldier with the catchphrase "Verrrry interesting...", and an old man who habitually propositioned Ruth Buzzi's spinster character. Johnson was born January 20, 1929, in Benton Harbor, Michigan, and is the son of Abraham Lincoln and Edythe Mackenzie (Golden) Johnson. His father was an attorney. Johnson attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he worked at the campus radio station and the UI Theater Guild
Dick Martin (comedian) NBC was cancelled four years early by mutual consent. In 1962 Martin worked solo, playing next-door neighbor to Lucille Ball during the first season of her comeback sitcom "The Lucy Show". He and Rowan returned to the nightclub circuit until 1966, when they were tapped to host the summer replacement series for "the Dean Martin Show". He co-starred in the 1966 Doris Day movie "The Glass Bottom Boat". The exposure led to an opportunity for Rowan and Martin to team up with producers Ed Friendly and George Schlatter and create "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1968–1973) on NBC. The comedy show