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
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