Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In on Nick at Nite in 1987, although they were included when the program was rerun on the Decades over-the-air television channel in 2017. Of over three dozen entertainers to join the cast, only Rowan, Martin, Owens, and Buzzi were there from beginning to end. However, Owens was not in the 1967 pilot and Buzzi missed two first-season episodes. The writers for "Laugh-In" were: Digby Wolfe and Paul Keyes, Allan Manings and Hugh Wedlock, Jr., Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan, Marc London and David Panich, Chris Bearde (credited as Chris Beard), Coslough Johnson (Arte Johnson's younger brother), Jim Mulligan and Jack
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