Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In sketches, many of which conveyed sexual innuendo or were politically charged. The co-hosts continued the exasperated straight man (Rowan) and "dumb" guy (Martin) act, which they had established as nightclub comics. It featured, at various times, announcer Gary Owens, Goldie Hawn, Arte Johnson, Ruth Buzzi, Judy Carne, Jo Anne Worley, Henry Gibson, Alan Sues, Lily Tomlin, Teresa Graves, Larry Hovis, Chelsea Brown, Sarah Kennedy, Jeremy Lloyd, Dave Madden, Pigmeat Markham, Jud Strunk, Richard Dawson, Moosie Drier, Barbara Sharma, and Johnny Brown. In 2017, George Schlatter Productions brought "Laugh-In" back for its 50th anniversary. The original show airs on Decades TV.
S. Carlisle Martin S. Carlisle Martin Samuel Carlisle Martin (1867–1932) was an American newspaper cartoonist and illustrator. Martin was born in St. Louis on November 13, 1867, to John and Hattie Martin; John Martin was railroad agent. Martin had a twin brother (who also became a newspaper illustrator) and other siblings. He attended the School of Fine Arts at Washington University. Martin was an illustrator for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and was the third cartoonist to draw that paper's Weatherbird, taking over from Oscar Chopin. He drew the strip (which continues to this day) from 1910 to 1932. Martin began the practice of