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
Richard Martin (Canadian director) served as second unit director. Richard Martin (Canadian director) Richard Martin (born April 12, 1956) is a Canadian television director, film director and film editor. He was born in Vancouver and is one of the two sons born to comedian Dick Martin ("Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"). Richard Martin and his wife, Kim Steer, have one child. Richard Martin first achieved significant notice in the film industry as an editor, having been nominated in 1986 for a Genie Award for "Best Achievement in Film Editing" for the independent film biography "Samuel Lount" (1985). Within a few years, he moved to directing,