Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In about Jeannie being sought after to appear on "Laugh-In". In 1969, a "Laugh-In" View-Master packet was issued by General Aniline and Film (GAF); The packet featured 21 3D images from the show. The horror spoof film "The Maltese Bippy" (1969) starring Dan Rowan and Dick Martin was loosely related to the series. Pamela Rodgers was the only "Laugh-In" cast member to co-star in the film. In 1969, Sears, Roebuck and Company produced a 15-minute short, "Freeze-In", which starred series regulars Judy Carne and Arte Johnson. Made to capitalize on the popularity of the series, the short was made for Sears
Carl Rowan bus boycott in 1955, resulting from Rosa Parks's refusal to relinquish her bus seat to a white passenger. As the only black reporter covering the story for a national newspaper, Rowan struck a special friendship with the boycott's leaders, including Martin Luther King, Jr. When news of an unlikely compromise settlement of the boycott came to Rowan's attention across the Associated Press wire, he notified King, who made quick steps to discredit the story, which was about to appear in a Montgomery newspaper, thus ensuring the continuance of the boycott. Founded in 1987 by Rowan, Project Excellence was a college