Turn-On production. Many assumed the show's title was itself an implicit reference to Timothy Leary's pro-drug maxim, "Turn on, tune in, drop out". The network eventually replaced "Turn On" with a revival of "The King Family Show". The controversy led ABC to reject a pilot written by Norman Lear, stating that the lead character was "foul-mouthed, and bigoted", out of fear that it might anger its affiliates again. CBS liked it, picked it up as "All in the Family", and began airing it in 1971. In 2002, "Turn-On" was ranked number 27 on "TV Guide's" 50 Worst TV Shows of All
Turn on, tune in, drop out February 1967 salon known as the "Houseboat Summit") announced his agreement with a new ordering of the phrase as he said, "I would agree to change the slogan to 'Drop out. Turn on. Drop in.'" During his last decade, Leary proclaimed that the "PC is the LSD of the 1990s"—"turn on, boot up, jack in" reworked the existing phrase to suggest joining the cyberdelic counterculture. The phrase was referenced in several songs of the time. Psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock parodies the quote in their 1967 song "Incense and Peppermints", singing "Turn on, tune in, turn your eyes around"