The first ep of season six of "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" begins with a bunch of comely young girls dressed as cheerleaders doing their thing with Gary Owens then introing the returning cast members before then mentioning the newbies as they all come on stage. And for the first time since the first season, the audience and cameras are in full view on the show. Dan & Dick then bring the first guest who's John Wayne. Wayne seems really glad to be there though on some occasions, he pretends he's not like when he later comes on stage in a bunny suit! Jill St. John also returns in a running skit about a singles club. Boy, was she as hot as ever! As always, Ruth Buzzi does her Gladys and Lily Tomlin does her Ernestine and Edith Ann. The only ones of the new cast I recognized were Willie Tyler and Lester who I first saw on some Lola Falana specials when a kid of the mid '70s. They were pretty funny with what I saw so far. Also appearing were Isaac Hayes commenting on his Shaft fame as well as on some political matters and Wilt Chamberlain. Also appearing were Army Archerd whose comment on Barbra Streisand and Phyllis Diller wasn't funny and Frank Welker, perhaps best known as the voice of Fred Jones on the Scooby Doo cartoons, doing a funny bit as Donald Duck singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"! One more thing, Kent McCord and Martin Milner reprise their "Adam-12" cop roles on the show that they also did the previous season. This was a pretty enjoyable start for the new season. By the way, it seems during the Joke Wall sequence, the doors are now already opened before the cast tells their jokes and they stay that way during the closing credits. I watched this on Roku which I got a free subscription from so now I'll review the rest of the season like I had hoped to when I finished the fifth one on DVD just a couple of days ago...
Review of John Wayne
John Wayne starts off the sixth season of "Laugh-In" on a good vibe
26 September 2019
Warning: Spoilers