Comments on: Henry Gibson and Friends

By: doug l

doug l — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:07:22 +0000

For me seeing the tributes to Henry Gibson brings back a wealth of memories of his work which incidentally goes far beyond “laugh in”. He was one of the first commedians to usher in the age of irony, and his performance and some of his poetry helped to make Robert Altman’s “Nashville” the remarkable movie that it is. His wiki reveals a man with an interesting background.

By: wheatdogg

wheatdogg — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:17:38 +0000

Gibson’s obit in the NYT included a photo of the cast. It brought back a flood of memories. I never thought after 30 years I would still remember their names.

I was old enough (12-13) to catch most of the innuendo and political humor in the show. My old man, a pretty straightlaced Republican, would watch it with me. He never said a word against it. Maybe it was Goldie’s dancing … Damn, she was cute.

Anyway, Laugh-In was one of the most entertaining shows back then, and it continually pushed the boundaries of network censorship. Though, I suspect if it were on today, the networks would run it late at night so youngsters like me wouldn’t be corrupted.

You bet your bippie!

By: Spiv

Spiv — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:59:58 +0000

I may be a young’n, but I’m still a huge fan of a youthful Goldie Hawn

By: Gray Gaffer

Gray Gaffer — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:29:00 +0000

In ’66 I discovered two things: Laugh-In and Goldie, and the first “Love of my Life” Carrie, who was the real world incarnation of the Goldie character in all ways except being a brunette instead of a blond (plus being as intelligent as could be). I was all of 19 and over-flowing with the obligatory teen hormonal soup. Plus it was 1966, man! Ah, thanks for the memories!

We are slowly losing our cultural founders. I see little replacing them, but could that just be creeping fogey-ism? I can’t shake the idea that the decade 1966 – 1976 produced the century’s great ones in both comedy and music.

By: MIke Haubrich, FCD

MIke Haubrich, FCD — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:20:47 +0000

My grandmother didn’t care for this show, but my parents let me watch it. I was up until three last night watching these of youtube last night, reliving memories.

There was so much of late sixties culture lampooned in this that was fun to watch. I only got half the jokes when I was a kid. What I liked was that there were guests conservative and liberal. They also lampooned the “Silent Majority.”

You bet your sweet bippie, they did.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:01:52 +0000

“… but right now, in Birmingham, they’re running a test pattern.”

I didn’t get the social commentary when I watched it back in the day.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:59:08 +0000

That must have been based on the Golden Bippie Award. Which is funnier if it is said with the right tone and cadence.

By: JefFlyingV

JefFlyingV — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:46:06 +0000

Funny the things you remember from the show and what you forget. Fickle finger of Fate, Nixon saying sock it to me, Goldie Hawn in a bikini. There was a terrible spin off movie with the Maltese Bippi.

By: Dan J

Dan J — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:38:28 +0000

Don’t forget Flip Wilson and Alan Sues!

I was only a young child (I was 3 when Laugh-In started, 8 when it ended), but I do have fond memories of watching it. My parents thought something like Laugh-In was perfectly okay for children to watch, and I’m glad they did.