Editing Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (section)

===Memorable moments===
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The first season featured some of the first music videos seen on network TV, with cast members appearing in films set to the music of [[the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]], the [[Bee Gees]], [[the Temptations]], the [[Strawberry Alarm Clock]], and [[The First Edition (band)|the First Edition]].

During the September 16, 1968, episode, Richard Nixon, running for president, appeared for a few seconds with a disbelieving vocal inflection, asking "Sock it to ''me''?" Nixon was not doused or assaulted. An invitation was extended to Nixon's opponent, Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]], but he declined.<ref name="kolbert">{{cite magazine|author=Kolbert, Elizabeth|url=https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/04/19/040419fa_fact1 |title=Stooping To Conquer|magazine=The New Yorker|date=April 19, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005011233/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/04/19/040419fa_fact1|archive-date=October 5, 2008}}</ref> According to George Schlatter, the show's creator, "Humphrey later said that not doing it may have [[1968 United States presidential election|cost him the election]]", and "[Nixon] said the rest of his life that appearing on ''Laugh-In'' is what got him elected. And I believe that. And I've had to live with that."<ref name="wfmu">{{cite web|url=https://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2010/09/richard-nixons-laugh-in.html|title=The Comedy Writer That Helped Elect Richard M. Nixon  |last1=Nesteroff |first1=Kliph |author1-link=Kliph Nesteroff |work=[[WFMU]]'s Beware of the Blog|access-date=October 15, 2020}}</ref><ref name=makeemlaugh>"Satire and Parody; Sock it to Me?" ''[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/makeemlaugh/ Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America]'', January 28, 2009.</ref> In an episode of the ill-fated 1977 revival, Rich Little as Nixon says, "I invited the American people to sock-it-to-me.... you can stop now".{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

After winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in ''Cactus Flower'', Goldie Hawn made a guest appearance in the third episode of the fourth season.  She began the episode as an arrogant snob of an actress; however, a bucket of water thrown at her transformed her back to her giggling dumb blonde persona.

On multiple occasions, producer [[George Schlatter]] attempted to get [[William F. Buckley Jr.]] to appear on the show, only to be refused each time until he suddenly agreed to an appearance. In the episode that aired December 28, 1970, Buckley appeared in an unusual sit-down segment (portions of which were scattered throughout the episode) flanked by Rowan and Martin and fielding questions from the cast (which included Lily Tomlin doing her Babbler and Ernestine shticks) and giving humorous answers to each. Near the end, when Rowan asked Buckley why he finally agreed to appear on the show, Buckley explained that Schlatter had written him "an irresistable letter" in which he promised to fly Buckley out to [[Burbank, California|Burbank]] "in an airplane with two right wings". At the end, Rowan thanked him for appearing: "You can't be that smart without having a sense of humor, and you have a delightful one."

The 100th episode featured [[John Wayne]], [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]] and the return of several former cast members. Wayne, with his ear cupped, read the line "and me, I'm Gary Owens" instead of Owens himself. Wayne also shook Tiny Tim's hand, pretending that his grip was too overpowering.