RIP Dick Martin
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080525/ap_on_en_tv/obit_martin
One could argue that time had passed Martin by. In a way, he and Martin had been too successful. I'd argue that Laugh-In really revolutionized TV, (and not always in ways that I feel have evolved to my tastes). It wouldn't be too hard to trace our current one second entertainment/information attention span to that show. It is an easy stroll from Laugh In's ten jokes/situations a minute to our own current torrent of imagery on tube and computer. It introduced a dozen catch phrases into the popular lexicon, about twenty talents were created or promoted through it, it may even have helped elect Nixon with his one humanizing second of "Sock it to Meee?" A pretty remarkable achievement. It seems tame now, but only because they started a ball rolling that has yet to slow down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqhq53JGOPM
One could argue that time had passed Martin by. In a way, he and Martin had been too successful. I'd argue that Laugh-In really revolutionized TV, (and not always in ways that I feel have evolved to my tastes). It wouldn't be too hard to trace our current one second entertainment/information attention span to that show. It is an easy stroll from Laugh In's ten jokes/situations a minute to our own current torrent of imagery on tube and computer. It introduced a dozen catch phrases into the popular lexicon, about twenty talents were created or promoted through it, it may even have helped elect Nixon with his one humanizing second of "Sock it to Meee?" A pretty remarkable achievement. It seems tame now, but only because they started a ball rolling that has yet to slow down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqhq53JGOPM
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