Inside the Writers Room of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
Original Airdates: June 25-27, 2021
TVC 544.1: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome Emmy nominated comedy writer Jim Abell. Jim spent three years as a staff writer for Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (NBC, 1968-1973), while his other credits include Lily Tomlin’s second comedy album, And That’s the Truth, plus many of the blackout sketches on Love, American Style. Topics this segment include the clever ways in which Laugh-In circumvented the network censors every week, plus the story of how Jim began his journey in TV after receiving encouragement from actor/comedian Harvey Korman.
Forest Lawn, Love, American Style, and Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
Original Airdates: June 25-27, 2021
TVC 544.2: Emmy nominated comedy writer Jim Abell (seen holding the Fickle Finger of Fate during a teaching appearance at a writers conference in Hawaii) shares a few more stories about writing for Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and Love, American Style, including how he and his writing partner, Chet Dowling, often found inspiration from the tombstones of the great comedians who are buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Burbank, California.
