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    Posted 10 years ago

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    First: a trivia question with a little historical intro:

    As we all know, today there are hundreds of television programs and lots of time-shifted viewing so the days when a large chunk of television viewers (or even the public) tuned in to watch the same show at the same time are long gone. Even big events like the Superbowl no longer get half of the viewing audience. Long ago, it wasn't like this.

    Question: What was the last regularly scheduled television program to regularly win over half of the TV viewing audience?

    Answer: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In which ran on Monday nights, from 1968-1973

    I remember when my family bought a color TV primarily so we could watch the Laugh-In in color.

    The term "Laugh-In" was a play on the "love-ins" or "be-ins" of the 1960s hippie culture, terms that were, in turn, derived from "sit-ins", common in protests associated with civil rights and anti-war demonstrations of the time.

    I think I bought my Laugh In deck of playing cards in a store in the early 70s. It is dated 1969. I have the full deck but of course, my real interest in these two jokers.

    Fickle Finger of Fate Award
    One joker commemorates the Fickle Finger of Fate Award, an award that salutes actual dubious achievements by the government or famous people, It became one of the many catchphrases of the show.

    The other joker features (and I'm quoting Wikipedia) an unnamed "man in a yellow raincoat" and hat, riding a tricycle, then tipping over and falling, frequently used between sketches.

    Note. I did cite some info that I learned from Wikipedia. I have no source for the point about this being the last program to get over half of the audience. Wikipedia does report that it was the number one show for two seasons. I suppose I could look up somewhere the size of the viewing audience and the share that the program had for its two hit seasons.

    For more info: http://jokercollection.blogspot.com/2014/09/laugh-in-jokers.html

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    1. shareurpassion shareurpassion, 7 years ago
      Oh yes, that was Artie Johnson and ugh, what the heck is her name that used to smack him over the head with her purse? She also played the little girl in the huge rocking chair! And snorted when she laughed! I can't remember her name right now! Loved Goldie Hawn the most!

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