Reviewer:
MPDMedia
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June 10, 2019
Subject:
Actually, not that bad
I thought the falcon skit (by, I think, Jack Sheldon) went on too long, but it's a shame they didn't give this spirited show a chance to grow. Said to be a progenitor to Laugh-In (Alan Sues is in a couple of skits here); I liked the Mona Lisa, Cleopatra, and GI recording skits best. Stars show up with signs in last minute, but I did a Google image search to verify most of them.
Cast
Credited cast:
Ceil Cabot Mona Lisa in the gallery sketch
Jane Connell plump little blonde with soprano voice (later Miss Gooch, in "Mame")
Fay DeWitt middle-aged blonde in Calvin Coolidge song skit
Andrew Duncan MC in last number with pie
Don Francks Antony in the Cleopatra skit
Anthony Holland Guy in suit & tie introducing couple acts; GI Alvin Goodman
Adam Keefe Song and dance guy
Kathy Kersh Miss Rheingold of 1962 / hostess
Muriel Landers Plump Cleopatra
Marilyn Lovell (Matz) Brunette intro'ing Cleo & Antony skit
Mara Lynn sexpot
Len Maxwell not sure, but played LBJ in other shows
Jack Sheldon trumpeter, guitarist - later on Johnny Carson show
Alan Sues The Thinker in the gallery sketch, singer in Coolidge bit
Herb(ert) Ross show's choreographer, later a film director
Jerry Fielding music, later film scores
Reviewer:
mstamper
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May 7, 2019
Subject:
Laugh-In without the laughs
Love Jay Ward/Bill Scott and their animated work. Their live-action work falls flat. "Fractured Flickers" and this misbegotten work should never have been made.