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Laugh-In Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1969 - 1970
Episode 1
Guest Starring Debbie Reynolds, Peter Sellers and Johnny Carson
Mon, Sep 15, 196952 mins
Sketches including clown opening, General Bullwright monologue, Fickle finger of fate, Cocktail party, Goldie the space traveler, Gladys & Tyrone on the park bench, Roman orgy runner, and News of the past, present & future. Featuring Johnny Carson and Peter Sellers
Episode 2
Guest Starring Diana Ross and Michael Caine
Mon, Sep 22, 196952 mins
Sketches including Vaudeville joke segment, Uncle Al the Kiddy's Pal, Diana's Aaooga song, Mod, Mod World of song, News of the past, present, and future, Our man in Washington, and Judy and Arte's robot theater. Featuring Michael Caine and Diana Ross.
Episode 3
Guest Starring Sonny & Cher
Mon, Sep 29, 196952 mins
Sonny and Cher appear together, sock it to each other, and attend the cocktail party; Mod Mod World looks at status; General Bull Wright decries peace mongers; Henry recites his belly button poem; neighbors meet at the bathroom mirror; two nuns eat lunch together; Dick starts the day at home in bed; Tyrone and Gladys; astronauts have communication trouble on the moon; Cher and the female regulars dress as bikers to introduce news of the past, present, and future; Big Al delivers sports news; pedestrian Ruth drops her handkerchief on the street to attract men; automobile one-liners; kiss-the-bride runners; Uncle Al the kiddies' pal; the winner of the Naked Miss America Contest; robot theatre; letters to Laugh-In; and the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award goes to the Surgeon General.
Episode 4
Guest Starring The Monkees
Mon, Oct 6, 196952 mins
The week's guests Mickey Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Michael Nesmith of The Monkees attend the cocktail party; play major characters in a courtroom trial; and apply for knighthood. Additional sketches include letters to Laugh-In; Judy as a super witch; a lawyer proposes a one-thousand-dollar divorce package; Tyrone brings flowers to Gladys; the female regulars dress as Mexican cantina singers to introduce news of the past, present, and future; Big Al gives a sports update; gossip columnist busybody Buzzi is back; Alan stars in saloon runners; Henry recites his liver poem; the Mod, Mod World looks at salesmanship with Henry going door to door; quickies; and the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award goes to California legislators.
Episode 5
Guest Starring Jack E. Leonard
Mon, Oct 13, 196952 mins
Comedian Jack E. Leonard joins the cast in exercising, tap dances to the News song, attends the cocktail party, and plays a waiter suffering abuse from feisty chef Alan; a look at the younger generation's vocabulary; jokes about hospital visits; bikini-clad Lana Wood appears in pleasure boat runners and her name is joked about; lifeboat quickie; Dick tells Dan about his new houseboat; Dick's day begins in his bedroom; Henry recites his steamed window poem; General Bull Wright discourses on war; Dick coaches Joanne in drivers' education; Tyrone and Gladys; gossip busybody Buzzi gets late-breaking news from Henry; Christopher Columbus is profiled on TV as he discovers the new world; Big Al provides a sports update; Uncle Al the kiddies' pal; Jeremy plays Toulouse Lautrec in art runners; and the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award goes to the American Independent Party. Mitzi Gaynor is featured.
Episode 6
Guest Starring Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson and Romy Schneider
Mon, Oct 20, 196952 mins
Clowns opening; Uncle Al the kiddies' pal; Dick starts his day by changing a dead light bulb; Mexican vacationers deal with the natives; Goldie and Theresa repeat their nuns sketch; archaeology runners with Alan as a newly exhumed mummy; Romy meets Gladys Ormsby and chats with Wolfgang in the bushes; Henry appears in magician runners; news of the past, present, and future includes Ben Franklin's printing press invention with Henry Gibson and Byron Gilliam; cocktail party; Henry recites his strange visitor poem; Goldie has recurring laundry problems hanging it out to dry; Joanne plays the Language Lady; the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award goes to the Pentagon for digging a hole; letters to Laugh-In; Potpourri; organized crime is saluted.
Episode 7
Guest Star Flip Wilson
Mon, Oct 27, 196952 mins
Guest Flip Wilson attends the cocktail party and helps the cast look at the presidency with Jack Riley as LBJ; vaudeville tell a joke opening; Ruth Buzzi plays a housewife with halitosis; Uncle Al the kiddies' pal; one-liners; guru runners with Ruth going to great lengths to meet Flip on his mountaintop; Henry Gibson shares his shinbone poem; news of the past, present, and future; Pilgrims and Indians skit; Joanne Worley as a sex change patient; busybody Buzzi; Big Al gives a sports update; Goldie Hawn plays Cinderella; Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award; letters to Laugh-In; Ruth performs a Lady Bird song for Ex-President LBJ; and Potpourri.
Episode 8
Guest Starring Buddy Hackett
Mon, Nov 3, 196952 mins
Comedian Buddy Hackett attends the cocktail party and helps the cast look at other countries around the world; a skit on computer dating; letters to Laugh-In; Joanne Worley shares her beauty hints; Jeremy Lloyd plays Cyrano de Bergerac; Dick Martin's day begins at home in his bedroom; Henry Gibson plays a human fly acrobat scaling the exterior of a tall building; the female regulars dress in bikinis to introduce the news of the past, present, and future; a postal supervisor explains recent delays in mail delivery; Arte Johnson and Judy Carne perform another segment of Robot Theater; quicksand runners with Alan Sues sinking; quickies; General Bull Wright does a monologue on foreign influences; unwelcome house guests; and Uncle Al the kiddies' pal.
Episode 9
Guest Starring Carol Channing
Mon, Nov 10, 196952 mins
Carol Channing plays a child actress turned UN rep, teams with Arte Johnson to play the country's richest couple, and teams with Goldie Hawn in a song and dance number about being blond. Other sketches include a luau opening; drink mix comparison; quickies; Dick Martin plays a waste management artisan in sanitation runners; Henry Gibson recites his elements poem; Arte as Piotr Rosmenko tries to teach Carol Channing how to sing a strangely familiar song in his native Russian; news of the past, present, and future; Alan Sues presents the sports news and plays George Washington trying out his wooden teeth; Henry Gibson appears in weight lifting runners; tooth fairy; cocktail party; the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate award goes to the division of motor vehicles; the Mod, Mod World of automobiles; Tyrone and Gladys; and Judy Carne plays a super witch delivering news from the Great Beyond. Johnny Carson is featured.
Episode 10
Guest Starring Sid Caesar
Mon, Nov 17, 196952 mins
Tyrone and Gladys have company on their park bench; Piotr Rosmenko introduces a friend; quickies; Uncle Al the kiddies' pal; a look at mate-swapping; General Bull Wright shares his retirement activities; Love in Spain, Ireland, Germany, and Israel; Female regulars dress as Bette Davis and do voice impressions of her to introduce news of the past, present, and future; galley slave newbie Sid Caesar makes wisecracks to Henry Gibson on a Viking ship; busybody Ruth Buzzi; Big Al reports the sports news with his heavy tinkle; Ruth Buzzi plays a young child reaching for forbidden cookies on the kitchen cabinet's top shelf; sword fight runners; diner runners with Joanne Worley as a waitress; cocktail party; Flying Fickle Finger of Fate award goes to United Airlines; Dickie Martin starts the day at home by making his lunch; a film about smuggling; Potpourri; frontier doctor; letters to Laugh-In; Henry Gibson recites his socioeconomic poem; beautiful downtown Burbank jokes continue. Featuring Zsa Zsa Gabor, Diane Ross, and Peter Sellers.
Episode 11
Guest Star Sammy Davis, Jr.
Mon, Nov 24, 196952 mins
Guest Sammy Davis Jr. plays a Western gunslinger facing the regulars, a lost lonely child wandering the streets; variations on Here Come Da Judge; Potpourri; Iron Curtain nations send soldiers to entertain their troops; Henry Gibson plays a writer writing a novel while the other regulars act out what he's writing; Alan Sues is on a high window ledge; teacher Ruth Buzzi holds a parent teacher conference with the mother of a misbehaving student; female regulars dress in judicial robes and white wigs to introduce news of the past, present, and future; Henry Gibson shares his friendship poem; a letter to Laugh-In; busybody Buzzi; cocktail party; The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate award goes to the American Petroleum Institute; quickies; British bobby runners; Sammy, Arte, and Henry Gibson sing about being short; psychiatrist Dan Rowan has cast members as patients. Featuring Michael Caine, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Davy Jones, and Debbie Reynolds in cameos.
Episode 12
Guest Starring Englebert Humperdinck
Mon, Dec 1, 196952 mins
An opening salute to office workers; quickies; Uncle Al the kiddies' pal; children's birthday party runners; monster runners with Arte Johnson as Dr. Frankenstein and Alan Sues as his bungling creation; female regulars dress as pilgrims to introduce news of the past, present, and future; George Washington and Thomas Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence; Big Al presents the sports news; Dan Rowan plays a cigarette company executive leading his employees in a campaign to boost sales; Dickie Martin starts the day at home with some exercise; Goldie Hawn and Henry Gibson play frogs on lily pads; Arte plays a boisterous faith healer; Henry shares his Englebert poem; cocktail party; The Mod, Mod World looks at privacy and the lack thereof; homeless Dan repeatedly asks Jo Anne Worley for cigarettes in runners; jokes are made about Englebert's name; the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award goes to a sitting Congressman and six of his colleagues; Tyrone and Gladys; Potpourri; Jeremy Lloyd hosts a honeymoon game show with two competing couples. Featuring Jack Benny, Johnny Carson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Peter Lawford, and Jill St. John in cameos.
Episode 13
Guest Starring Phyllis Diller
Mon, Dec 8, 196952 mins
For the Clown It Up opening, cast members dress in polka dot outfits, tell jokes, and run into each other. Sketches include a Foreign Legion skit; quickies; volleyball runners; Phyllis as a maternity ward nurse, a clumsy housekeeper, and the teacher of an interpretive dance class; Arte Johnson as an archaeologist; Uncle Al the kiddies' pal; General Bull Wright delivers another monologue; father Dick Martin chastises his lazy son Alan Sues in generation gap runners; Phyllis and the female regulars dress as ballerinas to introduce news of the past, present, and future; civil service workers go on strike; Dan Rowan chats with Lady Godiva; Ruth Buzzi and Joanne Worley appear in the pillory in runners; Henry Gibson reads his latest poem; cocktail party; instead of the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate award, Dan and Dick give out a Whoopee Award to an American citizen who found a way to reduce junk mail; psychic Joanne contacts Ruth's dead husband; Phyllis extols the virtues of fans; and the men dress up to sing of the importance of the truth. Roger Moore, Jacqueline Susanne, and Romy Schneider appear in cameos.
Episode 14
Guest Starring Greer Garson
Mon, Dec 15, 196952 mins
After the Laugh It Up opening, Henry Gibson expresses adoration for Greer Garson, but she mistreats him; neighbors talk over their fence; Henry as St. Peter welcomes new angels; old West saloon poker game runners with Lorne Greene; Dick starts his day at home by painting; Ruth Buzzi listens to seashells in hopes of hearing the ocean; quickies; newspaper runners with Alan Sues as a carrier; Tyrone and Gladys; nudism as the norm versus renegade clothing-wearers; Henry recites his Wicky Wicky Dollar poem; cocktail party; windup toy runners; the women dress as Mae West to introduce news of the past, present, and future; Southern aristocrats; Big Al; the Mod, Mod World of Extremism highlighted by Arte Johnson as a TV sports nut whose wife deals with worsening household problems; and the Farkel Family debuts. Lorne Greene appears in cameos.
Episode 15
Guest Starring Miss Nancy Sinatra
Mon, Dec 29, 196952 mins
Lily Tomlin joins the cast and introduces her stuttering lady character. This New Year's Eve-centered episode brought the series into the 1970's. We start with the cocktail party; Piotr Rosmenko does a reading; quickies; Nancy plays a clumsy waitress; bartender Dan Rowan serves drunk patrons Dick Martin and Ruth Buzzi; Ernestine tries to collect an overdue balance from a customer; the Farkel family; Nancy and the female regulars dress in tails to introduce the news of the past, present, and future; Nancy appears as Marie Curie; Dick propositions Pamela Rodgers; knighthood runners; Henry shares his circus poem; Rosmenko teaches Nancy how to dance to her signature tune These Boots Were Made for Walking; the Whoopi Award goes to a liquor store clerk in Washington State; ballroom dance party; Mama Joanne gives dating advice to teenagers; the cast does a windup of the sexy Sixties; UFO sightings. Guy Lombardo, Ed McMahon, and Frank Sinatra Junior appear in cameos.
Episode 16
Guest Star James Garner
Mon, Jan 5, 197052 mins
James Garner appears as a cop, an Indian, and a jail inmate. Lily Tomlin debuts her tasteful lady character; Big Al Sues interviews a lady jockey during the sports news segment; cast members dressed as jockeys introduce the news of the past, present, and future; Galileo invents the telescope; quickies; bride runners; the Farkel family; Henry recites his Vice President poem; window runners; cocktail party; Mod, Mod World focuses on Native Americans; General Bull Wright talks about his father; locker inspections are conducted in a high school; the cast finds the "Silent Majority" voice; Dick Martin thanks the Internal Revenue Service. Englebert Humperdinck and Roger Moore make cameos.
Episode 17
Guest Starring Jonathan Winters
Mon, Jan 12, 197052 mins
The Good Sport Award goes to Poland for tolerating Polish jokes; patient Henry Gibson consults his doctor; two hobos rummage through a trash can; the local police and Maude Prickett both interact with the Farkel family; Mod, Mod World looks at the American tourist with Henry visiting a snake charmer and Jonathan Winters playing the entire staff of a hotel where married couple Alan Sues and Ruth Buzzi have won a special vacation package; Arte addresses militant Eskimos; Uncle Al the kiddies' pal does another segment; the female regulars dress as Shirley Temple to introduce the news of the past, preset, and future; a man on the street interview; busybody Buzzi gossips again; Dick Martin tries to buy a newspaper by cheating the dispensary machine; Dan Rowan and Arte Johnson appear in French sword-fighting runners; Ernestine contacts Mr. Beetle again to resolve his unpaid bill; Henry reads his ox poem; one-liners about human names; cocktail party; Big Al visits Switzerland for an odd competition during his sports news segment; the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate goes to a U.S. Air Force efficiency expert; Maude Prickett sits on the park bench with Tyrone and Gladys; Piotr Rosmenko and Goldie sing a duet. Peter Lawford appears in cameos.
Episode 18
Guest Star Peter Lawford
Mon, Jan 19, 197052 mins
Henry Gibson and Goldie Hawn reprise their frogs on lily pads skit; cocktail party; Goldie complains to Dan Rowan about Dick Martin's behavior; quickies; Jeremy Lloyd plays Toulouse Lautrec; Ernestine appears; the female regulars dress as exotic belly dancers to introduce the news of the past, present, and future; Big Al's sports news highlights a badminton match; the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award goes to the Farmers' Home Administration; Henry reads his poison poem; a salute to women with Peter singing their praises; Cleopatra has romantic trouble; Lily Tomlin plays Carrie Nation trashing a saloon; Peter plays George Washington, a British Colonial Officer, and a telegraph messenger sent to the Farkel home; a paint-smearing number; General Bull Right expresses his opinion on today's youth; and Dick thanks Congress on their accomplishments. Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr., and Ed McMahon appear in cameos.
Episode 19
Guest Star Tony Curtis
Mon, Jan 26, 197052 mins
Sketches include a Southern lynching goof; Dick talks about his Aunt Minnie who is only 3 feet tall; quickies; Lily Tomlin as an exacting teacher; Henry Gibson as a waiter; Ernestine chats with Milhouse; two dandies putt golf balls; hippies introduce the news of the past, present, and future; busybody Buzzi comments on Rex Reed; Big Al's sports news features Senor Martinez the bullfighter in Tijuana; L.A. Mayor Yorty's long weekend; Henry reads his inflation poem; Tyrone dreams of Gladys; cocktail party; Dick starts the day at home mending his socks; Tony Curtis helps salute show business and plays Grandfather Farkel, who has a new addition to the family; Goldie Hawn and Tony butcher the Oscar nominations; Lily stutters again; Dick gets mistaken for Fred Astaire in London; Romeo and Juliet's death scene gets a rewrite; and senior citizens receive special acknowledgment. Jack Benny, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Jill St. John appear in cameos.
Episode 20
Guest Starring Jack Benny
Mon, Feb 2, 197052 mins
Guest Jack Benny is rushed through several bits that don't happen; Ernestine calls President 'Milhouse'; Alan Sues stars in saloon runners; Tyrone and Gladys; cocktail party; Uncle Al the kiddies' pal; quickies; Henry and Joanne play angels; tennis runners; Lily Tomlin as an efficiency expert; neighbors compare laundry detergents; The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award goes to the National Space Agency; Henry recites his state of the union poem; female regulars impersonate James Cagney to introduce the news of the past, present, and future; Noah's wife indicates an error in the passenger manifest of his Ark; busybody Buzzi; the Mod, Mod World looks at work; and General Bull Wright argues over how democratic the Army really is. Michael Caine, Johnny Carson, and George Lindsay are featured.
Episode 21
Guest Starring Carl Reiner
Mon, Feb 9, 197052 mins
Carl Reiner helps look at a Russian version of Laugh-In; Tyrone tries to propose to Gladys; Farkel Family debuts their dance; Carl plays Lily Tomlin's cheating husband in runners; Henry Gibson is highlighted in gardening runners; a morning chat at the bathroom mirror; cocktail party; quickies; surgeon Carl performs a palm transplant on Jeremy Lloyd; Ruth and Joanne converse in the stockade; Metrano the magician appears; Ernest tries to collect fifteen dollars from William F. Buckley; Henry reads his pelican poem; psychiatrist Dan Rowan counsels patients; Sam Smoot sells used hairpieces; potpourri; noisy neighbors; Goldie explains the Army's draft lottery; submarine runners; Lily stutters for Andy Williams; Carl tells a fable about the fox and the stork; Dick thanks the silent majority. Jim Backus and Mr. Magoo, Greer Garson, and Andy Williams are featured.
Episode 22
Guest Starring Dan Blocker
Mon, Feb 16, 197052 mins
Johnny Brown joins the regular cast. Sketches include Joke Wall; changes in male fashion; Dan Blocker helps look at the weird world; Lily Tomlin plays Lily St. Parmesan the Italian stripper; Alan Sues plays a cornered crook; Johnny is a sidewalk news vendor; Joanne Worley visits hubby Jeremy Lloyd on an archaeology dig; Henry Gibson presents his sonic boom poem; Tyrone pops the question; cocktail party; wedding runners; Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award goes to the Meadowview Wildlife Preserve; Big Al interviews a pro wrestler during his sports news segment; Lily stutters; campus unrest at a nursery school; Dan Blocker's Native American chief meets the Founding Farkel Family; the girls sing the news of the past, present, and future theme as the Marx Brothers; and Dick thanks the vocal minority. Perry Como, Tommy Smothers, and Flip Wilson appear.
Episode 23
Guest Starring Ringo Starr
Mon, Feb 23, 197052 mins
Ruth Buzzi receives an obscene phone call; chef Dick Martin cooks up a new dish and calls the dog at bedtime; Dan Rowan talks of his Puritan ancestry; cocktail party; Henry Gibson and Pamela Rodgers make beautiful music together; a new feature titled Miscellaneous debuts; Dan suffers insomnia; the Amazing Metrano does magic tricks; Goldie Hawn explains the truth in lending law; Henry recites a poem about boiled eggs and appears in window runners; the female regulars dress as harem girls to introduce the news of the past, present, and future; busybody Buzzi; the Farkels; Arte Johnson fights seasickness during a cruise; airline blackouts; Ernestine telephones Hubert Humphrey about the $1.63 that he owes the phone company; quickies; Dick says kind words about teenagers; Tyrone buys a wedding ring for Gladys; Henry Gibson is an inept skyjacker; Pentagon wins the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award for the third time. This was Judy Carne's final appearance on the series as a regular cast member. Carol Channing, Wally Cox, and Sheldon Leonard appear in cameos.
Episode 24
Guest Starring Danny Kaye
Mon, Mar 2, 197052 mins
Danny Kaye plays an elderly cranky watchmaker, a rival chef to Arte in the Italian king's kitchen, and the father to bride Gladys Ormsby; Alan Sues plays a carefree motorist ignoring traffic regulations; Dan Rowan uses a polygraph on Dick Martin; quickies; Jeremy Lloyd stars in kissing bandit runners; Arte and Danny Kaye sing a duet of Those Were the Days as Piotr Rosmenko and Mr. Shaughnessy; Henry plays a cop in runners; cocktail party; Dick's day at the bar; Arte's Scandinavian storyteller strikes again; Ernestine telephones Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty; the female regulars dress as marionettes to introduce news of the past, present, and future; Goldie Hawn explains the reasons for overpopulation; Tyrone crashes Gladys' wedding shower; a look at the generation gap; and Danny meets stuttering Lily Tomlin. Zsa Zsa Gabor appears.
Episode 25
Guest Starring Milton Berle
Mon, Mar 9, 197052 mins
Uncle Milty takes abuse from the cast and hosts Tyrone's bachelor party; Goldie turns into General Bull Wright during the news; the Farkel Family find foundlings on their doorstep; Goldie describes her date to Lily Tomlin; Joanne Worley sings This Land is My Land and runs a secondhand clothing store; cocktail party; Henry Gibson and Goldie reprise their frogs on lily pads routine; Milton Berle and Dick Martin play elderly hippies; Goldie explains the time zones; the latest installment of Dick's Day involves his date; Ernestine contacts Mr. Tevitt about his obscene phone calls; Henry shares a poem about naked people and apologizes to Milton for the abuse; the female regulars dress as Vikings to introduce news of the past, present, and future; busybody Buzzi; Tyrone and Gladys; Goldie tells a Laugh-In fable; Uncle Al the kiddies' pal does another segment; Milton plays a magician in a runner sketch and joins Wolfgang in the bushes. Edgar Bergen and his dummies, Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, Jill St. John, Nancy Sinatra, and Andy Williams are featured.
Episode 26
The Wedding of Tyrone and Gladys
Mon, Mar 16, 197052 mins
Last regular appearances of Goldie Hawn, Jo Anne Worley, and Teresa Graves, all of whom would return as guests in later episodes. Also the final appearances of Jeremy Lloyd and Pamela Rodgers on the series. Tyrone sends a telegram to Gladys professing his love; a pirates skit; Dick Martin talks Tyrone into a special diet; quickies; the Farkel family decides to vacation at Pikes' Peak with Carol Channing as Helga the maid; Henry and Goldie play frogs on lily pads again; cocktail party; Goldie tells a fable; Henry recites his I've Got to Plan poem; busybody Buzzi spreads dirt on Irving Lazar; Ernestine looks into a repair call that got fouled up; the Whoopee Award goes to the Pacific Lighting Service Company; Carol causes a menage a trois and then some which climaxes in a four-star restaurant; young Sigmund Freud; Goldie explains the meaning of Gary Owens' signature line "This show has been prerecorded"; overnight guests; Cinderella's fairy godmother; electric chair repairs; Carol Channing gives Gladys away at her wedding to Tyrone, sings with Teresa Graves about being soul sisters, leads a quartet of bird watchers, and dances the news theme with the girls. Tony Curtis, Peter Sellers, and Tiny Tim are featured.