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Laugh-In Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1971 - 1972
Episode 1
Guest Starring Raquel Welch
Mon, Sep 13, 197151 mins
Sketches include Martha Mitchell's mystery phone calls, Raquel and Ruth duet, Henny challenges Bob, Gladys' dream, Ernestine calls the White House, Return of the Swizzlers, Honeymoon runners, and the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award. Featuring Raquel Welch, Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Henny Youngman, and Kent McCord.
Episode 2
Vida Blue, Roman Gabriel, Andy Granatelli, Joe Namath, Sugar Ray Robinson, Bill Russell, Doug Sanders, Vin Scully, Jill St. John, Willie Shoemaker
Mon, Sep 20, 197150 mins
Sketches include Alan, Jill, and Sugar Ray's boxing blackout, Wife swapping, Lily in fake commercial, Sugar Ray meets Alan, Bill Russell locker room blackout, Edith Ann in the mystery person contest, Desert island runner, Lily cheerleader, Roman in football blackouts, and the Mod, Mod world of sports. Featuring Jill St. John, Roman Gabriel, Johnny Carson, William Shoemaker, and Sugar Ray Robinson.
Episode 3
Guest Starring Rita Hayworth
Mon, Sep 27, 197152 mins
Rita Hayworth plays an unsympathetic nurse to Dennis' blind hospital patient; reads poetry with Dan and Dick; joins the women in Sadie Hawkins garb to introduce the news; and sings a duet with Tasteful Lady. Queen Barbara Sharma samples Imperial margarine; Ruth sings Harold Arlen's "Blues in the Night", Dan and Dick discuss the President's trip to China; cocktail party; Richard Dawson as somewhat senile British butler Hawkins; Uncle Al the kiddies' pal returns; did Edith Ann eat mud, leaves, and chalk?; comments about waterbeds; Dick's mystery person contest continues; Moosie Dryer's news for children direct from his tree house; militarized Brit Richard threatens to invade the USA; busybody Buzzi has Hollywood news; arm wrestling in a tavern; Dennis in file clerk runners; quickies; Dick shows off his chopper; parlor maid runners; Edith Ann; Ernestine phones Frank Sinatra. James Brolin and Doc Severinson appear.
Episode 4
Guest Starring Karen Valentine
Mon, Oct 4, 197152 mins
Sketches include Sunbathers quickie, Jacqueline meets Johnny, All-girl band production, Karen fake commercial, Stretcher running joke, Man-eating woman runner, Supermarket with Lily, Nudist camp runner, Nun runner, Ruth's gladiator dream, Dan and the swingers, Karate runner, and Gladys' dream. Featuring Karen Valentine, Jacqueline Susann, Mae West, Pat Morita, Johnny Carson, and Moosie Drier.
Episode 5
Tony Curtis, Frank Gorshin, Edward G. Robinson, Buffalo Bob Smith
Mon, Oct 11, 197152 mins
Cowboys and Indians runners; Robin Hood skit; Lily's air traffic controller; Ruth's fortune teller; the mystery person is revealed; Dan and Dick meets a one-man band and argues over who discovered America; cocktail party; more EMT runners; beatniks discuss their short-term plans; Chaplain Bud Homily; nun runners; Army recruitment skit; Richard's Book at Bedtime; the Mod, Mod World of Movies; Charlie Chaplin clones introduce the news; Moosie Drier speaks from the tree house; busybody Buzzi exposes cracks in a Hollywood marriage; Ernestine telephones film producer Joseph Levine and calls China in advance of the President's trip; Alan and Ruth in Tarzan runners; Dick and Johnny as Laurel and Hardy; a visit to the Foonman nudist camp; Dennis as a terminally-ill hospital patient; the Mod, Mod World looks at fashion and the invasion of privacy; Joke Wall finale. Tony Curtis, Chad Everett, Frank Gorshin, Dean Jones, Edward G. Robinson, Buffalo Bob Smith and Howdy Doody appear in cameos.
Episode 6
Richard Crenna, Janet Leigh
Mon, Oct 18, 197152 mins
After shave ad; Dick discusses his new diet; cocktail party; Ruth as Mae West; Lily's cheerleader; new talent segment; Richard Crenna performs as his Walter Denton character from Our Miss Brooks, a retired Army general managing a grocery store, and a sadistic dentist with Ruth in his chair; Edith Ann talks about a cure for thumb-sucking; the Mod, Mod World of toys and games; quickies; Dick debuts his human cannonball routine; Dennis and Johnny as friars; Richard Dawson as a dentist; Lily's brash redhead grocery clerk Dot; Ernestine telephones Cassius Clay and / or Muhammad Ali; females as Irish scrub women introduce the news; busybody Buzzi's Hollywood gossip; Big Al explains sports signals; Moosie Drier in the tree house; Johnny Brown interviews Richard Dawson's chimney sweep; Ruth's annoying Ms. Obvious; Lily's insulting curly-haired blond mouths off to Richard Crenna. Janet Leigh is featured.
Episode 7
Guest Starring Lee Grant
Mon, Oct 25, 197152 mins
Martial arts sketch; parachute jumper skit with Dennis as a neophyte; Johnny goes bowling again; unbreakable shampoo tube; is Dick retiring?; Lee Grant as a queen in knighthood runners; Vikings skit; Dan and Ann Elder do another castaways sketch; Edith Ann; Chaplain Bud Homily; a This Is Your Life parody with Lee Grant getting a rude awakening at home; cocktail party; elderly street corner guru Richard Dawson; Lee sings a song with "Sexy Al"; female regulars as black cats introduce the news with a look at fashion spies; Moosie Drier in the tree house; busybody Buzzi discusses Mae West; Ernestine places a late-night phone call; Lily's cheerleader; Whoopee Award; Plant Parenthood ensures happy houseplants; Gladys models for Alan's Toulouse Lautrec; quickies; Swizzlers; Lee Grant as an amnesiac wife; Ted Mack tells about some of his wildest amateurs; Joke Wall finale. Jill St. John is featured.
Episode 8
100th Anniversary with John Wayne
Mon, Nov 1, 197151 mins
Dan and Dick celebrate the 100th episode of 'Laugh-In' with a reunion of original cast members and the song "It's Good to Be Back." Vaudeville opening; where is Dan's beard?; quickies; Joanne Worley sings Rodgers and Hammerstein's "You'll Never Walk Alone"; Henry Gibson reads his Wild Jackass poem, his Compost Is Better than No Post at All poem, and Little Birdie poem; Dennis and Judy Carne revive Robot Theatre; Arte Johnson sings "the Girl from Ipanema"; radio censorship sketch; Tyrone returns to pursue Gladys, who dreams of marrying John Wayne; Edith Ann talks about her dog Buster; Henry Gibson in a detergent ad; Alan recreates his impression of Joanne Worley, who catches him red-handed; sheikh Tiny Tim enjoys his harem in runners; germ runners; cavalry runners; Dick takes up lion-taming; a visit to the Burbank Municipal Hospital; John Wayne reads his Sky poem and his They Say poem; cocktail party; the women dress as can can dancers to introduce the news; Moosie Drier reports from his tree house; Barbara Sharma chats with Arte's Russian peasant; cab driver Lily transports Henry Gibson's priest to St. Patrick's Cathedral; Arte presents an ode to women's lib; Joke Wall finale.
Episode 9
Guest Starring Liza Minnelli
Mon, Nov 8, 197150 mins
Sketches include Hip hugger blackouts, Alan and Barbara in Bride and groom quickies, The birds and the bees, Vaudeville sketch, Jill in Partridge family blackout, the Mod, Mod world of families, Liza reading of the will sketch, Liza and Barbara song of the 30s, Divorce lawyer, and Breakfast with governor's family. Featuring Liza Minelli, Edward G. Robinson, Ralph Edwards, and Jill St. John.
Episode 10
Guest Starring James Coco
Mon, Nov 22, 197152 mins
James Coco helps look at the Mod, Mod World of Politics and plays a suave Romeo romancing his date in his penthouse; Larry Hovis deals with Lily's brash redhead supermarket clerk Dot and interviews an inept secretary; Lily's cheerleader; speed reading school; complaint department; Dick claims to have ESP; Edith Ann talks about candy; cocktail party; a veterinarian makes house calls; Uncle Al the kiddies' pal performs a magic trick; spies fumble with secret documents; females dress as Popeye to introduce the news; Moosie Driver anticipates Thanksgiving dinner; footprints of the Abominable Snowman are found; busybody Buzzi talks of a Hollywood paternity suit; Ruth's obvious lady waits on James Coco in a grocery store; and Gladys dreams about marrying James Coco's Buffalo Bill Cody; the Xerox corporation receives the Whoopee Award for initiating a way to do good; Lily's lack of privacy; Lily's cheerleader appears; Alan and James as hair salon customers; Tasteful Lady strikes again; slave ship runners; and the Joke Wall finale.
Episode 11
Perry Como, Three Dog Night
Mon, Nov 29, 197152 mins
Bellhop Dennis escorts Richard and Barbara to the honeymoon suite; Larry shows too many home movies to his guests; film and TV villains invade Burbank to salute the Mod, Mod World of Villains, prompting officers Jim Reed and Pete Malloy from ADAM-12 to keep the peace; more EMT runners with Richard as the victim; air traffic control runners with Lily in the control tower; Mike Mazurki and Ann Elder in Bonnie and Clyde runners; a quick visit to the Foonman nudist colony; Tasteful Lady; Dick discusses his rainmaker uncle; Gladys wants to join Three Dog Night, who performs at the cocktail party; Ruth as Mae West; more celebrity cocktails; Ernestine makes phone calls regarding overdue bills; Ann Elder from Animal Corner interviews Alan about why the chicken really crossed the road; females dress as Pilgrims to introduce the news; Moosie Drier is tired from staying up all night doing homework; an interview with primitive tribesmen in a village with no unseen children; busybody Buzzi attends the Hollywood premiere of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather; Big Al teaches hockey hand signals in his sports segment; did Edith Ann go to a drive in movie?; quickies; Dick takes up bullfighting; Lily's Cheerleader; Dennis has trouble with a defective filing cabinet; butler Hawkins wants to photograph Dan and Dick; Richard as a bedridden Marquis De Sade; Swizzlers; and the Joke Wall finale. Perry Como, Sheldon Leonard, Agnes Moorehead, Vincent Price, and Jack Soo are all omnipresent in cameos.
Episode 12
Guest Starring Carroll O'Connor
Mon, Dec 13, 197152 mins
The Christmas episode with Carroll O'Connor, who plays William Shakespeare strong armed into doing rewrites, Santa Claus, Ebeneezer Milhouse Nixon, and a Wise Man, then delivers messages from both himself and from Archie Bunker; Alan as Toulouse Lautrec; Richard as a barfly and Groucho Marx; Dick spills the beans about Santa Claus; The Mod, Mod World of Christmas; parents assemble holiday toys for their kids; Dan tries to buy a tree from Carroll; toy convention guest speaker; Johnny Brown applies for a job as Santa Claus; Dick and Lily get drunk at the office holiday party; Dennis as a garment salesman with all the right merchandise; Dick plays Sherlock Holmes; quickies; Barbara and Richard dine at a fancy restaurant with waiter Dennis; Lily's fast-talking lady; ladies as Sugar Plum fairies introduce the news; busybody Buzzi dishes on a Hollywood holiday party; Moosie Drier tells what he bought his parents for Christmas; Eric Clarified clarifies the meaning of peace on Earth and good will to all; Ernestine calls Julio's catering service for the office holiday party; Gladys dreams of what it would be like to marry Santa Claus; cocktail party; Chaplain Bud Homily; General Bull Wright spends the holiday with his wife; the cast gives out Christmas gifts; Reverend Dan has problems marrying Dick to Barbara; Edith Ann; Dan visits a close-knit family; and the Joke Wall finale.
Episode 13
Guest Starring Joe Namath
Mon, Dec 20, 197152 mins
Dennis Allen tries to buy records from Alan Sues; Barbara Sharma's missing husband; Gladys joins Johnny Brown in an air pollution skit; Lily's brash redhead grocery clerk Dot runs amok; Dame Petula Clark gives dating advice to men plus tips for aspiring singers; Dick introduces his new house pet Oliver; Johnny gets feted at "an awards banquet"; coach Joe's pep talk doesn't elicit the desired response; teacher Ruth fails Richard's cheating student; Joe has a noisy tennis racket; Edith Ann doesn't feel like talking today; waiter Dennis serves his female friends; mother Barbara reads a greeting card; Joe helps the cast look at vacations and fends off Gladys as his dream wife; Richard, Alan, and Joe report to Dennis for their U. S. Army draft board physicals; Dick and Joe go duck hunting; Dick almost drowns; Little Orphan Annie clones introduce the news; busybody Buzzi reports on a Hollywood brush fire; Ruth as an aging archaeologist; Moosie Drier looks forward to Christmas Eve; Charo tells where she comes from; Ernestine calls Premier Kosygin of the USSR regarding the phone line from the White House to the Kremlin; honeymoon runners with Burt Mustin and Queenie Smith; cocktail party; The Aging Game dating game show for senior citizens; more celebrity cocktails; advice from General George Custer; the Joke Wall Finale.
Episode 14
Buddy Hackett
Mon, Dec 27, 197152 mins
Buddy Hackett helps salute health and fitness with exercise guru Jack LaLanne. Sketches include barflies; Larry Hovis does chin-ups; time clock issues; Ruth as a weight lifter; Richard channels Paul Lynde as a callous lifeguard; secretary with halitosis; cocktail party; Buddy gives show business advice; Edith Ann discusses picking up litter; Buddy as a former nightclub bouncer turned office building doorman; Dan plays a medicine man / faith healer; Gladys dreams of marrying Dr. Sigmund Freud; the females dress as Flora Dóra girls to introduce the news; Big Alan discusses referee hand signals during his sports segment; Moosie Drier reports on fun that he's had in his tree house; the invention of the camera; busybody Buzzi reports on Barbra Streisand 's planned nude scene in her upcoming movie; Buddy and Johnny perform a Weight Watchers song; the Mod, Mod World of Nutrition; Joke Wall finale. Fannie Flagg and Sally Struthers appear.
Episode 15
Guest Starring Robert Goulet
Mon, Jan 3, 197252 mins
Sketches include Robert sings, Lily's Tasteful lady scolds the cast, Gladys dreams of Robert, Robert's tunnel of love, Ruth as fortune teller, News of the past, present, and future, Big Al's spots news, Dick, Lily and Robert love machine, Lily cheerleader, the Mod, Mod world of year send, Busy doctors, and Tiny Tim visits the Cocktail party. Featuring Robert Goulet, Mona Tera, and Tiny Tim.
Episode 16
James Coco, Fannie Flagg, Charles Nelson Reilly, Mort Sahl
Mon, Jan 10, 197252 mins
Sketches include Henny Youngman jokes with comments by Mona Tera, nudist camp, Lily's tasteful lady, Ruth and Alan fake commercials, the Mod, Mod world of New York, Holdup blackouts, Mort Sahl press conference, Richard's Groucho as a doctor, Alan and Ruth as Tarzan and Jane, Galley slaves and Charles quickies. Featuring Henny Youngman, Fanny Flagg, James Coco, Mort Sahl, and Charles Nelson Reilly.
Episode 17
Carl Reiner
Mon, Jan 24, 197250 mins
Sketches include Gladys' dreams of George Washington, Tattoo artist runner, the Mod, Mod world of television, The 74,000,00 Dollar Question Isolation booth, Carl and Lily discuss writing a soap opera, Ruth fortune teller foresees the future of television, Dick and Carl duel, Lily entertainment editor at the movies, Lily answers the telephone and Gladys Ormphby wins a beauty contest. Featuring Sally Struthers, Carl Reiner, Slappy White, Mona Tera and Sue Ann Langdon.
Episode 18
Jack Carter, Chad Everett, Paul Lynde, John Wayne
Mon, Jan 31, 197252 mins
Chad Everett appears in Medical Center inspired surgery sketches. Alan Seus as Prince Charming has trouble waking Sleeping Beauty Lily Tomlin. The sad tale of "The Innocent Bystander". Jack Carter appears as used car salesman Honest John. Laugh-In looks at the Mod World of Economy with help from recurring characters such as Dot, Swinging Sarah, Agnes Hooch and Johnny Brown's impression of Ed Sullivan. The Fickled Finger of Fate goes to the operators of strip coalmines. John Wayne performs two more poems.
Episode 19
Carol Channing
Mon, Feb 14, 197252 mins
Greetings from Dick Cavett and Richard Crenna; Dan and Dick wonder where Carol gets her energy; "Clown It Up" song; Dick fails his driver's test; quickies; Richard as Ruth's sadistic dentist; Carol tries to buy a sweater; Kleptomaniacs Anonymous meeting; $74 K Question game show; Edith Ann talks of a shopping trip with Mom; Larry Hovis interviews Vice Presidential candidate Slappy White; Ernestine handles an emergency phone call about a kitchen fire; ladies dress in gold lame to introduce the news; Moosie Drier brings a live frog to school; Robin Hood skit; Eric Clarified talks about the Dow Jones average and the stock market; busybody Buzzi discusses an upcoming Hollywood remake of Greta Garbo's Camille; cocktail party; Lily's fast talker explains porn; Carol Channing as Dick's nasty nurse, a clumsy ballerina, and Crazy Clara used car dealer; archaeologist Ruth looks for fossils in the desert; innocent Dennis gets beaten at the bus stop; Carol duets with Barbara; Hawkins the butler requests permission; aspiring falconer Dick searches for his pet bird; Chaplain Bud Homily; Ruth's fortune teller; Romeo and Juliet spoof with a third party; Barbara and Lily fantasize about new Broadway shows; Whoopee Award given for ecology work; Swizzlers; Tasteful Lady; Richard and Ruth visit an adult book store; Richard's Groucho Marx sells cinema tickets; "What should you never ask" segment on the Joke Wall.
Episode 20
Guest Starring Sandy Duncan
Mon, Feb 21, 197250 mins
Celebrity Sandy gets an attitude; Lily's redhead grocery clerk Dot; Ruth Buzzi interviews Emperor Hirohito; Chaplain Bud Homily; Gladys Ormsby tries to open a bank account; Larry Hovis badmouths wife's coffee; Dick Martin starts a flea circus; cocktail party; Sandy in bank teller runners; Edith Ann's black and white TV ruined by crayons; Uncle Alan Sues the kiddies' pal; Paul Lynde shares lessons learned in Hollywood; Sandy failed a driver's test; Busby Berkeley intro to the news; Moosie Drier relates learning about George Washington; Lily's fast-talker on devaluation of the dollar; busybody Buzzi announces a Hollywood divorce; Sandy and Ro Mart trio on "We'll Drink to That"; quickies; Dick plans a tightrope act; Dennis Allen and Barbara in the back seat; Lily's cheerleader; Dennis and Sandy take a cruise; vaudeville number; Mod World looks at the crazy world around us; Dick discusses Dan's tattoo; Ruth's annoying lady; Sandy tries to buy health insurance; Ruth's archaeologist goes to the desert; Alan laughs at Larry Hovis' bad mood; Joke Wall.
Episode 21
Guest Starring Gene Hackman
Wed, Feb 2, 197252 mins
Gene Hackman and Dick play convicts digging a hole to escape from prison; Lily's air traffic controller; Dennis buys a hat; Larry hits on Lily's librarian; Ruth's archaeologist; Western caravan runners; body building school; Gene angered by former costar Ben; Dick cries doomsday; crowded hospital; cocktail party; Gene's fad alcohol diet; celebrity cocktails; Edith Ann pranks her sister; Lily has phone trouble; ladies as cowgirls introduce the news; Moosie's friends came over for dinner; Eric Clarified discusses imports and exports; busybody Buzzi talks of a Hollywood honeymoon; Big Al's sports segment focuses on baseball moments; Chaplain Bud Homily; vaudeville song; the Mod, Mod World of small town life; quickies; $74 K question game show; hot air balloon runners; Dick visits a gunsmith; Lily as cheerleader and as Dot the redhead grocery clerk; Gene piano bar skit; Gladys dreams of marrying King Henry VIII; Swizzlers; Joke Wall finale.
Episode 22
Debbie Reynolds
Mon, Mar 6, 197252 mins
Returning guest Debbie drinks; Paul Revere skit; fat farm; Lily as a cheerleader and as redhead grocery clerk Dot; dishwasher detergent ad; cocktail party; Barbara interviews Alan in Animal Corner; Debbie and Dennis dance the Charleston; hot air balloonist runners; cowboy and Indian smoke peace pipe in runners; Sleeping Beauty; Mod, Mod World looks at literature; Sensuous Sex Manual; "Great to Be Here" song; Edith Ann talks of her brother's measles; The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award goes to U. S. Congress for standardizing screw threads; Dick as Tiny Tim brings home a new baby; Tasteful Lady respects the elderly; $74 K Question game show; ladies dress in costume to introduce the news; Moosie Drier relates staying home with a head cold; Lily's fast talker witnesses a holdup; busybody Buzzi talks of a Hollywood lawsuit; Alan and Ann Elder in greasy spoon runners; Ruth's anthropology lady; cave dwellers invent milk and eggs; elderly butler Hawkins requests permission; Burt Mustin and Queenie Leonard chat; Dick says good luck to United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim; Joke Wall; Superman glitch.
Episode 23
Guest Starring Jo Ann Pflug
Mon, Mar 13, 197251 mins
Jo Ann thanks Dick for all the lascivious things that he's done for her; Jo Ann in bathtub runners; vaudeville song; Steve Allen as Senator Phillip Buster answers questions on various subjects; Jo Ann's new camera; quickies; John Wayne reads his "Candlestick' poem; Tasteful Lady; Chaplain Bud Homily; Dan as a panhandler; Lily's cheerleader; Edith Ann talks of eating dog biscuits; Dick's sudden interest in playing golf; The Mod, Mod World of Sex; women's liberation leads to role reversal; ladies as leprechauns introduce the news; busybody Buzzi announces a Hollywood couple's failed reconciliation; Eric Clarified explains the use of hand gestures in public discourse; cocktail party; Ernestine phones Jimmy Hoffa regarding long distance calls; communal hippie marriage skit; Swizzlers; a message for honeymooners; Joke Wall finale; and the final series appearance of Barbara Sharma.
Episode 24
Sandy Duncan, Joe Namath, Jo Ann Pflug, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jean Stapleton
Mon, Mar 20, 197252 mins
Vaudeville opening; Glorox laundry detergent ad; Dick looks into real estate; quickies; Alan and Ruth reprise their Tarzan and Jane skit; Lily's brash redheaded grocery clerk Dottie, the cheerleader, and the Tasteful Lady; Ruth as fortuneteller; Jean serves husband Dan at mealtime; Edith Ann discusses singing during church services; Gladys dreams of marrying Benjamin Franklin; hot air balloon runners; The Mod, Mod World of Automobiles includes Charles Nelson Reilly as car salesmen from different countries; Jean talks about the dull life of the Bunker clan on All In The Family; Ruth and Lily wear hoop skirts to introduce the news; Moosie Drier discusses a recent school class trip to a farm; busybody Buzzi talks about a new Hollywood movie; Richard as Sherlock Holmes and elderly Hawkins the butler; Big Al's sports segment spotlights a baseball game between prison inmates; Lily's fast talker becomes a fashion consultant; how unsympathetic news editors edit tapes for broadcast; Sandy Duncan as a teller in bank runners; cocktail party; Stranger than Truth focuses on seedless pickles; Swizzlers; Alan and Dick impersonate Joanne Worley and Tiny Tim; Dick thanks the crop dusters; Lily in a wine cellar; Joke Wall finale. Features the final series appearances of Johnny Brown, Ann Elder, Larry Hovis, and Alan Sues.