Goodnight, Dick :(

[impressive]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080525/ap_en_tv/obit_martin

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

Good night, Dick.

God! that show was so with-it and cool and hilarious to a geeky 'tween in those couple years. I saw a bit of one a few years ago, and parts hold up OK while others don't. It's interesting to compare it to another group of comics who were just starting to produce a work then - one which has become a timeless gem: Monty Python. Monty stayed strictly non-political, which had to be really hard in that era. Not a fair comparison for a lot of reasons, but interesting.

R.I.P., Dick Martin.

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

I read the cnn post... and cried a little inside.

I loved their show, and one of my first signs that I was an adult was when I realized what Arte Johnson meant when he did the "do you believe in the here-after? then you know what I'm here after."

The truly sad thing is that a show like Laugh In could never exist on air now. That line of sophistication and humor is not popular enough to keep people tuning in. And that is indeed a sad commentary on American culture.

Goodnight Dick.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

P.S. The thread title with the was my first notice of this news, and I didn't even have to open it to know. Funny the things people are remembered for, and nice that a bit of gentle, silly fun is associated with Dick.

 

[Guest]

We watched it as kids and didn't understand it all, but we still thought it was funny. Enough visual humor to entertain.

I've been searching for my favorite clip - "the Birds and the Bees"- can't find it (yet!) but I did find this blooper reel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5vRPPIWzhQ

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I read the cnn post... and cried a little inside.

I loved their show, and one of my first signs that I was an adult was when I realized what Arte Johnson meant when he did the "do you believe in the here-after? then you know what I'm here after."

The truly sad thing is that a show like Laugh In could never exist on air now. That line of sophistication and humor is not popular enough to keep people tuning in. And that is indeed a sad commentary on American culture.

Goodnight Dick.

I disagree. I think that what has happened is the "suiting" of network TV. The executives are dinosaurs attempting to play the same game over and over when people desiring "sophistication and humor" have moved onto cable, the Internet and (gasp) each other. Big TV has fallen into the same trap that has killed so many big industries like steel and that is killing automotives, complacency.

RIP, Dick. We hardly knew you, but we laughed.

 

[Guest]

Ending jokes. Goodnight, Dick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ8Vrvy0VeE

 

[tickledkitty]

I remember the show, but I was a little kid and never paid much attention to it. This makes me feel old though. And sad.

 

[rgraham666]

Ending jokes. Goodnight, Dick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ8Vrvy0VeE

I laughed.

Sigh, where did the silly go?

 

[TxRad]

I remember the show, but I was a little kid and never paid much attention to it. This makes me feel old though. And sad.

I am old enough to remember the show and I got it. So how do you think I feel.

Dick and Dan were a pair to draw to. I met Dan Rowen at a sports car race in California and was impressed with his wit and intelligence. Someone asked him if Dick was as scatter brained as he acted. Rowen shook his head and grinned. "Dick was the brains of the outfit, if that tells you anything."

R.I.P to both of them and thanks for the good times

 

[jomar]

I loved that show when I was a child. Silly fun.

 

[Trinique_Fire]

Man...I always liked watching Laugh In...

 

[S-Des]

One of my favorite shows and a brilliant blend of satire & commentary. I would take a Laugh-In type show today over virtually anything on TV. The sad part is that the entertainers are there, it's just the will of the industry that's lacking.

 

[shereads]

Goodnight, Dick.

Couldn't say it any better.

 

[Belegon]

Goodnight, Dick. and Thanks.

 

[cloudy]

I loved that show when I was a child. Silly fun.

Ditto this.

 

[Guest]

I found the clip I was looking for. The Birds and the Bees.

Of all things, on the Dick Martin website. I should have looked there first.

http://www.geofffox.com/MT/archives/2008/05/26/dick_martin_the_sillier_of_rowan_and_martin.php

At the bottom of the page click on:

Blogger's note: Of course this routine is on the Internet!

It's the Mad Music Show - there's a brief intro and then the skit.

 

[Carnevil9]

Somebody finally socked it to him.

 

[DesertPirate]

Good night Dick, it was a blast while it lasted, I will miss you!

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Dick Martin had talent, success, and Playboy Playmate Dolly Read for a wife. You bet your sweet bippy his was a good life well lived.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-12/909970/DollyRead13.jpg​

Rumple Foreskin

 

[TE999]

Dick Martin had talent, success, and Playboy Playmate Dolly Read for a wife. You bet your sweet bippy his was a good life well lived.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-12/909970/DollyRead13.jpg​

Rumple Foreskin

Holy crap! I'd like to put my Funk and Wagnall's in her!

Goodnight Dan. Goodnight Dick. Thanks for the laughs guys.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Indeed. As Aldous Huxley might have observed, had he been so lucky, at 37-24-37 she is/was very, "pneumatic." And judging from the photo series Playboy did of her about twenty years later, she aged marvelously.

Rumple Foreskin